1999–2000 Derby County F.C. season

The 1999–2000 English football season was Derby County F.C.'s fourth consecutive season in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Derby County

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Lionel Pickering
Manager	Jim Smith
Stadium	Pride Park
Premier League	16th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	Delap (8)
Highest home attendance	33,378 (vs. Liverpool, 18 March)
Lowest home attendance	19,152 (vs. Swansea City, 22 September)
Average home league attendance	29,351
Home colours Away colours
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Season summary

After two successive top 10 finishes which gave promise a possible bid for a UEFA Cup place, Derby County endured their most difficult season in recent year as they finished 16th with a mere 38 points, just two places and five points clear of relegation.

Final league table

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
18	Wimbledon (R)	38	7	12	19	46	74	−28	33	Relegation to the Football League First Division

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	9	11	18	44	57	−13	38	6	3	10	22	25	−3	3	8	8	22	32	−10

Source: 1999–2000 FA Premier League table

Results by round

Round	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
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	D	L
Position	9	15	17	19	18	13	14	15	17	16	17	19	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Source: 11v11.com: 1999–2000 Derby County results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Derby County's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Leeds United	A	0–0	40,118
10 August 1999	Arsenal	H	1–2	25,901	Delap
14 August 1999	Middlesbrough	H	1–3	24,045	Burton
21 August 1999	Coventry City	A	0–2	17,685
25 August 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–0	20,943	Delap, Sturridge
28 August 1999	Everton	H	1–0	26,550	Fuertes
11 September 1999	Wimbledon	A	2–2	12,282	Carbonari, Johnson
18 September 1999	Sunderland	H	0–5	28,264
25 September 1999	Bradford City	H	0–1	31,305
4 October 1999	Southampton	A	3–3	14,208	Delap, Laursen, Beck
16 October 1999	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–1	29,815
25 October 1999	Newcastle United	A	0–2	35,614
30 October 1999	Chelsea	H	3–1	28,614	Burton, Delap (2)
6 November 1999	Liverpool	A	0–2	44,467
20 November 1999	Manchester United	H	1–2	33,370	Delap
28 November 1999	Arsenal	A	1–2	37,964	Sturridge
5 December 1999	Leeds United	H	0–1	29,455
18 December 1999	Leicester City	A	1–0	18,581	Powell
26 December 1999	Aston Villa	H	0–2	33,222
28 December 1999	West Ham United	A	1–1	24,998	Sturridge
3 January 2000	Watford	H	2–0	28,072	Strupar (2)
15 January 2000	Middlesbrough	A	4–1	32,745	Christie (2), Burton, Burley
22 January 2000	Coventry City	H	0–0	28,381
5 February 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3–3	30,100	Strupar, Burley, Hinchcliffe (own goal)
12 February 2000	Everton	A	1–2	33,268	Nimni
26 February 2000	Sunderland	A	1–1	41,940	Christie
4 March 2000	Wimbledon	H	4–0	28,384	Kinkladze, Christie, Sturridge, Burton
11 March 2000	Manchester United	A	1–3	61,619	Strupar
18 March 2000	Liverpool	H	0–2	33,378
25 March 2000	Aston Villa	A	0–2	28,613
2 April 2000	Leicester City	H	3–0	25,763	Burley, Delap, Sturridge
8 April 2000	Watford	A	0–0	16,579
15 April 2000	West Ham United	H	1–2	31,202	Sturridge
21 April 2000	Bradford City	A	4–4	18,276	Delap, Strupar, Burley (2 pens)
24 April 2000	Southampton	H	2–0	29,403	Powell, Christie
29 April 2000	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	33,044	Carbonari
6 May 2000	Newcastle United	H	0–0	32,724
14 May 2000	Chelsea	A	0–4	35,084

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	11 December 1999	Burnley	H	0–1	23,400

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	14 September 1999	Swansea City	A	0–0	6,260
R2 2nd Leg	22 September 1999	Swansea City	H	3–1 (won 3–1 on agg)	19,152	Fuertes, Sturridge, Borbokis
R3	13 October 1999	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–2	20,242	Beck

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

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 2 DF  ARG Horacio Carbonari 3 DF  GER Stefan Schnoor 4 MF  JAM Darryl Powell[notes 1] 5 DF  ENG Tony Dorigo[notes 2] 6 FW  ENG Lee Morris 7 MF  ENG Seth Johnson 8 FW  ENG Dean Sturridge 9 FW  JAM Deon Burton[notes 3] 10 MF  IRL Rory Delap[notes 4] 12 FW  ENG Malcolm Christie 14 MF  NOR Lars Bohinen 15 MF  ENG Marc Bridge-Wilkinson 16 DF  DEN Jacob Laursen 18 DF  ENG Richard Jackson 19 DF  ENG Steve Elliott

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  ARG Esteban Fuertes 21 GK  EST Mart Poom 23 MF  ENG Paul Boertien 24 GK  ENG Andy Oakes 25 FW  DEN Mikkel Beck 26 FW  ENG Marvin Robinson 27 MF  GEO Georgi Kinkladze 28 MF  ENG Adam Murray 29 MF  ITA Stefano Eranio 30 DF  ENG Danny Porter 31 DF  ENG Chris Riggott 32 GK  ENG Richard Knight 33 MF  SCO Craig Burley 35 FW  BEL Branko Strupar[notes 5]

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 1 GK  ENG Russell Hoult (to Portsmouth) 6 DF  CRO Igor Štimac (to West Ham United) 11 MF  SCO Kevin Harper[notes 6] (to Portsmouth) 13 MF  ISR Avi Nimni (on loan from Maccabi Tel Aviv)

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  ENG Spencer Prior (to Manchester City) 22 DF  GRE Vassilis Borbokis (to P.A.O.K.) 27 FW  ITA Francesco Baiano (to Ternana)

Reserve squad

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 34 GK  IRL Gerard Doherty 36 DF  ENG Wayne Adams 37 DF  ENG Ian Evatt 38 DF  WAL Karl Brown

No. Pos. Nation Player 39 MF  ENG Adam Bolder 40 MF  IRL Brendon Canning 41 FW  ENG Sinclair Le Geyt

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
18 May 1999	MF	Seth Johnson	Crewe Alexandra	£4,100,000
3 June 1999	GK	Andy Oakes	Hull City	£460,000
14 October 1999	FW	Lee Morris	Sheffield United	£3,000,000
25 November 1999	MF	Avi Nimni	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Loan
1 December 1999	MF	Craig Burley	Celtic	£3,000,000
17 December 1999	FW	Branko Strupar	Racing Genk	£3,000,000
27 March 2000	MF	Adam Bolder	Hull City	£113,000
19 April 2000	MF	Georgi Kinkladze	Ajax	£3,000,000

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
10 June 1999	GK	Tom Phillips	Hibernian	Free
10 June 1999	DF	Colin Morton	Hibernian	Free
15 June 1999	DF	James Wall	Hereford United	Free
16 July 1999	FW	Paulo Wanchope	West Ham United	£3,500,000
29 August 1999	DF	Igor Štimac	West Ham United	£600,000
11 November 1999	FW	Francesco Baiano	Ternana	Free
31 December 1999	DF	Vassilis Borbokis	P.A.O.K.	Free
1 March 2000	MF	Avi Nimni	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Loan Return
6 March 2000	MF	Kevin Harper	Portsmouth	£300,000
22 March 2000	DF	Spencer Prior	Manchester City	£500,000
23 March 2000	GK	Russell Hoult	Portsmouth	£300,000

Transfers in: £12,460,000

Transfers out: £4,900,000

Total spending: £7,560,000

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[3]

Considering a 3–5–2 formation^[4]

• GK: #21, Mart Poom, 29
• CB: #16, Jacob Laursen, 38
• CB: #2, Horacio Carbonari, 31 (#17, Spencer Prior, has 18 starts as a central defender)
• CB: #5, Tony Dorigo, 24 (#19, Steve Elliott, has 22 starts as a central and left defender)
• RM: #10, Rory Delap, 37
• CM: #4, Darryl Powell, 33
• CM: #7, Seth Johnson, 37
• CM: #29, Stefano Eranio, 18 (#33, Craig Burley, has 19 starts as a right and central midfielder)
• LM: #3, Stefan Schnoor, 22
• CF: #8, Dean Sturridge, 16
• CF: #9, Deon Burton, 15

Notes

1. Powell was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1998.
2. Dorigo was born in Adelaide, Australia, but also qualified to represent England internationally after obtaining citizenship and made his international debut for England in 1989.
3. Burton was born in Reading, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in September 1997.
4. Delap was born in Sutton Coldfield, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in March 1998.
5. Strupar was born in Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia) but became a naturalised Belgian citizen and made his international debut for Belgium in 1999.
6. Harper was born in Oldham, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.