1999–2000 Eredivisie

Eredivisie

Season	1999–2000
Champions	PSV (15th title)
Promoted	FC Den Bosch
Relegated	MVV Cambuur Leeuw. FC Den Bosch
Champions League	PSV sc Heerenveen Feyenoord
UEFA Cup	Vitesse Arnhem Ajax Roda JC
Intertoto Cup	RKC Waalwijk
Goals scored	997
Average goals/game	3.25
Top goalscorer	Ruud van Nistelrooy PSV 29 goals
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1999–00 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.

League standings

Template:Fb cl header |- style="background: #90EE90;" |1 || align=left| PSV || 34 || 27 || 3 || 4 || 105 || 24 || 81 || 84 | rowspan="2"|Champions League |- style="background: #90EE90;" |2 || align=left| sc Heerenveen || 34 || 21 || 5 || 8 || 65 || 36 || 29|| 68 |- style="background: #CCFFCC" |3 || align=left| Feyenoord || 34 || 18 || 10 || 6 || 66 || 42 || 24 || 64 | Champions League: Third qualifying round |- style="background: #FFF000;" |4 || align=left| Vitesse Arnhem || 34 || 18 || 9 || 7 || 67 || 43 || 24 || 63 | rowspan="2"|UEFA Cup |- style="background: #FFF000;" |5 || align=left| Ajax || 34 || 18 || 7 || 9 || 72 || 51 || 21|| 61 |- |6 || align=left| FC Twente || 34 || 16 || 12 || 6 || 57 || 37 || 20|| 60 |- |7 || align=left| AZ || 34 || 17 || 4 || 13 || 69 || 59 || 10|| 55 |- style="background: #FFF000;" |8 || align=left| Roda JC ¹ || 34 || 16 || 7 || 11 || 62 || 53 || 9 || 55 | UEFA Cup |- |9 || align=left| Willem II || 34 || 13 || 9 || 12 || 55 || 65 || -10|| 48 |- |10 || align=left| FC Utrecht || 34 || 14 || 4 || 16 || 55 || 61 || -6|| 46 |- style="background: #BBEBFF;" |11 || align=left| RKC Waalwijk || 34 || 12 || 6 || 16 || 44 || 67 || -23 || 42 | Intertoto Cup: Third round |- |12 || align=left| Fortuna Sittard || 34 || 10 || 8 || 16 || 47 || 54 || -7|| 38 |- |13 || align=left| Sparta || 34 || 11 || 4 || 19 || 48 || 75 || -27|| 37 |- |14 || align=left| De Graafschap || 34 || 8 || 9 || 17 || 41 || 60 || -19|| 33 |- |15 || align=left| NEC || 34 || 7 || 6 || 21 || 35 || 62 || -27|| 27 |- style="background: #FFE6E6;" |16 || align=left| MVV || 34 || 6 || 7 || 21 || 38 || 68 || -30 || 25 | rowspan="2"|Relegated after losing the promotion/relegation play-offs² |- style="background: #FFE6E6;" |17 || align=left| Cambuur Leeuwarden || 34 || 6 || 7 || 21 || 35 || 66 || -31|| 25 |- style="background: #ffcccc;" |18 || align=left| FC Den Bosch || 34 || 4 || 11 || 19 || 36 || 74 || -38 || 23 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |}

¹ Winners KNVB Cup.

² MVV and Cambuur both relegated after losing their promotion/relegation play-offs.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

In the promotion/relegation competition, eight entrants (six from the Eerste Divisie and two from this league) entered in two groups. The group winners were promoted to (or remained in) the Eredivisie. Template:Fb cl header |- style="background: #90EE90;" ||1||align="left"|FC Groningen||6||5||1||0||19||7||12 ||16 | Promotion to Eredivisie |- ||2||align="left"|FC Emmen||6||2||2||2||8||10|| -2||8 |- style="background:#ffcccc;" ||3||align="left"|MVV||6||2||1||3||11||14|| -3 ||7 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |- ||4||align="left"|Heracles Almelo||6||1||1||4||10||17|| -7||4 |} Template:Fb cl header |- style="background: #90EE90;" ||1||align="left"|RBC Roosendaal||6||3||2||1||10||7|| 3 ||11 | Promotion to Eredivisie |- ||2||align="left"|FC Zwolle||6||3||1||2||14||7||7||10 |- ||3||align="left"|Excelsior||6||2||1||3||11||14|| -3||7 |- style="background:#ffcccc;" ||4||align="left"|Cambuur Leeuwarden||6||1||2||3||6||13|| -7 ||5 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |}

Top scorers

Goals	Player	Team
29	Ruud van Nistelrooy	PSV
25	Pierre van Hooijdonk	Vitesse Arnhem
19	Arnold Bruggink	PSV
	Luc Nilis	PSV
	Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink	Twente
18	John Bosman	AZ
	Anthony Lurling	Heerenveen
15	Julio Cruz	Feyenoord
	Richard Knopper	Ajax
	Bob Peeters	Roda JC

Source: worldfootball.net

See also

• 1999–2000 Eerste Divisie
• 1999–2000 KNVB Cup

References

• Eredivisie official website - info on all seasons (in Dutch)
• RSSSF