1999–2000 Crystal Palace F.C. season

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

Crystal Palace

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Peter Morley
Manager	Steve Coppell
Stadium	Selhurst Park
First Division	15th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Morrison (12) All: Morrison (14)
Highest home attendance	22,577 vs. Charlton Athletic (25 March 2000)
Lowest home attendance	12,110 vs. Norwich City (23 November 1999)
Average home league attendance	15,662
Home colours
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Season summary

Crystal Palace finished in a secure 15th final place. At the end of the season, veteran defender Andy Linighan was voted the club's player of the season.

Final league table

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	12	19	57	68	−11	57
14	Nottingham Forest	46	14	14	18	53	55	−2	56
15	Crystal Palace	46	13	15	18	57	67	−10	54
16	Sheffield United	46	13	15	18	59	71	−12	54
17	Stockport County	46	13	15	18	55	67	−12	54

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

Crystal Palace's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–1	13,664	Rodger
14 August 1999	Barnsley	A	3–2	14,461	Rodger, Austin, Bradbury
21 August 1999	Swindon Town	H	1–2	12,726	Morrison
28 August 1999	Huddersfield Town	A	1–7	10,656	Linighan
4 September 1999	Sheffield United	A	1–3	11,886	Morrison
11 September 1999	Manchester City	A	1–2	31,541	Morrison
18 September 1999	Grimsby Town	H	3–0	13,294	Morrison, Mullins, Svensson
25 September 1999	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–0	13,219
28 September 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–1	12,720	Bradbury
2 October 1999	Portsmouth	H	4–0	15,221	Svensson, Carlisle, Fan, Mullins
16 October 1999	Birmingham City	A	0–2	21,582
20 October 1999	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–1	15,819	Mullins
23 October 1999	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–2	18,645	Svensson, Austin
26 October 1999	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–2	12,203
30 October 1999	Portsmouth	A	1–3	13,018	Linighan
6 November 1999	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–2	12,744
14 November 1999	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–0	15,861	McKenzie, Svensson, Mullins (pen)
20 November 1999	Port Vale	A	2–2	5,170	McKenzie, Svensson
23 November 1999	Norwich City	H	1–0	12,110	Svensson
27 November 1999	Nottingham Forest	H	2–0	15,920	McKenzie, Svensson
4 December 1999	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–2	4,923
7 December 1999	Ipswich Town	H	2–2	13,176	Svensson, Mowbray (own goal)
18 December 1999	Fulham	H	0–0	17,480
26 December 1999	Charlton Athletic	A	1–2	20,043	Martin
28 December 1999	Walsall	H	3–2	13,943	Svensson (pen), Carlisle, Mullins
3 January 2000	Stockport County	A	2–1	8,570	Mullins, Carlisle
15 January 2000	Barnsley	H	0–2	14,225
21 January 2000	Swindon Town	A	4–2	5,214	Morrison (2), Foster, Mullins (pen)
29 January 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	2–2	14,290	Mullins, Linighan
5 February 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–2	20,756	Martin
12 February 2000	Sheffield United	H	1–1	14,877	Morrison
19 February 2000	Nottingham Forest	A	0–2	16,421
26 February 2000	Grimsby Town	A	0–1	5,421
4 March 2000	Manchester City	H	1–1	21,052	Morrison
7 March 2000	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–0	15,236
11 March 2000	Norwich City	A	1–0	15,064	Morrison
18 March 2000	Port Vale	H	1–1	18,954	Rougier (own goal)
22 March 2000	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–0	12,842	Morrison
25 March 2000	Charlton Athletic	H	0–1	22,577
1 April 2000	Fulham	A	0–1	16,356
8 April 2000	Stockport County	H	3–3	16,646	McKenzie, Forssell (2)
15 April 2000	Walsall	A	2–2	6,323	Forssell, Mullins
22 April 2000	Birmingham City	H	0–2	17,144
25 April 2000	Ipswich Town	A	0–1	18,798
29 April 2000	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–1	18,272	Cole, Morrison
7 May 2000	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–1	8,891	Mullins, Morrison

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	10 December 1999	Cambridge United	A	0–2	5,631

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	10 August 1999	Colchester United	A	2–2	4,242	Smith, Rizzo
R1 2nd Leg	24 August 1999	Colchester United	H	3–1 (won 5–3 on agg)	5,471	Smith, Morrison, Rizzo
R2 1st Leg	14 September 1999	Leicester City	H	3–3	5,006	Morrison, Fan, Mullins
R2 2nd Leg	22 September 1999	Leicester City	A	2–4 (lost 5–7 on agg)	12,762	Thomson, Bradbury

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  ENG Jamie Smith 3 DF  ENG Andy Frampton 4 DF  ENG Dean Austin 6 DF  ENG David Woozley 7 DF  ENG Hayden Mullins 8 MF  CHN Fan Zhiyi 9 FW  FIN Mikael Forssell (on loan from Chelsea) 10 FW  IRL Clinton Morrison[notes 1] 11 MF  AUS Nicky Rizzo 12 MF  SCO Jamie Fullarton 13 GK  ENG Fraser Digby 14 MF  SCO Steven Thomson 15 MF  AUS Craig Foster 16 DF  ENG Ashley Cole (on loan from Arsenal) 17 DF  ENG Andy Linighan

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  NIR Wayne Carlisle 19 FW  ENG Leon McKenzie 20 FW  ENG Richard Harris 21 GK  ENG Matt Gregg 22 FW  WAL Andy Martin 23 MF  WAL Stephen Evans 24 DF  ENG Jimmy Hibburt 26 MF  IRL Stephen Hunt 27 MF  ENG Sean Hankin 28 FW  ENG Steve Kabba 29 FW  ENG Roscoe Dsane 30 MF  ENG Jon Boardman 31 MF  ENG Simon Rodger 32 GK  WAL Lee Kendall 33 FW  ENG Chris Sharpling

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 Kevin Miller (to Barnsley) 5 DF  ENG Dave Tuttle (to Barnsley) 9 FW  ENG Lee Bradbury (to Portsmouth) 16 FW  SWE Mathias Svensson (to Charlton Athletic) 25 MF  NIR Gareth Graham (to Brentford) 25 GK  AUS Steve Mautone (to Gillingham)

No. Pos. Nation Player 34 DF  BRA Fumaça (on loan from Catuense Futebol) 34 MF  VEN Fernando de Ornelas (to Real Zaragoza) 35 DF  IRL Terry Phelan[notes 2] (on loan from Everton) 36 DF  ENG David Lee (to Exeter City) 37 MF  IRL Brian Launders (to Sheffield United)