1999–2000 Eredivisie

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1999–2000 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.

Eredivisie
Season1999–2000
Dates12 August 1999 – 14 May 2000
ChampionsPSV (15th title)
PromotedFC Den Bosch
RelegatedMVV
Cambuur Leeuw.
FC Den Bosch
Champions LeaguePSV
sc Heerenveen
Feyenoord
UEFA CupVitesse Arnhem
Ajax
Roda JC
Intertoto CupRKC Waalwijk
Goals scored997
Average goals/game3.25
Top goalscorerNetherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy (29 goals)[1]

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 PSV (C) 34 27 3 4 105 24 +81 84 Qualification to Champions League
2 SC Heerenveen 34 21 5 8 65 36 +29 68
3 Feyenoord 34 18 10 6 66 42 +24 64 Qualification to Champions League: 3rd qualifying round
4 Vitesse Arnhem 34 18 9 7 67 43 +24 63 Qualification to UEFA Cup[lower-alpha 1]
5 Ajax 34 18 7 9 72 51 +21 61
6 FC Twente 34 16 12 6 57 37 +20 60
7 AZ 34 17 4 13 69 59 +10 55
8 Roda JC 34 16 7 11 62 53 +9 55 Qualification to UEFA Cup[lower-alpha 1]
9 Willem II 34 13 9 12 55 65 −10 48
10 FC Utrecht 34 14 4 16 55 61 −6 46
11 RKC Waalwijk 34 12 6 16 44 67 −23 42 Qualification to Intertoto Cup: Third round
12 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 8 16 47 54 −7 38
13 Sparta Rotterdam 34 11 4 19 48 75 −27 37
14 De Graafschap 34 8 9 17 41 60 −19 33
15 NEC 34 7 6 21 35 62 −27 27
16 MVV (R) 34 6 7 21 38 68 −30 25 Qualification to Relegation play-offs[lower-alpha 2]
17 Cambuur (R) 34 6 7 21 35 66 −31 25
18 FC Den Bosch (R) 34 4 11 19 36 74 −38 23 Relegation to Eerste Divisie
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Roda JC qualified for the UEFA Cup by winning the 1999–2000 KNVB Cup.
  2. MVV and Cambuur both relegated after losing their promotion/relegation play-offs.

Results
Home \ Away AJA AZ DEN CAM FEY FOR GRA HEE MVV NEC PSV RKC ROD SPA TWE UTR VIT WIL
Ajax — 4–1 6–1 3–1 2–2 4–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 5–2 1–3 1–2 1–2 3–2 0–1 2–0 3–1 3–1
AZ 1–2 — 2–0 4–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–3 4–0 1–2 4–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–2
Den Bosch 1–1 2–3 — 1–1 0–4 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–6 0–3 2–2 7–0 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–1
Cambuur 0–3 2–4 1–2 — 2–3 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–3 4–3 1–1 0–1
Feyenoord 1–1 3–0 4–0 — 1–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–0
Fortuna Sittard 2–0 1–2 1–1 4–1 2–3 — 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 0–4 0–2 1–2 3–2 2–2 3–0 3–3 2–0
De Graafschap 1–1 2–5 3–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 — 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–2
Heerenveen 1–1 3–0 1–1 4–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 — 3–1 1–0 0–3 4–1 5–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 2–4
MVV 2–6 3–4 2–0 1–1 3–3 1–0 0–2 1–3 — 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–2 4–1 0–2 1–1
NEC 1–3 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 2–3 0–4 1–0 — 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–1
PSV 4–0 5–1 7–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 6–0 0–1 4–1 2–0 — 7–1 2–0 7–0 2–2 2–1 3–2 6–1
RKC 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–2 2–2 0–3 2–1 0–1 0–4 4–2 1–6 — 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0
Roda 3–0 3–2 3–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–3 0–2 3–1 4–3 1–2 1–2 — 4–1 3–2 3–2 0–1 3–4
Sparta Rotterdam 1–2 3–6 3–2 1–2 1–3 2–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–2 3–1 1–2 — 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–2
Twente 0–0 4–1 3–2 1–0 3–3 1–0 4–0 2–0 1–2 4–2 1–3 1–0 2–1 3–2 — 0–0 4–0
Utrecht 3–1 3–3 2–1 1–2 3–4 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 — 2–0 1–1
Vitesse 3–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 3–3 2–2 3–1 3–1 6–2 5–1 1–6 2–1 2–0 2–1 4–1 3–1 — 3–1
Willem II 3–6 3–1 2–1 1–4 2–1 2–2 5–3 2–3 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 4–3 0–4 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

In the promotion/relegation competition, eight entrants (six from the Eerste Divisie and two from this league) entered in two groups. The group winners were promoted to (or remained in) the Eredivisie.

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 FC Groningen 6 5 1 0 19 7 +12 16 Promotion to Eredivisie
2 FC Emmen 6 2 2 2 8 10 −2 8
3 MVV 6 2 1 3 11 14 −3 7 Relegation to Eerste Divisie
4 Heracles Almelo 6 1 1 4 10 17 −7 4
Source:
Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 RBC Roosendaal 6 3 2 1 10 7 +3 11 Promotion to Eredivisie
2 FC Zwolle 6 3 1 2 14 7 +7 10
3 Excelsior 6 2 1 3 11 14 −3 7
4 Cambuur Leeuwarden 6 1 2 3 6 13 −7 5 Relegation to Eerste Divisie
Source:

Top scorers
Goals Player Team
29
 Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy PSV
25
 Netherlands Pierre van Hooijdonk Vitesse Arnhem
19
 Netherlands Arnold Bruggink PSV
Belgium Luc Nilis PSV
Netherlands Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink Twente
18
 Netherlands John Bosman AZ
Netherlands Anthony Lurling Heerenveen
15
 Argentina Julio Cruz Feyenoord
Netherlands Richard Knopper Ajax
Belgium Bob Peeters Roda JC

Source: worldfootball.net

See also

References
  1. EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers
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