Manchester United

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Martin Edwards
Manager	Sir Alex Ferguson
FA Premier League	1st
League Cup	Third round
UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals
Charity Shield	Runners-up
UEFA Super Cup	Runners-up
Intercontinental Cup	Winners
FIFA Club World Championship	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Dwight Yorke (20) All: Dwight Yorke (24)
Highest home attendance	61,629 vsTottenham Hotspur (6 May 2000)
Lowest home attendance	53,250 vsCroatia Zagreb (14 September 1999)
Average home league attendance	58,017
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 1999–2000 season wasManchester United's eighth season in thePremier League, and their 25th consecutive season in the top division ofEnglish football.^[1] United won the Premier League title for the sixth time in eight seasons (with a record 18-point margin and 97 goals scored) as well as becoming the first English club to win theIntercontinental Cup when they defeatedPalmeiras in Tokyo. However, they surrendered theirChampions League title with a 3–2 defeat by eventual championsReal Madrid in the quarter-finals. The club controversially did not defend theirFA Cup crown, upon request byThe Football Association, to compete in theinaugural FIFA Club World Championship in Brazil instead.^[2] United also lost theUEFA Super Cup 1-0 toLazio inMonaco.^[3]

Mark Bosnich, previously at United as a reserve goalkeeper from 1989 to 1991, returned to the club asPeter Schmeichel's successor, but failed to live up to expectations and in September, the club swooped forItalianMassimo Taibi to provide competition for him. However, Taibi suffered some high-profile mistakes and returned to his homeland at the end of the season after just four games for the club. As the season wore on, long-time reserve goalkeeperRaimond van der Gouw was increasingly called on as the starting goalkeeper, and proved a fairly reliable performer, but at 37 years old as of the end of the season, it was clear that he would not be a long-term solution. United then solved the goalkeeping crisis by payingAS Monaco £7.8 million forFabien Barthez. Also new to the squad for 1999–2000 wereFrench defenderMikaël Silvestre andSouth African wingerQuinton Fortune.Jesper Blomqvist andWes Brown missed the entire season due to injury, while similar misfortune restricted defendersDavid May andRonny Johnsen to three first-team appearances between them.Jordi Cruyff left the club on a free transfer toDeportivo Alavés at the end of the season, seeing out his four-year contract at a club where he had failed to claim a regular first-team place.

This home kit was only used for European and FIFA matches.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Manchester United	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	13	Advance tosecond group stage
2	Marseille	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10
3	Sturm Graz	6	2	0	4	5	12	−7	6	Transfer toUEFA Cup
4	Croatia Zagreb	6	1	2	3	7	7	0	5

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Manchester United	6	4	1	1	10	4	+6	13	Advance toknockout stage
2	Valencia	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	10
3	Fiorentina	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	8
4	Bordeaux	6	0	2	4	5	14	−9	2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vasco da Gama	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9	Advance tofinal
2	Necaxa	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4	Advance tomatch for third place
3	Manchester United	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	South Melbourne	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

No.	CWC no.[nb 1]	Pos.	Name	League		League Cup		Europe		Club World Championship		Other		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	1	GK	Mark Bosnich	23	0	1	0	7	0	2	0	2	0	35	0
2	2	DF	Gary Neville	22	0	0	0	9	0	2	0	2	0	35	0
3	3	DF	Denis Irwin	25	3	0	0	13	0	2	0	2	0	42	3
4	–	DF	David May	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1(2)	0
5	–	DF	Ronny Johnsen	2(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2(1)	0
6	6	DF	Jaap Stam	33	0	0	0	13	0	2	0	3	0	51	0
7	7	MF	David Beckham	30(1)	6	0	0	12	2	1(1)	0	3	0	46(2)	8
8	8	MF	Nicky Butt	21(11)	3	0	0	4(2)	0	2	1	2	0	29(13)	4
9	9	FW	Andy Cole	23(5)	19	0	0	13	3	2	0	2	0	40(5)	22
10	10	FW	Teddy Sheringham	15(12)	5	0	0	3(6)	1	0(2)	0	1(2)	0	19(22)	6
11	11	MF	Ryan Giggs	30	6	0	0	11	1	2	0	1	0	44	7
12	12	DF	Phil Neville	25(4)	0	0	0	6(3)	0	2(1)	0	2	0	35(8)	0
13	–	DF	John Curtis	0(1)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1(2)	0
14	14	MF	Jordi Cruyff	1(7)	3	1	0	1(3)	0	1(1)	0	1(1)	0	5(12)	3
15	–	MF	Jesper Blomqvist	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	16	MF	Roy Keane (c)	28(1)	5	0	0	12	6	2	0	2	1	44(1)	12
17	17	GK	Raimond van der Gouw	11(3)	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	20(3)	0
18	–	MF	Paul Scholes	27(4)	9	0	0	11	3	0	0	3	0	41(4)	12
19	19	FW	Dwight Yorke	29(3)	20	0	0	9(2)	2	2	1	1(1)	1	41(6)	24
20	20	FW	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	15(13)	12	1	0	4(7)	3	2(1)	0	2(1)	0	24(22)	15
21	21	DF	Henning Berg	16(6)	1	0	0	11(1)	0	1	0	2	0	30(7)	1
23	–	DF	Michael Clegg	0(2)	0	1	0	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	2(3)	0
24	–	DF	Wes Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	22	MF	Quinton Fortune	4(2)	2	0	0	1(3)	0	1(1)	2	0	0	6(6)	4
26	–	GK	Massimo Taibi	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
27	5	DF	Mikaël Silvestre	30(1)	0	0	0	2(2)	0	2	0	1	0	35(3)	0
28	4	DF	Danny Higginbotham	2(1)	0	1	0	0(1)	0	1	0	0	0	4(2)	0
30	23	DF	Ronnie Wallwork	0(5)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2(5)	0
31	–	GK	Nick Culkin	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
33	18	MF	Mark Wilson	1(2)	0	0	0	2(1)	0	1	0	0	0	4(3)	0
34	15	MF	Jonathan Greening	1(3)	0	1	0	1(1)	0	1	0	0(1)	0	4(5)	0
37	–	DF	John O'Shea	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
38	–	FW	David Healy	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
39	–	MF	Luke Chadwick	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
41	–	MF	Richard Wellens	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
42	–	MF	Michael Twiss	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
–[nb 2]	13	GK	Paul Rachubka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0

No players left Manchester United in the 1999 summer transfer window.

On 21 August, South African midfielderQuinton Fortune signed fromAtlético Madrid for a fee of £1.5 million. Also arriving were Italian goalkeeperMassimo Taibi and French defenderMikaël Silvestre. All three players had slightly different careers at United and all stayed at United for a different number of seasons: Fortune spent seven years at Old Trafford, and his career was mixed; Taibi turned out to be a major flop and left after just one season; Silvestre left in 2008 and had a successful career with United.

United's only winter departure was Norwegian strikerErik Nevland, who returned to his former clubViking after two seasons.Richard Wellens departed on 23 March toBlackpool for a nominal fee.John Curtis joinedBlackburn Rovers on 31 May for a fee of £1.5 million, whileMichael Twiss joinedPort Vale on 30 June on a free transfer.

No players joined United in the winter transfer window, but on 21 May, French goalkeeperFabien Barthez was acquired.

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
2 June 1999	GK	Mark Bosnich	Aston Villa	Free[5]
21 August 1999	MF	Quinton Fortune	Atlético Madrid	£1.5m[6]
31 August 1999	GK	Massimo Taibi	Venezia	£4.5m[7]
10 September 1999	DF	Mikaël Silvestre	Internazionale	£4m[8]
21 May 2000	GK	Fabien Barthez	AS Monaco	£7.8m[9]

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
20 December 1999	FW	Erik Nevland	Viking	£250k[10]
23 March 2000	MF	Richard Wellens	Blackpool	Nominal[10]
31 May 2000	DF	John Curtis	Blackburn Rovers	£1.5m[10]
25 July 2000	MF	Michael Twiss	Port Vale	Free[11]

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