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1999–2000 in Argentine football

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country	Argentina
season	1999–2000
prevseason	1998–99
nextseason	2000–01

The 1999–2000 season in Argentine football saw River Plate win both the league championships, while Boca Juniors won the Copa Libertadores 2000 and Talleres de Córdoba won the 1999 Copa CONMEBOL to become the first team from Córdoba Province to win a major international title.

[[Apertura|Torneo Apertura]] (''"Opening"'' Tournament)

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	River Plate	44	19	13	5	1	42	21	21
2	Rosario Central	43	19	14	1	4	34	18	16
3	Boca Juniors	41	19	12	5	2	36	15	21
4	San Lorenzo	33	19	10	6	3	30	15	15
5	Talleres de Córdoba	31	19	9	4	6	38	31	7
6	Racing Club	30	19	7	9	3	27	22	5
7	Vélez Sársfield	27	19	8	6	5	28	17	11
8	Chacarita Juniors	25	19	6	7	6	38	33	5
9	Independiente	25	19	6	7	6	19	21	-2
10	Estudiantes de La Plata	23	19	6	5	8	29	33	-4
11	Lanús	23	19	7	2	10	23	30	-7
12	Gimnasia de La Plata	21	19	4	9	6	28	28	0
13	Newell's Old Boys	21	19	5	6	8	27	27	0
14	Argentinos Juniors	21	19	4	9	6	20	22	-2
15	Unión de Santa Fe	21	19	5	6	8	24	30	-6
16	Instituto de Córdoba	19	19	5	7	7	23	30	-7
17	Colón de Santa Fe	19	19	5	4	10	20	28	-8
18	Belgrano de Córdoba	17	19	5	5	9	25	37	-12
19	Gimnasia de Jujuy	9	19	2	3	14	17	43	-26
20	Ferro Carril Oeste	9	19	1	6	12	14	44	-30

Top Scorers

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	Javier Saviola	River Plate	15
2	Martín Palermo	Boca Juniors	14
3	Juan Antonio Pizzi	Rosario Central	12
4	Juan Pablo Ángel	River Plate	11

Relegation

:There is no relegation after the Apertura. For the relegation results of this tournament see below

[[Clausura|Torneo Clausura]] (''"Closing"'' Tournament)

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	River Plate	42	19	12	6	1	44	17	27
2	Independiente	36	19	11	3	5	42	25	17
3	Colón de Santa Fe	36	19	11	3	5	27	15	12
4	San Lorenzo	36	19	11	3	5	27	15	12
5	Newell's Old Boys	34	19	10	4	5	32	21	11
6	Vélez Sársfield	34	19	9	7	3	28	18	10
7	Boca Juniors	33	19	10	6	3	38	17	21
8	Unión de Santa Fe	29	19	9	2	8	28	40	-12
9	Gimnasia de La Plata	28	19	8	4	7	28	33	-5
10	Talleres de Córdoba	27	19	7	6	6	21	22	-1
11	Club Atlético Lanús	25	19	8	4	7	32	22	10
12	Instituto de Córdoba	25	19	6	7	6	28	29	-1
13	Rosario Central	23	19	6	5	8	25	26	-1
14	Belgrano de Córdoba	22	19	6	4	9	28	31	-3
15	Chacarita Juniors	20	19	5	5	9	20	30	-10
16	Argentinos Juniors	18	19	4	6	9	21	36	-15
17	Estudiantes de La Plata	16	19	3	7	9	21	30	-9
18	Racing Club	15	19	3	6	10	22	29	-7
19	Gimnasia de Jujuy	10	19	2	4	13	15	34	-19
20	Ferro Carril Oeste	8	19	2	2	15	9	46	-37

Top Scorers

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	Esteban Fuertes	Colón de Santa Fe	17
2	Bruno Marioni	Independiente	13
3	Daniel Jiménez	Instituto de Córdoba	12
4	Diego Klimowicz	Lanús	10

Relegation

Relegation table

Team	Average	Points	Played	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000
Boca Juniors	2.070	236	114	73	89	74
River Plate	1.921	219	114	74	58	86
San Lorenzo	1.684	192	114	62	61	69
Vélez Sársfield	1.623	185	114	78	46	61
Rosario Central	1.593	180	114	57	47	66
Gimnasia de La Plata	1.593	180	114	69	62	49
Independiente	1.474	168	114	56	51	61
Lanús	1.430	163	114	65	50	48
Talleres de Córdoba	1.342	102	76	N/A	44	58
Newell's Old Boys	1.307	149	114	42	52	55
Argentinos Juniors	1.272	145	114	57	49	39
Colón de Santa Fe	1.246	142	114	38	49	55
Racing Club	1.237	141	114	41	55	45
Unión de Santa Fe	1.202	137	114	33	54	50
Chacarita Juniors	1.184	45	38	N/A	N/A	45
Estudiantes La Plata	1.167	133	114	49	45	39
Instituto de Córdoba	1.158	44	38	N/A	N/A	44
Belgrano de Córdoba	1.092	83	76	N/A	44	39
Gimnasia de Jujuy	1.035	118	114	52	47	19
Ferro Carril Oeste	0.886	101	114	49	35	17

Relegation playoffs

Date	Home	Away	Result
July 20, 2000	Quilmes	Belgrano	3-1
July 23, 2000	Belgrano	Quilmes	3-1

The teams draw 4-4 therefore Belgrano stay in the Argentine First Division. Quilmes remains in Argentine Nacional B.

Date	Home	Away	Result
20 July 2000	Almagro	Instituto	1-0
23 July 2000	Instituto	Almagro	1-1

Almagro win 2–1 and are promoted to the Argentine First Division. Instituto are relegated to the Argentine Nacional B.

Argentine clubs in international competitions

Team	CONMEBOL 1999	Copa Mercosur 1999	Copa Libertadores 2000
Boca Juniors	N/A	Group stage	Champions
Talleres de Córdoba	Champions	did not qualify	did not qualify
San Lorenzo	1st round	SF	Group stage
River Plate	N/A	Group stage	QF
Independiente	N/A	QF	did not qualify
Rosario Central	1st round	did not qualify	2nd round
Racing Club	N/A	Group stage	did not qualify
Vélez Sársfield	N/A	Group stage	did not qualify

National team

This section covers the Argentina national team's matches from August 1, 1999, to July 31, 2000.

Friendly matches

Crespo Ronaldo Ortega Ortega Pochettino

2002 World Cup qualifiers

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

Verón
C. López Ortega
Crespo Crespo C. López Vampeta

References

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