1999–2000 Fulham F.C. season

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

Fulham

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Mohamed Al-Fayed
Manager	Paul Bracewell (until 29 March) Karl-Heinz Riedle/Roy Evans (caretakers from 29 March until end of season)
Stadium	Craven Cottage
First Division	9th
FA Cup	Fifth round
Worthington Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorer	League: Clark (7) All: Horsfield (14)
Average home league attendance	13,076
Home colours
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Season summary

Before the 1999-2000 season, Paul Bracewell was appointed as Fulham manager and despite them competing in the top half of Division One throughout the campaign, Bracewell was sacked on 30 March 2000 by millionaire owner Mohamed Al-Fayed after failing to provide instant success that was demanded from the owner who is desperate to see Fulham play Premiership football and Karl-Heinz Riedle along with assistant Roy Evans took over as caretaker managers on a temporary basis until the end of the season and they guided the Cottagers to a 9th-place finish.^[1] On 9 April 2000, the more experienced Jean Tigana was appointed as Bracewell's successor and took over in July.^[2]

Final league table

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League § First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	21	11	14	64	48	+16	74
8	Huddersfield Town	46	21	11	14	62	49	+13	74
9	Fulham	46	17	16	13	49	41	+8	67
10	Queens Park Rangers	46	16	18	12	62	53	+9	66
11	Blackburn Rovers	46	15	17	14	55	51	+4	62

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

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
46	17	16	13	49	41	+8	67	13	7	3	33	13	+20	4	9	10	16	28	−12

Source: Soccerbase: 1999-2000 Football League First Division 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	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	W
Position	11	14	16	10	8	6	5	3	2	2	3	4	3	5	8	4	6	8	8	6	6	6	7	7	9	8	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

Results

Fulham's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Birmingham City	A	2–2	24,042	Horsfield (2)
14 August 1999	Manchester City	H	0–0	16,754
21 August 1999	Grimsby Town	A	1–1	6,196	Finnan
28 August 1999	Charlton Athletic	H	2–1	15,154	Neilson, Peschisolido
30 August 1999	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–0	17,120
11 September 1999	Port Vale	A	2–0	6,130	Peschisolido, Coleman
18 September 1999	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–0	19,623	Peschisolido
25 September 1999	Crewe Alexandra	H	3–0	12,156	Horsfield, Hayles, Symons
2 October 1999	Norwich City	A	2–1	16,332	Riedle, Hayles
16 October 1999	Swindon Town	H	1–0	13,715	Horsfield
19 October 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–1	13,160
23 October 1999	Huddersfield Town	A	1–1	13,350	Gray (own goal)
26 October 1999	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–1	5,493	Coleman
30 October 1999	Norwich City	H	1–1	13,552	Symons
6 November 1999	Stockport County	A	1–2	7,200	Cadamarteri
9 November 1999	Portsmouth	H	1–0	13,229	Collins
13 November 1999	Barnsley	H	1–3	10,635	Riedle
20 November 1999	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–2	18,543
23 November 1999	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–1	9,642	Peschisolido (pen)
26 November 1999	Walsall	A	3–1	5,449	Riedle, Horsfield (2)
4 December 1999	Birmingham City	H	0–0	12,290
15 December 1999	Nottingham Forest	A	0–0	14,250
18 December 1999	Crystal Palace	A	0–0	17,480
26 December 1999	Ipswich Town	H	0–0	17,255
28 December 1999	Sheffield United	A	0–2	17,375
3 January 2000	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–0	11,377	Roberts (own goal)
16 January 2000	Manchester City	A	0–4	30,057
22 January 2000	Grimsby Town	H	0–1	10,802
5 February 2000	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–0	12,044	Riedle (pen)
12 February 2000	Portsmouth	A	1–0	17,337	Goldbæk
15 February 2000	Charlton Athletic	A	0–1	19,940
19 February 2000	Walsall	H	2–0	10,540	Phelan, Clark
28 February 2000	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–0	16,308
4 March 2000	Port Vale	H	3–1	10,418	Clark (2), Melville
7 March 2000	Stockport County	H	4–1	8,688	Hayles (2), Goldbæk, Finnan
11 March 2000	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–3	12,761	Clark
18 March 2000	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–2	15,108	Hayles, Riedle
21 March 2000	Barnsley	A	0–1	14,262
25 March 2000	Ipswich Town	A	0–1	20,168
1 April 2000	Crystal Palace	H	1–0	16,356	Horsfield
9 April 2000	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–1	7,132	Melville
15 April 2000	Sheffield United	H	4–0	12,197	Phelan, Clark (2), Melville
22 April 2000	Swindon Town	A	0–1	7,556
24 April 2000	Nottingham Forest	H	1–1	12,696	Coleman
30 April 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–3	19,912
7 May 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	3–0	13,728	Clark (2) (1 pen), Goldbæk

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	11 December 1999	Luton Town	H	2–2	8,251	Horsfield, Davis
R3R	21 December 1999	Luton Town	A	3–0	8,170	Hayles (2), Hayward
R4	8 January 2000	Wimbledon	H	3–0	16,177	Collins (2), Finnan
R5	29 January 2000	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–2	13,859	Coleman

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	10 August 1999	Northampton Town	A	2–1	4,415	Davis, Horsfield
R1 2nd Leg	24 August 1999	Northampton Town	H	3–1	5,515	Horsfield (3)
R2 1st Leg	14 September 1999	Norwich City	A	4–0	11,160	Peschisolido, Clark, Coote (own goal), Collins
R2 2nd Leg	21 September 1999	Norwich City	H	2–0	5,246	Hayles, Davis
R3	12 October 1999	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–1	10,556	Peschisolido, Collymore
R4	1 December 1999	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3–1	18,134	Hayles, Horsfield, Collins
QF	12 January 2000	Leicester City	A	3–3 a.e.t. (pen 0–3)	13,576	Peschisolido, Horsfield, Coleman

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[4]

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  NIR Maik Taylor[notes 1] 2 DF  IRL Steve Finnan 3 DF  ENG Rufus Brevett 4 DF  WAL Andy Melville 5 DF  WAL Chris Coleman 6 DF  WAL Kit Symons[notes 2] 7 MF  WAL Paul Trollope[notes 3] 8 MF  ENG Lee Clark 9 FW  ENG Geoff Horsfield 10 FW  CAN Paul Peschisolido 11 MF  ENG Steve Hayward 12 GK  USA Marcus Hahnemann 13 FW  GER Karl-Heinz Riedle 14 DF  ENG Simon Morgan 15 FW  ENG Barry Hayles[notes 4] 16 DF  WAL Alan Neilson[notes 5]

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  ENG Wayne Collins 18 MF  ENG Kevin Ball 19 MF  DEN Bjarne Goldbæk 20 DF  SUR Gus Uhlenbeek 21 FW  ENG Ian Selley 22 DF  SCO Steve McAnespie 23 MF  ENG Sean Davis 24 MF  ENG Paul Brooker 25 DF  ENG Ian McGuckin 26 MF  ENG Kevin Betsy[notes 6] 27 DF  ENG Zat Knight 28 FW  ENG Luke Cornwall 29 DF  IRL Terry Phelan[notes 7] 30 GK  ENG Glyn Thompson 31 MF  USA Eddie Lewis

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 18 MF  ENG John Salako[notes 8] (to Charlton Athletic) 18 FW  ENG Danny Cadamarteri (on loan from Everton) 19 MF  ENG Neil Smith (to Reading)

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 FW  ENG Stan Collymore (on loan from Aston Villa) 30 MF  ENG Stephen Hughes (on loan from Arsenal)

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 — DF  ENG Mark Hudson — MF  ENG Sammy Keevil

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  GHA Elvis Hammond