1999–2000 Eredivisie

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

Eredivisie

Season	1999–2000
Dates	12 August 1999 – 14 May 2000
Champions	PSV (15th title)
Promoted	FC Den Bosch
Relegated	MVV Cambuur Leeuw. FC Den Bosch
Champions League	PSV sc Heerenveen Feyenoord
UEFA Cup	Vitesse Arnhem Ajax Roda JC
Intertoto Cup	RKC Waalwijk
Goals scored	997
Average goals/game	3.25
Top goalscorer	Ruud van Nistelrooy (29 goals)^[1]
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

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 group stage
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 third qualifying round
4	Vitesse Arnhem	34	18	9	7	67	43	+24	63	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[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 first round^[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.

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: ^{[citation needed]}
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: ^{[citation needed]}

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: ^{[citation needed]}

Top scorers

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

Source: worldfootball.net

See also

• 1999–2000 Eerste Divisie
• 1999–2000 KNVB Cup

References

1. EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers

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