1999–2000 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Peter Hill-Wood
Manager	Arsène Wenger
Stadium	Highbury
Premier League	2nd
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fourth round
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Thierry Henry (17) All: Thierry Henry (26)
Home colours Away colours

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Arsenal competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

Arsenal finished Premiership runners-up for the second season running. Last year there was a one-point gap between themselves and champions Manchester United, but this time the gap was 18 points and Arsenal never seriously looked like winning the title. Their last hope of silverware was extinguished in May when they suffered a penalty shoot-out defeat at the hands of Galatasaray in the UEFA Cup final. This was the season when the era of the legendary Arsenal back line (Adams, Keown, Bould, Winterburn and Dixon) came to an end; Bould left for Sunderland just before the start of the season, while Winterburn, Dixon and Keown lost their places after a 3-2 defeat at Coventry City on Boxing Day. Although Dixon and Keown were subsequently recalled, Winterburn was permanently replaced by Sylvinho and only appeared again as cover in midfield; he transferred to West Ham United at the end of the season.

Squad

Squad at end of 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
1	GK	ENG	David Seaman
2	DF	ENG	Lee Dixon
3	DF	ENG	Nigel Winterburn
4	MF	FRA	Patrick Vieira
5	DF	ENG	Martin Keown
6	DF	ENG	Tony Adams
7	DF	ARG	Nelson Vivas
8	MF	SWE	Fredrik Ljungberg
9	FW	CRO	Davor Šuker
10	FW	NED	Dennis Bergkamp
11	MF	NED	Marc Overmars
12	FW	LBR	Christopher Wreh
13	GK	AUT	Alex Manninger
14	FW	FRA	Thierry Henry
15	MF	ENG	Ray Parlour
16	DF	BRA	Sylvinho
17	MF	FRA	Emmanuel Petit

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	FRA	Gilles Grimandi
19	MF	GER	Stefan Malz
20	DF	ENG	Matthew Upson
22	DF	UKR	Oleh Luzhny
24	GK	ENG	John Lukic
25	FW	NGA	Nwankwo Kanu
26	DF	GER	Moritz Volz
29	MF	ENG	Jermaine Pennant
30	MF	ENG	Paolo Vernazza
31	GK	ENG	Stuart Taylor
32	DF	WAL	Rhys Weston
33	MF	ENG	Tommy Black
34	DF	ENG	Ashley Cole
35	FW	IRL	Graham Barrett
36	DF	IRL	Brian McGovern
37	MF	ENG	Greg Lincoln
38	MF	ENG	Julian Gray

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
21	MF	POR	Luís Boa Morte (to Southampton)
23	MF	ENG	Stephen Hughes (to Everton)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	TUR	Ömer Riza (to West Ham United)
—	MF	GER	Alberto Méndez (on loan to SpVgg Unterhaching)

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	MS	Notes
1	GK		Seaman	36
2	RB		Dixon	45
5	CB		Keown	39	Tony Adams has 34 starts
18	CB		Grimandi	41
16	LB		Sylvinho	36	Nigel Winterburn has 30 starts
15	RM		Parlour	42
17	CM		Petit	37
4	CM		Vieira	47
8	LM		Ljungberg	36	Marc Overmars has 34 starts
25	CF		Kanu	35	Dennis Bergkamp has 34 starts
14	CF		Henry	38

Seaman

Keown

Grimandi

Dixon

Sylvinho

Petit

Vieira

Parlour

Ljungberg

Kanu

Henry

Transfers

In

• Davor Šuker - Real Madrid, 2 August, £3,500,000
• Thierry Henry - Juventus, 3 August, undisclosed (estimated £11,000,000)
• Stefan Malz - 1860 Munich, £650,000
• Moritz Volz - Schalke, undisclosed
• Jermaine Pennant - Notts County
• Sylvinho - Corinthians, £4,000,000
• Oleg Luzhny - Dynamo Kyiv, £1,800,000

Out

• Nicolas Anelka - Real Madrid, 4 August, £23,500,000
• Rémi Garde - retired, June
• Steve Bould -
  • Kaba Diawara - Marseille
  • Michael Black - Tranmere Rovers
  • Jason Crowe - Portsmouth
  • Ömer Rıza - West Ham United
  • Luís Boa Morte - Southampton
  • Stephen Hughes - Everton

  Loan out

  • Alberto Mendez - SpVgg Unterhaching
  • Stuart Taylor - Bristol Rovers
  • David Grondin - Saint-Étienne
  • Tommy Black - Bristol City
  • Brian McGovern - Queens Park Rangers

  Competitions

  Charity Shield

  Main article: 1999 FA Charity Shield
  Arsenal v Manchester United

  1 August 1999	Arsenal	2–1	Manchester United	London
  	Kanu 67' (pen.) Parlour 78'	Report	36' Yorke	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 70,185 Referee: Graham Barber

  Premier League

  League table

  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	22	7	9	73	43	+30	73	14	3	2	42	17	+25	8	4	7	31	26	+5

  Last updated: 15 January.
  Source: Premier League
  

  Matches

  Arsenal v Leicester City

  7 August 1999 1	Arsenal	2–1	Leicester City	London
  15:00	Bergkamp 65' Sinclair 90' (o.g.)	Report	57' Cottee	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,026 Referee: Alan Wilkie

  Derby County v Arsenal

  10 August 1999 2	Derby County	1–2	Arsenal	Derby
  20:00	Delap 45'	Report	40' Petit 47' Bergkamp	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 25,901 Referee: Stephen Lodge

  Sunderland v Arsenal

  14 August 1999 3	Sunderland	0–0	Arsenal	Sunderland
  15:00		Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,680 Referee: Uriah Rennie

  Arsenal v Manchester United

  22 August 1999 4	Arsenal	1–2	Manchester United	London
  16:00	Ljungberg 41'	Report	58', 88' Keane	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,147 Referee: Graham Poll

  Arsenal v Bradford City

  25 August 1999 5	Arsenal	2–0	Bradford City	London
  19:45	Vieira 8' Kanu 17' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,073 Referee: Alan Wiley

  Liverpool v Arsenal

  28 August 1999 6	Liverpool	2–0	Arsenal	Liverpool
  15:00	Fowler 8' Berger 76'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,886 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

  Arsenal v Aston Villa

  11 September 1999 7	Arsenal	3–1	Aston Villa	London
  15:00	Šuker 45', 49' Kanu 82'		44' Joachim	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,093 Referee: David Elleray

  Southampton v Arsenal

  18 September 1999 8	Southampton	0–1	Arsenal	Southampton
  15:00		[ Report]	79' Henry	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 15,242 Referee: Graham Barber

  Arsenal v Watford

  25 September 1999 9	Arsenal	1–0	Watford	London
  15:00	Kanu 86'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,127 Referee: Paul Durkin

  West Ham United v Arsenal

  3 October 1999 10	West Ham United	2–1	Arsenal	London
  16:00	Di Canio 29', 72'	Report	77' Šuker	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 26,009 Referee: Mike Reed

  Arsenal v Everton

  16 October 1999 11	Arsenal	4–1	Everton	London
  15:00	Dixon 40' Šuker 54', 61' Kanu 90'	Report	16' Collins	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,042 Referee: Steve Dunn

  Chelsea v Arsenal

  23 October 1999 12	Chelsea	2–3	Arsenal	London
  15:00	Flo 38' Petrescu 52'	Report	75', 83', 90' Kanu	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 34,958 Referee: Alan Wilkie

  Arsenal v Newcastle United

  30 October 1999 13	Arsenal	0–0	Newcastle United	London
  15:00		Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,106 Referee: Peter Jones

  Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal

  7 November 1999 14	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Arsenal	London
  16:00	Iversen 7' Sherwood 20'	Report	38' Vieira	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,085 Referee: David Elleray

  Arsenal v Middlesbrough

  20 November 1999 15	Arsenal	5–1	Middlesbrough	London
  15:00	Overmars 26', 61', 78' Bergkamp 40', 49'	Report	68' Ricard	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,082 Referee: Neale Barry

  Arsenal v Derby County

  28 November 1999 16	Arsenal	2–1	Derby County	London
  16:00	Henry 11', 51'	Report	2' Sturridge	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 37,964 Referee: Andy D'Urso

  Leicester City v Arsenal

  4 December 1999 17	Leicester City	0–3	Arsenal	Leicester
  11:30		[ Report]	23' Grimandi 53' Dixon 75' Overmars	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 20,495 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

  Arsenal v Wimbledon

  18 December 1999 18	Arsenal	1–1	Wimbledon	London
  15:00	Henry 61'	Report	7' Cort	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,052 Referee: Graham Barber

  Coventry City v Arsenal

  26 December 1999 19	Coventry City	3–2	Arsenal	Coventry
  17:30	McAllister 6' Hadji 40' Keane 71'	Report	67' Ljungberg 86' Šuker	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 22,757 Referee: Rob Harris

  Arsenal v Leeds United

  28 December 1999 20	Arsenal	2–0	Leeds United	London
  15:00	Ljunberg 32' Henry 58'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,096 Referee: Graham Poll

  Sheffield Wednesday v Arsenal

  3 January 2000 21	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	Arsenal	Sheffield
  15:00	Sibon 56'	Report	40' Petit	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 26,155 Referee: Mike Reed

  Arsenal v Sunderland

  15 January 2000 22	Arsenal	4–1	Sunderland	London
  15:00	Henry 3', 81' Šuker 28', 33'	Report	49' Quinn	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,039 Referee: Paul Alcock

  Manchester United v Arsenal

  24 January 2000 23	Manchester United	1–1	Arsenal	Manchester
  20:00	Sheringham 73'	Report	11' Ljungberg	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 58,293 Referee: Mike Reed

  Bradford City v Arsenal

  5 February 2000 24	Bradford City	2–1	Arsenal	Bradford
  15:00	Windass 10' Saunders 57'	Report	13' Henry	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 18,276 Referee: Andy D'Urso

  Arsenal v Liverpool

  13 February 2000 25	Arsenal	0–1	Liverpool	London
  16:00		Report	18' Camara	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,098 Referee: Steve Dunn

  Arsenal v Southampton

  26 February 2000 26	Arsenal	3–1	Southampton	London
  15:00	Ljungberg 22', 69' Bergkamp 36'	Report	51' Richards	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,044 Referee: Jeff Winter

  Aston Villa v Arsenal

  5 March 2000 27	Aston Villa	1–1	Arsenal	Birmingham
  15:00	Walker 63'	Report	84' Dixon	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 36,930 Referee: Graham Poll

  Middlesbrough v Arsenal

  12 March 2000 28	Middlesbrough	2–1	Arsenal	Middlesbrough
  15:00	Ince 48' Ricard 63'	Report	70' Bergkamp	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 34,244 Referee: Rob Harris

  Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur

  19 March 2000 29	Arsenal	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	London
  15:00	Armstrong 20' (o.g.) Henry 45' (pen.)	Report	31' Armstrong	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,131 Referee: Paul Durkin

  Arsenal v Coventry City

  26 March 2000 30	Arsenal	3–0	Coventry City	London
  16:00	Henry 50' Grimandi 79' Kanu 80'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,027 Referee: Barry Knight

  Wimbledon v Arsenal

  1 April 2000 31	Wimbledon	1–3	Arsenal	London
  15:00	Lund 12'	Report	33', 41' Kanu 89' (pen.) Henry	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,858 Referee: Uriah Rennie

  Leeds United v Arsenal

  16 April 2000 32	Leeds United	0–4	Arsenal	Leeds
  16:00		Report	21' Henry 70' Keown 82' Kanu 90' Overmars	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 39,307 Referee: Steve Dunn

  Watford v Arsenal

  23 April 2000 33	Watford	2–3	Arsenal	Watford
  15:00	Helguson 58' Hyde 60'	Report	18', 45' Henry 43' Parlour	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,670 Referee: Rob Harris

  Everton v Arsenal

  29 April 2000 34	Everton	0–1	Arsenal	Liverpool
  15:00		Report	34' Overmars	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 35,919 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

  Arsenal v West Ham United

  3 May 2000 35	Arsenal	2–1	West Ham United	London
  19:45	Overmars 69' Petit 90'	Report	40' Di Canio	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,093 Referee: Paul Durkin

  Arsenal v Chelsea

  6 May 2000 36	Arsenal	2–1	Chelsea	London
  15:00	Henry 21', 48'	Report	79' Poyet	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,119 Referee: Mike Reed

  Arsenal v Sheffield Wednesday

  9 May 2000 37	Arsenal	3–3	Sheffield Wednesday	London
  19:45	Dixon 34' Sylvinho 78' Henry 79'	Report	58' Sibon 60' De Bilde 70' Quinn	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 37,271 Referee: Jeff Winter

  Newcastle United v Arsenal

  14 May 2000 38	Newcastle United	4–2	Arsenal	Newcastle upon Tyne
  16:00	Speed 6', 59' Shearer 23' Griffin 63'	Report	7' Kanu 53' Malz	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,450 Referee: Graham Poll

  FA Cup

  Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup
  Arsenal v Blackpool

  13 December 1999 R3	Arsenal	3–1	Blackpool	London
  	Grimandi 24' Adams 65' Overmars 90'	Report	39' Clarkson	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 34,143 Referee: Uriah Rennie (Sheffield)

  Arsenal v Leicester City

  9 January 2000 R4	Arsenal	0–0	Leicester City	London
  16:00		Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 35,710 Referee: Mike Riley (Leeds)

  Leicester City v Arsenal

  19 January 2000 R4 Replay	Leicester City	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Arsenal	Leicester
  19:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 15,235 Referee: Mike Riley (Leeds)
  	Penalties
  	Gunnlaugsson Savage Fenton Elliott Oakes Campbell Heskey		Šuker Dixon Hughes Parlour Henry Vieira Grimandi

  League Cup

  Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup
  Arsenal v Preston North End

  12 October 1999 R3	Arsenal	2–1	Preston North End	London
  	Kanu 31' Malz 61'	[ Report]	38' Macken	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 15,239 Referee: Terry Heilbron (Newton Aycliffe)

  Middlesbrough v Arsenal

  30 November 1999 R4	Middlesbrough	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Arsenal	Middlesbrough
  19:45	Ricard 8', 83' (pen.)	Report	Henry 38' Šuker 80'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 23,157 Referee: Mike Riley (Leeds)
  	Penalties
  	Ricard Ziege Gascoigne		Šuker Vivas Upson Sylvinho

  UEFA Champions League

  Main article: 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League

  Group stage

  Main article: 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group B

  Group B

  Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
  Barcelona	6	4	2	0	19	9	+10	14
  Fiorentina	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	9
  Arsenal	6	2	2	2	9	9	0	8
  AIK	6	0	1	5	4	16	−12	1

  Fiorentina v Arsenal

  14 September 1999 1	Fiorentina	0–0	Arsenal	Florence, Italy
  20:45		Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 33,903 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

  Arsenal v AIK

  22 September 1999 2	Arsenal	3–1	AIK	London, England
  20:45	Ljungberg 28' Henry 90+1' Šuker 90+3'	Report	Nordin 53'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 71,227 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

  Barcelona v Arsenal

  29 September 1999 3	Barcelona	1–1	Arsenal	Barcelona, Spain
  20:45	Luis Enrique 16'	Report	Kanu 81'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 87,574 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

  Arsenal v Barcelona

  19 October 1999 4	Arsenal	2–4	Barcelona	London, England
  20:45	Bergkamp 44' Overmars 85'	Report	Rivaldo 15' (pen.) Luis Enrique 16' Figo 56' Cocu 70'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 73,091 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

  Arsenal v Fiorentina

  27 October 1999 5	Arsenal	0–1	Fiorentina	London, England
  20:45		Report	Batistuta 75'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 73,336 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

  AIK v Arsenal

  2 November 1999 6	AIK	2–3	Arsenal	Solna, Sweden
  20:45	A. Andersson 41', 68'	Report	Overmars 17', 52' Šuker 56'	Stadium: Råsunda Stadium Attendance: 33,005 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)

  UEFA Cup

  Main article: 1999–2000 UEFA Cup

  Third round

  Arsenal v Nantes

  25 November 1999 First leg	Arsenal	3–0	Nantes	London
  	Overmars 13' (pen.) Winterburn 81' Bergkamp 90'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 36,618 Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)

  Nantes v Arsenal

  9 December 1999 Second leg	Nantes	3–3 (3–6 agg.)	Arsenal	Nantes
  	Sibierski 12', 57' Vahirua 77'	Report	Grimandi 25' Henry 31' Overmars 42'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

  Fourth round

  Arsenal v Deportivo La Coruña

  2 March 2000 First leg	Arsenal	5–1	Deportivo La Coruña	London
  	Dixon 5' Henry 30', 67' Kanu 78' Bergkamp 83'	Report	Djalminha 55'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 37,837 Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

  Deportivo La Coruña v Arsenal

  9 March 2000 Second leg	Deportivo La Coruña	2–1 (3–6 agg.)	Arsenal	A Coruña
  	Víctor 68' Pérez 90'	Report	Henry 63'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey)

  Quarter-finals

  Arsenal v Werder Bremen

  16 March 2000 First leg	Arsenal	2–0	Werder Bremen	London
  	Henry 21' Ljungberg 77'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,009 Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

  Werder Bremen v Arsenal

  23 March 2000 Second leg	Werder Bremen	2–4 (2–6 agg.)	Arsenal	Bremen
  	Bode 41' Bogdanović 60'	Report	Parlour 8', 25', 70' Henry 59'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

  Semi-finals

  Arsenal v Lens

  6 April 2000 First leg	Arsenal	1–0	Lens	London
  	Bergkamp 2'			Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,102 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

  Lens v Arsenal

  20 April 2000 Second leg	Lens	1–2 (1–3 agg.)	Arsenal	Lens
  	Nouma 73'		Henry 41' Kanu 87'	Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert Attendance: 41,043 Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

  Final

  Main article: 2000 UEFA Cup Final
  Galatasaray v Arsenal

  17 May 2000 Final	Galatasaray	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	Arsenal	Copenhagen
  20:45		Report		Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 38,919 Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)
  	Penalties
  	Ergün Penbe Şükür Davala Popescu		Šuker Parlour Vieira

  Top scorers

  Premiership

  • Thierry Henry 17
  • Nwankwo Kanu 12
  • Davor Šuker 8
  • Marc Overmars 7
  • Fredrik Ljungberg 6
  • Dennis Bergkamp 6

  FA Cup

  • Tony Adams 1
  • Gilles Grimandi 1
  • Marc Overmars 1

  League Cup

  • Thierry Henry 1
  • Nwankwo Kanu 1
  • Stefan Malz 1
  • Davor Šuker 1

  Champions League

  • Marc Overmars 3
  • Davor Šuker 2
  • Dennis Bergkamp 1
  • Thierry Henry 1
  • Nwankwo Kanu 1
  • Fredrik Ljungberg 1

  UEFA Cup

  • Thierry Henry 7
  • Dennis Bergkamp 3
  • Ray Parlour 3
  • Nwankwo Kanu 2
  • Marc Overmars 2

  Overall

  • Thierry Henry 26
  • Nwankwo Kanu 17
  • Marc Overmars 13
  • Davor Šuker 11
  • Dennis Bergkamp 10

  Squad stats

  References