1999–2000 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season

Boca Juniors

1999–2000 season
President	Mauricio Macri
Manager	Carlos Bianchi
Stadium	La Bombonera
Apertura Tournament	3rd.
Clausura Tournament	7th.
Copa Mercosur	Group stage
Copa Libertadores	Champion
Top goalscorer	League: All: Martin Palermo (20)
Home colours Away colours
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season was the 70th consecutive Primera División season played by the senior squad.

Summary

The club' s main goal for Apertura was clinching its three consecutive League title for the first time in its history.^[1] The squad was reinforced with few players included forward Alfredo Moreno.^[2] The race for the title started early against archrivals River Plate during the whole season. Finally, the club finished in 3rd place, just below Millonarios, thanks to key injured players and a 0–2 defeat against River.^[3]

In the Clausura Tournament, the club was reinforced with several players including forward Marcelo Delgado from Racing.^[4] The team finished in 7th place. A key event of the season came in the game against Newell's Old Boys. Because fireworks were thrown on the field, the game was suspended, and a judicial sanction deducted 3 points in the standings. In the replay, Newell's won the match and Boca Juniors finished below Champions River Plate.

Meanwhile, the club returned to play in the Copa Libertadores for the first time in six years. They advanced to the quarterfinals, defeating archrivals River Plate. In the semifinals the squad eliminated Mexican team America thanks to a Samuel goal in the final minutes of the second leg. In the Finals of the tournament the squad defeated incumbent Champions Palmeiras after a penalty shoot-out, clinching the cup for the first time in 22 years.

Squad

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  COL Oscar Cordoba 2 DF  COL Jorge Bermúdez 3 DF  ARG Rodolfo Arruabarrena 4 DF  ARG Hugo Ibarra 5 MF  COL Mauricio Serna 6 DF  ARG Walter Samuel 7 FW  ARG Guillermo Barros Schelotto 8 MF  ARG Diego Cagna 9 FW  ARG Martín Palermo 10 MF  ARG Juan Roman Riquelme 11 MF  ARG Fernando Navas 12 GK  ARG Roberto Abbondanzieri 13 MF  ARG Christian Traverso 14 MF  ARG Nicolás Burdisso 16 FW  ARG Marcelo Delgado 17 MF  ARG Gustavo Barros Schelotto

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  ARG José Basualdo 19 DF  ARG César La Paglia 20 FW  ARG Antonio Barijho 21 FW  ARG Christian Giménez 22 MF  ARG Sebastián Battaglia 23 FW  ARG Alfredo Moreno 24 MF  ARG José Antonio Pereda 26 FW  ARG Emanuel Ruiz — DF  ARG Aníbal Matellán — DF  ARG José María Calvo — MF  ARG Omar Pérez — DF  ARG Gustavo Pinto — DF  ARG Julio Marchant — FW  ARG Matías Arce — MF  ARG Facundo Imboden — DF  ARG Elías Bazzi

Transfers

January

Competitions

Torneo Apertura

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	River Plate	19	13	5	1	42	21	+21	44
2	Rosario Central	19	14	1	4	34	18	+16	43
3	Boca Juniors	19	12	5	2	36	15	+21	41
4	San Lorenzo	19	10	6	3	30	15	+15	33[a]
5	Talleres (C)	19	9	4	6	38	31	+7	31

Position by round

Matches

Torneo Clausura

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Newell's Old Boys	19	10	4	5	32	21	+11	34
6	Vélez Sársfield	19	9	7	3	28	18	+10	34
7	Boca Juniors	19	10	6	3	38	17	+21	33
8	Unión	19	9	2	8	28	40	−12	29
9	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	19	8	4	7	28	33	−5	28

Position by round

Matches

Copa Mercosur

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
San Lorenzo	12	6	4	0	2	8	5	+3
Boca Juniors	10	6	3	1	2	10	5	+5
São Paulo	10	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3
Universidad Católica	3	6	1	0	5	2	13	-11

Copa Libertadores

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Boca Juniors	6	4	1	1	14	5	+9	13
2	Peñarol	6	2	3	1	12	9	+3	9
3	Blooming	6	2	1	3	9	17	−8	7
4	Universidad Católica	6	1	1	4	10	14	−4	4

Eighthfinals

Quarterfinals

Final

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Apertura 99[6]		Clausura 2000[7]		Libertadores[8]
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	COL	Oscar Cordoba	45	0	19	0	12	0	14	0
	DF	ARG	Hugo Ibarra	44	0	15	0	16	0	13	0
	DF	COL	Jorge Bermudez	44	6	17	2	13	2	14	2
	DF	ARG	Walter Samuel	45	3	17	1	14	1	14	1
	DF	ARG	Rodolfo Arruabarrena	46	7	19	1	14	1	13	5
	MF	ARG	Christian Traverso	39	2	14	0	12	1	13	1
	MF	ARG	Gustavo Barros Schelotto	29	2	17	1	6	0	6	1
	MF	ARG	Sebastian Battaglia	31	0	3	0	15	0	13	0
	MF	ARG	Juan Roman Riquelme	35	7	17	2	7	2	11	3
	FW	ARG	Guillermo Barros Schelotto	36	12	13	6	14	5	9	1
	FW	ARG	Martin Palermo	21	19	13	14	4	4	4	1
	FW	ARG	Marcelo Delgado	19	4	0	0	11	3	8	1
	GK	ARG	Roberto Abbondanzieri	8	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
	GK	ARG	Christian Muñoz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ARG	Cesar Osvaldo La Paglia	16	1	11	0	3	1	2	0
	DF	ARG	Julio Marchant	20	3	0	0	11	1	9	2
	FW	ARG	Antonio Barijho	28	14	9	4	10	4	9	6
	DF	ARG	José Antonio Pereda	18	0	8	0	8	0	2	0
	MF	ARG	José Horacio Basualdo	24	0	6	0	10	0	8	0
	FW	ARG	Alfredo Moreno	24	13	5	1	11	6	8	6
	FW	ARG	Christian Giménez	13	2	4	1	4	1	5	0
	DF	ARG	Anibal Matellan	18	1	3	0	13	1	2	0
	DF	ARG	Omar Sebastián Pérez	4	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
	DF	ARG	Fernando Navas	17	1	2	0	8	1	7	0
	MF	ARG	Nicolas Burdisso	11	0	1	0	8	0	2	0
	MF	COL	Mauricio Serna	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ARG	Emanuel Ruiz	11	0	7	0	4	0	0	0
	FW	ARG	Matías Sebastián Arce	4	2	0	0	4	2
	DF	ARG	José María Calvo	3	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	ARG	Gustavo Pinto	3	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	ARG	Facundo Imboden	2	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	ARG	Elías Bazzi	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ARG	Diego Cagna	18	3	18	3

References