1999–2000 West Ham United F.C. season

West Ham United

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Terry Brown
Manager	Harry Redknapp
Stadium	Upton Park
Premiership	9th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Quarter finals
Intertoto Cup	Winners
UEFA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Di Canio (16) All: Di Canio (17)
Highest home attendance	26,044 (vs. Leeds United, 14 May)
Lowest home attendance	7,485 (vs. Heerenveen, 28 July)
Average home league attendance	25,093
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

During the 1999–2000 season, West Ham United competed in the Premier League.

Season summary

West Ham's involvement in the UEFA Intertoto Cup meant that they would have their shortest close-season in history. Only 62 days had passed since the last game of the previous season before West Ham took to the field against Jokerit of Finland.

West Ham had already played four games before the Premier League season began, and this match-fitness head-start on the rest of the division would see them in third place after five games.

Although they lost in the first leg of the Intertoto Cup Final at home to Metz 1-0, West Ham managed to win the return leg 3-1 two weeks later and ensure UEFA Cup football.

Harry Redknapp regarded this result as his greatest night as West Ham's manager: "That was a great performance and a great day for West Ham, to win the Intertoto Cup and to be in the UEFA Cup and turning in such an outstanding performance against a good French team, to go over there and play so well and win 3-1. We took great support over to France and they enjoyed their day. Yeah, I think that was special. That was a real good day for me and West Ham's history."

Frank Lampard was West Ham's top European goalscorer with four in ten games. He, along with Trevor Sinclair, Paolo Di Canio and captain Steve Lomas, were ever-present in West Ham's European campaign.

After making only one substitute appearance in West Ham's first Intertoto Cup game, Ian Wright was loaned to Nottingham Forest. Later in the season he would sign a permanent deal at Celtic.

On 15 December 1999, West Ham played a League Cup quarter-final game against Aston Villa. The game went to extra time and a reserve player, Emmanuel Omoyinmi, was brought on as a substitute for Paulo Wanchope in the 113th minute. Unknown to manager Harry Redknapp, Omoyinmi had previously played in the competition for Gillingham, where he had spent time on loan earlier in the season, and was thus ineligible to play. Although the Hammers won the game on penalties, the game was replayed after the Football League upheld a complaint by Villa. West Ham lost the replay 3-1. The error eventually led to the resignations of club secretary Graham Mackrell and football secretary Alison Dowd: "Whatever happens, I'm responsible for administration here at West Ham United. The buck does stop with me," said Mackrell.

26 March 2000 saw West Ham meet Wimbledon. The Hammers had only beaten the Dons at home twice in the previous ten meetings between the clubs. The 9th minute of the game saw Paolo Di Canio score what would become the BBC's "Goal of the Season" with an airbone volley. Frederic Kanoute doubled West Ham's lead in the 59th minute, before Wimbledon pulled one back after 75 minutes with a 25-yard volley from former Hammer Michael Hughes.

West Ham's heaviest defeat of the season came on 1 April 2000 when they were demolished by table-toppers and eventual champions Manchester United. Paolo Wanchope opened the scoring with a goal in the 11th minute, which was to be West Ham's only goal of the game; Manchester United proceeded to put seven past West Ham, including a Paul Scholes hat-trick.

This sparked West Ham into a run of three straight wins, culminating with their biggest win of the season on 22 April 2000, when they beat Coventry City 5-0. Paolo Di Canio scored two goals in the 48th and 67th minutes, with the others coming from Michael Carrick (7), Javier Margas (14) and Frederic Kanoute (83).

The Boleyn Ground saw its largest attendance on the last day of the season as 26,044 fans packed in to see the clash against Leeds United. The game ended 0-0, and West Ham finished 9th in the Premier League, putting them in the top nine for the third consecutive season.

Said Harry Redknapp after the Leeds game: "It's been a good season again. People don't realise that West Ham have only finished in the top ten 14 times in its entire history and this is only the second time that we've done it three years running."

Paolo Di Canio was the season's leading scorer with 17 goals in all competitions.

Trevor Sinclair made the most appearances with 49 in all competitions.

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	15	10	13	52	53	−1	55	11	5	3	32	23	+9	4	5	10	20	30	−10

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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	D	L	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	D
Position	5	8	6	4	3	8	9	9	10	11	12	12	11	10	8	8	9	11	10	11	11	8	10	9	11	10	6	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9

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

Results

West Ham United's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-0	26,010	Lampard
16 August 1999	Aston Villa	A	2-2	26,250	Southgate (own goal), Sinclair
21 August 1999	Leicester City	H	2-1	23,631	Wanchope, Di Canio
28 August 1999	Bradford City	A	3-0	17,926	Di Canio, Sinclair, Wanchope
11 September 1999	Watford	H	1-0	25,310	Di Canio
19 September 1999	Everton	A	0-1	35,154
25 September 1999	Coventry City	A	0-1	19,993
3 October 1999	Arsenal	H	2-1	26,009	Di Canio (2)
17 October 1999	Middlesbrough	A	0-2	31,862
24 October 1999	Sunderland	H	1-1	26,022	Sinclair
27 October 1999	Liverpool	A	0-1	44,012
30 October 1999	Leeds United	A	0-1	40,190
7 November 1999	Chelsea	A	0-0	34,935
21 November 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	H	4-3	23,015	Wanchope, Di Canio (pen), Foé, Lampard
27 November 1999	Liverpool	H	1-0	26,043	Sinclair
6 December 1999	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-0	36,233
18 December 1999	Manchester United	H	2-4	26,037	Di Canio (2)
26 December 1999	Wimbledon	A	2-2	21,180	Sinclair, Lampard
28 December 1999	Derby County	H	1-1	24,998	Di Canio
3 January 2000	Newcastle United	A	2-2	36,314	Lampard, Štimac
15 January 2000	Aston Villa	H	1-1	24,237	Di Canio
22 January 2000	Leicester City	A	3-1	19,019	[Wanchope (2), Di Canio
5 February 2000	Southampton	A	1-2	15,257	Lampard
12 February 2000	Bradford City	H	5-4	25,417	Sinclair, Moncur, Di Canio (pen), Cole, Lampard
26 February 2000	Everton	H	0-4	26,025
4 March 2000	Watford	A	2-1	18,619	Lomas, Wanchope
8 March 2000	Southampton	H	2-0	23,484	Wanchope, Sinclair
11 March 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-3	21,147	Lampard
18 March 2000	Chelsea	H	0-0	26,041
26 March 2000	Wimbledon	H	2-1	20,050	Di Canio, Kanouté
1 April 2000	Manchester United	A	1-7	61,611	Wanchope
12 April 2000	Newcastle United	H	2-1	25,817	Wanchope (2)
15 April 2000	Derby County	A	2-1	31,202	Wanchope (2)
22 April 2000	Coventry City	H	5-0	24,719	Carrick, Margas, Di Canio (2), Kanouté
29 April 2000	Middlesbrough	H	0-1	25,472
2 May 2000	Arsenal	A	1-2	38,093	Di Canio
6 May 2000	Sunderland	A	0-1	41,684
14 May 2000	Leeds United	H	0-0	26,044

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	11 December 1999	Tranmere Rovers	A	0-1	13,629

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	13 October 1999	Bournemouth	H	2-0	22,067	Keller, Lampard
R4	30 November 1999	Birmingham City	A	3-2	17,728	Lomas, Kitson, Cole
R5	11 January 2000	Aston Villa	H	1-3 (a.e.t.)	25,592	Lampard

NOTE: This match was a replay after West Ham were order to replay the match after fielding an ineligible player in the original tie

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3 1st leg	17 July 1999	Jokerit	H	1-0	11,098	Kitson
R3 2nd leg	24 July 1999	Jokerit	A	1-1 (won 2-1 on agg)	7,667	Lampard
SF 1st leg	28 July 1999	Heerenveen	H	1-0	7,485	Lampard
SF 2nd leg	4 August 1999	Heerenveen	A	1-0 (won 2-0 on agg)	13,500	Wanchope
F 1st leg	10 August 1999	Metz	H	0-1	25,372
F 2nd leg	24 August 1999	Metz	A	3-1 (won 3-2 on agg)	19,599	Sinclair, Lampard, Wanchope

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 UEFA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st leg	16 September 1999	Osijek	H	3-0	25,331	Wanchope, Di Canio, Lampard
R1 2nd leg	30 September 1999	Osijek	A	3-1 (won 6-1 on agg)	15,000	Kitson, Ruddock, Foé
R2 1st leg	21 October 1999	Steaua București	A	0-2	12,550
R2 2nd leg	4 November 1999	Steaua București	H	0-0 (lost 0-2 on agg)	24,514

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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 Shaka Hislop 2 DF Gary Charles 3 DF Stuart Pearce 4 DF Steve Potts 5 DF Igor Štimac 6 DF Neil Ruddock 7 MF Marc Keller 8 MF Trevor Sinclair 9 FW Paul Kitson 10 FW Paolo Di Canio 11 MF Steve Lomas 12 FW Paulo Wanchope 13 MF Marc-Vivien Foé 14 FW Frédéric Kanouté (on loan from Lyon) 15 DF Rio Ferdinand 16 MF John Moncur 18 MF Frank Lampard 19 DF Ian Pearce 20 DF Scott Minto 21 MF Michael Carrick 22 GK Craig Forrest

No. Position Player 24 FW Samassi Abou 25 DF Stevland Angus 26 MF Joe Cole 27 FW Emmanuel Omoyinmi 28 GK Les Sealey 29 GK Ian Feuer 30 DF Javier Margas 31 FW Ömer Rıza 32 GK Stephen Bywater 33 MF Craig Etherington 34 FW Gary Alexander 35 DF Shaun Byrne 36 DF Terrell Forbes 37 MF Grant McCann 38 DF Adam Newton 39 DF Stephen Purches 40 MF Jimmy Bullard 42 FW Jermain Defoe 43 MF Richard Garcia 44 FW Gavin Holligan 45 DF Ezomo Iriekpen

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 2 DF Rob Jones (retired) 14 FW Ian Wright (to Celtic)

No. Position Player 23 DF Chris Coyne (to Dundee) 28 GK Saša Ilić (on loan from Charlton Athletic)

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 - GK Alex O'Reilly - DF Steve Laurie - MF Leon Britton - MF Michael Ferrante

No. Position Player - MF Daniel Sjölund - FW Amos Foyewa - FW Moses Junju

Statistics

No.		Player	Position	Euro apps	Euro gls	Lge apps	Lge gls	FAC apps	FAC gls	LC apps	LC gls	Date signed	Previous club
1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup second leg winning team
1		Shaka Hislop	GK	9		22		1		3		July 1998	Newcastle United
8		Trevor Sinclair	RWB	10	1	36	7	1		2+1		January 1998	Queens Park Rangers
4		Steve Potts	CB	7+1		16+1		1		1		May 1984	Academy
11		Steve Lomas (captain)	CB	10		25	1	1		2	1	March 1997	Manchester City
15		Rio Ferdinand	CB	9		33		1		3		November 1995	Academy
7		Marc Keller	LWB	6+1		19+4				2+1	1	July 1998	Karlsruher
13		Marc-Vivien Foé	CM	5+1	1	25	1	1		3		January 1999	Lens
16		John Moncur	CM	5+1		20+2	1					June 1994	Swindon Town
18		Frank Lampard	CM	10	4	34	7	1		3	2	July 1995	Academy
10		Paolo Di Canio (Hammer of the Year)	CF	10	1	29+1	16	1		3		January 1999	Sheffield Wednesday
12		Paulo Wanchope	CF	7+1	3	33+2	12	0+1		2		July 1999	Derby County
Substitute
26		Joe Cole	M	2+3		17+5	1	1		2+1	1	July 1997	Academy
Other players
5		Igor Štimac	CB	2		24	1			2		August 1999	Derby County
20		Scott Minto	LWB	5		15+3		1		1		January 1999	Benfica
6		Neil Ruddock	CB	5	1	12+3		1		2+1		July 1998	Liverpool
30		Javier Margas	CB	2+1		15+3	1			1		July 1998	Universidad Católica
22		Craig Forrest	GK	1		9+2						July 1995	Ipswich Town
9		Paul Kitson	CF	3+5	2	4+6		0+1		0+2	1	February 1997	Newcastle United
Other players
14		Frédéric Kanouté	F			8	2					May 2000	Lyon
3		Stuart Pearce	CB			8						July 1999	Newcastle United
21		Michael Carrick	CM	0+1		4+4	1					July 1998	Academy
32		Stephen Bywater	GK			3+1						20 February 1998	Rochdale
29		Ian Feuer	GK			3						February 2000	Cardiff City
2		Gary Charles	RB			2+2				1		October 1999	Benfica
2		Rob Jones	RB	1								July 1999	Liverpool
28		Saša Ilić	GK			1						February 2000	Charlton Athletic
19		Ian Pearce	CB	1+1		1						September 1997	Blackburn Rovers
38		Adam Newton	CD	0+1		0+2						December 1997	Academy
17		Stan Lazaridis	LW	0+1								September 1995	West Adelaide
14		Ian Wright	CF	0+1								August 1998	Arsenal
37		Shaun Byrne	LWB			0+1						July 1998	Academy

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions

No. Pos Nat Name MS Notes 1 GK Shaka Hislop 34 3 CB Rio Ferdinand 45 18 CB Igor Štimac 28 19 CB Steve Potts 24 John Moncur has 24 starts 8 RM Trevor Sinclair 48 7 CM Steve Lomas 37 14 CM Marc-Vivien Foé 33 18 CM Frank Lampard 47 11 LM Marc Keller 27 10 CF Paolo Di Canio 42 9 CF Paulo Wanchope 41 Transfers Signings for the 1999-2000 season included full-backs Gary Charles, for £1.2 million from Benfica, and 37-year-old former England International Stuart Pearce, who signed from Newcastle United on a free transfer. Also arriving was Croatian Igor Štimac, for £600,000, who followed his Derby County team-mate Paulo Wanchope to Upton Park. West Ham had already spent £3.5 million the previous month to bring in the lanky Costa Rican. All of these transfers had been funded by the £5.75 million sale of Eyal Berkovic to Celtic, and Stan Lazaridis' £1.9 million departure to Birmingham City. West Ham had only spent £300,000 for Lazaridis four years earlier. Harry Redknapp had tried to bring Slaven Bilić back from Everton but the player failed a medical. In Gary Charles - Benfica, £1,200,000 Stuart Pearce - Newcastle United, free Igor Štimac - Derby County, £600,000 Paulo Wanchope - Derby County, £3,500,000 Out Eyal Berkovic - Celtic, £5,750,000 Stan Lazaridis - Birmingham City, £1,900,000 References