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

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

League Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 1999–2000 Scottish Premier League

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	Heart of Midlothian	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	UEFA Cup 2000–01 Qualifying round

Scottish First Division

Main article: 1999–2000 Scottish First Division

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 2000–01 Scottish Premier League
2	Dunfermline Athletic	36	20	11	5	66	33	33	71	Promoted to 2000–01 Scottish Premier League
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

Scottish Second Division

Main article: 1999–2000 Scottish Second Division

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 docked 15 points for failing to fulfil a fixture against Stenhousemuir in April 2000 at Ochilview Park.

Scottish Third Division

Main article: 1999–2000 Scottish Third Division

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

Top Scorers

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

Other honours

Cup honours

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

SPFA awards

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

SFWA awards

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

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

Scotland national team

Main articles: Scotland national football team 1980–99 results and Scotland national football team 2000–19 results

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[2]	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
30 May	Lansdowne Road, Dublin (A)	Republic of Ireland	2–1	Friendly	Don Hutchison, Barry Ferguson

Key:

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

Notes and references

↑ http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/1990-1999/19992000/
↑ Scotland's score is shown first.

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