1999–2000 UEFA Champions League

1999–2000 UEFA Champions League
	The Stade de France in Saint-Denis held the final
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying:; 13 July – 25 August 1999; Competition proper:; 14 September 1999 – 24 May 2000
Teams	Competition proper: 32; Total: 71
Final positions
Champions	Real Madrid (8th title)
Runners-up	Valencia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	157
Goals scored	442 (2.82 per match)
Attendance	5,495,112 (35,001 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Raúl (Real Madrid); Rivaldo (Barcelona); Mário Jardel (Porto); 10 goals each
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League was the 45th season of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA's premier European club football tournament, and the eighth season since its rebranding from the "European Champion Clubs' Cup" or "European Cup". The competition was won by Real Madrid, who clinched a historic eighth title win by beating fellow La Liga side, Valencia in the final. The final was hosted in the Stade de France in Paris, the city where the original roots of the competition had begun nearly 50 years earlier.

Just after two years of allowing runners-up of strongest continental leagues to enter the tournament, UEFA went even further and expanded the tournament to up to four strongest teams from Europe's top national leagues. As a result, the tournament was a stark contrast from 1996–97 (which took place only three years prior) where only top national champions and title holders participated.

The competition was dominated by the Spanish teams, with three of the four semi-finalists coming from Spain, namely Real Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona. The final between Real Madrid and Valencia marked the first time that both finalists in the competition had come from the same country.

Manchester United were the defending champions, but were eliminated by eventual winners Real Madrid in the quarter-finals.

Changes to the competition format

The 1999–2000 edition of the Champions League featured a whole different format to the competition. An additional qualifying round was introduced to generate two group stages, firstly with 32 teams – eight groups of four – who played six matches each to reduce the competition to 16 teams for the second group stage, with the eight third-placed teams moving to the UEFA Cup third round. At the end of the second group stage, eight teams remained to contest the knock-out stage.^[1]

Association team allocation

A total of 71 teams participated in the 1999–2000 Champions League, from 47 of 51 UEFA associations. Liechtenstein (who don't have their own league) as well as Andorra and San Marino did not participate. Additionally, Bosnia and Herzegovina were not admitted due to having no nation-wide champion.

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League:^[2]

Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify
Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify
Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify
Associations 16–48 each have one team qualify (except Liechtenstein)

Association ranking

Countries are allocated places according to their 1998 UEFA league coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1993–94 to 1997–98.^[3]

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams
1	Italy	59.640	4
2	Germany	49.932
3	Spain	48.580
4	France	41.433	3
5	Netherlands	35.916
6	England	35.566
7	Portugal	31.266	2
8	Greece	28.750
9	Czech Republic	28.166
10	Norway	27.449
11	Austria	27.250
12	Russia	26.866
13	Croatia	26.166
14	Turkey	25.650
15	Denmark	24.200
16	Switzerland	22.250	1
17	Ukraine	22.082	1

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams
18	Poland	22.000	1
19	Hungary	21.083
20	Belgium	21.000
21	Slovakia	20.999
22	Romania	20.750
23	Sweden	20.600
24	Georgia	20.333
25	Cyprus	20.332
26	Scotland	19.500
27	Israel	16.749
28	Slovenia	15.998
29	Belarus	14.833
30	Iceland	13.666
31	Finland	13.415
32	Latvia	11.498
33	Bulgaria	10.499
34	Macedonia	8.666

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams
35	Lithuania	7.333	1
36	FR Yugoslavia	7.083
37	Moldova	6.666
38	Liechtenstein	5.000	0
39	Estonia	4.999	1
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	Andorra	0.000	0
50	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.000	0

Distribution

The title holders (Manchester United) qualified for the Champions League group stage through their domestic league, thus the group stage spot reserved for the title holders was vacated. Additionally, Bosnia and Herzegovina was not admitted as their play-off for Champions League qualification didn't take place. Due to these factors, the following changes to the default access list are made:

The champions of association 10 (Norway) are promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
The champions of association 16 (Switzerland) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
The champions of associations 27, 28 and 29 (Israel, Slovenia and Belarus) are promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.

	Teams entering this round	Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round (18 teams)	18 champions from associations 30–48 (except Liechtenstein)
Second qualifying round (28 teams)	13 champions from associations 17–29 6 runners-up from associations 10–15	9 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round (32 teams)	6 champions from associations 11–16 3 runners-up from associations 7–9 6 third-place finishers from associations 1–6 3 fourth-place finishers from associations 1–3	14 winners from the second qualifying round
First group stage (32 teams)	10 champions from associations 1–10 (including title holders Manchester United) 6 runners-up from associations 1–6	16 winners from the third qualifying round
Second group stage (16 teams)		8 group winners from the first group stage 8 group runners-up from the first group stage
Knockout phase (8 teams)		4 group winners from the second group stage 4 group runners-up from the second group stage

Participants

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders).

Group stage
Milan (1st)	Barcelona (1st)	Feyenoord (1st)	Porto (1st)
Lazio (2nd)	Real Madrid (2nd)	Willem II (2nd)	Olympiacos (1st)
Bayern Munich (1st)	Bordeaux (1st)	Manchester United (1st)^TH	Sparta Prague (1st)
Bayer Leverkusen (2nd)	Marseille (2nd)	Arsenal (2nd)	Rosenborg (1st)
Third qualifying round
Fiorentina (3rd)	Valencia (4th)	AEK Athens (2nd)	Croatia Zagreb (1st)
Parma (4th)	Lyon (3rd)	Teplice (2nd)	Galatasaray (1st)
Hertha BSC (3rd)	PSV Eindhoven (3rd)	Sturm Graz (1st)	AaB (1st)
Borussia Dortmund (4th)	Chelsea (3rd)	Spartak Moscow (1st)	Servette (1st)
Mallorca (3rd)	Boavista (2nd)
Second qualifying round
Molde (2nd)	Brøndby (2nd)	Slovan Bratislava (1st)	Rangers (1st)
Rapid Wien (2nd)	Dynamo Kyiv (1st)	Rapid București (1st)	Hapoel Haifa (1st)
CSKA Moscow (2nd)	Widzew Łódź (2nd)^{[Note POL]}	AIK (1st)	Maribor (1st)
Rijeka (2nd)	MTK Hungária (1st)	Dinamo Tbilisi (1st)	Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev (1st)
Beşiktaş (2nd)	Genk (1st)	Anorthosis Famagusta (1st)
First qualifying round
ÍBV (1st)	Žalgiris Vilnius (1st)	Glentoran (1st)	HB Tórshavn (1st)
Haka (1st)	Partizan (1st)	Valletta (1st)	Tirana (1st)
Skonto (1st)	Zimbru Chișinău (1st)	Barry Town (1st)	Jeunesse Esch (1st)
Litex Lovech (1st)	Flora Tallinn (1st)	St Patrick's Athletic (1st)	Kapaz (1st)
Sloga Jugomagnat (1st)	Tsement Ararat (1st)

Notes

^
Poland (POL): Polish champions Wisła Kraków were banned by UEFA due to fan behaviour in the 1998–99 UEFA Cup and replaced by runners-up Widzew Łódź.^[4]

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held in Geneva, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).^[5]

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	First qualifying round	30 June 1999	13–14 July 1999	21 July 1999
	Second qualifying round	30 June 1999	28 July 1999	4 August 1999
	Third qualifying round	23 July 1999	10–11 August 1999	25 August 1999
First group stage	Matchday 1	26 August 1999 (Monaco)	14–15 September 1999
	Matchday 2		21–22 September 1999
	Matchday 3		28–29 September 1999
	Matchday 4		19–20 October 1999
	Matchday 5		26–27 October 1999
	Matchday 6		2–3 November 1999
Second group stage	Matchday 1	5 November 1999	23–24 November 1999
	Matchday 2		7–8 December 1999
	Matchday 3		29 February – 1 March 2000
	Matchday 4		7–8 March 2000
	Matchday 5		14–15 March 2000
	Matchday 6		21–22 March 2000
Knockout phase	Quarter-finals	24 March 2000	4–5 April 2000	18–19 April 2000
	Semi-finals		2–3 May 2000	9–10 May 2000
	Final		24 May 2000 at Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ÍBV	3–1	Tirana	1–0	2–1
Litex Lovech	5–0	Glentoran	3–0	2–0
Žalgiris Vilnius	5–0	Tsement Ararat	2–0	3–0
HB Tórshavn	1–7	Haka	1–1	0–6
Partizan	10–1	Flora	6–0	4–1
Jeunesse Esch	0–10	Skonto	0–2	0–8
Sloga Jugomagnat	2–2 (a)	Kapaz	1–0	1–2
Barry Town	2–3	Valletta	0–0	2–3
St Patrick's Athletic	0–10	Zimbru Chișinău	0–5	0–5

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rapid Wien	5–0	Valletta	3–0	2–0
Anorthosis Famagusta	3–2	Slovan Bratislava	2–1	1–1
Partizan	6–1	Rijeka	3–1	3–0
CSKA Moscow	2–4	Molde	2–0	0–4
Litex Lovech	5–5 (2–3 p)	Widzew Łódź	4–1	1–4 (aet)
Haka	1–7	Rangers	1–4	0–3
Dinamo Tbilisi	2–3	Zimbru Chișinău	2–1	0–2
Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev	0–3	AIK	0–1	0–2
Sloga Jugomagnat	0–2	Brøndby	0–1	0–1
Rapid București	4–5	Skonto	3–3	1–2
Beşiktaş	1–1 (a)	Hapoel Haifa	1–1	0–0
Dynamo Kyiv	3–0	Žalgiris Vilnius	2–0	1–0
ÍBV	1–5	MTK Hungária	0–2	1–3
Maribor	5–4	Genk	5–1	0–3

Third qualifying round

The losing teams advanced to the first round of the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zimbru Chișinău	0–2	PSV Eindhoven	0–0	0–2
Spartak Moscow	5–1	Partizan	2–0	3–1
Chelsea	3–0	Skonto	3–0	0–0
Rapid Wien	0–4	Galatasaray	0–3	0–1
Fiorentina	5–1	Widzew Łódź	3–1	2–0
AaB	3–4	Dynamo Kyiv	1–2	2–2
Rangers	2–1	Parma	2–0	0–1
Brøndby	3–6	Boavista	1–2	2–4 (aet)
AEK Athens	0–1	AIK	0–0	0–1
Hapoel Haifa	0–4	Valencia	0–2	0–2
Hertha BSC	2–0	Anorthosis Famagusta	2–0	0–0
Sturm Graz	4–3	Servette	2–1	2–2
Molde	1–1 (a)	Mallorca	0–0	1–1
Lyon	0–3	Maribor	0–1	0–2
Croatia Zagreb	2–0	MTK Hungária	0–0	2–0
Teplice	0–2	Borussia Dortmund	0–1	0–1

First group stage

Location of teams of the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League first group stage.

Brown: Group A;

Red: Group B;

Orange: Group C;

Yellow: Group D;

Green: Group E;

Blue: Group F;

Purple: Group G;

Pink: Group H.

16 winners from the third qualifying round, 10 champions from countries ranked 1–10, and six second-placed teams from countries ranked 1–6 were drawn into eight groups of four teams each. Compared to the two previous seasons, three associations (England, France, The Netherlands) were allowed three teams – the league winner and runner-up from each nation qualified for the first group stage, and the third-placed teams qualified for the third qualifying round – and three associations were allowed four teams (Germany, Italy, Spain) – the league winner and runner-up from each nation qualified for the first group stage, and the third- and fourth-placed teams qualified for the third qualifying round. Nine additional associations were still allowed two teams (Czech Republic, Greece, Norway, Portugal: league winner in group stage; Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Turkey, Russia: league winner in third qualifying round). The top two teams in each group advanced to the Champions League second group stage, while the third-placed teams advanced to round three of the UEFA Cup.

AIK, Boavista, Bordeaux, Chelsea, Fiorentina, Hertha BSC, Lazio, Maribor, Molde, Valencia and Willem II made their debut in the group stage. Maribor was the first Slovenian side to play in group stage. Germany became the first association to have four teams in the Champions League group stage.

Tiebreakers, if necessary, are applied in the following order:

Points earned in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
Total goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
Away goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
Cumulative goal difference in all group matches.
Total goals scored in all group matches.
Higher UEFA coefficient going into the competition.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LAZ	DKV	LEV	MRB
1	Lazio	6	4	2	0	13	3	+10	14	Advance to second group stage	—	2–1	1–1	4–0
2	Dynamo Kyiv	6	2	1	3	8	8	0	7	Advance to second group stage	0–1	—	4–2	0–1
3	Bayer Leverkusen	6	1	4	1	7	7	0	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup	1–1	1–1	—	0–0
4	Maribor	6	1	1	4	2	12	−10	4		0–4	1–2	0–2	—

Source: UEFA

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAR	FIO	ARS	AIK
1	Barcelona	6	4	2	0	19	9	+10	14	Advance to second group stage	—	4–2	1–1	5–0
2	Fiorentina	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	9	Advance to second group stage	3–3	—	0–0	3–0
3	Arsenal	6	2	2	2	9	9	0	8	Transfer to UEFA Cup	2–4	0–1	—	3–1
4	AIK	6	0	1	5	4	16	−12	1		1–2	0–0	2–3	—

Source: UEFA

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ROS	FEY	DOR	BOA
1	Rosenborg	6	3	2	1	12	5	+7	11	Advance to second group stage	—	2–2	2–2	2–0
2	Feyenoord	6	1	5	0	7	6	+1	8	Advance to second group stage	1–0	—	1–1	1–1
3	Borussia Dortmund	6	1	3	2	7	9	−2	6	Transfer to UEFA Cup	0–3	1–1	—	3–1
4	Boavista	6	1	2	3	4	10	−6	5		0–3	1–1	1–0	—

Source: UEFA

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MUN	MAR	STM	CZG
1	Manchester United	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	13	Advance to second group stage	—	2–1	2–1	0–0
2	Marseille	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10	Advance to second group stage	1–0	—	2–0	2–2
3	Sturm Graz	6	2	0	4	5	12	−7	6	Transfer to UEFA Cup	0–3	3–2	—	1–0
4	Croatia Zagreb	6	1	2	3	7	7	0	5		1–2	1–2	3–0	—

Source: UEFA

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RMA	POR	OLY	MOL
1	Real Madrid	6	4	1	1	15	7	+8	13	Advance to second group stage	—	3–1	3–0	4–1
2	Porto	6	4	0	2	9	6	+3	12	Advance to second group stage	2–1	—	2–0	3–1
3	Olympiacos	6	2	1	3	9	12	−3	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup	3–3	1–0	—	3–1
4	Molde	6	1	0	5	6	14	−8	3		0–1	0–1	3–2	—

Source: UEFA

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	VAL	BAY	RAN	PSV
1	Valencia	6	3	3	0	8	4	+4	12	Advance to second group stage	—	1–1	2–0	1–0
2	Bayern Munich	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9	Advance to second group stage	1–1	—	1–0	2–1
3	Rangers	6	2	1	3	7	7	0	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup	1–2	1–1	—	4–1
4	PSV Eindhoven	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4		1–1	2–1	0–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SPP	BOR	SPM	WIL
1	Sparta Prague	6	3	3	0	14	6	+8	12	Advance to second group stage	—	0–0	5–2	4–0
2	Bordeaux	6	3	3	0	7	4	+3	12	Advance to second group stage	0–0	—	2–1	3–2
3	Spartak Moscow	6	1	2	3	9	12	−3	5	Transfer to UEFA Cup	1–1	1–2	—	1–1
4	Willem II	6	0	2	4	7	15	−8	2		3–4	0–0	1–3	—

Source: UEFA

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CHE	HER	GAL	MIL
1	Chelsea	6	3	2	1	10	3	+7	11	Advance to second group stage	—	2–0	1–0	0–0
2	Hertha BSC	6	2	2	2	7	10	−3	8	Advance to second group stage	2–1	—	1–4	1–0
3	Galatasaray	6	2	1	3	10	13	−3	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup	0–5	2–2	—	3–2
4	Milan	6	1	3	2	6	7	−1	6		1–1	1–1	2–1	—

Source: UEFA

Second group stage

Eight winners and eight runners-up from the first group stage were drawn into four groups of four teams each, each containing two group winners and two runners-up. Teams from the same country or from the same first-round group could not be drawn together. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAR	POR	SPP	HER
1	Barcelona	6	5	1	0	17	5	+12	16	Advance to knockout stage	—	4–2	5–0	3–1
2	Porto	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	10	Advance to knockout stage	0–2	—	2–2	1–0
3	Sparta Prague	6	1	2	3	5	12	−7	5		1–2	0–2	—	1–0
4	Hertha BSC	6	0	2	4	3	8	−5	2		1–1	0–1	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MUN	VAL	FIO	BOR
1	Manchester United	6	4	1	1	10	4	+6	13	Advance to knockout stage	—	3–0	3–1	2–0
2	Valencia	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	10	Advance to knockout stage	0–0	—	2–0	3–0
3	Fiorentina	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	8		2–0	1–0	—	3–3
4	Bordeaux	6	0	2	4	5	14	−9	2		1–2	1–4	0–0	—

Source: UEFA

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAY	RMA	DKV	ROS
1	Bayern Munich	6	4	1	1	13	8	+5	13	Advance to knockout stage	—	4–1	2–1	2–1
2	Real Madrid	6	3	1	2	11	12	−1	10	Advance to knockout stage	2–4	—	2–2	3–1
3	Dynamo Kyiv	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10		2–0	1–2	—	2–1
4	Rosenborg	6	0	1	5	5	11	−6	1		1–1	0–1	1–2	—

Source: UEFA

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LAZ	CHE	FEY	MAR
1	Lazio	6	3	2	1	10	4	+6	11	Advance to knockout stage	—	0–0	1–2	5–1
2	Chelsea	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10	Advance to knockout stage	1–2	—	3–1	1–0
3	Feyenoord	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8		0–0	1–3	—	3–0
4	Marseille	6	1	1	4	2	11	−9	4		0–2	1–0	0–0	—

Source: UEFA

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

Real Madrid	0	3	3

Manchester United	0	2	2
				Real Madrid	2	1	3

				Bayern Munich	0	2	2
Porto	1	1	2

Bayern Munich	1	2	3
								Real Madrid	3

								Valencia	0
Valencia	5	0	5

Lazio	2	1	3
				Valencia	4	1	5

				Barcelona	1	2	3
Chelsea	3	1	4

Barcelona (a.e.t.)	1	5	6

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid	3–2	Manchester United	0–0	3–2
Porto	2–3	Bayern Munich	1–1	1–2
Chelsea	4–6	Barcelona	3–1	1–5 (aet)
Valencia	5–3	Lazio	5–2	0–1

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Valencia	5–3	Barcelona	4–1	1–2
Real Madrid	3–2	Bayern Munich	2–0	1–2

Final

The final was played on 24 May 2000 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France.

24 May 2000

20:45 CEST

Real Madrid	3–0	Valencia
Morientes 39' McManaman 67' Raúl 75'	Report

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 80,000^[6]

Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying rounds) are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Mário Jardel	Porto	10	1150
	Rivaldo	Barcelona	10	1229
	Raúl	Real Madrid	10	1350
4	Simone Inzaghi	Lazio	9	700
5	Serhiy Rebrov	Dynamo Kyiv	8	1061
5	Tore André Flo	Chelsea	8	1159
7	Paulo Sérgio	Bayern Munich	7	1007
7	Patrick Kluivert	Barcelona	7	1203
9	Luis Enrique	Barcelona	6	581
	Gabriel Batistuta	Fiorentina	6	875
	Roy Keane	Manchester United	6	1048
	Fernando Morientes	Real Madrid	6	1129