1999–2000 La Liga

69th season of La Liga October 2020 La Liga 1999–2000 21 August 1999 – 20 May 2000 Deportivo La Coruña1st title Real BetisAtlético MadridSevilla Champions League Real Madrid(as Champions League winners)Deportivo La CoruñaBarcelonaValencia UEFA Cup ZaragozaAlavésEspanyol(as Copa del Rey winners)Rayo Vallecano(via Fair Play) Intertoto Cup Celta VigoMallorca Salva(27 goals) Atlético Madrid 5–0 Real Oviedo(22 December 1999)Atlético Madrid 5–0 Real Oviedo http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=99&j=17&el=3&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 8 September 2010 Real Madrid 1–5 Zaragoza(4 December 1999)Real Madrid 1–5 Zaragoza http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=99&j=14&el=15&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 8 September 2010Athletic Bilbao 0–4 Barcelona(11 March 2000)Athletic Bilbao 0–4 Barcelona http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=99&j=28&el=2&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 8 September 2010Sevilla 0–4 Mallorca(7 May 2000)Sevilla 0–4 Mallorca http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=99&j=36&el=18&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 8 September 2010 Valencia 6–2 Real Oviedo(9 April 2000)Valencia 6–2 Real Oviedo http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=99&j=32&el=19&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 8 September 2010Celta Vigo 5–3 Real Oviedo(16 January 2000)Celta 5–3 Real Oviedo http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=99&j=20&el=30&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 8 September 2010 380 999 1998–99 2000–01 The 1999–2000 La Liga season, the 69th since its establishment. It began on 21 August 1999, and concluded on 20 May 2000. Deportivo La Coruña won a first La Liga title with 69 points, the lowest for a champion since the three points for a win rule was introduced in 1995.Sochon Mark 12 February 2016 When La Liga was just as unpredictable as this season's Premier League https://www.theguardian.com/football/these-football-times/2016/feb/12/la-liga-unpedictable-league-deportivo-barcelona-real-madrid The Guardian Promotion and relegation Twenty teams competed in the league – the top sixteen teams from the previous season and the four teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Málaga, Numancia, Sevilla and Rayo Vallecano. Sevilla and Rayo Vallecano returned to the top flight after an absence of two years while Málaga CF and Numancia were promoted for the first time. However, since CD Málaga played in the 1989–90 La Liga, the city of Málaga returned to the top fight after an absence of nine years. They replaced Extremadura, Villarreal (both teams relegated after a season's presence), Tenerife (ending their top flight spell of eleven years) and Salamanca (ending their top flight spell of two years). Team information Personnel and kits Team Chairman Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorAlavésESP Gonzalo AntónESP José Manuel EsnalLuanvi GuascorAthletic BilbaoESP José María ArrateFRA 1974 Luis FernándezAdidasnoneAtlético MadridESP Jesús GilITA Claudio RanieriReeboknoneBarcelonaESP Josep Lluís NúñezNED Louis van GaalNikenoneBetisESP Manuel Ruiz de LoperaARG Carlos GriguolKappanoneCeltaESP Horacio Gómez AraujoESP Víctor FernándezUmbroCitroënDeportivoESP Augusto César LendoiroESP Javier IruretaAdidasFeiracoEspanyolESP Daniel Sánchez LlibreARG Miguel Ángel BrindisiJohn SmithnoneMálagaESP Fernando PucheESP Joaquín PeiróKelmeUnicajaMallorcaESP Guillem ReynésESP Fernando VázquezKelmeSpanairNumanciaESP Francisco RubioESP Andoni GoikoetxeaJomaCaja DueroOviedoESP Eugenio Prieto ÁlvarezESP Luis AragonésErimaAsturiasRacingESP Miguel Ángel Díaz DíazPAR Gustavo BenítezAustralCantabriaRayo VallecanoESP Teresa RiveroESP Juande RamosJomaRumasaReal MadridESP Lorenzo SanzWAL John ToshackAdidasTekaReal SociedadESP Luis UrangaAUT Bernd KraussAstoreKrafftSevillaESP Rafael CarriónESP Marcos AlonsoUmbroSuperCableValenciaESP Pedro CortésARG Héctor CúperLuanviTerra MíticaValladolidESP Marcos FernándezESP Gregorio ManzanoKelmeCaja EspañaZaragozaESP Alfonso SolánsESP Chechu RojoLuanviPikolin Clubs and locations Spain 400 right Location of teams in La Liga 1999–2000 Spain 43.263472 -2.948150 Athletic   top Spain 40.401703 -3.720628 Atlético left Spain 41.380889 2.1228167 Barcelona left Spain 37.356419 -5.981750 Betis bottom Spain 42.837078 -2.688250 Alavés right Spain 42.211842 -8.739706 Celta right Spain 43.368717 -8.417514 Deportivo top Spain 41.364794 2.1557139 Espanyol right Spain 36.734217 -4.426603 Málaga top Spain 39.589936 2.6300778 Mallorca bottom Spain 41.754619 -2.467950 Numancia         bottom Spain 43.358522 -5.860761 Oviedo        bottom Spain 43.476292 -3.793278 Racing left Spain 40.325728 -3.714950 Rayo Vallecano bottom Spain 40.453053 -3.688356 Real Madrid Spain 43.301364 -1.973536 Real Sociedad right Spain 37.384064 -5.9705 Sevilla top Spain 39.474616 -0.358219 Valencia bottom Spain 41.644583 -4.761256 Valladolid          top Spain 41.636472 -0.901828  Zaragoza top 1999–2000 season was composed of the following clubs: Team Stadium Capacity Barcelona Camp Nou 98,772 Real Madrid Santiago Bernabéu 80,354 Espanyol Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 55,926 Atlético Madrid Vicente Calderón 55,005 Valencia Mestalla 55,000 Real Betis Manuel Ruiz de Lopera 52,132 Sevilla Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 45,500 Athletic Bilbao San Mamés 39,750 Deportivo de La Coruña Riazor 34,600 Real Zaragoza La Romareda 34,596 Celta de Vigo Estadio Balaídos 32,500 Real Sociedad Anoeta 32,200 Real Oviedo Carlos Tartiere 30,500 Málaga La Rosaleda 30,044 Valladolid José Zorrilla 27,846 Mallorca Son Moix 23,142 Racing de Santander El Sardinero 22,222 Alavés Mendizorrotza 19,840 Rayo Vallecano Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas 14,505 Numancia Los Pajaritos 8,261 Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment Position in table Mallorca ARG Mario Gómez August 1999 ESP Fernando Vázquez September 1999 19th Real Sociedad GER Bernd Krauss Sacked 25 October 1999La Real destituye a Bernd Krauss https://elpais.com/diario/1999/10/26/deportes/940888803_850215.html El País Ediciones El País, S.L. 26 October 1999 17 March 2012 Spanish ESP Javier Clemente 26 October 1999La Real elige a Clemente para que diseñe y dirija un proyecto de futuro https://elpais.com/diario/1999/10/27/deportes/940975205_850215.html El País Ediciones El País, S.L. 27 October 1999 17 March 2012 Spanish 17th Real Madrid WAL John Toshack 17 November 1999Toshack is sacked after criticising Real players Elizabeth Nash https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/toshack-is-sacked-after-criticising-real-players-742983.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/toshack-is-sacked-after-criticising-real-players-742983.html 1 May 2022 subscription The Independent Independent Print Limited 18 November 1999 17 March 2012 ESP Vicente del Bosque 18 November 1999Del Bosque se quedará hasta el final de la temporada https://elpais.com/diario/1999/11/18/deportes/942879603_850215.html El País Ediciones El País, S.L. 18 November 1999 17 March 2012 Spanish 8th Espanyol ARG Miguel Ángel Brindisi 17 January 2000La directiva del Espanyol destituye a Brindisi, y Paco Flores, técnico del filial, dirigirá al equipo https://elpais.com/diario/2000/01/18/deportes/948150005_850215.html El País Ediciones El País, S.L. 18 January 2000 17 March 2012 Spanish ESP Paco Flores January 2000 17th Betis ARG Carlos Griguol January 2000 NED Guus Hiddink February 2000 16th Atlético Madrid ITA Claudio Ranieri February 2000 SCG Radomir Antić March 2000 17th Sevilla ESP Marcos Alonso Peña March 2000 ESP Juan Carlos Álvarez 20th Betis NED Guus Hiddink 2 May 2000 BIH Faruk Hadžibegić May 2000 18th Atlético Madrid SCG Radomir Antić May 2000 ESP Fernando Zambrano 19th League table main WDL QR 5 RCD Deportivo La Coruña FCB Barcelona VCF Valencia ZAR Zaragoza RMA Real Madrid ALV Alavés CEL Celta Vigo VLD Valladolid RVA Rayo Vallecano MLL Mallorca ATH Athletic Bilbao MCF Málaga RSO Real Sociedad ESP Espanyol RAC Racing Santander ROV Oviedo NUM Numancia BET Real Betis ATM Atlético Madrid SFC Sevilla 21 6 11 66 44 C 19 7 12 70 46 18 10 10 59 39 16 15 7 60 40 16 14 8 58 48 17 10 11 41 37 15 8 15 45 43 14 11 13 36 44 15 7 16 51 53 14 9 15 52 45 12 14 12 47 57 11 15 12 55 50 11 14 13 42 49 12 11 15 51 48 10 16 12 52 50 11 12 15 44 60 11 12 15 47 59 11 9 18 33 56 R 9 11 18 48 64 R 5 13 20 42 67 R VAL 3–1 BAR; BAR 3–0 VAL VCF VLD 3–3 CEL; CEL 1–1 VLD VLD ESP 0–0 RSO; RSO 1–0 ESP ESP ROV 1–0 NUM; NUM 1–1 ROV ROV orange1 Qualification for the Club World Cup and Champions League group stage CWC green1 Qualification for the Champions League group stage CLGS green2 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round CL3 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round Real Madrid qualified directly for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League as holders. As a result, Zaragoza lost their spot in the UEFA Champions League and had to participate in the UEFA Cup. UC1 green1 Qualification for the Champions League group stage UC1 CLGSb blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round UC1b #CCCCFF Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round IC3 blue2 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round Rayo 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. UCQR #DDDDFF Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round IC2 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round Espanyol entered UEFA Cup as winners of 1999–2000 Copa del Rey. UC1c red1 Relegation to the Segunda División R R R complete 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. LFP Results The season results are as follows: main FBR grey ATH ATM FCB BET CEL ALV RCD ESP MCF MLL NUM RAC RVA RMA ROV RSO SFC VCF 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 2–3 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 1–3 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 complete LFP es 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 thumb|upright|Salva was the top goalscorer of the 1999–2000 season Rank Player Club Goals1ESP SalvaRacing Santander272BRA CatanhaMálaga24NED Jimmy Floyd HasselbainkAtlético Madrid4NED Roy MakaayDeportivo La Coruña225FR Yugoslavia Savo MiloševićZaragoza216ESP Diego TristánMallorca187ESP RaúlReal Madrid178NED Patrick KluivertBarcelona159ESP Gaizka MendietaValencia13ESP VíctorValladolid Source: BDFutbol Zamora Trophy PlayerClubGoals againstMatchesAverageARG Martín HerreraAlavés3738 Fair Play award Rayo Vallecano was the winner of the Fair-play award with 102 points;Ganadores de los Premios Juego Limpio Fair-play awards Winners http://www.rfef.es/index.jsp?nodo=298#ancla7 RFEF 5 September 2010 Spanish dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100407195555/http://www.rfef.es/index.jsp?nodo=298 7 April 2010 moreover, it was elected on 8 June 2000 in Brussels as one of the three 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)El Rayo, a Europa la próxima temporada Rayo, to Europe next season http://hemeroteca.elmundodeportivo.es/preview/2000/06/09/pagina-41/1481449/pdf.html El Mundo Deportivo 9 July 2000 5 September 2010 Spanish Pedro Zaballa award Alfonso Pérez, footballerGanadores del Trofeo Pedro Zaballa Pedro Zaballa award Winners http://www.rfef.es/index.jsp?nodo=298#ancla8 RFEF 5 September 2010 Spanish dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100407195555/http://www.rfef.es/index.jsp?nodo=298 7 April 2010 Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/esp/aveesp00.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk 26 June 2026 # Club Avg. attendance Highest 1 FC Barcelona 65,526 100,000 2 Real Madrid 59,316 80,000 3 Valencia CF 40,368 50,000 4 Real Betis 38,684 45,000 5 Atlético de Madrid 35,211 55,000 6 Athletic Club 34,474 40,000 7 Sevilla FC 29,353 43,000 8 Málaga CF 27,526 37,000 9 Deportivo de La Coruña 27,211 36,000 10 Real Sociedad 25,221 30,000 11 Celta de Vigo 22,711 30,000 12 Real Zaragoza 22,000 33,000 13 RCD Espanyol 18,900 33,400 14 Deportivo Alavés 17,158 19,000 15 RCD Mallorca 16,384 23,000 16 Racing de Santander 15,820 22,000 17 Real Valladolid 13,326 21,000 18 Real Oviedo 11,705 15,024 19 Rayo Vallecano 9,737 14,500 20 CD Numancia 9,042 10,000 See also 1999–2000 Segunda División 1999–2000 Copa del Rey References 30em 1999–2000 1 Spain