During the 1999–2000 English football season, Coventry City competed in the

FA Premier League The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football ...

Season summary

Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Coventry, West Midlands. The club plays in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club is nicknamed The Sky Blues after the sky blue colou ...

were one of the

's best-performing sides at home during 1999–2000, achieving 12 victories at the

Highfield Road Highfield Road was a football stadium in the city of Coventry, England. It was the home ground for Coventry City for 106 years. History It was built in 1899 in the Hillfields district, close to the city centre, and staged its final game on 30 ...

stadium. However, they failed to win a single away game all season, ruining their hopes of getting anywhere near the top five, and they were restricted to 14th place in the final table. 1999–2000 also marked the end of 43-year-old goalkeeper

Steve Ogrizovic Steven Ogrizovic (born 12 September 1957) is an English football coach, former professional footballer and cricketer. As a player, he was a goalkeeper from 1977 until 2000, the last 16 years of which were at Coventry City. Nicknamed "Oggy", he ...

's illustrious career at the club, and severed their final remaining link with the 1987 FA Cup winning side.

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proved a successful signing with 12 goals in 34 league appearances.

Final league table

;Results summary ;Results by round

Results

''Coventry City's score comes first''

Legend

FA Premier League

FA Cup

League Cup

First-team squad

:''Squad at end of season''

Left club during season

Reserve squad

:''The following players did not appear for the first-team this season.''

Transfers

In

Out

:Transfers in: £15,450,000 :Transfers out: £9,600,000 :Total spending: £5,850,000

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:1999-2000 Coventry City F.C. season Coventry City F.C. seasons