FA Cup 1999-00 Facts & Trivia
The 1999-00 FA Cup was won by Chelsea. Below are the facts, records and trivia from that cup run — the final, the giant-killings, the biggest wins, the hat-tricks and the shootouts.
See the full FA Cup 1999-00 bracket and results. Or read the EFL Cup 1999-00 facts.
1. Chelsea — champions
Chelsea beat Aston Villa 1-0 to win the FA Cup.
2. Final scorer
Roberto Di Matteo scored for Chelsea in the final.
3. Gillingham's cup run
Gillingham, in from the 1st Round, went all the way to the Quarter-Final — a memorable run from the early rounds.
4. Benny Carbone's hat-trick
Benny Carbone scored a hat-trick for Aston Villa in the 5th Round (3-2 v Leeds United) (3 hat-tricks were scored in all).
5. The heaviest win
The biggest win of the competition: Forest Green Rovers beat Guiseley AFC 6-0 in the 1st Round.
6. 7-goal thriller
Hull City 1-6 Chelsea was the highest-scoring tie of the season with 7 goals.
7. Spot-kick marathon
Leicester City and Arsenal needed 11 penalties to settle their 4th Round tie (6-5 on spot-kicks after 0-0).
8. Chelsea's road to glory
Chelsea beat Hull City, Nottingham Forest, Leicester City, Gillingham, Newcastle United and Aston Villa on the way to the trophy — 6 ties won.
9. Sharpest shooters
Chelsea scored the most goals of any club in the competition this season, with 18.
10. Aston Villa fall short
Aston Villa reached the final but finished runners-up.
11. The last four
The semi-finalists were Newcastle United, Chelsea, Bolton Wanderers and Aston Villa.
12. By the numbers
123 ties across 157 matches produced 406 goals in the FA Cup this season.