1999–00 Premier League

Premier League 1999-00
Season information
Winners	Manchester United
Relegated	Wimbledon Sheffield Wednesday Watford
Domestic cup winners
FA Cup	Chelsea
Worthington Cup	Leicester City
Charity Shield	Arsenal
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Arsenal Manchester United
UEFA Cup	Liverpool Chelsea
Cup Winners' Cup	Leicester City
Season statistics
Goals scored	963
Average	2.53
Top goalscorer	Kevin Phillips (30)
← 1998-99	2000-01 →

The 1999–2000 FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the FA Premier League, and Manchester United secured their sixth Premiership title. Like the previous season, they lost only three league games all season. Unlike in 1998–99 season, they won by a comfortable margin – 18 points as opposed to a single point.

Their only disappointment of the season came when they lost their defence of the European Cup following a 3–2 defeat against Real Madrid in the quarter finals. Manchester United had withdrawn from the 1999–2000 FA Cup to participate in the FIFA World Club Championship at the request of the FA who wanted Manchester United to compete to support England's bid to host the World Cup. Chelsea would go on to win the last FA Cup held at Wembley Stadium before its redevelopment. The League Cup final was won by Leicester City, for the second time in four seasons. In Europe, Leeds United reached the UEFA Cup semi final and Arsenal were on the losing side to Galatasaray in the UEFA 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) and by Derby County, Aston Villa and Huddersfield Town), despite a decent start to their campaign which saw them beat both Liverpool (at Anfield) and Chelsea. The most successful promoted team was Sunderland, 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 over Liverpool. The result meant that Liverpool lost out on a Champions League place, and Wimbledon were relegated after 14 years of top-division football. Second-from-bottom Sheffield 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 at Newcastle. Amazingly Coventry 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 were First Division champions Charlton Athletic, runners-up Manchester City and playoff winners Ipswich Town. For the first time since the formation of the Premiership, all of the promoted teams had been members of the Premiership before.

Promotion and relegation

Start of season

Teams promoted from the First Division 1998-99

• Sunderland (Champions)
• Bradford City (Runners-up)
• Watford (Playoff winners)

End of season

Teams relegated to the First Division 2000-01

• Sheffield Wednesday
• Watford
• Wimbledon

Final league table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Manchester United (C) (Q)	38	28	7	3	97	45	+52	91	Champions League First group stage
2	Arsenal (Q)	38	22	7	9	73	43	+30	73
3	Leeds United (Q)	38	21	6	11	58	43	+15	69	Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Liverpool (Q)	38	19	10	9	51	30	+21	67	UEFA Cup First round
5	Chelsea (Q)	38	18	11	9	53	34	+19	65
6	Aston Villa (Q)	38	15	13	10	46	35	+11	58	Intertoto Cup Third round
7	Sunderland	38	16	10	12	57	56	+1	58
8	Leicester City (Q)	38	16	7	15	55	55	0	55	UEFA Cup First round
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 (Q)	38	9	9	20	38	68	-30	36	UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
18	Wimbledon (R)	38	7	12	19	46	74	-28	33	Relegated to the 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

Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd goal difference; 3^rd goals scored.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Premier League 1999-00 Winners
Manchester United 6th Premier League title 13th English title

Top goalscorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Kevin Phillips	30	Sunderland
Alan Shearer	30	Newcastle United
Dwight Yorke	30	Manchester United
Andy Cole	19	Manchester United
Michael Bridges		Leeds United

External links

• 1999-00 Premier League Season at RSSSF

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