Premier League 1999/2000

Premier League 1999/2000
master	Manchester United
Champions League	Manchester United , Arsenal FC
Champions League qualification	Leeds United
Uefa cup	Liverpool , Chelsea , Leicester City
UI cup	Aston Villa , Bradford City
Cup winners	Chelsea FC
Relegated	Wimbledon FC , Sheffield Wednesday , Watford FC
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	1,060  (ø 2.79 per game)
Top scorer	Kevin Phillips ( Sunderland AFC )
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Football League First Division 1999/2000 ↓

The Premier League 1999/2000 was the eighth season of the Premier League , which was organized by the FA , and at the same time the 101st first division season in English football. It began on August 7, 1999 and ended on May 14, 2000.

Manchester United was able to defend its championship title from the previous season. In the First Division dismount had to FC Wimbledon , Sheffield Wednesday and Watford FC . The top scorer was Kevin Phillips from Sunderland AFC with 30 goals .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Manchester United (M, P)	38	28	7th	3	097:450	+52	91
2.	Arsenal FC	38	22nd	7th	9	073:430	+30	73
3.	Leeds United	38	21st	6th	11	058:430	+15	69
4th	Liverpool FC	38	19th	10	9	051:300	+21	67
5.	Chelsea FC	38	18th	11	9	053:340	+19	65
6th	Aston Villa	38	15th	13	10	046:350	+11	58
7th	Sunderland AFC (N)	38	16	10	12	057:560	+1	58
8th.	Leicester City	38	16	7th	15th	055:550	± 0	55
9.	West Ham United	38	15th	10	13	052:530	−1	55
10.	Tottenham Hotspur (L)	38	15th	8th	15th	057:490	+8	53
11.	Newcastle United	38	14th	10	14th	063:540	+9	52
12.	Middlesbrough FC	38	14th	10	14th	046:520	−6	52
13.	Everton FC	38	12	14th	12	059:490	+10	50
14th	Coventry City	38	12	8th	18th	047:540	−7	44
15th	Southampton FC	38	12	8th	18th	045:620	−17	44
16.	Derby County	38	9	11	18th	044:570	−13	38
17th	Bradford City (N)	38	9	9	20th	038:680	−30	36
18th	Wimbledon FC	38	7th	12	19th	046:740	−28	33
19th	Sheffield Wednesday	38	8th	7th	23	038:700	−32	31
20th	Watford FC (N)	38	6th	6th	26th	035:770	−42	24

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

English champion and participation in the group stage of the 2000/01 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the group stage of the 2000/01 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2000/01 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 2000/01 UEFA Cup

Participation in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2000

Participation in the 2000/01 UEFA Cup as a league cup winner

Relegation to the Football League First Division

(M)	reigning English champion
(P)	reigning FA Cup winner
(L)	reigning league cup winner
(N)	Newcomers last season

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

	ARS	AST	BRA	CHE	COV	OF THE	EVE	LEE	LEI	LIV	MNU	MID	NEW	SHW	SOT	SUN	DEAD	WAT	WHU	WIM
Arsenal FC		3: 1	2-0	2: 1	3-0	2: 1	4: 1	2-0	2: 1	0: 1	1: 2	5: 1	0-0	3: 3	3: 1	4: 1	2: 1	1-0	2: 1	1: 1
Aston Villa	1: 1		1-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	3-0	1-0	2: 2	0-0	0: 1	1-0	0: 1	2: 1	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	4-0	2: 2	1: 1
Bradford City	2: 1	1: 1		1: 1	1: 1	4: 4	0-0	1: 2	3: 1	1-0	0: 4	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	1: 2	0: 4	1: 1	3: 2	0: 3	3-0
Chelsea FC	2: 3	1-0	1-0		2: 1	4-0	1: 1	0: 2	1: 1	2-0	5-0	1: 1	1-0	3-0	1: 1	4-0	1-0	2: 1	0-0	3: 1
Coventry City	3: 2	2: 1	4-0	2: 2		2-0	1-0	3: 4	0: 1	0: 3	1: 2	2: 1	4: 1	4: 1	0: 1	3: 2	0: 1	4-0	1-0	2-0
Derby County	1: 2	0: 2	0: 1	3: 1	0-0		1-0	0: 1	3-0	0: 2	1: 2	1: 3	0-0	3: 3	2-0	0: 5	0: 1	2-0	1: 2	4-0
Everton FC	0: 1	0-0	4-0	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1		4: 4	2: 2	0-0	1: 1	0: 2	0: 2	1: 1	4: 1	5-0	2: 2	4: 2	1-0	4-0
Leeds United	0: 4	1: 2	2: 1	0: 1	3-0	0-0	1: 1		2: 1	1: 2	0: 1	2-0	3: 2	2-0	1-0	2: 1	1-0	3: 1	1-0	4: 1
Leicester City	0: 3	3: 1	3-0	2: 2	1-0	0: 1	1: 1	2: 1		2: 2	0: 2	2: 1	1: 2	3-0	2: 1	5: 2	0: 1	1-0	1: 3	2: 1
Liverpool FC	2-0	0-0	3: 1	1-0	2-0	2-0	0: 1	3: 1	0: 2		2: 3	0-0	2: 1	4: 1	0-0	1: 1	2-0	0: 1	1-0	3: 1
Manchester United	1: 1	3-0	4-0	3: 2	3: 2	3: 1	5: 1	2-0	2-0	1: 1		1-0	5: 1	4-0	3: 3	4-0	3: 1	4: 1	7: 1	1: 1
Middlesbrough FC	2: 1	0: 4	0: 1	0: 1	2-0	1: 4	2: 1	0-0	0: 3	1-0	3: 4		2: 2	1-0	3: 2	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	2-0	0-0
Newcastle United	4: 2	0: 1	2-0	0: 1	2-0	2-0	1: 1	2: 2	0: 2	2: 2	3-0	2: 1		8-0	5-0	1: 2	2: 1	1-0	2: 2	3: 3
Sheffield Wednesday	1: 1	0: 1	2-0	1-0	0-0	0: 2	0: 2	0: 3	4-0	1: 2	0: 1	1-0	0: 2		0: 1	0: 2	1: 2	2: 2	3: 1	5: 1
Southampton FC	0: 1	2-0	1-0	1: 2	0-0	3: 3	2-0	0: 3	1: 2	1: 1	1: 3	1: 1	4: 2	2-0		1: 2	0: 1	2-0	2: 1	2-0
Sunderland AFC	0-0	2: 1	0: 1	4: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1: 2	2-0	0: 2	2: 2	1: 1	2: 2	1-0	2-0		2: 1	2-0	1-0	2: 1
Tottenham Hotspur	2: 1	2: 4	1: 1	0: 1	3: 2	1: 1	3: 2	1: 2	2: 3	1-0	3: 1	2: 3	3: 1	0: 1	7: 2	3: 1		4-0	0-0	2-0
Watford FC	2: 3	0: 1	1-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	1: 3	1: 2	1: 1	2: 3	2: 3	1: 3	1: 1	1-0	3: 2	2: 3	1: 1		1: 2	2: 3
West Ham United	2: 1	1: 1	5: 4	0-0	5-0	1: 1	0: 4	0-0	2: 1	1-0	2: 4	0: 1	2: 1	4: 3	2-0	1: 1	1-0	1-0		2: 1
Wimbledon FC	1: 3	2: 2	3: 2	0: 1	1: 1	2: 2	0: 3	2-0	2: 1	1: 2	2: 2	2: 3	2-0	0: 2	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	5-0	2: 2

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	Kevin Phillips	Sunderland AFC	30th
2	Alan Shearer	Newcastle United	23
3	Dwight Yorke	Manchester United	20th
4th	Michael Bridges	Leeds United	19th
=	Andrew Cole	Manchester United	=
6th	Thierry Henry	Arsenal FC	17th
7th	Paolo Di Canio	West Ham United	16
8th	Chris Armstrong	Tottenham Hotspur	14th
=	Steffen Iversen	Tottenham Hotspur	=
=	Niall Quinn	Sunderland AFC	=

Awards during the season

month	Trainer of the month	Player of the month
August 1999	Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)	Robbie Keane (Coventry City)
September 1999	Walter Smith (Everton FC)	Mustafa İzzet (Leicester City)
October 1999	Peter Reid (Sunderland AFC)	Kevin Phillips (Sunderland AFC)
November 1999	Martin O'Neill (Leicester City)	Sami Hyypiä (Liverpool FC)
December 1999	Gérard Houllier (Liverpool FC)	Roy Keane (Manchester United)
January 2000	Danny Wilson (Sheffield Wednesday)	Gareth Southgate (Aston Villa)
February 2000	Bobby Robson (Newcastle United)	Paul Merson (Aston Villa)
March 2000	Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)	Dwight Yorke (Manchester United)
April 2000	Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)	Thierry Henry (Arsenal FC)

The Manchester United championship team

According to the rules of the Premier League, a player receives an official winner's medal if he completes at least 10 Premier League games for the master club. Against this background, only the following players count as English champions of the 1999/2000 season. The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.

1.

Manchester United

Goal: Mark Bosnich (23 / -); Raimond van der Gouw (14 / -) Defense: Jaap Stam (33 / -); Mikaël Silvestre (31 / -); Phil Neville (29 / -); Denis Irwin (25/3); Henning Berg (22/1); Gary Neville (22 / -) Midfield: Nicky Butt (32/3); Paul Scholes (31/9); David Beckham (31/6); Ryan Giggs (30/6); Roy Keane (29/5) Forward: Dwight Yorke (32/20); Andrew Cole (28/19); Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (28/12); Teddy Sheringham (27/5) Coach: Alex Ferguson