1999–2000 La Liga

La Liga

Season	1999–2000
Champions	Deportivo de La Coruña 1st title
Relegated	Betis Atlético Madrid Sevilla
Champions League	Real Madrid (First group stage, via UEFA Champions League) Deportivo La Coruña (First group stage) Barcelona (First group stage) Valencia (Third qualifying round)
UEFA Cup	Zaragoza (first round) Alavés (first round) Espanyol (first round, via Copa del Rey) Rayo Vallecano (qualifying round, via Fair Play)
Intertoto Cup	Celta Vigo (third round) Mallorca (second round)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	999 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Salva (27)
Biggest home win	Atlético Madrid 5–0 Real Oviedo (22 December 1999)[1]
Biggest away win	Real Madrid 1–5 Zaragoza (4 December 1999)[2] Athletic Bilbao 0–4 Barcelona (11 March 2000)[3] Sevilla 0–4 Mallorca (7 May 2000)[4]
Highest scoring	Valencia 6–2 Real Oviedo (9 April 2000)[5] Celta Vigo 5–3 Real Oviedo (16 January 2000)[6]
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 La Liga season, the 69th since its establishment, began on 21 August 1999 and ended on 20 May 2000.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 1998–99 Segunda División

• Málaga
• Numancia
• Sevilla
• Rayo Vallecano

Teams relegated to 1999–2000 Segunda División

• Extremadura
• Villareal
• Tenerife
• Salamanca

Team information

Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alavés	Gonzalo Antón	José Manuel Esnal		Luanvi	Guascor
Athletic Bilbao	José María Arrate	Luis Fernández		Adidas	none
Atlético Madrid	Jesús Gil	Claudio Ranieri		Reebok	none
Barcelona	Josep Lluís Núñez	Louis van Gaal		Nike	Telecinco
Betis	Manuel Ruiz de Lopera	Carlos Griguol		Kappa	none
Celta	Horacio Gómez Araujo	Víctor Fernández		Umbro	Citroën
Deportivo	Augusto César Lendoiro	Javier Irureta		Adidas	Feiraco
Espanyol	Daniel Sánchez Llibre	Miguel Ángel Brindisi		John Smith	none
Málaga	Fernando Puche	Joaquín Peiró		Kelme	Unicaja
Mallorca	Guillem Reynés	Fernando Vázquez		Kelme	Spanair
Numancia	Francisco Rubio	Andoni Goikoetxea		Joma	Caja Duero
Oviedo	Eugenio Prieto Álvarez	Luis Aragonés		Erima	Asturias
Racing	Miguel Ángel Díaz Díaz	Gustavo Benítez		Austral	Cantabria
Rayo Vallecano	Teresa Rivero	Juande Ramos		Joma	Rumasa
Real Madrid	Lorenzo Sanz	John Toshack		Adidas	Teka
Real Sociedad	Luis Uranga	Bernd Krauss		Astore	Krafft
Sevilla	Rafael Carrión	Marcos Alonso		Umbro	SuperCable
Valencia	Pedro Cortés	Héctor Cúper		Luanvi	Terra Mítica
Valladolid	Marcos Fernández	Gregorio Manzano		Kelme	Caja España
Zaragoza	Alfonso Soláns	Chechu Rojo		Luanvi	Pikolin

Clubs and locations

Athletic  

Atlético

Barcelona

Betis

Alavés

Celta

Deportivo

Espanyol

Málaga

Mallorca

Numancia        

Oviedo       

Racing

Rayo Vallecano

Real Madrid

Real Sociedad

Sevilla

Valencia

Valladolid         

 Zaragoza

Location of teams in La Liga 1999–2000

1999–2000 season was composed of the following clubs:

• Athletic Bilbao
• Atlético Madrid
• FC Barcelona
• Betis
• Celta de Vigo
• Deportivo Alavés
• Deportivo de La Coruña
• RCD Espanyol
• Málaga CF
• RCD Mallorca
• CD Numancia
• Racing de Santander
• Rayo Vallecano
• Real Madrid
• Real Oviedo
• Real Sociedad
• Sevilla FC
• Valencia CF
• Real Valladolid
• Real Zaragoza

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Position in table
Mallorca	Mario Gómez		August 1999	Fernando Vázquez	September 1999	19th
Real Sociedad	Bernd Krauss	Sacked	25 October 1999[7]	Javier Clemente	26 October 1999[8]	17th
Real Madrid	John Toshack	Sacked	17 November 1999[9]	Vicente del Bosque	18 November 1999[10]	8th
Espanyol	Miguel Ángel Brindisi	Sacked	17 January 2000[11]	Paco Flores	January 2000	17th
Betis	Carlos Griguol	Sacked	January 2000	Guus Hiddink	February 2000	16th
Atlético Madrid	Claudio Ranieri	Sacked	February 2000	Radomir Antić	March 2000	17th
Sevilla	Marcos Alonso Peña	Sacked	March 2000	Juan Carlos Álvarez	March 2000	20th
Betis	Guus Hiddink	Sacked	2 May 2000	Faruk Hadžibegić	May 2000	18th
Atlético Madrid	Radomir Antić	Sacked	May 2000	Fernando Zambrano	May 2000	19th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Deportivo La Coruña (C)	38	21	6	11	66	44	+22	69	2001 FIFA Club World Championship^1
2	Barcelona	38	19	7	12	70	46	+24	64	2000–01 UEFA Champions League Group stage	VAL 3–1 BAR BAR 3–0 VAL
3	Valencia	38	18	10	10	59	39	+20	64	2000–01 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Zaragoza	38	16	15	7	60	40	+20	63	2000–01 UEFA Cup First round ^2
5	Real Madrid	38	16	14	8	58	48	+10	62	2000–01 UEFA Champions League Group stage ^2
6	Alavés	38	17	10	11	41	37	+4	61	2000–01 UEFA Cup First round
7	Celta de Vigo	38	15	8	15	45	43	+2	53	2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round	VLD 1–3 CEL CEL 1–1 VLD
8	Valladolid	38	14	11	13	36	44	−8	53
9	Rayo Vallecano	38	15	7	16	51	53	−2	52	2000–01 UEFA Cup Qualifying round ^3
10	Mallorca	38	14	9	15	52	45	+7	51	2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
11	Athletic Bilbao	38	12	14	12	47	57	−10	50
12	Málaga	38	11	15	12	55	50	+5	48
13	Real Sociedad	38	11	14	13	42	49	−7	47		ESP 0–0 RSO RSO 1–0 ESP
14	Espanyol	38	12	11	15	51	48	+3	47	2000–01 UEFA Cup First round ^4
15	Racing Santander	38	10	16	12	52	50	+2	46
16	Oviedo	38	11	12	15	44	60	−16	45		ROV 1–0 NUM NUM 1–1 ROV
17	Numancia	38	11	12	15	47	59	−12	45
18	Betis (R)	38	11	9	18	33	56	−23	42	Relegation to Segunda División
19	Atlético Madrid (R)	38	9	11	18	48	64	−16	38
20	Sevilla (R)	38	5	13	20	42	67	−25	28

Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
¹Deportivo de La Coruña also qualified for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League group stage. ²Real Madrid was qualified directly for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League as holders. Then, Zaragoza lost their spot to UEFA Champions League and had to resign with a spot of UEFA Cup. ³Rayo Vallecano earned a spot in the qualifying round of the 2000–01 UEFA Cup as being elected by UEFA as one of the two best entries of UEFA Fair play. ⁴Espanyol entered UEFA Cup as winners of 1999–2000 Copa del Rey.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Home ╲ Away

ATH

ATM

BAR

BET

CEL

ALV

DEP

ESP

MLG

MLL

NUM

RAC

RVA

RMA

ROV

RSO

SEV

VAL

VLD

ZAR

Athletic Bilbao

4–2

0–4

1–0

1–0

2–1

2–3

2–1

2–2

1–1

2–1

2–2

1–2

2–2

1–1

1–1

1–1

1–0

1–0

2–2

Atlético Madrid

1–2

0–3

0–0

1–2

1–0

1–3

1–1

2–2

1–0

2–2

2–0

0–2

1–1

5–0

1–1

1–1

1–2

3–1

2–2

Barcelona

4–0

2–1

4–1

2–2

0–1

2–1

3–0

1–2

0–3

4–0

1–0

0–2

2–2

3–2

3–1

2–0

3–0

4–0

2–0

Betis

2–1

2–1

2–1

0–0

0–1

0–0

2–5

0–0

1–0

1–2

2–2

1–1

0–2

1–0

1–0

1–1

1–0

0–1

2–0

Celta de Vigo

1–1

0–1

0–2

5–1

1–1

2–1

2–1

2–4

1–0

0–0

2–0

0–1

1–0

5–3

4–1

2–1

0–0

1–1

2–1

Alavés

1–2

2–0

2–1

2–0

1–0

2–1

0–0

2–1

2–2

2–2

2–1

0–1

1–3

1–0

2–1

0–0

0–1

1–0

0–2

Deportivo La Coruña

2–0

4–1

2–1

2–0

1–0

4–1

2–0

4–1

2–1

0–2

0–3

3–2

5–2

3–1

2–0

5–2

2–0

2–0

2–2

Espanyol

0–0

3–1

1–1

3–0

3–0

2–3

0–0

0–2

1–2

3–1

1–0

5–1

0–2

2–1

0–0

2–2

3–2

1–1

1–1

Málaga

3–4

2–3

1–2

3–0

0–1

0–1

1–0

1–0

0–0

3–1

0–0

2–0

1–1

4–0

0–0

3–0

1–1

0–0

0–0

Mallorca

2–1

1–2

3–2

4–0

1–0

2–0

2–2

1–3

2–1

3–0

1–2

2–1

1–2

1–1

2–1

3–1

1–0

0–0

1–1

Numancia

1–1

3–0

3–3

1–2

3–1

0–0

1–0

2–0

1–1

3–1

2–1

3–1

0–0

1–1

1–2

2–0

1–2

1–0

1–2

Racing Santander

2–2

2–1

1–2

1–1

3–0

0–0

0–0

2–2

2–3

1–1

1–1

1–1

1–1

3–1

0–0

2–2

1–1

1–1

1–2

Rayo Vallecano

1–2

1–1

1–1

1–3

1–0

0–1

2–0

2–1

4–1

2–1

0–0

1–2

2–3

1–2

2–1

2–0

1–3

4–1

0–1

Real Madrid

3–1

1–3

3–0

2–1

1–0

0–1

1–1

2–1

1–0

2–1

4–1

2–4

0–0

2–2

1–1

3–1

2–3

0–1

1–5

Oviedo

1–0

2–2

3–0

1–1

1–0

1–0

0–1

1–0

2–2

0–0

1–0

1–2

2–0

1–1

0–1

4–2

0–0

1–1

1–0

Real Sociedad

4–1

4–1

0–0

1–0

0–2

1–1

0–1

1–0

2–2

2–1

2–1

2–5

2–1

1–1

0–0

1–1

0–0

3–0

2–1

Sevilla

0–0

2–1

3–2

3–0

0–1

2–2

1–3

1–2

0–0

0–4

4–0

1–0

2–3

1–1

2–3

2–2

1–2

0–1

0–0

Valencia

2–0

2–0

3–1

3–1

1–1

0–2

2–0

1–2

2–2

1–0

4–0

1–2

3–1

1–1

6–2

4–0

2–0

0–0

2–1

Valladolid

1–0

1–0

0–2

0–3

1–3

1–1

4–1

1–0

4–2

2–1

2–0

1–0

1–2

0–1

2–1

2–1

2–1

0–0

1–1

Zaragoza

0–0

1–1

0–0

1–0

2–1

2–1

2–1

1–1

3–2

3–0

3–3

4–1

1–1

0–1

4–0

2–0

2–1

4–2

1–1

Source: LFP (Spanish)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Overall

• Most wins - Deportivo La Coruña (21)
• Fewest wins - Sevilla (5)
• Most draws - Racing Santander (16)
• Fewest draws - Deportivo La Coruña (6)
• Most losses - Sevilla (20)
• Fewest losses - Zaragoza (7)
• Most goals scored - Barcelona (70)
• Fewest goals scored - Betis (33)
• Most goals conceded - Sevilla (67)
• Fewest goals conceded - Alavés (37)

Awards and season statistics

Top goalscorers

Salva was the top goalscorer of the 1999–2000 season

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Salva	Racing Santander	27
2	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Atlético Madrid	24
	Catanha	Málaga	24
4	Roy Makaay	Deportivo La Coruña	22
5	Savo Milošević	Zaragoza	21
6	Diego Tristán	Mallorca	18
7	Raúl	Real Madrid	17
8	Patrick Kluivert	Barcelona	15
9	Gaizka Mendieta	Valencia	13
	Víctor	Valladolid

Source: BDFutbol

Zamora Trophy

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Martín Herrera	37	38	0.97	Alavés

Fair Play award

Rayo Vallecano was the winner of the Fair-play award with 102 points,^[12] moreover it was elected on 8 June 2000 in Brussels as one of the two entries by UEFA to enter UEFA Cup in the qualifying round by the same condition of Fair Play.

• Source: El Mundo Deportivo (newspaper archive, web)^[13]

Pedro Zaballa award

Alfonso Pérez Muñoz, footballer^[14]

Signings

Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/es/t/t1999-00.html

Team	Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Deportivo La Coruña		César Martín (Oviedo) 0 0 0 0 0	José Manuel Colmenero (Sp. Gijón) Slaviša Jokanović (Tenerife) Manel Menéndez (Oviedo) Fernando Sánchez (Betis) Jaime Sánchez (Real Madrid) Víctor Sánchez (Racing Santander)	Roy Makaay (Tenerife) Iván Pérez (Betis) 0 0 0 0
Barcelona		Frédéric Déhu (Lens) 0	Jari Litmanen (Ajax) Simão Sabrosa (Sporting Portugal)	Dani García (Mallorca) 0
Valencia		Daniel Fagiani (Newell's Old Boys) Mauricio Pellegrino (Barcelona)	Gerardo García (Villarreal) Kily González (Zaragoza)	Óscar García (Barcelona) Juan Sánchez (Celta)
Zaragoza		Marco Lanna (Salamanca) Jorge Martínez (River Plate)	Martín Vellisca (Salamanca) 0	Juanele Castaño (Tenerife) 0
Real Madrid		Iván Helguera (Espanyol) Michel Salgado (Celta) Júlio César Santos (Valladolid) 0	Steve McManaman (Liverpool) Geremi Njitap (Gençlerbirliği) 0 0	Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal) Elvir Baljić (Fenerbahçe) Edwin Congo (Once Caldas) Rolando Zárate (Terrassa)
Alavés	Martín Herrera (Ferrocarril Oeste) 0 0	Cosmin Contra (Dinamo Bucharest) Dan Eggen (Celta) Óscar Téllez (Valencia)	Martín Astudillo (Gimnasia Jujuy) Nan Ribera (Espanyol) 0	Chus Herrera (Noja) Meho Kodro (Tenerife) 0
Celta		Pablo Coira (Compostela) Sergio Fernández (Sporting Gijón) Juanfran García (Valencia) Juan Velasco (Sevilla)	Albert Celades (Barcelona) Everton Giovanella (Salamanca) Gustavo López (Zaragoza) 0	Iván Kaviedes (Perugia) Benni McCarthy (Ajax) Mario Turdó (Independiente) 0
Valladolid		Manuel Tena (Real Madrid) 0 0	Arílson Gilberto (Grêmio) Javi Jiménez (Real Madrid B) Luis Márquez (Betis)
Rayo Vallecano	Kasey Keller (Leicester) 0 0 0	Gilmar Alberto (Zaragoza) Hélder Baptista (PSG) David Clotet (Logroñés) Jordi Ferrón (Barcelona B)	Gerhard Poschner (Venezia) 0 0 0	Dani Bouzas (Albacete) Manuel Canabal (Alavés) Martín Mandra (Ferrocarril Oeste) Quinzinho Silva (Porto)
Mallorca	Germán Burgos (River Plate) 0 0 0	Armando Álvarez (Dep. La Coruña) Miquel Àngel Nadal (Barcelona) Juan Serrizuela (Lanús) 0	Jorge Cordero (Cartagonova) Ardian Đokaj (Budućnost Podgorica) Romerito Ruiz (Xerez) 0	Samuel Eto'o (Real Madrid) Iván Gabrich (Extremadura) Dani Güiza (Xerez) Jorge Quinteros (Argentinos Jrs.)
Athletic Bilbao			Tiko Martínez (Osasuna)	Sivori Igoroin (Alavés)
Málaga	Pedro Contreras (Real Madrid) 0	Roberto Rojas (Real Madrid) Fernando Sanz (Real Madrid)	Kiki Musampa (Girondins) Awule Quaye (Ourense)	Genilson Andres (Figueirense) Darío Silva (Espanyol)
Real Sociedad		Sergio Korino (Espanyol) 0	Dmitri Khokhlov (PSV) 0	Víctor Bonilla (Deportivo Calí) Edgaras Jankauskas (Brugge)
Espanyol	Pablo Cavallero (Vélez Sarsfield) Juan Luis Mora (Oviedo) 0 0 0	Gerard Autet (Palamós) Mauro Navas (Udinese) Pablo Rotchen (Independiente) César Santis (Unión Española) Delio Toledo (Udinese) 0 0	Roger García (Barcelona) Balázs Molnár (Zalaegerszeg) Toni Velamazán (Extremadura)	Manel Martínez (Logroñés) 0 0 0
Racing Santander	Erwin Lemmens (Beveren) 0		Marcelo Espina (Colo Colo) 0	Javier Manjarín (Deportivo La Coruña) Sigurd Rushfeldt (Rosenborg)
Oviedo	Juan Carlos Unzué (Tenerife) 0 0	Óscar Álvarez (Barcelona B) Mateo Corbo (River Plate (Montev.)) Frédéric Danjou (Auxerre)	Gert Claessens (Brugge) 0 0	Roberto Losada (Toledo) 0 0
Numancia	Álvaro Adrián Núñez (Rentistas) 0 0 0 0 0	Alberto Belsué (Alavés) Diego Jaume (Bella Vista) Damián Manusovich (San Lorenzo) Juan Ramón Muñiz (Rayo Vallecano) Iván Rocha (Alavés) Miguel Ángel Soria (Valencia)	Tito Blanco (Albacete) Fabrice Moreau (Talavera) Txomin Nagore (Athletic Bilbao) Jorge Pérez (Athletic Bilbao) Gabriel Popescu (Valencia) Pacheta Rojo (Espanyol)	Constantin Barbu (Rapid Bucharest) Jorge Delgado (Shanghai Shenhua) Rubén Navarro (Valencia) Pedro Ojeda (Racing Avellaneda) 0 0
Betis		Joaquín Bornes (Recreativo Huelva) Diego Crosa (Newell's Old Boys)	Miroslav Karhan (Spartak Trnava) Sebastián Romero (Gimnasia LP)
Atlético Madrid	Toni Jiménez (Espanyol) 0 0	Celso Ayala (Betis) Joan Capdevila (Espanyol) Carlos Gamarra (Corinthians)	Hugo Leal (Benfica) Veljko Paunović (Tenerife) Leonel Pilipauskas (Bella Vista)	Jimmy Hasselbaink (Leeds) 0 0
Sevilla	Frode Olsen (Stabæk) Gerardo Rabajda (Puebla) Juanjo Valencia (Athletic Bilbao) 0		Bakero Lemos (União Leiria) Alfredo Lobeiras (Sporting Gijón) Inti Podestá (Danubio) Ángel Rodríguez (Numancia)	Marcelo Otero (Vicenza) 0 0 0

See also

• 1999–2000 Segunda División
• 1999–2000 Copa del Rey

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