| Event | 1999–2000 Scottish League Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 19 March 2000 | ||||||
| Venue | Hampden Park,Glasgow | ||||||
| Referee | Kenny Clark | ||||||
| Attendance | 50,073 | ||||||
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The2000Scottish League Cup final was played on 19 March 2000 atHampden Park inGlasgow and was the final of the 53rd Scottish League Cup. The final was contested byAberdeen andCeltic. Celtic won the match 2–0, thanks to goals fromVidar Riseth andTommy Johnson.
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 the2016–17 season (coincidentally the same teams would also contest that final).
The match was something of aScandinavian affair, with Aberdeen's Danish managerEbbe 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.
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