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by Rangers.

Overview

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and won Advocaat his second consecutive league titl

Rangers won the title by 21 points after some very consistent form throughout the season, only failing to win eight matches and losing just two. Rangers were undefeated against Celtic winning three out of the four matches. The signing of

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proved to be very significant with the striker scoring nine goals in his first nine league matches, although he suffered a serious injury later on in the season. In the domestic cup competitions, they were knocked out of the League Cup at the quarter-finals stage, losing 1–0 to

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. However, the team won the

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4–0. In European competition, the team qualified for the

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group stages after a win over

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holders

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in the third qualifying round, whom Rangers has lost to the previous season en route to Parma's UEFA Cup win. They were drawn alongside

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and

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. Rangers were unable to qualify for the next stage of the Champions League after a narrow 1–0 loss in Munich on the final match day. The game saw

suffer a serious knee injury after attempting to avoid a collision with Oliver Khan, and he was therefore out for the rest of the season. Rangers finished third in the group and dropped into the UEFA Cup, where they drew

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. Despite a convincing 2–0 win in Glasgow, Rangers lost 2–0 in Dortmund and lost the tie overall after a penalty shoot-out.

Transfers

In

Out

*Expenditure: £6,900,000 *Income: £8,750,000 *Total loss/gain: £1,850,000

Matches

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier League

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

UEFA Champions League

UEFA Cup

*Rangers lost the tie 3–1 on penalties

Appearances

''List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition''

Competitions

Overall

League table

Champions League table

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:1999-2000 Rangers F.C. season Rangers F.C. seasons Rangers Scottish football championship-winning seasons