1999–2000 Coventry City F.C. season

Coventry City

1999-2000 season
Chairman	Bryan Richardson
Manager	Gordon Strachan
Stadium	Highfield Road
Premiership	14th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Keane (12) All: McAllister (13)
Highest home attendance	23,098 (vs. Liverpool, 1 April)
Lowest home attendance	17,685 (vs. Derby County, 21 August)
Average home league attendance	20,786
Home colours Away colours
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Coventry City competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

Coventry City were one of the Premiership's best-performing sides at home during 1999-2000, achieving 12 victories at the Highfield Road stadium, but failed to win a single away game all season. Their dismal away record ruined their hopes of getting anywhere near the top five, and they were restricted to 14th place in the final table. 1999-2000 also marked the end of 43-year-old goalkeeper Steve Ogrizovic's illustrious career at the club, and severed their final remaining link with the 1987 FA Cup winning side. Robbie Keane proved a successful signing with 12 goals in 34 league appearances.

Final league table

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	38	28	7	3	97	45	+52	91	2000–01 UEFA Champions League First group stage
2	Arsenal	38	22	7	9	73	43	+30	73
3	Leeds United	38	21	6	11	58	43	+15	69	2000–01 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Liverpool	38	19	10	9	51	30	+21	67	2000–01 UEFA Cup First round 1
5	Chelsea	38	18	11	9	53	34	+19	65
6	Aston Villa	38	15	13	10	46	35	+11	58	2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
7	Sunderland	38	16	10	12	57	56	+1	58
8	Leicester City	38	16	7	15	55	55	0	55	2000–01 UEFA Cup First round 2
9	West Ham United	38	15	10	13	52	53	−1	55
10	Tottenham Hotspur	38	15	8	15	57	49	+8	53
11	Newcastle United	38	14	10	14	63	54	+9	52
12	Middlesbrough	38	14	10	14	46	52	−6	52
13	Everton	38	12	14	12	59	49	+10	50
14	Coventry City	38	12	8	18	47	54	−7	44
15	Southampton	38	12	8	18	45	62	−17	44
16	Derby County	38	9	11	18	44	57	−13	38
17	Bradford City	38	9	9	20	38	68	−30	36	2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
18	Wimbledon (R)	38	7	12	19	46	74	−28	33	Relegation to 2000–01 Football League First Division
19	Sheffield Wednesday (R)	38	8	7	23	38	70	−32	31
20	Watford (R)	38	6	6	26	35	77	−42	24

Updated to games played on 14 May 2000.
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Chelsea qualified for the UEFA Cup as FA Cup winners

² Leicester City qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results Summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	12	8	18	47	54	−7	44	12	1	6	38	22	+16	0	7	12	9	32	−23

Source: 1999-2000 FA Premier League table

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L
Position	16	17	16	12	16	16	17	17	15	14	12	13	13	12	11	12	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

Source: 11v11.com: 1999-2000 Coventry City results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Coventry City's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Southampton	H	0-1	19,915
11 August 1999	Leicester City	A	0-1	19,196
14 August 1999	Wimbledon	A	1-1	10,635	McAllister (pen)
21 August 1999	Derby County	H	2-0	17,685	Keane (2)
25 August 1999	Manchester United	H	1-2	22,024	Aloisi
29 August 1999	Sunderland	A	1-1	39,427	Keane
11 September 1999	Leeds United	H	3-4	21,532	McAllister (pen), Aloisi, Chippo
19 September 1999	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2-3	35,224	Keane, Chippo
25 September 1999	West Ham United	H	1-0	19,993	Hadji
2 October 1999	Everton	A	1-1	34,839	McAllister
16 October 1999	Newcastle United	H	4-1	23,031	Palmer, Williams, Keane, Hadji
23 October 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-0	23,296
31 October 1999	Watford	H	4-0	21,700	Keane, Froggatt, Hadji, McAllister (pen)
6 November 1999	Bradford City	A	1-1	17,587	McAllister
22 November 1999	Aston Villa	H	2-1	20,184	Roussel, Keane
27 November 1999	Leicester City	H	0-1	22,021
4 December 1999	Southampton	A	0-0	15,168
18 December 1999	Liverpool	A	0-2	44,024
26 December 1999	Arsenal	H	3-2	22,757	McAllister, Hadji, Keane
4 January 2000	Chelsea	H	2-2	20,164	Roussel, Keane
15 January 2000	Wimbledon	H	2-0	19,012	McAllister (pen), Keane
22 January 2000	Derby County	A	0-0	28,381
5 February 2000	Manchester United	A	2-3	61,380	Roussel (2)
12 February 2000	Sunderland	H	3-2	22,101	Keane, Hadji, Roussel
19 February 2000	Middlesbrough	A	0-2	32,798
26 February 2000	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-1	23,077
5 March 2000	Leeds United	A	0-3	38,710
11 March 2000	Aston Villa	A	0-1	33,177
15 March 2000	Everton	H	1-0	18,518	McAllister
18 March 2000	Bradford City	H	4-0	19,201	Roussel, Whelan, Eustace, Zúñiga
26 March 2000	Arsenal	A	0-3	38,027
1 April 2000	Liverpool	H	0-3	23,098
12 April 2000	Chelsea	A	1-2	32,316	McAllister
15 April 2000	Middlesbrough	H	2-1	19,435	Ince (own goal), Keane
22 April 2000	West Ham United	A	0-5	24,719
29 April 2000	Newcastle United	A	0-2	36,408
6 May 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	H	4-1	19,921	McAllister (2), Zúñiga, Hadji
14 May 2000	Watford	A	0-1	18,977

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	11 December 1999	Norwich City	A	3-1	15,702	Whelan, Roussel, Eustace
R4	8 January 2000	Burnley	H	3-0	22,774	Chippo (2), Whelan
R5	29 January 2000	Charlton Athletic	H	2-3	23,400	Roussel (2)

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	14 September 1999	Tranmere Rovers	A	1-5	6,759	McAllister
R2 2nd Leg	22 September 1999	Tranmere Rovers	H	3-1 (lost 4-6 on agg)	12,433	McAllister, Chippo (2)

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Magnus Hedman 2 DF Marc Edworthy 3 DF David Burrows 4 DF Paul Williams 5 DF Richard Shaw 6 DF Muhamed Konjić 7 FW Robbie Keane 8 FW Noel Whelan 9 FW John Aloisi 10 MF Gary McAllister 11 MF Mustapha Hadji 12 DF Paul Telfer 13 GK Morten Hyldgaard 14 MF Carlton Palmer 15 MF Laurent Delorge 16 MF Steve Froggatt 17 DF Gary Breen 18 MF Youssef Chippo 19 DF Marcus Hall 20 MF Runar Normann 21 MF Gavin Strachan 22 DF Barry Quinn

No. Position Player 23 DF Walter Zeballos 24 MF John Eustace 25 MF Barry Ferguson 26 GK Steve Ogrizovic 27 FW Stephen McPhee 28 FW Gary McSheffrey 29 DF Richard Spong 30 FW Gary McPhee 31 FW Cedric Roussel 32 DF Tomas Antonelius 33 GK Chris Kirkland 34 FW Ysrael Zúñiga 35 DF Colin Hendry 36 DF Craig Pead 37 MF Lee Fowler 38 MF Robert Betts 39 FW Chukki Eribenne 40 DF Gerard Mooney 41 DF Mark Burrows 42 DF Thomas Cudworth 43 GK Adam Mehmet 44 MF Craig Strachan

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 7 FW Darren Huckerby (to Leeds United) 14 MF Trond Egil Soltvedt (to Southampton)

No. Position Player 23 GK Raffaele Nuzzo (on loan from Inter Milan) 29 MF Paul Hall (to Walsall)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player - DF Ian Brightwell - MF Chris Barnett - FW Stefano Gioacchini - DF Daniel Jones

No. Position Player - DF Aaron Shanahan - MF David Castro-Pearson - MF Martin Grant - MF Daire Doyle

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
19 July 1999	MF	Mustapha Hadji	Deportivo	£4,000,000
26 July 1999	FW	Stefano Gioacchini	Venezia	£2,000,000
31 July 1999	MF	Runar Normann	Lillestrøm	£1,000,000
18 August 1999	FW	Robbie Keane	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£6,000,000
17 September 1999	MF	Carlton Palmer	Nottingham Forest	£500,000
8 December 1999	DF	Tomas Antonelius	AIK	£250,000
16 December 1999	DF	Richard Spong	IF Brommapojkarna	Signed
20 January 2000	FW	Cedric Roussel	AA Gent	£1,200,000
24 February 2000	DF	Colin Hendry	Rangers	£750,000
25 February 2000	FW	Ysrael Zúñiga	FBC Melgar	£750,000

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
2 June 1999	DF	Barry Prenderville	Ayr United	Free transfer
23 June 1999	MF	Willie Boland	Cardiff City	Free transfer
29 June 1999	DF	Philippe Clement	Club Brugge	£800,000
1 July 1999	GK	Tynan Scope	Bristol City	Free transfer
1 July 1999	MF	Martin Devaney	Cheltenham Town	Free transfer
20 July 1999	MF	George Boateng	Aston Villa	£4,500,000
1 August 1999	DF	Rob Miller	Cambridge United	Free transfer
11 August 1999	FW	Darren Huckerby	Leeds United	£4,000,000
12 August 1999	MF	Trond Egil Soltvedt	Southampton	£300,000
16 September 1999	MF	Sam Shilton	Hartlepool United	Free transfer
23 March 2000	MF	Paul Hall	Walsall	Free transfer

Transfers in: £15,450,000

Transfers out: £9,600,000

Total spending: £5,850,000