1999–2000 FC Nantes Atlantique season

Nantes Atlantique
1999–2000 season
Manager	Raynald Denoueix
Stadium	Stade de la Beaujoire
Division 1	12th
Coupe de France	Winners
Coupe de la Ligue
Trophée des Champions	Winners
UEFA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Antoine Sibierski (13); All: ; Antoine Sibierski (23)
Average home league attendance	28,335
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 season was the 57th season in the existence of Nantes Atlantique and the club's 38th consecutive season in the top flight of French football.

Season summary[]

Nantes Atlantique competed in the French Division 1, the Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, Trophée des Champions, and the UEFA Cup. Nantes Atlantique entered the season as reigning Coupe de France winners, having defeated Sedan in the final in May 1999. Despite struggling in the league and only finishing one point above the relegation zone, the 1999–2000 season would prove to be one of the most successful campaigns in club history, winning both the Coupe de France and Trophée des Champions.

The Coupe de France final is noteworthy as Nantes Atlantique's opponents, Calais, became the first amateur club to reach the final.^[2] Nantes would prevail with a 90th-minute penalty converted by top scorer Antoine Sibierski after a back and forth match.^[2] Calais' cup run was voted as the best of all time by France Football magazine readers in 2017 and the club went through bankruptcy and liquidation later that same year.^[2]

Competitions[]

French Division 1[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
10	Bastia	34	11	12	11	43	39	+4	45
11	Metz	34	9	17	8	38	33	+5	44
12	Nantes	34	12	7	15	39	40	−1	43	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]
13	Rennes	34	12	7	15	44	48	−4	43
14	Troyes	34	13	4	17	36	52	−16	43

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Nantes was qualified for the 2000–01 UEFA Cup as winners of the 1999–2000 Coupe de France.

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	W
Position	6	2	3	8	5	6	4	7	9	12	14	15	17	15	15	12	12	14	13	13	15	13	13	16	15	14	14	13	13	14	15	16	14	12

Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Coupe de France[]

22 January 2000 Round of 64		0–4	Nantes Atlantique	, Carcassonne
			Sibierski 15', 66' Caveglia 24' Carrière 42'	Attendance: 10,000

12 February 2000 Round of 32	FC Montceau Bourgogne	0–6	Nantes Atlantique	, Montceau-les-Mines
			Carrière 13' Da Rocha 26' Devineau 47' Sibierski 61' Caveglia 68' (pen.) Suffo 85'	Attendance: 5,781

19 March 2000 Round of 16	Nantes Atlantique	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Gueugnon	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
				Attendance: 17,000

19 March 2000 Quarter-final	Nantes Atlantique	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Rennes	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
	Fabbri 37' Sibierski 118'			Attendance: 25,000

12 April 2000 Semi-final	AS Monaco	0–1	Nantes Atlantique	Stade Louis II, Monaco
		(Report)	Da Rocha 82'	Attendance: 14,000

7 May 2000 Final	Nantes Atlantique	2–1	Calais RUFC	Stade de France, Saint-Denis
	Sibierski 50', 90' (pen.)	Report	34'	Attendance: 78,586 Referee: Claude Colombo

Coupe de la Ligue[]

9 January 2000 Round of 32	Saint-Étienne	3–1	Nantes Atlantique	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
			Potillon 11' (og)	Attendance: 16,953

Trophée des Champions[]

19 July 1999 Final	Bordeaux	0–1	Nantes Atlantique	Stade de la Licorne, Amiens
		Report	Monterrubio 57'	Attendance: 11,858 Referee: Stéphane Bré

UEFA Cup[]

First round[]

16 September 1999 First leg	Ionikos	1–3	Nantes Atlantique	Neapoli Stadium, Nikaia
	Dimitriadis 90'	Report	Lièvre 56' Monterrubio 67', 83'	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Stéphane Bré

30 September 1999 Second leg	Nantes Atlantique	1–0 (4–1 agg.)	Ionikos	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
	Da Rocha 48'	Report		Attendance: 18,522

Second round[]

21 October 1999 First leg	Inter Bratislava	0–3	Nantes Atlantique	Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava
		Report	Sibierski 26' (pen.) Da Rocha 35' Carrière 86'	Attendance: 4,486 Referee: Roy Helge Olsen (Norway)

4 November 1999 Second leg	Nantes Atlantique	4–0 (7–0 agg.)	Inter Bratislava	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
	Sibierski 49' Monterrubio 61' Devineau 74' Da Rocha 82'	Report		Attendance: 15,000 Referee: (Romania)

Third round[]

25 November 1999 First leg	Arsenal	3–0	Nantes Atlantique	Arsenal Stadium, London
	Overmars 13' (pen.) Winterburn 81' Bergkamp 90'	Report		Attendance: 36,618 Referee: (Israel)

9 December 1999 Second leg	Nantes Atlantique	3–3 (3–6 agg.)	Arsenal	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
	Sibierski 12', 57' Vahirua 77'	Report	Grimandi 25' Henry 31' Overmars 42'	Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

References[]

^ "Ligue 1 1999/2000 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Calais Racing Union: The amateur team that went to Coupe de France final". BBC. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

[table_note_res_UCCF0.90703161754973-3] Nantes was qualified for the 2000–01 UEFA Cup as winners of the 1999–2000 Coupe de France.

[attendance-1] "Ligue 1 1999/2000 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

[Calais-2] "Calais Racing Union: The amateur team that went to Coupe de France final". BBC. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

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