1999–2000 Bundesliga Facts for Kids

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Bundesliga
Season	1999–2000
Champions	Bayern Munich 15th Bundesliga title 16th German title
Promoted	Arminia Bielefeld Unterhaching Ulm
Relegated	Ulm Arminia Bielefeld Duisburg
Champions League	Bayern Munich Bayer Leverkusen Hamburg 1860 Munich
UEFA Cup	Kaiserslautern Hertha BSC Werder Bremen (domestic cup finalists)
Intertoto Cup	Wolfsburg Stuttgart
Matches played	306
Goals scored	885 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorer	Martin Max (19)
Biggest home win	seven games with a differential of +5 each (6–1 twice, 5–0 five times)
Biggest away win	Ulm 1–9 Leverkusen (18 March 2000)
Highest scoring	Ulm 1–9 Leverkusen (10 goals) (18 March 2000)
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The 1999–2000 Bundesliga was the 37th season of the Bundesliga. This is Germany's top football league. The season started on 13 August 1999 and finished on 20 May 2000. FC Bayern Munich were the champions from the year before.

How the Bundesliga Season Works
- Deciding Team Ranks
- Relegation to a Lower League
New Teams in the League
Exciting Finish to the Season
- The Final Match Day
Teams in the 1999–2000 Bundesliga
Final League Standings
Top Goal Scorers
FC Bayern Munich: The Champions' Team
See also

How the Bundesliga Season Works

In the Bundesliga, every team plays against every other team twice. One game is played at their home stadium, and the other is played away. Teams earn points for their games. They get three points for a win and one point for a draw. If a team loses, they get zero points.

Deciding Team Ranks

Teams are ranked by how many points they have. The team with the most points wins the championship. If two or more teams have the same number of points, there are rules to decide who ranks higher. First, they look at the goal difference. This is the number of goals a team has scored minus the goals they have let in. The team with a better goal difference ranks higher. If teams still have the same goal difference, the team that scored more total goals ranks higher.

Relegation to a Lower League

At the end of the season, the three teams with the fewest points are moved down to a lower league. This league is called the 2. Bundesliga. New teams from the 2. Bundesliga then join the Bundesliga for the next season.

New Teams in the League

Before the 1999–2000 season, some teams left the Bundesliga. 1. FC Nürnberg, VfL Bochum, and Borussia Mönchengladbach finished at the bottom. They were moved down to the 2. Bundesliga.

Three new teams joined the Bundesliga for this season. These teams were Arminia Bielefeld, SpVgg Unterhaching, and SSV Ulm. They had played well in the 2. Bundesliga to earn their spot.

Exciting Finish to the Season

The 1999–2000 Bundesliga season had a very exciting ending. With only five matches left, Bayer Leverkusen was in first place with 61 points. The defending champions, Bayern Munich, were right behind them with 60 points.

The Final Match Day

Bayer Leverkusen managed to get three points ahead of Bayern Munich. They kept winning until the second-to-last game. Before the very last match of the season, Bayer Leverkusen had 73 points. Bayern Munich had 70 points. It looked like Bayer Leverkusen would win the championship.

However, in their final game, Bayer Leverkusen lost 2–0 to Unterhaching. At the same time, Bayern Munich played against Werder Bremen. Bayern Munich won their game 3–1 at home. Because of this win, Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen ended up with the same number of points. But Bayern Munich had a much better goal difference. This meant Bayern Munich won the championship! It was a very close and dramatic end to the season.

Teams in the 1999–2000 Bundesliga

There were 18 teams that played in the Bundesliga during the 1999–2000 season. These teams were located all over Germany.

Here is a list of the clubs, their locations, and the stadiums where they played:

Club	Location	Ground	Capacity
Hertha BSC	Berlin	Olympiastadion	76,000
Arminia Bielefeld*	Bielefeld	Stadion Alm	26,600
SV Werder Bremen	Bremen	Weserstadion	36,000
Borussia Dortmund	Dortmund	Westfalenstadion	68,600
MSV Duisburg	Duisburg	Wedaustadion	30,128
Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt am Main	Waldstadion	62,000
SC Freiburg	Freiburg im Breisgau	Dreisamstadion	25,000
Hamburger SV	Hamburg	Volksparkstadion	62,000
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Kaiserslautern	Fritz-Walter-Stadion	41,500
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Leverkusen	BayArena	22,500
1860 Munich	Munich	Olympiastadion	63,000
FC Bayern Munich	Munich	Olympiastadion	63,000
FC Hansa Rostock	Rostock	Ostseestadion	25,850
Schalke 04	Gelsenkirchen	Parkstadion	70,000
VfB Stuttgart	Stuttgart	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion	53,700
SSV Ulm*	Ulm	Donaustadion	23,500
SpVgg Unterhaching*	Unterhaching	Stadion am Sportpark	11,300
VfL Wolfsburg	Wolfsburg	VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg	21,600

(*) These teams were promoted from the 2. Bundesliga.

Final League Standings

This table shows how all the teams finished the season. It includes their points, goals scored, and goal difference.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	22	7	5	73	28	+45	73	These teams qualified for the Champions League group stage.
2	Bayer Leverkusen	34	21	10	3	74	36	+38	73	These teams qualified for the Champions League group stage.
3	Hamburger SV	34	16	11	7	63	39	+24	59	These teams qualified for the Champions League third qualifying round.
4	1860 Munich	34	14	11	9	55	48	+7	53
5	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	15	5	14	54	59	−5	50	These teams qualified for the UEFA Cup first round.
6	Hertha BSC	34	13	11	10	39	46	−7	50	These teams qualified for the UEFA Cup first round.
7	VfL Wolfsburg	34	12	13	9	51	58	−7	49	This team qualified for the Intertoto Cup third round.
8	VfB Stuttgart	34	14	6	14	44	47	−3	48	This team qualified for the Intertoto Cup second round.
9	Werder Bremen	34	13	8	13	65	52	+13	47	This team qualified for the UEFA Cup first round.
10	SpVgg Unterhaching	34	12	8	14	40	42	−2	44
11	Borussia Dortmund	34	9	13	12	41	38	+3	40
12	SC Freiburg	34	10	10	14	45	50	−5	40
13	Schalke 04	34	8	15	11	42	44	−2	39
14	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	12	5	17	42	44	−2	39
15	Hansa Rostock	34	8	14	12	44	60	−16	38
16	SSV Ulm 1846 (R)	34	9	8	17	36	62	−26	35	These teams were moved down to the 2. Bundesliga.
17	Arminia Bielefeld (R)	34	7	9	18	40	61	−21	30
18	MSV Duisburg (R)	34	4	10	20	37	71	−34	22

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

Top Goal Scorers

This table shows the players who scored the most goals during the 1999–2000 Bundesliga season.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Martin Max	1860 Munich	19
2	Ulf Kirsten	Bayer Leverkusen	17
3	Giovane Élber	Bayern Munich	14
3	Ebbe Sand	Schalke 04	14
5	Marco Bode	Werder Bremen	13
5	Paulo Sérgio	Bayern Munich	13
7	Aílton	Werder Bremen	12
	Jonathan Akpoborie	VfL Wolfsburg
	Michael Preetz	Hertha BSC
10	Stefan Beinlich	Bayer Leverkusen	11
	Youri Djorkaeff	Kaiserslautern
	Andrzej Juskowiak	VfL Wolfsburg
	Bruno Labbadia	Arminia Bielefeld
	Adel Sellimi	SC Freiburg

FC Bayern Munich: The Champions' Team

Here are the players who were part of the FC Bayern Munich team that won the Bundesliga in 1999–2000. The numbers in brackets show how many games they played and how many goals they scored in the league.

FC Bayern Munich
Goalkeepers: Oliver Kahn (27 games); Bernd Dreher (6 games); Stefan Wessels (2 games). Defenders: Thomas Linke (27 games / 1 goal); Markus Babbel (26 games / 1 goal); Bixente Lizarazu (22 games / 1 goal); Samuel Kuffour (18 games / 2 goals); Patrik Andersson (16 games); Lothar Matthäus (15 games / 1 goal). Midfielders: Jens Jeremies (30 games / 3 goals); Paulo Sérgio (28 games / 13 goals); Stefan Effenberg (captain; 27 games / 2 goals); Michael Tarnat (26 games / 1 goal); Thorsten Fink (26 games); Mehmet Scholl (25 games / 6 goals); Michael Wiesinger (13 games / 1 goal); Thomas Strunz (9 games); Sławomir Wojciechowski (3 games / 1 goal); Mario Basler (2 games); Andrew Sinkala (1 game). Forwards: Hasan Salihamidžić (30 games / 4 goals); Roque Santa Cruz (28 games / 5 goals); Giovane Élber (26 games / 14 goals); Carsten Jancker (23 games / 9 goals); Alexander Zickler (14 games / 7 goals). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Ottmar Hitzfeld. Players on the team who did not play in a league game: David Jarolím . Players who left during the season: Lothar Matthäus (moved to MetroStars); Mario Basler (moved to 1. FC Kaiserslautern).