| Season | 1999–2000 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Anderlecht |
| Relegated | Geel Lommel |
| Champions League | Anderlecht |
| UEFA Cup | Club Brugge Gent |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 1,032 (3.37 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ole Martin Årst Toni Brogno (30 each) |
2000–01 → | |
The1999–2000 season of theJupiler League was held between August 6, 1999, and May 11, 2000.Sporting Anderlecht became champions.
These teams were promoted from thesecond division at the start of the season:
These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season:
Anderlecht became champions on April 21, 2000, after the defeat of rivalClub Brugge atHerman Vanderpoortenstadion toLierse 1-0 as, prior to these results, they were 7 points ahead of Brugge with 3 matches to go. The next day Anderlecht beatRacing Genk 4-1 and thenStandard Liège 2-0.
Club Brugge andGent qualified for theUEFA Cup.
Charleroi avoided relegation with a controversial draw against Anderlecht on the last day of the season. Anderlecht were already champions and played withEnzo Scifo who had previously signed a deal with Charleroi. However, the result was irrelevant as Geel lost their last match to Club Brugge and were thus relegated with Lommel.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anderlecht(C) | 34 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 86 | 36 | +50 | 75 | Qualification toChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 70 | 32 | +38 | 67 | Qualification toUEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Gent | 34 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 78 | 54 | +24 | 63 | |
| 4 | Mouscron | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 67 | 45 | +22 | 57 | |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 34 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 66 | 52 | +14 | 56 | Qualification toIntertoto Cup first round |
| 6 | Westerlo | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 73 | 66 | +7 | 56 | |
| 7 | Germinal Beerschot | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 56 | 45 | +11 | 55 | |
| 8 | Genk | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 63 | 59 | +4 | 54 | Qualification toUEFA Cup first round |
| 9 | Lierse | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 65 | 47 | +18 | 52 | Qualification toUEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 10 | Sporting Lokeren | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 47 | |
| 11 | Mechelen | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 47 | 77 | −30 | 41 | |
| 12 | Eendracht Aalst | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 53 | 72 | −19 | 37 | |
| 13 | Sint-Truiden | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 65 | −24 | 37 | |
| 14 | Harelbeke | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 56 | 72 | −16 | 35 | |
| 15 | Beveren | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 51 | 69 | −18 | 35 | |
| 16 | Charleroi | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 42 | 62 | −20 | 31 | |
| 17 | Geel(R) | 34 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 32 | 60 | −28 | 28 | Relegation to2000–01 Belgian Second Division |
| 18 | Lommel(R) | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 35 | 66 | −31 | 27 |
| Home \ Away | AAL | AND | GBA | BEV | CLU | CHA | GEE | GNK | GNT | HAR | LIE | LOK | LOM | MEC | MOU | STV | STA | WES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eendracht Aalst | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Anderlecht | 4–1 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
| Germinal Beerschot | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | |
| Beveren | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 4–0 | |
| Club Brugge | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | |
| Charleroi | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | |
| Geel | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | |
| Genk | 2–1 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | |
| Gent | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 2–3 | |
| Harelbeke | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 3–1 | |
| Lierse | 5–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | |
| Lokeren | 5–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 5–3 | 0–0 | |
| Lommel | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| Mechelen | 2–0 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | |
| Mouscron | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 5–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | |
| Sint-Truiden | 1–5 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
| Standard Liège | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | |
| Westerlo | 3–2 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 6–6 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 8–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Scorer | Goals | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | Gent | |
| 30 | Westerlo | |
| 20 | Anderlecht | |
| 19 | Harelbeke | |
| 15 | Lierse | |
| 14 | Anderlecht | |
| 14 | Charleroi | |
| 14 | Mouscron | |
| 14 | Anderlecht |