# 1999–2000 Olympique Lyonnais season

The 1999–2000 season was the 101st season in the existence of Olympique Lyonnais and the club's 11th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. They participated in the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup.

## 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 | FRA | Grégory Coupet |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Patrice Carteron |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Florent Laville |
| 5 | DF | POL | Jacek Bąk |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Philippe Violeau |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Sidney Govou |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Pierre Laigle |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Sonny Anderson |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Vikash Dhorasoo |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Tony Vairelles |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Serge Blanc |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | FRA | Hubert Fournier |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Christophe Delmotte |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Jérémie Bréchet |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Steed Malbranque |
| 22 | MF | FRA | David Linarès |
| 23 | GK | FRA | Sébastien Socié |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Cédric Uras |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Patrice Ouerdi |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Roland Vieira |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Angelo Hugues |
| 33 | MF | FRA | Florent Balmont |

### 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 |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Jean-Christophe Devaux (to Servette) |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Alain Caveglia (to Nantes) |
| 20 | FW | MLI | Frédéric Kanouté (to West Ham United) |
| 25 | MF | FRA | David Hellebuyck (to Guingamp) |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Division 1 | 31 July 1999 | 13 May 2000 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 047.06 |
| Coupe de France | 22 January 2000 | 19 March 2000 | Round of 64 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 075.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 8 January 2000 | 19 February 2000 | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Champions League | 10 August 1999 | 25 August 1999 | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 15 September 1999 | 7 December 1999 | First round | Third round | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 083.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 26 | 8 | 15 | 64 | 56 | +8 | 053.06 |
Last updated: 22 August 2024 Source: BDFutbol

### Division 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Monaco (C) | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 69 | 38 | +31 | 65 | Qualification to Champions League first group stage |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 58 | Qualification to Champions League first group stage |
| 3 | Lyon | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 56 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Bordeaux | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 54 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Lens | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 49 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 13 May 2000. Source: BDFutbol

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | D |
| Position | 3 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |