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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}{{Use British English|date=April 2017}}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.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.

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{| style="font-size: 90%” cellspacing=“0” cellpadding=“0”ABERDEEN :!width=“25“| !!width=“25“|1{{flagiconJim Leighton (Captain (association football)>c) SCO}} Mark Perry15{{flagicon|SCO}} Russell AndersonNOR}} Thomas Solberg {{sent off61}}30{{flagicon|SCO}} Jamie McAllisterSCO}} Paul Bernard8{{flagiconEoin Jess >74}}NOR}} Cato Guntveit {{suboff|45}}12{{flagicon|SCO}} Andy Dow 47{{flagiconHicham Zerouali>53}}46{{flagicon|NOR}} Arild StavrumSubstitutes:43Morocco}} Rachid Belabed {{subon|45}}10{{flagiconAndreas Mayer (footballer, born 1972)>Andreas Mayer {{subon|74}}9SCO}} Robbie Winters {{subon|53}}Manager:{{flagicon|DEN}} Ebbe Skovdahl{| style="font-size: 90%” cellspacing=“0” cellpadding=“0”CELTIC :!width=“25“| !!width=“25“|1{{flagicon|SCO}} Jonathan Gould{{flagicon|SCO}} Jackie McNamara 35{{flagicon|SWE}} Johan Mjällby2{{flagiconTom Boyd (Scottish footballer)>Tom Boyd (c){{flagicon|FRA}} Stephane Mahe{{flagiconVidar Riseth {{goal>15}}11{{flagicon|DEN}} Morten Wieghorst 19{{flagicon|BUL}} Stiliyan Petrov{{flagiconĽubomír Moravčík>74}}12ENG}} Tommy Johnson (footballer, born 1971) {{suboff>90}} {{goal|58}}{{flagicon|AUS}} Mark VidukaSubstitutes:21{{flagicon|SCO}} Stewart Kerr6{{flagiconAlan Stubbs>74}}10{{flagiconEyal Berkovic {{subon>90}}Manager:{{flagicon|SCO}} Kenny Dalglish{{Scottish League Cup Finals}}{{Aberdeen F.C. matches}}{{Celtic F.C. matches}}{{1999-2000 in Scottish football}}