1999–2000 Valencia CF season
1999–00 season | |||
Manager | Héctor Cúper | ||
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La Liga | 3rd | ||
Champions League | Runners-up | ||
Copa del Rey | Second round | ||
Top goalscorer | Gaizka Mendieta (13) | ||
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During the 1999–2000 Spanish football season, Valencia competed in La Liga.
Season summary
Valencia CF emerged as a world football heavyweight after reaching the Champions League final. New coach Héctor Cúper focused heavily on making the defence invincible, although, despite the general perception of a much more defensive Valencia, they actually conceded the same amount of league goals as they had under previous coach Claudio Ranieri. Among the key players were playmaker Gaizka Mendieta (voted as the best midfielder in the Champions League), fellow midfielder Gerard, goalkeeper Santiago Cañizares, winger Javier Farinós and striker Claudio López, who was sold to Lazio at the end of the season. Lazio had been Valencia's opponents in the quarter-final of the Champions League, which resulted in a 5-2 victory for Valencia against the eventual Italian champions. Gerard was also sold, to the team that had nurtured him, Barcelona, for £15 million. Barcelona had been Valencia's opponents in the semi-finals, and had been crushed 4-1 away. A 2-1 defeat at the Camp Nou still saw Valencia progress to the final at Stade de France, where they came up against Real Madrid in the first ever all-Spanish final of the competition. Valencia's dreams were shattered by a clear 3-0 defeat.
Squad
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Left club during season
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Results
La Liga
- Valencia-Racing Santander 1-2
- 0-1 Miroslav Đukić
22' (o.g.)
- 0-2 Salva
65'
- 1-2 Gaizka Mendieta
75'
- Espanyol-Valencia 3-2
- 1-0 Benítez
10'
- 2-0 Enrique de Lucas
13'
- 2-1 Gaizka Mendieta
46' (pen.)
- 3-1 Martín Posse
52'
- 3-2 Juan Sánchez
90'
- Valencia-Alavés 0-2
- 0-1 Magno
84'
- 0-2 Martín Astudillo
90'
- Betis-Valencia 1-0
- 1-0 Oli
26'
- Valencia-Valladolid 0-0
- Real Madrid-Valencia 2-3
- 0-1 Gaizka Mendieta
11' (pen.)
- 0-2 Gerard
23'
- 0-3 Claudio López
39'
- 1-3 Fernando Morientes
46'
- 2-3 Fernando Morientes
65'
- Valencia-Numancia 4-0
- 1-0 Adrian Ilie
30'
- 2-0 Adrian Ilie
51'
- 3-0 Javier Farinós
68'
- 4-0 Javier Farinós
89'
- Athletic Bilbao-Valencia 1-0
- 1-0 Ismael Urzaiz
9'
- Valencia-Deportivo 2-0
- 1-0 Kily González
27'
- 2-0 Gerard
86'
- Málaga-Valencia 1-1
- 1-0 Edgar
27'
- 1-1 Claudio López
67'
- Mallorca-Valencia 1-1
- 1-0 Diego Tristán
50'
- Valencia-Barcelona 3-1
- 1-0 Claudio López
32'
- 2-0 Adrian Ilie
36'
- 2-1 Boudewijn Zenden
45'
- 3-1 Gerard
90'
- Real Oviedo-Valencia 0-0
- Valencia-Sevilla 2-0
- 1-0 Juan Sánchez
6'
- 2-0 Claudio López
70'
- Atlético Madrid-Valencia 1-2
- 0-1 Gaizka Mendieta
16'
- 1-1 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
28'
- 1-2 Juan Sánchez
54'
- Valencia-Rayo Vallecano 3-1
- 1-0 Juan Sánchez
12'
- 1-1 Luis Cembranos
70'
- 2-1 Juan Sánchez
75'
- 3-1 Gaizka Mendieta
90'
- Real Sociedad-Valencia 0-0
- Valencia-Celta Vigo 1-1
- 1-0 Gerard
6'
- 1-1 Velasco
49'
- Real Zaragoza-Valencia 4-2
- 0-1 Gaizka Mendieta
24' (pen.)
- 1-1 Juanele
26'
- 2-1 Savo Milošević
32'
- 3-1 Vladislav Radimov
58'
- 3-2 Gaizka Mendieta
66'
- 4-2 Juanele
68'
- Racing Santander-Valencia 1-1
- 0-1 Gaizka Mendieta
34' (pen.)
- 1-1 Salva
90' (pen.)
- Valencia-Espanyol 1-2
- 0-1 Benítez
15'
- 1-1 Kily González
29'
- 1-2 Arteaga
52'
- Alavés-Valencia 0-1
- 0-1 Javier Farinós
70' (pen.)
- Valencia-Betis 3-1
- 1-0 Adrian Ilie
2'
- 1-1 Iulian Filipescu
60'
- 2-1 Gaizka Mendieta
82' (pen.)
- 3-1 Javier Farinós
83'
- Valladolid-Valencia 0-0
- Valencia-Real Madrid 1-1
- 1-0 Adrian Ilie
35'
- 1-1 Guti
59'
- Numancia-Valencia 1-2
- 0-1 Gaizka Mendieta
4'
- 0-2 Claudio López
60'
- 1-2 Miguel Ángel Soria
77'
- Valencia-Athletic Bilbao 2-0
- 1-0 Óscar
83'
- 2-0 Claudio López
86'
- Deportivo-Valencia 2-0
- 1-0 Fran
24'
- 2-0 Flávio Conceição
50'
- Valencia-Málaga 2-2
- 1-0 Angulo
51'
- 1-1 Catanha
62'
- 2-1 Angulo
67'
- 2-2 Catanha
90' (pen.)
- Valencia-Mallorca 1-0
- 1-0 Jocelyn Angloma
49'
- Barcelona-Valencia 3-0
- 1-0 Winston Bogarde
63'
- 2-0 Patrick Kluivert
68'
- 3-0 Patrick Kluivert
90'
- Valencia-Real Oviedo 6-2
- 1-0 Claudio López
18'
- 2-0 Frédéric Danjou
30' (o.g.)
- 3-0 Claudio López
50'
- 4-0 Angulo
58'
- 5-0 Javier Farinós
61' (pen.)
- 5-1 Viktor Onopko
65'
- 6-1 Óscar
83'
- 6-2 Roberto Pompei
85'
- Sevilla-Valencia 1-2
- 0-1 Gaizka Mendieta
70'
- 1-1 Jesuli
78'
- 1-2 Marcelo Zalayeta
90' (o.g.)
- Valencia-Atlético Madrid 2-0
- 1-0 Claudio López
23'
- 2-0 Angulo
88'
- Rayo Vallecano-Valencia 1-3
- 0-1 Javier Farinós
11'
- 0-2 Gaizka Mendieta
36'
- 0-3 Óscar
82'
- 1-3 Bolo
86'
- Valencia-Real Sociedad 4-0
- 1-0 Angulo
18'
- 2-0 Claudio López
52'
- 3-0 Amedeo Carboni
79'
- 4-0 Gaizka Mendieta
89'
- Celta Vigo-Valencia 0-0
- Valencia-Real Zaragoza 2-1
- 0-1 Savo Milošević
5'
- 1-1 Gary Sundgren
59' (o.g.)
- 2-1 Claudio López
70'
Champions League
Third qualifying round
- Valencia 2-0 Hapoel Haifa
- Hapoel Haifa 0-2 Valencia
First group stage
14 September 1999 | Valencia ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
Estadio Mestalla, Valencia |
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Moore ![]() Kily González ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 31,524 Referee: Lubos Michel (Slovakia) |
22 September 1999 | PSV Eindhoven ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
Philips Stadion, Eindhoven |
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van Nistelrooy ![]() |
Report | C. López ![]() |
Attendance: 26,500 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway) |
29 September 1999 | Bayern Munich ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
Olympic Stadium, Munich |
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Élber ![]() |
Report | G. López ![]() |
Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy) |
20 October 1999 | Valencia ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
Estadio Mestalla, Valencia |
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Ilie ![]() |
Report | Effenberg ![]() |
Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden) |
26 October 1999 | Rangers ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow |
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Moore ![]() |
Report | Mendieta ![]() C. López ![]() |
Attendance: 50,063 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria) |
2 November 1999 | Valencia ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Estadio Mestalla, Valencia |
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López ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 26,266 Referee: Graham Barber (England) |
Second group stage
23 November 1999 | Valencia ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
Estadio Mestalla, Valencia |
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Farinós ![]() Ilie ![]() Kily González ![]() |
Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands) |
8 December 1999 | Manchester United ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
Old Trafford, Manchester |
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Keane ![]() Solskjær ![]() Scholes ![]() |
Attendance: 54,606 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) |
1 March 2000 | Fiorentina ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence |
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Mijatović ![]() |
Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany) |
7 March 2000 | Valencia ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
Estadio Mestalla, Valencia |
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Ilie ![]() Mendieta ![]() |
Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany) |
15 March 2000 | Bordeaux ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
Parc Lescure, Bordeaux |
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Wiltord ![]() |
Đukić ![]() Mendieta ![]() Kily González ![]() Sánchez ![]() |
Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria) |
21 March 2000 | Valencia ![]() |
0–0 | ![]() |
Estadio Mestalla, Valencia |
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Attendance: 40,419 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) |
Quarter-final
5 April 2000 | Valencia ![]() |
5–2 | ![]() |
Estadio Mestalla, Valencia |
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Angulo ![]() G. López ![]() C. López ![]() |
Inzaghi ![]() Salas ![]() |
Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) |
18 April 2000 | Lazio ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Stadio Olimpico, Rome |
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Verón ![]() |
Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands) |
Semi-final
2 May 2000 | Valencia ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
Estadio Mestalla, Valencia |
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Angulo ![]() Mendieta ![]() C. López ![]() |
Pellegrino ![]() |
Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland) |
10 May 2000 | Barcelona ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
Camp Nou, Barcelona |
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F. de Boer ![]() Cocu ![]() |
Mendieta ![]() |
Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal) |
Final
24 May 2000 | Real Madrid ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
Stade de France, Paris |
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20:45 | Morientes ![]() McManaman ![]() Raúl ![]() |
Attendance: 78,759 Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy) |
Top scorers
La Liga
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Gaizka Mendieta 13
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Claudio López 11
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Javier Farinós 6
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Juan Sánchez 5
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Angulo 5
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Adrian Ilie 5
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Óscar 4