| Season | 1999–2000 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 21 August 1999 – 20 May 2000 |
| Champions | Deportivo La Coruña 1st title |
| Relegated | Real Betis Atlético Madrid Sevilla |
| Champions League | Real Madrid (asChampions League winners) Deportivo La Coruña Barcelona Valencia |
| UEFA Cup | Zaragoza Alavés Espanyol (asCopa del Rey winners) Rayo Vallecano (viaFair Play) |
| Intertoto Cup | Celta Vigo Mallorca |
| Matches | 380 |
| Goals | 999 (2.63 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Salva (27 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Atlético Madrid 5–0Oviedo (22 December 1999)[1] |
| Biggest away win | Real Madrid 1–5Zaragoza (4 December 1999)[2] Athletic Bilbao 0–4Barcelona (11 March 2000)[3] Sevilla 0–4Mallorca (7 May 2000)[4] |
| Highest scoring | Valencia 6–2Oviedo (9 April 2000)[5] Celta Vigo 5–3Oviedo (16 January 2000)[6] |
2000–01 → | |
The1999–2000La Liga season, the 69th since its establishment. It began on 21 August 1999, and concluded on 20 May 2000.Deportivo La Coruña won a first La Liga title with 69 points, the lowest for a champion since thethree points for a win rule was introduced in 1995.[7]
Twenty teams competed in the league – the top sixteen teams from the previous season and the four teams promoted from theSegunda División. The promoted teams wereMálaga,Numancia,Sevilla andRayo Vallecano. Sevilla and Rayo Vallecano returned to the top flight after an absence of two years while Málaga CF and Numancia were promoted for the first time. However, since CD Málaga played in the1989–90 La Liga, the city of Málaga returned to the top fight after an absence of nine years. They replacedExtremadura,Villarreal (both teams relegated after a season's presence),Tenerife (ending their top flight spell of eleven years) andSalamanca (ending their top flight spell of two years).
1999–2000 season was composed of the following clubs:
| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | Camp Nou | 98,772 |
| Real Madrid | Santiago Bernabéu | 80,354 |
| Espanyol | Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc | 55,926 |
| Atlético Madrid | Vicente Calderón | 55,005 |
| Valencia | Mestalla | 55,000 |
| Real Betis | Manuel Ruiz de Lopera | 52,132 |
| Sevilla | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán | 45,500 |
| Athletic Bilbao | San Mamés | 39,750 |
| Deportivo de La Coruña | Riazor | 34,600 |
| Real Zaragoza | La Romareda | 34,596 |
| Celta de Vigo | Estadio Balaídos | 32,500 |
| Real Sociedad | Anoeta | 32,200 |
| Real Oviedo | Carlos Tartiere | 30,500 |
| Málaga | La Rosaleda | 30,044 |
| Valladolid | José Zorrilla | 27,846 |
| Mallorca | Son Moix | 23,142 |
| Racing de Santander | El Sardinero | 22,222 |
| Alavés | Mendizorrotza | 19,840 |
| Rayo Vallecano | Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas | 14,505 |
| Numancia | Los Pajaritos | 8,261 |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mallorca | August 1999 | September 1999 | 19th | |||
| Real Sociedad | Sacked | 25 October 1999[8] | 26 October 1999[9] | 17th | ||
| Real Madrid | Sacked | 17 November 1999[10] | 18 November 1999[11] | 8th | ||
| Espanyol | Sacked | 17 January 2000[12] | January 2000 | 17th | ||
| Betis | Sacked | January 2000 | February 2000 | 16th | ||
| Atlético Madrid | Sacked | February 2000 | March 2000 | 17th | ||
| Sevilla | Sacked | March 2000 | March 2000 | 20th | ||
| Betis | Sacked | 2 May 2000 | May 2000 | 18th | ||
| Atlético Madrid | Sacked | May 2000 | May 2000 | 19th |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deportivo La Coruña(C) | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 66 | 44 | +22 | 69 | Qualification for theClub World Cup andChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Barcelona | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 70 | 46 | +24 | 64[a] | Qualification for theChampions League group stage |
| 3 | Valencia | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 59 | 39 | +20 | 64[a] | Qualification for theChampions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Zaragoza | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 60 | 40 | +20 | 63 | Qualification for theUEFA Cup first round[b] |
| 5 | Real Madrid | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 62 | Qualification for theChampions League group stage[b] |
| 6 | Alavés | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 61 | Qualification for theUEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 53[c] | Qualification for theIntertoto Cup third round |
| 8 | Valladolid | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 53[c] | |
| 9 | Rayo Vallecano | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 51 | 53 | −2 | 52 | Qualification for theUEFA Cup qualifying round[d] |
| 10 | Mallorca | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 51 | Qualification for theIntertoto 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[e] | |
| 14 | Espanyol | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 47[e] | Qualification for theUEFA Cup first round[f] |
| 15 | Racing Santander | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 52 | 50 | +2 | 46 | |
| 16 | Oviedo | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 44 | 60 | −16 | 45[g] | |
| 17 | Numancia | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 45[g] | |
| 18 | Real Betis(R) | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 56 | −23 | 42 | Relegation to theSegunda División |
| 19 | Atlético Madrid(R) | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 48 | 64 | −16 | 38 | |
| 20 | Sevilla(R) | 38 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 42 | 67 | −25 | 28 |
The season results are as follows:
| Home \ Away | ATH | ATM | FCB | BET | CEL | ALV | RCD | ESP | MCF | MLL | NUM | RAC | RVA | RMA | ROV | RSO | SFC | VCF | 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 | |
| Alavés | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 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 | |
| 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 | 1–3 | 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:BDFutbol
| Player | Club | Goals against | Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alavés | 37 | 38 | 0.97 |
Rayo Vallecano was the winner of the Fair-play award with 102 points,[13] moreover it was elected on 8 June 2000 inBrussels as one of the three entries by UEFA to enterUEFA Cup in the qualifying round by the samecondition of Fair Play.
Alfonso Pérez, footballer[15]