The 1999–2000 La Liga season, the 69th since its establishment. It began on 21 August 1999, and concluded on 20 May 2000. Deportivo La Coruña won a first La Liga title with 69 points, the lowest for a champion since the three points for a win rule was introduced in 1995.

Promotion and relegation Twenty teams competed in the league – the top sixteen teams from the previous season and the four teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Málaga, Numancia, Sevilla and Rayo Vallecano. Sevilla and Rayo Vallecano returned to the top flight after an absence of two years while Málaga CF and Numancia were promoted for the first time. However, since CD Málaga played in the 1989–90 La Liga, the city of Málaga returned to the top fight after an absence of nine years. They replaced Extremadura, Villarreal (both teams relegated after a season's presence), Tenerife (ending their top flight spell of eleven years) and Salamanca (ending their top flight spell of two years).

Team information

Personnel and kits Team Chairman Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorAlavés Gonzalo Antón José Manuel EsnalLuanvi GuascorAthletic Bilbao José María Arrate Luis FernándezAdidasnoneAtlético Madrid Jesús Gil Claudio RanieriReeboknoneBarcelona Josep Lluís Núñez Louis van GaalNikenoneBetis Manuel Ruiz de Lopera Carlos GriguolKappanoneCelta Horacio Gómez Araujo Víctor FernándezUmbroCitroënDeportivo Augusto César Lendoiro Javier IruretaAdidasFeiracoEspanyol Daniel Sánchez Llibre Miguel Ángel BrindisiJohn SmithnoneMálaga Fernando Puche Joaquín PeiróKelmeUnicajaMallorca Guillem Reynés Fernando VázquezKelmeSpanairNumancia Francisco Rubio Andoni GoikoetxeaJomaCaja DueroOviedo Eugenio Prieto Álvarez Luis AragonésErimaAsturiasRacing Miguel Ángel Díaz Díaz Gustavo BenítezAustralCantabriaRayo Vallecano Teresa Rivero Juande RamosJomaRumasaReal Madrid Lorenzo Sanz John ToshackAdidasTekaReal Sociedad Luis Uranga Bernd KraussAstoreKrafftSevilla Rafael Carrión Marcos AlonsoUmbroSuperCableValencia Pedro Cortés Héctor CúperLuanviTerra MíticaValladolid Marcos Fernández Gregorio ManzanoKelmeCaja EspañaZaragoza Alfonso Soláns Chechu RojoLuanviPikolin

Clubs and locations

1999–2000 season was composed of the following clubs: Team Stadium Capacity Barcelona Camp Nou 98,772 Real Madrid Santiago Bernabéu 80,354 Espanyol Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 55,926 Atlético Madrid Vicente Calderón 55,005 Valencia Mestalla 55,000 Real Betis Manuel Ruiz de Lopera 52,132 Sevilla Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 45,500 Athletic Bilbao San Mamés 39,750 Deportivo de La Coruña Riazor 34,600 Real Zaragoza La Romareda 34,596 Celta de Vigo Estadio Balaídos 32,500 Real Sociedad Anoeta 32,200 Real Oviedo Carlos Tartiere 30,500 Málaga La Rosaleda 30,044 Valladolid José Zorrilla 27,846 Mallorca Son Moix 23,142 Racing de Santander El Sardinero 22,222 Alavés Mendizorrotza 19,840 Rayo Vallecano Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas 14,505 Numancia Los Pajaritos 8,261

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment Position in table Mallorca Mario Gómez August 1999 Fernando Vázquez September 1999 19th Real Sociedad Bernd Krauss Sacked 25 October 1999 Javier Clemente 26 October 1999 17th Real Madrid John Toshack 17 November 1999 Vicente del Bosque 18 November 1999 8th Espanyol Miguel Ángel Brindisi 17 January 2000 Paco Flores January 2000 17th Betis Carlos Griguol January 2000 Guus Hiddink February 2000 16th Atlético Madrid Claudio Ranieri February 2000 Radomir Antić March 2000 17th Sevilla Marcos Alonso Peña March 2000 Juan Carlos Álvarez 20th Betis Guus Hiddink 2 May 2000 Faruk Hadžibegić May 2000 18th Atlético Madrid Radomir Antić May 2000 Fernando Zambrano 19th

League table

Results The season results are as follows:

Overall Most wins – Deportivo La Coruña (21) Fewest wins – Sevilla (5) Most draws – Racing Santander (16) Fewest draws – Deportivo La Coruña (6) Most losses – Sevilla (20) Fewest losses – Zaragoza (7) Most goals scored – Barcelona (70) Fewest goals scored – Betis (33) Most goals conceded – Sevilla (67) Fewest goals conceded – Alavés (37)

Awards and season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals1 SalvaRacing Santander272 CatanhaMálaga24 Jimmy Floyd HasselbainkAtlético Madrid4 Roy MakaayDeportivo La Coruña225 Savo MiloševićZaragoza216 Diego TristánMallorca187 RaúlReal Madrid178 Patrick KluivertBarcelona159 Gaizka MendietaValencia13 VíctorValladolid

Source: BDFutbol

Zamora Trophy PlayerClubGoals againstMatchesAverage Martín HerreraAlavés

Fair Play award Rayo Vallecano was the winner of the Fair-play award with 102 points; moreover, it was elected on 8 June 2000 in Brussels as one of the three entries by UEFA to enter UEFA Cup in the qualifying round by the same condition of Fair Play.

Source: El Mundo Deportivo (newspaper archive, web)

Pedro Zaballa award Alfonso Pérez, footballer

Attendances Source:

# Club Avg. attendance Highest 1 FC Barcelona 65,526 100,000 2 Real Madrid 59,316 80,000 3 Valencia CF 40,368 50,000 4 Real Betis 38,684 45,000 5 Atlético de Madrid 35,211 55,000 6 Athletic Club 34,474 40,000 7 Sevilla FC 29,353 43,000 8 Málaga CF 27,526 37,000 9 Deportivo de La Coruña 27,211 36,000 10 Real Sociedad 25,221 30,000 11 Celta de Vigo 22,711 30,000 12 Real Zaragoza 22,000 33,000 13 RCD Espanyol 18,900 33,400 14 Deportivo Alavés 17,158 19,000 15 RCD Mallorca 16,384 23,000 16 Racing de Santander 15,820 22,000 17 Real Valladolid 13,326 21,000 18 Real Oviedo 11,705 15,024 19 Rayo Vallecano 9,737 14,500 20 CD Numancia 9,042 10,000

See also 1999–2000 Segunda División 1999–2000 Copa del Rey

References