1999–2000 Rangers F.C. season
1999–2000 season | ||||
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Chairman | David Murray | |||
Manager | Dick Advocaat | |||
Ground | Ibrox Stadium | |||
Scottish Premier League | 1st (Champions) | |||
Scottish Cup | Winners | |||
League Cup | Quarter-finals | |||
Champions League | Group stage | |||
UEFA Cup | Third round | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Jörg Albertz Rod Wallace (17) All: Rod Wallace (21) | |||
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The 1999–2000 season was the 120th season of competitive football by Rangers.
Overview
[edit]Rangers played a total of 57 competitive matches during the 1999–2000 season. The team finished first in the Scottish Premier League and won Advocaat his second consecutive league title.[1]
Rangers won the title by 21 points after some very consistent form throughout the season, only failing to win eight matches and losing just two. Rangers were undefeated against Celtic winning three out of the four matches. The signing of Michael Mols proved to be very significant with the striker scoring nine goals in his first nine league matches, although he suffered a serious injury later on in the season.
In the domestic cup competitions, they were knocked out of the League Cup at the quarter-finals stage, losing 1–0 to Aberdeen. However, the team won the Scottish Cup, their 100th major honour, defeating Aberdeen 4–0.
In European competition, the team qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stages after a win over UEFA Cup holders Parma in the third qualifying round, whom Rangers has lost to the previous season en route to Parma's UEFA Cup win. They were drawn alongside Bayern Munich, PSV Eindhoven and Valencia. Rangers were unable to qualify for the next stage of the Champions League after a narrow 1–0 loss in Munich on the final match day. The game saw Michael Mols suffer a serious knee injury after attempting to avoid a collision with Oliver Khan, and he was therefore out for the rest of the season. Rangers finished third in the group and dropped into the UEFA Cup, where they drew Borussia Dortmund. Despite a convincing 2–0 win in Glasgow, Rangers lost 2–0 in Dortmund and lost the tie overall after a penalty shoot-out.
Transfers
[edit]In
[edit]Date | Player | From | Fee |
---|---|---|---|
25 June 1999 | ![]() | ![]() | Free[1] |
27 June 1999 | ![]() | ![]() | £4,000,000[2] |
16 November 1999 | ![]() | ![]() | £300,000[3] |
23 November 1999 | ![]() | ![]() | Loan[4] |
4 December 1999 | ![]() | ![]() | £1,300,000[5] |
5 January 2000 | ![]() | ![]() | £1,300,000[6] |
Out
[edit]Date | Player | To | Fee |
---|---|---|---|
1 June 1999 | ![]() | ![]() | Free[7] |
1 June 1999 | ![]() | Retired[8] | |
1 June 1999 | ![]() | ![]() | Free[9] |
4 June 1999 | ![]() | ![]() | £3,400,000[10] |
29 September 1999 | ![]() | ![]() | £350,000[11] |
17 December 1999 | ![]() | ![]() | £350,000[12] |
23 December 1999 | ![]() | ![]() | £400,000[13] |
11 January 2000 | ![]() | ![]() | Free[14] |
4 February 2000 | ![]() | ![]() | £3,500,000[15] |
24 February 2000 | ![]() | ![]() | £750,000[16] |
2 March 2000 | ![]() | ![]() | Loan[17] |
31 March 2000 | ![]() | ![]() | Nominal |
- Expenditure:
£6,900,000
- Income:
£8,750,000
- Total loss/gain:
£1,850,000
Matches
[edit]All results are written with Rangers' score first.
Scottish Premier League
[edit]Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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31 July 1999 | Kilmarnock | H | 2–1 | 48,074 | Wallace, Reyna |
7 August 1999 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 4–0 | 17,893 | Reyna (2), Mols, Albertz |
15 August 1999 | Motherwell | H | 4–1 | 45,264 | Mols (4) |
21 August 1999 | Dundee United | H | 4–1 | 48,849 | Reyna, Van Bronckhorst, Wallace, Vidmar |
28 August 1999 | Hibernian | A | 1–0 | 15,587 | Johansson |
11 September 1999 | Aberdeen | H | 3–0 | 49,226 | Mols (2), Albertz (pen.) |
25 September 1999 | St Johnstone | H | 3–1 | 47,475 | Albertz (2, 1 pen.), Mols |
2 October 1999 | Dundee | A | 3–2 | 10,494 | Kanchelskis, Wallace, Amato |
16 October 1999 | Kilmarnock | A | 1–1 | 15,795 | Van Bronckhorst |
30 October 1999 | Aberdeen | A | 5–1 | 16,846 | Johansson (3), Mols, Amato |
7 November 1999 | Celtic | H | 4–2 | 50,026 | Johansson, Albertz (pen.), Amoruso, Amato |
20 November 1999 | Hibernian | H | 2–0 | 49,544 | Johansson, Albertz |
28 November 1999 | Dundee | H | 1–2 | 47,154 | Wallace |
11 December 1999 | Kilmarnock | H | 1–0 | 47,169 | Albertz |
18 December 1999 | Motherwell | A | 5–1 | 12,640 | Kanchelskis (2), Amoruso, Dodds (2) |
22 December 1999 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–0 | 49,907 | Albertz |
27 December 1999 | Celtic | A | 1–1 | 59,619 | Dodds |
22 January 2000 | Aberdeen | H | 5–0 | 50,023 | Moore, Van Bronckhorst, Numan, Wallace, Ferguson |
2 February 2000 | Dundee United | A | 4–0 | 11,241 | Vidmar (2), Wallace, McCann |
6 February 2000 | Hibernian | A | 2–2 | 13,420 | Wallace, McCann |
15 February 2000 | St Johnstone | A | 1–1 | 9,608 | Vidmar |
27 February 2000 | Dundee | A | 7–1 | 9,297 | Wallace (3), Vidmar (2), Albertz, Rozental |
4 March 2000 | St Johnstone | H | 0–0 | 49,907 | |
8 March 2000 | Celtic | A | 1–0 | 59,220 | Wallace |
18 March 2000 | Motherwell | H | 6–2 | 49,622 | Wallace (3), Rozental (pen.), Albertz, Tugay (pen.) |
26 March 2000 | Celtic | H | 4–0 | 50,039 | Albertz (2), Kanchelskis, Van Bronckhorst |
1 April 2000 | Aberdeen | A | 1–1 | 16,521 | Ferguson |
4 April 2000 | Dundee United | H | 3–0 | 45,829 | Albertz, Dodds, Wallace |
12 April 2000 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–1 | 16,314 | Wallace, Dodds |
15 April 2000 | Dundee United | A | 2–0 | 11,419 | Ferguson, Albertz |
23 April 2000 | St Johnstone | A | 2–0 | 10,016 | Dodds (2) |
30 April 2000 | Dundee | H | 3–0 | 50,032 | Dodds, McCann, Rozental |
3 May 2000 | Hibernian | H | 5–2 | 39,349 | Ferguson, Dennis (o.g.), Dodds, Albertz (2) |
7 May 2000 | Kilmarnock | A | 2–0 | 13,284 | Reyna, Albertz |
13 May 2000 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1 – 0 | 50,009 | Dodds |
21 May 2000 | Motherwell | A | 0–2 | 12,310 |
Scottish League Cup
[edit]Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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12 October 1999 | R3 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 1–0 | 30,024 | Wallace |
1 December 1999 | QF | Aberdeen | A | 0–1 | 12,108 |
Scottish Cup
[edit]Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
30 January 2000 | R3 | St Johnstone | A | 2–0 | 9,099 | Numan, Van Bronckhorst |
19 February 2000 | R4 | Greenock Morton | A | 1–0 | 8,600 | Moore |
12 March 2000 | QF | Heart of Midlothian | H | 4–1 | 31,864 | Ferguson, Numan, Amoruso, Dodds (pen.) |
8 April 2000 | SF | Ayr United | N | 7–0 | 38,357 | Rozental (2), Kanchelskis, Wallace, Dodds (3) |
27 May 2000 | F | Aberdeen | N | 4–0 | 50,865 | Van Bronckhorst, Vidmar, Dodds, Albertz |
UEFA Champions League
[edit]Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
28 July 1999 | QR2 | ![]() | A | 4–1 | 3,341 | Amoruso, Mols (2), Johansson |
4 August 1999 | QR2 | ![]() | H | 3–0 | 46,443 | Wallace, Johansson, Amato |
11 August 1999 | QR3 | ![]() | H | 2–0 | 49,263 | Vidmar, Reyna |
25 August 1999 | QR3 | ![]() | A | 0–1 | 24,087 | |
15 September 1999 | GS | ![]() | A | 0–2 | 54,971 | |
21 September 1999 | GS | ![]() | H | 1–1 | 49,960 | Albertz |
28 September 1999 | GS | ![]() | A | 1–0 | 30,000 | Albertz |
20 October 1999 | GS | ![]() | H | 4–1 | 50,083 | Amoruso, Mols (2), McCann |
26 October 1999 | GS | ![]() | H | 1–2 | 50,063 | Moore |
3 November 1999 | GS | ![]() | A | 0–1 | 54,000 |
UEFA Cup
[edit]Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 November 1999 | R3 | ![]() | H | 2–0 | 49,268 | Kohler (o.g.), Wallace |
7 December 1999 | R3 | ![]() | A | 0–2* | 38,000 |
*Rangers lost the tie 3–1 on penalties
Appearances
[edit]List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | ![]() | Stefan Klos | 35 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
2 | DF | ![]() | Sergio Porrini | 22 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
3 | DF | ![]() | Craig Moore | 39 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
4 | DF | ![]() | Lorenzo Amoruso | 46 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
5 | DF | ![]() | Arthur Numan | 43 | 3 | 29+1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
6 | MF | ![]() | Barry Ferguson | 49 | 5 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
7 | MF | ![]() | Andrei Kanchelskis | 40 | 5 | 25+3 | 4 | 4+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 |
8 | MF | ![]() | Giovanni van Bronckhorst | 45 | 6 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
9 | FW | ![]() | Michael Mols | 20 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
10 | FW | ![]() | Rod Wallace | 44 | 20 | 25+3 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
11 | MF | ![]() | Jörg Albertz | 53 | 20 | 30+5 | 17 | 4+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5+7 | 2 |
12 | MF | ![]() | Claudio Reyna | 42 | 6 | 25+4 | 5 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
13 | GK | ![]() | Antti Niemi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | DF | ![]() | Tony Vidmar | 39 | 6 | 21+6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6+2 | 1 |
15 | FW | ![]() | Gabriel Amato | 13 | 4 | 4+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
15 | FW | ![]() | Sebastian Rozental | 13 | 5 | 6+5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | DF | ![]() | Colin Hendry | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
17 | DF | ![]() | Dariusz Adamczuk | 16 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
18 | MF | ![]() | Neil McCann | 47 | 4 | 12+18 | 3 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7+4 | 1 |
19 | DF | ![]() | Scott Wilson | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | FW | ![]() | Jonatan Johansson | 26 | 7 | 8+8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+6 | 1 |
21 | FW | ![]() | Marco Negri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | GK | ![]() | Lionel Charbonnier | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
23 | MF | ![]() | Barry Nicholson | 5 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
24 | FW | ![]() | Gordon Durie | 11 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
26 | MF | ![]() | Ian Ferguson | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
26 | MF | ![]() | Tugay Kerimoğlu (from 22 January) | 20 | 1 | 9+7 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | MF | ![]() | Derek McInnes | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
29 | DF | ![]() | Tero Penttilä | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32 | GK | ![]() | Mark Brown | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
33 | DF | ![]() | Bob Malcolm | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
34 | DF | ![]() | Maurice Ross | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
41 | MF | ![]() | Jimmy Gibson | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
44 | MF | ![]() | Stephen Carson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
46 | GK | ![]() | Thomas Myhre | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
47 | FW | ![]() | Billy Dodds | 21 | 15 | 16+2 | 10 | 1+2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
48 | MF | ![]() | Stephen Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Competitions
[edit]Overall
[edit]Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Scottish Premier League | 31 July | 21 May | Winners | 36 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 96 | 26 | +70 | 77.78 | |
UEFA Champions League | 28 July | 3 November | Second Qualifying round | Group Stage | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 50.00 |
UEFA Cup | 25 November | 7 December | Third round | Third round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 50.00 |
Scottish Cup | 30 January | 27 May | Third round | Winners | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 100.00 |
League Cup | 12 October | 1 December | Third round | Quarter-finals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 50.00 |
Total | 55 | 40 | 7 | 8 | 133 | 39 | +94 | 72.73 |
Source: Competitions
League table
[edit]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 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Champions League table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VAL | BAY | RAN | PSV | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 12 | Advance to second group stage | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 9 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 4–1 | |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — |
References
[edit]- ^ "Adamczuk's saga ends with a signing at Ibrox". The Herald. 26 June 1999.
- ^ "MOL OR NOTHING: Michael is ready to do battle for Gers jersey". Daily Record. 28 June 1999.
- ^ "Penttila moves to Rangers to learn". The Herald. 17 November 1999.
- ^ "Rangers loan star promises to shine". BBC Sport. 24 November 1999. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "Dodds is ready for debut as a Ranger". The Herald. 4 December 1999.
- ^ "Old Firm hold hands up in fixture list foul-up". The Herald. 6 January 2000.
- ^ "Sixty SPL players freed in clearout". The Herald. 22 June 1999.
- ^ "Sixty SPL players freed in clearout". The Herald. 22 June 1999.
- ^ "Sixty SPL players freed in clearout". The Herald. 22 June 1999.
- ^ "Guivarc'h kicks off Ibrox sale". Daily Record. 5 June 1999.
- ^ "Miller out to make impact and hand Rangers bonus". The Herald. 30 September 1999.
- ^ "Niemi signs in time for capital clash". The Herald. 18 December 1999.
- ^ "Celtic finally land Balde". BBC Sport. 20 July 2001. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ "Dunfermline make statement of intent with double signing". The Herald. 12 January 2000.
- ^ "GERS IN RACE FOR £12M KIEV ACE". Daily Record. 5 February 2000.
- ^ "Hendry arrives at Highfield Road". BBC Sport. 25 February 2000. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^ "Rangers fail in second bid to land Dutchman Ricksen". The Herald. 3 March 2000.