1999–2000 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United F.C.
1999–2000 season
Chairman	Jim McLean
Manager	Paul Sturrock
Scottish Premier League	8th; W:11 D:6 L:19 F:34 A:57 P:39
Tennent's Scottish Cup	Quarter-finals
CIS Insurance Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Billy Dodds (9); All: Billy Dodds (10)
Highest home attendance	12,375 (vs Celtic, 15 August)
Lowest home attendance	5,908 (vs Motherwell, 13 May)
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

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.

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

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

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

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

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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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

Goalscorers

Thirteen players scored for the United first team with the team scoring 52 goals in total. Despite leaving the club in early December and playing only eighteen matches, Billy Dodds was the top goalscorer, scoring ten goals.^[2]

Name	League	Cups	Total
Billy Dodds	9	1	10
Joaquim Ferraz	6	2	08
David Hannah	6	2	08
Steven Thompson	1	5	06
Alex Mathie	3	1	04
Jan Talesnikov	3	1	04
Jim Hamilton	1	3	04
Jason de Vos	2	0	02
Craig Easton	0	2	02
Jim Paterson	1	0	01
Magnus Sköldmark	1	0	01
Hugh Davidson	0	1	01
Antoine Preget	0	1	01

Discipline

During the 1999–2000 season, eight United players were sent off, and twenty players received at least one yellow card. In total, the team received eight dismissals and 70 cautions.^[2]

Name	Cautions	Dismissals
Joaquim Ferraz	06	1
David Hannah	06	1
Craig Easton	04	1
Bernard Pascual	03	1
Darren Patterson	03	1
Steven Thompson	02	1
Antoine Preget	01	1
David McCracken		1
David Partridge	12
Jan Talesnikov	09
Alan Combe	05
Siggi Jonsson	04
Jason de Vos	04
Billy Dodds	03
John McQuillan	03
Jim Hamilton	01
Leigh Jenkinson	01
Alex Mathie	01
Jim Paterson	01
Magnus Sköldmark	01
Tassos Venetis	01

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ 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

In

Nine players were signed during the 1999–2000 season, with a total (public) transfer cost of around £750,000.

The players that joined Dundee United during the 1999–00 season, along with their previous club, are listed below.

Date	Player	From	Fee (£)
1 July 1999	Tony Smith	Airdrie	Bosman^[4]
5 August 1999	Jan Talesnikov	Beitar Jerusalem	£450,000^[4]
17 August 1999	David Byrne	Shelbourne	Free^[4]
23 September 1999	Raphael Bove	Unattached (ex-Heerenveen)	Free^[4]
20 October 1999	Pat Onstad	Rochester Rhinos	£60,000^[4]
19 January 2000	Jim Hamilton	Aberdeen	£150,000^[4]
17 February 2000	John McQuillan	St Johnstone	£50,000^[4]
1 March 2000	Sean O'Connor	Hednesford Town	£30,000^[4]
23 March 2000	Leigh Jenkinson	Unattached (ex-Hearts)	Free^[4]
8 June 2000	Hasney Aljofree	Bolton Wanderers	Free^[5]
8 June 2000	Jamie Buchan	Aberdeen	Free^[6]

Out

Seven players left the club during the season with only one transfer – Billy Dodds to Rangers – bringing in a fee (£1.3m). The club made a transfer profit of around £500k for the season.

Listed below are the players that were released during the season, along with the club that they joined. Players did not necessarily join their next club immediately.

Date	Player	To	Fee
1 October 1999	Tonny Mols	Clyde	Released^[4]
30 November 1999	Raphael Bove	Livorno	Released^[4]
30 November 1999	Jean-Pierre Delaunay	Released (Retired)	Free^[4]
5 December 1999	Billy Dodds	Rangers	£1,300,000^[4]
20 December 1999	Mark McNally	Ayr United	Released^[4]
11 April 2000	Antoine Preget	Panionios	Released^[4]
25 April 2000	Siggi Jonsson	ÍA	Released^[4]

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

^ "Dundee Utd 1999/2000 player appearances". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Dundee Utd 1999/2000 player appearances". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 22 February 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2007.
^ "Falkirk stadium hopes boost". BBC News. 6 December 2000. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
^ ^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.
^ "United sign Hasney Aljofree". Dundee United F.C. 8 June 2000. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012.
^ "Jamie Buchan joins United". Dundee United F.C. 8 June 2000. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012.

External links

Soccerbase
- Results
- Squad stats
- Transfers^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[table_note_res_UCQ20.050787236099498-4] 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]

[results-1] "Dundee Utd 1999/2000 player appearances". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2007.

[stats-2] "Dundee Utd 1999/2000 player appearances". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 22 February 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2007.

[Play-off-3] "Falkirk stadium hopes boost". BBC News. 6 December 2000. Retrieved 6 February 2018.

[transfers-5] ^ ^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.

[aljofreein-6] "United sign Hasney Aljofree". Dundee United F.C. 8 June 2000. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012.

[buchanin-7] "Jamie Buchan joins United". Dundee United F.C. 8 June 2000. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012.

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