The 1999–2000 Ligue 1 season (then called Division 1) was the 62nd since its establishment. AS Monaco won the French Association Football League with 65 points.
Participating teams
Auxerre Bastia Bordeaux Le Havre RC Lens Olympique Lyonnais Olympique de Marseille FC Metz AS Monaco Montpellier HSC AS Nancy FC Nantes Atlantique Paris Saint-Germain FC Stade Rennais FC AS Saint-Étienne Sedan RC Strasbourg Troyes AC
League table
Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in 2000–01 French Division 1 Lille OSC: champion of Ligue 2 EA Guingamp: runners-up Toulouse FC: third place
Results
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club GoalsDivision 1 - Saison 1999-2000 - Classement des buteurs deux-zero.com 1 Sonny Anderson Lyon 23 2 David Trezeguet Monaco 22 3 Marco Simone Monaco 21 4 Christian Corrêa Dionisio Paris Saint-Germain 16 Shabani Nonda Rennes 6 Tony Cascarino Nancy 15 Alex Saint-Étienne 8 Stéphane Guivarc'h Auxerre 14 Lilian Laslandes Bordeaux 10 Sylvain Wiltord Bordeaux 13 Antoine Sibierski Nantes
Awards Individual awards Award Winner Club Ligue 1 Player of the Year Marcelo Gallardo Monaco Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year Philippe Christanval Monaco Ligue 1 Manager of the Year Claude Puel Monaco Team of the YearGoalkeeper Fabien Barthez (Monaco)Defenders Patrice Carteron (Lyon) Éric Rabésandratana (Paris Saint-Germain) Rafael Márquez (Monaco) Jérôme Bonnissel (Bordeaux)Midfielders Michel Pavon (Bordeaux) Sabri Lamouchi (Monaco) Marcelo Gallardo (Monaco) Ludovic Giuly (Monaco)Forwards Sonny Anderson (Lyon) Marco Simone (Monaco)
Attendances Source:
No. Club Average attendance Change Highest 1 Olympique de Marseille 51,918 1.0% 60,000 2 Paris Saint-Germain FC 43,185 5.6% 44,784 3 RC Lens 38,805 7.7% 41,000 4 Olympique lyonnais 35,456 20.0% 40,000 5 Girondins de Bordeaux 30,084 16.6% 35,000 6 AS Saint-Étienne 28,052 21.6% 38,000 7 FC Nantes 28,051 5.1% 36,000 8 FC Metz 19,868 13.4% 34,000 9 RC Strasbourg 19,852 13.2% 25,648 10 ESTAC 14,139 143.7% 22,072 11 MHSC 13,956 -5.0% 27,960 12 Stade rennais 13,723 -12.1% 17,734 13 CS Sedan 12,953 112.2% 18,000 14 Le Havre AC 12,323 4.4% 17,500 15 AJ auxerroise 11,954 1.3% 20,000 16 AS Nancy 10,373 -6.8% 17,000 17 AS Monaco 10,026 34.9% 18,500 18 SC Bastia 6,926 32.6% 10,800
References
External links France 1999/2000 at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation