1999–2000 Rangers F.C. season

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

The 1999–2000 season was the 120th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

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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

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In

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Date Player From Fee
25 June 1999 Poland Dariusz Adamczuk Scotland Dundee Free[1]
27 June 1999 Netherlands Michael Mols Netherlands FC Utrecht £4,000,000[2]
16 November 1999 Finland Tero Penttilä Finland Haka £300,000[3]
23 November 1999 Norway Thomas Myhre England Everton Loan[4]
4 December 1999 Scotland Billy Dodds Scotland Dundee United £1,300,000[5]
5 January 2000 Turkey Tugay Kerimoğlu Turkey Galatasaray £1,300,000[6]

Out

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Date Player To Fee
1 June 1999 Netherlands Theo Snelders Netherlands MVV Maastricht Free[7]
1 June 1999 Sweden Jonas Thern Retired[8]
1 June 1999 Italy Luigi Riccio Belgium Beveren Free[9]
4 June 1999 France Stephane Guivarc'h France AJ Auxerre £3,400,000[10]
29 September 1999 Scotland Charlie Miller England Watford £350,000[11]
17 December 1999 Finland Antti Niemi Scotland Heart of Midlothian £350,000[12]
23 December 1999 Scotland Derek McInnes France Toulouse £400,000[13]
11 January 2000 Scotland Ian Ferguson Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Free[14]
4 February 2000 Argentina Gabriel Amato Brazil Grêmio £3,500,000[15]
24 February 2000 Scotland Colin Hendry England Coventry City £750,000[16]
2 March 2000 Romania Daniel Prodan Romania Steaua Bucharest Loan[17]
31 March 2000 Northern Ireland Paul McKnight Scotland St Mirren Nominal
  • Expenditure: Decrease £6,900,000
  • Income: Increase £8,750,000
  • Total loss/gain: Increase £1,850,000

Matches

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All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier League

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Main article: 1999–2000 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 4–1 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

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Main article: 1999–2000 Scottish 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

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 1999–2000 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 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

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Main article: 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
28 July 1999 QR2 Finland Haka A 4–1 3,341 Amoruso, Mols (2), Johansson
4 August 1999 QR2 Finland Haka H 3–0 46,443 Wallace, Johansson, Amato
11 August 1999 QR3 Italy Parma H 2–0 49,263 Vidmar, Reyna
25 August 1999 QR3 Italy Parma A 0–1 24,087
15 September 1999 GS Spain Valencia A 0–2 54,971
21 September 1999 GS Germany Bayern Munich H 1–1 49,960 Albertz
28 September 1999 GS Netherlands PSV Eindhoven A 1–0 30,000 Albertz
20 October 1999 GS Netherlands PSV Eindhoven H 4–1 50,083 Amoruso, Mols (2), McCann
26 October 1999 GS Spain Valencia H 1–2 50,063 Moore
3 November 1999 GS Germany Bayern Munich A 0–1 54,000

UEFA Cup

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Main article: 1999–2000 UEFA Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
25 November 1999 R3 Germany Borussia Dortmund H 2–0 49,268 Kohler (o.g.), Wallace
7 December 1999 R3 Germany Borussia Dortmund A 0–2* 38,000

*Rangers lost the tie 3–1 on penalties

Appearances

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List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup Other
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Germany GER Stefan Klos 35 0 24 0 5 0 0 0 6 0
2 DF Italy ITA Sergio Porrini 22 0 11+1 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 8 0
3 DF Australia AUS Craig Moore 39 3 22 1 4 1 1 0 12 1
4 DF Italy ITA Lorenzo Amoruso 46 5 30 2 3 1 2 0 11 2
5 DF Netherlands NED Arthur Numan 43 3 29+1 1 5 2 1 0 7 0
6 MF Scotland SCO Barry Ferguson 49 5 31 4 5 1 1 0 12 0
7 MF Russia RUS Andrei Kanchelskis 40 5 25+3 4 4+1 1 2 0 0+5 0
8 MF Netherlands NED Giovanni van Bronckhorst 45 6 27 4 5 2 1 0 12 0
9 FW Netherlands NED Michael Mols 20 13 9 9 0 0 0+1 0 10 4
10 FW England ENG Rod Wallace 44 20 25+3 16 5 1 1 1 10 2
11 MF Germany GER Jörg Albertz 53 20 30+5 17 4+1 1 1 0 5+7 2
12 MF United States USA Claudio Reyna 42 6 25+4 5 3+1 0 0 0 9 1
13 GK Finland FIN Antti Niemi 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF Australia AUS Tony Vidmar 39 6 21+6 4 3 1 1 0 6+2 1
15 FW Argentina ARG Gabriel Amato 13 4 4+4 3 0 0 1 0 2+2 1
15 FW Chile CHI Sebastian Rozental 13 5 6+5 3 2 2 0 0 0 0
16 DF Scotland SCO Colin Hendry 4 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
17 DF Poland POL Dariusz Adamczuk 16 0 5+5 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
18 MF Scotland SCO Neil McCann 47 4 12+18 3 2+3 0 1 0 7+4 1
19 DF Scotland SCO Scott Wilson 12 0 9 0 1+1 0 1 0 0 0
20 FW Finland FIN Jonatan Johansson 26 7 8+8 6 0 0 2 0 2+6 1
21 FW Italy ITA Marco Negri 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
22 GK France FRA Lionel Charbonnier 11 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
23 MF Scotland SCO Barry Nicholson 5 1 0+2 0 0 0 1 0 0+2 1
24 FW Scotland SCO Gordon Durie 11 0 1+6 0 2 0 1 0 0+1 0
26 MF Scotland SCO Ian Ferguson 3 0 0+2 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
26 MF Turkey TUR Tugay Kerimoğlu (from 22 January) 20 1 9+7 1 1+3 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Scotland SCO Derek McInnes 4 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
29 DF Finland FIN Tero Penttilä 4 0 3 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
32 GK Scotland SCO Mark Brown 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
33 DF Scotland SCO Bob Malcolm 3 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF Scotland SCO Maurice Ross 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 MF Scotland SCO Jimmy Gibson 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 MF Northern Ireland NIR Stephen Carson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
46 GK Norway NOR Thomas Myhre 6 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
47 FW Scotland SCO Billy Dodds 21 15 16+2 10 1+2 5 0 0 0 0
48 MF Scotland SCO Stephen Hughes 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Scottish Premier League 31 July 21 May Winners 36 28 6 2 96 26 +70 077.78
UEFA Champions League 28 July 3 November Second Qualifying round Group Stage 10 5 1 4 16 9 +7 050.00
UEFA Cup 25 November 7 December Third round Third round 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0 050.00
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 +0 050.00
Total 55 40 7 8 133 39 +94 072.73

Source: Competitions

League table

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Adamczuk's saga ends with a signing at Ibrox". The Herald. 26 June 1999.
  2. ^ "MOL OR NOTHING: Michael is ready to do battle for Gers jersey". Daily Record. 28 June 1999.
  3. ^ "Penttila moves to Rangers to learn". The Herald. 17 November 1999.
  4. ^ "Rangers loan star promises to shine". BBC Sport. 24 November 1999. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Dodds is ready for debut as a Ranger". The Herald. 4 December 1999.
  6. ^ "Old Firm hold hands up in fixture list foul-up". The Herald. 6 January 2000.
  7. ^ "Sixty SPL players freed in clearout". The Herald. 22 June 1999.
  8. ^ "Sixty SPL players freed in clearout". The Herald. 22 June 1999.
  9. ^ "Sixty SPL players freed in clearout". The Herald. 22 June 1999.
  10. ^ "Guivarc'h kicks off Ibrox sale". Daily Record. 5 June 1999.
  11. ^ "Miller out to make impact and hand Rangers bonus". The Herald. 30 September 1999.
  12. ^ "Niemi signs in time for capital clash". The Herald. 18 December 1999.
  13. ^ "Celtic finally land Balde". BBC Sport. 20 July 2001. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  14. ^ "Dunfermline make statement of intent with double signing". The Herald. 12 January 2000.
  15. ^ "GERS IN RACE FOR £12M KIEV ACE". Daily Record. 5 February 2000.
  16. ^ "Hendry arrives at Highfield Road". BBC Sport. 25 February 2000. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  17. ^ "Rangers fail in second bid to land Dutchman Ricksen". The Herald. 3 March 2000.
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