The 1st Lig 1999/2000 was the 42nd season of the highest Turkish league in men's football. It started on August 6, 1999 with defending champion Galatasaray Istanbul against Gaziantepspor and ended with the 34th matchday on May 21, 2000. Galatasaray Istanbul became champions for the fourth time in a row.
For the 1st Lig 1999/2000, the 15 clubs remaining from the previous season were joined by the three promoted teams from the last second division season . The climbers were the first and second placed in the 2nd league Vanspor and Denizlispor and the play-off winner of the 2nd Lig Göztepe Izmir . While Denizlispor returned to the 1st Lig after two years, Göztepe after 17 years, Vanspor managed to get back up immediately.
1 Vedat Inceefe, Osman Coşkun and Saffet Akyüz left the club on loan in January 2000 during the season
2 Tugay Kerimoğlu left the club in January 2000 during the season
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At this season, the telecommunications company Telsim acquired the league's naming rights . Since July 1999 the league name has been Telsim 1. Ligi . The Minister of State of the Republic of Turkey , who was responsible for sport, vetoed this development and decided by resolution in the State Cabinet in October 1999 to reverse it.
The quota of foreigners for the 1999/2000 season increased from four to five for the first time.
After the second game day, August 15, 1999, the league was interrupted for a week. As a result, the league operators, the Turkish Football Association (TFF), decided to interrupt for another few weeks. Due to the earthquake in Gölcük on August 17, 1999 in the province of Kocaeli . The entire game schedule was postponed by this period. On September 10, 1999, the league was resumed.
In August 1999, the league operator, the Turkish Football Association (TFF), granted Kocaelispor the right not to participate in the league operations this season, as they would not be relegated. Due to the earthquake in Kocaeli province. Kocaelispor did not apply for this and continued to participate in the league, but played their first 14 league games this season, all of them away, because the home stadium, Ismetpaşa Stadium , was being renovated.
The intercontinental derby between Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray was supposed to take place between November 19 and 21, 1999, but this was postponed to December 22, 1999 due to the UEFA Cup match between Galatasaray and Bologna FC on November 23, 1999. Galatasaray also celebrated four days before the season finale, his biggest international success to date in the club's history with winning the UEFA Cup on May 17, 2000 against Arsenal London .