1999–2000 La Liga

La Liga
Season 1999–2000
Champions Deportivo
1st title
Relegated Betis
Atlético Madrid
Sevilla
Champions League Real Madrid (1st group stage) (via UEFA Champions League)
Deportivo (1st group stage)
Barcelona (1st group stage)
Valencia (3rd qualifying round)
UEFA Cup Zaragoza (first round)
Alavés (first round)
Espanyol (first round) (via Copa del Rey)
Rayo Vallecano (qualifying round) (via Fair Play)
Intertoto Cup Celta Vigo (third round)
Mallorca (second round)
Matches played 380
Goals scored 999 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer Salva (27)
Biggest home win Atlético Madrid 5–0 Real Oviedo
(22 December 1999)[1]
Biggest away win Real Madrid 1–5 Zaragoza
(4 December 1999)[2]
Athletic Bilbao 0–4 Barcelona
(11 March 2000)[3]
Sevilla 0–4 Mallorca
(7 May 2000)[4]
Highest scoring Valencia 6–2 Real Oviedo
(9 April 2000)[5]
Celta Vigo 5–3 Real Oviedo
(16 January 2000)[6]

La Liga 1999-2000 season, the 68th since its establishment, started on August 21, 1999 and finished on May 20, 2000.

Contents

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 1998–99 Segunda División

Teams relegated to 1999–2000 Segunda División


Team Information

Clubs and locations

Numancia        
Oviedo       
Valladolid         
Location of teams in La Liga 1999–00

1998-99 season was composed of the following clubs:

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Deportivo La Coruña (C) 38 21 6 11 66 44 +22 69 2000–01 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Barcelona 38 19 7 12 70 46 +24 64 VAL 3–1 BAR
BAR 3–0 VAL
3 Valencia 38 18 10 10 59 39 +20 64 2000–01 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Zaragoza 38 16 15 7 60 40 +20 63 2000–01 UEFA Cup First round 1
5 Real Madrid 38 16 14 8 58 48 +10 62 2000–01 UEFA Champions League Group stage 1
6 Alavés 38 17 10 11 41 37 +4 61 2000–01 UEFA Cup First round
7 Celta de Vigo 38 15 8 15 45 43 +2 53 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round VLD 1–3 CEL
CEL 1–1 VLD
8 Valladolid 38 14 11 13 36 44 −8 53
9 Rayo Vallecano 38 15 7 16 51 53 −2 52 2000–01 UEFA Cup Qualifying round 2
10 Mallorca 38 14 9 15 52 45 +7 51 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
11 Athletic Bilbao 38 12 14 12 47 57 −10 50
12 Málaga 38 11 15 12 55 50 +5 48
13 Real Sociedad 38 11 14 13 42 49 −7 47 ESP 0–0 RSO
RSO 1–0 ESP
14 Espanyol 38 12 11 15 51 48 +3 47 2000–01 UEFA Cup First round 3
15 Racing Santander 38 10 16 12 52 50 +2 46
16 Real Oviedo 38 11 12 15 44 60 −16 45 ROV 1–0 NUMA
NUMA 1–1 ROV
17 Numancia 38 11 12 15 47 59 −12 45
18 Betis (R) 38 11 9 18 33 56 −23 42 Relegation to the Segunda División
19 Atlético Madrid (R) 38 9 11 18 48 64 −16 38
20 Sevilla (R) 38 5 13 20 42 67 −25 28

Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
1Real Madrid was qualified directly for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League as holders. Then, Zaragoza lost their spot to UEFA Champions League and had to resign with a spot of UEFA Cup.

2Rayo Vallecano earned a spot in the qualifying round of the 2000–01 UEFA Cup as being elected by UEFA as one of the two best entries of UEFA Fair play.

3Espanyol entered UEFA Cup as winners of 1999–2000 Copa del Rey.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Home \ Away1 ATH ATM BAR BET CEL ALA DEP ESP MLG MAL NUMA RAC RVA RMA ROV RSO SEV VAL VLD ZAR
Athletic Bilbao 4–2 0–4 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–3 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–2
Atlético Madrid 1–2 0–3 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 5–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–2
Barcelona 4–0 2–1 4–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–3 4–0 1–0 0–2 2–2 3–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 4–0 2–0
Betis 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–5 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0
Celta de Vigo 1–1 0–1 0–2 5–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–4 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 5–3 4–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1
Deportivo Alavés 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–2
Deportivo La Coruña 2–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 4–1 2–1 0–2 0–3 3–2 5–2 3–1 2–0 5–2 2–0 2–0 2–2
Espanyol 0–0 3–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–3 0–0 0–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 5–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 2–2 3–2 1–1 1–1
Málaga 3–4 2–3 1–2 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–0
Mallorca 2–1 1–2 3–2 4–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–3 2–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1
Numancia 1–1 3–0 3–3 1–2 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–2
Racing Santander 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–2
Rayo Vallecano 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–3 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–3 4–1 0–1
Real Madrid 3–1 1–3 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–4 0–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–3 0–1 1–5
Real Oviedo 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 4–2 0–0 1–1 1–0
Real Sociedad 4–1 4–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–5 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–1
Sevilla 0–0 2–1 3–2 3–0 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–2 0–0 0–4 4–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 2–3 2–2 1–2 0–1 0–0
Valencia 2–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 4–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 6–2 4–0 2–0 0–0 2–1
Valladolid 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–3 1–3 1–1 4–1 1–0 4–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1
Zaragoza 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 3–0 3–3 4–1 1–1 0–1 4–0 2–0 2–1 4–2 1–1

Source: LFP (Spanish)
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Awards

Pichichi Trophy

Goalscorers Goal Team
Salva
27
Racing de Santander
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
24
Atlético Madrid
Catanha
24
Málaga CF
Roy Makaay
22
Deportivo de La Coruña
Savo Milošević
21
Zaragoza

Fair Play award

Rayo Vallecano was the winner of the Fair-play award with 102 points[7], moreover it was elected in 8 June 2000 in Brussels as one of the two entries by UEFA to enter UEFA Cup in the qualifying round by the same condition of Fair Play.

Pedro Zaballa award

Alfonso Pérez Muñoz, footballer[8]

See also

References