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

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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

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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

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Win Draw Loss

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

Bank of Scotland Premierleague

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
31 July 1999 Dundee H 2–1 11,693 Sköldmark, Ferraz
7 August 1999 Motherwell A 2–2 6,791 Dodds, Ferraz
15 August 1999 Celtic H 2–1 12,375 Easton, Dodds
21 August 1999 Rangers A 1–4 48,849 de Vos
29 August 1999 Kilmarnock H 0–0 6,621
11 September 1999 Hibernian H 3–1 8,167 Talesnikov, Hannah, Dodds
18 September 1999 Aberdeen A 2–1 11,814 Hannah, Dodds
25 September 1999 Hearts H 0–2 8,510
17 October 1999 Dundee A 2–0 9,484 Dodds, Thompson
23 October 1999 Motherwell H 0–2 6,213
27 October 1999 St Johnstone A 0–1 4,236 Dodds
31 October 1999 Hibernian A 2–3 11,073 Dodds, Talesnikov
6 November 1999 Aberdeen H 3–1 8,170 Dodds (2), Paterson
20 November 1999 Kilmarnock A 1–1 7,012 Hannah
27 November 1999 St Johnstone H 1–0 6,367 Talesnikov
5 December 1999 Hearts A 0–3 10,598
12 December 1999 Dundee H 1–0 9,185 Ferraz
18 December 1999 Celtic A 1–4 59,120 Ferraz
27 December 1999 Aberdeen A 1–3 16,686 Hannah
22 January 2000 Hibernian H 0–0 7,457
2 February 2000 Rangers H 0–4 11,241
26 February 2000 St Johnstone A 0–2 4,732
4 March 2000 Hearts H 0–1 6,928
15 March 2000 Kilmarnock H 2–2 6,966 Hannah, Ferraz
25 March 2000 Aberdeen H 1–1 6,723 Ferraz
1 April 2000 Hibernian A 0–1 10,261
4 April 2000 Rangers A 0–3 45,721
8 April 2000 Kilmarnock A 0–1 6,037
15 April 2000 Rangers H 0–2 11,149
19 April 2000 Motherwell A 3–1 4,271 Mathie, Hannah, de Vos
22 April 2000 Hearts A 2–1 12,604 Mathie (2)
29 April 2000 St Johnstone H 0–1 6,243
2 May 2000 Celtic H 0–1 7,449
6 May 2000 Dundee A 0–3 8,581
13 May 2000 Motherwell H 1–2 5,908 Hamilton
21 May 2000 Celtic A 0–2 47,586

Tennent's Scottish Cup

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
30 January 2000 Airdrieonians H 4–1 5,172 Hannah (2), Mathie, Ferraz
19 February 2000 Alloa A 2–2 2,570 Hamilton (2)
22 February 2000 Alloa H 4–0 4,913 Preget, Hamilton, Thompson (2)
12 March 2000 Aberdeen H 0–1 6,733

CIS Insurance Cup

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
18 August 1999 Ross County H 3–1 4,682 Ferraz, Thompson (2)
12 October 1999 St Johnstone A 2–1 4,805 Davidson, Talesnikov
1 December 1999 Motherwell H 3–2 5,086 Dodds, Easton, Thompson
13 February 2000 Aberdeen N 0–1 9,500

Player details

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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 Total Bank of Scotland Premierleague Scottish Cup CIS Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO Alan Combe 43 0 35 0 4 0 4 0
2 DF   FRA Bernard Pascual 39 0 32 0 3 0 4 0
3 DF   SCO Maurice Malpas 17 0 12 0 2 0 3 0
4 MF   SCO David Hannah 41 8 33 6 4 2 4 0
5 DF   CAN Jason de Vos 40 2 35 2 2 0 3 0
6 DF   ISL Siggi Jonsson 16 0 14 0 2 0 0 0
7 MF   SCO Craig Easton 38 2 32 1 3 0 3 1
8 DF   SWE Magnus Sköldmark 14 1 11 1 2 0 1 0
9 FW   SCO Alex Mathie 17 4 12 3 3 1 2 0
10 FW   POR Joaquim Ferraz 36 8 28 6 4 1 4 1
11 MF   SCO Tony Smith 9 0 7 0 2 0 0 0
12 DF   SCO Scott McCulloch 16 0 15 0 1 0 0 0
13 GK   SCO Paul Gallacher 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW   SCO Billy Dodds 18 10 15 9 0 0 3 1
15 MF   ISR Jan Talesnikov 30 4 25 3 2 0 3 1
16 DF   NIR Iain Jenkins 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
17 MF   NIR Darren Patterson 10 0 6 0 1 0 3 0
18 MF   SCO Jim Paterson 8 1 8 1 0 0 0 0
19 FW   SCO Steven Thompson 34 6 27 1 3 2 4 3
20 DF   EIR David Worrell 15 0 13 0 0 0 2 0
21 DF   WAL David Partridge 37 0 29 0 4 0 4 0
24 DF   FRA Jean-Pierre Delaunay 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF   FRA Antoine Preget 7 1 4 0 2 1 1 0
25 FW   SCO Stephen McConalogue 18 0 16 0 1 0 1 0
26 MF   SCO Hugh Davidson 29 1 23 0 3 0 3 1
27 MF   GRE Tassos Venetis 19 0 17 0 0 0 2 0
28 MF   EIR David Byrne 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF   AUS Raphael Bove 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
29 FW   SCO Jim Hamilton 16 4 13 1 3 3 0 0
30 DF   SCO John McQuillan 12 0 11 0 1 0 0 0
31 FW   ENG Sean O'Connor 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF   WAL Leigh Jenkinson 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics

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League table

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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[a]
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.[3]

Transfers

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Playing kit

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Home colours
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Away colours

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

Trivia

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  • 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

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  1. ^ "Dundee Utd 1999/2000 player appearances". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2007.
  2. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "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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