# 1999–2000 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

The 1999–2000 season was the 96th season in the history of Bayer 04 Leverkusen and the club's 21st consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Leverkusen participated in this season's editions of the DFB-Pokal, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Cup.

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 % |
| Bundesliga | 13 August 1999 | 20 May 2000 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 74 | 36 | +38 | 061.76 |
| DFB-Pokal | 12 October 1999 | 12 October 1999 | Third round | Third round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| DFB-Ligapokal | 10 July 1999 | 13 July 1999 | Preliminary round | Semi-finals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 14 September 1999 | 2 November 1999 | First group stage | First group stage | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | +0 | 016.67 |
| UEFA Cup | 23 November 1999 | 9 December 1999 | Third round | Third round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 89 | 51 | +38 | 053.33 |
Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bayern Munich (C) | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 73 | 28 | +45 | 73 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 74 | 36 | +38 | 73 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 63 | 39 | +24 | 59 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | 1860 Munich | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 53 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 5 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 54 | 59 | −5 | 50 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: DFB

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lazio | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 14 | Advance to second group stage |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | Advance to second group stage |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Maribor | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 4 | |