# 1999–2000 Dundee United F.C. season

The 1999–2000 season was the 91st year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000. United finished in eighth place, an improvement on last year's ninth-place finish, despite accumulating fewer points in this campaign.
United were knocked out of both domestic cup competitions by Aberdeen – in the League Cup semi-finals and the Scottish Cup quarter-finals, both by a score of 1–0.

## Review and events

United sold top scorer Billy Dodds to Rangers at the start of December and immediately the club's fortunes changed. Sitting third in the league, the club would win only one of the next fourteen league games and three in total for the rest of the season. In fact, United lost 11 of the last 13 matches, consigning them to eighth place. Such was Dodds' impact that he finished top scorer, despite only playing the first four months of the season with the club.

## Match results

Dundee United played a total of 44 competitive matches during the 1999–2000 season. The team finished eighth in the Scottish Premier League.
In the cup competitions, United were knocked out of the Scottish Cup at the quarter-finals stage, losing 1–0 to Aberdeen. The same team knocked United out of the CIS Insurance Cup, this time at the semi-final stage. Both matches finished 1–0.

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |
All results are written with Dundee United's score first.

### Bank of Scotland Premierleague

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 31 July 1999 | Dundee | H | 2–1 | 11,693 | Sköldmark, Ferraz |
| 7 August 1999 | Motherwell | A | 2–2 | 6,791 | Dodds, Ferraz |
| 15 August 1999 | Celtic | H | 2–1 | 12,375 | Easton, Dodds |
| 21 August 1999 | Rangers | A | 1–4 | 48,849 | de Vos |
| 29 August 1999 | Kilmarnock | H | 0–0 | 6,621 | |
| 11 September 1999 | Hibernian | H | 3–1 | 8,167 | Talesnikov, Hannah, Dodds |
| 18 September 1999 | Aberdeen | A | 2–1 | 11,814 | Hannah, Dodds |
| 25 September 1999 | Hearts | H | 0–2 | 8,510 | |
| 17 October 1999 | Dundee | A | 2–0 | 9,484 | Dodds, Thompson |
| 23 October 1999 | Motherwell | H | 0–2 | 6,213 | |
| 27 October 1999 | St Johnstone | A | 0–1 | 4,236 | Dodds |
| 31 October 1999 | Hibernian | A | 2–3 | 11,073 | Dodds, Talesnikov |
| 6 November 1999 | Aberdeen | H | 3–1 | 8,170 | Dodds (2), Paterson |
| 20 November 1999 | Kilmarnock | A | 1–1 | 7,012 | Hannah |
| 27 November 1999 | St Johnstone | H | 1–0 | 6,367 | Talesnikov |
| 5 December 1999 | Hearts | A | 0–3 | 10,598 | |
| 12 December 1999 | Dundee | H | 1–0 | 9,185 | Ferraz |
| 18 December 1999 | Celtic | A | 1–4 | 59,120 | Ferraz |
| 27 December 1999 | Aberdeen | A | 1–3 | 16,686 | Hannah |
| 22 January 2000 | Hibernian | H | 0–0 | 7,457 | |
| 2 February 2000 | Rangers | H | 0–4 | 11,241 | |
| 26 February 2000 | St Johnstone | A | 0–2 | 4,732 | |
| 4 March 2000 | Hearts | H | 0–1 | 6,928 | |
| 15 March 2000 | Kilmarnock | H | 2–2 | 6,966 | Hannah, Ferraz |
| 25 March 2000 | Aberdeen | H | 1–1 | 6,723 | Ferraz |
| 1 April 2000 | Hibernian | A | 0–1 | 10,261 | |
| 4 April 2000 | Rangers | A | 0–3 | 45,721 | |
| 8 April 2000 | Kilmarnock | A | 0–1 | 6,037 | |
| 15 April 2000 | Rangers | H | 0–2 | 11,149 | |
| 19 April 2000 | Motherwell | A | 3–1 | 4,271 | Mathie, Hannah, de Vos |
| 22 April 2000 | Hearts | A | 2–1 | 12,604 | Mathie (2) |
| 29 April 2000 | St Johnstone | H | 0–1 | 6,243 | |
| 2 May 2000 | Celtic | H | 0–1 | 7,449 | |
| 6 May 2000 | Dundee | A | 0–3 | 8,581 | |
| 13 May 2000 | Motherwell | H | 1–2 | 5,908 | Hamilton |
| 21 May 2000 | Celtic | A | 0–2 | 47,586 | |

### Tennent's Scottish Cup

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 30 January 2000 | Airdrieonians | H | 4–1 | 5,172 | Hannah (2), Mathie, Ferraz |
| 19 February 2000 | Alloa | A | 2–2 | 2,570 | Hamilton (2) |
| 22 February 2000 | Alloa | H | 4–0 | 4,913 | Preget, Hamilton, Thompson (2) |
| 12 March 2000 | Aberdeen | H | 0–1 | 6,733 | |

### CIS Insurance Cup

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 18 August 1999 | Ross County | H | 3–1 | 4,682 | Ferraz, Thompson (2) |
| 12 October 1999 | St Johnstone | A | 2–1 | 4,805 | Davidson, Talesnikov |
| 1 December 1999 | Motherwell | H | 3–2 | 5,086 | Dodds, Easton, Thompson |
| 13 February 2000 | Aberdeen | N | 0–1 | 9,500 | |

## Player details

During the 1999–00 season, United used 29 different players, with a further three named as substitutes who did not make an appearance on the pitch. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bank of Scotland Premierleague | Bank of Scotland Premierleague | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | CIS Cup | CIS Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Alan Combe | 43 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Bernard Pascual | 39 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Maurice Malpas | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | David Hannah | 41 | 8 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CAN | Jason de Vos | 40 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ISL | Siggi Jonsson | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Craig Easton | 38 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | SWE | Magnus Sköldmark | 14 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Alex Mathie | 17 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | POR | Joaquim Ferraz | 36 | 8 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Tony Smith | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | SCO | Scott McCulloch | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | SCO | Paul Gallacher | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | SCO | Billy Dodds | 18 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | ISR | Jan Talesnikov | 30 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | NIR | Iain Jenkins | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NIR | Darren Patterson | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Jim Paterson | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Steven Thompson | 34 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 20 | DF | EIR | David Worrell | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | WAL | David Partridge | 37 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Jean-Pierre Delaunay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Antoine Preget | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | SCO | Stephen McConalogue | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Hugh Davidson | 29 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | GRE | Tassos Venetis | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | EIR | David Byrne | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | AUS | Raphael Bove | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | SCO | Jim Hamilton | 16 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | SCO | John McQuillan | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ENG | Sean O'Connor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | WAL | Leigh Jenkinson | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
* ↑ 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.

## Playing kit

| Home colours | Away colours |
The jerseys were sponsored for the fourth consecutive season by Telewest.

## Trivia

* Joaquim Ferraz's six league goals came in consecutive games – three times. He found the net in the first two matches of the season, had a fourteen-game gap until two in his next two games before taking six matches to fire his next two goals. He only finished on the losing side once after scoring in the league.