1999–2000 Valencia CF season

Valencia CF
1999–00 season
ChairmanPedro Cortés
ManagerHéctor Cúper
StadiumMestalla
La Liga3rd
(in UEFA Champions League)
Copa del ReyRound of 32
Champions LeagueRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Gaizka Mendieta (13)
All:
Mendieta (19)

During the 1999–2000 Spanish football season, Valencia competed in La Liga.

Season summary

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During Spring of 1999, after rumours of Claudio Ranieri being linked to Atlético Madrid[1] the club agreed to replace the Italian head coach for the upcoming season, the final choices were Radomir Antić from Atlético Madrid with a contract until 2000 with colchoneros and Argentine Héctor Cúper from RCD Mallorca free in June[2] and whom, finally, was appointed as new manager.[3] Valencia CF emerged as a world football heavyweight after reaching the Champions League final. New coach Héctor Cúper[4] focused heavily on making the defence invincible, although, despite the general perception of a much more defensive Valencia, they actually conceded the same number of league goals as they had under previous coach Claudio Ranieri. Among the key players were playmaker Gaizka Mendieta (voted as the best midfielder in the Champions League), fellow midfielder Gerard, goalkeeper Santiago Cañizares, winger Javier Farinós and striker Claudio López, who was sold to Lazio at the end of the season. Lazio had been Valencia's opponents in the quarter-final of the Champions League, which resulted in a 5–2 victory for Valencia against the eventual Italian champions. Gerard was also sold, to the team that had nurtured him, Barcelona, for £15 million. Barcelona had been Valencia's opponents in the semi-finals, and had been crushed 4–1 away. A 2–1 defeat at the Camp Nou still saw Valencia progress to the final at Stade de France, where they came up against Real Madrid in the first ever all-Spanish final of the competition. Valencia's dreams were shattered by a clear 3–0 defeat.

Squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Spain ESP Santiago Cañizares
2 DF Argentina ARG Mauricio Pellegrino
3 DF Sweden SWE Joachim Björklund
4 DF Spain ESP Javier Navarro
5 DF Serbia SRB Miroslav Đukić
6 MF Spain ESP Gaizka Mendieta
7 FW Argentina ARG Claudio López
8 MF Spain ESP Javier Farinós
9 MF Spain ESP Óscar
10 MF Spain ESP Angulo
11 FW Romania ROU Adrian Ilie
12 MF Spain ESP Jandro
13 GK Spain ESP Jorge Bartual
14 MF Spain ESP Gerard
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Italy ITA Amedeo Carboni
16 DF France FRA Alain Roche
17 FW Spain ESP Juan Sánchez
18 FW Argentina ARG Kily González
19 FW Croatia CRO Goran Vlaović
20 DF France FRA Jocelyn Angloma
21 MF Spain ESP Luis Milla
22 DF Spain ESP Gerardo
23 MF Spain ESP David Albelda
24 DF Argentina ARG Daniel Fagiani
25 GK Spain ESP Andrés Palop
27 MF Spain ESP Curro Torres
29 GK Spain ESP Jonathan López
37 MF Spain ESP Alex Pascual

Transfers

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Out
Pos. Name To Type
MF Stefan Schwarz Sunderland €6.0 million
DF Juanfran Celta Vigo €2.0 million
MF Gabriel Popescu Numancia
FW Cristiano Lucarelli Lecce
FW Rubén Navarro Numancia
DF Óscar Téllez Deportivo Alavés
FW Sabin Ilie National Bucuresti loan
FW Nicolás Olivera Sevilla CF
DF Curro Torres Recreativo Huelva loan

Winter

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In
Pos. Name from Type

Competitions

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La Liga

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Main article: 1999–2000 La Liga

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Deportivo La Coruña (C) 38 21 6 11 66 44 +22 69 Qualification for the Club World Cup[a]
2 Barcelona 38 19 7 12 70 46 +24 64[b] Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3 Valencia 38 18 10 10 59 39 +20 64[b] Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Zaragoza 38 16 15 7 60 40 +20 63 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[c]
5 Real Madrid 38 16 14 8 58 48 +10 62 Qualification for the Champions League group stage[c]
Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Deportivo La Coruña also qualified for the Champions League group stage.
  2. ^ a b VAL 3–1 BAR; BAR 3–0 VAL
  3. ^ a b Real Madrid qualified directly for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League as holders. As a result, Zaragoza lost their spot in the UEFA Champions League and had to participate in the UEFA Cup.

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
ResultLLLLDWWLWDLWDWWWDDLDLWWDDWWLDWLWWWWWDW
Position13181920201916181415181515118765991198896666666555453
Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = 2000-01 UEFA Champions League group stage;   = 2000-01 UEFA Champions League qualifying round;   = 2000-01 UEFA Cup;   = 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup;   = 2000-01 Segunda Division

Matches

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20 August 1999 1 Valencia 1-2 Racing Santander Valencia
Gaizka Mendieta 75' Report 22' (o.g.) Miroslav Đukić
65' Salva		 Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
28 August 1999 2 Espanyol 3-2 Valencia Barcelona
Benítez 10'
Enrique de Lucas 13'
Martín Posse 52'		 Report 46' (pen.)Gaizka Mendieta
90'Juan Sánchez		 Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de Montjuic
10 September 1999 3 Valencia 0-2 Alavés Valencia
Report 84'Magno
90'Martín Astudillo		 Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
17 September 1999 4 Betis 1-0 Valencia Sevilla
Oli 26' Report Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarin
24 September 1999 5 Valencia 0-0 Valladolid Valencia
Report Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
2 October 1999 6 Real Madrid 2-3 Valencia Madrid
Fernando Morientes 46'
Fernando Morientes 65'		 Report 11' (pen.)Gaizka Mendieta
23'Gerard
39'Claudio López		 Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
12 October 1999 7 Valencia 4-0 Numancia Valencia
Adrian Ilie 30'
Adrian Ilie 51'
Javier Farinós 68'
Javier Farinós 89'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
15 October 1999 8 Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Valencia Bilbao
Ismael Urzaiz 9' Report Stadium: San Mamés
22 October 1999 9 Valencia 2-0 Deportivo Valencia
Kily González 27'
Gerard 86'		 Report Stadium: Mestalla
29 October 1999 10 Málaga 1-1 Valencia CF Málaga
Edgar 27' Report 67' Claudio López Stadium: La Rosaleda
6 November 1999 11 Mallorca 1-0 Valencia Palma de Mallorca
Diego Tristán 50' Report Yellow card 65' Albelda
Yellow card 69' Claudio López
Red card Carboni		 Stadium: Estadio Son Moix
19 November 1999 12 Valencia 3-1 Barcelona Valencia
Claudio López 32'
Adrian Ilie 36'
Gerard 90'		 Report 45' Boudewijn Zenden Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
27 November 1999 13 Real Oviedo 0-0 Valencia Oviedo
Report Stadium: Carlos Tartiere
3 December 1999 14 Valencia 2-0 Sevilla Valencia
Juan Sánchez 6'
Claudio López 70'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
11 December 1999 15 Atlético Madrid 1-2 Valencia Madrid
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 28' Report 16' Gaizka Mendieta
54' Juan Sánchez		 Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón
18 December 1999 16 Valencia 3-1 Rayo Vallecano Valencia
Juan Sánchez 12'
Juan Sánchez 75'
Gaizka Mendieta 90'		 Report 70' Luis Cembranos Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
21 December 1999 17 Real Sociedad 0-0 Valencia San Sebastián
Report Stadium: Estadio Anoeta
3 January 2000 18 Valencia 1-1 Celta Vigo Valencia
Gerard 6' Report 49' Velasco Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
8 January 2000 19 Real Zaragoza 4-2 Valencia Zaragoza
Juanele 26'
Savo Milošević 32'
Vladislav Radimov 58'
Juanele 68'		 Report 24' (pen.)Gaizka Mendieta
66'Gaizka Mendieta		 Stadium: Estadio La Romareda
15 January 2000 20 Racing Santander 1-1 Valencia Santander
Salva 90' (pen.) Report 34' (pen.) Gaizka Mendieta Stadium: El Sardinero
22 January 2000 21 Valencia 1-2 Espanyol Valencia
Kily González 29' Report 15'Benítez
52'Arteaga		 Stadium: Mestalla
29 January 2000 22 Alavés 0-1 Valencia Vitoria
Report 70' (pen.) Javier Farinós Stadium: Mendizorroza
4 February 2000 23 Valencia 3-1 Betis Valencia
Adrian Ilie 2'
Gaizka Mendieta 82' (pen.)
Javier Farinós 83'		 Report 60' Iulian Filipescu Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
11 February 2000 24 Valladolid 0-0 Valencia Valladolid
Report Stadium: Estadio Jose Zorrilla
19 February 2000 25 Valencia 1-1 Real Madrid Valencia
Adrian Ilie 35' Report 59' Guti Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
25 February 2000 26 Numancia 1-2 Valencia Soria
Miguel Ángel Soria 77' Report 4' Gaizka Mendieta
60' Claudio López		 Stadium: Los Pajaritos
3 March 2000 27 Valencia 2-0 Athletic Bilbao Valencia
Óscar 83'
Claudio López 86'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
11 March 2000 28 Deportivo 2-0 Valencia La Coruña
Fran 24'
Flávio Conceição 50'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Riazor
17 March 2000 29 Valencia CF 2-2 Málaga Valencia
Angulo 51'
Angulo 67'		 Report 62' Catanha
90' (pen.) Catanha		 Stadium: Mestalla
24 March 2000 30 Valencia CF 1-0 Mallorca Valencia
Jocelyn Angloma 49' Report Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
1 April 2000 31 Barcelona 3-0 Valencia Barcelona
Winston Bogarde 63'
Patrick Kluivert 68'
Patrick Kluivert 90'		 Report Stadium: Camp Nou
8 April 2000 32 Valencia 6-2 Real Oviedo Valencia
Claudio López 18'
Frédéric Danjou 30' (o.g.)
Claudio López 50'
Angulo 58'
Javier Farinós 61' (pen.)
Óscar 83'		 Report 65' Viktor Onopko
85' Roberto Pompei		 Stadium: Mestalla
14 April 2000 33 Sevilla 1-2 Valencia Sevilla
Jesuli 78' Report 70'Gaizka Mendieta
90' (o.g.) Marcelo Zalayeta		 Stadium: Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan
21 April 2000 34 Valencia 2-0 Atlético Madrid Valencia
Claudio López 23'
Angulo 88'		 Report Stadium: Mestalla
28 April 2000 35 Rayo Vallecano 1-3 Valencia Madrid
Bolo 86' Report 11'Javier Farinós
36'Gaizka Mendieta
82'Óscar		 Stadium: Estadio Campo Vallecas
5 May 2000 36 Valencia 4-0 Real Sociedad Valencia
Angulo 18'
Claudio López 52'
Amedeo Carboni 79'
Gaizka Mendieta 89'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
13 May 2000 37 Celta Vigo 0-0 Valencia Vigo
Report Stadium: Estadio Balaídos
18 May 2000 38 Valencia- 2-1 Real Zaragoza Valencia
Gary Sundgren 59' (o.g.)
Claudio López 70'		 Report 5' Savo Milošević Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Copa del Rey

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Main article: 1999–2000 Copa del Rey

Eightfinals

14 December 1999 Osasuna 3-0 Valencia CF Pamplona
11 January 2000 Valencia CF 2-0 Osasuna Valencia
Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

UEFA Champions League

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Main article: 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

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Main article: 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds
11 August 1999 Valencia Spain 2-0 IsraelHapoel Haifa Valencia
Stadium: Mestalla
28 August 1999 Hapoel Haifa Israel 0-2 Spain Valencia Haifa

First Group Stage

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Main article: 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League group stage
Group F
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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VAL BAY RAN PSV
1 Spain Valencia 6 3 3 0 8 4 +4 12 Advance to second group stage — 1–1 2–0 1–0
2 Germany Bayern Munich 6 2 3 1 7 6 +1 9 1–1 — 1–0 2–1
3 Scotland Rangers 6 2 1 3 7 7 0 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup 1–2 1–1 — 4–1
4 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4 1–1 2–1 0–1 —
Source: UEFA
14 September 1999 1 Valencia Spain 2–0 Scotland Rangers Valencia
Moore 55' (o.g.)
Kily González 76'		 Report Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 31,524
Referee: Slovakia Lubos Michel
22 September 1999 2 PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 1–1 Spain Valencia Eindhoven
van Nistelrooy 72' (pen.) Report 4' C. López Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 26,500
Referee: Norway Rune Pedersen
29 September 1999 3 Bayern Munich Germany 1–1 Spain Valencia Munich
Élber 6' Report 80' G. López Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Italy Graziano Cesari
20 October 1999 4 Valencia Spain 1–1 Germany Bayern Munich Valencia
Ilie 11' Report 18' (pen.) Effenberg Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Sweden Anders Frisk
26 October 1999 5 Rangers Scotland 1–2 Spain Valencia Glasgow
Moore 60' Report 35' Mendieta
45' C. López		 Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 50,063
Referee: Austria Günter Benkö
2 November 1999 6 Valencia Spain 1–0 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven Valencia
López 70' Report Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 26,266
Referee: England Graham Barber

Second Group Stage

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Main article: 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League second group stage
Group B
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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MUN VAL FIO BOR
1 England Manchester United 6 4 1 1 10 4 +6 13 Advance to knockout stage — 3–0 3–1 2–0
2 Spain Valencia 6 3 1 2 9 5 +4 10 0–0 — 2–0 3–0
3 Italy Fiorentina 6 2 2 2 7 8 −1 8 2–0 1–0 — 3–3
4 France Bordeaux 6 0 2 4 5 14 −9 2 1–2 1–4 0–0 —
Source: UEFA
23 November 1999 1 Valencia Spain 3–0 France Bordeaux Valencia
Farinós 60'
Ilie 68'
Kily González 90'		 Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Netherlands Dick Jol
8 December 1999 2 Manchester United England 3–0 Spain Valencia Manchester
Keane 38'
Solskjær 47'
Scholes 70'		 Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 54,606
Referee: Denmark Kim Milton Nielsen
1 March 2000 3 Fiorentina Italy 1–0 Spain Valencia Firenze
Mijatović 20' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Germany Markus Merk
7 March 2000 4 Valencia Spain 2–0 Italy Fiorentina Valencia
Ilie 35'
Mendieta 90+' (pen.)		 Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Germany Hellmut Krug
15 March 2000 5 Bordeaux France 1–4 Spain Valencia Bordeaux
Wiltord 54' 41' Đukić
47' (pen.) Mendieta
72' Kily González
90+' Sánchez		 Stadium: Parc Lescure
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Austria Fritz Stuchlik
21 March 2000 6 Valencia Spain 0–0 England Manchester United Valencia
Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
Attendance: 40,419
Referee: Slovakia Ľuboš Micheľ

Knockout stage

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Main article: 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League knockout stage
Quarter-final
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5 April 2000 1 Valencia Spain 5–2 Italy Lazio Valencia
Angulo 2'
G. López 4', 40', 80'
C. López 90+1'		 28' Inzaghi
87' Salas		 Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Denmark Kim Milton Nielsen
18 April 2000 2 Lazio Italy 1–0 Spain Valencia Roma
Verón 52' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 57,000
Referee: Netherlands Dick Jol
Semi-final
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2 May 2000 Valencia Spain 4–1 Spain Barcelona Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
Angulo 10', 43'
Mendieta 47' (pen.)
C. López 90+2'		 Pellegrino 27' (o.g.) Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
10 May 2000 Barcelona Spain 2–1 Spain Valencia Camp Nou, Barcelona
F. de Boer 78'
Cocu 90+2'		 Mendieta 69' Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Final

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Main article: 2000 UEFA Champions League Final
24 May 2000 Real Madrid Spain 3–0 Spain Valencia Stade de France, Paris
20:45 Morientes 39'
McManaman 67'
Raúl 75'		 Attendance: 78,759
Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

Statistics

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Player statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total La Liga Copa
del
Rey		 Champions
League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Spain ESP Santiago Cañizares 38 -40 23 -26 2 -3 13 -11
20 DF France FRA Jocelyn Angloma 46 1 30 1 0 0 16 0
5 DF Serbia and Montenegro SCG Miroslav Đukić 51 1 33 0 2 0 15+1 1
2 DF Argentina ARG Mauricio Pellegrino 50 1 33 1 0 0 17 0
15 DF Italy ITA Amedeo Carboni 44 1 27+1 1 1 0 15 0
6 MF Spain ESP Gaizka Mendieta 51 19 31+2 13 2 1 16 5
8 MF Spain ESP Javier Farinós 53 8 25+9 5 2 1 14+3 2
14 MF Spain ESP Gerard López 52 8 32+1 4 1 0 16+2 4
18 MF Argentina ARG Kily González 49 6 28+3 2 1 0 16+1 4
17 FW Spain ESP Juan Sánchez 49 8 23+9 5 1+1 0 8+7 3
7 FW Argentina ARG Claudio López 54 17 32+2 11 2 0 18 6
25 GK Spain ESP Andrés Palop 22 -20 15 -13 0 0 6+1 -7
10 MF Spain ESP Miguel Angulo 48 8 19+10 5 1 0 11+7 3
11 FW Romania ROU Adrian Ilie 35 8 15+7 5 1 0 7+5 3
3 DF Sweden SWE Joachim Björklund 34 0 14+9 0 2 0 8+1 0
23 MF Spain ESP David Albelda 33 0 14+7 0 1 0 7+4 0
21 MF Spain ESP Luis Milla 14 0 9+3 0 0 0 2 0
22 DF Spain ESP Gerardo 13 0 5+5 0 1 0 1+1 0
24 DF Argentina ARG Daniel Fagiani 11 0 5+3 0 1 0 2 0
9 AM Spain ESP Óscar 29 4 3+17 4 1 0 1+7 0
12 DF Spain ESP Soria 4 0 1+2 0 0+1 0
16 DF France FRA Alain Roche 2 0 1+1 0
19 FW Croatia CRO Goran Vlaović 7 0 0+4 0 0+2 0 0+1 0
22 FW Romania ROU Dennis Serban 1 0 0+1 0
13 GK Spain ESP Jorge Bartual 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Spain ESP Curro Montoya

References

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  1. ^ "Gil denies a contract with Ranieri". elpais.com. 10 March 1999. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Cuper left Mallorca" (in Spanish). elmundo.es. 31 May 1999. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Ranieri recommended Cuper for Valencia". elpais.com. 8 March 1999. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  4. ^ "El Valencia de Cuper ya puede presumir de solidez defensiva" (in Spanish). elpais.com. 23 December 1999. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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