1999–2000 FA Premier League
The 1999–2000 FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the FA Premier League, and Manchester United secured their sixth Premiership title. Like the previous season, they lost only three league games all season. Unlike in 1998–99 season, they won by a comfortable margin – 18 points as opposed to a single point.
Season | 1999–2000 |
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Dates | 7 August 1999 – 14 May 2000 |
Champions | Manchester United 6th Premier League title 13th English title |
Relegated | Watford Wimbledon Sheffield Wednesday |
Champions League | Manchester United Arsenal Leeds United |
UEFA Cup | Chelsea Liverpool Leicester City |
Intertoto Cup | Aston Villa Bradford City |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 1,060 (2.79 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Kevin Phillips (30 goals) |
Biggest home win | Newcastle United 8–0 Sheffield Wednesday (19 September 1999) |
Biggest away win | Derby County 0–5 Sunderland (18 September 1999) |
Highest scoring | West Ham United 5–4 Bradford City (12 February 2000) Tottenham Hotspur 7–2 Southampton (11 March 2000) |
Longest winning run | 11 games[1] Manchester United |
Longest unbeaten run | 16 games[1] Chelsea |
Longest winless run | 11 games[1] Sunderland Watford |
Longest losing run | 8 games[1] Wimbledon |
Highest attendance | 61,619 Manchester United v Derby County (11 March 2000) |
Lowest attendance | 8,248 Wimbledon v Sheffield Wednesday (12 April 2000) |
Average attendance | 30,755 |
← 1998–99 2000–01 → |
Their only disappointment of the season came when they lost their defence of the European Cup following a 3–2 defeat against Real Madrid in the quarter finals. Manchester United had withdrawn from the 1999–2000 FA Cup to participate in the FIFA World Club Championship at the request of the FA who wanted Manchester United to compete to support England's bid to host the World Cup. Chelsea would go on to win the last FA Cup held at Wembley Stadium before its redevelopment. The League Cup final was won by Leicester City, for the second time in four seasons. In Europe, Leeds United reached the UEFA Cup semi final and Arsenal were on the losing side to Galatasaray in the UEFA Cup final.
Only one newly promoted team suffered relegation: Watford, who finished in last place, and achieved a record Premiership low of just 24 points (a record since broken by Sunderland (twice) and by Derby County, Aston Villa and Huddersfield Town), despite a decent start to their campaign which saw them beat both Liverpool (at Anfield) and Chelsea. The most successful promoted team was Sunderland, who finished seventh in the final table and spent much of the season pushing for a place in European competition. Bradford City, back in the top division for the first time since 1922, secured their Premiership survival on the last day of the season with a 1–0 win over Liverpool. The result meant that Liverpool lost out on a Champions League place, and Wimbledon were relegated after 14 years of top-division football. Second-from-bottom Sheffield Wednesday were relegated in their penultimate game of the season, having spent 15 of the previous 16 seasons in the top division. Wednesday's season included an 8–0 defeat at Newcastle. Amazingly Coventry City went all season without an away win but still managed to secure 14th place due to an impressive home record which saw them win 12 out of their 19 matches.
As well as Premiership champions Manchester United and runners-up Arsenal, third placed Leeds United qualified for the 2000–01 Champions League. UEFA Cup places went to fourth placed Liverpool, F.A Cup winners Chelsea, and League Cup winners Leicester City.
Promoted to the Premiership for 2000–01 were First Division champions Charlton Athletic, runners-up Manchester City and playoff winners Ipswich Town. For the first time since the formation of the Premiership, all of the promoted teams had been members of the Premiership before.
Teams
Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were Sunderland, Bradford City and Watford, returning after absences of two, seventy-seven and eleven years respectively. This was also both Bradford City and Watford's first season in the Premier League. They replaced Charlton Athletic, Blackburn Rovers and Nottingham Forest. Charlton Athletic and Nottingham Forest were immediately relegated after a season's presence while Blackburn Rovers' seven-year top flight spell came to an end.
Stadiums and Locations
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- Due to Wimbledon lacking a home stadium, they played their home games at Selhurst Park, which is the home stadium of Crystal Palace.
Personnel and kits
(as of 14 May 2000)
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Wimbledon | ![]() |
Resigned | 9 June 1999 | Pre-season | ![]() |
9 June 1999 |
Newcastle United | ![]() |
Resigned | 28 August 1999[2] | 19th | ![]() |
2 September 1999[3] |
Southampton | ![]() |
Contract terminated | 27 January 2000[lower-alpha 1] | 17th | ![]() |
28 January 2000 |
Sheffield Wednesday | ![]() |
Sacked | 21 March 2000[4] | 19th | ![]() |
21 March 2000 |
Wimbledon | ![]() |
Sacked | 1 May 2000[5] | 18th | ![]() |
1 May 2000 |
- Jones was put on gardening leave on 27 January, with Glenn Hoddle taking over as interim manager. At the end of the season, Jones's contract was terminated, and Hoddle took over the position permanently.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Manchester United (C) | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 97 | 45 | +52 | 91 | Qualification for the Champions League first group stage |
2 | Arsenal | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 73 | 43 | +30 | 73 | |
3 | Leeds United | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
4 | Liverpool | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 67 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1] |
5 | Chelsea | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 53 | 34 | +19 | 65 | |
6 | Aston Villa | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 46 | 35 | +11 | 58 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round |
7 | Sunderland | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 58 | |
8 | Leicester City | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 55 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 2] |
9 | West Ham United | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 55 | |
10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 53 | |
11 | Newcastle United | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 63 | 54 | +9 | 52 | |
12 | Middlesbrough | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 52 | |
13 | Everton | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 59 | 49 | +10 | 50 | |
14 | Coventry City | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 44 | |
15 | Southampton | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 45 | 62 | −17 | 44 | |
16 | Derby County | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 38 | |
17 | Bradford City | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 38 | 68 | −30 | 36 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round |
18 | Wimbledon (R) | 38 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 46 | 74 | −28 | 33 | Relegation to the Football League First Division |
19 | Sheffield Wednesday (R) | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 38 | 70 | −32 | 31 | |
20 | Watford (R) | 38 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 35 | 77 | −42 | 24 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
- Chelsea qualified for the UEFA Cup as FA Cup winners.
- Leicester City qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
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Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Sunderland | 30 |
2 | ![]() |
Newcastle United | 23 |
3 | ![]() |
Manchester United | 20 |
4 | ![]() |
Leeds United | 19 |
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Manchester United | ||
6 | ![]() |
Arsenal | 17 |
7 | ![]() |
West Ham United | 16 |
8 | ![]() |
Tottenham Hotspur | 14 |
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Tottenham Hotspur | ||
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Sunderland |
Hat-tricks
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Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
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![]() | Leeds United | Southampton | 3–0 (A) | 11 August 1999 | [6] |
![]() | Manchester United | Newcastle United | 5–1 (H) | 30 August 1999 | [7] |
![]() | Sunderland | Derby County | 5–0 (A) | 18 September 1999 | [8] |
![]() | Newcastle United | Sheffield Wednesday | 8–0 (H) | 19 September 1999 | [9] |
![]() | Arsenal | Chelsea | 3–2 (A) | 23 October 1999 | [10] |
![]() | Arsenal | Middlesbrough | 5–1 (H) | 21 November 1999 | [11] |
![]() | Manchester United | Everton | 5–1 (H) | 4 December 1999 | [12] |
![]() | Everton | West Ham United | 4–0 (A) | 26 February 2000 | [13] |
![]() | Leicester City | Sunderland | 5–2 (H) | 5 March 2000 | [14] |
![]() | Tottenham Hotspur | Southampton | 7–2 (H) | 11 March 2000 | [15] |
![]() | Manchester United | Derby County | 3–1 (H) | 11 March 2000 | [16] |
![]() | Manchester United | West Ham United | 7–1 (H) | 1 April 2000 | [17] |
![]() | Bradford City | Derby County | 4–4 (H) | 21 April 2000 | [18] |
- Note: 5 Player scored 5 goals; 4 Player scored 4 goals; P Player scored a perfect hat-trick; (H) – Home; (A) – Away
Top assists
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Rank | Player | Club | Assists[19] |
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1 | ![]() |
Manchester United | 15 |
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Newcastle United | ||
3 | ![]() |
West Ham United | 13 |
4 | ![]() |
Manchester United | 12 |
5 | ![]() |
Arsenal | 9 |
6 | ![]() |
Everton | 8 |
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Tottenham Hotspur | ||
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Sheffield Wednesday | ||
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Aston Villa |
Awards
Monthly awards
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Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | |
August | ![]() |
Manchester United | ![]() |
Coventry City |
September | ![]() |
Everton | ![]() |
Leicester City |
October | ![]() |
Sunderland | ![]() |
Sunderland |
November | ![]() |
Leicester City | ![]() |
Liverpool |
December | ![]() |
Liverpool | ![]() |
Manchester United |
January | ![]() |
Sheffield Wednesday | ![]() |
Aston Villa |
February | ![]() |
Newcastle United | ![]() |
Aston Villa |
March | ![]() |
Manchester United | ![]() |
Manchester United |
April | Manchester United | ![]() |
Arsenal |
Annual awards
Award | Winner | Club |
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Premier League Manager of the Season | ![]() |
Manchester United |
Premier League Player of the Season | ![]() |
Sunderland |
PFA Players' Player of the Year | ![]() |
Manchester United |
PFA Young Player of the Year | ![]() |
Leeds United |
FWA Footballer of the Year | ![]() |
Manchester United |
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