# 1999–2000 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

During the 1999–2000 season, Tottenham Hotspur participated in the FA Premier League.

## Season summary

Tottenham Hotspur failed to make much of an impact on their return to Europe after an eight-year exile, nor were their cup exploits particularly impressive. Tenth place in the final table was a long way short of the top-five finishes attained by local rivals Arsenal and Chelsea, and manager George Graham bolstered his ranks for the 2000-01 season by paying a club record fee for Ukrainian striker Serhii Rebrov.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Leicester City | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 55 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 9 | West Ham United | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 55 | |
| 10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 53 | |
| 11 | Newcastle United | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 63 | 54 | +9 | 52 | |
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 52 | |
* ↑ Leicester City qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: 1999-2000 FA Premier League table

### Results by matchday

| Match | 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 16 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 |

## Results

Tottenham Hotspur's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### FA Premier League

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 7 August 1999 | West Ham United | A | 0-1 | 26,010 | |
| 9 August 1999 | Newcastle United | H | 3-1 | 28,701 | Iversen, Ferdinand, Sherwood |
| 14 August 1999 | Everton | H | 3-2 | 34,539 | Sherwood, Leonhardsen, Iversen |
| 21 August 1999 | Sheffield Wednesday | A | 2-1 | 24,027 | Ferdinand, Leonhardsen |
| 28 August 1999 | Leeds United | H | 1-2 | 36,012 | Sherwood |
| 12 September 1999 | Bradford City | A | 1-1 | 18,143 | Perry |
| 19 September 1999 | Coventry City | H | 3-2 | 35,224 | Iversen, Armstrong, Leonhardsen |
| 26 September 1999 | Wimbledon | A | 1-1 | 17,368 | Carr |
| 3 October 1999 | Leicester City | H | 2-3 | 35,591 | Iversen (2) |
| 16 October 1999 | Derby County | A | 1-0 | 29,815 | Armstrong |
| 23 October 1999 | Manchester United | H | 3-1 | 36,072 | Iversen, Scholes (own goal), Carr |
| 31 October 1999 | Sunderland | A | 1-2 | 41,904 | Iversen |
| 7 November 1999 | Arsenal | H | 2-1 | 36,085 | Iversen, Sherwood |
| 20 November 1999 | Southampton | A | 1-0 | 15,248 | Leonhardsen |
| 28 November 1999 | Newcastle United | A | 1-2 | 36,460 | Armstrong |
| 6 December 1999 | West Ham United | H | 0-0 | 36,233 | |
| 18 December 1999 | Middlesbrough | A | 1-2 | 33,129 | Vega |
| 26 December 1999 | Watford | H | 4-0 | 36,089 | Ginola, Iversen, Sherwood (2) |
| 29 December 1999 | Aston Villa | A | 1-1 | 39,217 | Sherwood |
| 3 January 2000 | Liverpool | H | 1-0 | 36,044 | Armstrong |
| 12 January 2000 | Chelsea | A | 0-1 | 34,969 | |
| 15 January 2000 | Everton | A | 2-2 | 36,144 | Armstrong, Ginola |
| 22 January 2000 | Sheffield Wednesday | H | 0-1 | 35,897 | |
| 5 February 2000 | Chelsea | H | 0-1 | 36,041 | |
| 12 February 2000 | Leeds United | A | 0-1 | 40,127 | |
| 26 February 2000 | Coventry City | A | 1-0 | 23,077 | Armstrong |
| 4 March 2000 | Bradford City | H | 1-1 | 35,472 | Iversen |
| 11 March 2000 | Southampton | H | 7-2 | 36,024 | Richards (own goal), Anderton, Armstrong (2), Iversen (3) |
| 19 March 2000 | Arsenal | A | 1-2 | 38,131 | Armstrong |
| 25 March 2000 | Watford | A | 1-1 | 20,050 | Armstrong |
| 3 April 2000 | Middlesbrough | H | 2-3 | 31,796 | Armstrong, Ginola |
| 9 April 2000 | Liverpool | A | 0-2 | 44,536 | |
| 15 April 2000 | Aston Villa | H | 2-4 | 35,304 | Iversen, Armstrong |
| 19 April 2000 | Leicester City | A | 1-0 | 19,764 | Ginola |
| 22 April 2000 | Wimbledon | H | 2-0 | 33,086 | Armstrong, Anderton |
| 29 April 2000 | Derby County | H | 1-1 | 33,044 | Clemence |
| 6 May 2000 | Manchester United | A | 1-3 | 61,629 | Armstrong |
| 14 May 2000 | Sunderland | H | 3-1 | 36,070 | Anderton (pen), Sherwood, Carr |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R3 | 12 December 1999 | Newcastle United | H | 1-1 | 33,116 | Iversen |
| R3R | 22 December 1999 | Newcastle United | A | 1-6 | 35,415 | Ginola |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R3 | 13 October 1999 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 3-1 | 25,486 | Leonhardsen, Ginola, Sherwood |
| R4 | 1 December 1999 | Fulham | A | 1-3 | 18,134 | Iversen |

### UEFA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R1 1st leg | 16 September 1999 | FC Zimbru Chişinău | H | 3-0 | 32,660 | Leonhardsen, Perry, Sherwood |
| R1 2nd leg | 30 September 1999 | FC Zimbru Chişinău | A | 0-0 (won 3-0 on agg) | 7,000 | |
| R2 1st leg | 28 October 1999 | Kaiserslautern | H | 1-0 | 35,486 | Iversen (pen) |
| R2 2nd leg | 4 November 1999 | Kaiserslautern | A | 0-2 (lost 1-2 on agg) | 32,000 | |

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Ian Walker |
| 2 | DF | IRL | Stephen Carr |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Mauricio Taricco |
| 4 | MF | GER | Steffen Freund |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Sol Campbell |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Chris Perry |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Darren Anderton |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Tim Sherwood |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Les Ferdinand |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Steffen Iversen |
| 11 | MF | NED | Willem Korsten |
| 12 | DF | IRL | Gary Doherty |
| 14 | MF | FRA | David Ginola |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | SUI | Ramon Vega |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Chris Armstrong |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Øyvind Leonhardsen |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Ruel Fox |
| 19 | DF | ENG | John Scales |
| 20 | FW | POR | José Dominguez |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Luke Young |
| 22 | MF | DEN | Allan Nielsen |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Dave McEwen |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Stephen Clemence |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Ledley King |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Matthew Etherington |
| 29 | MF | WAL | Simon Davies |
| 32 | FW | ENG | John Piercy |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Justin Edinburgh (to Portsmouth) |
| 31 | FW | NIR | Paul McVeigh (to Norwich City) |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Paolo Tramezzani (to Pistoiese) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 33 | MF | ALG | Moussa Saïb (to Al Nassr) |
| 34 | DF | IRL | Simon Webb (to Leyton Orient) |

### 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.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | GK | NOR | Espen Baardsen |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Mark Gower |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Anthony Gardner |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Alton Thelwell |
| 36 | FW | ENG | Peter Crouch |
| 37 | DF | ENG | Clayton Fortune |
| 38 | MF | ENG | Johnnie Jackson |
| 39 | DF | SWE | Jon Jönsson |
| 40 | GK | NED | Hans Segers |
| 41 | MF | ENG | David Lee |
| 42 | MF | ENG | Stuart Thurgood |
| 43 | MF | NIR | Ciarán Toner |
| 44 | FW | IRL | Neale Fenn |
| 45 | FW | FRA | Yannick Kamanan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ENG | Gavin Kelly |
| — | DF | ENG | Terry Adams |
| — | DF | ENG | Neil Lacy |
| — | MF | IRL | Andrew Burke |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 3 July 1999 | DF | Chris Perry | Wimbledon | £4,000,000 |
| 1 August 1999 | FW | Yannick Kamanan | Le Mans Union Club 72 | Free |
| 6 August 1999 | MF | Øyvind Leonhardsen | Liverpool | £3,000,000 |
| 31 December 1999 | MF | Matthew Etherington | Peterborough United | £500,000 |
| 31 December 1999 | MF | Simon Davies | Peterborough United | £700,000 |
| 17 January 2000 | FW | Dave McEwen | Dulwich Hamlet | Free |
| 24 January 2000 | DF | Anthony Gardner | Port Vale | £1,000,000 |
| 25 January 2000 | DF | Jon Jönsson | IFK Hässleholm | £250,000 |
| 27 March 2000 | DF | Gary Doherty | Luton Town | £1,000,000 |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 30 June 1999 | DF | Roger Nilsen | Grazer AK | Free |
| 6 July 1999 | MF | Andy Sinton | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Free |
| 15 July 1999 | FW | Rory Allen | Portsmouth | £1,000,000 |
| 20 July 1999 | GK | Simon Brown | Colchester United | Free |
| 28 July 1999 | DF | Clive Wilson | Cambridge United | Free |
| 5 August 1999 | GK | Alan Marriott | Lincoln City | Free |
| 8 October 1999 | DF | Simon Webb | Leyton Orient | Free |
| 1 January 2000 | MF | Moussa Saïb | Al Nassr | £640,000 |
| 4 February 2000 | DF | Paolo Tramezzani | Pistoiese | Free |
| 10 March 2000 | DF | Justin Edinburgh | Portsmouth | £175,000 |
| 23 March 2000 | FW | Paul McVeigh | Norwich City | Free |
    Transfers in: £10,450,000
    Transfers out: £1,815,000
    Total spending: £8,635,000

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Appearances as of end of season
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ENG | Ian Walker | 46 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | IRL | Stephen Carr | 39 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Mauricio Taricco | 35 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Sol Campbell | 35 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Chris Perry | 45 | 2 | 36+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | IRL | Gary Doherty | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SUI | Ramon Vega | 8 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | John Scales | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Luke Young | 26 | 0 | 11+9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Ledley King | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | GER | Steffen Freund | 34 | 0 | 24+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Darren Anderton | 22 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Tim Sherwood | 33 | 10 | 23+4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | NED | Willem Korsten | 9 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FRA | David Ginola | 43 | 6 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Øyvind Leonhardsen | 28 | 6 | 21+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Ruel Fox | 6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | POR | José Dominguez | 17 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | DEN | Allan Nielsen | 17 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Stephen Clemence | 24 | 1 | 16+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Matthew Etherington | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | WAL | Simon Davies | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ENG | Les Ferdinand | 9 | 2 | 5+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Steffen Iversen | 44 | 17 | 36 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Chris Armstrong | 38 | 14 | 29+2 | 14 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Dave McEwen | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ENG | John Piercy | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 12 | DF | ENG | Justin Edinburgh | 13 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
Last updated: 15 May 2000 Source: []

### Goal scorers

Last updated: 26 July 2020. Source: premierleague.com
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Steffen Iversen | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| 2 | FW | 16 | Chris Armstrong | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | MF | 8 | Tim Sherwood | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | MF | 14 | David Ginola | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | 17 | Øyvind Leonhardsen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | DF | 2 | Stephen Carr | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 7 | Darren Anderton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | 6 | Chris Perry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | 9 | Les Ferdinand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 15 | Ramon Vega | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 25 | Stephen Clemence | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 55 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 65 |

### Clean sheets

Last updated: 26 July 2020. Source: premierleague.com
| Rnk | No. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Ian Walker | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 |