# 1999–2000 2. Bundesliga

The 1999–2000 2. Bundesliga season was the twenty-sixth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.
1. FC Köln, VfL Bochum and FC Energie Cottbus were promoted to the Bundesliga while Tennis Borussia Berlin, Fortuna Köln, Kickers Offenbach and Karlsruher SC were relegated to the Regionalliga. Fortuna Köln had, up till then, played every one of the twenty-six seasons of the 2. Bundesliga since 1974 in the league.

## League table

For the 1999–2000 season SV Waldhof Mannheim, Kickers Offenbach, Chemnitzer FC and Alemannia Aachen were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while 1. FC Nürnberg, VfL Bochum and Borussia Mönchengladbach had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | 1. FC Köln (C, P) | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 68 | 39 | +29 | 65 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | VfL Bochum (P) | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 67 | 48 | +19 | 61 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | Energie Cottbus (P) | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 62 | 42 | +20 | 58 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 4 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 55 | |
| 5 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 60 | 43 | +17 | 54 | |
| 6 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 49 | |
| 7 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 46 | |
| 8 | Alemannia Aachen | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 46 | |
| 9 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 45 | |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 44 | |
| 11 | Chemnitzer FC | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 43 | |
| 12 | Waldhof Mannheim | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 50 | 59 | −9 | 42 | |
| 13 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 39 | |
| 14 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 39 | |
| 15 | Fortuna Köln (R) | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 35 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 16 | Kickers Offenbach (R) | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 35 | 58 | −23 | 35 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 17 | Karlsruher SC (R) | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 35 | 56 | −21 | 27 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 18 | Tennis Borussia Berlin (R) | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 40 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
* ↑ Fortuna Köln and Tennis Borussia Berlin were relegated to the Regionalliga Nord. Karlsruher SC and Kickers Offenbach were relegated to the Regionalliga Süd.
* ↑ Tennis Borussia Berlin had their license revoked. Under paragraph 41 of the DFB regulations, Tennis Borussia Berlin were placed last.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AAC | TBB | BOC | CFC | FCE | SGF | H96 | KSC | KOE | FKO | M05 | WMA | BMG | FCN | RWO | KOF | STP | SKI |
| Alemannia Aachen | — | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Tennis Borussia Berlin | 1–2 | — | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| VfL Bochum | 5–0 | 2–6 | — | 5–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Chemnitzer FC | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | — | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Energie Cottbus | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | — | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Greuther Fürth | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Hannover 96 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–5 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Karlsruher SC | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| 1. FC Köln | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–3 | 4–1 |
| Fortuna Köln | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Mainz 05 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Waldhof Mannheim | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 4–3 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | — | 4–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Kickers Offenbach | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| FC St. Pauli | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — |

## Top scorers

The league's top scorers:
| Goals | Player | Team |
| 21 | Tomislav Marić | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| 19 | Arie van Lent | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| 19 | Achim Weber | VfL Bochum |
| 15 | Rainer Krieg | Karlsruher SC |
| 15 | Antun Labak | FC Energie Cottbus |
| 15 | Peter Peschel | VfL Bochum |
| 14 | Dimtcho Beliakov | 1. FC Nürnberg |
| 14 | Saša Ćirić | Tennis Borussia Berlin |
| 14 | Dirk Lottner | 1. FC Köln |
| 13 | Gustav Policella | 1. FSV Mainz 05 |
| 13 | Angelo Vier | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen |