| Season | 1999–2000 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 13 August 1999 – 20 May 2000 |
| Champions | Bayern Munich 15th Bundesliga title 16thGerman title |
| Promoted | Arminia Bielefeld Unterhaching Ulm |
| Relegated | Ulm Arminia Bielefeld Duisburg |
| Champions League | Bayern Munich Bayer Leverkusen Hamburg 1860 Munich |
| UEFA Cup | Kaiserslautern Hertha BSC Werder Bremen (domestic cup finalists) |
| Intertoto Cup | Wolfsburg Stuttgart |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 885 (2.89 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Martin Max (19) |
| Biggest home win | seven games with a differential of +5 each (6–1 twice, 5–0 five times) |
| Biggest away win | Ulm 1–9Leverkusen (18 March 2000) |
| Highest scoring | Ulm 1–9Leverkusen (10 goals) (18 March 2000) |
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The1999–2000 Bundesliga was the 37th season of theBundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 13 August 1999[1] and ended on 20 May 2000.[2]FC Bayern Munich were the defending champions.
Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received three points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined bygoal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the three teams with the fewest points were relegated to2. Bundesliga.
1. FC Nürnberg,VfL Bochum andBorussia Mönchengladbach were relegated to the2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced byArminia Bielefeld,SpVgg Unterhaching andSSV Ulm.
Five matches before the end of the league,Bayer Leverkusen had 61 points and defending championsBayern Munich was in 60. At the 30th fixture, Bayer 04 got 3 points ahead, and continued winning until the 33rd round. Before the final fixture start, Bayer had 73 points, with Bayern having 70. However, Leverkusen lost away toUnterhaching 2–0, and Bayern celebrated the championship winning againstWerder Bremen 3–1 at home, due to their superiorgoal difference overBayer 04.[3][4][5][6]
(*) Promoted from2. Bundesliga.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayern Munich(C) | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 73 | 28 | +45 | 73 | Qualification toChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 74 | 36 | +38 | 73 | |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 63 | 39 | +24 | 59 | Qualification toChampions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | 1860 Munich | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 53 | |
| 5 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 54 | 59 | −5 | 50 | Qualification toUEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 50 | |
| 7 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 51 | 58 | −7 | 49 | Qualification toIntertoto Cup third round |
| 8 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 48 | Qualification toIntertoto Cup second round |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 65 | 52 | +13 | 47 | Qualification toUEFA Cup first round[a] |
| 10 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 44 | |
| 11 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 40 | |
| 12 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 40 | |
| 13 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 39[b] | |
| 14 | Eintracht Frankfurt[c] | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 39[b] | |
| 15 | Hansa Rostock | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 44 | 60 | −16 | 38 | |
| 16 | SSV Ulm 1846(R) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 36 | 62 | −26 | 35 | Relegation to2. Bundesliga |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld(R) | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 40 | 61 | −21 | 30 | |
| 18 | MSV Duisburg(R) | 34 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 37 | 71 | −34 | 22 |
| Home \ Away | BSC | DSC | SVW | BVB | DUI | SGE | SCF | HSV | FCK | B04 | M60 | FCB | ROS | S04 | VFB | ULM | UNT | WOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hertha BSC | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Werder Bremen | 4–1 | 3–1 | — | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| MSV Duisburg | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| SC Freiburg | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | — | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 |
| Hamburger SV | 5–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| 1860 Munich | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Bayern Munich | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | — | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| Hansa Rostock | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Schalke 04 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–5 |
| SSV Ulm | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–9 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| SpVgg Unterhaching | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–7 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | — |