1999–2000 Aberdeen F.C. season

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

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
Average home league attendance	12,809

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SCO Jim Leighton 2 DF  SCO Mark Perry 3 DF  SCO Derek Whyte 4 MF  ENG Nigel Pepper 5 DF  NOR Thomas Solberg 6 DF  SCO Gary Smith 8 MF  SCO Eoin Jess 9 FW  SCO Robbie Winters 10 MF  GER Andreas Mayer 11 DF  BUL Iliyan Kiryakov 12 DF  SCO Andy Dow 13 GK  SCO Mark Peat 14 MF  SCO Paul Bernard 15 DF  SCO Russell Anderson 16 MF  SCO Jamie Buchan[notes 1] 17 MF  SCO David Rowson 18 MF  SCO Ricky Gillies 19 MF  SCO Darren Young 21 MF  SCO Derek Young 22 DF  SCO Michael Hart 23 GK  SCO Ryan Esson 24 MF  SCO Russell Duncan 25 DF  SCO Stuart McCaffrey

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 DF  NOR Cato Guntveit 27 MF  ISL Baldur Bett 28 DF  SCO Iain Good 29 FW  SCO Darren Mackie 30 DF  SCO Jamie McAllister 31 MF  SCO Fergus Tiernan 32 DF  SCO Kevin Milne 33 DF  SCO Phil McGuire 34 MF  SCO Chris Clark 35 DF  ISL Calum Bett 36 MF  SCO Steven Marwick 37 DF  SCO Kevin Rutkiewicz 38 DF  SCO Kevin McNaughton 39 DF  SCO David Lilley 40 GK  ENG David Preece 41 FW  SCO Scott Michie 42 MF  SCO Ross O'Donoghue 43 MF  BEL Rachid Belabed 44 DF  ARG Juan Cobian 45 DF  SCO Jamie Clark (on loan from San Jose Earthquakes) 46 FW  NOR Arild Stavrum 47 FW  MAR Hicham Zerouali

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 FW  SCO Jim Hamilton (to Dundee United)

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  SCO Dennis Wyness (to Inverness Caledonian Thistle)

Results

Scottish Premier League

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 standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Hibernian	36	10	11	15	49	61	−12	41
7	Dundee	36	12	5	19	45	64	−19	41
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	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]

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
Notes:

1. Since Rangers, the winners of the 1999–2000 Scottish Cup, already qualified for the UEFA Champions League, Aberdeen, the losing finalist, earned a spot in the 2000–01 UEFA Cup. As the bottom team, Aberdeen were also due to take part in a three-team play-off with Dunfermline Athletic and Falkirk, but as Falkirk's stadium did not meet SPL criteria, the play-off did not take place and Aberdeen were spared relegation.[2]

Scottish League Cup

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	8,166
QF	1 December	Rangers	H	1–0 (AET) [3]	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

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

1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/scots/1999-2000/scotprm/aberdeen.htm
2. "Falkirk stadium hopes boost". BBC News. 6 December 2000. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
3. Report

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

Notes

1. Buchan was born in Manchester, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and represented them at U-21 level.