1999-2000_La_Liga

La Liga
Season	1999–2000
Dates	21 August 1999 – 20 May 2000
Champions	Deportivo 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 goals)
Biggest home win	Atlético Madrid 5–0 Real Oviedo; (22 December 1999)
Biggest away win	Real Madrid 1–5 Zaragoza; (4 December 1999); Athletic Bilbao 0–4 Barcelona; (11 March 2000); Sevilla 0–4 Mallorca; (7 May 2000)
Highest scoring	Valencia 6–2 Real Oviedo; (9 April 2000); Celta Vigo 5–3 Real Oviedo; (16 January 2000)
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1999–2000 La Liga

69th season of La Liga

The 1999–2000 La Liga season, the 69th since its establishment, began on 21 August 1999 and ended on 20 May 2000. Deportivo La Coruña won their first league title with 69 points, the lowest for a champion since three points for a win was introduced in 1995.^[7]

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Results

The season results are as follows:

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Home \ Away	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

Source: LFP (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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[table_note_res_CLGS0.42502203463811-13] Deportivo La Coruña also qualified for the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship as a host nation representative, that ended up being cancelled.

[table_hth_VCF0.42502203463811-14] VAL 3–1 BAR; BAR 3–0 VAL

[table_note_res_UC10.42502203463811-15] 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.

[table_hth_VLD0.42502203463811-16] VLD 3–3 CEL; CEL 1–1 VLD

[table_note_res_UCQR0.42502203463811-17] 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.

[table_hth_ESP0.42502203463811-18] ESP 0–0 RSO; RSO 1–0 ESP

[table_note_res_UC1c0.42502203463811-19] Espanyol entered UEFA Cup as winners of 1999–2000 Copa del Rey.

[table_hth_ROV0.42502203463811-20] ROV 1–0 NUM; NUM 1–1 ROV

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Team	Chairman	Manager	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	none
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

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

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^[8]	Javier Clemente	26 October 1999^[9]	17th
Real Madrid	John Toshack	Sacked	17 November 1999^[10]	Vicente del Bosque	18 November 1999^[11]	8th
Espanyol	Miguel Ángel Brindisi	Sacked	17 January 2000^[12]	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

1999-2000_La_Liga

1999–2000 La Liga

Promotion and relegation

Team information

Personnel and kits

Clubs and locations

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Overall

Awards and season statistics

Top goalscorers

Zamora Trophy

Fair Play award

Pedro Zaballa award

See also

References

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Deportivo La Coruña (C)	38	21	6	11	66	44	+22	69	Qualification for the Champions League group stage^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Barcelona	38	19	7	12	70	46	+24	64^{[lower-alpha 2]}
3	Valencia	38	18	10	10	59	39	+20	64^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Zaragoza	38	16	15	7	60	40	+20	63	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round^{[lower-alpha 3]}
5	Real Madrid	38	16	14	8	58	48	+10	62	Qualification for the Champions League group stage^{[lower-alpha 3]}
6	Alavés	38	17	10	11	41	37	+4	61	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
7	Celta de Vigo	38	15	8	15	45	43	+2	53^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
8	Valladolid	38	14	11	13	36	44	−8	53^{[lower-alpha 4]}
9	Rayo Vallecano	38	15	7	16	51	53	−2	52	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 5]}
10	Mallorca	38	14	9	15	52	45	+7	51	Qualification for the 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^{[lower-alpha 6]}
14	Espanyol	38	12	11	15	51	48	+3	47^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round^{[lower-alpha 7]}
15	Racing Santander	38	10	16	12	52	50	+2	46
16	Oviedo	38	11	12	15	44	60	−16	45^{[lower-alpha 8]}
17	Numancia	38	11	12	15	47	59	−12	45^{[lower-alpha 8]}
18	Betis (R)	38	11	9	18	33	56	−23	42	Relegation to the 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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Salva	Racing Santander	27
2	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Atlético Madrid	24
2	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
9	Víctor	Valladolid	13