1999–2000 Eredivisie

Eredivisie
Season	1999–2000
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)
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

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

League standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PSV	34	27	3	4	105	24	+81	84	Champions League
2	SC Heerenveen	34	21	5	8	65	36	+29	68	Champions League
3	Feyenoord	34	18	10	6	66	42	+24	64	Champions League: Third qualifying round
4	Vitesse Arnhem	34	18	9	7	67	43	+24	63	UEFA Cup
5	Ajax	34	18	7	9	72	51	+21	61	UEFA Cup
6	FC Twente	34	16	12	6	57	37	+20	60
7	AZ	34	17	4	13	69	59	+10	55
8	Roda JC^[a]	34	16	7	11	62	53	+9	55	UEFA Cup
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	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	34	6	7	21	38	68	−30	25	Relegated after losing the promotion/relegation play-offs^[b]
17	Cambuur	34	6	7	21	35	66	−31	25
18	FC Den Bosch	34	4	11	19	36	74	−38	23	Relegation to Eerste Divisie

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Winners KNVB Cup.
^ MVV and Cambuur both relegated after losing their promotion/relegation play-offs.

Results[]

Home \ Away	AJA	AZA	DEN	CAM	FEY	FOR	GRA	HEE	MVV	NEC	PSV	RKC	ROD	SPA	FCT	FCU	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	5–3	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	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
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	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
FC 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	—	4–2	0–0	4–0
FC 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
18	Anthony Lurling	Heerenveen
15	Julio Cruz	Feyenoord
	Richard Knopper	Ajax
	Bob Peeters	Roda JC

Source: worldfootball.net

References[]

^ EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers

[table_note_ROD0.40948008904675-2] Winners KNVB Cup.

[table_note_res_RR0.40948008904675-3] MVV and Cambuur both relegated after losing their promotion/relegation play-offs.

[1] EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers

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Domestic cups	Albania Armenia Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Faroe Islands '00 Finland '99 '00 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '00 Israel Italy Latvia '00 Liechtenstein Macedonia Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '99 '00 Portugal Romania Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland Germany Iceland '99 '00 Israel Northern Ireland Scotland
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, 2nd group stage, knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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« 1998–99 2000–01 »
League competitions	Eredivisie Eerste Divisie
Cup competitions	KNVB Cup Johan Cruijff Schaal KNVB Women's Cup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup
Club seasons
Eredivisie	Ajax PSV Eindhoven