1999–2000 Scottish Premier League
| Season | 1999–2000 |
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| Champions | Rangers |
| Relegated | No relegation |
| Champions League | Rangers |
| UEFA Cup |
Celtic Heart of Midlothian |
| Intertoto Cup | None |
| Goals scored | 528 |
| Average goals/game | 2.93 |
| Top goalscorer | Mark Viduka (25) |
| Biggest home win | Celtic 7–0 Aberdeen (16 October) |
| Biggest away win |
Dundee 1–7 Rangers (27 February) Aberdeen 0–6 Celtic (11 December) |
| Highest attendance | 60,253, Celtic 3–0 St Johnstone (7 August) |
| Lowest attendance | 4,039, Dundee 0–0 Kilmarnock (26 January) |
| Average attendance | 17,944 ( 633) |
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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.
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.
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.
Promoted from First Division to Premier League
Relegated from Premier League to First Division
Source: SPL official website
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