1999–2000 in Dutch football

The 1999–2000 season in Dutch football was the 44th season in the Eredivisie. PSV Eindhoven won the title, while Roda JC won the Dutch National Cup.

Johan Cruijff-schaal[]

Eredivisie[]

Pos	Team v t	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
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
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

Topscorers[]

Position	Player	Nat.	Club	Goals
1	Ruud van Nistelrooy		PSV	29
2	Pierre van Hooijdonk		Vitesse	25
3	Arnold Bruggink		PSV	19
3	Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink		FC Twente	19
5	Luc Nilis		PSV	18
5	Anthony Lurling		SC Heerenveen	18
7	John Bosman		AZ	17
8	Julio Ricardo Cruz		Feyenoord	15
8	Bob Peeters		Roda JC	15
10	Richard Knopper		Ajax	14
10	Nikos Machlas		Ajax	14

PSV Winning Squad 1999-2000[]

Eerste Divisie[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	NAC Breda	34	27	1	6	84	36	+48	82	Promotion to Eredivisie
2	FC Zwolle	34	22	8	4	90	41	+49	74	Play-offs
3	FC Groningen	34	23	5	6	81	33	+48	74
4	Excelsior	34	18	5	11	70	48	+22	59
5	FC Emmen	34	18	4	12	53	45	+8	58
6	RBC Roosendaal	34	17	6	11	65	49	+16	57
7	Heracles Almelo	34	13	8	13	41	42	−1	47
8	Dordrecht '90	34	12	9	13	55	58	−3	45
9	FC Eindhoven	34	14	3	17	47	63	−16	45
10	Helmond Sport	34	13	3	18	45	57	−12	42
11	ADO Den Haag	34	12	6	16	37	52	−15	42
12	Veendam	34	10	11	13	50	61	−11	41
13	Telstar	34	11	4	19	44	59	−15	37
14	Go Ahead Eagles	34	9	9	16	56	58	−2	36
15	VVV-Venlo	34	8	11	15	38	62	−24	35
16	HFC Haarlem	34	9	5	20	54	72	−18	32
17	FC Volendam	34	8	7	19	40	75	−35	31
18	TOP Oss	34	8	3	23	35	74	−39	27

• Promoted : NAC
• Promotion / Relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie") : FC Zwolle, FC Groningen, Excelsior, Emmen, RBC and Heracles

Promotion and relegation[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	FC Groningen	6	5	0	1	19	7	+12	15	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 from Eredivisie
4	Heracles Almelo	6	1	1	4	10	17	−7	4

Group B[]

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 from Eredivisie

• Promoted : FC Groningen and RBC Roosendaal
• Relegated : MVV Maastricht and Cambuur Leeuwarden

KNVB Cup[]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	February 16
	FC Utrecht	0
					April 12
	Roda JC	1
					Vitesse	0
	February 16
					Roda JC	1
	RKC	0
									May 21 - Rotterdam
	Vitesse	1
									Roda JC	2
	February 16
									NEC	0
	NEC	2
					April 11
	FC Dordrecht	0
					AZ	1 (1)
	February 17
					NEC	1 (4)
	Willem II	1
	AZ	2

Dutch national team[]

References[]

• RSSSF Archive
• RDFC.com