2000 Scottish League Cup final

The 2000 Scottish League Cup final was played on 19 March 2000 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 53rd Scottish League Cup. The final was contested by Aberdeen and Celtic. Celtic won the match 2–0, thanks to goals from Vidar Riseth and Tommy Johnson.

2000 Scottish League Cup final
Event1999–2000 Scottish League Cup
Aberdeen Celtic
0 2
Date19 March 2000
VenueHampden Park, Glasgow
RefereeKenny Clark
Attendance50,073

This was the first League Cup final in many years to be played in March, as previous finals had taken place in November; this format continued until the 2016–17 season (coincidentally the same teams would also contest that final).

The match was something of a Scandinavian affair, with Aberdeen's Danish manager Ebbe Skovdahl selecting three Norwegian players (one of whom, Thomas Solberg, was dismissed); Celtic fielded another Norwegian (Riseth, who opened the scoring) plus a Swede and a Dane. The Glasgow club's famous Swedish striker of the time, Henrik Larsson, was absent recovering from a broken leg.

Match details
Aberdeen0–2Celtic
Report Riseth 15'
Johnson 58'
Attendance: 50,073
Referee: Kenny Clark

Teams
ABERDEEN :
GK1Scotland Jim Leighton (c)
RB2Scotland Mark Perry
CB15Scotland Russell Anderson
CB5Norway Thomas SolbergRed card 61'
LB30Scotland Jamie McAllister
RM14Scotland Paul Bernard
CM8Scotland Eoin Jessdownward-facing red arrow 74'
CM26Norway Cato Guntveitdownward-facing red arrow 45'
LM12Scotland Andy Dow
CF47Morocco Hicham Zeroualidownward-facing red arrow 53'
CF46Norway Arild Stavrum
Substitutes:
MF43Morocco Rachid Belabedupward-facing green arrow 45'
MF10Germany Andreas Mayerupward-facing green arrow 74'
FW9Scotland Robbie Wintersupward-facing green arrow 53'
Manager:
Denmark Ebbe Skovdahl
CELTIC :
GK1Scotland Jonathan Gould
RB4Scotland Jackie McNamara
CB35Sweden Johan Mjällby
CB2Scotland Tom Boyd (c)
LB3France Stephane Mahe
RM30Norway Vidar Riseth 15'
CM11Denmark Morten Wieghorst
CM19Bulgaria Stiliyan Petrov
LM25Slovakia Ľubomír Moravčíkdownward-facing red arrow 74'
CF12England Tommy Johnson downward-facing red arrow 90' 58'
CF36Australia Mark Viduka
Substitutes:
GK21Scotland Stewart Kerr
DF6England Alan Stubbsupward-facing green arrow 74'
MF10Israel Eyal Berkovic upward-facing green arrow 90'
Manager:
Scotland Kenny Dalglish
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