1999–2000 French Division 1

Division 1
Season1999–2000
Dates30 July 1999 –
13 May 2000
ChampionsMonaco (7th title)
RelegatedNancy
Le Havre
Montpellier
Matches306
Goals787 (2.57 per match)
Best PlayerMarcelo Gallardo
Top goalscorerSonny Anderson (23 goals)

The 1999–2000 Ligue 1 season (then called Division 1) was the 62nd since its establishment. AS Monaco won the French Association Football League with 65 points.

Participating teams

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Monaco (C) 34 20 5 9 69 38 +31 65 Qualification to Champions League first group stage
2 Paris Saint-Germain 34 16 10 8 54 40 +14 58
3 Lyon 34 16 8 10 45 42 +3 56 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Bordeaux 34 15 9 10 52 40 +12 54 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Lens 34 14 7 13 42 41 +1 49 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
6 Saint-Étienne 34 13 9 12 46 47 −1 48
7 Sedan 34 13 9 12 43 44 −1 48 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
8 Auxerre 34 13 8 13 37 39 −2 47
9 Strasbourg 34 13 7 14 42 52 −10 46
10 Bastia 34 11 12 11 43 39 +4 45
11 Metz 34 9 17 8 38 33 +5 44
12 Nantes 34 12 7 15 39 40 −1 43 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
13 Rennes 34 12 7 15 44 48 −4 43
14 Troyes 34 13 4 17 36 52 −16 43
15 Marseille 34 9 15 10 45 45 0 42
16 Nancy (R) 34 11 9 14 43 45 −2 42 Relegation to French Division 2
17 Le Havre (R) 34 9 7 18 30 52 −22 34
18 Montpellier (R) 34 7 10 17 39 50 −11 31
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Nantes was qualified for the 2000–01 UEFA Cup as winners of the 1999–2000 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in 2000–01 French Division 1

Results

Home \ Away AUX BAS BOR LHA RCL OL OM MET ASM MHS NAL NAN PSG REN STE SED STR TRO
Auxerre 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 0–1
Bastia 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 4–2 4–0 1–0 3–0 5–0
Bordeaux 1–0 3–2 3–0 1–2 1–3 2–1 0–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 4–0
Le Havre 0–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–4 2–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–0
Lens 2–1 4–0 3–3 4–0 4–3 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 3–2 1–1 0–2 0–3 3–0 0–1
Lyon 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–3
Marseille 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 4–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 4–1 1–1 3–3 3–0 4–1 1–0
Metz 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–1
Monaco 2–0 4–0 1–0 5–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 3–0 3–0
Montpellier 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 0–1 2–3 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–2
Nancy 2–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–2 2–3 1–2
Nantes 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 6–1 0–0 1–3 0–3 3–0 2–0 0–4 3–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 3–0
Paris SG 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 2–2 0–2 2–1 0–3 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 4–2 1–0
Rennes 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–3 3–1 0–0 1–3 4–1 5–0 2–1 2–2
Saint-Étienne 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–3 0–2 1–1 5–1 2–0 3–1 5–4 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–3 0–1 1–0
Sedan 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–1
Strasbourg 1–3 2–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 4–2 3–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 0–2 3–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–0
Troyes 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–4 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–1
Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Brazil Sonny Anderson Lyon 23
2 France David Trezeguet Monaco 22
3 Italy Marco Simone Monaco 21
4 Brazil Christian Corrêa Dionisio Paris Saint-Germain 16
Democratic Republic of the Congo Shabani Nonda Rennes
6 Republic of Ireland Tony Cascarino Nancy 15
Brazil Alex Saint-Étienne
8 France Stéphane Guivarc'h Auxerre 14
France Lilian Laslandes Bordeaux
10 France Sylvain Wiltord Bordeaux 13
France Antoine Sibierski Nantes

Player of the year

The trophy was awarded by the National Union of Professional Footballers to:

Attendances

Source:[2]

No. Club Average attendance Change Highest
1 Olympique de Marseille 51,918 1.0% 60,000
2 Paris Saint-Germain FC 43,185 5.6% 44,784
3 RC Lens 38,805 7.7% 41,000
4 Olympique lyonnais 35,456 20.0% 40,000
5 Girondins de Bordeaux 30,084 16.6% 35,000
6 AS Saint-Étienne 28,052 21.6% 38,000
7 FC Nantes 28,051 5.1% 36,000
8 FC Metz 19,868 13.4% 34,000
9 RC Strasbourg 19,852 13.2% 25,648
10 ESTAC 14,139 143.7% 22,072
11 MHSC 13,956 -5.0% 27,960
12 Stade rennais 13,723 -12.1% 17,734
13 CS Sedan 12,953 112.2% 18,000
14 Le Havre AC 12,323 4.4% 17,500
15 AJ auxerroise 11,954 1.3% 20,000
16 AS Nancy 10,373 -6.8% 17,000
17 AS Monaco 10,026 34.9% 18,500
18 SC Bastia 6,926 32.6% 10,800

References