| Season | 1999–2000 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 7 August 1999 – 14 May 2000 |
| Champions | Manchester United 6th Premier League title 13thEnglish title |
| Relegated | Wimbledon Sheffield Wednesday Watford |
| Champions League | Manchester United Arsenal Leeds United |
| UEFA Cup | Liverpool Chelsea Leicester City |
| Intertoto Cup | Aston Villa Bradford City |
| Matches | 380 |
| Goals | 1,060 (2.79 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Kevin Phillips (30 goals) |
| Best goalkeeper | Ed de Goey (16 clean sheets) |
| Biggest home win | Newcastle United 8–0 Sheffield Wednesday (19 September 1999) |
| Biggest away win | Derby County 0–5Sunderland (18 September 1999) |
| Highest scoring | West Ham United 5–4 Bradford City (12 February 2000) Tottenham Hotspur 7–2Southampton (11 March 2000) |
| Longest winning run | 11 games[1] Manchester United |
| Longest unbeaten run | 16 games[1] Chelsea |
| Longest winless run | 11 games[1] Sunderland Watford |
| Longest losing run | 8 games[1] Wimbledon |
| Highest attendance | 61,619 Manchester United 3–1 Derby County (11 March 2000) |
| Lowest attendance | 8,248 Wimbledon 0–2 Sheffield Wednesday (12 April 2000) |
| Total attendance | 11,677,585[2] |
| Average attendance | 30,730[2] |
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The1999–2000 FA Premier League (known as theFACarling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of theFA Premier League, andManchester United secured their sixth Premiership title. Like theprevious season, they lost only three league games all season. Unlike in the 1998–99 season, they won by a comfortable margin – 18 points as opposed to a single point.
Manchester United lost their defence of theEuropean Cup following a 3–2 defeat againstReal Madrid in the quarter-finals. The club had withdrawn from the1999–2000 FA Cup to participate in theFIFA World Club Championship at the request of the FA who wanted Manchester United to compete to support England's bid to host theWorld Cup.Chelsea won the last FA Cup held atWembley Stadium before its redevelopment. TheLeague Cup final was won byLeicester City, for the second time in four seasons. In Europe,Leeds United reached theUEFA Cup semi-final andArsenal were on the losing side to Galatasaray in theUEFA Cup final.
Only one newly promoted team suffered relegation:Watford, who finished in last place, and achieved a record Premiership low of just 24 points (a record since broken by Sunderland (twice), Derby County, Aston Villa, Huddersfield Town, Norwich City (twice), Sheffield United (twice), Ipswich Town, Southampton, and themselves), despite a decent start to their campaign which saw them beat both Liverpool (at Anfield) and Chelsea. The most successful promoted team wasSunderland, who finished seventh in the final table and spent much of the season pushing for a place in European competition.Bradford City, back in the top division for the first time since 1922, secured their Premiership survival on the last day of the season with a 1–0 win overLiverpool. The result meant that Liverpool lost out on aChampions League place, andWimbledon were relegated after 14 years of top-division football. Second-from-bottomSheffield Wednesday were relegated in their penultimate game of the season, having spent 15 of the previous 16 seasons in the top division. Wednesday's season included an 8–0 defeat atNewcastle. AmazinglyCoventry City went all season without an away win but still managed to secure 14th place due to an impressive home record which saw them win 12 out of their 19 matches.
As well as Premiership champions Manchester United and runners-up Arsenal, third placed Leeds United qualified for the 2000–01 Champions League. UEFA Cup places went to fourth placed Liverpool, F.A Cup winners Chelsea, and League Cup winners Leicester City.
Promoted to the Premiership for 2000–01 wereFirst Division championsCharlton Athletic, runners-up Manchester City and playoff winnersIpswich Town. For the first time since the formation of the Premiership, all of the promoted teams had been members of the Premiership before.
Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from theFirst Division. The promoted teams wereSunderland,Bradford City andWatford, who returned after absences of two, seventy-seven and eleven years respectively. This was also both Bradford City and Watford's first season in the Premier League. They replacedCharlton Athletic,Blackburn Rovers andNottingham Forest, who were relegated to theFirst Division. Charlton Athletic and Nottingham Forest were immediately relegated after a season's presence, while Blackburn Rovers' seven-year top flight spell came to an end.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal | London(Highbury) | Arsenal Stadium | 38,419 |
| Aston Villa | Birmingham | Villa Park | 42,573 |
| Bradford City | Bradford | Valley Parade | 25,136 |
| Chelsea | London(Fulham) | Stamford Bridge | 42,055 |
| Coventry City | Coventry | Highfield Road | 23,489 |
| Derby County | Derby | Pride Park Stadium | 33,597 |
| Everton | Liverpool(Walton) | Goodison Park | 40,569 |
| Leeds United | Leeds | Elland Road | 40,242 |
| Leicester City | Leicester | Filbert Street | 22,000 |
| Liverpool | Liverpool(Anfield) | Anfield | 45,522 |
| Manchester United | Manchester | Old Trafford | 68,174 |
| Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough | Riverside Stadium | 35,049 |
| Newcastle United | Newcastle upon Tyne | St James' Park | 52,387 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | Sheffield | Hillsborough Stadium | 39,732 |
| Southampton | Southampton | The Dell | 15,200 |
| Sunderland | Sunderland | Stadium of Light | 49,000 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | London(Tottenham) | White Hart Lane | 36,240 |
| Watford | Watford | Vicarage Road | 19,920 |
| West Ham United | London(Upton Park) | Boleyn Ground | 35,647 |
| Wimbledon | London(Selhurst) | Selhurst Park[a] | 26,074 |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wimbledon | Resigned | 9 June 1999 | Pre-season | 9 June 1999 | ||
| Newcastle United | Resigned | 28 August 1999[3] | 19th | 2 September 1999[4] | ||
| Southampton | Contract terminated | 27 January 2000[a] | 17th | 28 January 2000 | ||
| Sheffield Wednesday | Sacked | 21 March 2000[5] | 19th | 21 March 2000 | ||
| Wimbledon | Sacked | 1 May 2000[6] | 18th | 1 May 2000 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester United(C) | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 97 | 45 | +52 | 91 | Qualification for theChampions League first group stage |
| 2 | Arsenal | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 73 | 43 | +30 | 73 | |
| 3 | Leeds United | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 69 | Qualification for theChampions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Liverpool | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 67 | Qualification for theUEFA Cup first round[a] |
| 5 | Chelsea | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 53 | 34 | +19 | 65 | |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 46 | 35 | +11 | 58 | Qualification for theIntertoto Cup third round |
| 7 | Sunderland | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 58 | |
| 8 | Leicester City | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 55 | Qualification for theUEFA Cup first round[b] |
| 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 | 14 | 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 | Qualification for theIntertoto Cup second round |
| 18 | Wimbledon(R) | 38 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 46 | 74 | −28 | 33 | Relegation to theFootball League First Division |
| 19 | Sheffield Wednesday(R) | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 38 | 70 | −32 | 31 | |
| 20 | Watford(R) | 38 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 35 | 77 | −42 | 24 |
| Home \ Away | ARS | AVL | BRA | CHE | COV | DER | EVE | LEE | LEI | LIV | MUN | MID | NEW | SHW | SOU | SUN | TOT | WAT | WHU | WIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Aston Villa | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | |
| Bradford City | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | |
| Chelsea | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | |
| Coventry City | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Derby County | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | |
| Everton | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
| Leeds United | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | |
| Leicester City | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | |
| Liverpool | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
| Manchester United | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 7–1 | 1–1 | |
| Middlesbrough | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
| Newcastle United | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 8–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | |
| Southampton | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| Sunderland | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 7–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Watford | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | |
| West Ham United | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–4 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Wimbledon | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 |

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunderland | 30 | |
| 2 | Newcastle United | 23 | |
| 3 | Manchester United | 20 | |
| 4 | Leeds United | 19 | |
| Manchester United | |||
| 6 | Arsenal | 17 | |
| 7 | West Ham United | 16 | |
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 14 | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | |||
| Sunderland |

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds United | Southampton | 3–0 (A) | 11 August 1999 | [7] | |
| Manchester United | Newcastle United | 5–1 (H) | 30 August 1999 | [8] | |
| Sunderland | Derby County | 5–0 (A) | 18 September 1999 | [9] | |
| Newcastle United | Sheffield Wednesday | 8–0 (H) | 19 September 1999 | [10] | |
| Arsenal | Chelsea | 3–2 (A) | 23 October 1999 | [11] | |
| Arsenal | Middlesbrough | 5–1 (H) | 21 November 1999 | [12] | |
| Manchester United | Everton | 5–1 (H) | 4 December 1999 | [13] | |
| Everton | West Ham United | 4–0 (A) | 26 February 2000 | [14] | |
| Leicester City | Sunderland | 5–2 (H) | 5 March 2000 | [15] | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | Southampton | 7–2 (H) | 11 March 2000 | [16] | |
| Manchester United | Derby County | 3–1 (H) | 11 March 2000 | [17] | |
| Manchester United | West Ham United | 7–1 (H) | 1 April 2000 | [18] | |
| Bradford City | Derby County | 4–4 (H) | 21 April 2000 | [19] |

| Rank | Player | Club | Assists[20] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester United | 15 | |
| Newcastle United | |||
| 3 | West Ham United | 13 | |
| 4 | Manchester United | 12 | |
| 5 | Arsenal | 9 | |
| 6 | Everton | 8 | |
| Arsenal | |||
| Tottenham Hotspur | |||
| Sheffield Wednesday | |||
| Aston Villa |

| Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Club | Player | Club | |
| August | Manchester United | Coventry City | ||
| September | Everton | Leicester City | ||
| October | Sunderland | Sunderland | ||
| November | Leicester City | Liverpool | ||
| December | Liverpool | Manchester United | ||
| January | Sheffield Wednesday | Aston Villa | ||
| February | Newcastle United | Aston Villa | ||
| March | Manchester United | Manchester United | ||
| April | Manchester United | Arsenal | ||
| Award | Winner | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Premier League Manager of the Season | Manchester United | |
| Premier League Player of the Season | Sunderland | |
| PFA Players' Player of the Year | Manchester United | |
| PFA Young Player of the Year | Leeds United | |
| FWA Footballer of the Year | Manchester United |
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