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 :
GK1 Jim Leighton (c)
RB2 Mark Perry
CB15 Russell Anderson
CB5 Thomas Solberg 61'
LB30 Jamie McAllister
RM14 Paul Bernard
CM8 Eoin Jess 74'
CM26 Cato Guntveit 45'
LM12 Andy Dow
CF47 Hicham Zerouali 53'
CF46 Arild Stavrum
Substitutes:
MF43 Rachid Belabed 45'
MF10 Andreas Mayer 74'
FW9 Robbie Winters 53'
Manager:
Ebbe Skovdahl
CELTIC :
GK1 Jonathan Gould
RB4 Jackie McNamara
CB35 Johan Mjällby
CB2 Tom Boyd (c)
LB3 Stephane Mahe
RM30 Vidar Riseth 15'
CM11 Morten Wieghorst
CM19 Stiliyan Petrov
LM25 Ľubomír Moravčík 74'
CF12 Tommy Johnson  90' 58'
CF36 Mark Viduka
Substitutes:
GK21 Stewart Kerr
DF6 Alan Stubbs 74'
MF10 Eyal Berkovic  90'
Manager:
Kenny Dalglish
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