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1999–2000 Derby County F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Derby County
season	1999–2000
manager	Jim Smith
chairman	Lionel Pickering
stadium	Pride Park
league	Premier League
league result	16th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Third round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Third round
league topscorer	Delap (8)
highest attendance	33,378 (vs. Liverpool, 18 March)
lowest attendance	19,152 (vs. Swansea City, 22 September)
average attendance	29,351
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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).

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

;Results summary

;Results by round

Results

Derby County's score comes first

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

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

Left club during season

Reserve squad

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	Vasilios Borbokis	PAOK	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 :Considering a 3–5–2 formation

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

Notes

References

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