1999–2000 UEFA Cup

The 1999–2000 UEFA Cup season was the 29th edition of the UEFA Cup competition. The final took place at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen and was won by Galatasaray, who defeated Arsenal in the final. The game was scoreless through the first ninety minutes and stayed that way through thirty minutes of extra time. The match went on to penalty kicks in which Gheorghe Popescu scored the winning goal to win the cup. Galatasaray won the cup without losing a single game. The competition was marred by violence involving Turkish and English hooligans in the semi-finals and the final, in particular the fatal stabbings of Leeds United fans Kevin Speight and Christopher Loftus by Galatasaray fans in Istanbul.

Parma were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Werder Bremen in the fourth round. They entered in the first round due to elimination in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League.

It was the first season of the new format UEFA Cup; it had absorbed the now defunct Cup Winners' Cup to include domestic cup winners, and now featured an additional knockout round. This was the first year when the UEFA Cup winners qualified for the UEFA Super Cup. This season's champions also qualified for the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship, which was never held. So far, Galatasaray are the only UEFA Cup winners to qualify for a Club World Cup.

Association team allocation

A total of 142 teams from 49 UEFA associations participated in the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup. Associations are allocated places according to their 1999–2000 UEFA league coefficient.

Below is the qualification scheme for the 1999–00 UEFA Cup:

• Associations 1–6 each enter three teams
• Associations 7–8 each enter four teams
• Associations 9–15 each enter two teams
• Associations 16–21 each enter three teams
• Associations 22–50 each enter two teams, with the exception of Bosnia who didn't have a domestic league winner, as well as Liechtenstein and Andorra who enter with only one team each
• 3 winners of the Intertoto Cup
• 16 teams eliminated from the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round are transferred to the UEFA Cup
• 8 teams eliminated from the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League first group stage are transferred to the UEFA Cup

Association ranking

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 1 Template:Fba 59.640 3 +1 (UCL) +1 (IT) 2 Template:Fba 49.932 +2 (UCL) 3 Template:Fba 48.580 +1 (UCL) 4 Template:Fba 41.433 +1 (UCL) +1 (IT) 5 Template:Fba 35.916 6 Template:Fba 35.566 +1 (UCL) +1 (IT) 7 Template:Fba 31.266 4 8 Template:Fba 28.750 +2 (UCL) 9 Template:Fba 28.166 2 +1 (UCL) 10 Template:Fba 27.449 +1 (FP) 11 Template:Fba 27.250 +2 (UCL) 12 Template:Fba 26.866 +1 (UCL) 13 Template:Fba 26.166 14 Template:Fba 25.650 +1 (UCL) 15 Template:Fba 24.200 +2 (UCL) 16 Template:Fba 22.250 3 +1 (UCL) 17 Template:Fba 22.082 18 Template:Fba 22.000 +1 (UCL)

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 19 Template:Fba 21.083 3 +1 (UCL) 20 Template:Fba 21.000 21 Template:Fba 20.999 22 Template:Fba 20.750 2 23 Template:Fba 20.600 24 Template:Fba 20.333 25 Template:Fba 20.332 +1 (UCL) 26 Template:Fba 19.500 +1 (UCL) +1 (FP) 27 Template:Fba 16.749 +1 (UCL) 28 Template:Fba 15.998 29 Template:Fba 14.833 30 Template:Fba 13.666 31 Template:Fba 13.415 32 Template:Fba 11.498 +1 (UCL) 33 Template:Fba 10.499 34 Template:Fba 8.666 35 Template:Fba 7.333 36 Template:Fba 7.083 +1 (UCL) 37 Template:Fba 6.333 +1 (UCL)

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 38 Template:Fba 5.000 1 39 Template:Fba 4.999 2 +1 (FP) 40 Template:Fba 4.832 41 Template:Fba 4.665 42 Template:Fba 4.664 43 Template:Fba 3.999 44 Template:Fba 3.998 45 Template:Fba 2.833 46 Template:Fba 2.666 47 Template:Fba 2.333 48 Template:Fba 1.833 49 Template:Fba 0.000 0 50 Template:Fba 0.000 1 51 Template:Fba 0.000 0

Notes

• (UCL): Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League
• (IT): Additional teams from Intertoto Cup

Distribution

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round	Teams transferred from Champions League
Qualifying round (76 teams)	76 teams from associations 9–50
First round (96 teams)	39 teams from associations 1–21 3 teams from the Intertoto Cup	38 winners from the qualifying round	16 losing teams from Champions League qualifying
Second round (48 teams)		48 winners from the first round
Third round (32 teams)		24 winners from the second round	8 third placed teams from the Champions League first group stage
Fourth round (16 teams)		16 winners from the third round
Play-offs (8 teams)		8 winners from the fourth round play the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final

Redistribution rules

A UEFA Cup place is vacated when a team qualify for both the Champions League and the UEFA Cup, or qualify for the UEFA Cup by more than one method. When a place is vacated, it is redistributed within the national association by the following rules:

• When the domestic cup winners (considered as the "highest-placed" qualifier within the national association) also qualify for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place is vacated, and the remaining UEFA Cup qualifiers are moved up one place, with the final place (with the earliest starting round) taken by the domestic cup runners-up, provided they do not already qualify for the Champions League or the UEFA Cup. Otherwise, UEFA forgot to establish a rule, so each association decided how to assign this place.
• When the domestic cup winners also qualify for the UEFA Cup through league position, their place through the league position is vacated, and the UEFA Cup qualifiers which finish lower in the league are moved up one place, with the final place taken by the highest-placed league finisher which do not qualify for the UEFA Cup yet.
• A place vacated by the League Cup winners is taken by the highest-placed league finisher which do not qualify for the UEFA Cup yet.
• A Fair Play place is taken by the highest-ranked team in the domestic Fair Play table which do not qualify for the Champions League or UEFA Cup yet.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

• TH: Title holders
• CW: Cup winners
• CR: Cup runners-up
• LC: League Cup winners
• Nth: League position
• PO: End-of-season European competition play-off winners
• FP: Fair play
• IT: Intertoto Cup winners
• CL: Relegated from the Champions League
  • GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
  • Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round

Third round
Template:Fbaicon Bayer Leverkusen (CL GS)	Template:Fbaicon Arsenal (CL GS)	Template:Fbaicon Sturm Graz (CL GS)	Template:Fbaicon Galatasaray (CL GS)
Template:Fbaicon Borussia Dortmund (CL GS)	Template:Fbaicon Olympiacos (CL GS)	Template:Fbaicon Spartak Moscow (CL GS)	Template:Fbaicon Rangers (CL GS)
First round
Template:Fbaicon Roma (5th)	Template:Fbaicon Leeds United (4th)	Template:Fbaicon Osijek (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Rapid Wien (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Udinese (6th)	Template:Fbaicon Tottenham Hotspur (LC)	Template:Fbaicon Fenerbahçe (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon AaB (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Bologna (PO)	Template:Fbaicon Newcastle United (CR)	Template:Fbaicon AB (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Brøndby (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Werder Bremen (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Beira-Mar (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Lausanne-Sports (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Servette (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon 1. FC Kaiserslautern (5th)	Template:Fbaicon Benfica (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Karpaty Lviv (CR)	Template:Fbaicon Widzew Łódź (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon VfL Wolfsburg (6th)	Template:Fbaicon Sporting CP (4th)	Template:Fbaicon Amica Wronki (CW)	Template:Fbaicon MTK Hungária (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Celta Vigo (5th)	Template:Fbaicon Vitória de Setúbal (5th)	Template:Fbaicon Debrecen (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Anorthosis Famagusta (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Deportivo La Coruña (6th)	Template:Fbaicon Panathinaikos (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Lierse (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Hapoel Haifa (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Atlético Madrid (CR)	Template:Fbaicon PAOK (4th)	Template:Fbaicon Dukla Banská Bystrica (CR)	Template:Fbaicon Skonto (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Nantes (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Ionikos (5th)	Template:Fbaicon ParmaTH (CL Q3)	Template:Fbaicon Partizan (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Monaco (4th)	Template:Fbaicon Aris (6th)	Template:Fbaicon Mallorca (CL Q3)	Template:Fbaicon Zimbru Chișinău (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Lens (LC)	Template:Fbaicon Slavia Prague (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Lyon (CL Q3)	Template:Fbaicon Juventus (IC)
Template:Fbaicon Ajax (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Stabæk (CW)	Template:Fbaicon AEK Athens (CL Q3)	Template:Fbaicon Montpellier (IC)
Template:Fbaicon Vitesse (4th)	Template:Fbaicon LASK (CR)	Template:Fbaicon Teplice (CL Q3)	Template:Fbaicon West Ham United (IC)
Template:Fbaicon Roda JC (5th)	Template:Fbaicon Zenit Saint Petersburg (CW)
Qualifying round
Template:Fbaicon Sigma Olomouc (4th)	Template:Fbaicon Steaua București (CW)	Template:Fbaicon VPS (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Linfield (2nd)
Template:Fbaicon Viking (4th)	Template:Fbaicon Dinamo București (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Rīga (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Birkirkara (2nd)
Template:Fbaicon GAK (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Helsingborgs IF (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Liepājas Metalurgs (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Sliema Wanderers (3rd)
Template:Fbaicon Lokomotiv Moscow (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon IFK Göteborg (CR)	Template:Fbaicon CSKA Sofia (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Inter Cardiff (CW)
Template:Fbaicon Hajduk Split (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Torpedo Kutaisi (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Levski Sofia (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Cwmbrân Town (2nd)
Template:Fbaicon Ankaragücü (PO)	Template:Fbaicon Locomotive Tbilisi (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Vardar (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Bray Wanderers (CW)
Template:Fbaicon Lyngby (4th)	Template:Fbaicon APOEL (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Sileks (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Cork City (2nd)
Template:Fbaicon Grasshopper (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Omonia (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Kareda (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon KÍ (CW)
Template:Fbaicon Zürich (4th)	Template:Fbaicon Celtic (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Kaunas (CR)	Template:Fbaicon B36 (3rd)
Template:Fbaicon Shakhtar Donetsk (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon St Johnstone (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Red Star Belgrade (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Vllaznia (2nd)
Template:Fbaicon Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Hapoel Tel Aviv (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Vojvodina (4th)Template:Cref2	Template:Fbaicon Bylis (3rd)
Template:Fbaicon Legia Warsaw (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Maccabi Tel Aviv (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Sheriff Tiraspol (CW)	Template:Fbaicon F91 Dudelange (2nd)
Template:Fbaicon Lech Poznań (4th)Template:Cref2	Template:Fbaicon HIT Gorica (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Constructorul Chișinău (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Mondercange (CR)
Template:Fbaicon Ferencváros (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Olimpija Ljubljana (CR)	Template:Fbaicon Vaduz (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Neftçi (CW)
Template:Fbaicon Újpest (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Belshina Bobruisk (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Levadia Maardu (CW)Template:Cref2	Template:Fbaicon Shamkir (2nd)
Template:Fbaicon Club Brugge (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon BATE Borisov (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Lantana (3rd)Template:Cref2	Template:Fbaicon Principat (1st)
Template:Fbaicon Anderlecht (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon KR (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Shirak (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Bodø/Glimt (FP)
Template:Fbaicon Inter Bratislava (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Leiftur (CR)	Template:Fbaicon Yerevan (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Kilmarnock (FP)
Template:Fbaicon Spartak Trnava (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon HJK (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Portadown (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Viljandi Tulevik (FP)

Notes

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Thursdays apart from the final, which took place on a Wednesday, though exceptionally could take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts.

Schedule for 1999–2000 UEFA Cup

Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying round	30 June 1999	12 August 1999	26 August 1999
First round	27 August 1999	16 September 1999	30 September 1999
Second round	1 October 1999	21 October 1999	4 November 1999
Third round	5 November 1999	25 November 1999	9 December 1999
Fourth round	15 December 1999	2 March 2000	9 March 2000
Quarter-finals		16 March 2000	23 March 2000
Semi-finals	24 March 2000	6 April 2000	20 April 2000
Final		17 May 2000 at Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Qualifying round

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First round

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Second round

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Final phase

In the final phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

• In the draws for the third and fourth rounds, teams were seeded and divided into groups containing an equal number of seeded and unseeded teams. In each group, the seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the first team drawn hosting the first leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
• In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings and teams from the same association could be drawn against each other.

Bracket

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Third round

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Fourth round

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

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Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Template:Flagicon Darko Kovačević	Template:Fbaicon Juventus	10	720'
2	Template:Flagicon Marco Di Vaio	Template:Fbaicon Parma	7	460'
	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Template:Fbaicon Atlético Madrid		574'
	Template:Flagicon Thierry Henry	Template:Fbaicon Arsenal		592'
	Template:Flagicon Pascal Nouma	Template:Fbaicon Lens		875'
6	Template:Flagicon Benni McCarthy	Template:Fbaicon Celta Vigo	6	796'
	Template:Flagicon Hakan Şükür	Template:Fbaicon Galatasaray		833'

See also

• 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League
• 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup
• 2000 UEFA Cup semi-final violence

External links

• 1999–2000 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website
• Official Site
• Results at RSSSF.com
• All scorers 1999–2000 UEFA Cup according to (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers preliminary round
• 1999/2000 UEFA Cup – results and line-ups (archive)