1999–2000 Leeds United A.F.C. season
| 1999–2000 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Peter Ridsdale |
| Manager | David O'Leary |
| Stadium | Elland Road |
| Premier League | 3rd |
| FA Cup | Fifth round |
| League Cup | Fourth round |
| UEFA Cup | Semi-finals |
| Top goalscorer | League: Michael Bridges (19) All: Michael Bridges (21) |
| Highest home attendance | 40,192 vs Newcastle United (25 September 1999, Premier League) |
| Lowest home attendance | 11,912 vs Port Vale (12 December 1999, FA Cup) |
| Average home league attendance | 37,579 |
The 1999–2000 season saw Leeds United competing in the Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) and the UEFA Cup.
Competitions
[edit]| 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:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
- 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
Premier League
[edit]| 7 August 1999 1 | Leeds United | 0–0 | Derby County | Leeds |
| Report | Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 40,118 Referee: Graham Barber |
| 11 August 1999 2 | Southampton | 0–3 | Leeds United | Southampton |
| Report | Bridges  10', 51', 72' |
Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 15,206 Referee: Alan Wiley |
| 14 August 1999 3 | Manchester United | 2–0 | Leeds United | Manchester |
| Yorke 76', 80' |
Report | Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 55,187 Referee: Neale Barry |
| 21 August 1999 4 | Leeds United | 2–1 | Sunderland | Leeds |
| Bowyer 51' Mills 72' |
Report | Phillips 37' (pen.) |
Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 39,064 Referee: Paul Alcock |
| 23 August 1999 5 | Leeds United | 1–2 | Liverpool | Leeds |
| Song 20' (o.g.) |
Report | Camara 45' Radebe 55' (o.g.) |
Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 39,703 Referee: David Elleray |
| 28 August 1999 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1–2 | Leeds United | Haringey |
| Sherwood 36' |
Report | Smith 53' Harte 83' |
Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,012 Referee: Mike Reed |
| 11 September 1999 7 | Coventry City | 3–4 | Leeds United | Coventry |
| 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 |
| Bridges 14' Kewell 64' |
Report | Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 34,122 Referee: Dermot Gallagher |
| 25 September 1999 9 | Leeds United | 3–2 | Newcastle United | Leeds |
| Bowyer 11' Kewell 39'Bridges 77' |
Report | Shearer 42', 57' |
Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 40,192 Referee: Barry Knight |
| 3 October 1999 10 | Watford | 1–2 | Leeds United | Watford |
| Williams 41' |
Report | Bridges 44' Kewell 69' |
Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,677 Referee: Andy D'Urso |
| 16 October 1999 11 | Leeds United | 2–0 | Sheffield Wednesday | Leeds |
| Smith 72', 78' |
Report | Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 39,437 Referee: Graham Barber |
| 24 October 1999 12 | Everton | 4–4 | Leeds United | Liverpool |
| Campbell 4', 28' Hutchison 37'Weir 90' |
Bridges 15', 67' Kewell 35'Woodgate 72' |
Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 37,355 Referee: Dermot Gallagher |
| 30 October 1999 13 | Leeds United | 1–0 | West Ham United | Leeds |
| Harte 52' |
Report | Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 40,190 Referee: Graham Poll |
| 7 November 1999 14 | Wimbledon | 2–0 | Leeds United | Croydon |
| Hartson 30' Gayle 65' |
Report | Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 18,747 Referee: Peter Jones |
| 20 November 1999 15 | Leeds United | 2–1 | Bradford City | Leeds |
| 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 |
| Bridges 90' |
Report | Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 39,288 Referee: Rob Harris |
| 5 December 1999 17 | Derby County | 0–1 | Leeds United | Derby |
| Report | Harte 90' (pen.) |
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 29,455 Referee: Paul Alcock |
| 19 December 1999 18 | Chelsea | 0–2 | Leeds United | Fulham |
| Report | McPhail 66', 87' |
Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 35,106 Referee: Jeff Winter |
| 26 December 1999 19 | Leeds United | 2–1 | Leicester City | Leeds |
| Bridges 29' Bowyer 45' |
Report | Cottee 10' |
Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 40,105 Referee: Mark Halsey |
| 28 December 1999 20 | Arsenal | 2–0 | Leeds United | Islington |
| Ljungberg 32' Henry 58' |
Report | Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,096 Referee: Graham Poll |
| 3 January 2000 21 | Leeds United | 1–2 | Aston Villa | Leeds |
| Kewell 45' |
Report | Southgate 17', 62' |
Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 40,027 Referee: Uriah Rennie |
| 23 January 2000 22 | Sunderland | 1–2 | Leeds United | Sunderland |
| Phillips 52' |
Report | Wilcox 24' Bridges 51' |
Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,633 Referee: Peter Jones |
| 5 February 2000 23 | Liverpool | 3–1 | Leeds United | Liverpool |
| Hamann 20' Berger 69'Murphy 90' |
Report | Bowyer 62' |
Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,793 Referee: Mike Reed |
| 12 February 2000 24 | Leeds United | 1–0 | Tottenham Hotspur | Leeds |
| Kewell 23' |
Report | Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 40,127 Referee: Dermot Gallagher |
| 20 February 2000 25 | Leeds United | 0–1 | Manchester United | Leeds |
| Report | Cole 52' |
Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 40,160 Referee: Peter Jones |
| 26 February 2000 26 | Middlesbrough | 0–0 | Leeds United | Middlesbrough |
| Report | Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 34,800 Referee: Uriah Rennie |
| 5 March 2000 27 | Leeds United | 3–0 | Coventry City | Leeds |
| Kewell 5' Bridges 42'Wilcox 85' |
Report | Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 38,710 Referee: Jeff Winter |
| 16 March 2000 28 | Bradford City | 1–2 | Leeds United | Bradford |
| Beagrie 74' |
Report | Bridges 12', 62' |
Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 18,276 Referee: Paul Durkin |
| 19 March 2000 29 | Leeds United | 4–1 | Wimbledon | Leeds |
| Bakke 23', 39' Harte 28' (pen.)Kewell 83' |
Report | Euell 2' |
Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 39,256 Referee: Alan Wiley |
| 26 March 2000 30 | Leicester City | 2–1 | Leeds United | Leicester |
| Collymore 14' Guppy 46' |
Report | Kewell 38' |
Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 21,095 Referee: Steve Lodge |
| 1 April 2000 31 | Leeds United | 0–1 | Chelsea | Leeds |
| Report | Harley 62' |
Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 40,162 Referee: Jeff Winter |
| 9 April 2000 32 | Aston Villa | 1–0 | Leeds United | Birmingham |
| Joachim 39' |
Report | Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 33,889 Referee: Barry Knight |
| 16 April 2000 33 | Leeds United | 0–4 | Arsenal | Leeds |
| Report | Henry 21' Keown 70'Kanu 82'Overmars 90' |
Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 39,307 Referee: Steve Dunn |
| 23 April 2000 34 | Newcastle United | 2–2 | Leeds United | Newcastle |
| Shearer 24', 48' |
Report | Bridges 13' Wilcox 17' |
Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 36,448 Referee: David Elleray |
| 30 April 2000 35 | Sheffield Wednesday | 0–3 | Leeds United | Sheffield |
| Report | Hopkin 1' Bridges 53'Kewell 69' |
Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 23,416 Referee: Rob Harris |
| 3 May 2000 36 | Leeds United | 3–1 | Watford | Leeds |
| Bridges 20' Duberry 45'Huckerby 52' |
Report | Foley 32' |
Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 36,324 Referee: Paul Alcock |
| 8 May 2000 37 | Leeds United | 1–1 | Everton | Leeds |
| Bridges 30' |
Report | Barmby 60' |
Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 37,713 Referee: Andy D'Urso |
| 14 May 2000 38 | West Ham United | 0–0 | Leeds United | Newham |
| Report | Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 26,044 Referee: Graham Barber |
FA Cup
[edit]| 12 December 1999 3 | Leeds United | 2–0 | Port Vale | Leeds |
| Bakke 61', 68' |
Report | Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 11,912 Referee: Steve Dunn |
| 9 January 2000 4 | Manchester City | 2–5 | Leeds United | 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]| 13 October 1999 3 | Leeds United | 1–0 | Blackburn Rovers | Leeds |
| Mills 90' |
Report | Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 24,353 Referee: Jeff Winter |
| 15 December 1999 4 | Leicester City | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) | Leeds United | Leicester |
| Report | Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 16,125 Referee: Graham Barber |
UEFA Cup
[edit]First round
[edit]| 14 September 1999 | Partizan Belgrade | 1–3 | Leeds United | Heerenveen |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Leeds |
| Radebe 84' |
Report | Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 39,732 Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain) |
Fourth round
[edit]| 2 March 2000 | Roma | 0–0 | Leeds United | Rome |
| Report | Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 37,726 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France) |
| 9 March 2000 | Leeds United | 1–0 | Roma | Leeds |
| Kewell 67' |
Report | 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 |
| 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 |
| Ulich 52', 79' (pen.) |
Report | Kewell 47' |
Stadium: Stadion Evžena Rošického Attendance: 13,460 Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey) |
Semi-finals
[edit]| 6 April 2000 | Galatasaray | 2–0 | Leeds United | Istanbul |
| Hakan Ş. 13' Capone 44' |
Report | Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany) |
| 20 April 2000 | Leeds United | 2–2 | Galatasaray | Leeds |
| Bakke 16', 68' |
Report | Hagi 5' (pen.) Hakan Ş. 42' |
Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 38,306 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) |
Statistics
[edit]- (Starting appearances + substitute appearances)[1]
| 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 |
| 17 December 1999 | GK |  Danny Milosevic |
Perth Glory |
£110,000 |
| 5 March 2000 | GK | Shawn Allaway |
Reading |
£300,000 |
Out
[edit]| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 June 1999 | DF | Gunnar Halle |
Bradford City |
£200,000 |
| 15 June 1999 | MF | Lee Sharpe
| ||
| 30 June 1999 | MF | David Wetherall |
£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 |
| 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 |
| 15 April 2000 | FW | Neil Ross |
Stockport County
| |
| 12 May 2000 | MF | Tommy Knarvik |
SK Brann
|
Loan out
[edit]| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 July 1999 | 12 November 1999 | DF | Danny Granville |
Manchester City
|
| 5 August 1999 | 5 September 1999 | FW | Kevin Dixon |
York City
|
| 14 January 2000 | 10 February 2000 | DF | Mark Jackson |
Barnsley
|
| 17 January 2000 | 6 May 2000 | DF | Kevin Evans |
Swansea City
|
| 23 March 2000 | 28 May 2000 | FW | Lee Matthews |
Gillingham
|
References
[edit]- ^ "All Leeds United players: 2000". www.11v11.com.