1999–2000 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

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Heart of Midlothian
1999–2000 season
ManagerScotland Jim Jefferies
StadiumTynecastle Stadium
Scottish Premier League3rd
Scottish CupQuarter Final
League CupQuarter Final
Top goalscorerLeague:
Scotland Gary McSwegan (13)

All:
Scotland Gary McSwegan (15)
Highest home attendance17,954 (vs. Hibs, SPL, 19 December 1999)
Lowest home attendance10,598 (vs. Dundee United, SPL, 5 December 1999)
Average home league attendance14,246

The 1999–2000 season was Heart of Midlothian F.C.'s 17th consecutive season in the top level of Scottish football, playing in the Scottish Premier League. Hearts also competed in the Scottish Cup and League Cup.

Players[]

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 France FRA Gilles Rousset
2 DF Scotland SCO Steven Pressley
3 DF Scotland SCO Gary Naysmith
4 MF Scotland SCO Gary Locke
5 DF Scotland SCO Kevin James
6 DF Scotland SCO Paul Ritchie
7 FW Scotland SCO Gary McSwegan
8 MF Scotland SCO Steve Fulton
9 FW France FRA Stéphane Adam
10 MF Scotland SCO Colin Cameron
11 FW Scotland SCO Darren Jackson
12 DF Scotland SCO Grant Murray
13 GK Scotland SCO Roddy McKenzie
14 MF Austria AUT Thomas Flögel
15 DF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Gordan Petrić
16 MF England ENG Lee Makel
17 DF Scotland SCO Rob McKinnon
18 MF Jamaica JAM Fitzroy Simpson[notes 1]
19 MF Wales WAL Leigh Jenkinson[notes 2]
20 MF Spain ESP Juanjo
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Slovakia SVK Róbert Tomaschek
22 DF France FRA Fabien Leclercq
23 FW Scotland SCO Gary Wales
24 FW Northern Ireland NIR Andy Kirk
25 DF Scotland SCO Robbie Horn
26 GK Finland FIN Antti Niemi
27 MF Scotland SCO Scott Severin
28 DF Scotland SCO Kenny Milne
29 DF Scotland SCO
30 GK Scotland SCO
31 DF Scotland SCO Robbie Neilson
32 MF Scotland SCO Kris O'Neill
33 MF Scotland SCO
34 MF Scotland SCO
35 DF Scotland SCO
36   Graham Smith
37 GK Norway NOR Roger Vaaler
40 DF Scotland SCO
48   Steve Riley

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
15 MF Angola ANG José Quitongo (to Hamilton Academical)
21 MF Italy ITA Stefano Salvatori (to Alzano)
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 FW Scotland SCO Derek Holmes (to Ross County)

Fixtures[]

Pre-season friendlies[]

17 July 1999 Friendly Queens Park 0–3 Hearts Hampden Park
McSwegan Adam Makel Attendance: 1,027
19 July 1999 Friendly Stirling Albion 0–6 Hearts Forthbank Stadium
Kirk Holmes Quitongo Attendance: 641
21 July 1999 Friendly Hearts 3–2 Fulham Tynecastle Stadium
Jackson 57' (61) Juanjo 73' Horsfield 7' Collymore 18' Attendance: 9,056
Referee: Dougie McDonald
24 July 1999 Friendly Hearts 2–2 Tottenham Hotspur Tynecastle Stadium
Cameron 50' Makel 70' Murray 36' Iversen 43' Attendance: 9,710
Referee: Kevin Stott
2 August 1999 Friendly Morton 0–4 Hearts Cappielow Park
Locke Horn Kirk Smith Attendance: 251

League Cup[]

18 August 1999 League Cup R2 Queen of the South 1–3 Hearts Palmerston Park
Leslie 14' Jackson 46' (85) Severin 70' Attendance: 4,633
Referee: Hugh Dallas
12 October 1999 League Cup R3 East Fife 0–2 Hearts Bayview Stadium
Cameron 41' (pen.) Holmes 89' Attendance: 3,337
2 February 2000 League Cup R3 Kilmarnock 1–0 Hearts Rugby Park
Jeffrey 77' Attendance: 6,648
Referee:

Scottish Cup[]

29 January 2000 Scottish Cup R3 Hearts 3–2 Stenhousemuir Tynecastle Stadium
Cameron 38' (pen.) McSwegan 61' (88) 8' Mooney 29' Attendance: 11,752
Referee:
19 February 2000 Scottish Cup R4 Clyde 0–2 Hearts Broadwood Stadium
Jackson 1' Wales 7' Attendance: 6,427
Referee: Stuart Dougal
12 March 2000 Scottish Cup QF Rangers 4–1 Hearts Ibrox
Ferguson 12' Numan 17' Amoruso 69' Dodds 79' (pen.) Cameron 35' (pen.) Attendance: 31,471
Referee: Hugh Dallas

Scottish Premier League[]

31 July 1999 SPL St Johnstone 1–4 Hearts McDiarmid Park
McQuillan 83' McSwegan 30' Flögel 67' Dods 78' (og.) Cameron 80' Attendance: 6,705
Referee:
7 August 1999 SPL Hearts 0–4 Rangers Tynecastle Stadium
Reyna 14' (73) Mols 45' Albertz 67' Attendance: 17,893
Referee:
14 August 1999 SPL Hibs 1–1 Hearts Easter Road
Latapy 43' (pen.) McSwegan 79' Attendance: 16,976
Referee: Stuart Dougal
22 August 1999 SPL Hearts 3–0 Aberdeen Tynecastle Stadium
McSwegan 44' (50), 85' Attendance: 12,803
Referee: Mike McCurry
29 August 1999 SPL Celtic 4–0 Hearts Celtic Park
Viduka 17' Larsson 36' Berkovic 70' (72) Attendance: 59,697
Referee: Jim McCluskey
11 September 1999 SPL Hearts 3–0 Dundee Tynecastle Stadium
Adam 7' Jackson 73' Cameron 75' Severin 81' Attendance: 13,378
Referee: Kevin Toner
20 September 1999 SPL Motherwell 1–0 Hearts Fir Park
Teale 24' (pen.) Attendance: 7,500
Referee:
25 September 1999 SPL Dundee United 0–2 Hearts Tannadice Park
Adam 14' (89) Attendance: 8,510
Referee: Mike McCurry
16 October 1999 SPL Hearts 1–1 St Johnstone Tynecastle Stadium
McSwegan 7' Lowndes 57' Attendance: 12,872
Referee: Alan Freeland
27 October 1999 SPL Hearts 2–2 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Stadium
Cameron 83' Juanjo 92' MacPherson 64' Cocard 93' Attendance: 12,541
Referee: Kenny Clark
30 October 1999 SPL Dundee 1–0 Hearts Dens Park
Tweed 2' Attendance: 6,018
Referee:
6 November 1999 SPL Hearts 1–1 Motherwell Tynecastle Stadium
McSwegan 8' Spencer 83' Attendance: 12,514
Referee: Alan Freeland
20 November 1999 SPL Hearts 1–2 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
Cameron 3' Wright 71' Moravcik 88' Attendance: 17,184
Referee: Mike McCurry
23 November 1999 SPL Motherwell 2–1 Hearts Fir Park
McCulloch 24' 90' McSwegan 46' Attendance: 6,018
Referee:
27 November 1999 SPL Kilmarnock 2–2 Hearts Rugby Park
Mahood 73' Reilly 92' McSwegan 7' Ritchie 22' Attendance: 8,326
Referee: Kenny Clark
5 December 1999 SPL Hearts 3–0 Dundee United Tynecastle Stadium
Juanjo 4' Jackson 69' Adam 88' Attendance: 10,598
Referee: Hugh Dallas
8 December 1999 SPL Aberdeen 3–1 Hearts Pittodrie
Jess 9' 63' Guntveit 65' Severin 30' Attendance: 10,274
Referee: Jim McCluskey
19 December 1999 SPL Hearts 0–3 Hibs Tynecastle Stadium
Lehmann 18' Sauzee 27' Miller 90' Attendance: 17,954
Referee:
22 December 1999 SPL Rangers 1–0 Hearts Ibrox
Albertz 90' Attendance: 49,709
Referee: Stuart Dougal
22 January 2000 SPL Hearts 3–0 Dundee Tynecastle Stadium
Wales 17' Jackson 50' Attendance: 13,112
Referee:
5 February 2000 SPL Celtic 2–3 Hearts Celtic Park
Moravcik 18' Naysmith 55' Cameron 31' (83), pen.' Viduka 28' Attendance: 59,896
Referee:
26 February 2000 SPL Hearts 0–0 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 14,243
Referee:
1 March 2000 SPL Motherwell 0–2 Hearts Fir Park
Jackson 45' Wales 59' Attendance: 5,558
Referee: Jim McCluskey
4 March 2000 SPL Dundee United 0–1 Hearts Tannadice Park
Cameron 54' (pen.) Attendance: 6,928
Referee: Kenny Clark
15 March 2000 SPL St Johnstone 0–1 Hearts McDiarmid Park
McSwegan 64' Attendance: 4,468
Referee: Stuart Dougal
18 March 2000 SPL Hibs 3–1 Hearts Easter Road
Latapy 37' Sauzee 60' Paatelainen 85' Jackson 26' Attendance: 15,908
Referee: Hugh Dallas
22 March 2000 SPL Hearts 3–0 Aberdeen Tynecastle Stadium
Cameron 9' Wales 47' Fulton 99' Attendance: 13,249
Referee:
25 March 2000 SPL Hearts 0–0 Motherwell Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 13,102
Referee: Mike McCurry
1 April 2000 SPL Dundee 0–0 Hearts Dens Park
Attendance: 6,291
Referee: Jim McCluskey
8 April 2000 SPL Hearts 1–0 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
McSwegan 36' Attendance: 16,046
Referee: Hugh Dallas
12 April 2000 SPL Hearts 1–2 Rangers Tynecastle Stadium
McSwegan 12' Wallace 45' Dodds 64' Attendance: 16,314
Referee:
15 April 2000 SPL Aberdeen 1–2 Hearts Pittodrie
13' Wales 81' Jackson 84' Attendance: 12,626
Referee:
22 April 2000 SPL Hearts 1–2 Dundee United Tynecastle Stadium
Wales 63' Mathie 73' (87) Attendance: 12,604
Referee:
29 April 2000 SPL Kilmarnock 0–1 Hearts Pittodrie
Wales 53' Attendance: 8,057
Referee: Stuart Dougal
6 May 2000 SPL Hearts 0–0 St Johnstone Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 12,638
Referee:
13 May 2000 SPL Rangers 1–0 Hearts Ibrox
Dodds 22' Attendance: 49,109
Referee: Kenny Clark
21 May 2000 SPL Hearts 2–1 Hibs Tynecastle Stadium
Juanjo 30' McSwegan 62' Paatelainen 57' Attendance: 17,391
Referee: Hugh Dallas

Final 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) Champion

Statistics[]

Scorers[]

Pos PLayer SPL SC LC Total
FW Scotland Gary McSwegan 13 2 0 15
MF Scotland Colin Cameron 8 2 1 11
FW Scotland Darren Jackson 6 1 2 9
FW Scotland Gary Wales 6 1 0 7
FW France Stéphane Adam 4 0 0 4
MF Spain Juanjo 3 0 0 3
MF Scotland Scott Severin 2 0 1 3
MF Austria Thomas Flögel 1 0 0 1
MF Scotland Steve Fulton 1 0 0 1
DF Scotland Gary Naysmith 1 0 0 1
DF Scotland Paul Ritchie 1 0 0 1
FW Scotland Derek Holmes 0 0 1 1

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Heart of Midlothian - 1999/00". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Simpson was born in Bradford-on-Avon, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1997.
  2. ^ Jenkinson was born in Thorne, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented the Wales B team.

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