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1999–2000 Leeds United A.F.C. season

During the 1999–2000 season, Leeds United A.F.C. competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Leeds United
1999–2000 season
ChairmanPeter Ridsdale
ManagerDavid O'Leary
StadiumElland Road
Premier League3rd
FA CupFifth round
League CupFourth round
UEFA CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Michael Bridges (19)
All:
Michael Bridges (21)
Highest home attendance40,192 vs Newcastle United
(25 September 1999, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance11,912 vs Port Vale
(12 December 1999, FA Cup)
Average home league attendance37,579

Season summary edit

After a promising previous season, good times looked to be on the horizon for David O'Leary and his young team in his first full season in charge, even after losing their previous season's top scorer Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink to Spanish side Atletico Madrid. O'Leary added more young quality to his squad, defenders Michael Duberry and Danny Mills were signed from Chelsea and Charlton respectively. Midfielders Eirik Bakke and Jason Wilcox also joined, along with striker Michael Bridges.

Leeds had a tough start in the league, wins over Southampton and newly promoted Sunderland were each followed with losses to Liverpool and Manchester United, but a 2–1 win at Tottenham saw Leeds begin a record of 10 straight wins at home. Leeds stormed to the top of the Premiership, with new striker Michael Bridges and Harry Kewell scoring regularly, but in the New Year star players Lee Bowyer and Jonathan Woodgate were involved in an off the pitch incident in Leeds city centre, a saga which was to hamper the club for the next few years. In the meantime, Leeds made relatively early exits from both domestic cup competitions, going out of the League Cup to eventual winners Leicester City, and the FA Cup to eventual runners-up Aston Villa.

Defeats to Manchester United and Liverpool saw Leeds lose ground in the title race; however, Leeds were progressing well in the UEFA Cup and reached the semi-final against Turkish side Galatasaray. However two Leeds supporters were stabbed to death in clashes before the game; the deaths clearly affected Leeds on the pitch that night, and they lost the first leg of the tie 2–0. A 2–2 draw in the return leg meant Leeds were knocked out of the UEFA Cup.

Domestically, four consecutive league defeats almost ended hopes of finishing in the top three, but Leeds recovered well enough to go into the final day in third place, leaving them needing to better Liverpool's result in order to secure Champions League football. While Leeds could only draw, their neighbours Bradford City did them a huge favour by unexpectedly defeating Liverpool, securing not only their own top-flight survival, but third place for Leeds. Champions League qualification capped off an overall successful season for Leeds, and seemingly provided a platform for the club to build on going forwards.

Final league table edit

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Premier League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United (C) 38 28 7 3 97 45 +52 91 Qualification for the Champions League first group stage
2 Arsenal 38 22 7 9 73 43 +30 73
3 Leeds United 38 21 6 11 58 43 +15 69 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Liverpool 38 19 10 9 51 30 +21 67 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
5 Chelsea 38 18 11 9 53 34 +19 65
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Chelsea qualified for the UEFA Cup as FA Cup winners.
Results summary
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 21 6 11 58 43  +15 69 12 2 5 29 18  +11 9 4 6 29 25  +4
Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAAHHAAHHAHAHAHHAAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAAHHA
ResultDWLWLWWWWWWDWLWWWWWLLWLWLDWWWLLLLDWWDD
Position94767542211112211111112222222223444333
Source: 11v11.com: 1999–2000 Leeds United results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results edit

Premier League edit

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Premier League
7 August 1999 1 Leeds United 0–0 Derby County Leeds, West Yorkshire
Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 40,118
11 August 1999 2 Southampton 0–3 Leeds United Southampton, Hampshire
Report Bridges   10', 51', 72' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 15,206
Referee: Alan Wiley
14 August 1999 3 Manchester United 2–0 Leeds United Trafford, Greater Manchester
Yorke   76', 80' Report Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 55,187
21 August 1999 4 Leeds United 2–1 Sunderland Leeds, West Yorkshire
Bowyer   51'
Mills   72'		 Report Phillips   37' (pen.) Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 39,064
23 August 1999 5 Leeds United 1–2 Liverpool Leeds, West Yorkshire
Song   20' (o.g.) Report Camara   45'
Radebe   55' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 39,703
28 August 1999 6 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Leeds United Haringey, London
Sherwood   36' Report Smith   53'
Harte   83'		 Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,012
11 September 1999 7 Coventry City 3–4 Leeds United Coventry, West Midlands
McAllister   2' (pen.)
Aloisi   17'
Chippo   54'		 Report Bowyer   7'
Huckerby   25'
Harte   33' (pen.)
Bridges   60'		 Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 21,532
Referee: Steve Dunn
19 September 1999 8 Leeds United 2–0 Middlesbrough Leeds, West Yorkshire
Bridges   14'
Kewell   64'		 Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 34,122
25 September 1999 9 Leeds United 3–2 Newcastle United Leeds, West Yorkshire
Bowyer   11'
Kewell   39'
Bridges   77'		 Report Shearer   42', 57' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 40,192
3 October 1999 10 Watford 1–2 Leeds United Watford, Hertfordshire
Williams   41' Report Bridges   44'
Kewell   69'		 Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 19,677
16 October 1999 11 Leeds United 2–0 Sheffield Wednesday Leeds, West Yorkshire
Smith   72', 78' Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 39,437
24 October 1999 12 Everton 4–4 Leeds United Liverpool, Merseyside
Campbell   4', 28'
Hutchison   37'
Weir   90'		 Bridges   15', 67'
Kewell   35'
Woodgate   72'		 Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 37,355
30 October 1999 13 Leeds United 1–0 West Ham United Leeds, West Yorkshire
Harte   52' Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 40,190
7 November 1999 14 Wimbledon 2–0 Leeds United Croydon, London
Hartson   30'
Gayle   65'		 Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 18,747
20 November 1999 15 Leeds United 2–1 Bradford City Leeds, West Yorkshire
Smith   54'
Harte   80' (pen.)		 Report Windass   90' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 39,937
Referee: Paul Durkin
28 November 1999 16 Leeds United 1–0 Southampton Leeds, West Yorkshire
Bridges   90' Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 39,288
5 December 1999 17 Derby County 0–1 Leeds United Derby, Derbyshire
Report Harte   90' (pen.) Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 29,455
19 December 1999 18 Chelsea 0–2 Leeds United Fulham, London
Leboeuf   Report McPhail   66', 87' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Referee: Jeff Winter
26 December 1999 19 Leeds United 2–1 Leicester City Leeds, West Yorkshire
Bridges   29'
Bowyer   45'		 Report Cottee   10' Stadium: Elland Road
28 December 1999 20 Arsenal 2–0 Leeds United Islington, London
Ljungberg   32'
Henry   58'		 Report Stadium: Highbury
Referee: Graham Poll
3 January 2000 21 Leeds United 1–2 Aston Villa Leeds, West Yorkshire
Kewell   45' Report Southgate   17', 62' Stadium: Elland Road
23 January 2000 22 Sunderland 1–2 Leeds United Sunderland
Phillips   52' Report Wilcox   24'
Bridges   51'		 Stadium: Stadium of Light
5 February 2000 23 Liverpool 3–1 Leeds United Liverpool, Merseyside
Hamann   20'
Berger   69'
Murphy   90'		 Report Bowyer   62' Stadium: Anfield
12 February 2000 24 Leeds United 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Leeds, West Yorkshire
Kewell   23' Report Stadium: Elland Road
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
20 February 2000 25 Leeds United 0–1 Manchester United Leeds, West Yorkshire
Report Cole   52' Stadium: Elland Road
26 February 2000 26 Middlesbrough 0–0 Leeds United Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
Report Stadium: Riverside
5 March 2000 27 Leeds United 3–0 Coventry City Leeds, West Yorkshire
Kewell   5'
Bridges   42'
Wilcox   85'		 Report Stadium: Elland Road
Referee: Jeff Winter
16 March 2000 28 Bradford City 1–2 Leeds United Bradford, Yorkshire
Beagrie   74' Report Bridges   12', 62' Stadium: Valley Parade
Referee: Paul Durkin
19 March 2000 29 Leeds United 4–1 Wimbledon Leeds, West Yorkshire
Bakke   23', 39'
Harte   28' (pen.)
Kewell   83'		 Report Euell   2' Stadium: Elland Road
Referee: Alan Wiley
26 March 2000 30 Leicester City 2–1 Leeds United Leicester, Leicestershire
Collymore   14'
Guppy   46'		 Report Kewell   38' Stadium: Filbert Street
Referee: Steve Lodge
1 April 2000 31 Leeds United 0–1 Chelsea Leeds, West Yorkshire
Report Harley   62' Stadium: Elland Road
9 April 2000 32 Aston Villa 1–0 Leeds United Birmingham, West Midlands
Joachim   39' Report Stadium: Villa Park
16 April 2000 33 Leeds United 0–4 Arsenal Leeds, West Yorkshire
Harte   Report Henry   21'
Keown   70'
Kanu   82'
Overmars   90'		 Stadium: Elland Road
Referee: Steve Dunn
23 April 2000 34 Newcastle United 2–2 Leeds United Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyneside
Shearer   24', 48' Report Bridges   13'
Wilcox   17'		 Stadium: St. James' Park
Referee: Dermot Elleray
30 April 2000 35 Sheffield Wednesday 0–3 Leeds United Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Report Hopkin   1'
Bridges   53'
Kewell   69'		 Stadium: Hillsborough
Referee: Robert Harris
3 May 2000 36 Leeds United 3–1 Watford Leeds, West Yorkshire
Bridges   20'
Duberry   45'
Huckerby   52'		 Report Foley   32' Stadium: Elland Road
Referee: Paul Alcock
8 May 2000 37 Leeds United 1–1 Everton Leeds, West Yorkshire
Bridges   30' Report Barmby   60' Stadium: Elland Road
14 May 2000 38 West Ham United 0–0 Leeds United Newham, London
Report Stadium: Boleyn Ground

FA Cup edit

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup
12 December 1999 3 Leeds United 2–0 Port Vale Leeds, West Yorkshire
Bakke   61', 68' Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 11,912
Referee: Steve Dunn
9 January 2000 4 Manchester City 2–5 Leeds United Manchester, Greater Manchester
Goater   2'
Bishop   11'		 Report Bakke   8'
Smith   20'
Kewell   41', 88'
Bowyer   66'		 Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 29,240
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
30 January 2000 5 Aston Villa 3–2 Leeds United Birmingham
Carbone   32', 58', 69' Report Harte   13'
Bakke   38'		 Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 30,026
Referee: Graham Barber

League Cup edit

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup
13 October 1999 3 Leeds United 1–0 Blackburn Rovers Leeds, West Yorkshire
Mills   90' Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 24,353
15 December 1999 4 Leicester City 0–0 (a.e.t.)
4–2p		 Leeds United Leicester, Leicestershire
Report Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 16,125
Referee: Graham Barber

UEFA Cup edit

Main article: 1999–2000 UEFA Cup

First round edit

14 September 1999 Partizan Belgrade 1–3 Leeds United Heerenveen, Netherlands[a]
Tomic   20' Bowyer   26'   82'
Radebe   39'		 Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
Attendance: 4,950
Referee: Herbert Fandel, (Germany)
30 September 1999 Leeds United 1–0 Partizan Belgrade Leeds, England
Huckerby   55' Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 39,806
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

Second round edit

21 October 1999 Leeds United 4–1 Lokomotiv Moscow Leeds, England
Bowyer   27'   45'
Smith   56'
Kewell   83'		 Report Loskov   81' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 37,814
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
4 November 1999 Lokomotiv Moscow 0–3 Leeds United Moscow, Russia
Report Harte   16'
Bridges   28'   45'		 Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Third round edit

2 December 1999 Spartak Moscow 2–1 Leeds United Sofia, Bulgaria[b]
Shirko   38'
Róbson   65'		 Report Kewell   14' Stadium: Stadion Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
9 December 1999 Leeds United 1–0 Spartak Moscow Elland Road, Leeds
Radebe   84' Report Attendance: 39,732
Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)

Fourth round edit

2 March 2000 Roma 0–0 Leeds United Rome, Italy
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 37,726
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
9 March 2000 Leeds United 1–0 Roma Leeds, England
Kewell   67' Report Zago   90'
Candela   90+1'		 Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 39,149
Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Quarter-finals edit

16 March 2000 Leeds United 3–0 Slavia Prague Leeds, England
Wilcox   39'
Kewell   54'
Bowyer   59'		 Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 39,519
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
23 March 2000 Slavia Prague 2–1 Leeds United Prague, Czech Republic
Ulich   52', 79' (pen.) Report Kewell   47' Stadium: Stadion Evžena Rošického
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey)

Semi-finals edit

6 April 2000 Galatasaray 2–0 Leeds United Istanbul, Turkey
Hakan Ş.   13'
Capone   44'		 Report Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
20 April 2000 Leeds United 2–2 Galatasaray Leeds, England
Bakke   16', 68' Report Hagi   5' (pen.)
Hakan Ş.   42'		 Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 38,306
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ENG Nigel Martyn
2 DF   IRL Gary Kelly
3 DF   IRL Ian Harte
4 DF   NOR Alfie Haaland
5 DF   RSA Lucas Radebe
6 DF   ENG Jonathan Woodgate
7 MF   SCO David Hopkin
8 FW   ENG Michael Bridges
10 FW   AUS Harry Kewell
11 MF   ENG Lee Bowyer
12 FW   ENG Darren Huckerby
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK   ENG Paul Robinson
14 MF   IRL Stephen McPhail[c]
16 MF   ENG Jason Wilcox
17 FW   ENG Alan Smith
18 DF   ENG Danny Mills
19 MF   NOR Eirik Bakke
20 MF   WAL Matt Jones
21 DF   AUT Martin Hiden
22 DF   ENG Michael Duberry
23 MF   ENG David Batty

Left club during season edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF   POR Bruno Ribeiro (to Sheffield United)
16 DF   ENG Danny Granville (to Manchester City)
28 DF   ENG Paul Shepherd (to Ayr United)
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 MF   ENG Mark Jackson (to Scunthorpe United)
31 MF   NOR Tommy Knarvik (to Brann)

Reserve squad edit

The following players did not appear for the first team this season.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF   NZL Danny Hay
25 DF   SCO David Robertson
26 GK   AUS Danny Milosevic
27 DF   IRL Alan Maybury
30 DF   NED Robert Molenaar
32 FW   ENG Neil Ross
33 MF   NIR Wesley Boyle
34 MF   ENG Kevin Dixon
35 FW   ENG Lee Matthews
36 GK   ENG Shaun Allaway
37 FW   ENG Tony Hackworth
38 DF   IRL Damian Lynch
39 DF   ENG Gareth Evans
40 MF   NIR Simon Watson
41 MF   NIR Brian Lagen
No. Pos. Nation Player
42 DF   WAL Kevin Evans
43 FW   NIR Warren Feeney
— DF   ENG Jason Lanns
— DF   ENG Frazer Richardson
— DF   IRL Alan Martin
— DF   AUS Shane Cansdell-Sherriff
— MF   ENG Jamie McMaster
— MF   ENG Harpal Singh
— FW   ENG Craig Farrell
— FW   ENG Caleb Folan

Appearances, goals and cards edit

(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)[2]
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals    
1 GK   Nigel Martyn 38 0 3 0 2 0 12 0 55 0 2 0
2 DF   Gary Kelly 28+3 0 3 0 2 0 11 0 44+3 0 7 0
3 DF   Ian Harte 33 6 3 1 1 0 12 1 49 8 11 1
4 MF   Alfie Haaland 7+6 0 0 0 0 0 5+1 1 12+7 0 5 0
5 DF   Lucas Radebe 31 0 2 0 2 0 11 2 46 2 6 1
6 DF   Jonathan Woodgate 32+2 1 3 0 2 0 10 0 47+2 1 1 0
7 MF   David Hopkin 10+4 1 0 0 1 0 2+1 0 13+5 1 1 0
8 FW   Michael Bridges 32+2 19 1+1 0 2 0 12 2 47+3 21 9 0
10 FW   Harry Kewell 36 10 3 2 2 0 12 5 53 17 7 1
11 MF   Lee Bowyer 31+2 5 3 1 1 0 11 5 46+2 11 19 0
12 FW   Darren Huckerby 9+24 2 3 0 0+1 0 1+8 1 11+35 3 0 0
14 MF   Stephen McPhail 23+1 2 0 0 1+1 0 9 0 36+2 2 0 0
16 MF   Jason Wilcox 15+5 3 2 0 0 0 3+1 1 20+6 4 3 0
17 FW   Alan Smith 20+6 4 2+1 1 1 0 2+6 1 25+13 6 10 1
18 DF   Danny Mills 16+1 1 0+1 0 1 1 2 0 19+2 2 5 0
19 MF   Eirik Bakke 24+5 2 3 4 2 0 9+1 2 38+6 8 7 0
20 MF   Matt Jones 5+6 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 3+2 0 8+10 0 3 0
21 DF   Martin Hiden 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
22 DF   Michael Duberry 12+1 1 1 0 0+1 0 1 0 14+2 1 4 1
23 MF   David Batty 16 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 22 0 4 0

Transfers edit

In edit

Date Pos. Name From Fee
15 June 1999 DF Danny Mills Charlton Athletic £4,000,000
9 July 1999 DF Michael Duberry Chelsea £4,500,000
23 July 1999 FW Michael Bridges Sunderland £5,000,000
11 August 1999 FW Darren Huckerby Coventry City £4,000,000
19 August 1999 DF Danny Hay Perth Glory £200,000
17 December 1999 MF Jason Wilcox Blackburn Rovers £3,000,000
15 January 2000 GK Danny Milosevic Perth Glory £110,000
5 March 2000 GK Shaun Allaway Reading £300,000
15 May 2000 MF Olivier Dacourt RC Lens £7,200,000

Out edit

Date Pos. Name To Fee
11 June 1999 DF Gunnar Halle Bradford City £200,000
15 June 1999 MF Lee Sharpe Bradford City £200,000
30 June 1999 MF David Wetherall Bradford City £1,400,000
16 July 1999 FW Clyde Wijnhard Huddersfield Town £750,000
4 August 1999 FW Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Atlético Madrid £12,000,000
6 August 1999 FW Derek Lilley Oxford United £75,000
1 October 1999 FW Paul Shepherd Ayr United Free transfer
22 October 1999 MF Bruno Ribeiro Sheffield United £500,000
12 November 1999 DF Danny Granville Manchester City £1,000,000
9 March 2000 MF Mark Jackson Scunthorpe United Free transfer
15 April 2000 FW Neil Ross Stockport County Free transfer
12 May 2000 MF Tommy Knarvik SK Brann Free transfer
26 May 2000 DF Martin Hiden FK Austria Wien £500,000

Loaned out edit

Date Pos. Name To Fee
26 July 1999 DF Danny Granville Manchester City Loan
5 August 1999 FW Kevin Dixon York City Loan
14 January 2000 DF Mark Jackson Barnsley Loan
17 January 2000 DF Kevin Evans Swansea City Loan
23 March 2000 FW Lee Matthews Gillingham Loan

Notes edit

  1. ^ This match was played at the neutral venue of Heerenveen in the Netherlands due to the ongoing conflict in the Balkans.
  2. ^ The match was relocated to Bulgaria after the pitch in Moscow was frozen over.
  3. ^ McPhail was born in Westminster, England, but was raised in Dublin and would make his international debut for Ireland in May 2000.

References edit

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Leeds United - 1999/00". www.footballsquads.co.uk.
  2. ^ "All Leeds United players: 2000". www.11v11.com.
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