# 1999–2000 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season

The 1999–2000 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season was the 70th consecutive Primera División season played by the senior squad.

## Summary

The club' s main goal for Apertura was clinching its three consecutive League title for the first time in its history. The squad was reinforced with few players included forward Alfredo Moreno. The race for the title started early against archrivals River Plate during the whole season. Finally, the club finished in 3rd place, just below Millonarios, thanks to key injured players and a 0–2 defeat against River.
In the Clausura Tournament, the club was reinforced with several players including forward Marcelo Delgado from Racing. The team finished in 7th place. A key event of the season came in the game against Newell's Old Boys. Because fireworks were thrown on the field, the game was suspended, and a judicial sanction deducted 3 points in the standings. In the replay, Newell's won the match and Boca Juniors finished below Champions River Plate.
Meanwhile, the club returned to play in the Copa Libertadores for the first time in six years. They advanced to the quarterfinals, defeating archrivals River Plate. In the semifinals the squad eliminated Mexican team America thanks to a Samuel goal in the final minutes of the second leg. In the Finals of the tournament the squad defeated incumbent Champions Palmeiras after a penalty shoot-out, clinching the cup for the first time in 22 years.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | COL | Oscar Cordoba |
| 2 | DF | COL | Jorge Bermúdez |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Rodolfo Arruabarrena |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Hugo Ibarra |
| 5 | MF | COL | Mauricio Serna |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Walter Samuel |
| 7 | FW | ARG | Guillermo Barros Schelotto |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Diego Cagna |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Martín Palermo |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Juan Roman Riquelme |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Fernando Navas |
| 12 | GK | ARG | Roberto Abbondanzieri |
| 13 | MF | ARG | Christian Traverso |
| 14 | MF | ARG | Nicolás Burdisso |
| 16 | FW | ARG | Marcelo Delgado |
| 17 | MF | ARG | Gustavo Barros Schelotto |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | ARG | José Basualdo |
| 19 | DF | ARG | César La Paglia |
| 20 | FW | ARG | Antonio Barijho |
| 21 | FW | ARG | Christian Giménez |
| 22 | MF | ARG | Sebastián Battaglia |
| 23 | FW | ARG | Alfredo Moreno |
| 24 | MF | ARG | José Antonio Pereda |
| 26 | FW | ARG | Emanuel Ruiz |
| — | DF | ARG | Aníbal Matellán |
| — | DF | ARG | José María Calvo |
| — | MF | ARG | Omar Pérez |
| — | DF | ARG | Gustavo Pinto |
| — | DF | ARG | Julio Marchant |
| — | FW | ARG | Matías Arce |
| — | MF | ARG | Facundo Imboden |
| — | DF | ARG | Elías Bazzi |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Alfredo Moreno | | |
| DF | Emanuel Ruiz | | loan ended |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Claudio Caniggia | | |

#### January

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| FW | Marcelo Delgado | Racing |
| MF | Julio Javier Marchant | |
| MF | Matías Sebastián Arce | |
| DF | José María Calvo | |
| DF | Omar Sebastián Pérez | |
| MF | Gustavo Hernán Pinto | |
| MF | Facundo Jorge Imboden | |
| DF | Elías Iván Bazzi | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Diego Cagna | Villarreal CF | loan |
| FW | Claudio Caniggia | Atalanta BC | released |

## Competitions
### Torneo Apertura
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | River Plate | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 44 |
| 2 | Rosario Central | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 18 | +16 | 43 |
| 3 | Boca Juniors | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 15 | +21 | 41 |
| 4 | San Lorenzo | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 15 | +15 | 33 |
| 5 | Talleres (C) | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 31 |
* ↑ 3 points deducted

#### Position by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | D |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |

#### Matches
### Torneo Clausura
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Newell's Old Boys | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 21 | +11 | 34 |
| 6 | Vélez Sársfield | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 34 |
| 7 | Boca Juniors | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 17 | +21 | 33 |
| 8 | Unión | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 29 |
| 9 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 28 |

#### Position by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | D |
| Position | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 |

#### Matches
### Copa Mercosur

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| San Lorenzo | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 |
| Boca Juniors | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 |
| São Paulo | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 |
| Universidad Católica | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | -11 |

### Copa Libertadores
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Boca Juniors | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 13 |
| 2 | Peñarol | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 9 |
| 3 | Blooming | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 7 |
| 4 | Universidad Católica | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 4 |

#### Final
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Apertura 99 | Apertura 99 | Clausura 2000 | Clausura 2000 | Libertadores | Libertadores |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | COL | Oscar Cordoba | 45 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Hugo Ibarra | 44 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| | DF | COL | Jorge Bermudez | 44 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 2 |
| | DF | ARG | Walter Samuel | 45 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| | DF | ARG | Rodolfo Arruabarrena | 46 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 5 |
| | MF | ARG | Christian Traverso | 39 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| | MF | ARG | Gustavo Barros Schelotto | 29 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | MF | ARG | Sebastian Battaglia | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Juan Roman Riquelme | 35 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 3 |
| | FW | ARG | Guillermo Barros Schelotto | 36 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| | FW | ARG | Martin Palermo | 21 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| | FW | ARG | Marcelo Delgado | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| | GK | ARG | Roberto Abbondanzieri | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ARG | Christian Muñoz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Cesar Osvaldo La Paglia | 16 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Julio Marchant | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| | FW | ARG | Antonio Barijho | 28 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 6 |
| | DF | ARG | José Antonio Pereda | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | José Horacio Basualdo | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Alfredo Moreno | 24 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| | FW | ARG | Christian Giménez | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Anibal Matellan | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Omar Sebastián Pérez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Fernando Navas | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Nicolas Burdisso | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | COL | Mauricio Serna | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Emanuel Ruiz | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Matías Sebastián Arce | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| | DF | ARG | José María Calvo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Gustavo Pinto | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Facundo Imboden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Elías Bazzi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Diego Cagna | 18 | 3 | 18 | 3 |
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