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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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

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
17 September 1999 4 Betis 1-0 Valencia Sevilla
Oli 26' Report Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarin
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
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

Copa del Rey

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Eightfinals

UEFA Champions League

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Third qualifying round

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11 August 1999 Valencia Spain 2-0 IsraelHapoel Haifa Valencia
Stadium: Mestalla

First Group Stage

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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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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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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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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.