# 1999–2000 Celtic F.C. season

The 1999–2000 season was the 106th season of competitive football by Celtic. Celtic competed in the Scottish Premier League, UEFA Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary

The season saw Celtic finish second in the league, 21 points behind winner Rangers. They won the League Cup beating Aberdeen in the final, reached the second round of the UEFA Cup losing to Lyon and were knocked out of the Scottish Cup in the third round by Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Fee |
| 20 June 1999 | Stilyan Petrov | CSKA Sofia | £2,800,000 |
| 22 June 1999 | Dmitri Kharine | Chelsea | Free |
| 8 July 1999 | Eyal Berkovic | West Ham United | £5,750,000 |
| 8 July 1999 | Olivier Tebily | Sheffield United | £1,250,000 |
| 10 July 1999 | Bobby Petta | Ipswich Town | Free |
| 23 July 1999 | Stephane Bonnes | Mulhouse | Free |
| 28 October 1999 | Ian Wright | West Ham United | Free |
| 1 December 1999 | Fernando de Ornelas | Crystal Palace | Free |
| 22 December 1999 | Rafael Scheidt | Gremio | £5,000,000 |
| 23 March 2000 | Paul Shields | Raith Rovers | £100,000 |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Fee |
| 29 June 1999 | Simon Donnelly | Sheffield Wednesday | Free |
| 29 June 1999 | Phil O'Donnell | Sheffield Wednesday | Free |
| 23 July 1999 | Enrico Annoni | | Retired |
| 1 September 1999 | Tommy Johnson | Everton | Loan |
| 18 October 1999 | Tosh McKinlay | Grasshopper Club Zürich | Free |
| 1 December 1999 | Craig Burley | Derby County | £3,000,000 |
| 10 January 2000 | Harald Brattbakk | FC Copenhagen | £500,000 |
| 14 February 2000 | Ian Wright | Burnley | Free |
* Expenditure: £15,050,000
* Income: £3,500,000
* Total loss/gain: £11,550,000

## Managers
### Managers

Celtic started the season under newly appointed John Barnes who, on 10 February, was sacked by the club. Celtic's Director of Football Kenny Dalglish took over as caretaker manager.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss

### Scottish Cup
## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Jonathan Gould |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Tom Boyd |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Stéphane Mahé |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Jackie McNamara |
| 5 | DF | DEN | Marc Rieper |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Alan Stubbs |
| 7 | FW | SWE | Henrik Larsson |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Harald Brattbakk |
| 10 | MF | ISR | Eyal Berkovic |
| 11 | DF | DEN | Morten Wieghorst |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Tommy Johnson |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Paul Lambert |
| 15 | MF | NED | Bobby Petta |
| 16 | DF | CIV | Olivier Tébily |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Ian Wright |
| 19 | MF | BUL | Stiliyan Petrov |
| 20 | MF | NED | Regi Blinker |
| 21 | GK | SCO | Stewart Kerr |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Stephane Bonnes |
| 23 | GK | RUS | Dmitri Kharine |
| 24 | MF | IRL | Colin Healy |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | MF | SVK | Ľubomír Moravčík |
| 26 | FW | SCO | Paul Shields |
| 27 | FW | SCO | Mark Burchill |
| 28 | MF | SCO | Ryan McCann |
| 29 | MF | VEN | Fernando de Ornelas |
| 30 | MF | NOR | Vidar Riseth |
| 31 | DF | BRA | Rafael Scheidt |
| 32 | FW | SCO | Simon Lynch |
| 33 | DF | NIR | John Convery |
| 34 | MF | SCO | Mark Fotheringham |
| 35 | DF | SWE | Johan Mjällby |
| 36 | FW | AUS | Mark Viduka |
| 37 | MF | SCO | Liam Keogh |
| 38 | GK | SCO | Barry John Corr |
| 39 | MF | SCO | Jamie Smith |
| 40 | DF | SCO | Stephen Crainey |
| 41 | DF | SCO | John Kennedy |
| 42 | MF | IRL | Jim Goodwin |
| 43 | MF | IRL | Liam Miller |
| 46 | MF | SCO | Brian McColligan |

## Statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |