The 1999–2000
Irish League Cup
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(known as the
Coca-Cola
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League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 14th edition of
Northern Ireland
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's secondary
football
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knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 18 April 2000 with the final.
Linfield were the defending champions after their fifth League Cup win last season; a 2–1 victory over
Glentoran
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Early history
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in the previous final. This season they won a record third successive League Cup with a 4–0 victory over
Coleraine
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in the final to lift the cup for the sixth time overall. The 4–0 scoreline remains the joint largest margin of victory in a League Cup final to date, with the record being equalled in
2013
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.
Linfield's record of winning three consecutive League Cups was equalled by
Cliftonville
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's three consecutive wins in
2012–13
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,
2013–14 and
2014–15. It was then broken when Cliftonville added a fourth consecutive win in
2015–16.
Preliminary round
First round
Quarter-finals
Replay
Semi-finals
Final
References
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1999–2000 domestic association football cups
1999–2000