1999–2000 Scottish Premier League

94th season of top-tier football league in Scotland March 2026 Scottish Premier League 1999–2000 31 July 1999 – 21 May 2000 Rangers 2nd Premier League title 49th Scottish title No relegation Champions League Rangers UEFA Cup CelticHeart of MidlothianAberdeen (via Scottish Cup) Mark Viduka (25) 180 528 Motherwell 5–6 Aberdeen (20 October) Celtic 7–0 Aberdeen (16 October) Dundee 1–7 Rangers (27 February) Aberdeen 0–6 Celtic (11 December) 60,253, Celtic 3–0 St Johnstone (7 August) 4,039, Dundee 0–0 Kilmarnock (26 January) 17,944 (12px 633) 1998–99 2000–01 The 1999–2000 Scottish Premier League (known as the 1999–2000 Bank of Scotland Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the Scottish Premier League, the top level of football in Scotland. It began in on 31 July 1999 and concluded on 21 May 2000. Rangers, the defending champions, retained their title on 22 April 2000, after their nearest challengers Celtic drew 1–1 with Hibernian.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/scottish_premier/722799.stm BBC News Rangers handed Scottish crown 2000-04-24 2008-04-21 Teams A total of 10 teams competed in the league, the top 9 sides from the 1998–99 Scottish Premier League and the champions of the 1998–99 Scottish First Division. Hibernian were promoted to the league after winning the 1998–99 First Division by a 23-point margin. They replaced Dunfermline Athletic who were relegated after a three-season stint in the top flight, finishing bottom of the league the previous season. Stadia and locations Scotland Central Belt 400 right Location of clubs in 1999–2000 Scottish Premier League Scotland Central Belt 6 57.159387 -2.088979 Aberdeen left Scotland Central Belt 6 56.495264 -2.973194 Dundee left Scotland Central Belt 6 56.474765 -2.968894 Dundee Utd right Scotland Central Belt 6 55.939167 -3.232222 Hearts left Scotland Central Belt 6 55.961667 -3.165556 Hibernian right Scotland Central Belt 6 55.604321 -4.508300 Kilmarnock left Scotland Central Belt 6 55.853207 -4.309243 Rangers left Scotland Central Belt 6 56.389979 -3.476840 St. Johnstone left Scotland Central Belt 6 55.849705 -4.205414 Celtic top Scotland Central Belt 6 55.780279 -3.980205 Motherwell right Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Pittodrie Stadium Celtic Park Dens Park Capacity: 20,866http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/aberdeen/ Aberdeen Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 60,411http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/celtic/ Celtic Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 11,506http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/dundee/ Dundee Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 200px 200px 200px Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Tannadice Park Tynecastle Park Easter Road Capacity: 14,223http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/dundee-united/ Dundee United Academical Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 17,420http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/hearts/ Heart of Midlothian Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131022121754/http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/hearts/ 2013-10-22 dead Capacity: 16,531http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/hibernian/ Hibernian Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 200px 200px 200px Kilmarnock Motherwell Rugby Park Fir Park Capacity: 17,889http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/kilmarnock/ Kilmarnock Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 13,677http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/motherwell/ Motherwell Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 200px 200px Rangers St Johnstone Ibrox Stadium McDiarmid Park Capacity: 50,817http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/rangers/ Rangers Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 4 November 2015 Capacity: 10,696http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/st-johnstone/ St Johnstone Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 200px 200px Personnel and kits Team Manager Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor Aberdeen Denmark Ebbe Skovdahl Pumahttp://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Aberdeen/Aberdeen.htm Aberdeen Historical Football Kits 6 February 2018 Atlantic Telecom Celtic Scotland Kenny Dalglish (interim) Umbrohttp://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Celtic/Celtic.htm Celtic Historical Football Kits 6 February 2018 ntl: Dundee Scotland Jocky Scott Xarahttp://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Dundee/Dundee.htm Dundee Historical Football Kits 6 February 2018 Ceramic Tile Warehouse Dundee UnitedScotland Paul SturrockOlympic Sportshttp://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Dundee_United/Dundee_United.htm Dundee United Historical Football Kits 6 February 2018Telewest Heart of MidlothianScotland Jim JefferiesOlympic Sportshttp://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Heart_of_Midlothian/Heart_of_Midlothian.htm Heart of Midlothian Historical Football Kits 6 February 2018Strongbow HibernianScotland Alex McLeishLe Coq Sportifhttp://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Hibernian/hibernian.htm Hibernian Historical Football Kits 6 February 2018Carlsberg KilmarnockScotland Bobby Williamson Pumahttp://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Kilmarnock/Kilmarnock.htm Kilmarnock Historical Football Kits 6 February 2018 JJB Sports MotherwellScotland Billy DaviesXarahttp://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Motherwell/Motherwell.htm Motherwell Historical Football Kits 6 February 2018Motorola RangersNetherlands Dick AdvocaatNikehttp://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Rangers/Rangers.htm Rangers Historical Football Kits 6 February 2018 ntl: St JohnstoneScotland Sandy ClarkXarahttp://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/St_Johnstone/St_Johnstone.htm St Johnstone Historical Football Kits 6 February 2018 Scottish Hydro Electric Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Manner of departure Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Aberdeen Scotland Paul Hegarty 24 May 1999 Caretaker spell endedPre-season Denmark Ebbe Skovdahl1 July 1999http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/scottish_premier/763681.stm Spiers to be Skovdahl's assistant 30 June 1999 BBC News 6 February 2018 Celtic Slovakia Jozef Vengloš 1 June 1999https://www.theguardian.com/football/1999/jun/10/newsstory.sport8 Dalglish and Barnes move in at Celtic 10 June 1999 The Guardian 6 February 2018 Mutual consent England John Barnes 10 June 1999 Celtic England John Barnes 10 February 2000http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/637415.stm BBC News Barnes forced out 2000-02-10 2008-04-20 Sacked 2nd Scotland Kenny Dalglish (caretaker) 10 February 2000 Overview The 1999–2000 Scottish Premier League was won by Rangers for the second successive year, finishing 21 points ahead of nearest rivals Celtic. As champions, Rangers qualified for the Champions League while Celtic and third-placed Hearts qualified for the UEFA Cup. As the SPL was being expanded to 12 teams, there was going to be a three-way playoff between the team finishing bottom and the second and third placed teams in the First Division, but due to Falkirk's stadium (Brockville Park) having fewer than the SPL minimum required 10,000 seats, the playoff was scrapped, bottom-placed Aberdeen remained in the top flight and Dunfermline were promoted automatically as the First Division runners-up. Aberdeen appeared in both the League Cup and Scottish Cup final, but lost both to Celtic and Rangers, respectively. However, as Scottish Cup runners-up, they also qualified for the following season's UEFA Cup. Celtic entered the season under new management with former Liverpool player John Barnes taking charge in June 1999.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/scottish_premier/365579.stm BBC News Dalglish back at Parkhead 1999-06-10 2008-04-20 It proved to be a brief and unsuccessful reign, however, after being sacked in February 2000, ten points behind Rangers in the league, and in the wake of a Scottish Cup defeat to First Division Inverness Caledonian Thistle. On 20 October 1999, Aberdeen and Motherwell played out a match which finished in a 6–5 victory for Aberdeen at Fir Park.https://spfl.co.uk/news/article/spl-from-the-archives-motherwell-5-6-aberdeen-2010-05-05/ Scottish Professional Football League SPL from the archives: Motherwell 5-6 Aberdeen 6 February 2018 This was the record for the highest-scoring match in Scottish Premier League history, until Motherwell and Hibernian played out a 6–6 draw in May 2010, also at Fir Park. Rangers secured the league title on 22 April 2000, after Celtic drew 1–1 with Hibernian at Celtic Park, leaving Celtic with a 17-point deficit with only 5 matches left to play. League table main WDL end of season Scottish Professional Football League RAN CEL HOM MOT STJ HIB DND DNU KIL ABE CL2Q UCQ UCQ UCQ2 9 6 21 44 83 21 6 9 90 38 12 5 19 45 64 11 6 19 34 57 15 9 12 47 40 10 11 15 49 61 8 13 15 38 52 14 10 12 49 63 28 6 2 96 26 C 10 12 14 36 44 Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St Johnstone 5 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round 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.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/falkirk/1058414.stm BBC News Falkirk stadium hopes boost 6 December 2000 6 February 2018 Results Matches 1–18 During matches 1–18 each team plays every other team twice (home and away). main FBR grey ABE CEL DND DUN HOM HIB KIL MOT RAN STJ Aberdeen 0–5 0–2 1–2 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–5 0–3 Celtic 7–0 6–2 4–1 4–0 4–0 5–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 Dundee 1–3 1–2 0–2 1–0 3–4 0–0 0–1 2–3 1–2 Dundee United 3–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 0–2 0–4 1–0 Heart of Midlothian 3–0 1–2 4–0 3–0 0–3 2–2 1–1 0–4 1–1 Hibernian 2–0 0–2 5–2 3–2 1–1 0–3 2–2 0–1 0–1 Kilmarnock 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 Motherwell 5–6 3–2 0–2 2–2 2–1 2–2 0–4 1–5 1–0 Rangers 3–0 4–2 1–2 4–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 4–1 3–1 St Johnstone 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–4 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 complete Soccerbase Matches 19–36 During matches 19–36 each team plays every other team a further two times (home and away). main FBR grey ABE CEL DND DUN HOM HIB KIL MOT RAN STJ Aberdeen 0–6 0–1 3–1 1–2 4–0 5–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 Celtic 5–1 2–2 2–0 2–3 1–1 4–2 4–0 0–1 4–1 Dundee 0–2 0–3 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 4–1 1–7 1–1 Dundee United 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 0–2 0–1 Heart of Midlothian 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 Hibernian 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 3–3 Kilmarnock 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 3–2 Motherwell 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–3 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 Rangers 5–0 4–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 5–2 1–0 6–2 0–0 St Johnstone 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 complete Soccerbase Top scorers thumb|right|150px|Celtic's Mark Viduka was the SPL's top scorer in season 1999–2000. Player Club Goals AUS Mark Viduka Celtic 25 SCO Billy Dodds Dundee United/Rangers 19 GER Jörg Albertz Rangers 17 ENG Rod Wallace Rangers 16 SCO Gary McSwegan Hearts 13 SCO Willie Falconer Dundee 12 SCO Mark Burchill Celtic 11 SCO Kenny Miller Hibernian 11 SCO John Spencer Motherwell 11 ENG Nathan Lowndes St Johnstone 10 NED Michael Mols Rangers 9 ENG Tommy Johnson Celtic 9 Source: SPL official website Awards Player awards AwardWinnerClubPFA Players' Player of the YearAUS Mark VidukaCelticPFA Young Player of the YearSCO Kenny MillerHibernianSFWA Footballer of the YearSCO Barry FergusonRangers Manager awards AwardWinnerClubSFWA Manager of the YearNED Dick AdvocaatRangers Attendances The average attendances for SPL clubs during the 1999/00 season are shown below: TeamAverageCeltic 54,440Rangers 48,116Hearts 14,246Aberdeen 12,813Hibernian 11,870Kilmarnock 9,419Dundee United 8,186Motherwell 7,297Dundee 6,938St Johnstone 6,117 Source: SPL official website References Season Review - ScotPrem.co.uk Category:Scottish Premier League seasons Category:1999–2000 in Scottish football leagues Scot