1999–2000 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C.

1999-2000 season
Chairman	Stewart Milne
Manager	Ebbe Skovdahl
Scottish Premier League	10th
Scottish Cup	Finalists
Scottish League Cup	Finalists
Top goalscorer	League: Arild Stavrum (9) All: Arild Stavrum (12)
Highest home attendance	18,451 vs. Inverness Caledonian Thistle, 29 February 2000
Lowest home attendance	6,756 vs. Livingston, 17 August 1999
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Aberdeen F.C. competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup in season 1999–2000.

Results

Scottish Premier League

Main article: Scottish Premier League 1999–2000

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	1 August	Celtic	H	0–5		16,080
2	7 August	Kilmarnock	A	0–2		8,738
3	14 August	Dundee	H	0–2		8,174
4	22 August	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–3		12,803
5	29 August	St Johnstone	H	0–3		9,600
6	11 September	Rangers	A	0–3		49,226
7	18 September	Dundee United	H	1–2	Dow	11,814
8	2 October	Hibernian	H	2–2	Jess, Gillies	11,786
9	16 October	Celtic	A	0–7		60,033
10	20 October	Motherwell	A	6–5	Winters (3), Bernard, Jess, Dow	5,009
11	23 October	Kilmarnock	H	2–2	Bernard (2)	10,317
12	30 October	Rangers	H	1–5	Solberg	18,846
13	6 November	Dundee United	A	1–3	Solberg	8,170
14	21 November	St Johnstone	A	1–1	Dow	6,279
15	27 November	Hibernian	A	0–2		11,628
16	8 December	Hearts	H	3–1	Guntveit, Jess, Stavrum	10,234
17	11 December	Celtic	H	0–6		16,532
18	27 December	Dundee United	H	3–1	Zerouali, Belabed, Stavrum	16,656
19	22 January	Rangers	A	0–5		50,023
20	26 January	Motherwell	H	1–1	Zerouali	10,053
21	5 February	St Johnstone	H	2–1	Stavrum, Winters	17,568
22	23 February	Dundee	A	3–1	Dow, Stavrum, Bernard	5,784
23	26 February	Hibernian	H	4–0	Stavrum (2), Guntveit, Anderson	12,625
24	4 March	Motherwell	A	0–1		7,528
25	22 March	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–3		13,429
26	25 March	Dundee United	A	1–1	Stavrum	6,723
27	1 April	Rangers	H	1–1	Guntveit	16,521
28	12 April	Kilmarnock	A	0–1		11,525
29	15 April	Hearts	H	1–2	Stavrum	12,626
30	18 April	Dundee	H	0–1		12,403
31	22 April	Motherwell	H	2–1	Dow, Solberg	9,348
32	29 April	Hibernian	A	0–1		9,659
33	2 May	St Johnstone	A	1–2	Winters	4,217
34	6 May	Celtic	A	1–5	Winters	41,786
35	14 May	Kilmarnock	H	5–1	Zerouali, Rowson, Jess, Solberg, Winters	9,375
36	21 May	Dundee	A	2–0	Stavrum, Jess	6,449

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Scottish League Cup

Main article: Scottish League Cup 1999–2000

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	17 August	Livingston	H	1–0	Gillies	6,756
R3	12 October	Falkirk	H	1–1 (Aberdeen win 5–3 on penalties)	Lawrie (Own goal)	8,166
QF	1 December	Rangers	H	1–0	Dow	12,108
SF	13 February	Dundee United	N	1–0	Stavrum	9,500
Final	19 March	Celtic	N	0–2		50,073

Scottish Cup

Main article: Scottish Cup 1999–2000

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	29 January	St Mirren	A	1–1	Zerouali	7,565
R3R	8 February	St Mirren	H	2–0	Zerouali, Bernard	12,947
R4	20 February	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	A	1–1	Guntveit	6,290
R4R	29 February	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	H	1–0	Stavrum	18,451
QF	12 March	Dundee United	A	1–0	Jess	6,738
SF	9 April	Hibernian	N	2–1	Stavrum, Dow	22,632
Final	27 May	Rangers	N	0–4		50,685

References

• AFC Heritage Trust

• Kevin Stirling. Aberdeen A Centenary History 1903-2003. Desert Island Books 2002. ISBN 1-874287-49-X.