Coventry City 1999–2000 football season
Coventry City 1999–2000 season Chairman Bryan Richardson Manager Gordon Strachan Stadium Highfield Road Premiership 14th FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Fourth round Top goalscorer League: Keane (12) All: McAllister (13) Highest home attendance 23,098 (vs. Liverpool , 1 April) Lowest home attendance 17,685 (vs. Derby County , 21 August) Average home league attendance 20,786
During the 1999–2000 English football season, Coventry City competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).
Season summary [ ]
Coventry City were one of the Premiership's best-performing sides at home during 1999–2000 , achieving 12 victories at the Highfield Road stadium, but failed to win a single away game all season. Their dismal away record ruined their hopes of getting anywhere near the top five, and they were restricted to 14th place in the final table. 1999-2000 also marked the end of 43-year-old goalkeeper Steve Ogrizovic 's illustrious career at the club, and severed their final remaining link with the 1987 FA Cup winning side. Robbie Keane proved a successful signing with 12 goals in 34 league appearances.
Final league table [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
12
Middlesbrough
38
14
10
14
46
52
−6
52
13
Everton
38
12
14
12
59
49
+10
50
14
Coventry City
38
12
8
18
47
54
−7
44
15
Southampton
38
12
8
18
45
62
−17
44
16
Derby County
38
9
11
18
44
57
−13
38
Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
38
12
8
18
47
54
−7
44
12
1
6
38
22
+16
0
7
12
9
32
−23
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 A H H A H A H A H A H A H H A A H H H A A H A H A A H H A H A H A A H A Result L L D W L D L L W D W D W D W L D L W D W D L W L L L L W W L L L W L L W L Position 16 17 16 12 16 16 17 17 15 14 12 13 13 12 11 12 11 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 13 14 14 14 11 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
Results [ ]
Coventry City's score comes first [1]
Legend [ ]
FA Premier League [ ]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
7 August 1999
Southampton
H
0–1
19,915
11 August 1999
Leicester City
A
0–1
19,196
14 August 1999
Wimbledon
A
1–1
10,635
McAllister (pen)
21 August 1999
Derby County
H
2–0
17,685
Keane (2)
25 August 1999
Manchester United
H
1–2
22,024
Aloisi
29 August 1999
Sunderland
A
1–1
39,427
Keane
11 September 1999
Leeds United
H
3–4
21,532
McAllister (pen), Aloisi, Chippo
19 September 1999
Tottenham Hotspur
A
2–3
35,224
Keane, Chippo
25 September 1999
West Ham United
H
1–0
19,993
Hadji
2 October 1999
Everton
A
1–1
34,839
McAllister
16 October 1999
Newcastle United
H
4–1
23,031
Palmer , Williams , Keane, Hadji
23 October 1999
Sheffield Wednesday
A
0–0
23,296
31 October 1999
Watford
H
4–0
21,700
Keane, Froggatt , Hadji, McAllister (pen)
6 November 1999
Bradford City
A
1–1
17,587
McAllister
22 November 1999
Aston Villa
H
2–1
20,184
Roussel , Keane
27 November 1999
Leicester City
H
0–1
22,021
4 December 1999
Southampton
A
0–0
15,168
18 December 1999
Liverpool
A
0–2
44,024
26 December 1999
Arsenal
H
3–2
22,757
McAllister, Hadji, Keane
4 January 2000
Chelsea
H
2–2
20,164
Roussel, Keane
15 January 2000
Wimbledon
H
2–0
19,012
McAllister (pen), Keane
22 January 2000
Derby County
A
0–0
28,381
5 February 2000
Manchester United
A
2–3
61,380
Roussel (2)
12 February 2000
Sunderland
H
3–2
22,101
Keane, Hadji, Roussel
19 February 2000
Middlesbrough
A
0–2
32,798
26 February 2000
Tottenham Hotspur
H
0–1
23,077
5 March 2000
Leeds United
A
0–3
38,710
11 March 2000
Aston Villa
A
0–1
33,177
15 March 2000
Everton
H
1–0
18,518
McAllister
18 March 2000
Bradford City
H
4–0
19,201
Roussel, Whelan , Eustace , Zúñiga
26 March 2000
Arsenal
A
0–3
38,027
1 April 2000
Liverpool
H
0–3
23,098
12 April 2000
Chelsea
A
1–2
32,316
McAllister
15 April 2000
Middlesbrough
H
2–1
19,435
Ince (own goal), Keane
22 April 2000
West Ham United
A
0–5
24,719
29 April 2000
Newcastle United
A
0–2
36,408
6 May 2000
Sheffield Wednesday
H
4–1
19,921
McAllister (2), Zúñiga, Hadji
14 May 2000
Watford
A
0–1
18,977
FA Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R3
11 December 1999
Norwich City
A
3–1
15,702
Whelan , Roussel , Eustace
R4
8 January 2000
Burnley
H
3–0
22,774
Chippo (2), Whelan
R5
29 January 2000
Charlton Athletic
H
2–3
23,400
Roussel (2)
League Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg
14 September 1999
Tranmere Rovers
A
1–5
6,759
McAllister
R2 2nd Leg
22 September 1999
Tranmere Rovers
H
3–1 (lost 4–6 on agg)
12,433
McAllister, Chippo (2)
First-team squad [ ]
Squad at end of season [2] [3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season [ ]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve squad [ ]
The following players did not appear for the first-team this season.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers [ ]
In [ ]
Date
Pos.
Name
From
Fee
22 June 1999
GK
Raffaele Nuzzo
Inter
Free
19 July 1999
MF
Mustapha Hadji
Deportivo
£4,000,000
26 July 1999
FW
Stefano Gioacchini
Venezia
£2,000,000
31 July 1999
MF
Runar Normann
Lillestrøm
£1,000,000
18 August 1999
FW
Robbie Keane
Wolverhampton Wanderers
£6,000,000
17 September 1999
MF
Carlton Palmer
Nottingham Forest
£500,000
8 December 1999
DF
Tomas Gustafsson
AIK
£250,000
16 December 1999
DF
Richard Spong
IF Brommapojkarna
£80,000
20 January 2000
FW
Cedric Roussel
AA Gent
£1,200,000
21 January 2000
FW
Ysrael Zúñiga
FBC Melgar
£750,000
24 February 2000
DF
Colin Hendry
Rangers
£750,000
Out [ ]
Transfers in: £15,450,000
Transfers out: £9,600,000
Total spending: £5,850,000
Statistics [ ]
Appearances and goals [ ]
No.
Pos
Nat
Player
Total
Premier League
FA Cup
League Cup
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Goalkeepers
1
GK
SWE
Magnus Hedman
38
0
35
0
3
0
0
0
26
GK
ENG
Steve Ogrizovic
3
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
33
GK
ENG
Chris Kirkland
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Defenders
2
DF
ENG
Marc Edworthy
12
0
10
0
0
0
2
0
3
DF
ENG
David Burrows
16
0
11+4
0
0
0
1
0
4
DF
ENG
Paul Williams
32
1
26+2
1
3
0
1
0
5
DF
ENG
Richard Shaw
32
1
27+2
1
0+1
0
2
0
6
DF
BIH
Muhamed Konjić
6
0
3+1
0
0
0
1+1
0
12
DF
SCO
Paul Telfer
34
0
26+4
0
3
0
1
0
17
DF
IRL
Gary Breen
25
0
20+1
0
3
0
1
0
19
DF
ENG
Marcus Hall
11
0
7+2
0
0
0
1+1
0
22
DF
IRL
Barry Quinn
11
0
5+6
0
0
0
0
0
23
DF
PER
Walter Zevallos
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
32
DF
SWE
Tomas Gustafsson
12
0
7+3
0
0+2
0
0
0
35
DF
SCO
Colin Hendry
9
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
Midfielders
10
MF
SCO
Gary McAllister
43
13
38
11
3
0
2
2
11
MF
MAR
Mustapha Hadji
36
6
33
6
2
0
1
0
14
MF
ENG
Carlton Palmer
19
1
15
1
3
0
1
0
15
MF
BEL
Laurent Delorge
1
0
0
0
0+1
0
0
0
16
MF
ENG
Steve Froggatt
30
1
21+5
1
3
0
1
0
18
MF
MAR
Youssef Chippo
36
6
33
2
2
2
1
2
20
MF
NOR
Runar Normann
9
0
1+7
0
1
0
0
0
21
MF
SCO
Gavin Strachan
4
0
1+2
0
0
0
1
0
24
MF
ENG
John Eustace
21
2
12+4
1
1+2
1
1+1
0
38
MF
ENG
Robert Betts
2
0
0+2
0
0
0
0
0
Forwards
7
FW
IRL
Robbie Keane
34
12
30+1
12
3
0
0
0
8
FW
ENG
Noel Whelan
28
3
20+6
1
1+1
2
0
0
9
FW
AUS
John Aloisi
7
2
3+4
2
0
0
0
0
28
FW
ENG
Gary McSheffrey
5
0
0+3
0
0
0
2
0
31
FW
BEL
Cédric Roussel
25
9
18+4
6
0
0
2+1
3
34
FW
PER
Ysrael Zúñiga
7
2
3+4
2
0
0
0
0
Players transferred or loaned out during the season
7
FW
ENG
Darren Huckerby
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
23
GK
ITA
Raffaele Nuzzo
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
29
FW
JAM
Paul Hall
1
0
0+1
0
0
0
0
0
References [ ]
National teams
UEFA Euro 2000 (Squad
Group A
Qualification Group 5 )
Kevin Keegan
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Level 5 Levels 6–7 Levels 8–9
Isthmian League (Two , Three )
Combined Counties League (level 8 only )
Eastern Counties League (Premier , One )
Essex Senior League (level 8 only )
Hellenic League (Premier , One )
Kent League (level 8 only )
Midland Alliance (level 8 only )
Midland Football Combination (level 9 only )
North West Counties League (One , Two )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One )
Northern League (One , Two )
Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , Senior )
Sussex County League (One , Two )
United Counties League (Premier , One )
Wessex League (level 8 only )
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 9 only )
Western League (Premier , One )
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions