1999–2000 Borussia Dortmund season

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

Borussia Dortmund
1999–2000 season
Head coachMichael Skibbe (until 6 February)
Bernd Krauss (from 6 February to 13 April)
Udo Lattek (from 14 April)
StadiumWestfalenstadion
Bundesliga11th
DFB-PokalThird round
Champions LeagueFirst group stage
UEFA CupFourth round

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.

Players

First team squad
Squad at end of season[1]
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GER Jens Lehmann
2 DF  GER Christian Wörns
3 DF  BRA Evanílson
4 MF  SCG Miroslav Stević
5 DF  GER Jürgen Kohler
7 DF  GER Stefan Reuter
8 MF  GER Christian Nerlinger
10 MF  GER Andreas Möller
11 FW  GER Heiko Herrlich
12 GK  GER Wolfgang de Beer
13 FW  GER Giuseppe Reina
14 FW  BIH Sergej Barbarez
15 DF  NED Alfred Nijhuis
16 MF  BIH Sead Kapetanović
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF  BRA Dedé
18 MF  GER Lars Ricken
19 MF  GHA Otto Addo[notes 1]
20 FW  GER Fredi Bobic[notes 2]
22 FW  GHA Ibrahim Tanko
24 FW  NGA Victor Ikpeba
25 FW  GHA Bashiru Gambo
27 DF  AUT Wolfgang Feiersinger
28 DF  GER Benjamin Knoche
29 MF  RUS Vladimir But
31 MF  GER Francis Bugri
33 DF  GER Karsten Baumann
34 DF  TUR Kurtulus Öztürk[notes 3]

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

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 (now Germany) from the age of 1 and made his international debut for Germany in October 1994.
  3. Öztürk was born in Werne, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented Turkey at U-17 and U-18 level.
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