Eredivisie 1999/00

The first season in the top flight since seven years started with a
visit of champions Feyenoord.  An ignominous 0-4 defeat set the tone
for a hugely disappointing start of the season, home draws against
expected fellow strugglers Cambuur, De Graafschap and MVV interspersed
with defeats in nearly every away match.  Only a few exploits deserve
mention, a heroic 3-2 win over Utrecht and another win over Vitesse.

The acquisitions of Vos and Wreh during the season did little to help,
and if Den Bosch still have a chance of survival, it's because Cambuur
are doing just as bad.  After 24 rounds and a 3-0 defeat in Doetinchem,
trainer Koopman left, annoyed with new players showing up at training
that he had never heard about.  Den Bosch had already contacted Mark
Wotte of Utrecht, and after Koopman's stepping down, he stepped in
immediately.  Hopefully he'll manage to turn things around - but his
first match was away at Feyenoord: 0-3.  Since then, another loss at
AZ was followed by three 1-1 home draws (all disappointing, vs. Willem
II, NEC and Ajax) and the first away win of the season, and that an
important one: in Leeuwarden.  However, since then Cambuur managed an
away win at Sparta while Den Bosch only got one point out of the matches
with RKC and Fortuna.  A good away draw at Heerenveen (who thereby reached
the Champions' league) was spoilt by neighbours' Willem II lack of
self-respect and sportsmanship: losing 1-4 at home to Cambuur.  In 
spite of a last round thumping (7-0, 4 goals by Vos) of Sparta, that
meant Den Bosch were relegated, as Cambuur won at home to RKC. 
 
Check here for more data on the regular season.

All results:

against            home away  total 99/00        overall total 54-00
Ajax               1-1  1-6   2 0 1 1  2- 7 1   28  2  5 21 22-83  9
A.Z.               2-3  0-2   2 0 0 2  2- 5 0   36 10 15 11 52-52 35 [Alkmaar, A.Z. '67]
Cambuur Leeuwarden 1-1  2-1   2 1 1 0  3- 2 3   54 19 16 19 72-77 54 [Leeuwarden, S.C. Cambuur]
Feyenoord          0-4  0-3   2 0 0 2  0- 7 0   28  5  7 16 29-71 17 [Feijenoord]
Fortuna Sittard    0-2  1-1   2 0 1 1  1- 3 1   48 11 13 24 61-88 35 [Fortuna '54, F.S.C.]
De Graafschap      1-1  0-3   2 0 1 1  1- 4 1   34 13  8 13 50-50 34
S.C. Heerenveen    0-2  1-1   2 0 1 1  1- 3 1   28  8 11  9 28-30 27
M.V.V.             1-1  0-2   2 0 1 1  1- 3 1   32 11  7 14 38-48 29
N.E.C.             1-1  0-2   2 0 1 1  1- 3 1   18  4  7  7 16-26 15
P.S.V.             2-6  0-7   2 0 0 2  2-13 0   28  3  5 20 33-95 11
R.K.C. Waalwijk    0-3  1-1   2 0 1 1  1- 4 1    8  2  2  4  8-14  6 [R.K.C.]
Roda J.C.          2-2  0-3   2 0 1 1  2- 5 1   28  6 11 11 36-50 23 [Rapid J.C.]
Sparta             7-0  2-3   2 1 0 1  9- 3 2   26  5  9 12 40-50 19
F.C. Twente        0-0  2-3   2 0 1 1  2- 3 1   28  9  8 11 32-50 26 [S.C. Enschede]
F.C. Utrecht       3-2  1-2   2 1 0 1  4- 4 2   26 10  7  9 43-39 27 [D.O.S.]
Vitesse            2-1  0-1   2 1 0 1  2- 2 2   38 12 10 16 45-56 34
Willem II          1-1  1-2   2 0 1 1  2- 3 1   38 18  5 15 52-40 41

Home record            17  3  8  6  24-31  14  795 365 216 214 1338- 974  946
 corrected for 3/win    17  3  8  6  24-31  17  795 365 216 214 1338- 974  985
Away record            17  1  3 13  12-43   5  795 228 203 364  976-1341  659
 corrected for 3/win    17  1  3 13  12-43   6  795 228 203 364  976-1341  696
Neutral venues                                   2   2   0   0    4-   1    4
Total                  34  4 11 19  36-74  19 1592 595 419 578 2318-2316 1609
 corrected for 3/win    34  4 11 19  36-74  23 1592 595 419 578 2318-2316 1685

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