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1999–2000 Manchester United F.C. season

{{Short description|118th season in existence of Manchester United}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}

{{Infobox football club season

| club = Manchester United

| season = 1999–2000

|image=

|caption=

| manager = Sir Alex Ferguson

| mgrtitle = Manager

| chairman = Martin Edwards

| chrtitle = Chairman

| league = FA Premier League

| league result = 1st

| cup1 = League Cup

| cup1 result = Third round

| cup2 = UEFA Champions League

| cup2 result = Quarter-finals

| cup3 = Charity Shield

| cup3 result = Runners-up

| cup4 = UEFA Super Cup

| cup4 result = Runners-up

| cup5 = Intercontinental Cup

| cup5 result = Winners

| cup6 = FIFA Club World Championship

| cup6 result = Group stage

| league topscorer =
Dwight Yorke (20)

| season topscorer =
Dwight Yorke (24)

| highest attendance = {{nowrap|61,629 vs Tottenham Hotspur}}
(6 May 2000)

| lowest attendance = 53,250 vs Croatia Zagreb
(14 September 1999)

| average attendance = 58,017

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The 1999–2000 season was Manchester United's eighth season in the Premier League, and their 25th consecutive season in the top division of English football.{{cite web |url=http://www.stretfordend.co.uk/seasons/season2000.html |title=Manchester United Season 1999/2000 |access-date=8 October 2007 |publisher=StretfordEnd.co.uk }} United won the Premier League title for the sixth time in eight seasons (with a record 18-point margin and 97 goals scored) as well as becoming the first English club to win the Intercontinental Cup when they defeated Palmeiras in Tokyo. However, they surrendered their Champions League title with a 3–2 defeat by eventual champions Real Madrid in the quarter-finals. The club controversially did not defend their FA Cup crown, upon request by The Football Association, to compete in the inaugural FIFA Club World Championship in Brazil instead.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/381662.stm |title=United pull out of FA Cup |date=30 June 1999 |access-date=25 August 2011 |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC }}

Mark Bosnich, previously at United as a reserve goalkeeper from 1989 to 1991, returned to the club as Peter Schmeichel's successor, but failed to live up to expectations and in September, the club swooped for Italian Massimo Taibi to provide competition for him. However, Taibi suffered some high-profile mistakes and returned to his homeland at the end of the season after just four games for the club. As the season wore on, long-time reserve goalkeeper Raimond van der Gouw was increasingly called on as the starting goalkeeper, and proved a fairly reliable performer, but at 37 years old as of the end of the season, it was clear that he would not be a long-term solution. United then solved the goalkeeping crisis by paying AS Monaco £7.8 million for Fabien Barthez. Also new to the squad for 1999–2000 were French defender Mikaël Silvestre and South African winger Quinton Fortune. Jesper Blomqvist and Wes Brown missed the entire season due to injury, while similar misfortune restricted defenders David May and Ronny Johnsen to three first-team appearances between them. Jordi Cruyff left the club on a free transfer to Deportivo Alavés at the end of the season, seeing out his four-year contract at a club where he had failed to claim a regular first-team place.

Pre-season and friendlies

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Date

!Opponents

!H / A

!Result

F–A

!Scorers

!Attendance

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|15 July 1999

|Australia

|N

|2–0

|Blomqvist 45', Butt 74'

|71,215

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|18 July 1999

|Australia

|N

|1–0

|Yorke 24'

|78,032

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|21 July 1999

|Shanghai Shenhua

|A

|2–0

|Solskjær 60', Sheringham 69'

|80,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|24 July 1999

|South China

|A

|2–0

|Sheringham 20', Cole 23'

|40,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|30 July 1999

|Bristol Rovers

|A

|2–2

|Solskjær 7', Healy 87'

|10,534

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|3 August 1999

|Omagh Town

|A

|9–0

|Clegg (2), Cole (2), Sheringham (4), Nixon (o.g.)

|7,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|4 August 1999

|Wigan Athletic

|A

|2–0

|Scholes, Solskjær

|15,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|11 October 1999

|Rest of the World XI

|H

|2–4

|Sheringham 43', Scholes 87'

|54,842

FA Charity Shield

{{main|1999 FA Charity Shield}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Date

!Opponents

!H / A

!Result

F–A

!Scorers

!Attendance

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|1 August 1999

|Arsenal

|N

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/409273.stm 1–2]

|Yorke 37'

|70,185

UEFA Super Cup

{{main|1999 UEFA Super Cup}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Date

!Opponents

!H / A

!Result

F–A

!Scorers

!Attendance

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|27 August 1999

|Lazio

|N

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/432092.stm 0–1]

|

|14,461

FA Premier League

{{main|1999–2000 FA Premier League}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Date

!Opponents

!H / A

!Result
F–A

!Scorers

!Attendance

!League
position

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|8 August 1999

|Everton

|A

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/414875.stm 1–1]

|Yorke 7'

|39,141

|9th

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|11 August 1999

|Sheffield Wednesday

|H

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/417781.stm 4–0]

|Scholes 9', Yorke 35', Cole 54', Solskjær 84'

|54,941

|3rd

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|14 August 1999

|Leeds United

|H

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/420264.stm 2–0]

|Yorke (2) 77', 80'

|55,187

|1st

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|22 August 1999

|Arsenal

|A

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/427415.stm 2–1]

|Keane (2) 59', 88'

|38,147

|1st

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|25 August 1999

|Coventry City

|A

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/430135.stm 2–1]

|Scholes 63', Yorke 75'

|22,024

|1st

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|30 August 1999

|Newcastle United

|H

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/433728.stm 5–1]

|Cole (4) 14', 46', 65', 71', Giggs 81'

|55,190

|1st

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|11 September 1999

|Liverpool

|A

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/444155.stm 3–2]

|Carragher (2) 4' (o.g.), 45' (o.g.), Cole 18'

|44,929

|1st

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|18 September 1999

|Wimbledon

|H

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/450995.stm 1–1]

|Cruyff 74'

|55,189

|1st

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|25 September 1999

|Southampton

|H

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/457692.stm 3–3]

|Sheringham 34', Yorke (2) 38', 64'

|55,249

|1st

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|3 October 1999

|Chelsea

|A

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/464027.stm 0–5]

|

|34,909

|2nd

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|16 October 1999

|Watford

|H

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/476765.stm 4–1]

|Yorke 40', Cole (2) 42', 50', Irwin 45' (pen.)

|55,188

|2nd

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|23 October 1999

|Tottenham Hotspur

|A

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/483269.stm 1–3]

|Giggs 24'

|36,072

|3rd

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|30 October 1999

|Aston Villa

|H

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/495434.stm 3–0]

|Scholes 30', Cole 45', Keane 65'

|55,211

|2nd

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|6 November 1999

|Leicester City

|H

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/507419.stm 2–0]

|Cole (2) 30', 83'

|55,191

|1st

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|20 November 1999

|Derby County

|A

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/529760.stm 2–1]

|Butt 53', Cole 84'

|33,370

|1st

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|4 December 1999

|Everton

|H

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/549795.stm 5–1]

|Irwin 27' (pen.), Solskjær (4) 29', 43', 52', 58'

|55,193

|1st

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|18 December 1999

|West Ham United

|A

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/570990.stm 4–2]

|Yorke (2) 9', 63', Giggs (2) 13', 20'

|26,037

|1st

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|26 December 1999

|Bradford City

|H

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/578698.stm 4–0]

|Fortune 75', Yorke 79', Cole 88', Keane 89'

|55,188

|2nd

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|28 December 1999

|Sunderland

|A

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/580984.stm 2–2]

|Keane 27', Butt 87'

|42,026

|2nd

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|24 January 2000

|Arsenal

|H

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/617529.stm 1–1]

|Sheringham 74'

|58,293

|2nd

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|29 January 2000

|Middlesbrough

|H

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/623704.stm 1–0]

|Beckham 87'

|61,267

|1st

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|2 February 2000

|Sheffield Wednesday

|A

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/628923.stm 1–0]

|Sheringham 74'

|39,640

|1st

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|5 February 2000

|Coventry City

|H

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/631977.stm 3–2]

|Cole (2) 40', 55', Scholes 77'

|61,380

|1st

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|12 February 2000

|Newcastle United

|A

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/640508.stm 0–3]

|

|36,470

|1st

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|20 February 2000

|Leeds United

|A

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/649668.stm 1–0]

|Cole 52'

|40,160

|1st

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|26 February 2000

|Wimbledon

|A

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/658016.stm 2–2]

|Cruyff 30', Cole 80'

|26,129

|1st

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|4 March 2000

|Liverpool

|H

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/666000.stm 1–1]

|Solskjær 45'

|61,592

|1st

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|11 March 2000

|Derby County

|H

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/673893.stm 3–1]

|Yorke (3) 13', 70', 72'

|61,619

|1st

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|18 March 2000

|Leicester City

|A

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/682150.stm 2–0]

|Beckham 33', Yorke 84'

|22,170

|1st

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|25 March 2000

|Bradford City

|A

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/690380.stm 4–0]

|Yorke (2) 38', 40', Scholes 71', Beckham 79'

|18,276

|1st

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|1 April 2000

|West Ham United

|H

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/697995.stm 7–1]

|Scholes (3) 24', 51', 63' (pen.), Irwin 27', Cole 45', Beckham 66', Solskjær 73'

|61,611

|1st

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|10 April 2000

|Middlesbrough

|A

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/708672.stm 4–3]

|Giggs 46', Cole 60', Scholes 74', Fortune 88'

|34,775

|1st

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|15 April 2000

|Sunderland

|H

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/714446.stm 4–0]

|Solskjær (2) 3', 51', Butt 65', Berg 70'

|61,612

|1st

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|22 April 2000

|Southampton

|A

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/722901.stm 3–1]

|Beckham 8', Benali 15' (o.g.), Solskjær 30'

|15,245

|1st

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|24 April 2000

|Chelsea

|H

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/724595.stm 3–2]

|Yorke (2) 11', 69', Solskjær 40'

|61,593

|1st

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|29 April 2000

|Watford

|A

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/730404.stm 3–2]

|Yorke 69', Giggs 71', Cruyff 87'

|20,250

|1st

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|6 May 2000

|Tottenham Hotspur

|H

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/738587.stm 3–1]

|Solskjær 5', Beckham 34', Sheringham 36'

|61,629

|1st

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|14 May 2000

|Aston Villa

|A

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/748079.stm 1–0]

|Sheringham 65'

|39,217

|1st

{{:1999–2000 FA Premier League|showteam=MUN}}

League Cup

{{main|1999–2000 Football League Cup}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Date

!Round

!Opponents

!H / A

!Result

F–A

!Scorers

!Attendance

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|13 October 1999

|Round 3

|Aston Villa

|A

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/474172.stm 0–3]

|

|33,815

UEFA Champions League

=Group stage=

{{main|1999–2000 UEFA Champions League group stage}}

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Date

!Opponents

!H / A

!Result

F–A

!Scorers

!Attendance

!Group

position

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|14 September 1999

|Croatia Zagreb

|H

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/champions_league/447572.stm 0–0]

|

|53,250

|3rd

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|22 September 1999

|Sturm Graz

|A

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/champions_league/455692.stm 3–0]

|Keane 16', Yorke 31', Cole 33'

|16,480

|2nd

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|29 September 1999

|Marseille

|H

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/champions_league/461266.stm 2–1]

|Cole 79', Scholes 83'

|53,993

|1st

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|19 October 1999

|Marseille

|A

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/champions_league/479944.stm 0–1]

|

|56,732

|2nd

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|27 October 1999

|Croatia Zagreb

|A

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/champions_league/489582.stm 2–1]

|Beckham 32', Keane 49'

|27,500

|1st

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|2 November 1999

|Sturm Graz

|H

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/champions_league/503377.stm 2–1]

|Solskjær 56', Keane 65'

|53,745

|1st

{{:1999–2000 UEFA Champions League group stage|transcludesection=Group D|show_matches=n|showteam=MUN}}

=Second group stage=

{{main|1999–2000 UEFA Champions League second group stage}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Date

!Opponents

!H / A

!Result

F–A

!Scorers

!Attendance

!Group

position

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|23 November 1999

|Fiorentina

|A

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/champions_league/534120.stm 0–2]

|

|36,002

|3rd

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|8 December 1999

|Valencia

|H

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/champions_league/556162.stm 3–0]

|Keane 38', Solskjær 47', Scholes 70'

|54,606

|2nd

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|1 March 2000

|Bordeaux

|H

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/champions_league/662926.stm 2–0]

|Giggs 41', Sheringham 84'

|59,786

|2nd

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|7 March 2000

|Bordeaux

|A

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/champions_league/669595.stm 2–1]

|Keane 33', Solskjær 84'

|30,130

|1st

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|15 March 2000

|Fiorentina

|H

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/champions_league/677415.stm 3–1]

|Cole 20', Keane 33', Yorke 70'

|59,926

|1st

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|21 March 2000

|Valencia

|A

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/champions_league/685895.stm 0–0]

|

|40,419

|1st

{{:1999–2000 UEFA Champions League second group stage|transcludesection=Group B|show_matches=n|showteam=MUN}}

=Knockout phase=

{{main|1999–2000 UEFA Champions League knockout stage}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Date

!Round

!Opponents

!H / A

!Result

F–A

!Scorers

!Attendance

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|4 April 2000

|Quarter-final
First leg

|Real Madrid

|A

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/champions_league/701859.stm 0–0]

|

|64,119

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|19 April 2000

|Quarter-final
Second leg

|Real Madrid

|H

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/champions_league/719839.stm 2–3]

|Beckham 64', Scholes 88' (pen.)

|59,178

Intercontinental Cup

{{main|1999 Intercontinental Cup}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Date

!Opponents

!H / A

!Result
F–A

!Scorers

!Attendance

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|30 November 1999

|Palmeiras

|N

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/543368.stm 1–0]

|Keane 35'

|53,372

FIFA Club World Championship

{{main|2000 FIFA Club World Championship}}

=Group stage=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Date

!Opponents

!H / A

!Result

F–A

!Scorers

!Attendance

!Group

position

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|6 January 2000

|Necaxa

|N

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1999/12/99/world_club_championship/593722.stm 1–1]

|Yorke 88'

|50,000

|2nd

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|8 January 2000

|Vasco da Gama

|N

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1999/12/99/world_club_championship/595844.stm 1–3]

|Butt 81'

|73,000

|3rd

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|11 January 2000

|South Melbourne

|N

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1999/12/99/world_club_championship/599462.stm 2–0]

|Fortune (2) 8', 20'

|25,000

|3rd

{{:2000 FIFA Club World Championship|transcludesection=Group B|showteam=MU}}

Squad statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" valign="bottom"|No.

!rowspan="2" valign="bottom" width="40"|CWC no.{{#tag:ref|Clubs had to submit a 23-man squad to compete in the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship, who all had to be numbered between 1 and 23. Some players had to be assigned a different squad number specifically for the competition.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/archive/brazil2000/clubs/club=33161/players.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219112335/http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/archive/brazil2000/clubs/club=33161/players.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 February 2017 |title=FIFA Club World Championship Brazil 2000 - Clubs - Manchester United |access-date=18 February 2017 |work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association }}|group="nb"}}

!rowspan="2" valign="bottom"|Pos.

!rowspan="2"|Name

!colspan="2" width="85"|League

!colspan="2" width="85"|League Cup

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align="left"|1align="left"|1align="left"|GKalign="left"|{{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Bosnich

|23

010702020350
align="left"|2align="left"|2align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Neville

|22

000902020350
align="left"|3align="left"|3align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|IRL}} Denis Irwin

|25

3001302020423
align="left"|4align="left"|–align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} David May

|0(1)

00010000(1)01(2)0
align="left"|5align="left"|–align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|NOR}} Ronny Johnsen

|2(1)

0000000002(1)0
align="left"|6align="left"|6align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|NED}} Jaap Stam

|33

0001302030510
align="left"|7align="left"|7align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} David Beckham

|30(1)

6001221(1)03046(2)8
align="left"|8align="left"|8align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Nicky Butt

|21(11)

3004(2)0212029(13)4
align="left"|9align="left"|9align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Andy Cole

|23(5)

1900133202040(5)22
align="left"|10align="left"|10align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Teddy Sheringham

|15(12)

5003(6)10(2)01(2)019(22)6
align="left"|11align="left"|11align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Giggs

|30

6001112010447
align="left"|12align="left"|12align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Neville

|25(4)

0006(3)02(1)02035(8)0
align="left"|13align="left"|–align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} John Curtis

|0(1)

01000000(1)01(2)0
align="left"|14align="left"|14align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|NED}} Jordi Cruyff

|1(7)

3101(3)01(1)01(1)05(12)3
align="left"|15align="left"|–align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Jesper Blomqvist

|0

00000000000
align="left"|16align="left"|16align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|IRL}} Roy Keane (c)

|28(1)

500126202144(1)12
align="left"|17align="left"|17align="left"|GKalign="left"|{{flagicon|NED}} Raimond van der Gouw

|11(3)

00070101020(3)0
align="left"|18align="left"|–align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Scholes

|27(4)

900113003041(4)12
align="left"|19align="left"|19align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|TRI}} Dwight Yorke

|29(3)

20009(2)2211(1)141(6)24
align="left"|20align="left"|20align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|NOR}} Ole Gunnar Solskjær

|15(13)

12104(7)32(1)02(1)024(22)15
align="left"|21align="left"|21align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|NOR}} Henning Berg

|16(6)

00011(1)0102030(7)0
align="left"|23align="left"|–align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Clegg

|0(2)

0101(1)000002(3)0
align="left"|24align="left"|–align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Wes Brown

|0

00000000000
align="left"|25align="left"|22align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|RSA}} Quinton Fortune

|4(2)

2001(3)01(1)2006(6)4
align="left"|26align="left"|–align="left"|GKalign="left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} Massimo Taibi

|4

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align="left"|27align="left"|5align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Mikaël Silvestre

|30(1)

0002(2)0201035(3)0
align="left"|28align="left"|4align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Danny Higginbotham

|2(1)

0100(1)010004(2)0
align="left"|30align="left"|23align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie Wallwork

|0(5)

0100010002(5)0
align="left"|31align="left"|–align="left"|GKalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Nick Culkin

|0(1)

0000000000(1)0
align="left"|33align="left"|18align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Wilson

|1(2)

0002(1)010004(3)0
align="left"|34align="left"|15align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Jonathan Greening

|1(3)

0101(1)0100(1)04(5)0
align="left"|37align="left"|–align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|IRL}} John O'Shea

|0

01000000010
align="left"|38align="left"|–align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|NIR}} David Healy

|0

00(1)00000000(1)0
align="left"|39align="left"|–align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Luke Chadwick

|0

01000000010
align="left"|41align="left"|–align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Richard Wellens

|0

00(1)00000000(1)0
align="left"|42align="left"|–align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Twiss

|0

01000000010
align="left"|–{{#tag:ref|Rachubka was not assigned a number for the rest of the season.|group="nb"}}align="left"|13align="left"|GKalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Rachubka

|0

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Transfers

No players left Manchester United in the 1999 summer transfer window.

On 21 August, South African midfielder Quinton Fortune signed from Atlético Madrid for a fee of £1.5 million. Also arriving were Italian goalkeeper Massimo Taibi and French defender Mikaël Silvestre. All three players had slightly different careers at United and all stayed at United for a different number of seasons: Fortune spent seven years at Old Trafford, and his career was mixed; Taibi turned out to be a major flop and left after just one season; Silvestre left in 2008 and had a successful career with United.

United's only winter departure was Norwegian striker Erik Nevland, who returned to his former club Viking after two seasons. Richard Wellens departed on 23 March to Blackpool for a nominal fee. John Curtis joined Blackburn Rovers on 31 May for a fee of £1.5 million, while Michael Twiss joined Port Vale on 30 June on a free transfer.

No players joined United in the winter transfer window, but on 21 May, French goalkeeper Fabien Barthez was acquired.

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2 June 1999

| GK

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Bosnich

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Aston Villa

| Free{{cite news |title=Bosnich signs four-year United deal |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/358845.stm |publisher=BBC News (British Broadcasting Corporation) |date=2 June 1999 |access-date=29 September 2017 }}

21 August 1999

| MF

| {{flagicon|RSA}} Quinton Fortune

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Atlético Madrid

| £1.5m{{Cite news |first=David |last=Anderson |title=Football: Ferguson defends Strachan remarks |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-ferguson-defends-strachan-remarks-1115459.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-ferguson-defends-strachan-remarks-1115459.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |work=The Independent |location=London |date=26 August 1999 |access-date=20 March 2015 }}{{cbignore}}

31 August 1999

| GK

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Massimo Taibi

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Venezia

| £4.5m{{cite news |title=Man Utd complete Taibi signing |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/434743.stm |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=31 August 1999 |access-date=9 February 2012 }}

10 September 1999

| DF

| {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Mikaël Silvestre

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Internazionale

| £4m{{cite news |title=Silvestre on red alert |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/443765.stm |publisher=BBC News (British Broadcasting Corporation) |date=10 September 1999 |access-date=29 September 2017 }}

21 May 2000

| GK

| {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Fabien Barthez

| {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} AS Monaco

| £7.8m{{cite news |title=Man Utd confirm Barthez signing |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/euro2000/teams/france/771367.stm |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=31 May 2000 |access-date=9 February 2012 }}

=Out=

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20 December 1999

| FW

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Erik Nevland

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Viking

| £250k{{cite book|last1=Butler |first1=Cliff |last2=Ponting |first2=Ivan |title=Manchester United Official Yearbook 2000: The Definitive Guide to the 1999−2000 Season |page=171 |publisher=Carlton Books Limited |date=June 2000 |url=https://archive.org/details/manchesterunited0000unse/page/171/ |isbn=978-0-2339978-3-4}}

23 March 2000

| MF

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Richard Wellens

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Blackpool

| Nominal

31 May 2000

| DF

| {{flagicon|ENG}} John Curtis

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Blackburn Rovers

| £1.5m

25 July 2000

| MF

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Twiss

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Port Vale

| Free{{cite news |title=Vale sign Twiss from Man Utd |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/850898.stm |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=25 July 2000 |access-date=9 February 2012}}

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