During the 1999–2000 English football season, Aston Villa competed in the

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(known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

Aston Villa matched their previous season's solid sixth place finish. After starting the campaign brightly, a run of nine matches without a win dragged Villa down to 15th. However, after that Villa rallied to go 12 matches unbeaten, and thereafter lost only two more games all season to finish sixth. Villa also reached the

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final for the first time in 43 years, but their hopes of winning the famous trophy for the eighth time were ended by a 1–0 defeat at the hands of Chelsea, whose success was achieved in the last game at

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before the old stadium was rebuilt.

Final league table

;Results summary ;Results by matchday

Results

''Aston Villa's score comes first''

Legend

FA Premier League

FA Cup

League Cup

Players

First-team squad

:''Squad at end of season''

Left club during season

Reserve squad

:''The following players spend most of the season playing for the reserves, and did not appear for the first team.''

Under-19 squad

:''The following players spent most of the season playing for the under-19 squad, but may have played for the U-17s and reserves.''

Under-17 squad

:''The following players spent most of the season playing for the under-17 squad, but may have played for the U-19s and reserves.''

Other players

:''The following players did not appear for any squad this season.''

Statistics

Starting 11

Transfers

In

Out

:Transfers in: £8,100,000 :Transfers out: £4,570,000 :Total spending: £3,530,000

Notes

References

External links

Aston Villa official website
*avfchistory.co.u
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{{DEFAULTSORT:1999-2000 Aston Villa F.C. season Aston Villa F.C. seasons

Aston Villa Aston Villa Football Club is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club competes in the , the top tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1874, they have played at their home ground, Villa Park ...