Rangers
1999–2000 season
ChairmanDavid Murray
ManagerDick Advocaat
GroundIbrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League1st (Champions)
Scottish CupWinners
League CupQuarter-finals
Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jörg Albertz
Rod Wallace
(17 each)
All:
Rod Wallace
(21 goals)

The 1999–2000 season was the 120th 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.

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.

Appearances

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier LeagueFA CupLeague CupOther
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Germany GER Stefan Klos 350240500060
2 DF Italy ITA Sergio Porrini 22011+100+100+1080
3 DF Australia AUS Craig Moore 3932214110121
4 DF Italy ITA Lorenzo Amoruso 4653023120112
5 DF Netherlands NED Arthur Numan 43329+11521070
6 MF Scotland SCO Barry Ferguson 4953145110120
7 MF Russia RUS Andrei Kanchelskis 40525+344+11200+50
8 MF Netherlands NED Giovanni van Bronckhorst 4562745210120
9 FW Netherlands NED Michael Mols 201399000+10104
10 FW England ENG Rod Wallace 442025+3165111102
11 MF Germany GER Jörg Albertz 532030+5174+11105+72
12 MF United States USA Claudio Reyna 42625+453+100091
13 GK Finland FIN Antti Niemi 1010000000
14 DF Australia AUS Tony Vidmar 39621+6431106+21
15 FW Argentina ARG Gabriel Amato 1344+4300102+21
15 FW Chile CHI Sebastian Rozental 1356+53220000
16 DF Scotland SCO Colin Hendry 401+1000000+20
17 DF Poland POL Dariusz Adamczuk 1605+50001050
18 MF Scotland SCO Neil McCann 47412+1832+30107+41
19 DF Scotland SCO Scott Wilson 120901+101000
20 FW Finland FIN Jonatan Johansson 2678+8600202+61
21 FW Italy ITA Marco Negri 10000+100000
22 GK France FRA Lionel Charbonnier 11070000040
23 MF Scotland SCO Barry Nicholson 510+2000100+21
24 FW Scotland SCO Gordon Durie 1101+6020100+10
26 MF Scotland SCO Ian Ferguson 300+20000+1000
26 MF Turkey TUR Tugay Kerimoğlu (from 22 January) 2019+711+300000
27 MF Scotland SCO Derek McInnes 400+10001020
29 DF Finland FIN Tero Penttilä 4030000+1000
32 GK Scotland SCO Mark Brown 2010001000
33 DF Scotland SCO Bob Malcolm 301+20000000
34 DF Scotland SCO Maurice Ross 100+10000000
41 MF Scotland SCO Jimmy Gibson 100+10000000
44 MF Northern Ireland NIR Stephen Carson 1000000+1000
46 GK Norway NOR Thomas Myhre 6030001020
47 FW Scotland SCO Billy Dodds 211516+2101+250000
48 MF Scotland SCO Stephen Hughes 100+10000000

Transfers

In

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
17 DF Poland Dariusz Adamczuk 29 Dundee Transfer Summer 2003 Free [1]
9 FW Netherlands Michael Mols 28 FC Utrecht Netherlands Transfer Summer 2003 £4m [2]
29 DF Finland Tero Penttilä 24 Haka Finland Transfer n/a 2003 £0.3m [3]
46 GK Norway Thomas Myhre 26 Everton England Loan n/a 1999 n/a [4]
47 FW Scotland Billy Dodds 30 Dundee United Transfer n/a 2003 £1.3m [5]
26 MF Turkey Tugay Kerimoğlu 29 Galatasaray Turkey Transfer Winter 2003 £1.2m [6]

Out

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
26 GK Netherlands Theo Snelders 35 MVV Netherlands End of contract Summer Free [7]
12 DF Sweden Jonas Thern 32 Retired End of contract Summer Free
28 DF Italy Luigi Riccio 21 Beveren Belgium End of contract Summer Free
15 FW France Stéphane Guivarc'h 28 Auxerre France Transfer n/a £3.4m
27 MF Scotland Charlie Miller 23 Watford England Transfer n/a £0.45m
13 GK Finland Antti Niemi 27 Heart of Midlothian Transfer n/a £0.4m
27 MF Scotland Derek McInnes 28 Toulouse France Transfer n/a £0.3m
26 MF Scotland Ian Ferguson 32 Dunfermline Athletic Transfer Winter Free
15 FW Argentina Gabriel Amato 29 Grêmio Brazil Transfer Winter £3.75m
16 DF Scotland Colin Hendry 34 Coventry City England Transfer n/a £0.75m [8]
28 FW Northern Ireland Paul McKnight 23 St Mirren Transfer n/a Free

Last updated: 31 January 2016

  • Expendure: Decrease £6,800,000
  • Income: Increase £9,050,000
  • Total loss/gain: Increase £2,250,000

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier League

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
31 July 1999KilmarnockH2–148,074Wallace, Reyna
7 August 1999Heart of MidlothianA4–017,893Reyna (2), Mols, Albertz
15 August 1999MotherwellH4–145,264Mols (4)
21 August 1999Dundee UnitedH4–148,849Reyna, Van Bronckhorst, Wallace, Vidmar
28 August 1999HibernianA1–015,587Johansson
11 September 1999AberdeenH3–049,226Mols (2), Albertz (pen.)
25 September 1999St JohnstoneH3–147,475Albertz (2, 1 pen.), Mols
2 October 1999DundeeA3–210,494Kanchelskis, 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

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
12 October 1999R3Dunfermline AthleticH1–030,024Wallace
1 December 1999QFAberdeenA0–112,108

Scottish Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
30 January 2000R3St JohnstoneA2–09,099Numan, Van Bronckhorst
19 February 2000R4Greenock MortonA1–08,600Moore
12 March 2000QFHeart of MidlothianH4–131,864Ferguson, Numan, Amoruso, Dodds (pen.)
8 April 2000SFAyr UnitedN7–038,357Rozental (2), Kanchelskis, Wallace, Dodds (3)
27 May 2000FAberdeenN4–050,865Van Bronckhorst, Vidmar, Dodds, Albertz

UEFA Champions League

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
28 July 1999QR2Finland HakaA4–13,341Amoruso, Mols (2), Johansson
4 August 1999QR2Finland HakaH3–046,443Wallace, Johansson, Amato
11 August 1999QR3Italy ParmaH2–049,263Vidmar, Reyna
25 August 1999QR3Italy ParmaA0–124,087
15 September 1999GSSpain ValenciaA0–254,971
21 September 1999GSGermany Bayern MunichH1–149,960Albertz
28 September 1999GSNetherlands PSV EindhovenA1–030,000Albertz
20 October 1999GSNetherlands PSV EindhovenH4–150,083Amoruso, Mols (2), McCann
26 October 1999GSSpain ValenciaH1–250,063Moore
3 November 1999GSGermany Bayern MunichA0–154,000

UEFA Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
25 November 1999R3Germany Borussia DortmundH2–049,268Kohler (o.g.), Wallace
7 December 1999R3Germany Borussia DortmundA0–2*38,000

*Rangers lost the tie 3–1 on penalties

League table

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
Updated to match(es) played on end of season. Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions

Champions league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VAL BAY RAN PSV
1 Spain Valencia 6 3 3 0 8 4 +4 12 Advance to second group stage — 1–1 2–0 1–0
2 Germany Bayern Munich 6 2 3 1 7 6 +1 9 1–1 — 1–0 2–1
3 Scotland Rangers 6 2 1 3 7 7 0 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup 1–2 1–1 — 4–1
4 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4 1–1 2–1 0–1 —
Source: UEFA

References

  1. ↑ "Yanks and Blanks". The Guardian. 25 June 1999. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Mols re-signs for Rangers". BBC Sport. 15 June 2003. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Penttila moves to Rangers to learn". The Herald (Glasgow). 17 November 1999. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Rangers loan star promises to shine". BBC Sport. 24 November 1999. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Billy Dodds: I jumped at chance to join boyhood heroes Rangers but I can understand why it's different for guys like Scott Allan". Daily Record. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "Tugay threatens Rangers departure". BBC Sport. 15 June 2000. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Sixty SPL players freed in clearout". The Herald. 22 June 1999.
  8. ↑ "Hendry arrives at Highfield Road". BBC Sport. 25 February 2000. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
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