Derby County 1999–2000 football season
The 1999–2000 English football season was Derby County F.C. 's fourth consecutive season in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).
After two successive top 10 finishes which gave promise a possible bid for a UEFA Cup place, Derby County endured their most difficult season in recent year as they finished 16th with a mere 38 points, just two places and five points clear of relegation.
Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
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 9 11 18 44 57 −13 38 6 3 10 22 25 −3 3 8 8 22 32 −10
Results by round Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Ground A H H A A H A H H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H H A A H A H A H A H A H A H A Result D L L L W W D L L D L L W L L L L W L D W W D D L D W L L L W D L D W D D L Position 9 15 17 19 18 13 14 15 17 16 17 19 16 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Derby County's score comes first [ 1]
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 7 August 1999 Leeds United A 0–0 40,118 10 August 1999 Arsenal H 1–2 25,901 Delap 14 August 1999 Middlesbrough H 1–3 24,045 Burton 21 August 1999 Coventry City A 0–2 17,685 25 August 1999 Sheffield Wednesday A 2–0 20,943 Delap , Sturridge 28 August 1999 Everton H 1–0 26,550 Fuertes 11 September 1999 Wimbledon A 2–2 12,282 Carbonari , Johnson 18 September 1999 Sunderland H 0–5 28,264 25 September 1999 Bradford City H 0–1 31,305 4 October 1999 Southampton A 3–3 14,208 Delap , Laursen , Beck 16 October 1999 Tottenham Hotspur H 0–1 29,815 25 October 1999 Newcastle United A 0–2 35,614 30 October 1999 Chelsea H 3–1 28,614 Burton , Delap (2) 6 November 1999 Liverpool A 0–2 44,467 20 November 1999 Manchester United H 1–2 33,370 Delap 28 November 1999 Arsenal A 1–2 37,964 Sturridge 5 December 1999 Leeds United H 0–1 29,455 18 December 1999 Leicester City A 1–0 18,581 Powell 26 December 1999 Aston Villa H 0–2 33,222 28 December 1999 West Ham United A 1–1 24,998 Sturridge 3 January 2000 Watford H 2–0 28,072 Strupar (2) 15 January 2000 Middlesbrough A 4–1 32,745 Christie (2), Burton , Burley 22 January 2000 Coventry City H 0–0 28,381 5 February 2000 Sheffield Wednesday H 3–3 30,100 Strupar , Burley , Hinchcliffe (own goal) 12 February 2000 Everton A 1–2 33,268 Nimni 26 February 2000 Sunderland A 1–1 41,940 Christie 4 March 2000 Wimbledon H 4–0 28,384 Kinkladze , Christie , Sturridge , Burton 11 March 2000 Manchester United A 1–3 61,619 Strupar 18 March 2000 Liverpool H 0–2 33,378 25 March 2000 Aston Villa A 0–2 28,613 2 April 2000 Leicester City H 3–0 25,763 Burley , Delap , Sturridge 8 April 2000 Watford A 0–0 16,579 15 April 2000 West Ham United H 1–2 31,202 Sturridge 21 April 2000 Bradford City A 4–4 18,276 Delap , Strupar , Burley (2 pens) 24 April 2000 Southampton H 2–0 29,403 Powell , Christie 29 April 2000 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–1 33,044 Carbonari 6 May 2000 Newcastle United H 0–0 32,724 14 May 2000 Chelsea A 0–4 35,084
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers R3 11 December 1999 Burnley H 0–1 23,400
Squad at end of season [ 2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Date Pos. Name From Fee 18 May 1999 MF Seth Johnson Crewe Alexandra £4,100,000 3 June 1999 GK Andy Oakes Hull City £460,000 14 October 1999 FW Lee Morris Sheffield United £3,000,000 25 November 1999 MF Avi Nimni Maccabi Tel Aviv Loan 1 December 1999 MF Craig Burley Celtic £3,000,000 17 December 1999 FW Branko Strupar Racing Genk £3,000,000 27 March 2000 MF Adam Bolder Hull City £113,000 19 April 2000 MF Georgi Kinkladze Ajax £3,000,000
Transfers in: £12,460,000 Transfers out: £4,900,000 Total spending: £7,560,000 Considering starts in all competitions [ 3] Considering a 3–5–2 formation [ 4] GK: #21, Mart Poom , 29 CB: #16, Jacob Laursen , 38 CB: #2, Horacio Carbonari , 31 (#17, Spencer Prior , has 18 starts as a central defender) CB: #5, Tony Dorigo , 24 (#19, Steve Elliott , has 22 starts as a central and left defender) RM: #10, Rory Delap , 37 CM: #4, Darryl Powell , 33 CM: #7, Seth Johnson , 37 CM: #29, Stefano Eranio , 18 (#33, Craig Burley , has 19 starts as a right and central midfielder) LM: #3, Stefan Schnoor , 22 CF: #8, Dean Sturridge , 16 CF: #9, Deon Burton , 15 ^ Powell was born in Lambeth , England , but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1998. ^ Dorigo was born in Adelaide , Australia , but also qualified to represent England internationally after obtaining citizenship and made his international debut for England in 1989. ^ Burton was born in Reading , England , but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in September 1997. ^ Delap was born in Sutton Coldfield , England , but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in March 1998. ^ Strupar was born in Zagreb , SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia ) but became a naturalised Belgian citizen and made his international debut for Belgium in 1999. ^ Harper was born in Oldham , England , but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Level 5 Levels 6–7 Levels 8–9 Lower leagues
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions