# 1999–2000 Fulham F.C. season

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Fulham F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

## Season summary

Before the 1999-2000 season, Paul Bracewell was appointed as Fulham manager and despite them competing in the top half of Division One throughout the campaign, Bracewell was sacked on 30 March 2000 by millionaire owner Mohamed Al-Fayed after failing to provide instant success that was demanded from the owner who is desperate to see Fulham play Premiership football and Karl-Heinz Riedle along with assistant Roy Evans took over as caretaker managers on a temporary basis until the end of the season and they guided the Cottagers to a 9th-place finish. On 9 April 2000, the more experienced Jean Tigana was appointed as Bracewell's successor and took over in July.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 64 | 48 | +16 | 74 |
| 8 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 62 | 49 | +13 | 74 |
| 9 | Fulham | 46 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 67 |
| 10 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 62 | 53 | +9 | 66 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 55 | 51 | +4 | 62 |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Soccerbase: 1999-2000 Football League First Division table

### 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | W |
| Position | 11 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

## Results

Fulham's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Football League First Division

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 7 August 1999 | Birmingham City | A | 2–2 | 24,042 | Horsfield (2) |
| 14 August 1999 | Manchester City | H | 0–0 | 16,754 | |
| 21 August 1999 | Grimsby Town | A | 1–1 | 6,196 | Finnan |
| 28 August 1999 | Charlton Athletic | H | 2–1 | 15,154 | Neilson, Peschisolido |
| 30 August 1999 | West Bromwich Albion | A | 0–0 | 17,120 | |
| 11 September 1999 | Port Vale | A | 2–0 | 6,130 | Peschisolido, Coleman |
| 18 September 1999 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 1–0 | 19,623 | Peschisolido |
| 25 September 1999 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 3–0 | 12,156 | Horsfield, Hayles, Symons |
| 2 October 1999 | Norwich City | A | 2–1 | 16,332 | Riedle, Hayles |
| 16 October 1999 | Swindon Town | H | 1–0 | 13,715 | Horsfield |
| 19 October 1999 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | 0–1 | 13,160 | |
| 23 October 1999 | Huddersfield Town | A | 1–1 | 13,350 | Gray (own goal) |
| 26 October 1999 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 1–1 | 5,493 | Coleman |
| 30 October 1999 | Norwich City | H | 1–1 | 13,552 | Symons |
| 6 November 1999 | Stockport County | A | 1–2 | 7,200 | Cadamarteri |
| 9 November 1999 | Portsmouth | H | 1–0 | 13,229 | Collins |
| 13 November 1999 | Barnsley | H | 1–3 | 10,635 | Riedle |
| 20 November 1999 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 0–2 | 18,543 | |
| 23 November 1999 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 1–1 | 9,642 | Peschisolido (pen) |
| 26 November 1999 | Walsall | A | 3–1 | 5,449 | Riedle, Horsfield (2) |
| 4 December 1999 | Birmingham City | H | 0–0 | 12,290 | |
| 15 December 1999 | Nottingham Forest | A | 0–0 | 14,250 | |
| 18 December 1999 | Crystal Palace | A | 0–0 | 17,480 | |
| 26 December 1999 | Ipswich Town | H | 0–0 | 17,255 | |
| 28 December 1999 | Sheffield United | A | 0–2 | 17,375 | |
| 3 January 2000 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 1–0 | 11,377 | Roberts (own goal) |
| 16 January 2000 | Manchester City | A | 0–4 | 30,057 | |
| 22 January 2000 | Grimsby Town | H | 0–1 | 10,802 | |
| 5 February 2000 | West Bromwich Albion | H | 1–0 | 12,044 | Riedle (pen) |
| 12 February 2000 | Portsmouth | A | 1–0 | 17,337 | Goldbæk |
| 15 February 2000 | Charlton Athletic | A | 0–1 | 19,940 | |
| 19 February 2000 | Walsall | H | 2–0 | 10,540 | Phelan, Clark |
| 28 February 2000 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 0–0 | 16,308 | |
| 4 March 2000 | Port Vale | H | 3–1 | 10,418 | Clark (2), Melville |
| 7 March 2000 | Stockport County | H | 4–1 | 8,688 | Hayles (2), Goldbæk, Finnan |
| 11 March 2000 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 1–3 | 12,761 | Clark |
| 18 March 2000 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 2–2 | 15,108 | Hayles, Riedle |
| 21 March 2000 | Barnsley | A | 0–1 | 14,262 | |
| 25 March 2000 | Ipswich Town | A | 0–1 | 20,168 | |
| 1 April 2000 | Crystal Palace | H | 1–0 | 16,356 | Horsfield |
| 9 April 2000 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 1–1 | 7,132 | Melville |
| 15 April 2000 | Sheffield United | H | 4–0 | 12,197 | Phelan, Clark (2), Melville |
| 22 April 2000 | Swindon Town | A | 0–1 | 7,556 | |
| 24 April 2000 | Nottingham Forest | H | 1–1 | 12,696 | Coleman |
| 30 April 2000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | 0–3 | 19,912 | |
| 7 May 2000 | Huddersfield Town | H | 3–0 | 13,728 | Clark (2) (1 pen), Goldbæk |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R3 | 11 December 1999 | Luton Town | H | 2–2 | 8,251 | Horsfield, Davis |
| R3R | 21 December 1999 | Luton Town | A | 3–0 | 8,170 | Hayles (2), Hayward |
| R4 | 8 January 2000 | Wimbledon | H | 3–0 | 16,177 | Collins (2), Finnan |
| R5 | 29 January 2000 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 1–2 | 13,859 | Coleman |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R1 1st Leg | 10 August 1999 | Northampton Town | A | 2–1 | 4,415 | Davis, Horsfield |
| R1 2nd Leg | 24 August 1999 | Northampton Town | H | 3–1 | 5,515 | Horsfield (3) |
| R2 1st Leg | 14 September 1999 | Norwich City | A | 4–0 | 11,160 | Peschisolido, Clark, Coote (own goal), Collins |
| R2 2nd Leg | 21 September 1999 | Norwich City | H | 2–0 | 5,246 | Hayles, Davis |
| R3 | 12 October 1999 | West Bromwich Albion | A | 2–1 | 10,556 | Peschisolido, Collymore |
| R4 | 1 December 1999 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 3–1 | 18,134 | Hayles, Horsfield, Collins |
| QF | 12 January 2000 | Leicester City | A | 3–3 a.e.t. (pen 0–3) | 13,576 | Peschisolido, Horsfield, Coleman |

## Players
### 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 | NIR | Maik Taylor |
| 2 | DF | IRL | Steve Finnan |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Rufus Brevett |
| 4 | DF | WAL | Andy Melville |
| 5 | DF | WAL | Chris Coleman |
| 6 | DF | WAL | Kit Symons |
| 7 | MF | WAL | Paul Trollope |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Lee Clark |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Geoff Horsfield |
| 10 | FW | CAN | Paul Peschisolido |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Steve Hayward |
| 12 | GK | USA | Marcus Hahnemann |
| 13 | FW | GER | Karl-Heinz Riedle |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Simon Morgan |
| 15 | FW | ENG | Barry Hayles |
| 16 | DF | WAL | Alan Neilson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Wayne Collins |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Kevin Ball |
| 19 | MF | DEN | Bjarne Goldbæk |
| 20 | DF | SUR | Gus Uhlenbeek |
| 21 | FW | ENG | Ian Selley |
| 22 | DF | SCO | Steve McAnespie |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Sean Davis |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Paul Brooker |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Ian McGuckin |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Kevin Betsy |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Zat Knight |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Luke Cornwall |
| 29 | DF | IRL | Terry Phelan |
| 30 | GK | ENG | Glyn Thompson |
| 31 | MF | USA | Eddie Lewis |

### 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 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | John Salako (to Charlton Athletic) |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Danny Cadamarteri (on loan from Everton) |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Neil Smith (to Reading) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Stan Collymore (on loan from Aston Villa) |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Stephen Hughes (on loan from Arsenal) |

### Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ENG | Mark Hudson |
| — | MF | ENG | Sammy Keevil |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | GHA | Elvis Hammond |