1999–2000 Eredivisie
# 1999–2000 Eredivisie

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1999–2000 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | PSV (C) | 34 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 105 | 24 | +81 | 84 | Qualification to Champions League |
| 2 | SC Heerenveen | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 65 | 36 | +29 | 68 | Qualification to Champions League |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 42 | +24 | 64 | Qualification to Champions League: 3rd qualifying round |
| 4 | Vitesse Arnhem | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 67 | 43 | +24 | 63 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 5 | Ajax | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 72 | 51 | +21 | 61 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 6 | FC Twente | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 60 | |
| 7 | AZ | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 69 | 59 | +10 | 55 | |
| 8 | Roda JC | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 62 | 53 | +9 | 55 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 9 | Willem II | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 55 | 65 | −10 | 48 | |
| 10 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 55 | 61 | −6 | 46 | |
| 11 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 44 | 67 | −23 | 42 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup: Third round |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 38 | |
| 13 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 48 | 75 | −27 | 37 | |
| 14 | De Graafschap | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 41 | 60 | −19 | 33 | |
| 15 | NEC | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 35 | 62 | −27 | 27 | |
| 16 | MVV (R) | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 38 | 68 | −30 | 25 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Cambuur (R) | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 35 | 66 | −31 | 25 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 18 | FC Den Bosch (R) | 34 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 36 | 74 | −38 | 23 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |

* 1 2 Roda JC qualified for the UEFA Cup by winning the 1999–2000 KNVB Cup.
* ↑ MVV and Cambuur both relegated after losing their promotion/relegation play-offs.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AJA | AZ | DEN | CAM | FEY | FOR | GRA | HEE | MVV | NEC | PSV | RKC | ROD | SPA | TWE | UTR | VIT | WIL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ajax | — | 4–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| AZ | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Den Bosch | 1–1 | 2–3 | — | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–6 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 7–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Cambuur | 0–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | — | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Feyenoord | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 4–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Fortuna Sittard | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 |
| De Graafschap | 1–1 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Heerenveen | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–4 |
| MVV | 2–6 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| NEC | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| PSV | 4–0 | 5–1 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | — | 7–1 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 6–1 |
| RKC | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 1–6 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Roda | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–4 |
| Sparta Rotterdam | 1–2 | 3–6 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Twente | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | — | | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Utrecht | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Vitesse | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 5–1 | 1–6 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | — | 3–1 |
| Willem II | 3–6 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–4 | — |

## Promotion/relegation play-offs

In the promotion/relegation competition, eight entrants (six from the Eerste Divisie and two from this league) entered in two groups. The group winners were promoted to (or remained in) the Eredivisie.

Group 1 :

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FC Groningen | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 16 | Promotion to Eredivisie |
| 2 | FC Emmen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 8 | |
| 3 | MVV | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 7 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
| 4 | Heracles Almelo | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 4 | |

Group 2 :

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | RBC Roosendaal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 11 | Promotion to Eredivisie |
| 2 | FC Zwolle | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 10 | |
| 3 | Excelsior | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 7 | |
| 4 | Cambuur Leeuwarden | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 5 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |

## Top scorers

| Goals | Player | Team |
| - | - | - |
| 29 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | PSV |
| 25 | Pierre van Hooijdonk | Vitesse Arnhem |
| 19 | Arnold Bruggink | PSV |
| 19 | Luc Nilis | PSV |
| 19 | Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink | Twente |
| 18 | John Bosman | AZ |
| 18 | Anthony Lurling | Heerenveen |
| 15 | Julio Cruz | Feyenoord |
| 15 | Richard Knopper | Ajax |
| 15 | Bob Peeters | Roda JC |

Source: worldfootball.net

