Season 1999-2000

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FA Carling Premiership

  P  W  D  L  F  A
Home 19 12 5 2 35 12
Away 19 6 6 7 18 22
Total 38 18 11 9 53 34
Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
7th Aug 1999 Sunderland (H) 34831 4-0 Flo, Poyet (2), Zola
14th Leicester City (A) 21068 2-2 Sinclair (og), Wise
21st Aston Villa (H) 35071 1-0 Ehiogu (og)
28th Wimbledon (A) 22167 1-0 Petrescu
11th Sep 1999 Newcastle Utd (H) 35092 1-0 Leboeuf
18th Watford (A) 21244 0-1  
25th Middlesbrough (A) 34183 1-0 Lambourde
3rd Oct 1999 Manchester Utd (H) 34909 5-0 Berg (og), Morris, Poyet (2), Sutton
16th Liverpool (A) 44826 0-1  
23rd Arsenal (H) 34958 2-3 Flo, Petrescu
30th Derby County (A) 28614 1-3 Leboeuf
7th Nov 1999 West Ham Utd (H) 34935 0-0  
20th Everton (A) 38225 1-1 Flo
28th Bradford City (H) 31591 1-0 Flo
4th Dec 1999 Sunderland (A) 41377 1-4 Poyet
19th Leeds Utd (H) 35106 0-2  
26th Southampton (A) 15232 2-1 Flo (2)
29th Sheffield Wed (H) 32938 3-0 Flo, Morris, Wise
4th Jan 2000 Coventry City (A) 20164 2-2 Flo (2)
8th Bradford City (A) 18276 1-1 Petrescu
12th Tottenham (H) 34969 1-0 Weah
15th Leicester City (H) 35063 1-1 Wise
22nd Aston Villa (A) 33704 0-0  
5th Feb 2000 Tottenham (A) 36041 1-0 Lambourde
12th Wimbledon (H) 34826 3-1 Morris, Poyet, Weah
26th Watford (H) 34928 2-1 Desailly, Harley
4th Mar 2000 Newcastle Utd (A) 36448 1-0 Poyet
11th Everton (H) 35113 1-1 Wise
18th West Ham Utd (A) 26041 0-0  
25th Southampton (H) 34956 1-1 Richards (og)
1st Apr 2000 Leeds Utd (A) 40162 1-0 Harley
12th Coventry City (H) 32316 2-1 Hendry (og), Zola
15th Sheffield Wed (A) 21743 0-1  
22nd Middlesbrough (H) 34467 1-1 Poyet
24th Manchester Utd (A) 61593 2-3 Petrescu, Zola
29th Liverpool (H) 34957 2-0 Di Matteo, Weah
6th May 2000 Arsenal (A) 38119 1-2 Poyet
14th Derby County (H) 35084 4-0 Di Matteo, Flo, Poyet, Zola

Gate Statistics (FA Carling Premiership)

Venue Lowest Highest Total / Games Average
Home 31591 (Bradford City) 35113 (Everton) 656110 / 19 34532
Away 15232 (Southampton) 61593 (Manchester Utd) 599227 / 19 31538
All 15232 (Southampton, Away) 61593 (Manchester Utd, Away) 1255337 / 38 33035

FA Carling Premiership

Pos   Team   P   W   D   L   F   A   Pts   GD
1 Manchester Utd 38 28 7 3 97 45 91 +52
2 Arsenal 38 22 7 9 73 43 73 +30
3 Leeds Utd 38 21 6 11 58 43 69 +15
4 Liverpool 38 19 10 9 51 30 67 +21
5 Chelsea 38 18 11 9 53 34 65 +19
6 Aston Villa 38 15 13 10 46 35 58 +11
7 Sunderland 38 16 10 12 57 56 58 +1
8 Leicester City 38 16 7 15 55 55 55 --
9 West Ham Utd 38 15 10 13 52 53 55 -1
10 Tottenham 38 15 8 15 57 49 53 +8
11 Newcastle Utd 38 14 10 14 63 54 52 +9
12 Middlesbrough 38 14 10 14 46 52 52 -6
13 Everton 38 12 14 12 59 49 50 +10
14 Coventry City 38 12 8 18 47 54 44 -7
15 Southampton 38 12 8 18 45 62 44 -17
16 Derby County 38 9 11 18 44 57 38 -13
17 Bradford City 38 9 9 20 38 68 36 -30
18 Wimbledon 38 7 12 19 46 74 33 -28
19 Sheffield Wed 38 8 7 23 38 70 31 -32
20 Watford 38 6 6 26 35 77 24 -42

Week-By-Week League Positions

European Champions' League Qualifier

P  W  D  L  F  A
2 1 1 0 3 0
Match Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
3rd Round 1st Leg 11th Aug 1999 FC Skonto Riga (H) 22043 3-0 Babayaro, Poyet, Sutton
2nd Leg 25th Aug 1999 FC Skonto Riga (A) 5200 0-0 (3-0 agg)  

European Champions' League, Phase 1

P  W  D  L  F  A
6 3 2 1 10 3
Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
15th Sep 1999 AC Milan (H) 33873 0-0  
21st Hertha Berlin (A) 51541 1-2 Leboeuf
28th Galatasaray (H) 33426 1-0 Petrescu
20th Oct 1999 Galatasaray (A) 25500 5-0 Ambrosetti, Flo (2), Wise, Zola
26th AC Milan (A) 74855 1-1 Wise
3rd Nov 1999 Hertha Berlin (H) 33623 2-0 Deschamps, Ferrer

European Champions' League, Phase 2

P  W  D  L  F  A
6 3 1 2 8 5
Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
24th Nov 1999 Feyenoord (H) 29704 3-1 Babayaro, Flo (2)
7th Dec 1999 Lazio (A) 38661 0-0  
29th Feb 2000 Marseille (A) 22679 0-1  
8th Mar 2000 Marseille (H) 33206 1-0 Wise
14th Feyenoord (A) 45000 3-1 Flo, Wise, Zola
22nd Lazio (H) 34260 1-2 Poyet

European Champions' League, Finals

P  W  D  L  F  A
2 1 0 1 4 6
Match Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
Quarter-Final 1st Leg 5th Apr 2000 Barcelona (H) 33662 3-1 Flo (2), Zola
2nd Leg 18th Apr 2000 Barcelona (A) 98000 1-5 (4-6 agg) [aet; 1-3 ft] Flo

FA Cup

P  W  D  L  F  A
6 6 0 0 18 3
Match Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
3rd Round 11th Dec 1999 Hull City (A) 10279 6-1 Di Matteo, Edwards (og), Poyet (3), Sutton
4th Round 19th Jan 2000 Nottm Forest (H) 30125 2-0 Leboeuf, Wise
5th Round 30th Jan 2000 Leicester City (H) 30141 2-1 Poyet, Weah
Quarter-Final 20th Feb 2000 Gillingham (H) 34205 5-0 Flo, Morris, Terry, Weah, Zola
Semi-Final 9th Apr 2000 Newcastle Utd 73876 2-1 Poyet (2)
Final 20th May 2000 Aston Villa 78217 1-0 Di Matteo

Worthington League Cup

Match Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
3rd Round 13th Oct 1999 Huddersfield (H) 21008 0-1  

Goal Scorers

Key

  League   FA Carling Premiership
  ECLQ   European Champions' League Qualifier
  ECL1   European Champions' League, Phase 1
  ECL2   European Champions' League, Phase 2
  ECLF   European Champions' League, Finals

Player Total League ECLQ ECL1 ECL2 ECLF FA Cup
Tore Andre Flo 19 10   2 3 3 1
Gustavo Poyet 18 10 1   1   6
Dennis Wise 9 4   2 2   1
Gianfranco Zola 8 4   1 1 1 1
Dan Petrescu 5 4   1      
George Weah 5 3         2
Jody Morris 4 3         1
Frank Leboeuf 4 2   1     1
Roberto Di Matteo 4 2         2
Chris Sutton 3 1 1       1
Jon Harley 2 2          
Bernard Lambourde 2 2          
Celestine Babayaro 2   1   1    
Marcel Desailly 1 1          
Gabriele Ambrosetti 1     1      
Didier Deschamps 1     1      
Albert Ferrer 1     1      
John Terry 1           1
Total 90 48 3 10 8 4 17

Appearances

Key

  League   FA Carling Premiership
  ECLQ   European Champions' League Qualifier
  ECL1   European Champions' League, Phase 1
  ECL2   European Champions' League, Phase 2
  ECLF   European Champions' League, Finals
  WLC   Worthington League Cup

The first number is the number of appearances
as a starter; the second number is the number
of appearances as a substitute.

Player Total League ECLQ ECL1 ECL2 ECLF FA Cup WLC
Ed De Goey 59/- 37/- 2/- 6/- 6/- 2/- 6/-  
Dennis Wise 48/2 29/1 2/- 5/1 5/- 2/- 5/-  
Frank Leboeuf 45/1 28/- 1/- 5/1 6/- 1/- 4/-  
Gianfranco Zola 44/9 25/8 1/- 6/- 6/- 2/- 4/1  
Didier Deschamps 44/3 24/3 1/- 5/- 6/- 2/- 6/-  
Marcel Desailly 43/- 23/- 2/- 6/- 6/- 2/- 4/-  
Gustavo Poyet 42/11 25/8 2/- 3/2 6/- -/1 6/-  
Albert Ferrer 40/1 24/1 1/- 6/- 5/- 2/- 2/-  
Dan Petrescu 39/8 24/5 2/- 5/1 5/- 1/1 2/1  
Celestine Babayaro 38/3 23/2 1/1 6/- 5/- 2/- 1/-  
Tore Andre Flo 37/20 20/14 1/1 5/1 6/- 2/- 2/4 1/-
Jody Morris 27/19 19/11 1/- 2/2 1/3 2/- 1/3 1/-
Chris Sutton 27/12 21/7 1/- 2/2 -/1 -/1 3/1  
Roberto Di Matteo 21/10 14/4   -/1 2/4 1/1 3/- 1/-
Jon Harley 19/7 13/4 -/1   1/2   5/-  
Emerson Thome 19/2 18/2       1/-    
Bernard Lambourde 16/5 12/3   -/1   -/1 3/- 1/-
George Weah 13/2 9/2         4/-  
Gabriele Ambrosetti 11/12 9/7   1/3 -/1   -/1 1/-
Jes Hogh 11/6 6/3 1/- 1/2 -/1   2/- 1/-
Graeme Le Saux 10/3 6/2 1/- 2/1       1/-
John Terry 5/4 2/2         2/2 1/-
Mario Melchiot 5/1 4/1         1/-  
Bjarne Goldbaek 4/5 2/4 1/1         1/-
Carlo Cudicini 2/1 1/- -/1         1/-
Mikael Forssell 2/-   1/-         1/-
Sam Dalla Bona -/3 -/2     -/1      
Robert Wolleaston -/2 -/1           -/1
Mark Nicholls -/2   -/1         -/1
Neil Clement -/1           -/1  
Luca Percassi -/1           -/1  
Games Played 61 38 2 6 6 2 6 1

Discipline

Key

  League   FA Carling Premiership
  ECLQ   European Champions' League Qualifier
  ECL1   European Champions' League, Phase 1
  ECL2   European Champions' League, Phase 2
  ECLF   European Champions' League, Finals
  WLC   Worthington League Cup

The first number is the number of bookings; the
second number is the number of dismissals.

Player Total League ECLQ ECL1 ECL2 ECLF FA Cup WLC
Frank Leboeuf 12/2 9/2   1/- 2/-      
Dennis Wise 11/2 7/1   1/-   1/- 2/1  
Chris Sutton 10/1 7/- 1/- 1/1     1/-  
Albert Ferrer 8/- 5/-   1/- 1/- 1/-    
Didier Deschamps 7/- 5/-     1/-   1/-  
Gustavo Poyet 6/- 5/-         1/-  
Marcel Desailly 4/1 3/1   1/-        
Celestine Babayaro 4/1 3/-   1/-   -/1    
Jody Morris 4/- 4/-            
Roberto Di Matteo 4/- 3/-     1/-      
Dan Petrescu 4/- 2/-       1/- 1/-  
Bernard Lambourde 3/- 3/-            
Graeme Le Saux 3/- 3/-            
Tore Andre Flo 2/- 1/-     1/-      
Jon Harley 2/- 1/-         1/-  
Gianfranco Zola 2/-     1/-   1/-    
Ed De Goey 1/- 1/-            
Emerson Thome 1/- 1/-            
Mario Melchiot 1/-           1/-  
Mikael Forssell 1/-             1/-
Jes Hogh 1/-             1/-
Total 91/7 63/4 1/- 7/1 6/- 4/1 8/1 2/-