1999–2000 Belgian First Division
# 1999–2000 Belgian First Division

The 1999–2000 season of the Jupiler League was held between August 6, 1999, and May 11, 2000. Sporting Anderlecht became champions.

## Promoted teams

These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season:

* KV Mechelen (second division champions)
* Verbroedering Geel (playoff winner)

## Relegated teams

These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season:

* Verbroedering Geel
* Lommel

## Anderlecht's title success

Anderlecht became champions on April 21, 2000, after the defeat of rival Club Brugge at Herman Vanderpoortenstadion to Lierse 1-0 as, prior to these results, they were 7 points ahead of Brugge with 3 matches to go. The next day Anderlecht beat Racing Genk 4-1 and then Standard Liège 2-0.

## Battle for Europe

Club Brugge and Gent qualified for the UEFA Cup.

## The relegation dog fight

Charleroi avoided relegation with a controversial draw against Anderlecht on the last day of the season. Anderlecht were already champions and played with Enzo Scifo who had previously signed a deal with Charleroi. However, the result was irrelevant as Geel lost their last match to Club Brugge and were thus relegated with Lommel.

## Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Anderlecht (C) | 34 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 86 | 36 | +50 | 75 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 70 | 32 | +38 | 67 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Gent | 34 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 78 | 54 | +24 | 63 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Mouscron | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 67 | 45 | +22 | 57 | |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 34 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 66 | 52 | +14 | 56 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 6 | Westerlo | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 73 | 66 | +7 | 56 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 7 | Germinal Beerschot | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 56 | 45 | +11 | 55 | |
| 8 | Genk | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 63 | 59 | +4 | 54 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 9 | Lierse | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 65 | 47 | +18 | 52 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 10 | Sporting Lokeren | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 47 | |
| 11 | Mechelen | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 47 | 77 | −30 | 41 | |
| 12 | Eendracht Aalst | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 53 | 72 | −19 | 37 | |
| 13 | Sint-Truiden | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 65 | −24 | 37 | |
| 14 | Harelbeke | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 56 | 72 | −16 | 35 | |
| 15 | Beveren | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 51 | 69 | −18 | 35 | |
| 16 | Charleroi | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 42 | 62 | −20 | 31 | |
| 17 | Geel (R) | 34 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 32 | 60 | −28 | 28 | Relegation to 2000–01 Belgian Second Division |
| 18 | Lommel (R) | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 35 | 66 | −31 | 27 | Relegation to 2000–01 Belgian Second Division |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AAL | AND | GBA | BEV | CLU | CHA | GEE | GNK | GNT | HAR | LIE | LOK | LOM | MEC | MOU | STV | STA | WES |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Eendracht Aalst | | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Anderlecht | 4–1 | | 2–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Germinal Beerschot | 3–2 | 1–3 | | 2–0 | 5–3 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Beveren | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 4–0 |
| Club Brugge | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 |
| Charleroi | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 |
| Geel | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Genk | 2–1 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Gent | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 2–3 |
| Harelbeke | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 3–1 |
| Lierse | 5–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 |
| Lokeren | 5–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 5–1 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 5–3 | 0–0 |
| Lommel | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Mechelen | 2–0 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 |
| Mouscron | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 5–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Sint-Truiden | 1–5 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Standard Liège | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 4–0 |
| Westerlo | 3–2 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 6–6 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 8–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | |

## Top goal scorers

| Scorer | Goals | Team |
| - | - | - |
| Ole Martin Årst | 30 | Gent |
| Toni Brogno | 30 | Westerlo |
| Jan Koller | 20 | Anderlecht |
| David Paas | 19 | Harelbeke |
| Eric Van Meir | 15 | Lierse |
| Tomasz Radzinski | 14 | Anderlecht |
| Dante Brogno | 14 | Charleroi |
| Marcin Żewłakow | 14 | Mouscron |
| Pär Zetterberg | 14 | Anderlecht |
