1999–2000 FC Schalke 04 season

The 1999–2000 season was the 96th season in the history of FC Schalke 04 and the club's ninth consecutive season in the top flight of German football.

FC Schalke 04
1999–2000 season
ManagerHuub Stevens
StadiumParkstadion
Bundesliga13th
DFB-PokalThird round
Top goalscorerEbbe Sand (14)

Season summary

Schalke had a poor season, finishing in 13th place - only four points clear of relegation.

First team squad
Squad at end of season[1]

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 Germany GER Oliver Reck
2 DF Belgium BEL Nico Van Kerckhoven
3 MF Czech Republic CZE Radoslav Látal
4 DF Germany GER Yves Eigenrauch
5 MF Germany GER Sven Kmetsch
6 MF Germany GER Andreas Müller
8 MF Germany GER Thorsten Legat
9 FW Netherlands NED Youri Mulder
10 DF Germany GER Olaf Thon
11 FW Denmark DEN Ebbe Sand
12 DF Netherlands NED Marco van Hoogdalem
13 GK Norway NOR Frode Grodås
14 MF Ghana GHA Gerald Asamoah[notes 1]
15 DF Poland POL Tomasz Wałdoch
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Germany GER Oliver Held
17 MF Germany GER Ünal Alpuğan
18 MF Netherlands NED Niels Oude Kamphuis
20 MF Czech Republic CZE Jiří Němec
21 FW Belgium BEL Émile Mpenza
22 GK Germany GER Mathias Schober
23 DF Germany GER Markus Happe
24 MF Belgium BEL Marc Wilmots
25 DF Netherlands NED Johan de Kock
28 MF Germany GER Markus Kaya
29 GK Germany GER Toni Tapalović
30 MF Hungary HUN Tamás Hajnal
31 MF Portugal POR Sérgio Pinto
32 DF Hungary HUN Krisztián Szollár

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
7 FW Belgium BEL Michaël Goossens (Standard Liège)
8 MF Germany GER Ingo Anderbrügge (to Sportfreunde Siegen)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Germany GER Mike Büskens (to MSV Duisburg)

Competitions

Bundesliga
Main article: 1999–2000 Bundesliga

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
11 Borussia Dortmund 34 9 13 12 41 38 +3 40
12 SC Freiburg 34 10 10 14 45 50 −5 40
13 Schalke 04 34 8 15 11 42 44 −2 39[lower-alpha 1]
14 Eintracht Frankfurt[lower-alpha 2] 34 12 5 17 42 44 −2 39[lower-alpha 1]
15 Hansa Rostock 34 8 14 12 44 60 −16 38
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head was used as a tie-breaker between Schalke 04 and Frankfurt.
  2. Eintracht Frankfurt were docked two points because of licensing irregularities.

References
  1. "FootballSquads - FC Schalke 04 - 1999/00".

Notes
  1. Asamoah was born in Mampong, Ghana, but was raised in Germany from the age of 12 and made his international debut for Germany in May 2001.
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