1999–2000 Bundesliga facts for kids
Season | 1999–2000 |
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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.
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | |
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 | |
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 |
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 |
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1860 Munich | 19 |
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Bayer Leverkusen | 17 |
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Bayern Munich | 14 |
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Schalke 04 | ||
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Werder Bremen | 13 |
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Bayern Munich | ||
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Werder Bremen | 12 |
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VfL Wolfsburg | ||
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Hertha BSC | ||
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Bayer Leverkusen | 11 |
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Kaiserslautern | ||
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VfL Wolfsburg | ||
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Arminia Bielefeld | ||
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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 |
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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 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). |
See also
In Spanish: 1. Bundesliga 1999-2000 para niños