# 1999–2000 Hibernian F.C. season

Season 1999–2000 was Hibs' first season back in the top flight of Scottish football, the newly founded Scottish Premier League, after gaining promotion from the First Division in 1999. Hibs re-established themselves well in the top flight, finishing in sixth place. The club also had a good Scottish Cup run, but were disappointingly beaten 2–1 by Aberdeen, who finished bottom of the SPL, in the semi-final at Hampden Park. The season was also memorable for Hibs fans due to a 3–0 win in the "Millennium derby" against Hearts. There was a landmark day towards the end of the season, as the last game on the Easter Road slope was played.

## League season
### Final table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 4 | Motherwell | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 52 |
| 5 | St Johnstone | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 42 |
| 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 |

## Scottish League Cup

As a club newly promoted to the SPL, Hibs entered at the second round stage of the competition, in which they defeated Clyde in a penalty shootout. This win sent Hibs through to a third round match against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park. In that match, Hibs conceded two early goals, and despite efforts by Pat McGinlay and Kenny Miller, Kilmarnock ran out 3–2 winners.

### Results
## Player stats

During the 1999–2000 season, Hibs used 29 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | SPL | SPL | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | EIR | Nick Colgan | 32 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Tom Phillips | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ISL | Olafur Gottskalksson | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Derek Collins | 30 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Mark Dempsie | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Shaun Dennis | 25 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Colin Morton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | John Hughes | 27 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Paul Lovering | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Martin McIntosh | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alan Reid | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Michael Renwick | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Tom Smith | 28 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Scott Bannerman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Grant Brebner | 34 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Paul Hartley | 30 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | FRA | Fabrice Henry | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Mathias Jack | 27 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | LCA | Earl Jean | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | TRI | Russell Latapy | 34 | 12 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | AUS | Stuart Lovell | 32 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | FRA | Alex Marinkov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Pat McGinlay | 36 | 6 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | Ian Murray | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | FRA | Franck Sauzee | 32 | 6 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Justin Skinner | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Stephen Crawford | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | GER | Dirk Lehmann | 37 | 8 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Tam McManus | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Kenny Miller | 39 | 13 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | FIN | Mixu Paatelainen | 37 | 9 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |