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.
 Parken Stadium, Østerbro hosted the final. | |
| Dates | 10 August 1999 – 17 May 2000 |
|---|---|
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Galatasaray (1st title) |
| Runner-up |  Arsenal |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 205 |
| Goals scored | 564 (2.75 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Darko Kovačević (10 goals) |
← 1998–99 2000–01 → | |
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:
- Associations 1–6 each enter three teams
- Associations 7–8 each enter four teams
- Associations 9–15 each enter two teams
- Associations 16–21 each enter three teams
- Associations 22–50 each enter two teams, with the exception of Bosnia who no enter teams, Liechtenstein and Andorra who enter one team each
- 3 winners of the Intertoto Cup
- 16 teams eliminated from the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round are transferred to the UEFA Cup
- 8 teams eliminated from the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League first group stage are transferred to the UEFA Cup
Association ranking
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- 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
- Notes
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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
First round
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
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1–0 | 1–1 |
| Deportivo La Coruña
|
5–1 |  Montpellier
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3–1 | 2–0 |
| Widzew Łódź
|
1–3 | Monaco
|
1–1 | 0–2 |
MTK Hungária 
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2–2 (a) | AEK Athens
|
2–1 | 0–1 |
Roda 
|
0–1 |  Wolfsburg
|
0–0 | 0–1 |
Anderlecht 
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2–4 | Bologna
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2–1 | 0–3 |
| PAOK
|
3–3 (1–4 p) |  Benfica
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1–2 | 2–1 (aet) |
Inter Bratislava 
|
0–7 | Nantes
|
0–3 | 0–4 |
| Atlético Madrid
|
5–1 | Amica Wronki
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1–0 | 4–1 |
| Parma
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4–1 |  Helsingborg
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1–0 | 3–1 |
Grazer AK 
|
2–2 (a) | Panathinaikos
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2–1 | 0–1 |
Steaua București 
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2–0 | West Ham United
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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 
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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
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5–2 | Vitesse
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4–1 | 1–1 |
| Tottenham Hotspur
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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
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2–3 | Galatasaray
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1–1 | 1–2 |
| Roma
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1–0 | Newcastle United
|
1–0 | 0–0 |
| Spartak Moscow
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2–2 (a) | Leeds United
|
2–1 | 0–1 |
| Slavia Prague
|
5–2 | Steaua București
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4–1 | 1–1 |
| Udinese
|
2–2 (a) | Bayer Leverkusen
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0–1 | 2–1 |
| Arsenal
|
6–3 | Nantes
|
3–0 | 3–3 |
| Deportivo La Coruña
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5–3 | Panathinaikos
|
4–2 | 1–1 |
| Parma
|
5–4 | Sturm Graz
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2–1 | 3–3 (aet) |
| Lyon
|
3–4 | Werder Bremen
|
3–0 | 0–4 |
| Olympiacos
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3–4 | Juventus
|
1–3 | 2–1 |
| Celta Vigo
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8–1 | Benfica
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7–0 | 1–1 |
| Wolfsburg
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3–5 | Atlético Madrid
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2–3 | 1–2 |
| Lens
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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
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0–2 | Galatasaray
|
0–2 | 0–0 |
| Roma
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0–1 | Leeds United
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0–0 | 0–1 |
| Slavia Prague
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2–2 (a) | Udinese
|
1–0 | 1–2 |
| Arsenal
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6–3 | Deportivo La Coruña
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5–1 | 1–2 |
| Parma
|
2–3 | Werder Bremen
|
1–0 | 1–3 |
| Juventus
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1–4 | Celta Vigo
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1–0 | 0–4 |
| Atlético Madrid
|
4–6 | Lens
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2–2 | 2–4 |
Quarter-finals
| Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds United
|
4–2 | Slavia Prague
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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
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2–0 | Leeds United
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Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany) |
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Şükür  13'Capone 44'
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Report |
| 6 April 2000 21:00 |
Arsenal
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1–0 | Lens
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Arsenal Stadium, London Attendance: 38,102 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bergkamp 2'
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Report |
Second leg
| 20 April 2000 20:45 |
Lens
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1–2 | Arsenal
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Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens Attendance: 41,043 Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nouma 73'
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Report | Henry 41' Kanu 87'
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Arsenal won 3–1 on aggregate.
| 20 April 2000 21:00 |
Leeds United
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2–2 | Galatasaray
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Elland Road, Leeds Attendance: 38,306 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakke 16', 68'
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Report | Hagi 5' (pen.) Şükür 42'
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Galatasaray won 4–2 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
| Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galatasaray
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4–2 | Leeds United
|
2–0 | 2–2 |
| Arsenal
|
3–1 | Lens
|
1–0 | 2–1 |
Final
Main page: 2000 UEFA Cup Final
| 17 May 2000 20:45 |
Galatasaray
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0–0 (a.e.t.) |
Arsenal
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Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: 38,919 Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain) |
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| Report | ||||
| Penalties | ||||
Penbe  Şükür Davala Popescu |
4–1 |  Šuker Parlour Vieira
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Top goalscorers
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Minutes played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darko Kovačević
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Juventus
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10 | 720' |
| 2 | Marco Di Vaio
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Parma
|
7 | 460' |
| Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
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Atlético Madrid
|
574' | ||
| Thierry Henry
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Arsenal
|
592' | ||
| Pascal Nouma
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Lens
|
875' | ||
| 6 |  Benni McCarthy
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Celta Vigo
|
6 | 796' |
| Hakan Şükür
|
Galatasaray
|
833' |
References
Other websites
- 1999–2000 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website
- Official Site
- Results at RSSSF.com
- All scorers 1999–2000 UEFA Cup according to (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers preliminary round
- 1999/2000 UEFA Cup – results and line-ups (archive)