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Rangers
1999–2000 season
ChairmanDavid Murray
ManagerDick Advocaat
GroundIbrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League1st
P36 W28 D6 L2 F96 A28
Scottish CupWinners
League CupQuarter-finals
Champions LeagueGroup Stage
UEFA CupThird Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Rod Wallace,
Jörg Albertz (17)
All:
Rod Wallace (21)

The 1999–2000 season is the 119th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 55 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, 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

In

Date Player From Fee
26 June 1999 Poland Dariusz Adamczuk Scotland Dundee Free
1 July 1999 Netherlands Michael Mols Netherlands FC Utrecht £4m
16 November 1999 Finland Tero Penttilä Finland FC Haka £0.3m
23 November 1999 Norway Thomas Myhre England Everton Loan [1]
5 December 1999 Scotland Billy Dodds Scotland Dundee United £1.3m
22 January 2000 Turkey Tugay Kerimoğlu Turkey Galatasaray Undisclosed

Out

Date Player To Fee
1 June 1999 Netherlands Theo Snelders Retired
1 June 1999 Sweden Jonas Thern Retired
1 June 1999 Italy Luigi Riccio Belgium Beveren Released
4 June 1999 France Stephane Guivarc'h France AJ Auxerre £3.4m
29 September 1999 Scotland Charlie Miller England Watford £0.45m
17 December 1999 Finland Antti Niemi Scotland Heart of Midlothian £0.4m
18 December 1999 Scotland Derek McInnes France Toulouse £0.3m
11 January 2000 Scotland Ian Ferguson Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Free
13 January 2000 Argentina Gabriel Amato Brazil Grêmio £3.75m
24 February 2000 Scotland Colin Hendry England Coventry City £0.75m [2]
31 March 2000 Northern Ireland Paul McKnight Scotland St. Mirren Nominal
  • Expendure: Decrease £5,600,000
  • Income: Increase £9,050,000
  • Total loss/gain: Increase £3,450,000

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier League

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
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 4–0 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 Amoruso, Mols (2), Nicholson
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 49,109 Dodds
21 May 2000 Motherwell A 0–2 12,310

UEFA Champions League

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
28 July 1999 QR2 FC Haka A 4–1 3,341 Amoruso, Mols (2), Nicholson
4 August 1999 QR2 FC Haka H 3–0 46,443 Wallace, Johansson, Amato
11 August 1999 QR3 Parma H 2–0 49,263 Vidmar, Reyna
25 August 1999 QR3 Parma A 0–1 24,087
15 September 1999 GS Valencia A 0–2 54,971
21 September 1999 GS Bayern Munich H 1–1 49,960 Albertz
28 September 1999 GS PSV Eindhoven A 1–0 30,000 Albertz
20 October 1999 GS PSV Eindhoven H 4–1 50,083 Amoruso, Mols (2), McCann
26 October 1999 GS Valencia H 1–2 50,063 Moore
3 November 1999 GS Bayern Munich A 0–1 54,000

UEFA Cup

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
25 November 1999 R3 Borussia Dortmund H 2–0 49,268 Kohler (o.g.), Wallace
7 December 1999 R3 Borussia Dortmund A 0–2* 38,000

*Rangers lost the tie 3-1 on penalties

Scottish Cup

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 Hearts 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

League Cup

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
12 October 1999 R3 Dunfermline Athletic H 1–0 30,024 Wallace
1 December 1999 QF Aberdeen A 0–1 12,108

Appearances

No. Player Position Appearances Goals
1 Germany Stefan Klos GK 35 0
2 Italy Sergio Porrini DF 22 0
3 Australia Craig Moore DF 39 3
4 Italy Lorenzo Amoruso DF 46 5
5 Netherlands Arthur Numan DF 42 3
6 Scotland Barry Ferguson MF 49 4
7 Russia Andrei Kanchelskis MF 42 5
8 Netherlands Giovanni van Bronckhorst MF 45 6
9 Netherlands Michael Mols FW 20 13
10 England Rod Wallace FW 44 21
11 Germany Jörg Albertz MF 53 20
12 United States Claudio Reyna MF 42 6
13 Finland Antti Niemi GK 1 0
14 Australia Tony Vidmar DF 39 8
15 Chile Sebastian Rozental FW 13 5
15 Argentina Gabriel Amato FW 13 4
16 Scotland Colin Hendry DF 4 0
17 Poland Dariusz Adamczuk DF 16 0
18 Scotland Neil McCann MF 44 7
19 Scotland Scott Wilson DF 12 0
20 Finland Jonatan Johansson FW 26 8
21 Italy Marco Negri FW 1 0
22 France Lionel Charbonnier GK 11 0
23 Scotland Barry Nicholson MF 5 0
24 Scotland Gordon Durie FW 11 0
25 Romania Daniel Prodan DF 0 0
26 Scotland Ian Ferguson MF 3 0
26 Turkey Tugay Kerimoğlu MF 17 4
27 Scotland Derek McInnes MF 2 0
28 Northern Ireland Paul McKnight FW 0 0
29 Finland Tero Pentilla DF 4 0
30 Norway Stale Stensaas DF 0 0
31 Northern Ireland Lee Feeney FW 0 0
32 Scotland Mark Brown GK 2 0
33 Scotland Robert Malcolm DF 3 0
34 Scotland Maurice Ross DF 1 0
38 Scotland Peter MacDonald FW 0 0
40 Scotland Billy Gibson MF 0 0
41 Scotland Jimmy Gibson MF 1 0
42 Northern Ireland Darren Fitzgerald FW 0 0
44 Northern Ireland Stephen Carson MF 1 0
45 Scotland Graeme Smith GK 0 0
46 Norway Thomas Myhre GK 4 0
47 Scotland Billy Dodds FW 21 15
48 Scotland Stephen Hughes MF 1 0

References

  1. ^ "Rangers loan star promises to shine". BBC Sport. 24 November 1999.
  2. ^ "Hendry arrives at Highfield Road". BBC Sport. 25 February 2000. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
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