1999–2000 Borussia Dortmund season

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Borussia Dortmund
1999–2000 season
Head coachMichael Skibbe (until 6 February)
Bernd Krauss (from 6 February to 13 April)
Udo Lattek (from 14 April)
StadiumWestfalenstadion
Bundesliga11th
DFB-PokalThird round
Champions LeagueFirst group stage
UEFA CupFourth round

During the 1999–2000 season, Borussia Dortmund played in the Bundesliga, the highest tier of the German football league system.

Season summary[]

Michael Skibbe was demoted from his role of head coach in early February after a run of only one win in the last 10 matches, returning to his previous role as coordinator of the youth team. Bernd Krauss came as his replacement, but only lasted 2 months before being sacked himself with Dortmund one point clear of relegation with five games left. Udo Lattek, who had managed Dortmund nearly two decades earlier, came in for the final five games and saved Dortmund with 8 points in those remaining games, with only one loss (to champions Bayern Munich). Ultimately, Dortmund finished 11th, five points clear of relegation. Lattek returned to retirement at the end of the season (he would never manage another team again) and was succeeded by former Dortmund defender Matthias Sammer.

Players[]

First team squad[]

Squad at end of season[1]
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Jens Lehmann
2 DF Germany GER Christian Wörns
3 DF Brazil BRA Evanílson
4 MF Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Miroslav Stević
5 DF Germany GER Jürgen Kohler
7 DF Germany GER Stefan Reuter
8 MF Germany GER Christian Nerlinger
10 MF Germany GER Andreas Möller
11 FW Germany GER Heiko Herrlich
12 GK Germany GER Wolfgang de Beer
13 FW Germany GER Giuseppe Reina
14 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Sergej Barbarez
15 DF Netherlands NED Alfred Nijhuis
16 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Sead Kapetanović
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Brazil BRA Dedé
18 MF Germany GER Lars Ricken
19 MF Ghana GHA Otto Addo[notes 1]
20 FW Germany GER Fredi Bobic[notes 2]
22 FW Ghana GHA Ibrahim Tanko
24 FW Nigeria NGA Victor Ikpeba
25 FW Ghana GHA Bashiru Gambo
27 DF Austria AUT Wolfgang Feiersinger
28 DF Germany GER
29 MF Russia RUS Vladimir But
31 MF Germany GER Francis Bugri
33 DF Germany GER Karsten Baumann
34 DF Turkey TUR Kurtulus Öztürk[notes 3]

Competitions[]

Bundesliga[]

Main article: 1999–2000 Bundesliga

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
9 Werder Bremen 34 13 8 13 65 52 +13 47 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
10 SpVgg Unterhaching 34 12 8 14 40 42 −2 44
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[b]
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ As domestic cup winners FC Bayern Munich had qualified for UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup place belonging to the domestic cup winners was transferred to Werder Bremen.
  2. ^ Head-to-head was used as a tie-breaker between Schalke 04 and Frankfurt.

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/1999-2000/bundes/dortmund.htm

Notes[]

  1. ^ Addo was born in Hamburg, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally and made his international debut for Ghana in February 1999.
  2. ^ Bobic was born in Maribor, SFR Yugoslavia (now Slovenia), but was raised in West Germany from the age of 1 and made his international debut for Germany in October 1994.
  3. ^ Öztürk was born in Werne, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented Turkey at U-17 and U-18 level.
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