# 1999–2000 Leicester City F.C. season

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

## Season summary

Leicester City achieved their highest league finish in 24 years by coming eighth in the final table, as well as reaching their third League Cup final in four years. They triumphed for the second time under Martin O'Neill and the third time in their history, beating Tranmere Rovers 2–1 at Wembley. O'Neill then left the club after accepting the offer to manage Celtic. In came former England under 21 coach Peter Taylor as his successor.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 46 | 35 | +11 | 58 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round |
| 7 | Sunderland | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 58 | |
| 8 | Leicester City | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 55 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 9 | West Ham United | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 55 | |
| 10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 53 | |
* ↑ Leicester City qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: 1999-2000 FA Premier League 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 14 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 |

## Results

Leicester City's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### League Cup
## 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 |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Tim Flowers |
| 3 | DF | JAM | Frank Sinclair |
| 4 | DF | NIR | Gerry Taggart |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Steve Walsh |
| 6 | MF | TUR | Muzzy Izzet |
| 7 | MF | NIR | Neil Lennon |
| 8 | FW | ENG | Stan Collymore |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Darren Eadie |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Steve Guppy |
| 13 | FW | ISL | Arnar Gunnlaugsson |
| 14 | MF | WAL | Robbie Savage |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Phil Gilchrist |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Stuart Campbell |
| 18 | DF | SCO | Matt Elliott (captain) |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Robert Ullathorne |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Ian Marshall |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Graham Fenton |
| 22 | GK | GLP | Pegguy Arphexad |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Andrew Impey |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Stuart Wilson |
| 27 | FW | ENG | Tony Cottee |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Lawrie Dudfield |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Stefan Oakes |
| 30 | GK | ENG | Michael Price |
| 32 | GK | ENG | John Hodges |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Danny Thomas |
| 37 | MF | GRE | Theodoros Zagorakis |
| 38 | DF | ENG | Tommy Goodwin |
| 45 | MF | NIR | Tim McCann |
| 46 | DF | ENG | Jordan Stewart |

### 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 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Emile Heskey (to Liverpool) |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Stuart Campbell (on loan to Birmingham City) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 34 | GK | NIR | Alan Fettis (on loan from Blackburn Rovers) |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Scott Taylor (to Wolverhampton Wanderers) |

### 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 |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Guy Branston |
| 17 | FW | ARG | Fernando Pasquinelli |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Matt Piper |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Matthew Nurse |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Alex Mortimer |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Carl Bacon |

## Statistics

    Players with squad numbers struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
    Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Leicester.

### Appearances, goals and cards

    (Starting appearances + substitute appearances)
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Tim Flowers | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 36+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Frank Sinclair | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Gerry Taggart | 30+1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 | 42+2 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Steve Walsh | 5+6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 10+8 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Muzzy Izzet | 32 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Neil Lennon | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | Stan Collymore | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 9† | FW | Emile Heskey | 23 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 35 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Darren Eadie | 15+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Steve Guppy | 29+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 36+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Arnar Gunnlaugsson | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Robbie Savage | 35 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Phil Gilchrist | 17+10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 25+11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Stuart Campbell | 1+3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Matt Elliott | 37 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Ian Marshall | 2+19 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 3 | 5+21 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Graham Fenton | 1+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+4 | 1 | 1+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Pegguy Arphexad | 9+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Andrew Impey | 28+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 35+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Stuart Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Tony Cottee | 30+3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 35+3 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Lawrie Dudfield | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Stefan Oakes | 15+7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 25+7 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Danny Thomas | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Theodoros Zagorakis | 6+11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 13+15 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | Tommy Goodwin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | Jordan Stewart | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Name | From | Fee |
| 30 July 1999 | GK | Tim Flowers | Blackburn Rovers | £1,100,000 |
| 10 August 1999 | DF | Phil Gilchrist | Oxford United | £500,000 |
| 10 December 1999 | MF | Darren Eadie | Norwich City | £3,000,000 |
| 10 February 2000 | FW | Stan Collymore | Aston Villa | Free |
| 23 March 2000 | FW | Fernando Pasquinelli | Boca Juniors | Loan |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Name | To | Fee |
| 27 July 1999 | GK | Kasey Keller | Rayo Vallecano | Free transfer |
| 8 October 1999 | MF | Scott Taylor | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Free transfer |
| 18 November 1999 | DF | Guy Branston | Rotherham United | £50,000 |
| 10 March 2000 | FW | Emile Heskey | Liverpool | £11,000,000 |
    Transfers in: £4,600,000
    Transfers out: £11,050,000
    Total spending: £6,450,000