1999–2000 Derby County F.C. season

Derby County

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Lionel Pickering
Manager	Jim Smith
Stadium	Pride Park
Premier League	16th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	Delap (8)
Highest home attendance	33,378 (vs. Liverpool, 18 March)
Lowest home attendance	19,152 (vs. Swansea City, 22 September)
Average home league attendance	29,351
Home colours Away colours
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 English football season was Derby County F.C.'s fourth consecutive season in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

After two successive top 10 finishes which gave promise a possible bid for a UEFA Cup place, Derby County endured their most difficult season in recent year as they finished 16th with a mere 38 points, just two places and five points clear of relegation.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Manchester United	38	28	7	3	97	45	+52	91
2	Arsenal	38	22	7	9	73	43	+30	73
3	Leeds United	38	21	6	11	58	43	+15	69
4	Liverpool	38	19	10	9	51	30	+21	67
5	Chelsea	38	18	11	9	53	34	+19	65
6	Aston Villa	38	15	13	10	46	35	+11	58
7	Sunderland	38	16	10	12	57	56	+1	58
8	Leicester City	38	16	7	15	55	55	0	55
9	West Ham United	38	15	10	13	52	53	−1	55
10	Tottenham Hotspur	38	15	8	15	57	49	+8	53
11	Newcastle United	38	14	10	14	63	54	+9	52
12	Middlesbrough	38	14	10	14	46	52	−6	52
13	Everton	38	12	4	12	59	49	+10	50
14	Coventry City	38	12	8	18	47	54	−7	44
15	Southampton	38	12	8	18	45	62	−17	44
16	Derby County	38	9	11	18	44	57	−13	38
17	Bradford City	38	9	9	20	38	68	−30	36
18	Wimbledon	38	7	12	19	46	74	−28	33
19	Sheffield Wednesday	38	8	7	23	38	70	−32	31
20	Watford	38	6	6	26	35	77	−42	24

Key
Qualified for the Champions League
Qualified for the UEFA Cup
Relegated to Division One

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results Summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	9	11	18	44	57	−13	38	6	3	10	22	25	−3	3	8	8	22	32	−10

Source: Statto

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Result	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	D	L
Position	9	15	17	19	18	13	14	15	17	16	17	19	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Derby County's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Leeds United	A	0-0	40,118
10 August 1999	Arsenal	H	1-2	25,901	Delap
14 August 1999	Middlesbrough	H	1-3	24,045	Burton
21 August 1999	Coventry City	A	0-2	17,685
25 August 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2-0	20,943	Delap, Sturridge
28 August 1999	Everton	H	1-0	26,550	Fuertes
11 September 1999	Wimbledon	A	2-2	12,282	Carbonari, Johnson
18 September 1999	Sunderland	H	0-5	28,264
25 September 1999	Bradford City	H	0-1	31,305
4 October 1999	Southampton	A	3-3	14,208	Delap, Laursen, Beck
16 October 1999	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-1	29,815
25 October 1999	Newcastle United	A	0-2	35,614
30 October 1999	Chelsea	H	3-1	28,614	Burton, Delap (2)
6 November 1999	Liverpool	A	0-2	44,467
20 November 1999	Manchester United	H	1-2	33,370	Delap
28 November 1999	Arsenal	A	1-2	37,964	Sturridge
5 December 1999	Leeds United	H	0-1	29,455
18 December 1999	Leicester City	A	1-0	18,581	Powell
26 December 1999	Aston Villa	H	0-2	33,222
28 December 1999	West Ham United	A	1-1	24,998	Sturridge
3 January 2000	Watford	H	2-0	28,072	Strupar (2)
15 January 2000	Middlesbrough	A	4-1	32,745	Christie (2), Burton, Burley
22 January 2000	Coventry City	H	0-0	28,381
5 February 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3-3	30,100	Strupar, Burley, Hinchcliffe (own goal)
12 February 2000	Everton	A	1-2	33,268	Nimni
26 February 2000	Sunderland	A	1-1	41,940	Christie
4 March 2000	Wimbledon	H	4-0	28,384	Kinkladze, Christie, Sturridge, Burton
11 March 2000	Manchester United	A	1-3	61,619	Strupar
18 March 2000	Liverpool	H	0-2	33,378
25 March 2000	Aston Villa	A	0-2	28,613
2 April 2000	Leicester City	H	3-0	25,763	Burley, Delap, Sturridge
8 April 2000	Watford	A	0-0	16,579
15 April 2000	West Ham United	H	1-2	31,202	Sturridge
21 April 2000	Bradford City	A	4-4	18,276	Delap, Strupar, Burley (2 pens)
24 April 2000	Southampton	H	2-0	29,403	Powell, Christie
29 April 2000	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-1	33,044	Carbonari
6 May 2000	Newcastle United	H	0-0	32,724
14 May 2000	Chelsea	A	0-4	35,084

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	11 December 1999	Burnley	H	0-1	23,400

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	14 September 1999	Swansea City	A	0-0	6,260
R2 2nd Leg	22 September 1999	Swansea City	H	3-1 (won 3-1 on agg)	19,152	Fuertes, Sturridge, Borbokis
R3	13 October 1999	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-2	20,242	Beck

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 DF Horacio Carbonari 3 DF Stefan Schnoor 4 MF Darryl Powell[3] 5 DF Tony Dorigo 6 FW Lee Morris 7 MF Seth Johnson 8 FW Dean Sturridge 9 FW Deon Burton[4] 10 MF Rory Delap[5] 12 FW Malcolm Christie 14 MF Lars Bohinen 15 MF Marc Bridge-Wilkinson 16 DF Jacob Laursen 18 DF Richard Jackson 19 DF Steve Elliott

No. Position Player 20 FW Esteban Fuertes 21 GK Mart Poom 23 MF Paul Boertien 24 GK Andy Oakes 25 FW Mikkel Beck 26 FW Marvin Robinson 27 MF Georgi Kinkladze (on loan from Ajax) 28 MF Adam Murray 29 MF Stefano Eranio 30 DF Danny Porter 31 DF Chris Riggott 32 GK Richard Knight 33 MF Craig Burley 34 MF Jake Ford 35 FW Branko Strupar[6]

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Russell Hoult (to Portsmouth) 6 DF Igor Štimac (to West Ham United) 11 MF Kevin Harper (to Portsmouth) 13 MF Avi Nimni (on loan from Maccabi Tel Aviv)

No. Position Player 17 DF Spencer Prior (to Manchester City) 22 DF Vassilis Borbokis (to P.A.O.K.) 27 FW Francesco Baiano (to Ternana)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player - GK Gerard Doherty - DF Wayne Adams - DF Ian Evatt - DF Karl Brown

No. Position Player - MF Adam Bolder - MF Brendon Canning - FW Sinclair Le Geyt

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
3 June 1999	GK	Andy Oakes	Hull City	£460,000
14 October 1999	FW	Lee Morris	Sheffield United	£3,000,000
1 December 1999	MF	Craig Burley	Celtic	£3,000,000
17 December 1999	FW	Branko Strupar	Racing Genk	£3,000,000
27 March 2000	MF	Adam Bolder	Hull City	Signed
19 April 2000	MF	Georgi Kinkladze	Ajax	£3,000,000

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
10 June 1999	GK	Tom Phillips	Hibernian	Signed
10 June 1999	DF	Colin Morton	Hibernian	Signed
15 June 1999	DF	James Wall	Hereford United	Free transfer
16 July 1999	FW	Paulo Wanchope	West Ham United	£3,500,000
29 August 1999	DF	Igor Štimac	West Ham United	£600,000
11 November 1999	FW	Francesco Baiano	Ternana	Free transfer
31 December 1999	DF	Vassilis Borbokis	P.A.O.K.	Signed
22 March 2000	DF	Spencer Prior	Manchester City	£500,000
23 March 2000	GK	Russell Hoult	Portsmouth	£300,000
20 May 2000	MF	Marc Bridge-Wilkinson	Port Vale	Free transfer

Transfers in: £12,460,000

Transfers out: £4,900,000

Total spending: £7,560,000

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[7]

Considering a 4-4-2 formation^[8]

• GK: #21, Mart Poom, 29
• RB: #16, Jacob Laursen, 38
• CB: #2, Horacio Carbonari, 31
• CB: #19, Steve Elliott, 22 (#17, Spencer Prior, has 18 starts as a central defender)
• LB: #5, Tony Dorigo, 24
• RM: #10, Rory Delap, 37
• CM: #4, Darryl Powell, 33
• CM: #7, Seth Johnson, 37
• LM: #3, Stefan Schnoor, 22
• CF: #35, Branko Strupar, 16 (#29, Stefano Eranio, has 18 starts as a right-midfielder)
• CF: #9, Deon Burton, 15 (#33, Craig Burley, has 19 starts as a central midfielder)

References

Derby County Football Club The club History 1884–1967 1967–present Seasons Players Player of the Year Managers Records and statistics Head to Head Europe Grounds Racecourse Ground Baseball Ground Pride Park Stadium Other Brian Clough Trophy East Midlands derby Leicester City rivalry Derbyshire FA Centenary Cup Derby County Ladies

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