1999–2000 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
1999–2000 season
Chairman	David Murray
Manager	Dick Advocaat
Ground	Ibrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League	1st
Scottish Cup	Winners
League Cup	Quarter-finals
Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jörg Albertz; Rod Wallace; (17 each); All: ; Rod Wallace; (21 goals)
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

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.[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.

Players[]

Appearances[]

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

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

Transfers[]

In[]

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

Out[]

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

Last updated: 31 January 2016

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

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	4–1	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	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

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	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	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
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

References[]

^ "Yanks and Blanks". The Guardian. 25 June 1999. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
^ "Mols re-signs for Rangers". BBC Sport. 15 June 2003. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
^ "Penttila moves to Rangers to learn". The Herald (Glasgow). 17 November 1999. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
^ "Rangers loan star promises to shine". BBC Sport. 24 November 1999. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
^ "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.
^ "Tugay threatens Rangers departure". BBC Sport. 15 June 2000. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
^ "Hendry arrives at Highfield Road". BBC Sport. 25 February 2000. Retrieved 15 December 2012.

[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] "Hendry arrives at Highfield Road". BBC Sport. 25 February 2000. Retrieved 15 December 2012.

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