1999-2000 season

1999-2000 season
General information
Manager	Gerard Houllier
Captain	Jamie Redknapp; Sami Hyypia
Performance
Premier League	4th
FA Cup	4th round
League Cup	3rd round
Top scorers
League	Owen (11)
FA Cup	Camara (1); Matteo (1)
League Cup	Murphy (3)
Overall	Owen (12)
Attendances
Average	42,598
←1998-99	2000-01→

The 1999-2000 season was Liverpool's 108th season of football since they were established.

Squad[]

1 Sander Westerveld
2 Stephane Henchoz
4 Rigobert Song
5 Steve Staunton
6 Phil Babb
7 Vladimir Smicer
9 Robbie Fowler
10 Michael Owen
11 Jamie Redknapp
12 Sami Hyypia
14 Vegard Heggem
15 Patrick Berger
16 Dietmar Hamann
18 Erik Meijer
19 Brad Friedel
19 Pegguy Arphexad
20 Stig Inge Bjornebye
21 Dominic Matteo
22 Titi Camara
23 Jamie Carragher
24 Danny Murphy
25 David Thompson
26 Jorgen Nielsen
27 Haukur Gudnason
30 Djimi Traore
28 Steven Gerrard
29 Stephen Wright
31 Frode Kippe
32 Jon Newby
33 Layton Maxwell

Friendlies[]

Pre-season[]

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
19 July 1999	German XI	8-0	Fowler 3, Berger 2, Murphy, Camara, Heggem
20 July 1999	Wolves	2-0	Fowler (26), Riedle (80)
22 July 1999	Linfield	4-0	Porter (og 14), Murphy (46), Redknapp (pen 52), Berger (63)
24 July 1999	Feyenoord	2-0	Smicer (53), Camara (61)
29 July 1999	Valerenga	4-1	Riedle (21), Hamann (32), Kjolner (og 50), Meijer (60)
31 July 1999	Blackburn	2-2	Fowler (22), Redknapp (40)
3 August 1999	Manchester	1-2	Thompson (42)

Other friendlies[]

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
18 October 1999	Omagh	7-1	Camara (23, 69), Meijer (37, 44), Smicer (44), Berger (73), Redknapp (77)
16 February 2000	Bournemouth	4-0	Partridge (8), Berger (21), Murphy (32), Camara (52)
16 May 2000	Celtic	4-1^[1]	Meijer (37, 61), Thompson (45), Camara (53)
21 May 2000	Ireland XI	2-4^[2]	Heskey (3), Owen (84)

Results[]

League[]

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
7 August 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Fowler (75), Camara (84)
14 August 1999	Watford	0-1
21 August 1999	Middlesbrough	0-1
23 August 1999	Leeds	2-1	Camara (45), Radebe (og 55)
28 August 1999	Arsenal	2-0	Fowler (8), Berger (76)
11 September 1999	Man Utd	2-3	Hyypia (23), Berger (68)
18 September 1999	Leicester	2-2	Owen (pen 23, 39)
27 September 1999	Everton	0-1
2 October 1999	Aston Villa	0-0
16 October 1999	Chelsea	1-0	Thompson (47)
23 October 1999	Southampton	1-1	Camara (81)
27 October 1999	West Ham	1-0	Camara (43)
1 November 1999	Bradford City	3-1	Camara (21), Redknapp (pen 41), Heggem (80)
6 November 1999	Derby	2-0	Murphy (65), Redknapp (69)
20 November 1999	Sunderland	2-0	Owen (63), Berger (85)
27 November 1999	West Ham	0-1
5 December 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	4-1	Hyypia (21), Murphy (41), Gerrard (69), Thompson (79)
18 December 1999	Coventry	2-0	Owen (45), Camara (74)
26 December 1999	Newcastle	2-2	Owen (31, 52)
28 December 1999	Wimbledon	3-1	Owen (58), Berger (68), Fowler (80)
3 January 2000	Tottenham	0-1
15 January 2000	Watford	3-2	Berger (10), Thompson (41), Smicer (71)
22 January 2000	Middlesbrough	0-0
5 February 2000	Leeds	3-1	Hamann (19), Berger (69), Murphy (90)
13 February 2000	Arsenal	1-0	Camara (18)
4 March 2000	Man Utd	1-1	Berger (27)
11 March 2000	Sunderland	1-1	Berger (pen 2)
15 March 2000	Aston Villa	0-0
18 March 2000	Derby	2-0	Owen (17), Camara (86)
25 March 2000	Newcastle	2-1	Camara (51), Redknapp (88)
1 April 2000	Coventry	3-0	Owen (23, 37), Heskey (78)
9 April 2000	Tottenham	2-0	Berger (34), Owen (61)
16 April 2000	Wimbledon	2-1	Heskey (36, 64)
21 April 2000	Everton	0-0
29 April 2000	Chelsea	0-2
3 May 2000	Leicester	0-2
7 May 2000	Southampton	0-0
14 May 2000	Bradford City	0-1

FA Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	12 December 1999	Huddersfield	2-0	Camara (36), Matteo (59)
4	10 January 2000	Blackburn	0-1

League Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
2 (1st leg)	14 September 1999	Hull	5-1	Murphy (10, 30), Meijer (48, 75), Staunton (89)
2 (2nd leg)	21 September 1999	Hull	4-2	Murphy (33), Maxwell (46), Riedle (65, 89)
3	13 October 1999	Southampton	1-2	Owen (53)

Tables[]

League[]

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
3	Leeds	38	21	6	11	58	43	15	69
4	Liverpool	38	19	10	9	51	30	21	67
5	Chelsea	38	18	11	9	53	34	19	65

Player stats[]

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Sander Westerveld	36	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	39	0
2	DF	Stephane Henchoz	29	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	33	0
4	DF	Rigobert Song	18	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	21	0
5	DF	Steve Staunton	12	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	16	1
7	MF	Vladimir Smicer	21	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	25	1
8	FW	Emile Heskey	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	3
9	FW	Robbie Fowler	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	3
10	FW	Michael Owen	27	11	1	0	2	1	0	0	30	12
11	MF	Jamie Redknapp	22	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	23	3
12	DF	Sami Hyypia	38	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	42	2
13	FW	Karl-Heinz Riedle	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	2
14	DF	Vegard Heggem	22	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	25	1
15	MF	Patrik Berger	34	9	1	0	2	0	0	0	37	9
16	MF	Dietmar Hamann	28	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	30	1
18	FW	Erik Meijer	20	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	23	2
19	GK	Brad Friedel	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
21	DF	Dominic Matteo	32	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	34	1
22	MF	Titi Camara	33	9	2	1	2	0	0	0	37	10
23	DF	Jamie Carragher	36	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	40	0
24	MF	Danny Murphy	23	3	2	0	2	3	0	0	27	6
25	MF	David Thompson	27	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	31	3
28	MF	Steven Gerrard	29	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	31	1
30	DF	Djimi Traore	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
31	DF	Frode Kippe	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
32	FW	Jon Newby	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
33	MF	Leyton Maxwell	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1

Transfers[]

In[]

Player	From	Fee	Date
Sami Hyypia	Willem II	£2,500,000	19 May 1999
Vladimir Smicer	Lens	£3,750,000	24 May 1999
Titi Camara	Marseille	£2,600,000	1 June 1999
Stephane Henchoz	Blackburn	£3,500,000	2 June 1999
Sander Westerveld	Vitesse Arnhem	£4,000,000	15 June 1999
Erik Meijer	Bayern Leverkusen	Free	1 July 1999
Dietmar Hamann	Newcastle	£8,000,000	22 July 1999
Emile Heskey	Leicester	£11,000,000	10 March 2000

Out[]

Player	To	Fee	Date
Rob Jones	West Ham	Free	27 May 1999
Gareth Roberts	Panionios	£50,000	1 June 1999
David James	Aston Villa	£1,800,000	17 June 1999
Steve McManaman	Real Madrid	Free	1 July 1999
Tony Warner	Millwall	Free	1 July 1999
Jean-Michel Ferri	Sochaux	£1,500,000	14 July 1999
Jamie Cassidy	Cambridge United	Free	22 July 1999
Sean Dundee	Stuttgart	£1,500,000	30 July 1999
Paul Ince	Middlesbrough	£1,000,000	30 July 1999
Oyvind Leonhardsen	Tottenham	£2,800,000	6 August 1999
Bjorn Kvarme	St Etienne	£750,000	30 August 1999
Karl-Heinz Riedle	Fulham	£200,000	28 September 1999

Notes[]

↑ Ronnie Moran's testimonial.
↑ Steve Staunton & Tony Cascarino's testimonial.

Liverpool F.C. seasons

1892-93 • 1893-94 • 1894-95 • 1895-96 • 1896-97 • 1897-98 • 1898-99 • 1899-1900 • 1900-01 • 1901-02 • 1902-03 • 1903-04 • 1904-05 • 1905-06 • 1906-07 • 1907-08 • 1908-09 • 1909-10 • 1910-11 • 1911-12 • 1912-13 • 1913-14 • 1914-15 • 1915-16 • 1916-17 • 1917-18 • 1918-19 • 1919-20 • 1920-21 • 1921-22 • 1922-23 • 1923-24 • 1924-25 • 1925-26 • 1926-27 • 1927-28 • 1928-29 • 1929-30 • 1930-31 • 1931-32 • 1932-33 • 1933-34 • 1934-35 • 1935-36 • 1936-37 • 1937-38 • 1938-39 • 1939-40 • 1941-42 • 1942-43 • 1943-44 • 1944-45 • 1945-46 • 1946-47 • 1947-48 • 1948-49 • 1949-50 • 1950-51 • 1951-52 • 1952-53 • 1953-54 • 1954-55 • 1955-56 • 1956-57 • 1957-58 • 1958-59 • 1959-60 • 1960-61 • 1961-62 • 1962-63 • 1963-64 • 1964-65 • 1965-66 • 1966-67 • 1967-68 • 1968-69 • 1969-70 • 1970-71 • 1971-72 • 1972-73 • 1973-74 • 1974-75 • 1975-76 • 1976-77 • 1977-78 • 1978-79 • 1979-80 • 1980-81 • 1981-82 • 1982-83 • 1983-84 • 1984-85 • 1985-86 • 1986-87 • 1987-88 • 1988-89 • 1989-90 • 1990-91 • 1991-92 • 1992-93 • 1993-94 • 1994-95 • 1995-96 • 1996-97 • 1997-98 • 1998-99 • 1999-2000 • 2000-01 • 2001-02 • 2002-03 • 2003-04 • 2004-05 • 2005-06 • 2006-07 • 2007-08 • 2008-09 • 2009-10 • 2010-11 • 2011-12 • 2012-13 • 2013-14 • 2014-15 • 2015-16 • 2016-17 • 2017-18 • 2018-19 • 2019-20 • 2020-21 • 2021-22 • 2022-23 • 2023-24 • 2024-25

Grey seasons indicate war years

[1] Ronnie Moran's testimonial.

[2] Steve Staunton & Tony Cascarino's testimonial.

[1]

[2]