1999–2000 Dundee United F.C. season

The 1999–2000 season was the 91st year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000. United finished in eighth place, an improvement on last year's ninth-place finish, despite accumulating fewer points in this campaign.

Dundee United F.C.
1999–2000 season
ChairmanJim McLean
ManagerPaul Sturrock
Scottish Premier League8th
W:11 D:6 L:19 F:34 A:57 P:39
Tennent's Scottish CupQuarter-finals
CIS Insurance CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Billy Dodds (9)
All: Billy Dodds (10)
Highest home attendance12,375 (vs Celtic, 15 August)
Lowest home attendance5,908 (vs Motherwell, 13 May)

United were knocked out of both domestic cup competitions by Aberdeen – in the League Cup semi-finals and the Scottish Cup quarter-finals, both by a score of 1–0.

Review and events

United sold top scorer Billy Dodds to Rangers at the start of December and immediately the club's fortunes changed. Sitting third in the league, the club would win only one of the next fourteen league games and three in total for the rest of the season. In fact, United lost 11 of the last 13 matches, consigning them to eighth place. Such was Dodds' impact that he finished top scorer, despite only playing the first four months of the season with the club.

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 44 competitive matches during the 1999–2000 season.[1] The team finished eighth in the Scottish Premier League.

In the cup competitions, United were knocked out of the Scottish Cup at the quarter-finals stage, losing 1–0 to Aberdeen. The same team knocked United out of the CIS Insurance Cup, this time at the semi-final stage. Both matches finished 1–0.

Legend
Win Draw Loss

All results are written with Dundee United's score first.

Bank of Scotland Premierleague
DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
31 July 1999DundeeH2–111,693Sköldmark, Ferraz
7 August 1999MotherwellA2–26,791Dodds, Ferraz
15 August 1999CelticH2–112,375Easton, Dodds
21 August 1999RangersA1–448,849de Vos
29 August 1999KilmarnockH0–06,621
11 September 1999HibernianH3–18,167Talesnikov, Hannah, Dodds
18 September 1999AberdeenA2–111,814Hannah, Dodds
25 September 1999HeartsH0–28,510
17 October 1999DundeeA2–09,484Dodds, Thompson
23 October 1999MotherwellH0–26,213
27 October 1999St JohnstoneA0–14,236Dodds
31 October 1999HibernianA2–311,073Dodds, Talesnikov
6 November 1999AberdeenH3–18,170Dodds (2), Paterson
20 November 1999KilmarnockA1–17,012Hannah
27 November 1999St JohnstoneH1–06,367Talesnikov
5 December 1999HeartsA0–310,598
12 December 1999DundeeH1–09,185Ferraz
18 December 1999CelticA1–459,120Ferraz
27 December 1999AberdeenA1–316,686Hannah
22 January 2000HibernianH0–07,457
2 February 2000RangersH0–411,241
26 February 2000St JohnstoneA0–24,732
4 March 2000HeartsH0–16,928
15 March 2000KilmarnockH2–26,966Hannah, Ferraz
25 March 2000AberdeenH1–16,723Ferraz
1 April 2000HibernianA0–110,261
4 April 2000RangersA0–345,721
8 April 2000KilmarnockA0–16,037
15 April 2000RangersH0–211,149
19 April 2000MotherwellA3–14,271Mathie, Hannah, de Vos
22 April 2000HeartsA2–112,604Mathie (2)
29 April 2000St JohnstoneH0–16,243
2 May 2000CelticH0–17,449
6 May 2000DundeeA0–38,581
13 May 2000MotherwellH1–25,908Hamilton
21 May 2000CelticA0–247,586

Tennent's Scottish Cup
DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
30 January 2000AirdrieoniansH4–15,172Hannah (2), Mathie, Ferraz
19 February 2000AlloaA2–22,570Hamilton (2)
22 February 2000AlloaH4–04,913Preget, Hamilton, Thompson (2)
12 March 2000AberdeenH0–16,733

CIS Insurance Cup
DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
18 August 1999Ross CountyH3–14,682Ferraz, Thompson (2)
12 October 1999St JohnstoneA2–14,805Davidson, Talesnikov
1 December 1999MotherwellH3–25,086Dodds, Easton, Thompson
13 February 2000AberdeenN0–19,500

Player details

During the 1999–00 season, United used 29 different players, with a further three named as substitutes who did not make an appearance on the pitch. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[2]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalBank of Scotland PremierleagueScottish CupCIS Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Alan Combe 4303504040
2 DF Bernard Pascual 3903203040
3 DF Maurice Malpas 1701202030
4 MF David Hannah 4183364240
5 DF Jason de Vos 4023522030
6 DF Siggi Jonsson 1601402000
7 MF Craig Easton 3823213031
8 DF Magnus Sköldmark 1411112010
9 FW Alex Mathie 1741233120
10 FW Joaquim Ferraz 3682864141
11 MF Tony Smith 90702000
12 DF Scott McCulloch 1601501000
13 GK Paul Gallacher 10100000
14 FW Billy Dodds 18101590031
15 MF Jan Talesnikov 3042532031
16 DF Iain Jenkins 30102000
17 MF Darren Patterson 100601030
18 MF Jim Paterson 81810000
19 FW Steven Thompson 3462713243
20 DF David Worrell 1501300020
21 DF David Partridge 3702904040
24 DF Jean-Pierre Delaunay 10100000
24 DF Antoine Preget 71402110
25 FW Stephen McConalogue 1801601010
26 MF Hugh Davidson 2912303031
27 MF Tassos Venetis 1901700020
28 MF David Byrne 1001000000
29 MF Raphael Bove 20100010
29 FW Jim Hamilton 1641313300
30 DF John McQuillan 1201101000
31 FW Sean O'Connor 10100000
32 MF Leigh Jenkinson 40400000

Team statistics

League table
Pos Team 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[lower-alpha 1]
Updated to match(es) played on end of season. Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. 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 and Aberdeen were spared relegation.[3]

Transfers

Playing kit
Home colours
Away colours

The jerseys were sponsored for the fourth consecutive season by Telewest.

Trivia
  • Joaquim Ferraz's six league goals came in consecutive games – three times. He found the net in the first two matches of the season, had a fourteen-game gap until two in his next two games before taking six matches to fire his next two goals. He only finished on the losing side once after scoring in the league.

References
  1. "Dundee Utd 1999/2000 player appearances". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2007.
  2. "Dundee Utd 1999/2000 player appearances". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 22 February 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2007.
  3. "Falkirk stadium hopes boost". BBC News. 6 December 2000. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  4. "Dundee Utd's transfers in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
  5. "United sign Hasney Aljofree". Dundee United F.C. 8 June 2000. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012.
  6. "Jamie Buchan joins United". Dundee United F.C. 8 June 2000. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012.

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