1999–2000 UEFA Cup

The 1999–2000 UEFA Cup season was the 29th edition of the UEFA Cup. The final was played at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen. It was won by Galatasaray, who beat Arsenal in the final. The defending champions were Parma they were eliminated by Werder Bremen in the fourth round.

1999–2000 UEFA Cup
Parken Stadium, Østerbro hosted the final.
Dates10 August 1999 – 17 May 2000
Final positions
ChampionsTurkey Galatasaray (1st title)
Runner-upEngland Arsenal
Tournament statistics
Matches played205
Goals scored564 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Darko Kovačević (10 goals)

It was the first season of the new UEFA Cup format. Domestic cup winners would qualify for the UEFA Cup, after the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was disbanded. This change also added an additional knockout round. This was the first year when the UEFA Cup winners qualified for the UEFA Super Cup.

Association team allocation

A total of 142 teams from 49 UEFA associations participated in the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup. Associations are allocated places according to their 1999–2000 UEFA league coefficient.

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2000–01 UEFA Cup:

Association ranking

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1   Italy 59.640 3 +1(UCL)
+1(IT)
2   Germany 49.932 +2(UCL)
3   Spain 48.580 +1(UCL)
4   France 41.433 +1(UCL)
+1(IT)
5   Netherlands 35.916
6   England 35.566 +1(UCL)
+1(IT)
7   Portugal 31.266 4
8   Greece 28.750 +2(UCL)
9   Czech Republic 28.166 2 +1(UCL)
10   Norway 27.449 +1(FP)
11   Austria 27.250 +2(UCL)
12   Russia 26.866 +1(UCL)
13   Croatia 26.166
14   Turkey 25.650 +1(UCL)
15   Denmark 24.200 +2(UCL)
16   Switzerland 22.250 3 +1(UCL)
17   Ukraine 22.082
18   Poland 22.000 +1(UCL)
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
19   Hungary 21.083 3 +1(UCL)
20   Belgium 21.000
21   Slovakia 20.999
22   Romania 20.750 2
23   Sweden 20.600
24   Georgia 20.333
25   Cyprus 20.332 +1(UCL)
26   Scotland 19.500 +1(UCL)
+1(FP)
27   Israel 16.749 +1(UCL)
28   Slovenia 15.998
29   Belarus 14.833
30   Iceland 13.666
31   Finland 13.415
32   Latvia 11.498 +1(UCL)
33   Bulgaria 10.499
34   Macedonia 8.666
35   Lithuania 7.333
36   Yugoslavia 7.083 +1(UCL)
37   Moldova 6.333 +1(UCL)
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
38   Liechtenstein 5.000 1
39   Estonia 4.999 2 +1(FP)
40   Armenia 4.832
41   Northern Ireland 4.665
42   Malta 4.664
43   Wales 3.999
44   Republic of Ireland 3.998
45   Faroe Islands 2.833
46   Albania 2.666
47   Luxembourg 2.333
48   Azerbaijan 1.833
49   Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.000 0
50   Andorra 0.000 1
Notes
  • (UCL): Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League
  • (IT): Additional teams from Intertoto Cup

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • TH: Title holders
  • CW: Cup winners
  • CR: Cup runners-up
  • LC: League Cup winners
  • Nth: League position
  • PO: End-of-season European competition play-off winners
  • FP: Fair play
  • IT: Intertoto Cup winners
  • CL: Relegated from the Champions League
    • GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
    • Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round
Third round
  Bayer Leverkusen (CL GS)   Arsenal (CL GS)   Sturm Graz (CL GS)   Galatasaray (CL GS)
  Borussia Dortmund (CL GS)   Olympiacos (CL GS)   Spartak Moscow (CL GS)   Rangers (CL GS)
First round
  Roma (5th)   Leeds United (4th)   Osijek (CW)   Rapid Wien (CL Q3)
  Udinese (PO)   Tottenham Hotspur (LC)   Fenerbahçe (3rd)   AaB (CL Q3)
  Bologna (PO)   Newcastle United (CR)   Akademisk Boldklub (CW)   Brøndby (CL Q3)
  Werder Bremen (CW)   Beira-Mar (CW)   Lausanne (CW)   Servette (CL Q3)
  Kaiserslautern (5th)   Benfica (3rd)   Karpaty Lviv (CR)   Widzew Łódź (CL Q3)
  Wolfsburg (6th)   Sporting CP (4th)   Amica Wronki (CW)   MTK Hungária (CL Q3)
  Celta de Vigo (5th)   Vitória Setúbal (5th)   Debrecen (CW)   Anorthosis (CL Q3)
  Deportivo La Coruña (6th)   Panathinaikos (3rd)   Lierse (CW)   Hapoel Haifa (CL Q3)
  Atlético Madrid (CR)   PAOK (4th)   Dukla Banská Bystrica (CR)   Skonto (CL Q3)
  Nantes (CW)   Ionikos (5th)   ParmaTH (CL Q3)   Partizan (CL Q3)
  Monaco (4th)   Aris (6th)   Mallorca (CL Q3)   Zimbru Chişinău (CL Q3)
  Lens (LC)   Slavia Prague (CW)   Lyon (CL Q3)   Juventus (IC)
  Ajax (CW)   Stabæk (CW)   AEK Athens (CL Q3)   Montpellier (IC)
  Vitesse (4th)   LASK Linz (CR)   Teplice (CL Q3)   West Ham United (IC)
  Roda (5th)   Zenit Saint Petersburg (CW)
Qualifying round
  Sigma Olomouc (4th)   Steaua București (CW)   VPS (2nd)   Linfield (2nd)
  Viking (4th)   Dinamo București (2nd)   FK Rīga (CW)   Birkirkara (2nd)
  Grazer AK (3rd)   Helsingborg (2nd)   Liepājas Metalurgs (2nd)   Sliema Wanderers (3rd)
  Lokomotiv Moscow (3rd)   Göteborg (CR)   CSKA Sofia (CW)   Inter Cardiff (CW)
  Hajduk Split (3rd)   Torpedo Kutaisi (CW)   Levski Sofia (2nd)   Cwmbrân Town (2nd)
  Ankaragücü (PO)   Locomotive Tbilisi (3rd)   Vardar (CW)   Bray Wanderers (CW)
  Lyngby (4th)   APOEL (CW)   Sileks (2nd)   Cork City (2nd)
  Grasshopper (2nd)   Omonia (2nd)   Kareda Šiauliai (2nd)   KÍ Klaksvík (CW)
  Zürich (4th)   Celtic (2nd)   FBK Kaunas (CR)   B36 Tórshavn (3rd)
  Shakhtar Donetsk (2nd)   St Johnstone (3rd)   Red Star Belgrade (CW)   Vllaznia (2nd)
  Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (3rd)   Hapoel Tel Aviv (CW)   Vojvodina (4th)[Note FRY]   Bylis (3rd)
  Legia Warsaw (3rd)   Maccabi Tel Aviv (2nd)   Sheriff Tiraspol (CW)   F91 Dudelange (2nd)
  Lech Poznań (4th)[Note POL]   Gorica (2nd)   Constructorul Chişinău (2nd)   Mondercange (CR)
  Ferencváros (2nd)   Olimpija Ljubljana (CR)   Vaduz (CW)   Neftchi Baku (CW)
  Újpest (3rd)   Belshina Bobruisk (CW)   Levadia Maardu (CW)[Note EST]   Shamkir (2nd)
  Club Brugge (2nd)   BATE Borisov (2nd)   Lantana Tallinn (3rd)[Note EST]   Principat (1st)
  Anderlecht (3rd)   KR Reykjavík (2nd)   Shirak (2nd)   Bodø/Glimt (FP)
  Inter Bratislava (2nd)   Leiftur (CR)   Yerevan (3rd)   Kilmarnock (FP)
  Spartak Trnava (3rd)   HJK Helsinki (CW)   Portadown (CW)   Viljandi Tulevik (FP)
Notes
  1. ^ Poland (POL): Polish champions Wisła Kraków were banned from European competitions by UEFA. As a result, league runners-up Widzew Łódź were promoted to Champions League, while 4th-placed Lech Poznań were awarded UEFA Cup spot.[1]
  2. ^ FR Yugoslavia (FRY): League runners-up Obilić were excluded from the UEFA competitions because was the club owner Arkan charged with war crimes. Their place was given to 4th-placed Vojvodina.[1]
  3. ^ Estonia (EST): 1998 Meistriliiga runners-up Tallinna Sadam merged into Levadia Maardu (who also won the Cup) after the season. Sadam's UEFA Cup spot was given to 3rd-placed Lantana Tallinn.[2]

Qualifying round

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Shakhtar Donetsk   4–3   Sileks Kratovo 3–1 1–2
HJK Helsinki   2–1   Shirak 2–0 0–1
Locomotive Tbilisi   2–1   Linfield 1–0 1–1
Sheriff Tiraspol   1–1 (a)   Sigma Olomouc 1–1 0–0
Yerevan   1–4   Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–2 1–2
Neftchi   2–4   Red Star Belgrade 2–3 0–1
Vllaznia   1–3   Spartak Trnava 1–1 0–2
BATE Borisov   1–12   Lokomotiv Moscow 1–7 0–5
Lantana   2–9   Torpedo Kutaisi 0–5 2–4
Liepājas Metalurgs   4–5   Lech Poznań 3–2 1–3
Gorica   2–1   Inter Cardiff 2–0 0–1
Vojvodina   5–1   Újpest FC 4–0 1–1
Viljandi Tulevik   0–5   Club Brugge 0–3 0–2
Belshina Bobruisk   1–8   Omonia 1–5 0–3
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih   5–0   Shamkir 3–0 2–0
KÍ Klaksvík   0–9   Grazer AK 0–5 0–4
Riga   0–5   Helsingborg 0–0 0–5
VPS   1–3   St Johnstone 1–1 0–2
Inter Bratislava   5–1   Bylis 3–1 2–0
Bodø/Glimt   3–1   Vaduz 1–0 2–1
Viking   18–0   Principat 7–0 11–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.   4–3   FBK Kaunas 3–1 1–2
Steaua București   7–1   Levadia 3–0 4–1
Lyngby BK   7–0   Birkirkara 7–0 0–0
Ankaragücü   2–0   B36 Tórshavn 1–0 1–0
Sliema Wanderers   0–4   Zürich 0–3 0–1
Grasshopper Club Zürich   8–0   Bray Wanderers 4–0 4–0
IFK Göteborg   3–1   Cork City 3–0 0–1
Mondercange   2–13   Dinamo București 2–6 0–7
Vardar   0–9   Legia Warszawa 0–5 0–4
APOEL   0–2   Levski Sofia 0–0 0–2
Anderlecht   9–1   Leiftur Ólafsfjörður 6–1 3–0
Olimpija Ljubljana   3–3 (a)   Kareda Šiauliai 1–1 2–2
Hajduk Split   6–1   F91 Dudelange 5–0 1–1
Cwmbran Town   0–10   Celtic 0–6 0–4
Portadown   0–8   CSKA Sofia 0–3 0–5
Ferencváros   4–2   Constructorul Chişinău 3–1 1–1
KR Reykjavík   1–2   Kilmarnock 1–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)

First round

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Steaua București   5–2   LASK Linz 2–0 3–2
Wolfsburg   3–2   Debrecen 2–0 1–2
Red Star Belgrade   2–3   Montpellier 0–1 2–2
Udinese   3–1   Aalborg 1–0 2–1
Stabæk   1–2   Deportivo La Coruña 1–0 0–2
Partizan   1–4   Leeds United 1–3 0–1
HJK Helsinki   1–6   Lyon 0–1 1–5
Atlético Madrid   3–1   Ankaragücü 3–0 0–1
MTK Hungária   2–0   Fenerbahçe 0–0 2–0
Anderlecht   6–1   Olimpija Ljubljana 3–1 3–0
Roda JC   5–1   Shakhtar Donetsk 2–0 3–1
Bodø/Glimt   1–6   Werder Bremen 0–5 1–1
Viking   3–1   Sporting CP 3–0 0–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv   3–4   Lens 2–2 1–2
Kaiserslautern   5–0   Kilmarnock 3–0 2–0
Helsingborg   2–2 (4–2 p)   Karpaty Lviv 1–1 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Lech Poznań   1–2   Göteborg 1–2 0–0
Teplice   4–2   Ferencváros 3–1 1–1
CSKA Sofia   2–4   Newcastle United 0–2 2–2
Gorica   0–3   Panathinaikos 0–1 0–2
Amica Wronki   5–4   Brøndby 2–0 3–4
Beira-Mar   1–2   Vitesse 1–2 0–0
GAK   4–2   Spartak Trnava 3–0 1–2
Hajduk Split   0–3   Levski Sofia 0–0 0–3
Celtic   3–0   Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–0 1–0
Lausanne-Sports   3–6   Celta Vigo 3–2 0–4
Ionikos FC   1–4   Nantes 1–3 0–1
Aris   3–2   Servette 1–1 2–1 (a.e.t.)
Monaco   6–3   St Johnstone 3–0 3–3
Inter Bratislava   3–1   Rapid Wien 1–0 2–1
Lyngby   1–5   Lokomotiv Moscow 1–2 0–3
Skonto   1–2   Widzew Łódź 1–0 0–2
Roma   7–1   Vitória de Setúbal 7–0 0–1
Parma   6–2   Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 3–2 3–0
Hapoel Haifa   5–5 (a)   Club Brugge 3–1 2–4
Torpedo Kutaisi   1–7   AEK Athens 0–1 1–6
Omonia   2–10   Juventus 2–5 0–5
West Ham United   6–1   Osijek 3–0 3–1
Vojvodina   2–3   Slavia Prague 0–0 2–3
Sigma Olomouc   1–3   Mallorca 1–3 0–0
Benfica   2–1   Dinamo București 0–1 2–0
Ajax   9–2   Dukla Banská Bystrica 6–1 3–1
Tottenham Hotspur   3–0   Zimbru Chişinău 3–0 0–0
Zenit Saint Petersburg   2–5   Bologna 0–3 2–2
Anorthosis   1–2   Legia Warsaw 1–0 0–2
Locomotive Tbilisi   0–9   PAOK 0–7 0–2
AB Copenhagen   1–3   Grasshopper 0–2 1–1
Zürich   5–3   Lierse 1–0 4–3

Second round

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Aris   2–4   Celta Vigo 2–2 0–2
Udinese   2–1   Legia Warsaw 1–0 1–1
Deportivo La Coruña   5–1   Montpellier 3–1 2–0
Widzew Łódź   1–3   Monaco 1–1 0–2
MTK Hungária   2–2 (a)   AEK Athens 2–1 0–1
Roda   0–1   Wolfsburg 0–0 0–1
Anderlecht   2–4   Bologna 2–1 0–3
PAOK   3–3 (1–4 p)   Benfica 1–2 2–1 (aet)
Inter Bratislava   0–7   Nantes 0–3 0–4
Atlético Madrid   5–1   Amica Wronki 1–0 4–1
Parma   4–1   Helsingborg 1–0 3–1
Grazer AK   2–2 (a)   Panathinaikos 2–1 0–1
Steaua București   2–0   West Ham United 2–0 0–0
Levski Sofia   2–4   Juventus 1–3 1–1
Leeds United   7–1   Lokomotiv Moscow 4–1 3–0
Hapoel Haifa   1–3   Ajax 0–3 1–0
Slavia Prague   3–2   Grasshopper 3–1 0–1
Zürich   2–5   Newcastle United 1–2 1–3
Werder Bremen   2–2 (a)   Viking 0–0 2–2
Teplice   1–5   Mallorca 1–2 0–3
IFK Göteborg   0–3   Roma 0–2 0–1
Lyon   2–0   Celtic 1–0 1–0
Lens   5–2   Vitesse 4–1 1–1
Tottenham Hotspur   1–2   Kaiserslautern 1–0 0–2

Third round

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Ajax   0–3   Mallorca 0–1 0–2
AEK Athens   2–3   Monaco 2–2 0–1
Rangers   2–2 (1–3 p)   Borussia Dortmund 2–0 0–2 (aet)
Bologna   2–3   Galatasaray 1–1 1–2
Roma   1–0   Newcastle United 1–0 0–0
Spartak Moscow   2–2 (a)   Leeds United 2–1 0–1
Slavia Prague   5–2   Steaua București 4–1 1–1
Udinese   2–2 (a)   Bayer Leverkusen 0–1 2–1
Arsenal   6–3   Nantes 3–0 3–3
Deportivo La Coruña   5–3   Panathinaikos 4–2 1–1
Parma   5–4   Sturm Graz 2–1 3–3 (aet)
Lyon   3–4   Werder Bremen 3–0 0–4
Olympiacos   3–4   Juventus 1–3 2–1
Celta Vigo   8–1   Benfica 7–0 1–1
Wolfsburg   3–5   Atlético Madrid 2–3 1–2
Lens   5–3   Kaiserslautern 1–2 4–1

Fourth round

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Mallorca   4–2   Monaco 4–1 0–1
Borussia Dortmund   0–2   Galatasaray 0–2 0–0
Roma   0–1   Leeds United 0–0 0–1
Slavia Prague   2–2 (a)   Udinese 1–0 1–2
Arsenal   6–3   Deportivo La Coruña 5–1 1–2
Parma   2–3   Werder Bremen 1–0 1–3
Juventus   1–4   Celta Vigo 1–0 0–4
Atlético Madrid   4–6   Lens 2–2 2–4

Quarter-finals

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Leeds United   4–2   Slavia Prague 3–0 1–2
Arsenal   6–2   Werder Bremen 2–0 4–2
Mallorca   2–6   Galatasaray 1–4 1–2
Celta Vigo   1–2   Lens 0–0 1–2

First leg

6 April 2000
20:30
Galatasaray   2–0   Leeds United Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
Şükür   13'
Capone   44'
Report

6 April 2000
21:00
Arsenal   1–0   Lens Arsenal Stadium, London
Attendance: 38,102
Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)
Bergkamp   2' Report

Second leg

20 April 2000
20:45
Lens   1–2   Arsenal Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens
Attendance: 41,043
Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)
Nouma   73' Report Henry   41'
Kanu   87'

Arsenal won 3–1 on aggregate.


20 April 2000
21:00
Leeds United   2–2   Galatasaray Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 38,306
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
Bakke   16'68' Report Hagi   5' (pen.)
Şükür   42'

Galatasaray won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Galatasaray   4–2   Leeds United 2–0 2–2
Arsenal   3–1   Lens 1–0 2–1

Final

17 May 2000
20:45
Galatasaray   0–0
(a.e.t.)
  Arsenal Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 38,919
Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)
Report
  Penalties  
Penbe  
Şükür  
Davala  
Popescu  
4–1   Šuker
  Parlour
  Vieira

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals Minutes played
1   Darko Kovačević   Juventus 10 720'
2   Marco Di Vaio   Parma 7 460'
  Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink   Atlético Madrid 574'
  Thierry Henry   Arsenal 592'
  Pascal Nouma   Lens 875'
6   Benni McCarthy   Celta Vigo 6 796'
  Hakan Şükür   Galatasaray 833'

References

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