| Season | 1999–2000 |
|---|---|
| Champions | 1. FC Köln |
| Promoted | 1. FC Köln VfL Bochum FC Energie Cottbus |
| Relegated | Fortuna Köln Karlsruher SC Kickers Offenbach Tennis Borussia Berlin |
| Matches | 306 |
| Top goalscorer | Tomislav Maric (21 goals) |
| Average attendance | 12,208 |
2000–01 → | |
The1999–2000 2. Bundesliga season was the twenty-sixth season of the2. Bundesliga, the second tier of theGerman football league system.
1. FC Köln,VfL Bochum andFC Energie Cottbus were promoted to theBundesliga whileTennis Borussia Berlin,Fortuna Köln,Kickers Offenbach andKarlsruher SC were relegated to theRegionalliga. Fortuna Köln had, up till then, played every one of the twenty-six seasons of the 2. Bundesliga since 1974 in the league.
For the 1999–2000 seasonSV Waldhof Mannheim,Kickers Offenbach,Chemnitzer FC andAlemannia Aachen were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while1. FC Nürnberg,VfL Bochum andBorussia Mönchengladbach had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1. FC Köln(C, P) | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 68 | 39 | +29 | 65 | Promotion toBundesliga |
| 2 | VfL Bochum(P) | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 67 | 48 | +19 | 61 | |
| 3 | Energie Cottbus(P) | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 62 | 42 | +20 | 58 | |
| 4 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 55 | |
| 5 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 60 | 43 | +17 | 54 | |
| 6 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 49 | |
| 7 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 46 | |
| 8 | Alemannia Aachen | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 46 | |
| 9 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 45 | |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 44 | |
| 11 | Chemnitzer FC | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 43 | |
| 12 | Waldhof Mannheim | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 50 | 59 | −9 | 42 | |
| 13 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 39 | |
| 14 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 39 | |
| 15 | Fortuna Köln(R) | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 35 | Relegation toRegionalliga[a] |
| 16 | Kickers Offenbach(R) | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 35 | 58 | −23 | 35 | |
| 17 | Karlsruher SC(R) | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 35 | 56 | −21 | 27 | |
| 18 | Tennis Borussia Berlin[b](R) | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 40 |
| Home \ Away | AAC | TBB | BOC | CFC | FCE | SGF | H96 | KSC | KOE | FKO | M05 | WMA | BMG | FCN | RWO | KOF | STP | SKI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alemannia Aachen | — | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Tennis Borussia Berlin | 1–2 | — | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| VfL Bochum | 5–0 | 2–6 | — | 5–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Chemnitzer FC | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | — | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Energie Cottbus | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | — | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Greuther Fürth | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Hannover 96 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–5 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Karlsruher SC | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| 1. FC Köln | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–3 | 4–1 |
| Fortuna Köln | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Mainz 05 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Waldhof Mannheim | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 4–3 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | — | 4–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Kickers Offenbach | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| FC St. Pauli | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — |
The league's top scorers:[1]