1999–2000 UEFA Cup


The 1999–2000 UEFA Cup season was the 29th edition of the UEFA Cup competition. The final took place at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen and was won by Galatasaray, who defeated Arsenal in the final. The game was scoreless through the first ninety minutes and stayed that way through thirty minutes of extra time. The match went on to penalty kicks in which Gheorghe Popescu scored the winning goal to win the cup. Galatasaray won the cup without losing a single game. The competition was marred by violence involving Turkish and English hooligans in the semi-finals and the final, in particular the fatal stabbings of Leeds United fans Kevin Speight and Christopher Loftus by Galatasaray fans in Istanbul.
Parma were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Werder Bremen in the fourth round. This team entered in first round due to elimination in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League
It was the first season of the new format UEFA Cup; it had absorbed the now defunct Cup Winners' Cup to include domestic cup winners, and now featured an additional knockout round. This season's champions qualified for the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship, which was never held. So far, Galatasaray are the only UEFA Cup champions to qualify for a Club World Cup.

Association team allocation

A total of 142 teams from 49 UEFA associations participated in the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup. Associations are allocated places according to their 1999–2000 UEFA league coefficient.
Below is the qualification scheme for the 2000–01 UEFA Cup:
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Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundTeams transferred from Champions League
Qualifying round

  • 76 teams from associations 9–50
First round
  • 39 teams from associations 1–21
  • 3 teams from the Intertoto Cup
  • 38 winners from the qualifying round
  • 16 losing teams from Champions League qualifying
    • Second round
    • 48 winners from the first round
    Third round
    • 24 winners from the second round
  • 8 third placed teams from the Champions League first group stage
    • Fourth round
    • 16 winners from the third round
    Play offs
    • 8 winners from the fourth round play the quarter finals, semi finals and final

    Redistribution rules

    A UEFA Cup place is vacated when a team qualify for both the Champions League and the UEFA Cup, or qualify for the UEFA Cup by more than one method. When a place is vacated, it is redistributed within the national association by the following rules:
    The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
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    Qualifying round

    First round

    Second round

    Third round

    Fourth round

    First leg

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    Second leg

    Udinese 2–2 Slavia Prague on aggregate. Slavia Prague won on away goals rule.
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    Galatasaray won 2–0 on aggregate.
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    Mallorca won 4–2 on aggregate.
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    Werder Bremen won 3–2 on aggregate.
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    Leeds United won 1–0 on aggregate.
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    Arsenal won 6–3 on aggregate.
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    Celta Vigo won 4–1 on aggregate.
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    Lens won 6–4 on aggregate.

    Quarter-finals

    First leg

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    Second leg

    Leeds United won 4–2 on aggregate.
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    Galatasaray won 6–2 on aggregate.
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    Arsenal won 6–2 on aggregate.
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    Lens won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Semi-finals

    First leg

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    Second leg

    Arsenal won 3–1 on aggregate.
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    Galatasaray won 4–2 on aggregate.

    Final

    Top goalscorers