2000–01 FA Premier League

The 2000–01 FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth FA Premier League season and the third season running which ended with Manchester United as champions and Arsenal as runners-up. Sir Alex Ferguson became the first manager to win three successive English league titles with the same club. Liverpool, meanwhile, managed a unique cup treble – winning the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup. They also finished third in the Premier League and qualified for the Champions League. Nike replaced Mitre as manufacturer of the official Premier League match ball, a contract that has since been extended multiple times, with the most recent renewal made in November 2018 to the end of the 2024–25 season.[2]

FA Premier League
Season2000–01
Dates19 August 2000 – 19 May 2001
ChampionsManchester United
7th Premier League title
14th English title
RelegatedManchester City
Coventry City
Bradford City
Champions LeagueManchester United
Arsenal
Liverpool
UEFA CupLeeds United
Ipswich Town
Chelsea
Intertoto CupAston Villa
Newcastle United
Matches played380
Goals scored992 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorerJimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (23 goals)
Biggest home winManchester United 6–0 Bradford City
(5 September 2000)
Biggest away winCharlton Athletic 0–4 Liverpool
(19 May 2001)
Manchester City 0–4 Arsenal
(11 April 2001)
Derby County 0–4 Chelsea
(7 April 2001)
Manchester City 0–4 Leeds United
(13 January 2001)
Derby County 0–4 Liverpool
(15 October 2000)
Highest scoringArsenal 5–3 Charlton Athletic
(26 August 2000)
Longest winning run8 games[1]
Manchester United
Longest unbeaten run13 games[1]
Leeds United
Longest winless run13 games[1]
Bradford City
Derby County
Longest losing run8 games[1]
Leicester City
Highest attendance67,637
Manchester United v Coventry City
(14 April 2001)
Lowest attendance15,523
Bradford City v Coventry City
(2 December 2000)
Average attendance32,905

UEFA Cup places went to Leeds United, Chelsea, Ipswich Town, and Aston Villa, who qualified via the Intertoto Cup. None of the top six clubs in the Premier League had an English manager. The most successful English manager in the 2000–01 Premier League campaign was Peter Reid, whose Sunderland side finished seventh, having spent most of the season challenging for a place in Europe, and briefly occupied second place in the Premier League table.

Despite the success achieved by Sir Alex Ferguson and Gérard Houllier, the Manager of the Year Award went to George Burley. The Ipswich Town manager was in charge of a newly promoted side who began the season as relegation favourites and on a limited budget, guided his team to fifth place in the Premier League final table earning a total of 66 points - the highest total in Premier League history for a newly promoted side since the switch to a 20-team format—and a place in the UEFA Cup for the first time in almost 20 years. 2000–01 was perhaps the best season yet for newly promoted teams in the Premier League. Charlton Athletic finished ninth, their highest finish since the 1950s. The only newly promoted team to suffer relegation was Manchester City, who in the space of six seasons had now been relegated three times and promoted twice. Relegated in bottom place were Bradford City, whose return to the top division after almost 80 years was over after just two seasons. The next relegation place went to Coventry City, who were finally relegated after 34 successive seasons of top division football, which had brought numerous relegation battles and league finishes no higher than sixth place.

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were Charlton Athletic, Manchester City and Ipswich Town, returning after a top flight absence of one, four and five years respectively. They replaced Wimbledon, Sheffield Wednesday and Watford. They were relegated to the First Division after spending fourteen, nine and one year in the top flight respectively.

Stadiums and locations
Locations of the 2000–01 Premier League teams
Greater London Premier League football clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Arsenal London (Highbury) Arsenal Stadium 38,419
Aston Villa Birmingham Villa Park 42,573
Bradford City Bradford Valley Parade 25,136
Charlton Athletic London (Charlton) The Valley 27,111
Chelsea London (Fulham) Stamford Bridge 42,055
Coventry City Coventry Highfield Road 23,489
Derby County Derby Pride Park Stadium 33,597
Everton Liverpool (Walton) Goodison Park 40,569
Ipswich Town Ipswich Portman Road 30,300
Leeds United Leeds Elland Road 40,242
Leicester City Leicester Filbert Street 22,000
Liverpool Liverpool (Anfield) Anfield 45,522
Manchester City Manchester (Moss Side) Maine Road 35,150
Manchester United Manchester (Old Trafford) Old Trafford 68,174
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 35,049
Newcastle United Newcastle upon Tyne St James' Park 52,387
Southampton Southampton The Dell[lower-alpha 1] 15,200
Sunderland Sunderland Stadium of Light 49,000
Tottenham Hotspur London (Tottenham) White Hart Lane 36,240
West Ham United London (Upton Park) Boleyn Ground 35,647
  1. This was Southampton's last season at The Dell as they were scheduled to relocate to St Mary's Stadium from the following season onward.

Personnel and kits

(as of 14 May 2001)

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Arsenal France Arsène Wenger England Tony Adams Nike Dreamcast/Sega1
Aston Villa England John Gregory England Gareth Southgate Diadora NTL
Bradford City Scotland Jim Jefferies Scotland Stuart McCall Asics JCT600 Ltd
Charlton Athletic England Alan Curbishley Republic of Ireland Mark Kinsella Le Coq Sportif Redbus
Chelsea Italy Claudio Ranieri England Dennis Wise Umbro Autoglass
Coventry City Scotland Gordon Strachan Morocco Mustapha Hadji CCFC Garments Subaru
Derby County England Jim Smith Jamaica Darryl Powell Puma EDS
Everton Scotland Walter Smith England Dave Watson Puma One2One
Ipswich Town Scotland George Burley Republic of Ireland Matt Holland Punch Greene King
Leeds United Republic of Ireland David O'Leary South Africa Lucas Radebe Nike Strongbow
Leicester City England Peter Taylor Scotland Matt Elliott Le Coq Sportif Walkers Crisps
Liverpool France Gérard Houllier England Jamie Redknapp Reebok Carlsberg Group
Manchester City England Joe Royle Norway Alfie Haaland Le Coq Sportif Eidos
Manchester United Scotland Sir Alex Ferguson Republic of Ireland Roy Keane Umbro Vodafone
Middlesbrough England Terry Venables
England Bryan Robson		 England Paul Ince Erreà BT Cellnet
Newcastle United England Bobby Robson England Alan Shearer Adidas NTL
Southampton England Stuart Gray England Matt Le Tissier Saints Friends Provident
Sunderland England Peter Reid England Michael Gray Nike Reg Vardy
Tottenham Hotspur England Glenn Hoddle England Sol Campbell Adidas Holsten
West Ham United England Glenn Roeder Northern Ireland Steve Lomas Fila Dr. Martens
  • 1 The Dreamcast logo appeared on Arsenal's home and third shirts while the Sega logo appeared on their away shirt.

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Leicester City Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill Signed by Celtic 1 June 2000 Pre-season England Peter Taylor 12 June 2000
Bradford City England Paul Jewell Signed by Sheffield Wednesday 18 June 2000 England Chris Hutchings 18 June 2000[3]
Chelsea Italy Gianluca Vialli Sacked 12 September 2000 10th Italy Claudio Ranieri 17 September 2000
Bradford City England Chris Hutchings 6 November 2000[4] 19th Scotland Stuart McCall (caretaker) 6 November 2000
Bradford City Scotland Stuart McCall (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 20 November 2000[5] 20th Scotland Jim Jefferies 20 November 2000
Tottenham Hotspur Scotland George Graham Sacked 16 March 2001[6] 13th England Glenn Hoddle 30 March 2001[7]
Southampton England Glenn Hoddle Signed by Tottenham Hotspur 30 March 2001[7] 9th England Stuart Gray 30 March 2001
West Ham United England Harry Redknapp Mutual consent 9 May 2001 14th England Glenn Roeder (caretaker) 12 May 2001[8]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United (C) 38 24 8 6 79 31 +48 80 Qualification for the Champions League first group stage
2 Arsenal 38 20 10 8 63 38 +25 70
3 Liverpool 38 20 9 9 71 39 +32 69 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Leeds United 38 20 8 10 64 43 +21 68 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Ipswich Town 38 20 6 12 57 42 +15 66
6 Chelsea 38 17 10 11 68 45 +23 61
7 Sunderland 38 15 12 11 46 41 +5 57
8 Aston Villa 38 13 15 10 46 43 +3 54 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
9 Charlton Athletic 38 14 10 14 50 57 −7 52
10 Southampton 38 14 10 14 40 48 −8 52
11 Newcastle United 38 14 9 15 44 50 −6 51 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
12 Tottenham Hotspur 38 13 10 15 47 54 −7 49
13 Leicester City 38 14 6 18 39 51 −12 48
14 Middlesbrough 38 9 15 14 44 44 0 42
15 West Ham United 38 10 12 16 45 50 −5 42
16 Everton 38 11 9 18 45 59 −14 42
17 Derby County 38 10 12 16 37 59 −22 42
18 Manchester City (R) 38 8 10 20 41 65 −24 34 Relegation to the Football League First Division
19 Coventry City (R) 38 8 10 20 36 63 −27 34
20 Bradford City (R) 38 5 11 22 30 70 −40 26
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Since Liverpool won the League Cup and qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place went to fifth-placed Ipswich Town. Since both FA Cup finalists, Liverpool and Arsenal, qualified for the Champions League, the berth in the UEFA Cup went to sixth-placed Chelsea. Both Ipswich and Chelsea were the highest-ranked team not already qualified for a European competition.

Results
Home \ Away ARS AVL BRA CHA CHE COV DER EVE IPS LEE LEI LIV MCI MUN MID NEW SOU SUN TOT WHU
Arsenal 1–0 2–0 5–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 6–1 2–0 5–0 1–0 0–3 5–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 3–0
Aston Villa 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 4–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–3 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–2
Bradford City 1–1 0–3 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–2 0–3 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–4 3–3 1–2
Charlton Athletic 1–0 3–3 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–4 4–0 3–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1
Chelsea 2–2 1–0 3–0 0–1 6–1 4–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 0–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–4 3–0 4–2
Coventry City 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–3 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–3
Derby County 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–4 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–4 1–1 0–3 3–3 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–0
Everton 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–3 2–2 2–1 2–3 3–1 1–3 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1
Ipswich Town 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–1
Leeds United 1–0 1–2 6–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 4–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 2–0 4–3 0–1
Leicester City 0–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–2 0–3 0–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 4–2 2–1
Liverpool 4–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 4–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 3–2 2–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 3–0
Manchester City 0–4 1–3 2–0 1–4 1–2 1–2 0–0 5–0 2–3 0–4 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 4–2 0–1 1–0
Manchester United 6–1 2–0 6–0 2–1 3–3 4–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 5–0 3–0 2–0 3–1
Middlesbrough 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–3 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1
Newcastle United 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 3–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–1
Southampton 3–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–3 1–0 1–0 3–3 0–2 2–1 1–3 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–3
Sunderland 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–3 1–1
Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–3 3–0 3–1 3–2 3–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 4–2 0–0 2–1 1–0
West Ham United 1–2 1–1 1–1 5–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 4–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–2 0–0
Source: 11v11
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Chelsea's Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink was the top scorer for the second time, with 23 goals.
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Netherlands Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Chelsea 23
2 England Marcus Stewart Ipswich Town 19
3 France Thierry Henry Arsenal 17
Australia Mark Viduka Leeds United
5 England Michael Owen Liverpool 16
6 England Teddy Sheringham Manchester United 15
7 England Emile Heskey Liverpool 14
England Kevin Phillips Sunderland
9 Croatia Alen Bokšić Middlesbrough 12
10 England James Beattie Southampton 10

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of Premier League hat-tricks
The 2000–01 Premier League season would see Leeds United's Mark Viduka become the first (and, so far only) Australian to score a hat-trick.
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Costa Rica Paulo WanchopeManchester CitySunderland4–2 (H)23 August 2000[9]
England Michael OwenLiverpoolAston Villa3–1 (H)6 September 2000[10]
England Emile HeskeyPLiverpoolDerby County4–0 (A)15 October 2000[11]
Netherlands Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink4ChelseaCoventry City6–1 (H)21 October 2000[12]
England Teddy SheringhamManchester UnitedSouthampton5–0 (H)28 October 2000[13]
Australia Mark Viduka4Leeds UnitedLiverpool4–3 (H)4 November 2000[14]
England Les FerdinandPTottenham HotspurLeicester City3–0 (H)25 November 2000[15]
England Ray ParlourArsenalNewcastle United5–0 (H)9 December 2000[16]
France Thierry HenryArsenalLeicester City6–1 (H)26 December 2000[17]
England Kevin PhillipsSunderlandBradford City4–1 (A)26 December 2000[17]
Trinidad and Tobago Dwight YorkeManchester UnitedArsenal6–1 (H)25 February 2001[18]
France Sylvain WiltordArsenalWest Ham United3–0 (H)3 March 2001[19]
England Marcus StewartIpswich TownSouthampton3–0 (A)2 April 2001[20]
England Michael OwenLiverpoolNewcastle United3–0 (H)5 May 2001[21]
Note: 4 Player scored 4 goals; P Player scored a perfect hat-trick; (H) – Home; (A) – Away

Top assists
Manchester United's David Beckham was the top assist provider with 12 goals for the club in the 2000–01 Premier League season.
Rank Player Club Assists[22]
1 England David Beckham Manchester United 12
2 Peru Nolberto Solano Newcastle United 10
3 Netherlands Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Chelsea 9
France Thierry Henry Arsenal
Czech Republic Vladimír Šmicer Liverpool
6 Wales Ryan Giggs Manchester United 8
England Graham Stuart Charlton Athletic
8 England Stephen Clemence Tottenham Hotspur 7
Italy Paolo Di Canio West Ham United
Morocco Hassan Kachloul Southampton

Awards

Monthly awards
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August England Bobby Robson Newcastle United England Alan Smith Leeds United
September England Peter Taylor Leicester City England Tim Flowers Leicester City
October France Arsène Wenger Arsenal England Teddy Sheringham Manchester United
November Scotland George Burley Ipswich Town England Paul Robinson Leeds United
December England Peter Reid Sunderland England James Beattie Southampton
January England Terry Venables Middlesbrough Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane Leeds United
February Scotland Alex Ferguson Manchester United England Stuart Pearce West Ham United
March Republic of Ireland David O'Leary Leeds United England Steven Gerrard Liverpool
April Scotland Gary McAllister

Annual awards
Award Winner Club
Premier League Manager of the Season Scotland George Burley Ipswich Town
Premier League Player of the Season France Patrick Vieira Arsenal
PFA Players' Player of the Year England Teddy Sheringham Manchester United
PFA Young Player of the Year England Steven Gerrard Liverpool
FWA Footballer of the Year England Teddy Sheringham Manchester United
PFA Team of the Year
Goalkeeper France Fabien Barthez (Manchester United)
Defence Republic of Ireland Stephen Carr (Tottenham Hotspur) Netherlands Jaap Stam (Manchester United) England Wes Brown (Manchester United) Brazil Sylvinho (Arsenal)
Midfield England Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) Republic of Ireland Roy Keane (Manchester United) France Patrick Vieira (Arsenal) Wales Ryan Giggs (Manchester United)
Attack England Teddy Sheringham (Manchester United) France Thierry Henry (Arsenal)

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