1999–2000 Hamburger SV season

The 1999–2000 Hamburger SV season was the 112th season in the club's history. During the 1999–2000 season, they competed in the Bundesliga, in which they finished 3rd alongside the DFB-Pokal where they reached the third round and the UEFA Intertoto Cup, where they were finalists, losing to Montpellier on penalties. The season covers the period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000.

Hamburger SV
1999–2000 season
ManagerFrank Pagelsdorf
StadiumVolksparkstadion
Bundesliga3rd
DFB-PokalThird round
UEFA Intertoto CupFinalists
Top goalscorerHans-Jörg Butt
Roy Präger
Tony Yeboah (9)
Average home league attendance41,934

Season summary

Hamburg rose to third place in the final table - their highest finish since finishing as runners-up in 1987.

First team squad
Squad at end of season[1]

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 Hans-Jörg Butt
2 MF Thomas Gravesen
3 DF Andrej Panadić
4 DF Ingo Hertzsch
5 DF Nico-Jan Hoogma
6 MF Dimitrios Grammozis[notes 1]
7 MF Martin Groth
8 FW Jacek Dembiński
9 FW Vanja Grubač[notes 2]
10 MF Thomas Doll
11 MF Niko Kovač[notes 3]
12 GK Alexander Bade
13 MF Andreas Fischer
14 MF Fabian Ernst
No. Position Player
15 DF Mehdi Mahdavikia
16 FW Vahid Hashemian
17 FW Tony Yeboah
18 FW Rasoul Khatibi
19 FW Soner Uysal
20 MF Bernd Hollerbach
21 MF Harald Spörl
22 FW Roy Präger
24 FW Mahmut Yılmaz
26 MF Özkan Gümüs
27 MF Rodolfo Cardoso
28 GK Saša Ilić
29 FW Karsten Bäron
30 MF Christof Babatz

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
19 DF Josip Šimunić[notes 4] (to Hertha Berlin)

References
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/1999-2000/bundes/hamburg.htm

Notes
  1. Grammozis was born in Wuppertal, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Greece internationally through his parents and represented Greece at U-21 level.
  2. Grubač was born in Nikšić, SFR Yugoslavia (now Montenegro).
  3. Kovač was born in Wedding, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in December 1996.
  4. Šimunić was born in Canberra, Australia, but also qualified to represent Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in November 2001.
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