1999–2000 French Division 1

The 1999–2000 Ligue 1 season (then called Division 1) was the 62nd since its establishment. AS Monaco won the French Association Football League with 65 points.

Division 1

Season	1999–2000
Dates	30 July 1999 – 13 May 2000
Champions	Monaco (7th title)
Relegated	Nancy Le Havre Montpellier
Matches played	306
Goals scored	787 (2.57 per match)
Best Player	Marcelo Gallardo
Top goalscorer	Sonny Anderson (23 goals)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Participating teams

• Auxerre
• Bastia
• Bordeaux
• Le Havre
• RC Lens
• Olympique Lyonnais
• Olympique de Marseille
• FC Metz
• AS Monaco
• Montpellier HSC
• AS Nancy
• FC Nantes Atlantique
• Paris Saint-Germain FC
• Stade Rennais FC
• AS Saint-Étienne
• Sedan
• RC Strasbourg
• Troyes AC

Auxerre

Bastia

Bordeaux

Le Havre

Lens      

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

AS Monaco

Montpellier

Nancy

Nantes

PSG

Rennes

St-Étienne

Sedan

Strasbourg

Troyes

Location of teams in 1999–2000 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Monaco (C)	34	20	5	9	69	38	+31	65	Qualification to Champions League first group stage
2	Paris Saint-Germain	34	16	10	8	54	40	+14	58
3	Lyon	34	16	8	10	45	42	+3	56	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Bordeaux	34	15	9	10	52	40	+12	54	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Lens	34	14	7	13	42	41	+1	49	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
6	Saint-Étienne	34	13	9	12	46	47	−1	48
7	Sedan	34	13	9	12	43	44	−1	48	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
8	Auxerre	34	13	8	13	37	39	−2	47
9	Strasbourg	34	13	7	14	42	52	−10	46
10	Bastia	34	11	12	11	43	39	+4	45
11	Metz	34	9	17	8	38	33	+5	44
12	Nantes	34	12	7	15	39	40	−1	43	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
13	Rennes	34	12	7	15	44	48	−4	43
14	Troyes	34	13	4	17	36	52	−16	43
15	Marseille	34	9	15	10	45	45	0	42
16	Nancy (R)	34	11	9	14	43	45	−2	42	Relegation to French Division 2
17	Le Havre (R)	34	9	7	18	30	52	−22	34
18	Montpellier (R)	34	7	10	17	39	50	−11	31

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Nantes was qualified for the 2000–01 UEFA Cup as winners of the 1999–2000 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in 2000–01 French Division 1

• Lille OSC: champion of Ligue 2
• EA Guingamp: runners-up
• Toulouse FC: third place

Results

Home \ Away	AUX	BAS	BOR	LHA	RCL	OL	OM	MET	ASM	MHS	NAL	NAN	PSG	REN	STE	SED	STR	TRO
Auxerre		3–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	2–1	3–1	0–1	0–1
Bastia	2–0		1–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	4–2	4–0	1–0	3–0	5–0
Bordeaux	1–0	3–2		3–0	1–2	1–3	2–1	0–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	4–0
Le Havre	0–0	2–2	3–0		1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–4	2–1	0–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–0
Lens	2–1	4–0	3–3	4–0		4–3	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	3–2	1–1	0–2	0–3	3–0	0–1
Lyon	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–0		2–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–3
Marseille	0–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–2	0–1		1–1	4–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	4–1	1–1	3–3	3–0	4–1	1–0
Metz	3–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	0–1	2–0		1–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	1–3	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–1
Monaco	2–0	4–0	1–0	5–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–2		1–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	3–0	3–0
Montpellier	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	0–1	2–3		1–0	3–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–2
Nancy	2–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–2	1–2		2–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–2	2–3	1–2
Nantes	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	6–1	0–0	1–3	0–3	3–0	2–0		0–4	3–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	3–0
Paris SG	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	4–1	2–2	0–2	2–1	0–3	3–0	1–1	0–0		1–0	2–0	3–2	4–2	1–0
Rennes	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–2	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–3	3–1	0–0	1–3		4–1	5–0	2–1	2–2
Saint-Étienne	0–0	1–1	1–2	3–3	0–2	1–1	5–1	2–0	3–1	5–4	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–0		2–3	0–1	1–0
Sedan	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	2–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–2		2–1	2–1
Strasbourg	1–3	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	4–2	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	3–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–1		2–0
Troyes	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–4	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–2	2–1

Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[1]
1	Sonny Anderson	Lyon	23
2	David Trezeguet	Monaco	22
3	Marco Simone	Monaco	21
4	Christian Corrêa Dionisio	Paris Saint-Germain	16
	Shabani Nonda	Rennes
6	Tony Cascarino	Nancy	15
	Alex	Saint-Étienne
8	Stéphane Guivarc'h	Auxerre	14
	Lilian Laslandes	Bordeaux
10	Sylvain Wiltord	Bordeaux	13
	Antoine Sibierski	Nantes

Player of the year

The trophy was awarded by the National Union of Professional Footballers to:

• Marcelo Gallardo, AS Monaco