1999–2000 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Charlton Athletic F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Charlton Athletic

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Richard Murray
Manager	Alan Curbishley
Stadium	The Valley
First Division	1st (promoted)
FA Cup	Sixth round
Worthington Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Hunt (24) All: Hunt (25)
Lowest home attendance	18,663 Walsall (6 November 1999)
Average home league attendance	19,558
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Season summary

Alan Curbishley and his Charlton side won the First Division title to regain promotion to the FA Carling Premiership for the 2000-2001 season at the first time of asking.

A key player in the previous season's unsuccessful bid to avoid relegation, Richard Rufus remained with the club and enjoyed a very productive season scoring six goals and helping Charlton to win the First Division title.

Final league table

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League § First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Charlton Athletic (C, P)	46	27	10	9	79	45	+34	91	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Manchester City (P)	46	26	11	9	78	40	+38	89
3	Ipswich Town (O, P)	46	25	12	9	71	42	+29	87	Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4	Barnsley	46	24	10	12	88	67	+21	82
5	Birmingham City	46	22	11	13	65	44	+21	77

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

Charlton Athletic's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	L	L
Position	1	4	9	11	8	9	5	2	6	9	9	8	9	6	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: WorldFootball.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Barnsley	H	3-1	19,268	Mendonca (3, 2 pens)
21 August 1999	Norwich City	H	1-0	19,623	Rufus
28 August 1999	Fulham	A	1-2	15,154	Melville (own goal)
11 September 1999	Bolton Wanderers	H	2-1	19,028	Stuart, Mendonca
18 September 1999	Sheffield United	A	2-1	13,216	Hunt (2)
25 September 1999	Tranmere Rovers	A	2-2	5,846	Mendonca (pen), Kinsella
28 September 1999	Stockport County	H	4-0	19,842	Hunt (3), Mendonca (pen)
2 October 1999	Birmingham City	H	1-0	19,753	Shields
16 October 1999	Portsmouth	A	2-0	14,812	Robinson, Salako
19 October 1999	Ipswich Town	A	2-4	17,940	Hunt (2)
23 October 1999	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-0	19,346
26 October 1999	Tranmere Rovers	H	3-2	19,491	Brown, Robinson, Rufus
30 October 1999	Birmingham City	A	0-1	19,172
2 November 1999	Crewe Alexandra	A	2-0	4,741	Stuart, Pringle
6 November 1999	Walsall	H	2-1	18,663	Hunt, Stuart
12 November 1999	Grimsby Town	A	5-2	6,849	Rufus (2), Mendonca, Hunt, Groves (own goal)
20 November 1999	Manchester City	H	0-1	20,043
23 November 1999	Swindon Town	A	2-1	6,515	Robinson, Newton
27 November 1999	Port Vale	H	2-2	19,266	Mendonca (2)
30 November 1999	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-2	18,939	Newton
4 December 1999	Barnsley	A	1-1	14,553	Jones
18 December 1999	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-0	14,709
26 December 1999	Crystal Palace	H	2-1	20,043	Salako, Pringle
28 December 1999	Huddersfield Town	A	2-1	17,415	Hunt, Robinson
3 January 2000	Nottingham Forest	H	3-0	19,787	Shields, Stuart, Hunt
11 January 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	3-2	18,464	Rufus, Pringle, Robinson
15 January 2000	Crewe Alexandra	H	1-0	19,125	Stuart
22 January 2000	Norwich City	A	3-0	15,642	Hunt (3)
5 February 2000	Stockport County	A	3-1	8,185	Hunt (3)
12 February 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2-0	20,043	Stuart, Brown
15 February 2000	Fulham	H	1-0	19,940	Robinson
26 February 2000	Sheffield United	H	1-0	19,249	Robinson
4 March 2000	Bolton Wanderers	A	2-0	15,000	Pringle, Hunt
7 March 2000	Walsall	A	4-2	6,227	Hunt (2), Kinsella (2)
11 March 2000	Swindon Town	H	0-1	19,569
19 March 2000	Manchester City	A	1-1	32,139	Robinson
22 March 2000	Grimsby Town	H	4-0	19,364	Newton, Svensson, Hunt, Tiler
25 March 2000	Crystal Palace	A	1-0	22,577	Kitson
31 March 2000	Queens Park Rangers	H	2-1	19,617	Newton, Parker
4 April 2000	Port Vale	A	2-2	4,513	Rufus, Hunt
8 April 2000	Nottingham Forest	A	1-1	20,922	Hunt
14 April 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	0-1	19,739
21 April 2000	Portsmouth	H	1-1	20,043	Stuart
24 April 2000	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-1	18,587	Svensson
29 April 2000	Ipswich Town	H	1-3	20,043	Hunt
7 May 2000	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-2	22,101

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	11 December 1999	Swindon Town	H	2-1	10,939	Kinsella (2)
R4	8 January 2000	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-0	16,798	MacDonald
R5	29 January 2000	Coventry City	A	3-2	23,400	Robinson, Newton, Hunt
QF	19 February 2000	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-1	20,131

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	14 September 1999	Bournemouth	H	0-0	10,346
R2 2nd Leg	21 September 1999	Bournemouth	A	0-0 (lost 1-3 on pens)	4,369

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IRL Dean Kiely[notes 1] 2 DF  ENG Anthony Barness 3 DF  ENG Chris Powell 4 MF  ENG Graham Stuart 5 DF  ENG Richard Rufus 6 DF  ENG Carl Tiler 7 MF  ENG Shaun Newton 8 MF  IRL Mark Kinsella 9 FW  ENG Andy Hunt 10 FW  ENG Clive Mendonca 11 MF  WAL John Robinson[notes 2] 12 DF  ENG Steve Brown 13 GK  SCG Sasa Ilic[notes 3] 14 FW  SWE Martin Pringle 15 DF  ENG Eddie Youds 16 DF  SCO Greg Shields 17 MF  ENG Scott Parker

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  ENG Paul Konchesky 19 DF  ENG Andy Todd 20 MF  ENG Keith Jones 22 GK  ENG Simon Royce 23 DF  ENG Anthony Allman 24 DF  ENG Jonathan Fortune 25 FW  ENG Leigh Hales 27 MF  ENG Kemal Izzet 28 DF  ENG Kevin James 29 FW  ENG Kevin Lisbie[notes 4] 30 FW  ENG Charlie MacDonald 31 FW  ENG Mark McCammon[notes 5] 32 GK  WAL Sam Turner 33 FW  SWE Mathias Svensson 34 MF  ENG John Salako[notes 6] 35 DF  BEL Steve Barbé (on loan from Molenbeek) 36 FW  ENG Paul Kitson (on loan from West Ham United)

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  ENG Steve Jones (to Bristol City) 21 MF  ENG Matty Holmes (released) 26 MF  ENG David Hockley (released)

No. Pos. Nation Player 33 GK  FIN Antti Niemi (on loan from Rangers) 33 DF  ARG Juan Cobián (to Aberdeen)