1999–2000 in Dutch football

The 1999–2000 season in Dutch football was the 44th season in the Eredivisie. PSV Eindhoven won the title, while Roda JC won the Dutch National Cup.

Johan Cruijff-schaal

August 8, 1999

Feyenoord	3–2	Ajax
Tomasson 13' Kalou 15' Paauwe 86'		Knopper 45' Gronkjaer 51'

Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam

Attendance: 44.500

Referee: Luinge

Eredivisie

Main article: 1999–2000 Eredivisie

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]
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^[a]
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^[b]
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: ^{[citation needed]}
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.

Topscorers

Position	Player	Nat.	Club	Goals
1	Ruud van Nistelrooy		PSV	29
2	Pierre van Hooijdonk		Vitesse	25
3	Arnold Bruggink		PSV	19
3	Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink		FC Twente	19
5	Luc Nilis		PSV	18
5	Anthony Lurling		SC Heerenveen	18
7	John Bosman		AZ	17
8	Julio Ricardo Cruz		Feyenoord	15
8	Bob Peeters		Roda JC	15
10	Richard Knopper		Ajax	14
10	Nikos Machlas		Ajax	14

PSV Winning Squad 1999-2000

Goal   Ivica Kralj   Patrick Lodewijks   Ronald Waterreus Defence   Eric Addo   Kasper Bøgelund   Jürgen Dirkx   Ernest Faber   Jan Heintze   Yuri Nikiforov   André Ooijer   Andrei Skerla

Stan Valckx   Chris van der Weerden   Rob Wielaert Midfield   Mark van Bommel   Wilfred Bouma   Björn van der Doelen   Tomek Iwan   Dmitri Khokhlov   Joonas Kolkka   Dennis Rommedahl   Ovidiu Stinga   Johann Vogel

Attack   Björn Becker   Arnold Bruggink   Luc Nilis   Ruud van Nistelrooy   Johan Pater Management   Eric Gerets (Coach)   Ernie Brandts (Assistant)

Eerste Divisie

Main article: 1999–2000 Eerste Divisie

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	NAC Breda	34	27	1	6	84	36	+48	82	Promotion to Eredivisie
2	FC Zwolle	34	22	8	4	90	41	+49	74	Play-offs
3	FC Groningen	34	23	5	6	81	33	+48	74
4	Excelsior	34	18	5	11	70	48	+22	59
5	FC Emmen	34	18	4	12	53	45	+8	58
6	RBC Roosendaal	34	17	6	11	65	49	+16	57
7	Heracles Almelo	34	13	8	13	41	42	−1	47
8	Dordrecht '90	34	12	9	13	55	58	−3	45
9	FC Eindhoven	34	14	3	17	47	63	−16	45
10	Helmond Sport	34	13	3	18	45	57	−12	42
11	ADO Den Haag	34	12	6	16	37	52	−15	42
12	Veendam	34	10	11	13	50	61	−11	41
13	Telstar	34	11	4	19	44	59	−15	37
14	Go Ahead Eagles	34	9	9	16	56	58	−2	36
15	VVV-Venlo	34	8	11	15	38	62	−24	35
16	HFC Haarlem	34	9	5	20	54	72	−18	32
17	FC Volendam	34	8	7	19	40	75	−35	31
18	TOP Oss	34	8	3	23	35	74	−39	27

Source: rsssf.com

• Promoted : NAC
• Promotion / Relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie") : FC Zwolle, FC Groningen, Excelsior, Emmen, RBC and Heracles

Promotion and relegation

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	FC Groningen	6	5	0	1	19	7	+12	15	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 from Eredivisie
4	Heracles Almelo	6	1	1	4	10	17	−7	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

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 from Eredivisie

Source: rsssf.com

• Promoted : FC Groningen and RBC Roosendaal
• Relegated : MVV Maastricht and Cambuur Leeuwarden

KNVB Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	February 16
	FC Utrecht	0
					April 12
	Roda JC	1
					Vitesse	0
	February 16
					Roda JC	1
	RKC	0
									May 21 - Rotterdam
	Vitesse	1
									Roda JC	2
	February 16
									NEC	0
	NEC	2
					April 11
	FC Dordrecht	0
					AZ	1 (1)
	February 17
					NEC	1 (4)
	Willem II	1
	AZ	2

Dutch national team

Main article: Netherlands national football team results – 1990s § 1999

Main article: Netherlands national football team results – 2000s § 2000

References

• RSSSF Archive