Season 1999–2000 Matches played 306 | Champions 1. FC Köln | |
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Promoted 1. FC Köln
VfL Bochum
FC Energie Cottbus Relegated FC Gütersloh
KFC Uerdingen 05
SG Wattenscheid 09
Fortuna Düsseldorf Top goalscorer Tomislav Maric
(21 goals) | ||
The 1999–2000 2. Bundesliga season was the twenty-sixth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.
Contents
1. FC Köln, VfL Bochum and FC Energie Cottbus were promoted to the Bundesliga while Tennis Borussia Berlin, Fortuna Köln, Kickers Offenbach and Karlsruher SC were relegated to the Regionalliga. Fortuna Köln had, up till then, played every one of the twenty-sixth seasons of the 2. Bundesliga since 1974 in the league.
Final standings
For the 1999–2000 season SV Waldhof Mannheim, Kickers Offenbach, Chemnitzer FC and Alemannia Aachen were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while 1. FC Nürnberg, VfL Bochum and Borussia Mönchengladbach had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.
Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Tennis Borussia Berlin had their license revoked. Under paragraph 41 of the DFB regulations, Tennis Borussia Berlin were placed last.
Fortuna Köln and Tennis Borussia Berlin were relegated to the Regionalliga Nord. Karlsruher SC and Kickers Offenbach were relegated to the Regionalliga Süd.
(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.
Top scorers
The league's top scorers: