1999–2000 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland

1999–2000 season

Chairman

Manager

Stadium

7th

Top goalscorer

League:
Kevin Phillips (30)
All:
Kevin Phillips (30)

Average home league attendance

40,495

Home colours

Away colours

← 1998–99

2000–01 →

During the 1999–2000 season, Sunderland participated in the FA Premier League.

1 Team kit and sponsors
2 Final league table
3 Results
4 Squad
- 4.1 Left club during the season
5 Reserve squad
6 Transfers
- 6.1 In
- 6.2 Out
7 References

Team kit and sponsors

This season was the first in which the club was sponsored by car dealership Reg Vardy, and the last in which ASICS made the club's kit.^[1]

Final league table

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Premier League

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Manchester United	38	28	7	3	97	45	+52	91
2	Arsenal	38	22	7	9	73	43	+30	73
3	Leeds United	38	21	6	11	58	43	+15	69
4	Liverpool	38	19	10	9	51	30	+21	67
5	Chelsea	38	18	11	9	53	34	+19	65
6	Aston Villa	38	15	13	10	46	35	+11	58
7	Sunderland	38	16	10	12	57	56	+1	58
8	Leicester City	38	16	7	15	55	55	0	55
9	West Ham United	38	15	10	13	52	53	−1	55
10	Tottenham Hotspur	38	15	8	15	57	49	+8	53
11	Newcastle United	38	14	10	14	63	54	+9	52
12	Middlesbrough	38	14	10	14	46	52	−6	52
13	Everton	38	12	14	12	59	49	+10	50
14	Coventry City	38	12	8	18	47	54	−7	44
15	Southampton	38	12	8	18	45	62	−17	44
16	Derby County	38	9	11	18	44	57	−13	38
17	Bradford City	38	9	9	20	38	68	−30	36
18	Wimbledon	38	7	12	19	46	74	−28	33
19	Sheffield Wednesday	38	8	7	23	38	70	−32	31
20	Watford	38	6	6	26	35	77	−42	24

Key
Qualified for the Champions League
Qualified for the UEFA Cup
Relegated to Division 1

Results

Sunderland's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Chelsea	A	0–4	34,831
10 August 1999	Watford	H	2–0	40,630	Phillips (2, 1 pen)
14 August 1999	Arsenal	H	0–0	41,680
21 August 1999	Leeds United	A	1–2	39,064	Phillips (pen)
25 August 1999	Newcastle United	A	2–1	36,600	Quinn, Phillips
29 August 1999	Coventry City	H	1–1	39,427	Phillips
11 September 1999	Leicester City	H	2–0	30,105	Butler, McCann
18 September 1999	Derby County	A	5–0	28,264	McCann, Phillips (3), Quinn
25 September 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–0	41,132	Schwarz
2 October 1999	Bradford City	A	4–0	18,204	Rae, Quinn, Phillips (2, 1 pen)
18 October 1999	Aston Villa	H	2–1	41,045	Phillips (2, 1 pen)
24 October 1999	West Ham United	A	1–1	26,022	Phillips
31 October 1999	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–1	41,904	Quinn (2)
6 November 1999	Middlesbrough	A	1–1	34,793	Reddy
20 November 1999	Liverpool	H	0–2	42,015
27 November 1999	Watford	A	3–2	21,590	Phillips (2), McCann
4 December 1999	Chelsea	H	4–1	41,377	Quinn (2), Phillips (2)
18 December 1999	Southampton	H	2–0	40,860	Phillips (2)
26 December 1999	Everton	A	0–5	40,017
28 December 1999	Manchester United	H	2–2	42,026	McCann, Quinn
3 January 2000	Wimbledon	A	0–1	17,621
15 January 2000	Arsenal	A	1–4	38,039	Quinn
23 January 2000	Leeds United	H	1–2	41,947	Phillips
5 February 2000	Newcastle United	H	2–2	42,192	Phillips (2)
12 February 2000	Coventry City	A	2–3	22,101	Phillips, Rae
26 February 2000	Derby County	H	1–1	41,940	Rae
5 March 2000	Leicester City	A	2–5	20,432	Phillips, Quinn
11 March 2000	Liverpool	A	1–1	44,693	Phillips (pen)
18 March 2000	Middlesbrough	H	1–1	42,013	Quinn
25 March 2000	Everton	H	2–1	41,934	Summerbee, Phillips
1 April 2000	Southampton	A	2–1	15,245	Quinn, Phillips (pen)
8 April 2000	Wimbledon	H	2–1	41,592	Quinn, Kilbane
15 April 2000	Manchester United	A	0–4	61,612
22 April 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–0	28,072	Phillips (2)
24 April 2000	Bradford City	H	0–1	40,628
29 April 2000	Aston Villa	A	1–1	33,949	Quinn
6 May 2000	West Ham United	H	1–0	41,684	Phillips
14 May 2000	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–3	36,070	Makin

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	11 December 1999	Portsmouth	H	1–0	26,535	McCann
R4	8 January 2000	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–1	15,469

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	14 September 1999	Walsall	H	3–2	14,388	Williams, Dichio, Barras (own goal)
R2 2nd Leg	21 September 1999	Walsall	A	5–0	5,109	Roy, Dichio (2), Fredgaard (2)
R3	12 October 1999	Wimbledon	A	2–3 (a.e.t.)	5,061	Dichio, Ball

Squad

[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Thomas Sorensen
2	DF	Chris Makin
3	DF	Michael Gray
4	MF	Kevin Kilbane
5	DF	Steve Bould (captain)
6	DF	Paul Butler
7	MF	Nicky Summerbee
8	DF	Thomas Helmer
9	FW	Niall Quinn
10	FW	Kevin Phillips
12	FW	Danny Dichio
13	GK	Andy Marriott
14	DF	Darren Holloway
15	MF	Carsten Fredgaard
16	MF	Alex Rae

No.	Position	Player
17	DF	Jody Craddock
18	DF	Darren Williams
19	MF	Paul Thirlwell
20	MF	Stefan Schwarz
21	MF	Gavin McCann
22	MF	Neil Wainwright
23	MF	Chris Lumsdon
25	DF	Mark Maley
27	MF	Thomas Butler
28	MF	John Oster
29	MF	Éric Roy
31	FW	Michael Reddy
32	MF	Brendan McGill
33	FW	Milton Nunez

Left club during the season

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
4		MF	Kevin Ball (to Fulham)

No.		Position	Player
30		FW	Marcus di Giuseppe (to Walsall)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
11	MF	Allan Johnston
24	MF	Sam Aiston
26	FW	Michael Proctor

No.		Position	Player
34		DF	George McCartney
35		MF	David Duke

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
1 June 1999	MF	Carsten Fredgaard	Lyngby	£1,700,000
2 July 1999	DF	Steve Bould	Arsenal	£500,000
7 July 1999	DF	Thomas Helmer	Bayern Munich	Free
29 July 1999	MF	Stefan Schwarz	Valencia	£4,000,000
December 1999	MF	Kevin Kilbane	West Bromwich Albion	£2,500,000

Out

Pos	Name	To	Fee
FW	Michael Bridges	Leeds United	£5,000,000
MF	Lee Clark	Fulham	£3,000,000
DF	Andy Melville	Fulham	Free
MF	Kevin Ball	Fulham	Free

References

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FA competitions

FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds
Final)
Charity Shield
FA Trophy (Final)

Premier League and
Football League

Premier League
Football League (First Division
Second Division
Third Division)
League Cup (Final)
Football League Trophy (Final)
Play-offs (First Division Final
Second Division Final
Third Division Final)

Football Conference

Football Conference
Conference League Cup

Lower leagues

Isthmian League
Northern Premier League
Southern Football League

European competitions

Related to national team

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Bradford City Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Ham United Wimbledon

First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Charlton Athletic Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Fulham Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Manchester City Norwich City Nottingham Forest Port Vale Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Stockport County Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Bournemouth Blackpool Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Burnley Bury Cambridge United Cardiff City Chesterfield Colchester United Gillingham Luton Town Millwall Notts County Oldham Athletic Oxford United Preston North End Reading Scunthorpe United Stoke City Wigan Athletic Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers

Third Division	Barnet Brighton & Hove Albion Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Chester City Darlington Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hull City Leyton Orient Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Rochdale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swansea City Torquay United York City

Football Conference	Altrincham Doncaster Rovers Dover Athletic Forest Green Rovers Hayes Hednesford Town Hereford United Kettering Town Kidderminster Harriers Kingstonian Morecambe Northwich Victoria Nuneaton Borough Rushden & Diamonds Scarborough Southport Stevenage Borough Sutton United Telford United Welling United Woking

Others	Newport County

List of transfers

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