1999–2000 Arsenal F.C. season

The 1999–2000 season was the 102nd season of competitive football played by Arsenal. The club ended the campaign second in the league, 18 points behind Manchester United. Arsenal exited both domestic cup competitions on penalties, being eliminated by Leicester City in a FA Cup fourth round replay and by Middlesbrough at the same stage of the Football League Cup. For the second consecutive season Arsenal failed to progress past the group stage of the UEFA Champions League; a third-place finish, however, earnt them a consolation place in the UEFA Cup. Arsenal eventually reached the final to play Galatasaray in Copenhagen – the match was overshadowed by altercations between both sets of supporters. Arsenal lost 4–1 on penalties after a goalless draw.

Arsenal

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Peter Hill-Wood
Manager	Arsène Wenger
Stadium	Highbury
Premier League	2nd
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fourth round
FA Charity Shield	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Thierry Henry (17) All: Thierry Henry (26)
Highest home attendance	73,336 vs Fiorentina (27 October 1999)
Lowest home attendance	15,239 vs Preston North End (12 October 1999)
Average home league attendance	38,033 (in all competitions)[1]
Home colours Away colours

A number of signings were made by Arsenal in the summer transfer window, namely defenders Sylvinho and Oleh Luzhny, and striker Thierry Henry, who joined from Juventus on a club record fee. Davor Šuker departed Real Madrid to sign for Arsenal, following Nicolas Anelka's move in the opposite direction. Steve Bould left Arsenal to play for Sunderland, while Stephen Hughes signed for Everton in the spring.

Inconsistent performances in the league, particularly away from home, meant Arsenal never posed a serious threat to Manchester United, the reigning champions. Midfielder Patrick Vieira was suspended from playing for much of late autumn after a confrontation with West Ham United player Neil Ruddock. In October, Arsenal notably staged a comeback against Chelsea, with Nwankwo Kanu scoring a hat-trick in the final 15 minutes of the game. A run of eight straight wins between March and May propelled Arsenal from fifth to second and the team finished on 73 points.

Background

Arsenal ended the previous season as runners-up to Manchester United in the Premier League. The club made an indifferent start to the campaign as reigning league champions and failed to progress past the group stages of the UEFA Champions League. After defeat to Aston Villa in December 1998, Arsenal embarked on a 19 match unbeaten run (21 in all competitions) to climb up the league table. The run in all competitions ended against Manchester United in a FA Cup semi-final replay. In April Arsenal moved to the top of the Premier League after beating Middlesbrough 6–1, albeit having played a match more than Manchester United. A 3–1 away win against Tottenham Hotspur put Arsenal three points clear as United lost to Liverpool on the same night. Going into the final two matches of the season, both clubs were on the same points, but Arsenal's defeat to Leeds United all but ended their chances of retaining the title.[2]

At the start of the 1999–2000 season, Arsenal ended its long-standing kit sponsorship with JVC.[3] The club signed a three-year deal with SEGA as replacement, worth £10 million.[4] The SEGA Dreamcast name was carried on the home kit, while SEGA was embroidered on the new yellow away kit.[4]

Transfers

Frenchman Rémi Garde retired from career football at the end of the 1998–99 season.[5] Kaba Diawara left Arsenal six months after joining to sign for Marseille. Defender Steve Bould moved to Sunderland for an estimated fee of £500,000, which ended his 11-year association with Arsenal. The player felt it was the "right decision" as he wanted first-team football.[6]

In May 1999, Nicolas Anelka stated his desire to leave Arsenal and cited the English media as a reason for wanting to leave the club as they caused him "enormous problems on a personal level".[7] Lazio was interested in signing the player, but the Italian club refused to pay Arsenal's asking price of £23 million.[8] After Real Madrid reopened negotiations with Arsenal and Anelka, a deal was finally reached on 1 August 1999 and the player signed for the club, the next day.[8] Arsenal sought to strengthen the squad's attacking options first by signing Davor Šuker from Real Madrid; the player was prepared to take a pay cut to join the club.[9] The club then signed Juventus forward Thierry Henry for a club record fee of £11 million.[10] Wenger, who served as the player's mentor at Monaco, believed his best position was as a goalscorer: "He was the top scorer in the Under-17s for France when I first had him and I think that, as well as having the qualities of youth, pace and power, he is a good finisher. That is something he has not worked on enough in the last two years because he has played more wide, but I think he can become a central striker again. That is what we will try to develop together."[10]

Other additions to the squad included Sylvinho and Oleh Luzhny.[11] Striker Luís Boa Morte moved to Southampton in August 1999, while midfielder Stephen Hughes completed his transfer to Everton in March 2000.[12]

In

Striker Davor Šuker left Real Madrid and signed for Arsenal in August 1999.

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Ref
22	DF	Oleh Luzhny	Dynamo Kyiv	£1,800,000	28 May 1999	[13]
	DF	Moritz Volz	Schalke 04	Undisclosed	1 June 1999	[14]
19	MF	Stefan Malz	1860 Munich	£650,000	24 June 1999	[15]
16	DF	Sylvinho	Corinthians	£4,000,000	30 June 1999	[16]
9	FW	Davor Šuker	Real Madrid	£3,500,000	2 August 1999	[17]
14	FW	Thierry Henry	Juventus	£11,000,000	3 August 1999	[18]

Out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Ref
27	FW	Kaba Diawara	Marseille	Undisclosed	1 June 1999	[19]
26	FW	Fabián Caballero	Tembetary	Undisclosed	9 June 1999	[20]
19	MF	Rémi Garde	Retired		9 June 1999	[5]
5	DF	Steve Bould	Sunderland	£500,000	2 July 1999	[21]
	DF	Jason Crowe	Portsmouth	Free	7 July 1999	[22]
	MF	Michael Black	Tranmere Rovers	Free	8 July 1999	[23]
9	FW	Nicolas Anelka	Real Madrid	£23,500,000	4 August 1999	[24]
21	MF	Luís Boa Morte	Southampton	Undisclosed	26 August 1999	[12]
	MF	Omer Riza	West Ham United	Undisclosed	8 December 1999	[25]
	MF	Stephen Hughes	Everton	Undisclosed	7 March 2000	[26]

Loan out

No.	Position	Player	Loaned to	Loan commenced	Loan expired	Ref
23	MF	Alberto Méndez	SpVgg Unterhaching	6 October 1999	End of the season	[27]
	GK	Stuart Taylor	Bristol Rovers	24 September 1999	October 1999	[28]
22	MF	David Grondin	Saint-Étienne	1 August 1999	End of the season	[29]
	DF	Brian McGovern	Queens Park Rangers	4 January 2000	April 2000	[30]

Pre-season and friendlies

In preparation for the forthcoming season, Arsenal played a series of friendlies. In England, they travelled away to play Boreham Wood, and Notts County, before travelling to France to play Saint-Étienne and AS Monaco.

9 July 1999 Friendly	Boreham Wood	1–6	Arsenal	Borehamwood
		Report	?' (?) Wreh  ?' (?) Lincoln  ?' Barrett  ?' Pennant	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 3,892

17 July 1999 Friendly	Notts County	1–2	Arsenal	Nottingham
		Report	?' Wreh  ?' Ljungberg	Stadium: Meadow Lane

24 July 1999 Friendly	Saint-Étienne	2–2	Arsenal	Saint-Étienne
		Report	?' Ljungberg  ?' Kanu	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

26 July 1999 Friendly	Monaco	1–1	Arsenal	Clermont-Ferrand[31]
		Report	?'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied

Lee Dixon Testimonial

The club also staged a testimonial for defender Lee Dixon once the season commenced against Real Madrid.[32]

8 November 1999 Lee Dixon testimonial	Arsenal	3–1	Real Madrid	London
	Vieira  12' Bergkamp  41' Malz  71'	Report	73' Karembeu	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 22,486

FA Charity Shield

The 1999 edition of the FA Charity Shield was contested between Manchester United and Arsenal. The game took place at Wembley Stadium on 1 August.[33] Manchester United went ahead seven minutes before the end of the first half, but late goals from Kanu and Ray Parlour gave Arsenal victory in the match.[33] Wenger believed the result showed that his team were "ready for the season" and thought it was "...psychologically important to beat United, especially after the great run they have had".[33]

Premier League

August–October

"At a Stamford Bridge saturated by drama, he worked his magic when Arsenal looked dead and buried. Despair turned into delirium for the visiting supporters. With 15 minutes left they trailed 2–0 to a Chelsea team who hadn't conceded at home all season. Arsène Wenger feared for his season and what happened next aged him 10 years, he wheezed afterwards."

Amy Lawrence's account of Kanu's impact against Chelsea in The Observer, 24 October 1999.[34]

Arsenal began the league season with a home fixture against Leicester City. Henry started the match on the substitutes' bench along with Overmars and Upson, while Šuker was absent as he was unfit.[35] After a quiet first half, Leicester scored the opening goal when Neil Lennon's intervention prompted striker Tony Cottee to "gleefully pounce from inside the six-yard box".[35] Dennis Bergkamp equalised for Arsenal in the 65th minute and with time running out, the home team scored the winner in unexpected circumstances. Defender Frank Sinclair headed the ball into the back of his team's goal net, after Leicester failed to deal with a corner.[35] Three days later, Emmanuel Petit and Bergkamp scored in Arsenal's win against Derby County; the team's performance was described by Wenger as "more resilient than brilliant".[36] Arsenal drew 0–0 with newly promoted Sunderland on 14 August 1999, in a match where Petit and Bergkamp both suffered injuries.[37] A week after the team faced Manchester United at Highbury. It was billed as "the world's first live interactive match", allowing viewers of Sky Digital access to statistics and alternative camera angles.[38] United midfielder Roy Keane scored twice to overturn Arsenal's 41st-minute lead and inflict the home team's first defeat since December 1997.[39] Arsenal recovered three days later to defeat Bradford City by two goals to nil, but lost to Liverpool at Anfield in their final game of August.[40][41]

September saw Arsenal win all of their league matches. At home to Aston Villa, Šuker scored his first goals for the club and earnt the praise of his manager Wenger: "He is just obsessed by goals. You feel when he is inside the box he hits the target."[42] Away to Southampton, it was the other signing Henry who scored his first goal for Arsenal. The player, on as a substitute, received the ball from Tony Adams and with his back to goal "some 20 yards out", turned and curled it past goalkeeper Paul Jones.[43] Henry later admitted his failure to score for Arsenal before then was getting him down: "My goal today was very important for me. I have missed at least 14 or 15 chances for Arsenal and my confidence was low."[44] Kanu scored the only goal of the match against Watford, which moved Arsenal in third position, two points behind leaders Manchester United.[45][46]

Arsenal faced West Ham United in the first weekend of October. Dixon, Nigel Winterburn and Overmars were rested for the match, replaced by Oleh Luzhny, Slyvinho and Davor Šuker.[47] In spite of general dominance from Arsenal, West Ham striker Paolo di Canio scored in each half to win his team the match.[48] Patrick Vieira was dismissed during play for a foul on Di Canio. A confrontation soon after occurred between the player and Neil Ruddock.[48] Vieira was subsequently charged, banned for six matches and fined a record £45,000 by The Football Association.[49] Šuker scored twice against Everton at Highbury on 16 October 1999.[50] Arsenal then travelled to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea. Goals from Tore André Flo and Dan Petrescu seemed to have given the home side victory, before Kanu scored a hat-trick in the space of 15 minutes.[34] His first involved extending his legs and stabbing the ball past goalkeeper Ed de Goey, once it fell kindly in his direction.[34] The equaliser came in the 83rd minute: Kanu received the ball from Overmars, which took him away from goal but hit the ball to the left of De Goey’s dive.[34] In injury time Kanu, in the downpour, chased down the ball and dribbled past the stranded Chelsea goalkeeper on the byline, before curling the ball over Frank Leboeuf and into the far corner of the goal net.[34] Kanu's teammate Šuker described the third goal as "beautiful", while Bergkamp added: "The skills he has got, the moves he makes, are something you like to watch and learn from. I watch him in training and it is a joy."[51] The month ended with a goalless draw at home to Newcastle United, which left Arsenal fourth, three points behind league leaders Leeds United.[52][53]

November–February

Arsenal's first fixture of November was the North London derby against Tottenham Hotspur. After 20 minutes, Tottenham were 2–0 up after goals from Steffen Iversen and Tim Sherwood.[54] Vieira scored for Arsenal from a header, but there were no further goals in the game.[54] In the second half Ljungberg was sent off, as was Keown in stoppage time, to reduce Arsenal to nine men.[54] The team responded with a 5–1 win against Middlesbrough, in which Overmars scored three goals.[55] Arsenal then came from behind to beat Derby County on 28 November 1999; they ended the month in third, three points behind Leeds United in first.[56][57]

Gilles Grimandi, Dixon and Overmars scored a goal apiece in Arsenal's victory at Leicester City in early December.[58] Matthew Upson was forced to come off the pitch before the half-hour mark, after suffering a knee injury.[58] Arsenal only managed a draw against Wimbledon on 18 December 1999; Henry's second half goal cancelled out Wimbledon's opener – a cross by Marcus Gayle met Carl Cort, whose shot hit goalkeeper Alex Manninger's left leg and went in.[59] The poor form over Christmas continued: Arsenal lost 3–2 to Coventry City on Boxing Day.[60] Rob Hughes of The Times noted his concerns about Arsenal's defence, which: "...conceded 17 goals last season but now, at the halfway stage, [...] have already let in 20", but did go on to add "there was nothing lacking in the tenacity of Arsenal."[60] Vieira made his return for the match against league leaders Leeds United, who were eight points in front of Arsenal.[61] Wenger reshuffled the defence, dropping Dixon and Winterburn for Luzhny and Sylvinho, while Grimandi replaced Keown who was injured.[62] Ljungberg and Henry scored for Arsenal in their 2–0 win to put the team third at the end of 1999.[62][63] Adams suggested after the Leeds match that his opponents' inexperience and thin squad would jeopardise their chances of winning the league: "They are still involved in the UEFA Cup and the FA Cup as well. So come February time they will start to feel that pressure – and you don't know what it is like until you have been through it."[64]

On 3 January 2000, Arsenal played Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough and were held to a 1–1 draw.[65] Two concerns for Arsenal were Overmars' ankle injury sustained during the match and the absence of Kanu, who left to represent his country in the African Nations Cup.[65] Arsenal recorded a 4–1 win against Sunderland to move level on points with Manchester United in second, though the champions had three games in hand.[66] The first was against Arsenal at Old Trafford on 24 January 2000. Wenger selected five midfielders in his starting team, as injuries limited his forward options.[67] Arsenal began the match the better of the two teams and led 1–0 after 11 minutes, after good play from Ljungberg.[67] United as the game went on looked "fresher", with substitute Teddy Sheringham equalising in the second half.[67]

February saw Arsenal's title challenge take a turn for the worse, with consecutive defeats. The first came at Valley Parade, away to Bradford City.[68] Striker Dean Saunders scored the match winner in the 57th minute, which marked Arsenal's fifth defeat in a dozen away league games.[68] The team then lost to Liverpool at home a week later, who moved into third place.[69] Wenger said it "had been a very bad week" for Arsenal, and noted "qualification for third place [was] not over … it's still possible if we get our players back in the right shape".[70] The month ended with a 3–1 win against Southampton, in which Bergkamp and Kanu returned to the starting line-up.[71]

March–May

Arsenal and Leeds United players after observing a minute's silence, April 2000.

Dixon's late goal earnt Arsenal a point against Aston Villa on 5 March 2000.[72] The team, without Adams, Keown and Overmars, lost to Middlesbrough a week later.[73] Wenger conceded afterwards his team were paying for their participation in the UEFA Cup, as "…the recovery time is too short. We only had two and a half days, which is not enough, especially when you are travelling".[73] Arsenal beat their rivals Tottenham a week later.[74] Henry, Grimandi and Kanu each scored in Arsenal's 3–0 victory against Coventry City.[75] After 30 games, Arsenal were in fourth position, two points behind Liverpool in third and 13 away from leaders Manchester United.[76]

Arsenal and Sheffield Wednesday players in action, May 2000.

In spite of playing the second half against Wimbledon with ten men after the dismissal of Luzhny, Arsenal defeated their London rivals by three goals to one.[77] Before the game away to Leeds United on 16 April 2000, both clubs observed a minute's silence to honour the two Leeds fans who were murdered in Istanbul.[78] Wenger and his players then presented bouquets of flowers to their counterparts. Arsenal went ahead in the 21st minute – Henry beat defender Jonathan Woodgate for pace and scored his 20th goal of the season.[79] Further goals by Keown, Kanu and Overmars resulted in a 4–0 win and lifted Arsenal above Leeds into third, with a better goal difference.[79] Arsenal beat Watford and continued their strong finish to the season with a 1–0 win at Everton to move into second place.[80][81] Wenger believed Manchester United, who retained their status as champions in April, had benefited from the league being "organised" in their favour: "They had a winter break. They didn't play in the FA Cup. It was all wrong from the start. The break was good for them because at the same time we dropped points and so did the other teams. So when they came back they had the psychological advantage."[82]

Petit scored a 90th-minute winner for Arsenal against West Ham United and a further win against Chelsea ensured Arsenal finished second, as Leeds and Liverpool failed to win their respective matches. Arsenal played out a 3–3 draw against Sheffield Wednesday, which relegated their opponents in the process.[83] Arsenal ended their league campaign against Newcastle United at St James' Park. Wenger rested several first-team players to prioritise the 2000 UEFA Cup Final the following week.[84] Arsenal lost 4–2, with Newcastle striker Alan Shearer notably scoring the 300th goal of his career.[85]

Match results

7 August 1999 1	Arsenal	2–1	Leicester City	London
15:00 BST	Bergkamp  65' Sinclair  90' (o.g.)	Report	57' Cottee	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,026 Referee: Alan Wilkie

10 August 1999 2	Derby County	1–2	Arsenal	Derby
20:00 BST	Delap  45'	Report	40' Petit  47' Bergkamp	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 25,901 Referee: Stephen Lodge

14 August 1999 3	Sunderland	0–0	Arsenal	Sunderland
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,680 Referee: Uriah Rennie

22 August 1999 4	Arsenal	1–2	Manchester United	London
16:00 BST	Ljungberg  41'	Report	58', 88' Keane	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,147 Referee: Graham Poll

25 August 1999 5	Arsenal	2–0	Bradford City	London
19:45 BST	Vieira  8' Kanu  17' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,073 Referee: Alan Wiley

28 August 1999 6	Liverpool	2–0	Arsenal	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Fowler  8' Berger  76'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,886 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

11 September 1999 7	Arsenal	3–1	Aston Villa	London
15:00 BST	Šuker  45', 49' Kanu  82'	Report	44' Joachim	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,093 Referee: David Elleray

18 September 1999 8	Southampton	0–1	Arsenal	Southampton
15:00 BST		Report	79' Henry	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 15,242 Referee: Graham Barber

25 September 1999 9	Arsenal	1–0	Watford	London
15:00 BST	Kanu  86'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,127 Referee: Paul Durkin

3 October 1999 10	West Ham United	2–1	Arsenal	London
16:00 BST	Di Canio  29', 72'	Report	77' Šuker	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 26,009 Referee: Mike Reed

16 October 1999 11	Arsenal	4–1	Everton	London
15:00 BST	Dixon  40' Šuker  54', 61' Kanu  90'	Report	16' Collins	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,042 Referee: Steve Dunn

23 October 1999 12	Chelsea	2–3	Arsenal	London
15:00 BST	Flo  38' Petrescu  52'	Report	75', 83', 90' Kanu	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 34,958 Referee: Alan Wilkie

30 October 1999 13	Arsenal	0–0	Newcastle United	London
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,106 Referee: Peter Jones

7 November 1999 14	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Arsenal	London
16:00 GMT	Iversen  7' Sherwood  20'	Report	38' Vieira	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,085 Referee: David Elleray

20 November 1999 15	Arsenal	5–1	Middlesbrough	London
15:00 GMT	Overmars  26', 61', 78' Bergkamp  40', 49'	Report	68' Ricard	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,082 Referee: Neale Barry

28 November 1999 16	Arsenal	2–1	Derby County	London
16:00 GMT	Henry  11', 51'	Report	2' Sturridge	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 37,964 Referee: Andy D'Urso

4 December 1999 17	Leicester City	0–3	Arsenal	Leicester
11:30 GMT		Report	23' Grimandi  53' Dixon  75' Overmars	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 20,495 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

18 December 1999 18	Arsenal	1–1	Wimbledon	London
15:00 GMT	Henry  61'	Report	7' Cort	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,052 Referee: Graham Barber

26 December 1999 19	Coventry City	3–2	Arsenal	Coventry
17:30 GMT	McAllister  6' Hadji  40' Keane  71'	Report	67' Ljungberg  86' Šuker	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 22,757 Referee: Rob Harris

28 December 1999 20	Arsenal	2–0	Leeds United	London
15:00 GMT	Ljunberg  32' Henry  58'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,096 Referee: Graham Poll

3 January 2000 21	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	Arsenal	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Sibon  56'	Report	40' Petit	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 26,155 Referee: Mike Reed

15 January 2000 22	Arsenal	4–1	Sunderland	London
15:00 GMT	Henry  3', 81' Šuker  28', 33'	Report	49' Quinn	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,039 Referee: Paul Alcock

24 January 2000 23	Manchester United	1–1	Arsenal	Manchester
20:00 GMT	Sheringham  73'	Report	11' Ljungberg	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 58,293 Referee: Mike Reed

5 February 2000 24	Bradford City	2–1	Arsenal	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Windass  10' Saunders  57'	Report	13' Henry	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 18,276 Referee: Andy D'Urso

13 February 2000 25	Arsenal	0–1	Liverpool	London
16:00 GMT		Report	18' Camara	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,098 Referee: Steve Dunn

26 February 2000 26	Arsenal	3–1	Southampton	London
15:00 GMT	Ljungberg  22', 69' Bergkamp  36'	Report	51' Richards	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,044 Referee: Jeff Winter

5 March 2000 27	Aston Villa	1–1	Arsenal	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Walker  63'	Report	84' Dixon	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 36,930 Referee: Graham Poll

12 March 2000 28	Middlesbrough	2–1	Arsenal	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Ince  48' Ricard  63'	Report	70' Bergkamp	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 34,244 Referee: Rob Harris

19 March 2000 29	Arsenal	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	London
15:00 GMT	Armstrong  20' (o.g.) Henry  45' (pen.)	Report	31' Armstrong	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,131 Referee: Paul Durkin

26 March 2000 30	Arsenal	3–0	Coventry City	London
16:00 BST	Henry  50' Grimandi  79' Kanu  80'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,027 Referee: Barry Knight

1 April 2000 31	Wimbledon	1–3	Arsenal	London
15:00 BST	Lund  12'	Report	33', 41' Kanu  89' (pen.) Henry	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,858 Referee: Uriah Rennie

16 April 2000 32	Leeds United	0–4	Arsenal	Leeds
16:00 BST		Report	21' Henry  70' Keown  82' Kanu  90' Overmars	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 39,307 Referee: Steve Dunn

23 April 2000 33	Watford	2–3	Arsenal	Watford
15:00 BST	Helguson  58' Hyde  60'	Report	18', 45' Henry  43' Parlour	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,670 Referee: Rob Harris

29 April 2000 34	Everton	0–1	Arsenal	Liverpool
15:00 BST		Report	34' Overmars	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 35,919 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

2 May 2000 35	Arsenal	2–1	West Ham United	London
19:45 BST	Overmars  69' Petit  90'	Report	40' Di Canio	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,093 Referee: Paul Durkin

6 May 2000 36	Arsenal	2–1	Chelsea	London
15:00 BST	Henry  21', 48'	Report	79' Poyet	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,119 Referee: Mike Reed

9 May 2000 37	Arsenal	3–3	Sheffield Wednesday	London
19:45 BST	Dixon  34' Sylvinho  78' Henry  79'	Report	58' Sibon  60' De Bilde  70' Quinn	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 37,271 Referee: Jeff Winter

14 May 2000 38	Newcastle United	4–2	Arsenal	Newcastle upon Tyne
16:00 BST	Speed  6', 59' Shearer  23' Griffin  63'	Report	7' Kanu  53' Malz	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,450 Referee: Graham Poll

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	38	28	7	3	97	45	+52	91	Qualification for the Champions League first group stage
2	Arsenal	38	22	7	9	73	43	+30	73
3	Leeds United	38	21	6	11	58	43	+15	69	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Liverpool	38	19	10	9	51	30	+21	67	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
5	Chelsea	38	18	11	9	53	34	+19	65

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

1. Chelsea qualified for the UEFA Cup as FA Cup winners.

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	22	7	9	73	43	+30	73	14	3	2	42	17	+25	8	4	7	31	26	+5

Source: [86]

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	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	A
Result	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L
Position	3	1	2	8	3	6	5	2	3	5	2	3	3	4	3	3	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2

Source: [87]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Cup

Arsenal entered the competition in the third round, by virtue of their Premier League status. Their opening match was a 3–1 win against Second Division Blackpool, where Grimandi, Adams and Overmars got themselves on the scoresheet.[88] In the fourth round, Arsenal faced Leicester City at Highbury. The match ended goalless, meaning a replay was staged at Filbert Street.[89] With neither side able to score in the 90 minutes and extra time, the game was settled on penalties. Leicester goalkeeper Pegguy Arphexad blocked Dixon and Grimandi's spot-kicks to help his side win.[90] Wenger said he was "upset" with the loss, adding "the most important thing is the championship and we have to concentrate on it."[90]

13 December 1999 Third round	Arsenal	3–1	Blackpool	London
15:00 GMT	Grimandi  24' Adams  65' Overmars  90'	Report	Clarkson  39'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 34,143 Referee: Uriah Rennie (Sheffield)

9 January 2000 Fourth round	Arsenal	0–0	Leicester City	London
16:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 35,710 Referee: Mike Riley (West Yorkshire)

19 January 2000 Fourth round replay	Leicester City	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Arsenal	Leicester
19:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 15,235 Referee: Mike Riley (West Yorkshire)
	Penalties
	Gunnlaugsson Savage Fenton Elliott Oakes Campbell Heskey		Šuker Dixon Hughes Parlour Henry Vieira Grimandi

Football League Cup

Together with the other clubs playing in European competitions, Arsenal entered the Football League Cup in the third round. The team were drawn to face First Division Preston North End, on the week of 11 October 1999. Kanu and Stefan Malz scored a goal apiece to ensure Arsenal progressed into the fourth round, where they played Middlesbrough away.[91] The team exited the competition on penalties, after a score draw.[92]

12 October 1999 Third round	Arsenal	2–1	Preston North End	London
19:45	Kanu  31' Malz  61'	Report	Macken  38'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 15,239 Referee: Terry Heilbron (County Durham)

30 November 1999 Fourth round	Middlesbrough	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Arsenal	Middlesbrough
19:45	Ricard  8', 83' (pen.)	Report	Henry  38' Šuker  80'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 23,157 Referee: Mike Riley (West Yorkshire)
	Penalties
	Ricard Ziege Gascoigne		Šuker Vivas Upson Sylvinho

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Finishing second in Premier League the previous season ensured Arsenal's qualification into the UEFA Champions League. For the second season running, Arsenal played their home matches at Wembley Stadium. The club were drawn in Group B, along with Italian club Fiorentina, Barcelona of Spain and Sweden's AIK.[93] In the opening match against Fiorentina, Arsenal dominated possession and created the better chances of the game, but earnt no more than a point after Kanu's late penalty miss.[94] The team defeated AIK at Wembley a week after and drew with Barcelona at the Camp Nou.[95][96] In the reverse fixture, Barcelona defeated Arsenal 4–2 and Wenger rued afterwards: "The defence did not have a good day. They were exposed and didn't get any protection."[97] Arsenal progressed no further in competition after the team were beaten by Fiorentina; Gabriel Batistuta scored the only goal of the match.[98] Overmars scored twice in Arsenal's final group game away to AIK.[99]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Barcelona	6	4	2	0	19	9	+10	14	Advance to second group stage
2	Fiorentina	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	9
3	Arsenal	6	2	2	2	9	9	0	8	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	AIK	6	0	1	5	4	16	−12	1

Source: UEFA

14 September 1999 1	Fiorentina	0–0	Arsenal	Florence, Italy
20:45 CET		Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 33,903 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

22 September 1999 2	Arsenal	3–1	AIK	London, England
20:45	Ljungberg  28' Henry  90+1' Šuker  90+3'	Report	Nordin  53'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 71,227 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

29 September 1999 3	Barcelona	1–1	Arsenal	Barcelona, Spain
20:45	Luis Enrique  16'	Report	Kanu  81'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 87,574 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

19 October 1999 4	Arsenal	2–4	Barcelona	London, England
20:45	Bergkamp  44' Overmars  85'	Report	Rivaldo  15' (pen.) Luis Enrique  16' Figo  56' Cocu  70'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 73,091 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

27 October 1999 5	Arsenal	0–1	Fiorentina	London, England
20:45		Report	Batistuta  75'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 73,336 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

2 November 1999 6	AIK	2–3	Arsenal	Solna, Sweden
20:45	A. Andersson  41', 68'	Report	Overmars  17', 52' Šuker  56'	Stadium: Råsunda Stadium Attendance: 33,005 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)

UEFA Cup

As Arsenal finished third in their Champions League group, they entered the UEFA Cup. Wenger said he intended to take the competition seriously given the team's poor UEFA coefficient.[100] Arsenal played their home games at Highbury instead of Wembley.[100]

Knockout stages

Third round

Arsenal faced French club Nantes and won the first leg 3–0; Winterburn scored the pick of the three – "a rare but brilliantly struck goal".[101] The team drew the second leg 3–3, though it was enough to see them progress on aggregate score.[102]

25 November 1999 First leg	Arsenal	3–0	Nantes	London
20:00	Overmars  13' (pen.) Winterburn  81' Bergkamp  90'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 36,618 Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)

9 December 1999 Second leg	Nantes	3–3 (3–6 agg.)	Arsenal	Nantes
20:45	Sibierski  12', 57' Vahirua  77'	Report	Grimandi  25' Henry  31' Overmars  42'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

Fourth round

At home to Deportivo La Coruña, Arsenal opened the scoring in the fifth minute through Dixon and further goals from Henry, Kanu and Bergkamp ensured it was the club's first victory over Spanish opposition in Europe.[103] Although the team were defeated in the second leg, Arsenal won 6–3 on aggregate.[104]

2 March 2000 First leg	Arsenal	5–1	Deportivo La Coruña	London
20:00	Dixon  5' Henry  30', 67' Kanu  78' Bergkamp  83'	Report	Djalminha  55'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 37,837 Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

9 March 2000 Second leg	Deportivo La Coruña	2–1 (3–6 agg.)	Arsenal	A Coruña
21:00	Víctor  68' Pérez  90'	Report	Henry  63'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey)

Quarter-finals

Against Werder Bremen, Arsenal won the first leg 2–0 with goals from Henry and Ljungberg.[105] Parlour scored a hat-trick in the return leg – the first of his career.[106]

16 March 2000 First leg	Arsenal	2–0	Werder Bremen	London
20:00	Henry  21' Ljungberg  77'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,009 Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

23 March 2000 Second leg	Werder Bremen	2–4 (2–6 agg.)	Arsenal	Bremen
20:30	Bode  41' Bogdanović  60'	Report	Parlour  8', 25', 70' Henry  59'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Semi-finals

Arsenal faced French club Lens in the final four and won the first leg by a solitary goal, scored by Bergkamp in the second minute.[107] Victory in the second leg ensured passage to the final. Wenger commented afterwards: "People say we should not have come into this competition, but we have not got the final the easy way – we have played 14 games to get this far."[108]

6 April 2000 First leg	Arsenal	1–0	Lens	London
20:00	Bergkamp  2'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,102 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

20 April 2000 Second leg	Lens	1–2 (1–3 agg.)	Arsenal	Lens
20:45	Nouma  73'	Report	Henry  41' Kanu  87'	Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert Attendance: 41,043 Referee: José García-Aranda (Spain)

Final

In the lead up to the final against Galatasaray in Copenhagen, scuffles took place between British and Turkish supporters at City Hall Square after an Arsenal fan was stabbed.[109] The incident, dubbed the "Battle of Copenhagen" by the media led to 19 civilians injured and 60 arrests.[110] The match itself was a lacklustre affair; neither side scored after 90 minutes and in extra time Gheorghe Hagi was sent off.[111] It was decided on penalties and Arsenal lost after Šuker and Patrick Vieira missed their spot-kicks.[111] Wenger was disappointed with the manner of the defeat and criticised Spanish referee Antonio López Nieto for not tossing a coin to decide where the shoot-out would take place like UEFA promised him.[112]

17 May 2000 Final	Galatasaray	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	Arsenal	Copenhagen
20:45		Report		Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 38,919 Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)
	Penalties
	Penbe Şükür Davala Popescu		Šuker Parlour Vieira

Player statistics

Arsenal used a total of 32 players during the 1999–2000 season and there were 15 different goalscorers. There were also six squad members who did not make a first-team appearance in the campaign. Kanu featured in 50 matches whereas Vieira started the most games for Arsenal – 47 in total.

The team scored a total of 106 goals in all competitions. The highest goalscorer was Henry, with 26 goals, followed by Kanu who scored 17 goals. Six Arsenal players were sent off during the season: Vieira, Keown, Henry, Grimandi (twice) and Luzhny.

Key

No. = Squad number Pos = Playing position Nat. = Nationality Apps = Appearances

GK = Goalkeeper DF = Defender MF = Midfielder FW = Forward

= Yellow cards = Red cards

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. Players with number struck through and marked left the club during the playing season.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Charity Shield		Europe		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	David Seaman	24	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	9	0	36	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Lee Dixon	28	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	13	1	45	5	8	0
3	DF	ENG	Nigel Winterburn	19 (9)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	9 (1)	1	30 (10)	1	3	0
4	MF	FRA	Patrick Vieira	30 (1)	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	14	0	47 (1)	2	14	1
5	DF	ENG	Martin Keown	27	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	9	0	39	1	13	1
6	DF	ENG	Tony Adams	21	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	11	0	33	1	5	0
7	DF	ARG	Nelson Vivas	(4)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1 (3)	0	2 (7)	0	3	0
8	MF	SWE	Freddie Ljungberg	22 (4)	6	2	0	0	0	1	0	11 (3)	2	36 (7)	8	5	1
9	FW	CRO	Davor Šuker	8 (14)	8	3	0	1	1	0	0	3 (10)	2	15 (24)	11	8	0
10	FW	NED	Dennis Bergkamp	23 (5)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	4	34 (5)	10	8	0
11	MF	NED	Marc Overmars	22 (9)	7	1	1	(1)	0	0	0	11 (3)	5	33 (13)	13	2	0
12	FW	LBR	Christopher Wreh	0	0	0	0	(1)	0	0	0	0	0	(1)	0	0	0
13	GK	AUT	Alex Manninger	14 (1)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	6	0	23 (1)	0	1	0
14	FW	FRA	Thierry Henry	26 (5)	17	3	0	2	1	0	0	7 (5)	8	38 (10)	26	7	1
15	MF	ENG	Ray Parlour	29 (1)	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	9 (2)	3	42 (3)	5	5	0
16	DF	BRA	Sylvinho	23 (8)	1	3	0	2	0	1	0	7 (2)	0	36 (10)	1	6	0
17	MF	FRA	Emmanuel Petit	24 (2)	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	9 (1)	0	37 (3)	3	8	0
18	DF	FRA	Gilles Grimandi	27 (1)	2	3	1	1	0	1	0	9 (1)	1	41 (2)	0	11	2
19	MF	GER	Stefan Malz	2 (3)	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	(2)	0	6 (5)	2	0	0
20	DF	ENG	Matthew Upson	5 (3)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	9 (3)	0	1	0
21	MF	POR	Luís Boa Morte	(2)	0	0	0	0	0	(1)	0	0	0	(3)	0	0	0
22	DF	UKR	Oleh Luzhny	16 (5)	0	1	0	2	0	(1)	0	6	0	24 (7)	0	2	1
23	MF	ENG	Stephen Hughes	1 (1)	0	(2)	0	0	0	0	0	(1)	0	1 (4)	0	0	0
25	FW	NGR	Nwankwo Kanu	24 (7)	12	(2)	0	1	1	1	1	10 (5)	3	36 (14)	17	3	0
29	MF	ENG	Jermaine Pennant	0	0	0	0	(1)	0	0	0	0	0	(1)	0	0	0
30	MF	ENG	Paolo Vernazza	1 (1)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	(1)	0	3 (2)	0	0	0
32	DF	WAL	Rhys Weston	1	0	0	(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0
33	MF	ENG	Tommy Black	(1)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0
34	DF	ENG	Ashley Cole	1	0	0	(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0
35	FW	IRE	Graham Barrett	(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(2)	0	0	0
36	DF	IRE	Brian McGovern	(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(1)	0	0	0
38	MF	ENG	Julian Gray	(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(1)	0	0	0

Source:[1][113][114]

See also

• 1999–2000 in English football
• List of Arsenal F.C. seasons

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