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 July 1, 1999 to June 30, 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		Alan Combe	43	0	35	0	4	0	4	0
2	DF		Bernard Pascual	39	0	32	0	3	0	4	0
3	DF		Maurice Malpas	17	0	12	0	2	0	3	0
4	MF		David Hannah	41	8	33	6	4	2	4	0
5	DF		Jason de Vos	40	2	35	2	2	0	3	0
6	DF		Siggi Jonsson	16	0	14	0	2	0	0	0
7	MF		Craig Easton	38	2	32	1	3	0	3	1
8	DF		Magnus Sköldmark	14	1	11	1	2	0	1	0
9	FW		Alex Mathie	17	4	12	3	3	1	2	0
10	FW		Joaquim Ferraz	36	8	28	6	4	1	4	1
11	MF		Tony Smith	9	0	7	0	2	0	0	0
12	DF		Scott McCulloch	16	0	15	0	1	0	0	0
13	GK		Paul Gallacher	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Billy Dodds	18	10	15	9	0	0	3	1
15	MF		Jan Talesnikov	30	4	25	3	2	0	3	1
16	DF		Iain Jenkins	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
17	MF		Darren Patterson	10	0	6	0	1	0	3	0
18	MF		Jim Paterson	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Steven Thompson	34	6	27	1	3	2	4	3
20	DF		David Worrell	15	0	13	0	0	0	2	0
21	DF		David Partridge	37	0	29	0	4	0	4	0
24	DF		Jean-Pierre Delaunay	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Antoine Preget	7	1	4	0	2	1	1	0
25	FW		Stephen McConalogue	18	0	16	0	1	0	1	0
26	MF		Hugh Davidson	29	1	23	0	3	0	3	1
27	MF		Tassos Venetis	19	0	17	0	0	0	2	0
28	MF		David Byrne	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF		Raphael Bove	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
29	FW		Jim Hamilton	16	4	13	1	3	3	0	0
30	DF		John McQuillan	12	0	11	0	1	0	0	0
31	FW		Sean O'Connor	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF		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
Dodds, BillyBilly Dodds	9	1	10
Ferraz, JoaquimJoaquim Ferraz	6	2	08
Hannah, DavidDavid Hannah	6	2	08
Thompson, StevenSteven Thompson	1	5	06
Mathie, AlexAlex Mathie	3	1	04
Talesnikov, JanJan Talesnikov	3	1	04
Hamilton, JimJim Hamilton	1	3	04
Vos JasonJason de Vos	2	0	02
Easton, CraigCraig Easton	0	2	02
Paterson, JimJim Paterson	1	0	01
Skoldmark, MagnusMagnus Sköldmark	1	0	01
Davidson, HughHugh Davidson	0	1	01
Preget, AntoineAntoine 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
Ferraz, JoaquimJoaquim Ferraz	06	1
Hannah, DavidDavid Hannah	06	1
Easton, CraigCraig Easton	04	1
Pascual, BernardBernard Pascual	03	1
Patterson, DarrenDarren Patterson	03	1
Thompson, StevenSteven Thompson	02	1
Preget, AntoineAntoine Preget	01	1
McCracken, DavidDavid McCracken		1
Partridge, DavidDavid Partridge	12
Talesnikov, JanJan Talesnikov	09
Combe, AlanAlan Combe	05
Jonsson, SiggiSiggi Jonsson	04
Vos, JasonJason de Vos	04
Dodds, BillyBilly Dodds	03
McQuillan, JohnJohn McQuillan	03
Hamilton, JimJim Hamilton	01
Jenkinson, LeighLeigh Jenkinson	01
Mathie, AlexAlex Mathie	01
Paterson, JimJim Paterson	01
Skoldmark, MagnusMagnus Sköldmark	01
Venetis, TassosTassos Venetis	01

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 1999-07 season, along with their previous club, are listed below.

Date	Player	From	Fee (£)
1 July 1999	Smith, TonyTony Smith	Airdrie	Bosman^[3]
5 August 1999	Telesnikov, JanJan Telesnikov	Beitar Jerusalem	£450,000^[3]
17 August 1999	Byrne, DavidDavid Byrne	Shelbourne	Free^[3]
23 September 1999	Bove, RaphaelRaphael Bove	Unattached (ex-Heerenveen)	Free^[3]
20 October 1999	Onstad, PatPat Onstad	Rochester Rhinos	£60,000^[3]
19 January 2000	Hamilton, JimJim Hamilton	Aberdeen	£150,000^[3]
17 February 2000	McQuillan, JohnJohn McQuillan	St Johnstone	£50,000^[3]
1 March 2000	O'Connor, SeanSean O'Connor	Hednesford Town	£30,000^[3]
23 March 2000	Jenkinson, LeighLeigh Jenkinson	Unattached (ex-Hearts)	Free^[3]
8 June 2000	Aljofree, HasneyHasney Aljofree	Bolton Wanderers	Free^[4]
8 June 2000	Buchan, JamieJamie Buchan	Aberdeen	Free^[5]

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	Mols, TonnyTonny Mols	Clyde	Released^[3]
30 November 1999	Bove, RaphaelRaphael Bove	Livorno	Released^[3]
30 November 1999	Delaunay, Jean-PierreJean-Pierre Delaunay	Released (Retired)	Free^[3]
5 December 1999	Dodds, BillyBilly Dodds	Rangers	£1,300,000^[3]
20 December 1999	McNally, MarkMark McNally	Ayr United	Released^[3]
11 April 2000	Preget, AntoineAntoine Preget	Panionios	Released^[3]
25 April 2000	Jonsson, SiggiSiggi Jonsson	ÍA	Released^[3]

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. Retrieved 19 December 2007.
1 2 3 "Dundee Utd 1999/2000 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 19 December 2007.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Dundee Utd's transfers in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
↑ "United sign Hasney Aljofree". Dundee United F.C. 8 June 2000.
↑ "Jamie Buchan joins United". Dundee United F.C. 8 June 2000.

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