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The 1999–2000 Scottish Premier League was the second season of the Scottish Premier League. It began in on 31 July 1999.
Contents
- Overview
- Promotion and relegation from 199899
- Events
- League table
- Matches 118
- Matches 1936
- Top scorers
- Attendances
- References
Rangers, the defending champions, retained their title and became Scottish top flight champions for the 49th time. They also retained the Scottish Cup, while neighbours Celtic (who enduring a disappointing season in the league and suffered a humiliating early exit from the Scottish Cup) won the League Cup which Rangers had won a year earlier.
Overview
The 1999–2000 Scottish Premier League was won by Rangers for the second successive year, finishing 21 points ahead of nearest rivals Celtic. As the SPL was being expanded to 12 teams, the bottom finishing side were to face the second and third finishing sides from the first division, in a three team play-off. However, due to Falkirk's stadium not meeting SPL requirements, the playoff did not take place with Dunfermline being promoted automatically from second position. As champions, Rangers qualified for the Champions League while Celtic and third-placed Hearts qualified for the UEFA Cup.
Celtic entered the season under new management with former Liverpool player John Barnes taking charge in June 1999. It proved to be a brief and unsuccessful reign, however, after being sacked in February 2000 in the wake of a Scottish Cup defeat to First Division Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
Promotion and relegation from 1998–99
Promoted from First Division to Premier League
Relegated from Premier League to First Division
Events
League table
Source: SPL official website
Matches 1–18
During matches 1–18 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).
Source: Soccerbase
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
Matches 19–36
During matches 19–36 each team plays every other team a further two times (home and away).
Source: Soccerbase
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
Top scorers
Source: SPL official website
Attendances
The average attendances for SPL clubs during the 1999/00 season are shown below:
Source: SPL official website