The 1999–2000 Bundesliga was the 37th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 13 August 1999 and ended on 20 May 2000. FC Bayern Munich were the defending champions.
Competition modus Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received three points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the three teams with the fewest points were relegated to 2. Bundesliga.
Team changes to 1998–99 1. FC Nürnberg, VfL Bochum and Borussia Mönchengladbach were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by Arminia Bielefeld, SpVgg Unterhaching and SSV Ulm.
Season overview
Five matches before the end of the league, Bayer Leverkusen had 61 points and defending champions Bayern Munich was in 60. At the 30th fixture, Bayer 04 got 3 points ahead, and continued winning until the 33rd round. Before the final fixture start, Bayer had 73 points, with Bayern having 70. However, Leverkusen lost away to Unterhaching 2–0, and Bayern celebrated the championship winning against Werder Bremen 3–1 at home, due to their superior goal difference over Bayer 04.
Team overview
Club Location Ground Capacity Berlin Olympiastadion 76,000 * Bielefeld Stadion Alm 26,600 Bremen Weserstadion 36,000 Dortmund Westfalenstadion 68,600 Duisburg Wedaustadion 30,128 Frankfurt am Main Waldstadion 62,000 Freiburg im Breisgau Dreisamstadion 25,000 Hamburg Volksparkstadion 62,000 Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 41,500 Leverkusen BayArena 22,500 Munich Olympiastadion 63,000 Munich Olympiastadion 63,000 Rostock Ostseestadion 25,850 Gelsenkirchen Parkstadion 70,000 Stuttgart Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion 53,700 * Ulm Donaustadion 23,500 * Unterhaching Stadion am Sportpark 11,300 Wolfsburg VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg 21,600 (*) Promoted from 2. Bundesliga.
League table
Results
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Martin Max 1860 Munich192 Ulf Kirsten Bayer Leverkusen173 Giovane Élber Bayern Munich14 Ebbe Sand Schalke 045 Marco Bode Werder Bremen13 Paulo Sérgio Bayern Munich7 Aílton Werder Bremen12 Jonathan Akpoborie VfL Wolfsburg Michael Preetz Hertha BSC10 Stefan Beinlich Bayer Leverkusen11 Youri Djorkaeff Kaiserslautern Andrzej Juskowiak VfL Wolfsburg Bruno Labbadia Arminia Bielefeld Adel Sellimi SC Freiburg
Attendances Source:
No. Team Attendance Change Highest 1 Borussia Dortmund 64,641 -1,3% 68,800 2 Bayern München 52,588 -6,5% 69,000 3 Hertha BSC 46,835 -10,7% 75,000 4 Hamburger SV 41,934 72,1% 53,800 5 Schalke 04 40,543 -6,9% 62,109 6 1. FC Kaiserslautern 40,224 -2,0% 41,500 7 Eintracht Frankfurt 35,603 11,5% 58,245 8 TSV 1860 32,653 0,5% 69,000 9 VfB Stuttgart 30,235 -1,7% 47,000 10 Werder Bremen 29,834 0,2% 36,000 11 SC Freiburg 24,694 10,2% 25,000 12 Bayer Leverkusen 22,471 0,1% 22,500 13 SSV Ulm 21,711 93,7% 23,793 14 Arminia Bielefeld 19,721 62,8% 26,601 15 VfL Wolfsburg 17,196 2,9% 21,400 16 Hansa Rostock 16,153 1,3% 24,500 17 MSV Duisburg 15,115 -12,7% 30,112 18 SpVgg Unterhaching 9,576 158,0% 11,300
References
External links DFB Bundesliga archive 1999/2000