1999–2000 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

Charlton Athletic
1999–2000 season
Chairman	Richard Murray
Manager	Alan Curbishley
Stadium	The Valley
First Division	1st (promoted)
FA Cup	Sixth round
Worthington Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Hunt (24); All: Hunt (25)
Lowest home attendance	18,663 Walsall (6 November 1999)
Average home league attendance	19,558
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Charlton Athletic F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Alan Curbishley and his Charlton side won the First Division title to regain promotion to the FA Carling Premiership for the 2000-2001 season at the first time of asking.

A key player in the previous season's unsuccessful bid to avoid relegation, Richard Rufus remained with the club and enjoyed a very productive season scoring six goals and helping Charlton to win the First Division title.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Charlton Athletic (C, P)	46	27	10	9	79	45	+34	91	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Manchester City (P)	46	26	11	9	78	40	+38	89	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Ipswich Town (O, P)	46	25	12	9	71	42	+29	87	Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4	Barnsley	46	24	10	12	88	67	+21	82
5	Birmingham City	46	22	11	13	65	44	+21	77

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

Charlton Athletic's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Matchday	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	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	L	L
Position	1	4	9	11	8	9	5	2	6	9	9	8	9	6	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: WorldFootball.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Barnsley	H	3-1	19,268	Mendonca (3, 2 pens)
21 August 1999	Norwich City	H	1-0	19,623	Rufus
28 August 1999	Fulham	A	1-2	15,154	Melville (own goal)
11 September 1999	Bolton Wanderers	H	2-1	19,028	Stuart, Mendonca
18 September 1999	Sheffield United	A	2-1	13,216	Hunt (2)
25 September 1999	Tranmere Rovers	A	2-2	5,846	Mendonca (pen), Kinsella
28 September 1999	Stockport County	H	4-0	19,842	Hunt (3), Mendonca (pen)
2 October 1999	Birmingham City	H	1-0	19,753	Shields
16 October 1999	Portsmouth	A	2-0	14,812	Robinson, Salako
19 October 1999	Ipswich Town	A	2-4	17,940	Hunt (2)
23 October 1999	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-0	19,346
26 October 1999	Tranmere Rovers	H	3-2	19,491	Brown, Robinson, Rufus
30 October 1999	Birmingham City	A	0-1	19,172
2 November 1999	Crewe Alexandra	A	2-0	4,741	Stuart, Pringle
6 November 1999	Walsall	H	2-1	18,663	Hunt, Stuart
12 November 1999	Grimsby Town	A	5-2	6,849	Rufus (2), Mendonca, Hunt, Groves (own goal)
20 November 1999	Manchester City	H	0-1	20,043
23 November 1999	Swindon Town	A	2-1	6,515	Robinson, Newton
27 November 1999	Port Vale	H	2-2	19,266	Mendonca (2)
30 November 1999	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-2	18,939	Newton
4 December 1999	Barnsley	A	1-1	14,553	Jones
18 December 1999	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-0	14,709
26 December 1999	Crystal Palace	H	2-1	20,043	Salako, Pringle
28 December 1999	Huddersfield Town	A	2-1	17,415	Hunt, Robinson
3 January 2000	Nottingham Forest	H	3-0	19,787	Shields, Stuart, Hunt
11 January 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	3-2	18,464	Rufus, Pringle, Robinson
15 January 2000	Crewe Alexandra	H	1-0	19,125	Stuart
22 January 2000	Norwich City	A	3-0	15,642	Hunt (3)
5 February 2000	Stockport County	A	3-1	8,185	Hunt (3)
12 February 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2-0	20,043	Stuart, Brown
15 February 2000	Fulham	H	1-0	19,940	Robinson
26 February 2000	Sheffield United	H	1-0	19,249	Robinson
4 March 2000	Bolton Wanderers	A	2-0	15,000	Pringle, Hunt
7 March 2000	Walsall	A	4-2	6,227	Hunt (2), Kinsella (2)
11 March 2000	Swindon Town	H	0-1	19,569
19 March 2000	Manchester City	A	1-1	32,139	Robinson
22 March 2000	Grimsby Town	H	4-0	19,364	Newton, Svensson, Hunt, Tiler
25 March 2000	Crystal Palace	A	1-0	22,577	Kitson
31 March 2000	Queens Park Rangers	H	2-1	19,617	Newton, Parker
4 April 2000	Port Vale	A	2-2	4,513	Rufus, Hunt
8 April 2000	Nottingham Forest	A	1-1	20,922	Hunt
14 April 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	0-1	19,739
21 April 2000	Portsmouth	H	1-1	20,043	Stuart
24 April 2000	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-1	18,587	Svensson
29 April 2000	Ipswich Town	H	1-3	20,043	Hunt
7 May 2000	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-2	22,101

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	11 December 1999	Swindon Town	H	2-1	10,939	Kinsella (2)
R4	8 January 2000	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-0	16,798	MacDonald
R5	29 January 2000	Coventry City	A	3-2	23,400	Robinson, Newton, Hunt
QF	19 February 2000	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-1	20,131

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	14 September 1999	Bournemouth	H	0-0	10,346
R2 2nd Leg	21 September 1999	Bournemouth	A	0-0 (lost 1-3 on pens)	4,369

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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IRL	Dean Kiely^{[notes 1]}
2	DF	ENG	Anthony Barness
3	DF	ENG	Chris Powell
4	MF	ENG	Graham Stuart
5	DF	ENG	Richard Rufus
6	DF	ENG	Carl Tiler
7	MF	ENG	Shaun Newton
8	MF	IRL	Mark Kinsella
9	FW	ENG	Andy Hunt
10	FW	ENG	Clive Mendonca
11	MF	WAL	John Robinson^{[notes 2]}
12	DF	ENG	Steve Brown
13	GK	SCG	Sasa Ilic^{[notes 3]}
14	FW	SWE	Martin Pringle
15	DF	ENG	Eddie Youds
16	DF	SCO	Greg Shields
17	MF	ENG	Scott Parker


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	ENG	Paul Konchesky
19	DF	ENG	Andy Todd
20	MF	ENG	Keith Jones
22	GK	ENG	Simon Royce
23	DF	ENG	Anthony Allman
24	DF	ENG	Jonathan Fortune
25	FW	ENG	Leigh Hales
27	MF	ENG	Kemal Izzet
28	DF	ENG	Kevin James
29	FW	ENG	Kevin Lisbie^{[notes 4]}
30	FW	ENG	Charlie MacDonald
31	FW	ENG	Mark McCammon^{[notes 5]}
32	GK	WAL	Sam Turner
33	FW	SWE	Mathias Svensson
34	MF	ENG	John Salako^{[notes 6]}
35	DF	BEL	Steve Barbé (on loan from Molenbeek)
36	FW	ENG	Paul Kitson (on loan from West Ham United)

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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	ENG	Steve Jones (to Bristol City)
21	MF	ENG	Matty Holmes (released)
26	MF	ENG	David Hockley (released)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
33	GK	FIN	Antti Niemi (on loan from Rangers)
33	DF	ARG	Juan Cobián (to Aberdeen)

References

Notes

^ Kiely was born in Salford, England, and represented them at U-15, U-16, and U-18 level, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in November 1999.
^ Robinson was born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Wales in 1995.
^ Ilić was born in Melbourne, Australia, but also qualified to represent Serbia and Montenegro internationally and made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in December 1998.
^ Lisbie was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 2002.
^ McCammon was born in Barnet, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally and would make his international debut for Barbados in 2006.
^ Salako was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, but also qualified to represent England internationally and made his international debut for England in 1991.

[1] Kiely was born in Salford, England, and represented them at U-15, U-16, and U-18 level, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in November 1999.

[2] Robinson was born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Wales in 1995.

[3] Ilić was born in Melbourne, Australia, but also qualified to represent Serbia and Montenegro internationally and made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in December 1998.

[4] Lisbie was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 2002.

[5] McCammon was born in Barnet, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally and would make his international debut for Barbados in 2006.

[6] Salako was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, but also qualified to represent England internationally and made his international debut for England in 1991.

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