1999–2000 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C.
1999-2000 season
Chairman Stewart Milne
Manager Ebbe Skovdahl
Scottish Premier League 10th
Scottish Cup Finalists
Scottish League Cup Finalists
Top goalscorer League: Arild Stavrum (9)
All: Arild Stavrum (12)
Highest home attendance 18,451 vs. Inverness Caledonian Thistle, 29 February 2000
Lowest home attendance 6,756 vs. Livingston, 17 August 1999
Average home league attendance 12,809

Aberdeen F.C. competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup in season 1999–2000.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Scotland GK Jim Leighton
2 Scotland DF Mark Perry
3 Scotland DF Derek Whyte
4 England MF Nigel Pepper
5 Norway DF Thomas Solberg
6 Scotland DF Gary Smith
8 Scotland MF Eoin Jess
9 Scotland FW Robbie Winters
10 Germany MF Andreas Mayer
11 Bulgaria DF Iliyan Kiryakov
12 Scotland DF Andy Dow
13 Scotland GK Mark Peat
14 Scotland MF Paul Bernard
15 Scotland DF Russell Anderson
16 Scotland MF Jamie Buchan[notes 1]
17 Scotland MF David Rowson
18 Scotland MF Ricky Gillies
19 Scotland MF Darren Young
21 Scotland MF Derek Young
22 Scotland DF Michael Hart
23 Scotland GK Ryan Esson
24 Scotland MF Russell Duncan
25 Scotland DF Stuart McCaffrey
No. Position Player
26 Norway DF Cato Guntveit
27 Iceland MF Baldur Bett
28 Scotland DF Iain Good
29 Scotland FW Darren Mackie
30 Scotland DF Jamie McAllister
31 Scotland MF Fergus Tiernan
32 Scotland DF Kevin Milne
33 Scotland DF Phil McGuire
34 Scotland MF Chris Clark
35 Iceland DF Calum Bett
36 Scotland MF Steven Marwick
37 Scotland DF Kevin Rutkiewicz
38 Scotland DF Kevin McNaughton
39 Scotland DF David Lilley
40 England GK David Preece
41 Scotland FW Scott Michie
42 Scotland MF Ross O'Donoghue
43 Belgium MF Rachid Belabed
44 Argentina DF Juan Cobian
45 Scotland DF Jamie Clark (on loan from San Jose Earthquakes)
46 Norway FW Arild Stavrum
47 Morocco FW Hicham Zerouali

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
7 Scotland FW Jim Hamilton (to Dundee United)
No. Position Player
20 Scotland FW Dennis Wyness (to Inverness Caledonian Thistle)

Results

Scottish Premier League

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance
1 1 August Celtic H 0–5 16,080
2 7 August Kilmarnock A 0–2 8,738
3 14 August Dundee H 0–2 8,174
4 22 August Heart of Midlothian A 0–3 12,803
5 29 August St Johnstone H 0–3 9,600
6 11 September Rangers A 0–3 49,226
7 18 September Dundee United H 1–2 Dow 11,814
8 2 October Hibernian H 2–2 Jess, Gillies 11,786
9 16 October Celtic A 0–7 60,033
10 20 October Motherwell A 6–5 Winters (3), Bernard, Jess, Dow 5,009
11 23 October Kilmarnock H 2–2 Bernard (2) 10,317
12 30 October Rangers H 1–5 Solberg 18,846
13 6 November Dundee United A 1–3 Solberg 8,170
14 21 November St Johnstone A 1–1 Dow 6,279
15 27 November Hibernian A 0–2 11,628
16 8 December Hearts H 3–1 Guntveit, Jess, Stavrum 10,234
17 11 December Celtic H 0–6 16,532
18 27 December Dundee United H 3–1 Zerouali, Belabed, Stavrum 16,656
19 22 January Rangers A 0–5 50,023
20 26 January Motherwell H 1–1 Zerouali 10,053
21 5 February St Johnstone H 2–1 Stavrum, Winters 17,568
22 23 February Dundee A 3–1 Dow, Stavrum, Bernard 5,784
23 26 February Hibernian H 4–0 Stavrum (2), Guntveit, Anderson 12,625
24 4 March Motherwell A 0–1 7,528
25 22 March Heart of Midlothian A 0–3 13,429
26 25 March Dundee United A 1–1 Stavrum 6,723
27 1 April Rangers H 1–1 Guntveit 16,521
28 12 April Kilmarnock A 0–1 11,525
29 15 April Hearts H 1–2 Stavrum 12,626
30 18 April Dundee H 0–1 12,403
31 22 April Motherwell H 2–1 Dow, Solberg 9,348
32 29 April Hibernian A 0–1 9,659
33 2 May St Johnstone A 1–2 Winters 4,217
34 6 May Celtic A 1–5 Winters 41,786
35 14 May Kilmarnock H 5–1 Zerouali, Rowson, Jess, Solberg, Winters 9,375
36 21 May Dundee A 2–0 Stavrum, Jess 6,449

Final League table

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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

Scottish League Cup

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance
R2 17 August Livingston H 1–0 Gillies 6,756
R3 12 October Falkirk H 1–1 (Aberdeen win 5–3 on penalties) Lawrie 8,166
QF 1 December Rangers H 1–0 (AET) [2] Dow 12,108
SF 13 February Dundee United N 1–0 Stavrum 9,500
Final 19 March Celtic N 0–2 50,073

Scottish Cup

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance
R3 29 January St Mirren A 1–1 Zerouali 7,565
R3R 8 February St Mirren H 2–0 Zerouali, Bernard 12,947
R4 20 February Inverness Caledonian Thistle A 1–1 Guntveit 6,290
R4R 29 February Inverness Caledonian Thistle H 1–0 Stavrum 18,451
QF 12 March Dundee United A 1–0 Jess 6,738
SF 9 April Hibernian N 2–1 Stavrum, Dow 22,632
Final 27 May Rangers N 0–4 50,685

References

  1. ↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/scots/1999-2000/scotprm/aberdeen.htm
  2. ↑ Report
  • AFC Heritage Trust
  • Kevin Stirling. Aberdeen A Centenary History 1903-2003. Desert Island Books 2002. ISBN 1-874287-49-X.

Notes

  1. ↑ Buchan was born in Manchester, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and represented them at U-21 level.
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