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