# 1999–2000 FC Barcelona season

FC Barcelona did not repeat its successful season in 1998–99, and fell back to second in La Liga, as well as knocked out of the Champions League in the semi-finals.
Barcelona did not perform well in the mid season and lost the league title to Deportivo La Coruña just 5 points behind and Louis van Gaal was let go by the club, with former Real Betis coach Lorenzo Serra Ferrer taking over after 1999–2000 season.
Despite the trophyless season, the side managed to reach the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League, where it lost to eventual competition runners up Valencia.

## Squad

    Squad at end of season
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 | NED | Ruud Hesp |
| 2 | DF | NED | Michael Reiziger |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Frédéric Déhu |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Pep Guardiola (captain) |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Abelardo Fernández |
| 6 | MF | NED | Ronald de Boer |
| 7 | MF | POR | Luís Figo |
| 8 | MF | NED | Phillip Cocu |
| 9 | FW | NED | Patrick Kluivert |
| 10 | MF | FIN | Jari Litmanen |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Rivaldo |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Sergi Barjuán |
| 14 | MF | NGA | Emmanuel Amunike |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | NED | Winston Bogarde |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Dani García |
| 20 | MF | POR | Simão Sabrosa |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Luis Enrique |
| 22 | DF | NED | Frank de Boer |
| 23 | MF | NED | Boudewijn Zenden |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Francesc Arnau |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Xavi Hernández |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Gabri García |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Mario Rosas |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Nano |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Carles Puyol |
| 37 | MF | ESP | Sergio Santamaría |

### Transfers
#### In

* Jari Litmanen – Ajax
* Simão – Sporting CP
* Dani – Mallorca
* Frédéric Déhu – Lens

#### Out

* Miguel Ángel Nadal – Mallorca
* Sonny Anderson – Lyon
* Giovanni – Olympiacos
* Mauricio Pellegrino – Valencia
* Albert Celades – Celta Vigo
* Roger García – Espanyol
* Óscar García – Valencia (loan)
* Dragan Ćirić – AEK Athens (loan)
* Samuel Okunowo – Benfica (loan)

## Competitions
### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Deportivo La Coruña (C) | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 66 | 44 | +22 | 69 | Qualification for the Club World Cup |
| 2 | Barcelona | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 70 | 46 | +24 | 64 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Valencia | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 59 | 39 | +20 | 64 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Zaragoza | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 60 | 40 | +20 | 63 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Real Madrid | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 62 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
* ↑ Deportivo La Coruña also qualified for the Champions League group stage.
* 1 2 VAL 3–1 BAR; BAR 3–0 VAL
* 1 2 Real Madrid qualified directly for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League as holders. As a result, Zaragoza lost their spot in the UEFA Champions League and had to participate in the UEFA Cup.

#### 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | D |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### First group stage
##### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | BAR | FIO | ARS | AIK |
| Barcelona | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 14 | — | 4–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| Fiorentina | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 | 3–3 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Arsenal | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 2–4 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 |
| AIK | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | — |

#### Second group stage
##### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | BAR | POR | SPP | HRT |
| Barcelona | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 16 | — | 4–2 | 5–0 | 3–1 |
| Porto | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0–2 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Sparta Prague | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 5 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 |
| Hertha BSC | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |

#### Semi-finals
### Supercopa

* GAMES 1999–2000
* 24-07-1999 FRIENDLY. Koninklijke HFC-Barcelona 1–7
* 27-07-1999 FRIENDLY.
* FC Wageningen-Barcelona 0–12
* 29-07-1999 FRIENDLY.
* Amsterdamsche FC-Barcelona 2–10
* 31-07-1999 FRIENDLY.
* ADO Den Haag-Barcelona 0–4
* 04-08-1999 FRIENDLY.
* Waldhof Mannheim-Barcelona 0–1
* 06-08-1999 FRIENDLY.
* Hertha BSC-Barcelona 2–1
* 11-08-1999 Nike TROPHY.
* Barcelona-Boca Juniors 2–3
* 25-08-1999 Joan Gamper Trophy.
* Barcelona-Sporting CP 3–1
* 22-02-2000 Copa Catalunya.
* CF Balaguer-Barcelona 0–1
* 16-05-2000 Copa Catalunya Final.
* Barcelona-CE Mataró 3–0

## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NED | Hesp | 40 | -49 | 22 | -27 | 6 | -4 | 12 | -18 |
| 2 | DF | NED | Reiziger | 44 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Abelardo | 37 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7+2 | 2 |
| 22 | DF | NED | Frank de Boer | 40 | 2 | 20+2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Puyol | 37 | 0 | 18+6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | POR | Figo | 49 | 14 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 |
| 8 | MF | NED | Cocu | 51 | 8 | 34+1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Guardiola | 39 | 1 | 22+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | NED | Zenden | 43 | 3 | 21+8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8+2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | NED | Kluivert | 42 | 23 | 24+2 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Rivaldo | 50 | 23 | 30+1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 10 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Arnau | 21 | -24 | 16 | -19 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -5 |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Dani García | 43 | 16 | 15+12 | 11 | 6+1 | 3 | 3+6 | 2 |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Xavi | 38 | 2 | 15+9 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 5+5 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Luis Enrique | 31 | 12 | 15+4 | 3 | 4+1 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| 10 | MF | FIN | Litmanen | 31 | 4 | 14+7 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+6 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | NED | Bogarde | 35 | 2 | 14+7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Sergi | 29 | 1 | 14+5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NED | Ronald de Boer | 37 | 1 | 10+10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Gabri | 30 | 6 | 10+7 | 2 | 1+3 | 0 | 6+3 | 4 |
| 20 | MF | POR | Simao | 31 | 1 | 9+12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Déhu | 22 | 1 | 9+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 5+3 | 1 |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Nano | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ESP | Santamaria | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Mario Rosas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NGA | Amunike |
* Source: