2000 Scottish League Cup Final

The 2000 Scottish League Cup Final was played on 19 March 2000 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 53rd Scottish League Cup. The final was contested by Aberdeen and Celtic. Celtic won the match 2–0, thanks to goals from Vidar Riseth and Tommy Johnson.

2000 Scottish League Cup Final
Event1999–2000 Scottish League Cup
Aberdeen Celtic
0 2
Date19 March 2000
VenueHampden Park, Glasgow
RefereeKenny Clark
Attendance50,073

This was the first League Cup final in many years to be played in March, as previous finals had taken place in November; this format continued until the 2016–17 season (coincidentally the same teams would also contest that final).

The match was something of a Scandinavian affair, with Aberdeen's Danish manager Ebbe Skovdahl selecting three Norwegian players (one of whom, Thomas Solberg, was dismissed); Celtic fielded another Norwegian (Riseth, who opened the scoring) plus a Swede and a Dane. The Glasgow club's famous Swedish striker of the time, Henrik Larsson, was absent recovering from a broken leg.

Match details
Aberdeen0 – 2Celtic
Report Riseth  15'
Johnson  58'
Attendance: 50,073
Referee: Kenny Clark

Teams
ABERDEEN :
GK Jim Leighton (c)
RB Mark Perry
CB Russell Anderson
CB Thomas Solberg 61'
LB Jamie McAllister
RM Paul Bernard
CM Eoin Jess 74'
CM Cato Guntveit 45'
LM Andy Dow
CF Hicham Zerouali 53'
CF Arild Stavrum
Substitutes:
MF Rachid Belabed 45'
MF Andreas Mayer 74'
FW Robbie Winters 53'
Manager:
Ebbe Skovdahl
CELTIC :
GK Jonathan Gould
RB Jackie McNamara
CB Johan Mjällby
CB Tom Boyd (c)
LB Stephane Mahe
RM Vidar Riseth
CM Morten Wieghorst
CM Stiliyan Petrov
LM Ľubomír Moravčík 74'
CF Tommy Johnson  90'
CF Mark Viduka
Substitutes:
GK Stewart Kerr
DF Alan Stubbs 74'
MF Eyal Berkovic  90'
Manager:
Kenny Dalglish
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