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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

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
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
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 Germany Martin Max 1860 Munich 19
2 Germany Ulf Kirsten Bayer Leverkusen 17
3 Brazil Giovane Élber Bayern Munich 14
Denmark Ebbe Sand Schalke 04
5 Germany Marco Bode Werder Bremen 13
Brazil Paulo Sérgio Bayern Munich
7 Brazil Aílton Werder Bremen 12
Nigeria Jonathan Akpoborie VfL Wolfsburg
Germany Michael Preetz Hertha BSC
10 Germany Stefan Beinlich Bayer Leverkusen 11
France Youri Djorkaeff Kaiserslautern
Poland Andrzej Juskowiak VfL Wolfsburg
Germany Bruno Labbadia Arminia Bielefeld
Tunisia 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 France (22 games / 1 goal); Samuel Kuffour Ghana (18 games / 2 goals); Patrik Andersson Sweden (16 games); Lothar Matthäus (15 games / 1 goal).
Midfielders: Jens Jeremies (30 games / 3 goals); Paulo Sérgio Brazil (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 Poland (3 games / 1 goal); Mario Basler (2 games); Andrew Sinkala Zambia (1 game).
Forwards: Hasan Salihamidžić Bosnia and Herzegovina (30 games / 4 goals); Roque Santa Cruz Paraguay (28 games / 5 goals); Giovane Élber Brazil (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 Czech Republic.

Players who left during the season: Lothar Matthäus (moved to MetroStars); Mario Basler (moved to 1. FC Kaiserslautern).

See also

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