2000–01 Premier League

Premier League 2000–01
Season information
Winners	Manchester United
Relegated	Bradford City Coventry City Manchester City
Domestic cup winners
FA Cup	Liverpool
Worthington Cup	Birmingham City
Charity Shield	Chelsea
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Manchester United Arsenal Liverpool
UEFA Cup	Leeds United Ipswich Town Chelsea
Cup Winners' Cup	Aston Villa Newcastle United
Season statistics
Goals scored	992
Average	2.61
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (23)
← 1999-00	2001-02 →

The 2000–01 FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was 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; they had not played in the European Cup since the 1985 final at Heysel in which their fans were found responsible for the deaths of 39 spectators, and were given a six-year ban from European competition. Nike replaced Mitre as manufacturer of the official Premier League match ball until the end of 2024-25 season.

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 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.

Promotion and relegation

Start of season

Teams promoted from the First Division 1999-00

• Charlton Athletic (Champions)
• Manchester City (Runners-up)
• Ipswich Town (Playoff winners)

End of season

Teams relegated to the First Division 2001-02

• Bradford City
• Coventry City
• Manchester City

Stadiums and Locations

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	Maine Road	35,150
Manchester United	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	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

Personnel and kits

(as of 14 May 2001)

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Arsenal	Arsène Wenger	Tony Adams	Nike	Dreamcast
Aston Villa	John Gregory	Gareth Southgate	Diadora	NTL
Bradford City	Jim Jefferies	Stuart McCall	Asics	JCT600 Ltd
Charlton Athletic	Alan Curbishley	Mark Kinsella	Le Coq Sportif	Redbus
Chelsea	Claudio Ranieri	Marcel Desailly	Umbro	Autoglass
Coventry City	Gordon Strachan	Mustapha Hadji	CCFC Garments	Subaru
Derby County	Jim Smith	Darryl Powell	Puma	EDS
Everton	Walter Smith	Dave Watson	Puma	One2One
Ipswich Town	George Burley	Matt Holland	Punch	Greene King
Leeds United	David O'Leary	Lucas Radebe	Nike	Strongbow
Leicester City	Peter Taylor	Matt Elliott	Le Coq Sportif	Walkers Crisps
Liverpool	Gérard Houllier	Jamie Redknapp	Reebok	Carlsberg Group
Manchester City	Joe Royle	Alf-Inge Håland	Le Coq Sportif	Eidos
Manchester United	Sir Alex Ferguson	Roy Keane	Umbro	Vodafone
Middlesbrough	Terry Venables Bryan Robson	Paul Ince	Erreà	BT Cellnet
Newcastle United	Bobby Robson	Alan Shearer	Adidas	Newcastle Brown Ale
Southampton	Stuart Gray	Matt Le Tissier	Saints	Friends Provident
Sunderland	Peter Reid	Michael Gray	Nike	Reg Vardy
Tottenham Hotspur	Glenn Hoddle	Sol Campbell	Adidas	Holsten
West Ham United	Glenn Roeder	Steve Lomas	Fila	Dr. Martens

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Leicester City	Martin O'Neill	End of contract	1 June 2000	Pre-season	Peter Taylor	12 June 2000
Bradford City	Paul Jewell	Signed by Sheffield Wednesday	18 June 2000		Chris Hutchings	18 June 2000
Chelsea	Gianluca Vialli	Sacked	12 September 2000	10th	Claudio Ranieri	17 September 2000
Bradford City	Chris Hutchings		6 November 2000	19th	Jim Jefferies	20 November 2000
Tottenham Hotspur	George Graham		16 March 2001	13th	Glenn Hoddle	30 March 2001
Southampton	Glenn Hoddle	Signed by Tottenham Hotspur	30 March 2001	9th	Stuart Gray	30 March 2001
West Ham United	Harry Redknapp	Sacked	9 May 2001	14th	Glenn Roeder	14 June 2001

League table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Manchester United (C) (Q)	38	24	8	6	79	31	48	80	Champions League First group stage
2	Arsenal (Q)	38	20	10	8	63	38	25	70
3	Liverpool (Q)	38	20	9	9	71	39	32	69	Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Leeds United (Q)	38	20	8	10	64	43	21	68	UEFA Cup First round
5	Ipswich Town (Q)	38	20	6	12	57	42	15	66
6	Chelsea (Q)	38	17	10	11	68	45	23	61
7	Sunderland	38	15	12	11	46	41	5	57
8	Aston Villa (Q)	38	13	15	10	46	43	3	54	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 (Q)	38	14	9	15	44	50	−6	51	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	Relegated to the 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: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd goal difference; 3^rd goals scored.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Premier League 2000-01 Winners
Manchester United 7th Premier League title 14th English title

Top goalscorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Chelsea	23
2	Marcus Stewart	Ipswich Town	19
3	Thierry Henry	Arsenal	17
	Mark Viduka	Leeds United	17
5	Michael Owen	Liverpool	16
6	Teddy Sheringham	Manchester United	15
7	Emile Heskey	Liverpool	14
	Kevin Phillips	Sunderland	14
9	Alen Bokšić	Middlesbrough	12
10	James Beattie	Southampton	11
	Jonatan Johansson	Charlton Athletic	11
	Frédéric Kanouté	West Ham United	11
	Gustavo Poyet	Chelsea	11
	Alan Smith	Leeds United	11

Overall

• Most wins – Manchester United (24)
• Fewest wins – Bradford City (5)
• Most draws – Aston Villa and Middlesbrough (15)
• Fewest draws – Ipswich Town and Leicester City (6)
• Most losses – Bradford City (22)
• Fewest losses – Manchester United (6)
• Most goals scored – Manchester United (79)
• Fewest goals scored – Bradford City (30)
• Most goals conceded – Bradford City (70)
• Fewest goals conceded – Manchester United (31)

Awards

Monthly awards

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

External links

• 2000-01 Premier League Season at RSSSF

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