1999–2000 French Division 1

The 1999–2000 Ligue 1 season (then called Division 1) was the 62nd since its establishment. AS Monaco won the French Association Football League with 65 points.

Participating teams

Auxerre Bastia Bordeaux Le Havre RC Lens Olympique Lyonnais Olympique de Marseille FC Metz AS Monaco

Montpellier HSC AS Nancy FC Nantes Atlantique Paris Saint-Germain FC Stade Rennais FC AS Saint-Étienne Sedan RC Strasbourg Troyes AC

Final table

Position	Club	Points	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	av. attendance	Europe, Ligue 1
1	AS Monaco	65	34	20	5	9	69	38	+31		Champion of France Champions League
2	Paris Saint-Germain	58	34	16	10	8	54	40	+14		Champions League
3	Olympique Lyonnais	56	34	16	8	10	45	42	+3		Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Bordeaux	54	34	15	9	10	52	40	+12		UEFA Cup
5	RC Lens	49	34	14	7	13	42	41	+1		Intertoto Cup
6	AS Saint-Étienne	48	34	13	9	12	46	47	-1
7	CS Sedan-Ardennes	48	34	13	9	12	43	44	-1		Intertoto Cup
8	AJ Auxerre	47	34	13	8	13	37	39	-2		Intertoto Cup
9	RC Strasbourg	46	34	13	7	14	42	52	-10
10	SC Bastia	45	34	11	12	11	43	39	+4
11	FC Metz	44	34	9	17	8	38	33	+5
12	FC Nantes	43	34	12	7	15	39	40	-1		UEFA Cup (winner of Coupe de France)
13	Stade Rennais	43	34	12	7	15	44	48	-4
14	Troyes AC	43	34	13	4	17	36	52	-16
15	Olympique Marseille	42	34	9	15	10	45	45	0
16	AS Nancy	42	34	11	9	14	43	45	-2		Relegated to Ligue 2
17	Le Havre AC	34	34	9	7	18	30	52	-22		Relegated to Ligue 2
18	Montpellier HSC	31	34	7	10	17	39	50	-11		Relegated to Ligue 2

Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in Division 1 season 2000/2001

• • Lille OSC: champion of Ligue 2
  • EA Guingamp: runners-up
  • Toulouse FC: third place

Top goalscorers

Position	Player's name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Sonny Anderson	Brazil	Lyon	23
2	David Trezeguet	France	AS Monaco	22
3	Marco Simone	Italy	AS Monaco	21
4	Christian Corrêa Dionisio	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain	16
4	Shabani Nonda	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Rennes	16
6	Tony Cascarino	Ireland	Nancy	15
6	Alex	Brazil	Saint-Étienne	15
8	Stéphane Guivarc'h	France	Auxerre	14
8	Lilian Laslandes	France	Bordeaux	14
10	Sylvain Wiltord	France	Bordeaux	13
10	Antoine Sibierski	France	Nantes	13
12	Frédéric Née	France	Bastia	11
13	Slađan Đukić	Yugoslavia	Troyes	10
14	Steve Marlet	France	Auxerre	9
14	Cyrille Pouget	France	Le Havre (4) Marseille (5)	9
14	Laurent Robert	France	Paris Saint-Germain	9
14	Olivier Echouafni	France	Strasbourg	9

Player of the year

The trophy was awarded by the National Union of Professional Footballers to:

• Marcelo Gallardo, AS Monaco