1999–2000 Borussia Dortmund season

Borussia Dortmund
1999–2000 season
Head coach Michael Skibbe (until 6 February)
Bernd Krauss (from 6 February to 13 April)
Udo Lattek (from 14 April)
Stadium Westfalenstadion
Bundesliga 11th
DFB-Pokal Third round
Champions League First group stage
UEFA Cup Fourth round

During the 1999–2000 season, Borussia Dortmund played in the 1. Bundesliga, the highest tier of the German football league system.

Season summary

Michael Skibbe was demoted from his role of head coach in early February after a run of only one win in the last 10 matches, returning to his previous role as coordinator of the youth team. Bernd Krauss came as his replacement, but only lasted 2 months before being sacked himself with Dortmund one point clear of relegation with five games left. Udo Lattek, who had managed Dortmund nearly two decades earlier, came in for the final five games and saved Dortmund with 8 points in those remaining games, with only one loss (to champions Bayern Munich). Ultimately, Dortmund finished 11th, five points clear of relegation. Lattek returned to retirement at the end of the season (he would never manage another team again) and was succeeded by former Dortmund defender Matthias Sammer.

Dortmund had a poor season and finished 11th, five points clear of relegation.

First team squad

Squad at end of season[1]
No. Position Player
1 Germany GK Jens Lehmann
2 Germany DF Christian Wörns
3 Brazil DF Evanílson
4 Serbia and Montenegro MF Miroslav Stević
5 Germany DF Jürgen Kohler
7 Germany DF Stefan Reuter
8 Germany MF Christian Nerlinger
10 Germany MF Andreas Möller
11 Germany FW Heiko Herrlich
12 Germany GK Wolfgang de Beer
13 Germany FW Giuseppe Reina
14 Bosnia and Herzegovina FW Sergej Barbarez
15 Netherlands DF Alfred Nijhuis
16 Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Sead Kapetanović
No. Position Player
17 Brazil DF Dedé
18 Germany MF Lars Ricken
19 Ghana MF Otto Addo[notes 1]
20 Germany FW Fredi Bobic[notes 2]
22 Ghana FW Ibrahim Tanko
24 Nigeria FW Victor Ikpeba
25 Ghana FW Bashiru Gambo
27 Austria DF Wolfgang Feiersinger
28 Germany DF Benjamin Knoche
29 Russia MF Vladimir But
31 Ghana MF Francis Bugri
33 Germany DF Karsten Baumann
34 Germany DF Kurtulus Öztürk

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Addo was born in Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally and made his international debut for Ghana in February 1999.
  2. ↑ Bobic was born in Maribor, SFR Yugoslavia (now Slovenia), but was raised in West Germany from the age of 1 and made his international debut for Germany in 1994.
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