1999–2000_UEFA_Cup

1999–2000 UEFA Cup

1999–2000 UEFA Cup

29th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA


The 1999–2000 UEFA Cup season was the 29th edition of the UEFA Cup competition. The final took place at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen and was won by Galatasaray, who defeated Arsenal in the final. The game was scoreless through the first ninety minutes and stayed that way through thirty minutes of extra time. The match went on to penalty kicks in which Gheorghe Popescu scored the winning goal to win the cup. Galatasaray won the cup without losing a single game. The competition was marred by violence involving Turkish and English hooligans in the semi-finals and the final, in particular the fatal stabbings of Leeds United fans Kevin Speight and Christopher Loftus by Galatasaray fans in Istanbul.[1]

Quick Facts Dates, Final positions ...

Parma were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Werder Bremen in the fourth round. They entered in the first round due to elimination in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League.

It was the first season of the new format UEFA Cup; it had absorbed the now defunct Cup Winners' Cup to include domestic cup winners, and now featured an additional knockout round. This was the first year when the UEFA Cup winners qualified for the UEFA Super Cup. This season's champions also qualified for the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship, which was never held. So far, Galatasaray are the only UEFA Cup winners to qualify for a Club World Cup.

Association team allocation

A total of 142 teams from 49 UEFA associations participated in the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup. Associations are allocated places according to their 1999–2000 UEFA league coefficient.

Below is the qualification scheme for the 1999–00 UEFA Cup:

  • Associations 1–6 each enter three teams
  • Associations 7–8 each enter four teams
  • Associations 9–15 each enter two teams
  • Associations 16–21 each enter three teams
  • Associations 22–50 each enter two teams, with the exception of Bosnia who didn't have a domestic league winner, as well as Liechtenstein and Andorra who enter with only one team each
  • 3 winners of the Intertoto Cup
  • 16 teams eliminated from the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round are transferred to the UEFA Cup
  • 8 teams eliminated from the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League first group stage are transferred to the UEFA Cup

Association ranking

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Notes
  • (UCL): Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League
  • (IT): Additional teams from Intertoto Cup

Distribution

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Redistribution rules

A UEFA Cup place is vacated when a team qualify for both the Champions League and the UEFA Cup, or qualify for the UEFA Cup by more than one method. When a place is vacated, it is redistributed within the national association by the following rules:

  • When the domestic cup winners (considered as the "highest-placed" qualifier within the national association) also qualify for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place is vacated, and the remaining UEFA Cup qualifiers are moved up one place, with the final place (with the earliest starting round) taken by the domestic cup runners-up, provided they do not already qualify for the Champions League or the UEFA Cup. Otherwise, UEFA forgot to establish a rule, so each association decided how to assign this place.
  • When the domestic cup winners also qualify for the UEFA Cup through league position, their place through the league position is vacated, and the UEFA Cup qualifiers which finish lower in the league are moved up one place, with the final place taken by the highest-placed league finisher which do not qualify for the UEFA Cup yet.
  • A place vacated by the League Cup winners is taken by the highest-placed league finisher which do not qualify for the UEFA Cup yet.
  • A Fair Play place is taken by the highest-ranked team in the domestic Fair Play table which do not qualify for the Champions League or UEFA Cup yet.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • TH: Title holders
  • CW: Cup winners
  • CR: Cup runners-up
  • LC: League Cup winners
  • Nth: League position
  • PO: End-of-season European competition play-off winners
  • FP: Fair play
  • IT: Intertoto Cup winners
  • CL: Relegated from the Champions League
    • GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
    • Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round
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Notes
  1. ^
    Poland (POL): Polish champions Wisła Kraków were banned from European competitions by UEFA. As a result, league runners-up Widzew Łódź were promoted to Champions League, while 4th-placed Lech Poznań were awarded UEFA Cup spot.[2]
  2. ^
    FRY (FRY): League runners-up Obilić were excluded from the UEFA competitions because the club owner Arkan was charged with war crimes. Their place was given to 4th-placed Vojvodina.[2]
  3. ^
    Estonia (EST): 1998 Meistriliiga runners-up Tallinna Sadam merged into Levadia Maardu (who also won the Cup) after the season. Sadam's UEFA Cup spot was given to 3rd-placed Lantana Tallinn.[3]

Qualifying round

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First round

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Second round

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Third round

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Fourth round

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First leg

More information Slavia Prague, 1–0 ...

More information Parma, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 8,938

More information Roma, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 37,726

More information Borussia Dortmund, 0–2 ...

More information Atlético Madrid, 2–2 ...

More information Juventus, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 9,548

More information Arsenal, 5–1 ...
Attendance: 37,837

More information Mallorca, 4–1 ...
Attendance: 17,755

Second leg

More information Udinese, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 19,289
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Udinese 2–2 Slavia Prague on aggregate. Slavia Prague won on away goals rule.


More information Galatasaray, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 22,000

Galatasaray won 2–0 on aggregate.


More information Monaco, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 10,239
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Mallorca won 4–2 on aggregate.


More information Werder Bremen, 3–1 ...
Attendance: 30,050

Werder Bremen won 3–2 on aggregate.


More information Leeds United, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 39,149

Leeds United won 1–0 on aggregate.


More information Deportivo La Coruña, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 17,156
Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey)

Arsenal won 6–3 on aggregate.


More information Celta Vigo, 4–0 ...
Attendance: 21,860

Celta Vigo won 4–1 on aggregate.


More information Lens, 4–2 ...
Attendance: 37,229

Lens won 6–4 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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First leg

More information Leeds United, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 39,519
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

More information Arsenal, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 38,009

More information Mallorca, 1–4 ...
Attendance: 16,000

More information Celta Vigo, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 16,240

Second leg

More information Slavia Prague, 2–1 ...

Leeds United won 4–2 on aggregate.


More information Galatasaray, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 11,986

Galatasaray won 6–2 on aggregate.


More information Werder Bremen, 2–4 ...
Attendance: 31,400

Arsenal won 6–2 on aggregate.


More information Lens, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 40,224
Referee: Paul Durkin (England)

Lens won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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First leg

More information Galatasaray, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 17,819

More information Arsenal, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 38,102

Second leg

More information Lens, 1–2 ...

Arsenal won 3–1 on aggregate.


More information Leeds United, 2–2 ...
Attendance: 38,306

Galatasaray won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final

More information Galatasaray, 0–0 (a.e.t.) ...
Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 38,919[5]

Top goalscorers

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See also


References

  1. "Fans killed in Turkey violence". BBC News. 6 April 2000. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  2. "Galatasaray the pride of Turkey". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 June 2000. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  3. "UEFA Cup finals" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. pp. 63, 71. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  4. "UEFA Cup Final officials". Arsenal F.C. official website. 15 May 2000. Archived from the original on 18 September 2000. Retrieved 28 July 2013.

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