1999–2000 Borussia Dortmund season
# 1999–2000 Borussia Dortmund season

During the 1999–2000 season, Borussia Dortmund played in the Bundesliga, the highest tier of the German football league system.

## Season summary

Michael Skibbe was demoted from his role of head coach in early February after a run of only one win in the last 10 matches, returning to his previous role as coordinator of the youth team. Bernd Krauss came as his replacement, but only lasted 2 months before being sacked himself with Dortmund one point clear of relegation with five games left. Udo Lattek, who had managed Dortmund nearly two decades earlier, came in for the final five games and saved Dortmund with 8 points in those remaining games, with only one loss (to champions Bayern Munich). Ultimately, Dortmund finished 11th, five points clear of relegation. Lattek returned to retirement at the end of the season (he would never manage another team again) and was succeeded by former Dortmund defender Matthias Sammer.

## Players

### First team squad

    Squad at end of season

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | GER | Jens Lehmann |
| 2 | DF | GER | Christian Wörns |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Evanílson |
| 4 | MF | YUG | Miroslav Stević |
| 5 | DF | GER | Jürgen Kohler |
| 7 | DF | GER | Stefan Reuter |
| 8 | MF | GER | Christian Nerlinger |
| 10 | MF | GER | Andreas Möller |
| 11 | FW | GER | Heiko Herrlich |
| 12 | GK | GER | Wolfgang de Beer |
| 13 | FW | GER | Giuseppe Reina |
| 14 | FW | BIH | Sergej Barbarez |
| 15 | DF | NED | Alfred Nijhuis |
| 16 | MF | BIH | Sead Kapetanović |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | BRA | Dedé |
| 18 | MF | GER | Lars Ricken |
| 19 | MF | GHA | Otto Addo |
| 20 | FW | GER | Fredi Bobic |
| 22 | FW | GHA | Ibrahim Tanko |
| 24 | FW | NGA | Victor Ikpeba |
| 25 | FW | GHA | Bashiru Gambo |
| 27 | DF | AUT | Wolfgang Feiersinger |
| 28 | DF | GER | Benjamin Knoche |
| 29 | MF | RUS | Vladimir But |
| 31 | MF | GER | Francis Bugri |
| 33 | DF | GER | Karsten Baumann |
| 34 | DF | TUR | Kurtulus Öztürk |

## Competitions

### Bundesliga

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 65 | 52 | +13 | 47 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 10 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 44 | |
| 11 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 40 | |
| 12 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 40 | |
| 13 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 39 | |

* ↑ As domestic cup winners FC Bayern Munich had qualified for UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup place belonging to the domestic cup winners was transferred to Werder Bremen.
* ↑ Head-to-head was used as a tie-breaker between Schalke 04 and Frankfurt.
