1999–2000 Leeds United A.F.C. season

During the 1999–2000 season, Leeds United A.F.C. competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Leeds United

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Peter Ridsdale
Manager	David O'Leary
Stadium	Elland Road
Premier League	3rd
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Fourth round
UEFA Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Michael Bridges (19) All: Michael Bridges (21)
Highest home attendance	40,192 vs Newcastle United (25 September 1999, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	11,912 vs Port Vale (12 December 1999, FA Cup)
Average home league attendance	37,579

Season summary

After a promising previous season good times looked to be on the horizon for David O'Leary and his young team in his first full season in charge, even after losing their previous season's top scorer Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink to Spanish side Athletico Madrid, O'Leary added more young quality to his squad, defenders Michel Dubbery and Danny Mills were signed from Chelsea and Charlton respectively, Midfielders Erik Bakke, Jason Wilcox also joined along with striker Michel Bridges. Leeds had a tough start in the league, wins over Southampton and Sunderland were each followed with losses to Liverpool and Manchester Utd but a 2–1 win at Tottenham saw Leeds begin a record of 10 straight wins at home and in the UEFA Cup and see Leeds storm to the top of the Premiership with new striker Michael Bridges and Harry Kewell scoring regularly, but in the new year star players Lee Bowyer and Johnathan Woodgate were involved in an off the pitch incident in Leeds city centre a saga which was to hamper the club for the next few years. Defeats to Manchester Utd and Liverpool saw Leeds lose ground in the title race, however, Leeds were progressing well in the UEFA cup and were soon into the semi final against Turkish side Galatasary. Again, an off the field incident in which 2 Leeds supporters were stabbed to death in clashes before the game would hamper the club for the next few years, the deaths clearly affected Leeds on the pitch that night and lost the first-leg of the tie 2–0. A 2–2 draw in the home leg meant Leeds were knocked out of the UEFA cup. Domestically, 4 consecutive league defeats almost ended hopes of finishing in the top 3 but Leeds did recover to secure a record 3rd-place finish on the last day of the season qualifying for next seasons Champions league, Leeds had challenged Manchester Utd for the Premiership title for half the season and had reached the semi final of the UEFA cup with one of the smallest and youngest squads in the Premiership, more would be expected of Leeds next season.

Final league table

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[lower-alpha 1]
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) Champion.
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

Source: 1999–2000 FA Premier League table

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	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	D	D
Position	9	4	7	6	7	5	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3

Source: 11v11.com: 1999–2000 Leeds United results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Premier League

7 August 1999 1	Leeds United	0–0	Derby County	Leeds, West Yorkshire
		Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 40,118

11 August 1999 2	Southampton	0–3	Leeds United	Southampton, Hampshire
		Report	Bridges  10', 51', 72'	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 15,206 Referee: Alan Wiley

14 August 1999 3	Manchester United	2–0	Leeds United	Trafford, Greater Manchester
	Yorke  76', 80'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 55,187

21 August 1999 4	Leeds United	2–1	Sunderland	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Bowyer  51' Mills  72'	Report	Phillips  37' (pen.)	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 39,064

23 August 1999 5	Leeds United	1–2	Liverpool	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Song  20' (o.g.)	Report	Camara  45' Radebe  55' (o.g.)	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 39,703

28 August 1999 6	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	Leeds United	Haringey, London
	Sherwood  36'	Report	Smith  53' Harte  83'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,012

11 September 1999 7	Coventry City	3–4	Leeds United	Coventry, West Midlands
	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, West Yorkshire
	Bridges  14' Kewell  64'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 34,122

25 September 1999 9	Leeds United	3–2	Newcastle United	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Bowyer  11' Kewell  39' Bridges  77'	Report	Shearer  42', 57'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 40,192

3 October 1999 10	Watford	1–2	Leeds United	Watford, Hertfordshire
	Williams  41'	Report	Bridges  44' Kewell  69'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,677

16 October 1999 11	Leeds United	2–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Smith  72', 78'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 39,437

24 October 1999 12	Everton	4–4	Leeds United	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Campbell  4', 28' Hutchison  37' Weir  90'		Bridges  15', 67' Kewell  35' Woodgate  72'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 37,355

30 October 1999 13	Leeds United	1–0	West Ham United	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Harte  52'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 40,190

7 November 1999 14	Wimbledon	2–0	Leeds United	Croydon, London
	Hartson  30' Gayle  65'	Report		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 18,747

20 November 1999 15	Leeds United	2–1	Bradford City	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	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, West Yorkshire
	Bridges  90'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 39,288

5 December 1999 17	Derby County	0–1	Leeds United	Derby, Derbyshire
		Report	Harte  90' (pen.)	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 29,455

19 December 1999 18	Chelsea	0–2	Leeds United	Fulham, London
	Leboeuf	Report	McPhail  66', 87'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Referee: Jeff Winter

26 December 1999 19	Leeds United	2–1	Leicester City	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Bridges  29' Bowyer  45'	Report	Cottee  10'	Stadium: Elland Road

28 December 1999 20	Arsenal	2–0	Leeds United	Islington, London
	Ljungberg  32' Henry  58'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Referee: Graham Poll

3 January 2000 21	Leeds United	1–2	Aston Villa	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Kewell  45'	Report	Southgate  17', 62'	Stadium: Elland Road

23 January 2000 22	Sunderland	1–2	Leeds United	Sunderland
	Phillips  52'	Report	Wilcox  24' Bridges  51'	Stadium: Stadium of Light

5 February 2000 23	Liverpool	3–1	Leeds United	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Hamann  20' Berger  69' Murphy  90'	Report	Bowyer  62'	Stadium: Anfield

12 February 2000 24	Leeds United	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Kewell  23'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Referee: Dermot Gallagher

20 February 2000 25	Leeds United	0–1	Manchester United	Leeds, West Yorkshire
		Report	Cole  52'	Stadium: Elland Road

26 February 2000 26	Middlesbrough	0–0	Leeds United	Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
		Report		Stadium: Riverside

5 March 2000 27	Leeds United	3–0	Coventry City	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Kewell  5' Bridges  42' Wilcox  85'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Referee: Jeff Winter

16 March 2000 28	Bradford City	1–2	Leeds United	Bradford, Yorkshire
	Beagrie  74'	Report	Bridges  12', 62'	Stadium: Valley Parade Referee: Paul Durkin

19 March 2000 29	Leeds United	4–1	Wimbledon	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Bakke  23', 39' Harte  28' (pen.) Kewell  83'	Report	Euell  2'	Stadium: Elland Road Referee: Alan Wiley

26 March 2000 30	Leicester City	2–1	Leeds United	Leicester, Leicestershire
	Collymore  14' Guppy  46'	Report	Kewell  38'	Stadium: Filbert Street Referee: Steve Lodge

1 April 2000 31	Leeds United	0–1	Chelsea	Leeds, West Yorkshire
		Report	Harley  62'	Stadium: Elland Road

9 April 2000 32	Aston Villa	1–0	Leeds United	Birmingham, West Midlands
	Joachim  39'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park

16 April 2000 33	Leeds United	0–4	Arsenal	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Harte	Report	Henry  21' Keown  70' Kanu  82' Overmars  90'	Stadium: Elland Road Referee: Steve Dunn

23 April 2000 34	Newcastle United	2–2	Leeds United	Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyneside
	Shearer  24', 48'	Report	Bridges  13' Wilcox  17'	Stadium: St. James' Park Referee: Dermot Elleray

30 April 2000 35	Sheffield Wednesday	0–3	Leeds United	Sheffield, South Yorkshire
		Report	Hopkin  1' Bridges  53' Kewell  69'	Stadium: Hillsborough Referee: Robert Harris

3 May 2000 36	Leeds United	3–1	Watford	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Bridges  20' Duberry  45' Huckerby  52'	Report	Foley  32'	Stadium: Elland Road Referee: Paul Alcock

8 May 2000 37	Leeds United	1–1	Everton	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Bridges  30'	Report	Barmby  60'	Stadium: Elland Road

14 May 2000 38	West Ham United	0–0	Leeds United	Newham, London
		Report		Stadium: Boleyn Ground

FA Cup

12 December 1999 3	Leeds United	2–0	Port Vale	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Bakke  61', 68'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 11,912 Referee: Steve Dunn

9 January 2000 4	Manchester City	2–5	Leeds United	Manchester, Greater 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

13 October 1999 3	Leeds United	1–0	Blackburn Rovers	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Mills  90'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 24,353

15 December 1999 4	Leicester City	0–0 (a.e.t.) 4–2p	Leeds United	Leicester, Leicestershire
		Report		Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 16,125 Referee: Graham Barber

UEFA Cup

First round

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

Second round

21 October 1999	Leeds United	4–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Leeds, England
	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, Russia
		Report	Harte  16' Bridges  28'  45'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Third round

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

Fourth round

2 March 2000	Roma	0–0	Leeds United	Rome, Italy
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 37,726 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

9 March 2000	Leeds United	1–0	Roma	Leeds, England
	Kewell  67'	Report	Zago  90' Candela  90+1'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 39,149 Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Quarter-finals

16 March 2000	Leeds United	3–0	Slavia Prague	Leeds, England
	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, Czech Republic
	Ulich  52', 79' (pen.)	Report	Kewell  47'	Stadium: Stadion Evžena Rošického Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey)

Semi-finals

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

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

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[3]

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  ENG Nigel Martyn 2 DF  IRL Gary Kelly 3 DF  IRL Ian Harte 4 DF  NOR Alf-Inge Håland 5 DF  RSA Lucas Radebe 6 DF  ENG Jonathan Woodgate 7 MF  SCO David Hopkin 8 FW  ENG Michael Bridges 10 FW  AUS Harry Kewell 11 MF  ENG Lee Bowyer 12 FW  ENG Darren Huckerby

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK  ENG Paul Robinson 14 MF  IRL Stephen McPhail[4] 16 MF  ENG Jason Wilcox 17 FW  ENG Alan Smith 18 DF  ENG Danny Mills 19 MF  NOR Eirik Bakke 20 MF  WAL Matt Jones 21 DF  AUT Martin Hiden 22 DF  ENG Michael Duberry 23 MF  ENG David Batty

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  POR Bruno Ribeiro (to Sheffield United) 16 DF  ENG Danny Granville (to Manchester City) 28 DF  ENG Paul Shepherd (to Ayr United)

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 MF  ENG Mark Jackson (to Scunthorpe United) 31 MF  NOR Tommy Knarvik (to Brann)

Reserve squad

The following players did not appear for the first team this season.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 DF  NZL Danny Hay 25 DF  SCO David Robertson 26 GK  AUS Danny Milosevic 27 DF  IRL Alan Maybury 30 DF  NED Robert Molenaar 32 FW  ENG Neil Ross 33 MF  NIR Wesley Boyle 34 MF  ENG Kevin Dixon 35 FW  ENG Lee Matthews 36 GK  ENG Shaun Allaway 37 FW  ENG Tony Hackworth 38 DF  IRL Damian Lynch 39 DF  ENG Gareth Evans 40 MF  NIR Simon Watson 41 MF  NIR Brian Lagen

No. Pos. Nation Player 42 DF  WAL Kevin Evans 43 FW  NIR Warren Feeney — DF  ENG Jason Lanns — DF  ENG Frazer Richardson — DF  IRL Alan Martin — DF  AUS Shane Cansdell-Sherriff — MF  ENG Jamie McMaster — MF  ENG Harpal Singh — FW  ENG Craig Farrell — FW  ENG Caleb Folan

Appearances, goals and cards

(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)[5]

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		UEFA Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Nigel Martyn	38	0	3	0	2	0	12	0	55	0	2	0
2	DF	Gary Kelly	28+3	0	3	0	2	0	11	0	44+3	0	7	0
3	DF	Ian Harte	33	6	3	1	1	0	12	1	49	8	11	1
4	MF	Alf-Inge Håland	7+6	0	0	0	0	0	5+1	1	12+7	5	5	0
5	DF	Lucas Radebe	31	0	2	0	2	0	11	2	46	2	6	1
6	DF	Jonathan Woodgate	32+2	1	3	0	2	0	10	0	47+2	1	1	0
7	MF	David Hopkin	10+4	1	0	0	1	0	2+1	0	13+5	1	1	0
8	FW	Michael Bridges	32+2	19	1+1	0	2	0	12	2	47+3	21	9	0
10	FW	Harry Kewell	36	10	3	2	2	0	12	5	53	17	7	1
11	MF	Lee Bowyer	31+2	5	3	1	1	0	11	5	46+2	11	19	0
12	FW	Darren Huckerby	9+24	2	3	0	0+1	0	1+8	1	11+35	3	0	0
14	MF	Stephen McPhail	23+1	2	0	0	1+1	0	9	0	36+2	2	0	0
16	MF	Jason Wilcox	15+5	3	2	0	0	0	3+1	1	20+6	4	3	0
17	FW	Alan Smith	20+6	4	2+1	1	1	0	2+6	1	25+13	6	10	1
18	DF	Danny Mills	16+1	1	0+1	0	1	1	2	0	19+2	2	5	0
19	MF	Eirik Bakke	24+5	2	3	4	2	0	9+1	2	38+6	8	7	0
20	MF	Matt Jones	5+6	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	3+2	0	8+10	0	3	0
21	DF	Martin Hiden	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
22	DF	Michael Duberry	12+1	1	1	0	0+1	0	1	0	14+2	1	4	1
23	MF	David Batty	16	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	22	0	4	0

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
15 June 1999	DF	Danny Mills	Charlton Athletic	£4,000,000
9 July 1999	DF	Michael Duberry	Chelsea	£4,500,000
23 July 1999	FW	Michael Bridges	Sunderland	£5,000,000
11 August 1999	FW	Darren Huckerby	Coventry City	£4,000,000
19 August 1999	DF	Danny Hay	Perth Glory	£200,000
17 December 1999	MF	Jason Wilcox	Blackburn Rovers	£3,000,000
15 January 2000	GK	Danny Milosevic	Perth Glory	£110,000
5 March 2000	GK	Shaun Allaway	Reading	£300,000
15 May 2000	MF	Olivier Dacourt	RC Lens	£7,200,000

Out

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

Loaned out

• Danny Granville – Manchester City, 26 July
• Kevin Dixon – York City, 5 August
• Mark Jackson – Barnsley, 14 January
• Kevin Evans – Swansea City, 17 January
• Lee Matthews – Gillingham, 23 March

Transfers in: £28,310,000

Transfers out: £16,625,000

Total spending: £11,685,000

Total spending: £5,240,000

References

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.
3. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1999-2000/faprem/leeds.htm
4. McPhail was born in Westminster, England, but was raised in Dublin and would make his international debut for Ireland in May 2000.
5. http://www.11v11.com/teams/leeds-united/tab/players/season/2000