# 1999–2000 Real Madrid CF season

The 1999–2000 season was Real Madrid's 69th season in La Liga. This article lists all matches that the club played in the 1999–2000 season, and also shows statistics of the club's players.

## Summary

John Toshack was sacked by Real Madrid in November 1999 as a consequence of league's bad form following a 3–2 defeat against Rayo Vallecano that left them in eighth position and re-hired Vicente del Bosque who previously managed the club in 1994 and 1996 as a caretaker only.
This season marked the start of the del Bosque era of trophy winning at the club, having taken over from Toshack early in the campaign. The squad was also largely different from the previous squad, with the arrival of Steve McManaman (Liverpool) and Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal) from the English Premier League respectively, as well as local talents Míchel Salgado, and Iván Helguera, to support the budding young talent of Raúl, Iker Casillas, Fernando Morientes and Guti, as well as veterans such as Fernando Hierro and Roberto Carlos.
As of 2024 this was the last season that Real Madrid went on to finished outside the top four spot in La Liga to date.

## Players
### 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 | GER | Bodo Illgner |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Míchel Salgado |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Roberto Carlos |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Fernando Hierro (vice-captain) |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Manolo Sanchís (captain) |
| 6 | MF | ARG | Fernando Redondo (3rd captain) |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Raúl |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Steve McManaman |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Fernando Morientes |
| 10 | MF | NED | Clarence Seedorf |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Sávio |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Iván Campo |
| 13 | GK | ARG | Albano Bizzarri |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Guti |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Iván Helguera |
| 16 | FW | CMR | Samuel Eto'o |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Javier Dorado |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Aitor Karanka |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Nicolas Anelka |
| 20 | FW | BIH | Elvir Baljić |
| 21 | MF | CMR | Geremi |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Christian Karembeu |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Júlio César |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Benito |
| 25 | FW | YUG | Perica Ognjenović |
| 27 | GK | ESP | Iker Casillas |
| 31 | FW | ESP | Meca |
| 36 | FW | ARG | Rolando Zárate |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Steve McManaman | Liverpool | |
| FW | Nicolas Anelka | Arsenal | €34,000,000 |
| FW | Elvir Baljić | Fenerbahçe | €26,000,000 |
| DF | Iván Helguera | Espanyol | |
| DF | Míchel Salgado | Celta de Vigo | €12,000,000 |
| DF | Geremi | Gençlerbirliği | €4,200,000 |
| GK | Albano Bizzarri | Racing Club | €2,000,000 |
| DF | Júlio César | Valladolid | €2,500,000 |
| FW | Edwin Congo | Once Caldas | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To |
| MF | Jaime | Deportivo |
| FW | Davor Suker | Arsenal |
| FW | Predrag Mijatovic | Fiorentina |
| DF | Christian Panucci | Internazionale |
| DF | Robert Jarni | Las Palmas |
| DF | Fernando Sanz | Malaga |
| GK | Pedro Contreras | Malaga |

#### Winter

Reference:
In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Clarence Seedorf | Internazionale | |
| FW | Samuel Eto'o | Mallorca | loan |
| FW | Edwin Congo | Real Valladolid | loan |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| La Liga | 1 | (5th) 38 | 1999-08-22 | 2000-05-21 |
| UEFA Champions League | First group stage | Winners | 1999-09-15 | 2000-05-24 |
| Copa del Rey | Round of 16 | Semi-finals | 2000-01-19 | 2000-04-29 |
| FIFA Club World Championship | Group stage | (4th) Third place playoff | 2000-01-05 | 2000-01-14 |
Updated to match played 22 May Source: Competitions

### La Liga
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: LFP

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 6 | Alavés | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 61 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 53 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round |
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ VLD 3–3 CEL; CEL 1–1 VLD

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | D | D | L | D | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 |

#### Matches
### Champions League
#### First Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 13 | Advance to second group stage |
| 2 | Porto | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 12 | Advance to second group stage |
| 3 | Olympiacos | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Molde | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 | |

#### Second Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 | |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 1 | |

#### Final
### FIFA Club World Championship
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | COR | RMA | NSR | RCA |
| 1 | Corinthians | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Advance to final | | — | — | 2–0 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 7 | Advance to match for third place | 2–2 | | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| 3 | Al-Nassr | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | | 0–2 | — | | — |
| 4 | Raja Casablanca | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 0 | | — | — | 3–4 | |

#### Third-place play-off
## Squad statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 27 | GK | ESP | Casillas | 44 | -45 | 27 | -25 | 5 | -1 | 12 | -19 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Salgado | 48 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Helguera | 54 | 2 | 27+6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13+2 | 2 |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Júlio César | 32 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Roberto Carlos | 55 | 8 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | McManaman | 46 | 4 | 19+9 | 3 | 4+1 | 0 | 10+3 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | ARG | Redondo | 50 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Guti | 42 | 8 | 21+7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Sávio | 38 | 8 | 23+2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9+2 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Raúl | 53 | 27 | 32+2 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 10 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Morientes | 48 | 18 | 28+1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 6 |
| 13 | GK | ARG | Bizzarri | 11 | -16 | 7 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Karanka | 36 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Hierro | 32 | 6 | 19+1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9+1 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Iván Campo | 36 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | CMR | Geremi | 30 | 0 | 15+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | GER | Illgner | 7 | -13 | 5 | -9 | 1 | -2 | 1 | -2 |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Anelka | 30 | 4 | 12+7 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 6+4 | 2 |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Karembeu | 25 | 1 | 10+5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Sanchís | 21 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NED | Seedorf | 16 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | BIH | Baljic | 18 | 1 | 3+8 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | SCG | Ognjenovic | 18 | 1 | 3+8 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ESP | Meca | 14 | 1 | 1+9 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | ARG | Zarate | 9 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | CMR | Eto'o | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Dorado | 6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | ESP | Fernando | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Alvaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ESP | Aganzo | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | ESP | Aranda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
* Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1999-002.html

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | La Liga | Copa del Rey | UEFA Champions League | FIFA Club World Championship | Total |
| 1 | FW | 7 | Raúl | 17 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 29 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Fernando Morientes | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 19 |
| 3 | MF | 11 | Sávio | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | DF | 3 | Roberto Carlos | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | 14 | Guti | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | FW | 19 | Nicolas Anelka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | DF | 4 | Fernando Hierro | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | MF | 8 | Steve McManaman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | FW | 36 | Rolando Zárate | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | DF | 15 | Ivan Helguera | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | FW | 20 | Elvir Baljić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | | Meca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | 16 | Perica Ognjenović | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 22 | Christian Karembeu | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 21 | Geremi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 58 | 4 | 35 | 9 | 106 |