1999–2000 in Scottish football

1999–2000 in Scottish football
Premier Division champions
Rangers
First Division champions
St Mirren
Second Division champions
Clyde
Third Division champions
Queen's Park
Scottish Cup winners
Rangers
League Cup winners
Celtic
Challenge Cup winners
Alloa Athletic
Junior Cup winners
Whitburn
Teams in Europe
Celtic, Kilmarnock, Rangers, St Johnstone
Scotland national team
UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
1998–99 2000–01

The 1999–2000 season was the 103rd season of competitive football in Scotland. [1]

League Competitions

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Scottish Premier League

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rangers (C) 36 28 6 2 96 26 +70 90 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Celtic 36 21 6 9 90 38 +52 69 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Heart of Midlothian 36 15 9 12 47 40 +7 54
4 Motherwell 36 14 10 12 49 63 −14 52
5 St Johnstone 36 10 12 14 36 44 −8 42
6 Hibernian 36 10 11 15 49 61 −12 41
7 Dundee 36 12 5 19 45 64 −19 41
8 Dundee United 36 11 6 19 34 57 −23 39
9 Kilmarnock 36 8 13 15 38 52 −14 37
10 Aberdeen 36 9 6 21 44 83 −39 33 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[a]
Updated to match(es) played on end of season. Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since Rangers, the winners of the 1999–2000 Scottish Cup, already qualified for the UEFA Champions League, Aberdeen, the losing finalist, earned a spot in the 2000–01 UEFA Cup. As the bottom team, Aberdeen were also due to take part in a three-team play-off with Dunfermline Athletic and Falkirk, but as Falkirk's stadium did not meet SPL criteria, the play-off did not take place.[2]

Scottish First Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 St Mirren (C, P) 36 23 7 6 75 39 +36 76 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Dunfermline Athletic (P) 36 20 11 5 66 33 +33 71
3 Falkirk 36 20 8 8 67 40 +27 68
4 Livingston 36 19 7 10 60 45 +15 64
5 Raith Rovers 36 17 8 11 55 40 +15 59
6 Inverness CT 36 13 10 13 60 55 +5 49
7 Ayr United 36 10 8 18 42 52 −10 38
8 Morton 36 10 6 20 45 61 −16 36
9 Airdrieonians 36 7 8 21 29 69 −40 29
10 Clydebank (R) 36 1 7 28 17 82 −65 10 Relegation to the Second Division
Source: "1999-2000 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Scottish Second Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Clyde (C, P) 36 18 11 7 65 37 +28 65 Promotion to the First Division
2 Alloa Athletic (P) 36 17 13 6 58 38 +20 64
3 Ross County (P) 36 18 8 10 57 39 +18 62
4 Arbroath 36 11 14 11 52 55 −3 47
5 Partick Thistle 36 12 10 14 42 44 −2 46
6 Stranraer 36 9 18 9 47 46 +1 45
7 Stirling Albion 36 11 7 18 60 72 −12 40
8 Stenhousemuir 36 10 8 18 44 59 −15 38
9 Queen of the South 36 8 9 19 45 75 −30 33
10 Hamilton Academical (R) 36 10 14 12 39 44 −5 29[a] Relegation to the Third Division
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ 15 points deducted

Scottish Third Division

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In the 1999–2000 Scottish Third Division, Queen's Park pipped Berwick Rangers to the title on the final day of the season with a 3–2 victory at Cowdenbeath despite facing the threat of administration four months earlier, Berwick finished second and due to league reconstruction Forfar Athletic were also promoted in third place.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Queen's Park (C, P) 36 20 9 7 54 37 +17 69 Promotion to the Second Division
2 Berwick Rangers (P) 36 19 9 8 53 30 +23 66
3 Forfar Athletic (P) 36 17 10 9 64 40 +24 61
4 East Fife 36 17 8 11 45 39 +6 59
5 Cowdenbeath 36 15 9 12 59 43 +16 54
6 Dumbarton 36 15 8 13 53 51 +2 53
7 East Stirlingshire 36 11 7 18 28 50 −22 40
8 Brechin City 36 10 8 18 42 51 −9 38
9 Montrose 36 10 7 19 39 54 −15 37
10 Albion Rovers 36 5 7 24 33 75 −42 22
Source: "1999-2000 Third Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL (in Malay). Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Other honours

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Cup honours

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Competition Winner Score Runner-up Report
1999–2000 Scottish Cup Rangers 4 – 0 Aberdeen Wikipedia article
League Cup 1999–2000 Celtic 2 – 0 Aberdeen
Challenge Cup 1999–2000 Alloa Athletic 4 – 4 (a.e.t.)
(5 – 4 pen.)
Inverness CT
Youth Cup Heart of Midlothian 5 – 3 Rangers
Junior Cup Whitburn 2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 3 pen.)
Johnstone Burgh

Individual honours

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SPFA awards

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Award Winner Club
Players' Player of the Year Australia Mark Viduka Celtic
Young Player of the Year Scotland Kenny Miller Hibernian

SFWA awards

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Award Winner Club
Footballer of the Year Scotland Barry Ferguson Rangers
Young Player of the Year Unknown Unknown
Manager of the Year Netherlands Dick Advocaat Rangers

Scottish clubs in Europe

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Club Competition(s) Final round Coef.
Rangers UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
Group stage
Third round
11.00
Celtic UEFA Europa League Second round 6.00
St Johnstone UEFA Europa League First round 2.50
Kilmarnock UEFA Europa League First round 1.00

Average coefficient – 5.125

Scotland national team

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Date Venue Opponents Score[3] Competition Scotland scorer(s) Report
4 September Olimpijski Stadion, Sarajevo (A)  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–1 ECQG9 Don Hutchison, Billy Dodds BBC Sport
8 September Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn (A)  Estonia 0–0 ECQG9 BBC Sport
5 October Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H)  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 ECQG9 John Collins (pen.) BBC Sport
9 October Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  Lithuania 3–0 ECQG9 Don Hutchison, Gary McSwegan, Colin Cameron BBC Sport
13 November Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  England 0–2 ECQPO BBC Sport
17 November Wembley Stadium, London (A)  England 1–0 ECQPO Don Hutchison BBC Sport
29 March Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  France 0–2 Friendly BBC Sport
26 April Gelredome, Arnhem (A)  Netherlands 0–0 Friendly BBC Sport
30 May Lansdowne Road, Dublin (A)  Republic of Ireland 2–1 Friendly Don Hutchison, Barry Ferguson BBC Sport

Key:

  • (A) = Away match
  • (H) = Home match
  • ECQG6 = European Championship Qualifying – Group 6
  • ECQPO = European Championship Qualifying – Playoff

Notes and references

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  1. ^ "1999/2000 - the Scottish Football League". Archived from the original on 5 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Falkirk stadium hopes boost". BBC News. 6 December 2000. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  3. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.
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