1999–2000 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season

The club' s main goal for Apertura was clinching its three consecutive League title for the first time in its history.[1] The squad was reinforced with few players included forward Alfredo Moreno.[2] The race for the title started early against archrivals River Plate during the whole season. Finally, the club finished on 2nd spot just below of Millonarios thanks to key injured players and a 0–2 defeat against River.[3]

For Clausura Tournament the club was reinforced with several players included forward Marcelo Delgado from Racing.[4] The team played a decent season finishing again on 2nd spot thanks to a judicial sanction suspended the game against Newell's Old Boys and deducting 3 points due to a fireworks throwed to the field. In the replay, Newell's won the match and Boca Juniors finished below of Champions River Plate.

Meanwhile, after six years the club returned to play Copa Libertadores and advanced to Quarterfinals defeating archrivals River Plate included a 3-0 landslide in second leg of the series at La Bombonera. In Semifinals the squad eliminated Mexican team America thanks to a Samuel goal in the final minutes of the second leg of the series. In the Finals of the tournament the squad defeated incumbent Champions Palmeiras after a penalty shoot-out series clinching the title after 22 years.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  COL Oscar Cordoba — GK  ARG Roberto Abbondanzieri — DF  ARG Hugo Ibarra — DF  COL Jorge Bermudez — DF  ARG Walter Samuel — DF  ARG Julio Javier Marchant — DF  ARG Cesar Osvaldo La Paglia — DF  ARG José Antonio Pereda — DF  ARG Emanuel Ruiz — DF  ARG Rodolfo Arruabarrena — DF  ARG Anibal Matellan — DF  ARG José María Calvo — DF  ARG Omar Sebastián Pérez

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ARG Gustavo Hernán Pinto — MF  ARG Diego Cagna — MF  ARG Juan Roman Riquelme — MF  ARG Gustavo Barros Schelotto — MF  ARG Christian Traverso — MF  COL Mauricio Serna — MF  ARG José Horacio Basualdo — MF  ARG Sebastian Battaglia — MF  ARG Nicolas Burdisso — FW  ARG Martin Palermo — FW  ARG Guillermo Barros Schelotto — FW  ARG Marcelo Delgado — FW  ARG Antonio Barijho — FW  ARG Alfredo David Moreno — FW  ARG Christian Giménez — FW  ARG Matías Sebastián Arce — DF  ARG Fernando Navas — MF  ARG Facundo Jorge Imboden — DF  ARG Elías Iván Bazzi

• Club Atlético Boca Juniors official web site (in Spanish)