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

Overview 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.

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 In DatePlayerFromFee25 June 1999 Dariusz Adamczuk Dundee Free27 June 1999 Michael Mols Utrecht £4,000,00016 November 1999 Tero Penttilä Haka £300,00023 November 1999 Thomas Myhre Everton Loan4 December 1999 Billy Dodds Dundee United £1,300,0005 January 2000 Tugay Kerimoğlu Galatasaray £1,300,000

Out DatePlayerToFee1 June 1999 Theo Snelders MVV Free Jonas Thern Retired Luigi Riccio K.S.K. Beveren Free4 June 1999 Stephane Guivarc'h Auxerre £3,400,00029 September 1999 Charlie Miller Watford £350,00017 December 1999 Antti Niemi Heart of Midlothian £350,00023 December 1999 Derek McInnes Toulouse £400,00011 January 2000 Ian Ferguson Dunfermline Athletic Free4 February 2000 Gabriel Amato Grêmio £3,500,00024 February 2000 Colin Hendry Coventry City £750,0002 March 2000 Daniel Prodan Steaua București Loan31 March 2000 Paul McKnight St Mirren Nominal

Expenditure: £6,900,000 Income: £8,750,000 Total loss/gain: £1,850,000

Matches All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier League

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 31 July 1999 KilmarnockH2–148,074Wallace, Reyna 7 August 1999 Heart of MidlothianA4–017,893Reyna (2), Mols, Albertz 15 August 1999 MotherwellH4–145,264Mols (4) 21 August 1999 Dundee UnitedH4–148,849Reyna, Van Bronckhorst, Wallace, Vidmar 28 August 1999 HibernianA1–015,587Johansson 11 September 1999 AberdeenH3–049,226Mols (2), Albertz (pen.) 25 September 1999 St JohnstoneH3–147,475Albertz (2, 1 pen.), Mols 2 October 1999 DundeeA3–210,494Kanchelskis, Wallace, Amato 16 October 1999 KilmarnockA1–115,795 Van Bronckhorst 30 October 1999 AberdeenA5–116,846 Johansson (3), Mols, Amato 7 November 1999 CelticH4–250,026 Johansson, Albertz (pen.), Amoruso, Amato 20 November 1999 HibernianH2–049,544 Johansson, Albertz28 November 1999 DundeeH1–247,154 Wallace 11 December 1999 KilmarnockH1–047,169 Albertz 18 December 1999 MotherwellA5–112,640 Kanchelskis (2), Amoruso, Dodds (2) 22 December 1999 Heart of MidlothianH1–049,907 Albertz 27 December 1999 CelticA1–159,619 Dodds 22 January 2000 AberdeenH5–050,023 Moore, Van Bronckhorst, Numan, Wallace, Ferguson 2 February 2000 Dundee UnitedA4–011,241 Vidmar (2), Wallace, McCann 6 February 2000 HibernianA2–213,420 Wallace, McCann 15 February 2000 St JohnstoneA1–19,608 Vidmar 27 February 2000 DundeeA7–19,297 Wallace (3), Vidmar (2), Albertz, Rozental 4 March 2000 St JohnstoneH0–049,907 8 March 2000 CelticA1–059,220 Wallace 18 March 2000 MotherwellH6–249,622 Wallace (3), Rozental (pen.), Albertz, Tugay (pen.) 26 March 2000 CelticH 4–050,039 Albertz (2), Kanchelskis, Van Bronckhorst 1 April 2000 AberdeenA1–116,521 Ferguson 4 April 2000 Dundee UnitedH3–045,829 Albertz, Dodds, Wallace 12 April 2000 Heart of MidlothianA2–116,314 Wallace, Dodds 15 April 2000 Dundee UnitedA2–011,419 Ferguson, Albertz 23 April 2000 St JohnstoneA2–010,016 Dodds (2) 30 April 2000 DundeeH3–050,032 Dodds, McCann, Rozental 3 May 2000 HibernianH5–239,349 Ferguson, Dennis (o.g.), Dodds, Albertz (2) 7 May 2000 KilmarnockA2–013,284 Reyna, Albertz 13 May 2000 Heart of MidlothianH1–050,009 Dodds 21 May 2000 MotherwellA0–212,310

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 2000 FAberdeenN4–050,865Van Bronckhorst, Vidmar, Dodds, Albertz

UEFA Champions League

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 28 July 1999QR2 HakaA4–13,341Amoruso, Mols (2), Johansson 4 August 1999QR2 HakaH3–046,443Wallace, Johansson, Amato 11 August 1999 QR3 ParmaH2–049,263Vidmar, Reyna 25 August 1999 QR3 ParmaA0–124,087 15 September 1999 GS ValenciaA0–254,971 21 September 1999 GS Bayern MunichH1–149,960Albertz 28 September 1999 GS PSV EindhovenA1–030,000Albertz 20 October 1999 GS PSV EindhovenH4–150,083Amoruso, Mols (2), McCann 26 October 1999 GS ValenciaH1–250,063Moore 3 November 1999 GS Bayern MunichA0–154,000

UEFA Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 25 November 1999R3 Borussia DortmundH2–049,268Kohler (o.g.), Wallace 7 December 1999R3 Borussia DortmundA0–2*38,000 *Rangers lost the tie 3–1 on penalties

Appearances

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

Competitions Overall

League table

Champions League table

References