1999-00 in Scottish football

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Competitive football has been played in Scotland since 1890.
Competitive football has been played in Scotland since 1890.

The 1999–00 season was the 103rd season of competitive football in Scotland.

Contents

[edit] League Competitions

[edit] Scottish Premier League

Main article: Scottish Premier League 1999-00
P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rangers 36 28 6 2 96 26 70 90 UEFA Champions League 2000-01 Second qualifying round
2 Celtic 36 21 6 9 90 38 52 69 UEFA Cup 2000-01 Qualifying round
3 Hearts 36 15 9 12 47 40 7 54 UEFA Cup 2000-01 Qualifying round
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

[edit] Scottish First Division

Main article: Scottish First Division 1999-00
P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 St. Mirren 36 23 7 6 75 39 36 76 Promoted to Scottish Premier League 2000-01
2 Dunfermline Athletic 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 Greenock Morton 36 10 6 20 45 61 -16 36
9 Airdrieonians 36 7 8 21 29 69 -40 29
10 Clydebank 36 1 7 28 17 82 -65 10 Relegated to Second Division 2000-01

[edit] Scottish Second Division

Main article: Scottish Second Division 1999-00
P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Clyde 36 18 11 7 65 37 29 65
Promoted to First Division 2000-01
2 Alloa Athletic 36 17 13 6 58 38 20 64
3 Ross County 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 18 45 75 -30 33
10 Hamilton Academical1 36 10 14 12 39 44 -5 29
Relegated to Third Division 2000-01

1 Hamilton Academical were deducted 15 points for failing to fulfil a fixture against Stenhousemuir in April 2000 at Ochilview Park.

[edit] Scottish Third Division

Main article: Scottish Third Division 1999-00

In the 1999–00 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, Berwick finished second and due to league reconstruction Forfar Athletic were also promoted in third place.

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Queen's Park 36 20 9 7 54 37 17 69
Promoted to Second Division 2000-01
2 Berwick Rangers 36 19 9 8 53 30 23 66
3 Forfar Athletic 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

[edit] Top Scorers

P Name Goals
1 Flag of Scotland Steve Milne (Forfar Athletic) 16
2 Flag of Scotland Paddy Flannery (Dumbarton) 14
3 Flag of Scotland Murray McDowell (Cowdenbeath) 13

[edit] Other honours

[edit] Cup honours

Competition Winner Score Runner-up Report
Scottish Cup 1999–00 Rangers 4 – 0 Aberdeen Wikipedia article
League Cup 1999–00 Celtic 2 – 0 Aberdeen
Challenge Cup Alloa Athletic 4 – 4 (a.e.t.)
(5 – 4 pen.)		 Inverness CT
Junior Cup Whitburn 2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 3 pen.)		 Johnstone Burgh

[edit] Individual honours

[edit] SPFA awards

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

[edit] SFWA awards

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

[edit] Scottish clubs in Europe

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

Average coefficient - 5.125

[edit] Scotland national team

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

Key:

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

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.

[edit] External links

[edit] Notes and references

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