1999–2000 Valencia CF season

During the 1999–2000 Spanish football season, Valencia competed in La Liga.

Valencia CF

1999–00 season
Chairman	Pedro Cortés
Manager	Héctor Cúper
Stadium	Mestalla
La Liga	3rd (in UEFA Champions League)
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
Champions League	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Gaizka Mendieta (13) All: Mendieta (19)
Home colours Away colours
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Season summary

During Spring of 1999, after rumours of Claudio Ranieri being linked to Atlético Madrid^[1] the club replaced 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

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   ESP Santiago Cañizares 2 DF   ARG Mauricio Pellegrino 3 DF   SWE Joachim Björklund 4 DF   ESP Javier Navarro 5 DF   SRB Miroslav Đukić 6 MF   ESP Gaizka Mendieta 7 FW   ARG Claudio López 8 MF   ESP Javier Farinós 9 MF   ESP Óscar 10 MF   ESP Angulo 11 FW   ROU Adrian Ilie 12 MF   ESP Jandro 13 GK   ESP Jorge Bartual 14 DF   ESP Gerard

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF   ITA Amedeo Carboni 16 DF   FRA Alain Roche 17 FW   ESP Juan Sánchez 18 FW   ARG Kily González 19 FW   CRO Goran Vlaović 20 DF   FRA Jocelyn Angloma 21 MF   ESP Luis Milla 22 MF   ESP Gerardo 23 MF   ESP David Albelda 24 DF   ARG Daniel Fagiani 25 GK   ESP Andrés Palop 27 MF   ESP Curro Torres 29 GK   ESP Jonathan López 37 MF   ESP Alex Pascual

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Juan Sánchez	Celta Vigo	€4.2 million
DF	Mauricio Pellegrino	Velez Sarsfield	€1.2 million
MF	Kily González	Real Zaragoza	€2.5 million
MF	Gerard López	Deportivo Alavés	loan ended
GK	Andrés Palop	Villarreal CF	Free
MF	David Albelda	Villarreal CF	loan ended
FW	Óscar	FC Barcelona	Free
MF	Gerardo	Villarreal CF
DF	Fagiani	Newell's Old Boys	€1.8 million

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

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 4 DF   ESP Francisco Camarasa (to Valencia B) 12 DF   ESP Miguel Ángel Soria López (on loan to Numancia)

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF   ROU Dennis Serban (on loan to Villarreal)

Competitions

La Liga

Main article: 1999–2000 La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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 Champions League group stage^[a]
2	Barcelona	38	19	7	12	70	46	+24	64^[b]
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 2001 FIFA Club World Championship as a host nation representative, that ended up being cancelled.
2. VAL 3–1 BAR; BAR 3–0 VAL
3. 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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W
Position	13	18	19	20	20	19	16	18	14	15	18	15	15	11	8	7	6	5	9	9	11	9	8	8	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	5	3

Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = 2000-01 UEFA Champions League group stage;   = 2000-01 UEFA Champions League qualifying round;   = 2000-01 UEFA Cup;   = 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup;   = 2000-01 Segunda Division

Matches

Valencia v Racing Santander

20 August 1999 1	Valencia	1-2	Racing Santander	Valencia
	Gaizka Mendieta  75'	Report	Miroslav Đukić  22' (o.g.) Salva   65'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Espanyol v Valencia

28 August 1999 2	Espanyol	3-2	Valencia	Barcelona
	Benítez   10' Enrique de Lucas   13' Martín Posse   52'	Report	Gaizka Mendieta   46' (pen.) Juan Sánchez   90'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de Montjuic

Valencia v Alavés

10 September 1999 3	Valencia	0-2	Alavés	Valencia
		Report	Magno   84' Martín Astudillo   90'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Betis v Valencia

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

Valencia v Valladolid

24 September 1999 5	Valencia	0-0	Valladolid	Valencia
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Real Madrid v Valencia

2 October 1999 6	Real Madrid	2-3	Valencia	Madrid
	Fernando Morientes   46' Fernando Morientes   65'	Report	Gaizka Mendieta   11' (pen.) Gerard   23' Claudio López   39'	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

Valencia v Numancia

12 October 1999 7	Valencia	4-0	Numancia	Valencia
	Adrian Ilie   30' Adrian Ilie   51' Javier Farinós   68' Javier Farinós   89'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Athletic Bilbao v Valencia

15 October 1999 8	Athletic Bilbao	1-0	Valencia	Bilbao
	Ismael Urzaiz   9'	Report		Stadium: Estadio San Mames

Valencia v Deportivo

22 October 1999 9	Valencia	2-0	Deportivo	Valencia
	Kily González   27' Gerard   86'	Report	1-0	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Málaga v Valencia

29 October 1999 10	Málaga	1-1	Valencia	Málaga
	Edgar   27'	Report	Claudio López   67'

Mallorca v Valencia

6 November 1999 11	Mallorca	1-0	Valencia	Palma de Mallorca
	Diego Tristán   50'	Report	65' Albelda   69' Claudio López   Carboni	Stadium: Estadio Son Moix

Valencia v Barcelona

19 November 1999 12	Valencia	3-1	Barcelona	Valencia
	Claudio López   32' Adrian Ilie   36' Gerard   90'	Report	Boudewijn Zenden   45'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Real Oviedo v Valencia

27 November 1999 13	Real Oviedo	0-0	Valencia	Oviedo
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere

Valencia v Sevilla

3 December 1999 14	Valencia	2-0	Sevilla	Valencia
	Juan Sánchez   6' Claudio López   70'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Atlético Madrid v Valencia

11 December 1999 15	Atlético Madrid	1-2	Valencia	Madrid
	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink   28'	Report	Gaizka Mendieta   16' Juan Sánchez   54'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

Valencia v Rayo Vallecano

18 December 1999 16	Valencia	3-1	Rayo Vallecano	Valencia
	Juan Sánchez   12' Juan Sánchez   75' Gaizka Mendieta   90'	Report	Luis Cembranos   70'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Real Sociedad v Valencia

21 December 1999 17	Real Sociedad	0-0	Valencia	San Sebastián
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Anoeta

Valencia v Celta Vigo

3 January 2000 18	Valencia	1-1	Celta Vigo	Valencia
	Gerard   6'	Report	Velasco   49'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Real Zaragoza v Valencia

8 January 2000 19	Real Zaragoza	4-2	Valencia	Zaragoza
	Juanele   26' Savo Milošević   32' Vladislav Radimov   58' Juanele   68'	Report	Gaizka Mendieta   24' (pen.) Gaizka Mendieta   66'	Stadium: Estadio La Romareda

Racing Santander v Valencia

15 January 2000 20	Racing Santander	1-1	Valencia	Santander
	Salva   90' (pen.)	Report	Gaizka Mendieta   34' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio El Sardinero

Valencia v Espanyol

22 January 2000 21	Valencia	1-2	Espanyol	Valencia
	Kily González   29'	Report	Benítez   15' Arteaga   52'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Alavés v Valencia

29 January 2000 22	Alavés	0-1	Valencia	Vitoria
		Report	Javier Farinós   70' (pen.)

Valencia v Betis

4 February 2000 23	Valencia	3-1	Betis	Valencia
	Adrian Ilie   2' Gaizka Mendieta   82' (pen.) Javier Farinós   83'	Report	Iulian Filipescu   60'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Valladolid v Valencia

11 February 2000 24	Valladolid	0-0	Valencia	Valladolid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Jose Zorrilla

Valencia v Real Madrid

19 February 2000 25	Valencia	1-1	Real Madrid	Valencia
	Adrian Ilie   35'	Report	Guti   59'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Numancia v Valencia

25 February 2000 26	Numancia	1-2	Valencia	Numancia
	Miguel Ángel Soria   77'	Report	Gaizka Mendieta   4' Claudio López   60'

Valencia v Athletic Bilbao

3 March 2000 27	Valencia	2-0	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
	Óscar   83' Claudio López   86'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Deportivo v Valencia

11 March 2000 28	Deportivo	2-0	Valencia	La Coruña
	Fran   24' Flávio Conceição   50'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Riazor

Valencia v Málaga

17 March 2000 29	Valencia	2-2	Málaga	Valencia
	Angulo   51' Angulo   67'	Report	Catanha   62' Catanha   90' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Valencia v Mallorca

24 March 2000 30	Valencia	1-0	Mallorca	Valencia
	Jocelyn Angloma   49'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Barcelona v Valencia

1 April 2000 31	Barcelona	3-0	Valencia	Barcelona
	Winston Bogarde   63' Patrick Kluivert   68' Patrick Kluivert   90'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

Valencia v Real Oviedo

8 April 2000 32	Valencia	6-2	Real Oviedo	Valencia
	Claudio López   18' Frédéric Danjou   30' (o.g.) Claudio López   50' Angulo   58' Javier Farinós   61' (pen.) Óscar   83'	Report	Viktor Onopko   65' Roberto Pompei   85'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Sevilla v Valencia

14 April 2000 33	Sevilla	1-2	Valencia	Sevilla
	Jesuli   78'	Report	Gaizka Mendieta   70' Marcelo Zalayeta  90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan

Valencia v Atlético Madrid

21 April 2000 34	Valencia	2-0	Atlético Madrid	Valencia
	Claudio López   23' Angulo   88'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Rayo Vallecano v Valencia

28 April 2000 35	Rayo Vallecano	1-3	Valencia	Madrid
	Bolo   86'	Report	Javier Farinós   11' Gaizka Mendieta   36' Óscar   82'	Stadium: Estadio Campo Vallecas

Valencia v Real Sociedad

5 May 2000 36	Valencia	4-0	Real Sociedad	Valencia
	Angulo   18' Claudio López   52' Amedeo Carboni   79' Gaizka Mendieta   89'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Celta Vigo v Valencia

13 May 2000 37	Celta Vigo	0-0	Valencia	Vigo
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Balaídos

Valencia- v Real Zaragoza

18 May 2000 38	Valencia-	2-1	Real Zaragoza	Valencia
	Gary Sundgren  59' (o.g.) Claudio López   70'	Report	Savo Milošević   5'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Copa del Rey

Main article: 1999–2000 Copa del Rey

Eightfinals

Osasuna v Valencia CF

14 December 1999

Osasuna

3-0

Valencia CF

Pamplona

Valencia CF v Osasuna

11 January 2000	Valencia CF	2-0	Osasuna	Valencia
				Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Valencia v  Hapoel Haifa

11 August 1999	Valencia	2-0	Hapoel Haifa	Valencia
				Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

 Hapoel Haifa v Valencia

28 August 1999

Hapoel Haifa

0-2

Valencia

Haifa

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VAL	BAY	RAN	PSV
1	Valencia	6	3	3	0	8	4	+4	12	Advance to second group stage		—	1–1	2–0	1–0
2	Bayern Munich	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9			1–1	—	1–0	2–1
3	Rangers	6	2	1	3	7	7	0	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup		1–2	1–1	—	4–1
4	PSV Eindhoven	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4			1–1	2–1	0–1	—

Source: UEFA

Valencia   v   Rangers

14 September 1999	Valencia	2–0	Rangers	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
	Moore   55' (o.g.) Kily González   76'	Report		Attendance: 31,524 Referee: Lubos Michel (Slovakia)

PSV Eindhoven   v   Valencia

22 September 1999	PSV Eindhoven	1–1	Valencia	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
	van Nistelrooy   72' (pen.)	Report	C. López   4'	Attendance: 26,500 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Bayern Munich   v   Valencia

29 September 1999	Bayern Munich	1–1	Valencia	Olympic Stadium, Munich
	Élber   6'	Report	G. López   80'	Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)

Valencia   v   Bayern Munich

20 October 1999	Valencia	1–1	Bayern Munich	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
	Ilie   11'	Report	Effenberg   18' (pen.)	Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Rangers   v   Valencia

26 October 1999	Rangers	1–2	Valencia	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
	Moore   60'	Report	Mendieta   35' C. López   45'	Attendance: 50,063 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

Valencia   v   PSV Eindhoven

2 November 1999	Valencia	1–0	PSV Eindhoven	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
	López   70'	Report		Attendance: 26,266 Referee: Graham Barber (England)

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MU	VAL	FIO	BOR
1	Manchester United	6	4	1	1	10	4	+6	13	Advance to knockout stage		—	3–0	3–1	2–0
2	Valencia	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	10			0–0	—	2–0	3–0
3	Fiorentina	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	8			2–0	1–0	—	3–3
4	Bordeaux	6	0	2	4	5	14	−9	2			1–2	1–4	0–0	—

Source: UEFA

Valencia   v   Bordeaux

23 November 1999	Valencia	3–0	Bordeaux	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
	Farinós   60' Ilie   68' Kily González   90'			Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Manchester United   v   Valencia

8 December 1999	Manchester United	3–0	Valencia	Old Trafford, Manchester
	Keane   38' Solskjær   47' Scholes   70'			Attendance: 54,606 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Fiorentina   v   Valencia

1 March 2000	Fiorentina	1–0	Valencia	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence
	Mijatović   20' (pen.)			Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Valencia   v   Fiorentina

7 March 2000	Valencia	2–0	Fiorentina	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
	Ilie   35' Mendieta   90+' (pen.)			Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

Bordeaux   v   Valencia

15 March 2000	Bordeaux	1–4	Valencia	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
	Wiltord   54'		Đukić   41' Mendieta   47' (pen.) Kily González   72' Sánchez   90+'	Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

Valencia   v   Manchester United

21 March 2000	Valencia	0–0	Manchester United	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
				Attendance: 40,419 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Quarter-final

Valencia   v   Lazio

5 April 2000	Valencia	5–2	Lazio	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
	Angulo   2' G. López   4', 40', 80' C. López   90+1'		Inzaghi   28' Salas   87'	Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Lazio   v   Valencia

18 April 2000	Lazio	1–0	Valencia	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
	Verón   52'			Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Semi-final

Valencia   v   Barcelona

2 May 2000	Valencia	4–1	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)

Barcelona   v   Valencia

10 May 2000	Barcelona	2–1	Valencia	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	F. de Boer   78' Cocu   90+2'		Mendieta   69'	Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Final

Main article: 2000 UEFA Champions League Final

Real Madrid   v   Valencia

24 May 2000	Real Madrid	3–0	Valencia	Stade de France, Paris
20:45	Morientes   39' McManaman   67' Raúl   75'			Attendance: 78,759 Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

Statistics

Player Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ESP	Cañizares	38	-40	23	-26	2	-3	13	-11
20	DF	FRA	Angloma	46	1	30	1	0	0	16	0
5	DF	SCG	Djukic	51	1	33	0	2	0	15+1	1
2	DF	ARG	Pellegrino	50	1	33	1	0	0	17	0
15	DF	ITA	Carboni	44	1	27+1	1	1	0	15	0
6	MF	ESP	Mendieta	51	19	31+2	13	2	1	16	5
8	MF	ESP	Farinos	53	8	25+9	5	2	1	14+3	2
14	MF	ESP	Gerard	52	8	32+1	4	1	0	16+2	4
18	MF	ARG	Kily	49	6	28+3	2	1	0	16+1	4
17	FW	ESP	Sánchez	49	8	23+9	5	1+1	0	8+7	3
7	FW	ARG	López	54	17	32+2	11	2	0	18	6
25	GK	ESP	Palop	22	-20	15	-13	0	0	6+1	-7
3	DF	SWE	Bjorklund	34	0	14+9	0	2	0	8+1	0
9	AM	ESP	Óscar	29	4	3+17	4	1	0	1+7	0
10	MF	ESP	Angulo	48	8	19+10	5	1	0	11+7	3
11	FW	ROU	Ilie	35	8	15+7	5	1	0	7+5	3
12	DF	ESP	Soria	4	0	1+2	0	0+1	0
13	GK	ESP	Bartual	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	FRA	Roche	2	0	1+1	0
19	FW	CRO	Vlaovic	7	0	0+4	0	0+2	0	0+1	0
21	MF	ESP	Milla	14	0	9+3	0	0	0	2	0
22	DF	ESP	Gerardo	13	0	5+5	0	1	0	1+1	0
23	MF	ESP	Albelda	33	0	14+7	0	1	0	7+4	0
24	DF	ARG	Fagiani	11	0	5+3	0	1	0	2	0
27	MF	ESP	Montoya
22	FW	ROU	Serban	1	0	0+1	0

• Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1999-0036.html

La Liga

•   Gaizka Mendieta 13
•   Claudio López 11
•   Javier Farinós 6
•   Juan Sánchez 5
•   Angulo 5
•   Adrian Ilie 5
•   Óscar 4

Champions League

•   Claudio López 5
•   Gaizka Mendieta 5

References

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.