# 1999–2000 Rangers F.C. season

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

| Date | Player | From | Fee |
| 25 June 1999 | Dariusz Adamczuk | Dundee | Free |
| 27 June 1999 | Michael Mols | FC Utrecht | £4,000,000 |
| 16 November 1999 | Tero Penttilä | FC Haka | £300,000 |
| 23 November 1999 | Thomas Myhre | Everton | Loan |
| 4 December 1999 | Billy Dodds | Dundee United | £1,300,000 |
| 5 January 2000 | Tugay Kerimoğlu | Galatasaray | £1,300,000 |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Fee |
| 1 June 1999 | Theo Snelders | MVV Maastricht | Free |
| 1 June 1999 | Jonas Thern | Retired | Retired |
| 1 June 1999 | Luigi Riccio | K.S.K. Beveren | Free |
| 4 June 1999 | Stephane Guivarc'h | Auxerre | £3,400,000 |
| 29 September 1999 | Charlie Miller | Watford | £350,000 |
| 17 December 1999 | Antti Niemi | Heart of Midlothian | £350,000 |
| 23 December 1999 | Derek McInnes | Toulouse | £400,000 |
| 11 January 2000 | Ian Ferguson | Dunfermline Athletic | Free |
| 4 February 2000 | Gabriel Amato | Grêmio | £3,500,000 |
| 24 February 2000 | Colin Hendry | Coventry City | £750,000 |
| 2 March 2000 | Daniel Prodan | Steaua București | Loan |
| 31 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

| 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 | 50,009 | Dodds |
| 21 May 2000 | Motherwell | A | 0–2 | 12,310 | |

### Scottish 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 | |

### 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 | Heart of Midlothian | 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 |

### UEFA Champions League

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 28 July 1999 | QR2 | Haka | A | 4–1 | 3,341 | Amoruso, Mols (2), Johansson |
| 4 August 1999 | QR2 | 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

## Appearances

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | 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 |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Scottish Premier League | 31 July | 21 May | | Winners | 36 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 96 | 26 | +70 | 077.78 |
| UEFA Champions League | 28 July | 3 November | Second Qualifying round | Group Stage | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 25 November | 7 December | Third round | Third round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Scottish Cup | 30 January | 27 May | Third round | Winners | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 100.00 |
| League Cup | 12 October | 1 December | Third round | Quarter-finals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 55 | 40 | 7 | 8 | 133 | 39 | +94 | 072.73 |
Source: Competitions

### 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 | |

### Champions League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VAL | BAY | RAN | PSV |
| 1 | Valencia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 12 | Advance to second group stage | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 9 | Advance to second group stage | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Rangers | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 4–1 |
| 4 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — |