# 1999–2000 Kilmarnock F.C. season

The 1999–2000 season was Kilmarnock's second season in the Scottish Premier League. Kilmarnock also competed in the Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and the UEFA Cup.

## Summary
### Season

Kilmarnock finished ninth in the Scottish Premier League with 37 points. They reached the semi–final of the League Cup, losing to Celtic. Kilmarnock also reached the third round of the Scottish Cup, losing to Alloa Athletic and lost in the first round of the UEFA Cup to 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

## Results and fixtures

Kilmarnock's score comes first
Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Premier League

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 31 July 1999 | Rangers | A | 1–2 | 48,074 | Mitchell 65' |
| 2 | 7 August 1999 | Aberdeen | H | 2–0 | 8,378 | Hay 38', 62' |
| 3 | 15 August 1999 | St Johnstone | A | 0–2 | 4,681 | |
| 4 | 21 August 1999 | Motherwell | H | 0–1 | 7,732 | |
| 5 | 29 August 1999 | Dundee United | A | 0–0 | 6,621 | |
| 6 | 12 September 1999 | Celtic | H | 0–1 | 14,328 | |
| 7 | 19 September 1999 | Hibernian | A | 3–0 | 11,337 | Reilly 12', Jeffrey 80', McCoist 90' |
| 8 | 25 September 1999 | Dundee | H | 0–2 | 7,433 | |
| 9 | 16 October 1999 | Rangers | H | 1–1 | 15,795 | Jeffrey 73' |
| 10 | 23 October 1999 | Aberdeen | A | 2–2 | 10,352 | Cocard 50', Mitchell 86' |
| 11 | 27 October 1999 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–2 | 12,254 | MacPherson 64', Cocard 50' |
| 12 | 30 October 1999 | Celtic | A | 1–5 | 59,720 | Cocard 36' |
| 13 | 6 November 1999 | Hibernian | H | 0–2 | 8,735 | |
| 14 | 20 November 1999 | Dundee United | H | 1–1 | 7,012 | Cocard 49' |
| 15 | 27 November 1999 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–2 | 8,326 | Mahood 73', Reilly 90' |
| 16 | 11 December 1999 | Rangers | A | 0–1 | 47,169 | |
| 17 | 18 December 1999 | St Johnstone | H | 1–2 | 6,002 | Wright 49' |
| 18 | 27 December 1999 | Hibernian | A | 2–2 | 12,408 | Smith 16', Cocard 22' |
| 19 | 23 January 2000 | Celtic | H | 1–1 | 14,126 | Reilly 40' |
| 20 | 26 January 2000 | Dundee | A | 0–0 | 4,036 | |
| 21 | 12 February 2000 | Motherwell | H | 0–2 | 7,057 | |
| 22 | 22 February 2000 | Motherwell | A | 4–0 | 5,813 | Cocard 28', 42', Vareille 85', 90' |
| 23 | 26 February 2000 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–0 | 14,243 | |
| 24 | 4 March 2000 | Dundee | H | 2–2 | 8,460 | Durrant 10', Dindeleux 56' |
| 25 | 15 March 2000 | Dundee United | A | 2–2 | 6,996 | Durrant 45', 48' |
| 26 | 18 March 2000 | St Johnstone | A | 0–0 | 4,688 | |
| 27 | 25 March 2000 | Hibernian | H | 1–0 | 8,068 | Vareille 52' |
| 28 | 2 April 2000 | Celtic | A | 2–4 | 40,569 | Wright 49', Lauchlan 57' |
| 29 | 2 April 2000 | Dundee United | H | 1–0 | 6,037 | McQuillan 80' (o.g.) |
| 30 | 12 April 2000 | Aberdeen | H | 1–0 | 11,525 | Wright 24' |
| 31 | 16 April 2000 | Motherwell | A | 0–2 | 5,429 | |
| 32 | 22 April 2000 | Dundee | A | 2–1 | 6,208 | Wright 35', 75' |
| 33 | 29 April 2000 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 0–1 | 8,057 | |
| 34 | 7 May 2000 | Rangers | H | 0–2 | 13,284 | |
| 35 | 14 May 2000 | Aberdeen | A | 1–5 | 10,704 | Lauchlan 25' |
| 36 | 21 May 2000 | St Johnstone | H | 3–2 | 9,192 | Durrant 10', Smith 50', Cocard 67' |

### Scottish League Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| Third Round | 12 October 1999 | Hibernian | H | 3–2 | 6,837 | McCoist 19', 25', Vareille 68' |
| Quarter–Final | 2 February 2000 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–0 | 6,648 | Jeffrey 77' |
| Semi–Final | 16 February 2000 | Celtic | N | 0–1 | 22,926 | |

### Scottish Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| Third Round | 5 February 2000 | Alloa Athletic | H | 0–0 | 5,584 | |
| Third Round Replay | 9 February 2000 | Alloa Athletic | A | 0–1 | 1,894 | |

### UEFA Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| Qualifying Round 1st leg | 12 August 1999 | KR Reykjavík | A | 0–1 | 5,000 | |
| Qualifying Round 2nd leg | 26 August 1999 | KR Reykjavík | H | 2–0 | 11,760 | Wright 90', Bagan 92' |
| First Round 1st leg | 16 September 1999 | Kaiserslautern | A | 0–3 | 21,000 | |
| First Round 2nd leg | 30 September 1999 | Kaiserslautern | H | 0–2 | 10,000 | |

## Player statistics

    As of 21 May 2000 (UTC)
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Gordon Marshall | 14 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Gus McPherson | 39 | 1 | 30+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | MLT | Dylan Kerr | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | FW | ENG | Michael Jeffrey | 26 | 3 | 10+8 | 2 | 1+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Kevin McGowne | 13 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SCO | John Henry | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Christophe Cocard | 28 | 8 | 24+1 | 8 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Mark Reilly | 37 | 3 | 28+1 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Gary Holt | 44 | 0 | 35+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Paul Wright | 18 | 6 | 12+4 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Ian Durrant | 40 | 4 | 32+0 | 4 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Ally Mitchell | 32 | 2 | 22+4 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | SCO | Colin Meldrum | 27 | 0 | 18+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | SCO | Ally McCoist | 12 | 3 | 5+4 | 1 | 1+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Alan Mahood | 21 | 1 | 6+11 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | FRA | Jérôme Vareille | 30 | 4 | 13+10 | 3 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | SCO | Martin Baker | 18 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Frédéric Dindeleux | 36 | 1 | 28+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Sean Hessey | 11 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Mark Roberts | 3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | SCO | Michael Watt | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | FRA | Samassi Abou | 10 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | SCO | Chris Innes | 7 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | Jim Lauchlan | 35 | 2 | 29+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SCO | David Bagan | 9 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | SCO | Garry Hay | 11 | 2 | 8+2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | SCO | Alex Burke | 14 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | James Fowler | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SCO | Gary McCutcheon | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Stuart Davidson | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | SCO | Colin Stewart | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | SCO | Paul Di Giacomo | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | SCO | Peter Canero | 11 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Darren Beesley | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | SCO | Andy Smith | 17 | 2 | 11+4 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | SCO | Tosh McKinlay | 16 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

## Final 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.

### Division summary

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | D | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | D | D | D | L | W | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |