1999–2000 Valencia CF season

Valencia CF

1999–00 season

Manager

Héctor Cúper

3rd

Top goalscorer

Gaizka Mendieta (13)

Home colours

Away colours

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During the 1999–2000 Spanish football season, Valencia competed in La Liga.

Season summary

Valencia CF emerged as a world football heavyweight after reaching the Champions League final. New coach Héctor Cúper focused heavily on making the defence invincible, although, despite the general perception of a much more defensive Valencia, they actually conceded the same amount of league goals as they had under previous coach Claudio Ranieri. Among the key players were playmaker Gaizka Mendieta (voted as the best midfielder in the Champions League), fellow midfielder Gerard, goalkeeper Santiago Cañizares, winger Javier Farinós and striker Claudio López, who was sold to Lazio at the end of the season. Lazio had been Valencia's opponents in the quarter-final of the Champions League, which resulted in a 5-2 victory for Valencia against the eventual Italian champions. Gerard was also sold, to the team that had nurtured him, Barcelona, for £15 million. Barcelona had been Valencia's opponents in the semi-finals, and had been crushed 4-1 away. A 2-1 defeat at the Camp Nou still saw Valencia progress to the final at Stade de France, where they came up against Real Madrid in the first ever all-Spanish final of the competition. Valencia's dreams were shattered by a clear 3-0 defeat.

Squad

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	Santiago Cañizares
2	DF	Mauricio Pellegrino
3	DF	Joachim Björklund
5	DF	Miroslav Đukić
6	MF	Gaizka Mendieta
7	FW	Claudio López
8	MF	Javier Farinós
9	MF	Óscar
10	MF	Angulo
11	FW	Adrian Ilie
13	GK	Jorge Bartual
14	DF	Gerard
15	DF	Amedeo Carboni
16	DF	Alain Roche
17	FW	Juan Sánchez

No.	Position	Player
18	FW	Kily González
19	FW	Goran Vlaović
20	DF	Jocelyn Angloma
21	MF	Luis Milla
22	MF	Gerardo
23	MF	David Albelda
24	DF	Daniel Fagiani
25	GK	Andrés Palop
27	MF	Curro Montoya
29	GK	Jonathan
30	DF	Manuel Cabezas
37	MF	Alex Pascual
38	MF	José Braulio
	DF	Javier Navarro
	MF	Jandro

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
4		DF	Francisco Camarasa (to Valencia B)
12		DF	Miguel Ángel Soria López (on loan to Numancia)

No.		Position	Player
22		MF	Dennis Serban (on loan to Villareal)

Results

La Liga

Valencia-Racing Santander 1-2
0-1 Miroslav Đukić 22' (o.g.)
0-2 Salva 65'
1-2 Gaizka Mendieta 75'
Espanyol-Valencia 3-2
1-0 Benítez 10'
2-0 Enrique de Lucas 13'
2-1 Gaizka Mendieta 46' (pen.)
3-1 Martín Posse 52'
3-2 Juan Sánchez 90'
Valencia-Alavés 0-2
0-1 Magno 84'
0-2 Martín Astudillo 90'
Betis-Valencia 1-0
1-0 Oli 26'
Valencia-Valladolid 0-0
Real Madrid-Valencia 2-3
0-1 Gaizka Mendieta 11' (pen.)
0-2 Gerard 23'
0-3 Claudio López 39'
1-3 Fernando Morientes 46'
2-3 Fernando Morientes 65'
Valencia-Numancia 4-0
1-0 Adrian Ilie 30'
2-0 Adrian Ilie 51'
3-0 Javier Farinós 68'
4-0 Javier Farinós 89'
Athletic Bilbao-Valencia 1-0
1-0 Ismael Urzaiz 9'
Valencia-Deportivo 2-0
1-0 Kily González 27'
2-0 Gerard 86'
Málaga-Valencia 1-1
1-0 Edgar 27'
1-1 Claudio López 67'
Mallorca-Valencia 1-1
1-0 Diego Tristán 50'
Valencia-Barcelona 3-1
1-0 Claudio López 32'
2-0 Adrian Ilie 36'
2-1 Boudewijn Zenden 45'
3-1 Gerard 90'
Real Oviedo-Valencia 0-0
Valencia-Sevilla 2-0
1-0 Juan Sánchez 6'
2-0 Claudio López 70'
Atlético Madrid-Valencia 1-2
0-1 Gaizka Mendieta 16'
1-1 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 28'
1-2 Juan Sánchez 54'
Valencia-Rayo Vallecano 3-1
1-0 Juan Sánchez 12'
1-1 Luis Cembranos 70'
2-1 Juan Sánchez 75'
3-1 Gaizka Mendieta 90'
Real Sociedad-Valencia 0-0
Valencia-Celta Vigo 1-1
1-0 Gerard 6'
1-1 Velasco 49'
Real Zaragoza-Valencia 4-2
0-1 Gaizka Mendieta 24' (pen.)
1-1 Juanele 26'
2-1 Savo Milošević 32'
3-1 Vladislav Radimov 58'
3-2 Gaizka Mendieta 66'
4-2 Juanele 68'
Racing Santander-Valencia 1-1
0-1 Gaizka Mendieta 34' (pen.)
1-1 Salva 90' (pen.)
Valencia-Espanyol 1-2
0-1 Benítez 15'
1-1 Kily González 29'
1-2 Arteaga 52'
Alavés-Valencia 0-1
0-1 Javier Farinós 70' (pen.)
Valencia-Betis 3-1
1-0 Adrian Ilie 2'
1-1 Iulian Filipescu 60'
2-1 Gaizka Mendieta 82' (pen.)
3-1 Javier Farinós 83'
Valladolid-Valencia 0-0
Valencia-Real Madrid 1-1
1-0 Adrian Ilie 35'
1-1 Guti 59'
Numancia-Valencia 1-2
0-1 Gaizka Mendieta 4'
0-2 Claudio López 60'
1-2 Miguel Ángel Soria 77'
Valencia-Athletic Bilbao 2-0
1-0 Óscar 83'
2-0 Claudio López 86'
Deportivo-Valencia 2-0
1-0 Fran 24'
2-0 Flávio Conceição 50'
Valencia-Málaga 2-2
1-0 Angulo 51'
1-1 Catanha 62'
2-1 Angulo 67'
2-2 Catanha 90' (pen.)
Valencia-Mallorca 1-0
1-0 Jocelyn Angloma 49'
Barcelona-Valencia 3-0
1-0 Winston Bogarde 63'
2-0 Patrick Kluivert 68'
3-0 Patrick Kluivert 90'
Valencia-Real Oviedo 6-2
1-0 Claudio López 18'
2-0 Frédéric Danjou 30' (o.g.)
3-0 Claudio López 50'
4-0 Angulo 58'
5-0 Javier Farinós 61' (pen.)
5-1 Viktor Onopko 65'
6-1 Óscar 83'
6-2 Roberto Pompei 85'
Sevilla-Valencia 1-2
0-1 Gaizka Mendieta 70'
1-1 Jesuli 78'
1-2 Marcelo Zalayeta 90' (o.g.)
Valencia-Atlético Madrid 2-0
1-0 Claudio López 23'
2-0 Angulo 88'
Rayo Vallecano-Valencia 1-3
0-1 Javier Farinós 11'
0-2 Gaizka Mendieta 36'
0-3 Óscar 82'
1-3 Bolo 86'
Valencia-Real Sociedad 4-0
1-0 Angulo 18'
2-0 Claudio López 52'
3-0 Amedeo Carboni 79'
4-0 Gaizka Mendieta 89'
Celta Vigo-Valencia 0-0
Valencia-Real Zaragoza 2-1
0-1 Savo Milošević 5'
1-1 Gary Sundgren 59' (o.g.)
2-1 Claudio López 70'

Champions League

Third qualifying round

Valencia 2-0 Hapoel Haifa
Hapoel Haifa 0-2 Valencia

First group stage

14 September 1999	Valencia	2–0	Rangers	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
	Moore 55' (o.g.) Kily González 76'	Report		Attendance: 31,524 Referee: Lubos Michel (Slovakia)

22 September 1999	PSV Eindhoven	1–1	Valencia	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
	van Nistelrooy 72' (pen.)	Report	C. López 4'	Attendance: 26,500 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

29 September 1999	Bayern Munich	1–1	Valencia	Olympic Stadium, Munich
	Élber 6'	Report	G. López 80'	Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)

20 October 1999	Valencia	1–1	Bayern Munich	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
	Ilie 11'	Report	Effenberg 18' (pen.)	Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

26 October 1999	Rangers	1–2	Valencia	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
	Moore 60'	Report	Mendieta 35' C. López 45'	Attendance: 50,063 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

2 November 1999	Valencia	1–0	PSV Eindhoven	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
	López 70'	Report		Attendance: 26,266 Referee: Graham Barber (England)

Second group stage

23 November 1999	Valencia	3–0	Bordeaux	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
	Farinós 60' Ilie 68' Kily González 90'			Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

8 December 1999	Manchester United	3–0	Valencia	Old Trafford, Manchester
	Keane 38' Solskjær 47' Scholes 70'			Attendance: 54,606 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

1 March 2000	Fiorentina	1–0	Valencia	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence
	Mijatović 20' (pen.)			Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

7 March 2000	Valencia	2–0	Fiorentina	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
	Ilie 35' Mendieta 90+' (pen.)			Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

15 March 2000	Bordeaux	1–4	Valencia	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
	Wiltord 54'		Đukić 41' Mendieta 47' (pen.) Kily González 72' Sánchez 90+'	Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

21 March 2000	Valencia	0–0	Manchester United	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
				Attendance: 40,419 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Quarter-final

5 April 2000	Valencia	5–2	Lazio	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
	Angulo 2' G. López 4', 40', 80' C. López 90+1'		Inzaghi 28' Salas 87'	Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

18 April 2000	Lazio	1–0	Valencia	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
	Verón 52'			Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Semi-final

2 May 2000	Valencia	4–1	Barcelona	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
	Angulo 10', 43' Mendieta 47' (pen.) C. López 90+2'		Pellegrino 27' (o.g.)	Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

10 May 2000	Barcelona	2–1	Valencia	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	F. de Boer 78' Cocu 90+2'		Mendieta 69'	Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Final

24 May 2000	Real Madrid	3–0	Valencia	Stade de France, Paris
20:45	Morientes 39' McManaman 67' Raúl 75'			Attendance: 78,759 Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

Top scorers

La Liga

Champions League

Claudio López 5
Gaizka Mendieta 5

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