1999–2000 Belgian First Division

Template:Short description Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other The 1999–2000 season of the Jupiler League was held between August 6, 1999, and May 11, 2000. Sporting Anderlecht became champions.

Promoted teams

These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season:

• KV Mechelen (second division champions)
• Verbroedering Geel (playoff winner)

Relegated teams

These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season:

• Verbroedering Geel
• Lommel

Anderlecht's title success

Anderlecht became champions on April 21, 2000, after the defeat of rival Club Brugge at Herman Vanderpoortenstadion to Lierse 1-0 as, prior to these results, they were 7 points ahead of Brugge with 3 matches to go. The next day Anderlecht beat Racing Genk 4-1 and then Standard Liège 2-0.

Battle for Europe

Club Brugge and Gent qualified for the UEFA Cup.

The relegation dog fight

Charleroi avoided relegation with a controversial draw against Anderlecht on the last day of the season. Anderlecht were already champions and played with Enzo Scifo who had previously signed a deal with Charleroi. However, the result was irrelevant as Geel lost their last match to Club Brugge and were thus relegated with Lommel.

Top goal scorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Template:Flagicon Ole Martin Årst	30	Gent
Template:Flagicon Toni Brogno	30	Westerlo
Template:Flagicon Jan Koller	20	Anderlecht
Template:Flagicon David Paas	19	Harelbeke
Template:Flagicon Eric Van Meir	15	Lierse
Template:Flagicon Tomasz Radzinski	14	Anderlecht
Template:Flagicon Dante Brogno	14	Charleroi
Template:Flagicon Marcin Żewłakow	14	Mouscron
Template:Flagicon Pär Zetterberg	14	Anderlecht

See also

• 1999–2000 in Belgian football

References

• Template:In lang Sport.be website - Archive