1999–2000 Leeds United A.F.C. season

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

The 1999–2000 season saw Leeds United competing in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) and the UEFA Cup, where they reached the semi-final.

Competitions

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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

Premier League

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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

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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

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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

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First round

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14 September 1999 Partizan Belgrade 1–3 Leeds United Heerenveen[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
Huckerby 55' Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 39,806
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

Second round

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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

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2 December 1999 Spartak Moscow 2–1 Leeds United Sofia[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 Leeds
Radebe 84' Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 39,732
Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)

Fourth round

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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

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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

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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

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(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 England Nigel Martyn 38 0 3 0 2 0 12 0 55 0 2 0
2 DF Republic of Ireland Gary Kelly 28+3 0 3 0 2 0 11 0 44+3 0 7 0
3 DF Republic of Ireland Ian Harte 33 6 3 1 1 0 12 1 49 8 11 1
4 MF Norway Alfie Haaland 7+6 0 0 0 0 0 5+1 1 12+7 0 5 0
5 DF South Africa Lucas Radebe 31 0 2 0 2 0 11 2 46 2 6 1
6 DF England Jonathan Woodgate 32+2 1 3 0 2 0 10 0 47+2 1 1 0
7 MF Scotland David Hopkin 10+4 1 0 0 1 0 2+1 0 13+5 1 1 0
8 FW England Michael Bridges 32+2 19 1+1 0 2 0 12 2 47+3 21 9 0
10 FW Australia Harry Kewell 36 10 3 2 2 0 12 5 53 17 7 1
11 MF England Lee Bowyer 31+2 5 3 1 1 0 11 5 46+2 11 19 0
12 FW England Darren Huckerby 9+24 2 3 0 0+1 0 1+8 1 11+35 3 0 0
14 MF Republic of Ireland Stephen McPhail 23+1 2 0 0 1+1 0 9 0 36+2 2 0 0
16 MF England Jason Wilcox 15+5 3 2 0 0 0 3+1 1 20+6 4 3 0
17 FW England Alan Smith 20+6 4 2+1 1 1 0 2+6 1 25+13 6 10 1
18 DF England Danny Mills 16+1 1 0+1 0 1 1 2 0 19+2 2 5 0
19 MF Norway Eirik Bakke 24+5 2 3 4 2 0 9+1 2 38+6 8 7 0
20 MF Wales Matt Jones 5+6 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 3+2 0 8+10 0 3 0
21 DF Austria Martin Hiden 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
22 DF England Michael Duberry 12+1 1 1 0 0+1 0 1 0 14+2 1 4 1
23 MF England David Batty 16 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 22 0 4 0

Transfers

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In

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

Out

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

Loan out

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Date from Date to Pos. Name To
26 July 1999 12 November 1999 DF England Danny Granville England Manchester City
5 August 1999 5 September 1999 FW England Kevin Dixon England York City
14 January 2000 10 February 2000 DF England Mark Jackson England Barnsley
17 January 2000 6 May 2000 DF Wales Kevin Evans Wales Swansea City
23 March 2000 28 May 2000 FW England Lee Matthews England Gillingham

Notes

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  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.

References

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  1. ^ "All Leeds United players: 2000". www.11v11.com.