This article covers the squad and match results for Newcastle United's 1999-2000 season. During the season, Newcastle United competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

Four defeats from Newcastle's first five Premiership fixtures prompted the resignation of manager Ruud Gullit

Ruud Gullit

OON is a Dutch football manager and former football player, who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s. He was the captain of the Netherlands national team that was victorious at Euro 88 and was also a member of the squad for the 1990 World Cup. He was named the European Footballer of the...

 after one year in charge. He had fallen out with Alan Shearer

Alan Shearer

Alan Shearer OBE, DL is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team...

 and dropped the striker, who was absent in an embarrassing 2-1 loss to arch-rivals Sunderland

Sunderland A.F.C.

Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...

.

This led to the appointment of Bobby Robson

Bobby Robson

Sir Robert William "Bobby" Robson, CBE was an English footballer and manager, who coached seven European clubs and the England national team during his career....

 - at 66 the oldest manager in the league - as Gullit's successor. Robson consolidated a fading Newcastle side, and they finished a secure 11th in the final table. More impressively, they were the division's third-highest scoring team with 63 goals from 38 games - eight of these came in an 8-0 drubbing of Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...

.

Squad

Left club during season

Appearances, goals and cards

Last updated on 13 November 2010.

(Starts + substitute appearances)

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		UEFA Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Shay Given Shay Given Séamus John James "Shay" Given is an Irish footballer who plays for Aston Villa and the Republic of Ireland national team as a goalkeeper. He won the PFA's Player of the Year in 2002....	14	0	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	16+1	0	0	0
2	DF	Warren Barton Warren Barton Warren Dean Barton is a former English football player and a TV Pundit for Fox Soccer Channel.-Club career:...	33+1	0	6	0	1	0	5	0	45+1	0	7	1
3	DF	Marcelino Marcelino Elena Marcelino Elena Sierra, simply Marcelino , is a retired Spanish professional footballer who played as a central defender.-Club career:...	10+1	0	1+1	0	0	0	2	0	13+2	0	2	0
4	DF	Didier Domi Didier Domi Didier Arsène Marcel Domi is a French footballer.-Career:A former French youth and Under-21 international, Domi joined Paris Saint-Germain as a trainee in 1994, and made his debut in January 1996...	19+8	3	1+3	1	1	0	4	0	25+11	4	3	0
5	DF	Alain Goma Alain Goma Alain Goma is a retired French footballer who played as a right or central defender.In a 16-year professional career, he played in 196 Ligue 1 games, almost all for Auxerre, adding 147 in the Premier League, namely with Fulham....	14	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	17	0	4	0
6	DF	Steve Howey Steve Howey (footballer) Stephen Norman "Steve" Howey is a former footballer who played for the England national team. At club level, he made more than 300 appearances in the Football League and the Premier League, playing for Newcastle United, Manchester City, Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers and Hartlepool United...	7+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8+2	0	1	0
7	MF	Kieron Dyer Kieron Dyer Kieron Courtney Dyer is an English footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers. Born in Ipswich, he is an attacking midfielder who played youth football for his home club before going on to make nearly 100 league appearances for the club's first team...	27+3	3	5+1	1	0	0	3	0	35+4	4	2	0
8	DF	Franck Dumas Franck Dumas Franck Dumas is a former French professional football player. He is currently the manager of SM Caen.Dumas started his career at Caen and played there for five seasons before moving to AS Monaco...	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	1	0
8	MF	Diego Gavilán	2+4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+4	1	0	0
9	FW	Alan Shearer Alan Shearer Alan Shearer OBE, DL is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team...	36+1	23	6	5	1	0	6	2	49+1	30	8	1
10	MF	Silvio Marić Silvio Marić Silvio Marić is a retired Croatian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.- Club career :Born in Zagreb, Marić began his professional career at Dinamo Zagreb in 1992. In the autumn of 1998, he appeared for Dinamo Zagreb in all of their six group matches in the UEFA Champions League and...	3+10	0	0+1	0	1	0	3	2	7+11	2	0	0
11	MF	Gary Speed Gary Speed Gary Andrew Speed, MBE was a Welsh football player and manager. He was captain of the Wales national football team until he retired from international football in 2004 and he remains the most capped outfield player for Wales and the second overall, having appeared 85 times at senior level between...	36	9	6	3	1	0	6	1	49	13	8	0
12	DF	Andy Griffin Andy Griffin Andrew "Andy" Griffin is an English footballer, currently playing for Championship team, ReadingGriffin began his career at Stoke City, where he established a reputation as a solid wing-back defender...	1+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+2	1	0	0
13	GK	Steve Harper	18	0	4	0	1	0	6	0	29	0	0	1
14	MF	Temuri Ketsbaia Temuri Ketsbaia Temuri "Temur" Ketsbaia is a Georgian football manager and former player. As a player he represented the Georgian national team and played for Dinamo Tbilisi, Anorthosis Famagusta, AEK, Newcastle United, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Dundee.Ketsbaia is often regarded as having played a major role...	11+9	0	0+4	0	0	0	2+1	1	13+14	1	1	0
15	MF	Nolberto Solano Nolberto Solano Nolberto Albino "Nobby" Solano Todco is a Peruvian footballer who plays for Hartlepool United. He has spent much of his career in the English Premier League and also played 95 times for Peru between 1994 and 2009...	29+1	3	3	0	1	0	6	1	39+1	4	6	0
16	DF	Laurent Charvet Laurent Charvet Laurent Charvet is a former French football player.Charvet played in the right back position. He began his career at Cannes in 1994. Between then and 1997 he appeared 99 times for the club and scored 19 goals...	1+1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4+1	0	0	0
17	MF	Stephen Glass Stephen Glass (footballer) Stephen Glass is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Carolina RailHawks in the North American Soccer League....	1+5	1	0+1	0	1	0	0+3	0	2+9	1	0	0
18	DF	Aaron Hughes Aaron Hughes Aaron William Hughes is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for Fulham. Hughes is able to play centre back, right back or left back, as well as anywhere in midfield. He is usually deployed in a centre half position for his club and country, and is the current Northern Ireland captain...	22+5	2	3+1	0	0	0	2+1	0	27+7	2	0	0
19	MF	Jamie McClen Jamie McClen James David "Jamie" McClen is a professional English football player who plays as a defender or midfielder.He attended St. Benet Biscop Catholic High School in Bedlington, Northumberland...	3+6	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	3+8	0	1	0
20	FW	Duncan Ferguson Duncan Ferguson Duncan Cowan Ferguson is a Scottish former footballer. He was notorious for his "hardman" image and nicknamed "Big Dunc" and "Duncan Disorderly"....	17+5	6	6	3	0	0	2+1	1	25+6	10	2	0
21	DF	Carl Serrant Carl Serrant Carl Serrant is an English former footballer and now fitness coach, for Queens Park Rangers.Born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, Serrant made more than 100 appearances in the Football League with Oldham Athletic, Newcastle United, Bury as well as earning a cap for England B before his professional...	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	2+1	0	0	0
22	DF	Gary Caldwell Gary Caldwell Gary Robert Caldwell is a Scottish footballer who is currently the captain of Wigan Athletic and also plays for the Scotland national football team....	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK	Lionel Pérez Lionel Perez Lionel Pérez is a retired French professional footballer. He played as a goalkeeper and more recently was a goalkeeping coach at Stevenage Borough Football Club, following his retirement from the game in 2004....	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	Garry Brady Garry Brady Garry Brady is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Scottish Second Division club Brechin City.-Career:...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	Brian Kerr Brian Kerr (footballer) Brian Kerr is a Scottish international association football player.- Newcastle United :Kerr started his career with Newcastle United, but failed to hold down a regular first team place. Despite this, he won three caps for Scotland under the management of Berti Vogts...	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
26	MF	James Coppinger James Coppinger James Coppinger is an English professional footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Doncaster Rovers.-Early career:...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	David Beharall David Beharall David Alexander Beharall , is a former professional English footballer who retired after being released by Stockport County in 2006. He played as a central defender....	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0
28	FW	Paul Robinson	2+9	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+4	1	2+14	1	0	0
29	GK	John Karelse John Karelse John Karelse is a retired Dutch football goalkeeper.He played for AGOVV Apeldoorn in his native country for a few years before moving to NAC Breda. It was here that he caught the attention of then Newcastle United manager Ruud Gullit, who signed him for £900,000 in August 1999...	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
30	DF	Steven Caldwell Steven Caldwell Steven Caldwell is a Scottish footballer who plays for Birmingham City as a defender. His younger brother Gary is also a defender and Scotland international.-Newcastle United:...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	Stuart Green Stuart Green Stuart Green is an English professional footballer currently playing for Workington A.F.C..-Career:...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK	Tommy Wright	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
32	FW	Kevin Gallacher Kevin Gallacher Kevin William Gallacher is a Scottish former professional footballer and now a sports pundit.He is the grandson of the late Celtic forward Patsy Gallacher, who died before he was born.-Career:...	15+5	2	4+1	1	0	0	0	0	19+6	3	0	0
33	MF	Des Hamilton Des Hamilton Derrick Vivian "Des" Hamilton is an English retired professional footballer. He was a midfielder, who played most notably for Bradford City which counted for nearly half his career appearances and in the Premier League with Newcastle United...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
34	DF	Nikos Dabizas Nikos Dabizas Nikolaos "Nikos" Dabizas is a retired Greek professional footballer and former Newcastle United, Leicester City, Olympiacos and Larissa defender . He was also in Greece's 2004 European Football Championship winning squad....	29	4	6	2	1	0	6	0	42	6	6	1
35	MF	Stuart Elliott Stuart Elliott (footballer born 1977) Stuart Thomas Elliott is an English footballer who plays for Bedlington Terriers as a midfielder.Elliott started his career as a schoolboy at Arsenal, and after being released by the club he signed an apprenticeship with Newcastle United in 1995. He spent five years with the club, during which...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF	Alessandro Pistone Alessandro Pistone Alessandro Pistone is a former Italian footballer.-Early career:Pistone started his career at Solbiatese and Crevalcore, two small Italian teams who in recent years have slid to the lowest tier of professional Italian football, before moving to Vicenza for the duration of the 1995–96 season...	15	1	3	0	0+1	0	2	0	20+1	1	1	0
37	MF	Rob Lee Rob Lee Robert Martin "Rob" Lee is a retired English footballer who played the majority of his career for Charlton Athletic and Newcastle United.-Charlton Athletic:...	30	0	4	1	1	0	6	0	41	1	7	0
38	MF	Fumaça Fumaça (footballer born 1976) José Rodrigues Alves Antunes , nicknamed Fumaça, is a former Brazilian footballer.He played football in England in 1999 and 2000, having spells for Colchester United, Barnsley, Crystal Palace, and Newcastle United, where he played five Premier League games. He also played in Germany for...	1+4	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1+5	0	0	0
39	DF	Hélder Hélder Cristóvão Hélder Marino Rodrigues Cristóvão, simply Hélder , is a retired Portuguese footballer of Angolan descent who played as a central defender.-Club career:...	8	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	12	1	4	0

(A player sent off for 2 bookable offenses has been counted as 2 yellows and 1 red in the above table)

(3 own goals)

Starting 11

Last updated on 13 November 2010.

No.	Pos.	Name	Starts
13	GK	Steve Harper	29
2	DF	Warren Barton Warren Barton Warren Dean Barton is a former English football player and a TV Pundit for Fox Soccer Channel.-Club career:...	45
34	DF	Nikos Dabizas Nikos Dabizas Nikolaos "Nikos" Dabizas is a retired Greek professional footballer and former Newcastle United, Leicester City, Olympiacos and Larissa defender . He was also in Greece's 2004 European Football Championship winning squad....	42
18	DF	Aaron Hughes Aaron Hughes Aaron William Hughes is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for Fulham. Hughes is able to play centre back, right back or left back, as well as anywhere in midfield. He is usually deployed in a centre half position for his club and country, and is the current Northern Ireland captain...	27
4	DF	Didier Domi Didier Domi Didier Arsène Marcel Domi is a French footballer.-Career:A former French youth and Under-21 international, Domi joined Paris Saint-Germain as a trainee in 1994, and made his debut in January 1996...	25
15	MF	Nolberto Solano Nolberto Solano Nolberto Albino "Nobby" Solano Todco is a Peruvian footballer who plays for Hartlepool United. He has spent much of his career in the English Premier League and also played 95 times for Peru between 1994 and 2009...	39
7	MF	Kieron Dyer Kieron Dyer Kieron Courtney Dyer is an English footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers. Born in Ipswich, he is an attacking midfielder who played youth football for his home club before going on to make nearly 100 league appearances for the club's first team...	35
37	MF	Rob Lee Rob Lee Robert Martin "Rob" Lee is a retired English footballer who played the majority of his career for Charlton Athletic and Newcastle United.-Charlton Athletic:...	41
11	MF	Gary Speed Gary Speed Gary Andrew Speed, MBE was a Welsh football player and manager. He was captain of the Wales national football team until he retired from international football in 2004 and he remains the most capped outfield player for Wales and the second overall, having appeared 85 times at senior level between...	49
9	FW	Alan Shearer Alan Shearer Alan Shearer OBE, DL is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team...	49
20	FW	Duncan Ferguson Duncan Ferguson Duncan Cowan Ferguson is a Scottish former footballer. He was notorious for his "hardman" image and nicknamed "Big Dunc" and "Duncan Disorderly"....	25

Top scorers

Based on above table.

Last updated on 13 November 2010.

No.	Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	FW	Alan Shearer Alan Shearer Alan Shearer OBE, DL is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team...	23	5	0	2	30
2	MF	Gary Speed Gary Speed Gary Andrew Speed, MBE was a Welsh football player and manager. He was captain of the Wales national football team until he retired from international football in 2004 and he remains the most capped outfield player for Wales and the second overall, having appeared 85 times at senior level between...	9	3	0	1	13
3	FW	Duncan Ferguson Duncan Ferguson Duncan Cowan Ferguson is a Scottish former footballer. He was notorious for his "hardman" image and nicknamed "Big Dunc" and "Duncan Disorderly"....	6	3	0	1	10
4	DF	Nikos Dabizas Nikos Dabizas Nikolaos "Nikos" Dabizas is a retired Greek professional footballer and former Newcastle United, Leicester City, Olympiacos and Larissa defender . He was also in Greece's 2004 European Football Championship winning squad....	4	2	0	0	6
5	MF	Nolberto Solano Nolberto Solano Nolberto Albino "Nobby" Solano Todco is a Peruvian footballer who plays for Hartlepool United. He has spent much of his career in the English Premier League and also played 95 times for Peru between 1994 and 2009...	3	0	0	1	4
6	MF	Kieron Dyer Kieron Dyer Kieron Courtney Dyer is an English footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers. Born in Ipswich, he is an attacking midfielder who played youth football for his home club before going on to make nearly 100 league appearances for the club's first team...	3	1	0	0	4
7	DF	Didier Domi Didier Domi Didier Arsène Marcel Domi is a French footballer.-Career:A former French youth and Under-21 international, Domi joined Paris Saint-Germain as a trainee in 1994, and made his debut in January 1996...	3	1	0	0	4
8	N/A	Own Goal Own goal An own net occurs in goal-scoring games when a player scores a goal that is registered against his or her own team. It is usually accidental, and may be a result of an attempt at defensive play that failed or was spoiled by opponents.... s	3	0	0	0	3
9	FW	Kevin Gallacher Kevin Gallacher Kevin William Gallacher is a Scottish former professional footballer and now a sports pundit.He is the grandson of the late Celtic forward Patsy Gallacher, who died before he was born.-Career:...	2	1	0	0	3
10	DF	Aaron Hughes Aaron Hughes Aaron William Hughes is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for Fulham. Hughes is able to play centre back, right back or left back, as well as anywhere in midfield. He is usually deployed in a centre half position for his club and country, and is the current Northern Ireland captain...	2	0	0	0	2
11	MF	Silvio Marić Silvio Marić Silvio Marić is a retired Croatian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.- Club career :Born in Zagreb, Marić began his professional career at Dinamo Zagreb in 1992. In the autumn of 1998, he appeared for Dinamo Zagreb in all of their six group matches in the UEFA Champions League and...	0	0	0	2	2
12	MF	Stephen Glass Stephen Glass (footballer) Stephen Glass is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Carolina RailHawks in the North American Soccer League....	1	0	0	0	1
13	MF	Diego Gavilán	1	0	0	0	1
14	DF	Andy Griffin Andy Griffin Andrew "Andy" Griffin is an English footballer, currently playing for Championship team, ReadingGriffin began his career at Stoke City, where he established a reputation as a solid wing-back defender...	1	0	0	0	1
15	DF	Alessandro Pistone Alessandro Pistone Alessandro Pistone is a former Italian footballer.-Early career:Pistone started his career at Solbiatese and Crevalcore, two small Italian teams who in recent years have slid to the lowest tier of professional Italian football, before moving to Vicenza for the duration of the 1995–96 season...	1	0	0	0	1
16	DF	Hélder Hélder Cristóvão Hélder Marino Rodrigues Cristóvão, simply Hélder , is a retired Portuguese footballer of Angolan descent who played as a central defender.-Club career:...	1	0	0	0	1
17	MF	Rob Lee Rob Lee Robert Martin "Rob" Lee is a retired English footballer who played the majority of his career for Charlton Athletic and Newcastle United.-Charlton Athletic:...	0	1	0	0	1
18	FW	Paul Robinson	0	0	0	1	1
19	MF	Temuri Ketsbaia Temuri Ketsbaia Temuri "Temur" Ketsbaia is a Georgian football manager and former player. As a player he represented the Georgian national team and played for Dinamo Tbilisi, Anorthosis Famagusta, AEK, Newcastle United, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Dundee.Ketsbaia is often regarded as having played a major role...	0	0	0	1	1

Pre-season

Premier League

	Club
10	Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....	38	15	8	15	57	49	8	53
11	Newcastle United Newcastle United F.C. Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...	38	14	10	14	63	54	+9	52
12	Middlesbrough Middlesbrough F.C. Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...	38	14	10	14	46	52
52

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

UEFA Cup

FA Cup

League Cup

External links

• FootballSquads - Newcastle United - 1999/00