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2000–01 Aston Villa F.C. season
English football club season
English football club season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| club | Aston Villa F.C. |
| season | 2000–01 |
| chairman | Doug Ellis |
| manager | John Gregory |
| stadium | Villa Park |
| league | FA Premier League |
| league result | [8th](2000-01-fa-premier-league) |
| cup1 | FA Cup |
| cup1 result | [Fourth round](2000-01-fa-cup) |
| cup2 | League Cup |
| cup2 result | [Third round](2000-01-football-league-cup) |
| cup3 | UEFA Intertoto Cup |
| cup3 result | [Semi-final](2000-uefa-intertoto-cup) |
| league topscorer | Dion Dublin (8) |
| season topscorer | Dion Dublin (9) |
| highest attendance | 41,366 vs Liverpool |
| (13 January 2001, FA Premier League) | |
| lowest attendance | 22,310 vs Bradford City |
| (16 September 2000, FA Premier League) | |
| average attendance | 31,597 |
| prevseason | [1999–2000](1999-2000-aston-villa-f-c-season) |
| nextseason | [2001–02](2001-02-aston-villa-f-c-season) |
Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present)
(13 January 2001, FA Premier League) (16 September 2000, FA Premier League)
The 2000–01 English football season was Aston Villa's 9th season in the Premier League and their 13th consecutive season in the top division of English football. Another season of decent (but rarely exciting) form saw Villa secure another top-10 finish, though this time they dipped slightly into eighth place after occupying sixth place a year earlier. Villa proved themselves as one of the hardest Premier League teams to beat, with only the top three sides suffering fewer defeats than Villa's 10, but a mere 13 wins and a staggering 15 draws ended any hopes of a title bid or even a top-six finish.
Juan Pablo Ángel (175) signed Villa on 12 January 2001, becoming the club's record signing at £9.5 million. Angel made his debut away to Manchester United in a 0-2 loss on 20 January 2001. Other debuts included Steve Staunton (208), Thomas Hitzlsperger (99), Alpay Özalan (58), David Ginola (41), Gilles De Bilde (4), and Luc Nilis (3).
Diary of Season
9 Sep 2000: In a league match against Ipswich Town, Luc Nilis was involved in a clash with goalkeeper Richard Wright that left him with a double compound fracture of his right shin ending his career. This was only Nilis's third match for Villa, having scored in both previous games.
Kit
| Kit Supplier | Sponsor |
|---|---|
| [NTL |
Transfers
Transferred in
| Date | Pos | Player | From | Fee | **£18,100,000** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2000 | CF | Luc Nilis | NED PSV Eindhoven | Free transfer | |
| 28 July 2000 | CB | Alpay Özalan | TUR Fenerbahçe | £5,600,000 | |
| 30 July 2000 | LM | David Ginola | Tottenham Hotspur | £3,000,000 | |
| 5 August 2000 | LM | Thomas Hitzlsperger | Bayern Munich | Free transfer | |
| 6 December 2000 | LB | Steve Staunton | Liverpool | Free transfer | |
| 13 January 2001 | CF | Juan Pablo Ángel | ARG River Plate | £9,500,000 |
Loaned in
| Date | Pos | Player | From | Loan End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 October 2000 | CF | Gilles De Bilde | Sheffield Wednesday | 3 January 2001 |
Transferred out
| Date | Pos | Player | To | Fee | **£14,750,000** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2000 | CF | JAM Darren Byfield | Walsall | Free transfer | |
| 4 July 2000 | RB | Steve Watson | Everton | £2,500,000 | |
| 17 July 2000 | CM | Mark Draper | Southampton | £1,250,000 | |
| 9 August 2000 | SS | Benito Carbone | Bradford City | Free transfer | |
| 1 September 2000 | LM | Alan Thompson | SCO Celtic | £2,750,000 | |
| 3 October 2000 | LB | Aaron Lescott | Sheffield Wednesday | £100,000 | |
| 20 October 2000 | CB | Ugo Ehiogu | Middlesbrough | £8,000,000 | |
| 2 December 2000 | GK | Matthew Ghent | Lincoln City | Free transfer | |
| 24 January 2001 | CF | BEL Luc Nilis | Retired | ||
| 26 January 2001 | CF | Mark DeBolla | Charlton Athletic | Free transfer | |
| 13 February 2001 | LB | ISR Najwan Ghrayib | ISR Hapoel Haifa | £150,000 |
Loaned out
| Date | Pos | Player | To | Loan End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 October 2000 | CF | SCO Neil Tarrant | York City | 19 December 2000 |
| 15 December 2000 | GK | Neil Cutler | Oxford United | 27 February 2001 |
| 7 February 2001 | CF | Richard Walker | Blackpool | 31 May 2001 |
Overall transfer activity
Expenditure
£18,100,000
Income
£14,750,000
Balance
£3,350,000
Squad
First Team
| # | Name | Position | Nationality | Place of birth | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Date signed | Fee | Apps | Gls | Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David James | GK | ENG | Welwyn Garden City | Liverpool | 17 June 1999 | £1,700,000 | 39 | 0 | |||||
| 13 | Neil Cutler | GK | ENG | Perton | Chester City | 30 November 1999 | Free transfer | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 39 | Peter Enckelman | GK | FIN | Turku | FIN TPS | 1 February 1999 | £200,000 | 14 | 0 | |||||
| 40 | Matthew Ghent | GK | ENG | Burton upon Trent | Academy | 1 July 1997 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | Mark Delaney | RB | WAL | Haverfordwest | WAL Cardiff City | 9 March 1999 | £250,000 | 38 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | Alan Wright | LB | ENG | Ashton-under-Lyne | Blackburn Rovers | 10 March 1995 | £1,000,000 | 242 | 4 | |||||
| 4 | Gareth Southgate *(c)* | CB | ENG | Watford | Crystal Palace | 1 July 1995 | £3,500,000 | 207 | 7 | |||||
| 5 | Ugo Ehiogu | CB | ENG | Hackney | West Bromwich Albion | 12 July 1991 | £40,000 | 299 | 15 | |||||
| 11* | Steve Staunton | LB | IRL | Dundalk | Liverpool | 6 December 2000 | Free transfer | 264 | 17 | |||||
| 15 | Gareth Barry | LB | ENG | Hastings | Academy | 1 January 1998 | 83 | 3 | ||||||
| 16 | Alpay Özalan | CB | TUR | İzmir | TUR Fenerbahçe | 28 July 2000 | £5,600,000 | - | - | |||||
| 23 | Najwan Ghrayib | LB | ISR | Nazareth | ISR Hapoel Haifa | 20 July 1999 | £1,000,000 | 6 | 0 | |||||
| 30 | Jon Bewers | RB | ENG | Kettering | Academy | 1 July 1999 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 31 | Jlloyd Samuel | LB | TRI | San Fernando | Academy | 1 January 1999 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
| 32 | Aaron Lescott | CB | ENG | Birmingham | Academy | 1 July 1998 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | George Boateng | CM | NED | GHA Nkawkaw | Coventry City | 20 July 1999 | £4,500,000 | 45 | 3 | |||||
| 7 | Ian Taylor | CM | ENG | Birmingham | Sheffield Wednesday | 21 December 1994 | £1,000,000 | 220 | 32 | |||||
| 10 | Paul Merson | AM | ENG | Harlesden | Middlesbrough | 8 September 1998 | £6,750,000 | 72 | 10 | |||||
| 11 | Alan Thompson | LM | ENG | Newcastle upon Tyne | Bolton Wanderers | 5 June 1998 | £4,500,000 | 55 | 5 | |||||
| 14 | David Ginola | LM | FRA | Gassin | Tottenham Hotspur | 30 July 2000 | £3,000,000 | - | - | |||||
| 17 | Lee Hendrie | RM | ENG | Solihull | Academy | 1 July 1995 | 109 | 10 | ||||||
| 18 | Steve Stone | RM | ENG | Gateshead | Nottingham Forest | 11 March 1999 | £5,500,000 | 46 | 3 | |||||
| 21 | Thomas Hitzlsperger | LM | GER | Munich | GER Bayern Munich | 5 August 2000 | Free transfer | - | - | |||||
| 24 | John McGrath | CM | IRL | Limerick | Academy | 1 July 1999 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 27 | Michael Standing | AM | ENG | Shoreham-by-Sea | Academy | 1 July 1998 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 28 | Gavin Melaugh | CM | NIR | Derry | Academy | 1 July 2000 | - | - | ||||||
| 29 | Stephen Cooke | CM | ENG | Walsall | Academy | 1 July 2000 | - | - | ||||||
| 8 | Juan Pablo Ángel | CF | COL | Medellín | ARG River Plate | 13 January 2001 | £9,500,000 | - | - | |||||
| 9 | Dion Dublin | CF | ENG | Leicester | Coventry City | 5 November 1998 | £5,750,000 | 57 | 26 | |||||
| 12 | Julian Joachim | CF | ENG | Peterborough | Leicester City | 24 February 1996 | £1,890,000 | 146 | 36 | |||||
| 19 | Richard Walker | CF | ENG | Bloxwich | Academy | 1 July 1997 | 8 | 2 | ||||||
| 20 | Luc Nilis | CF | BEL | Hasselt | NED PSV Eindhoven | 1 July 2000 | Free transfer | - | - | |||||
| 22 | Darius Vassell | CF | ENG | Birmingham | Academy | 1 January 1998 | 28 | 2 | ||||||
| 25 | Gilles De Bilde | CF | BEL | Zellik | Sheffield Wednesday | 3 January 2001 | Loan | - | - | |||||
| 35 | Neil Tarrant | CF | SCO | ENG Darlington | SCO Ross County | 28 April 1998 | £250,000 | 0 | 0 |
*squad number was re-used following a players departure. Note: Stats and ages are correct as of July 1, 2000.
Final league table
Main article: 2000–01 FA Premier League
;Results summary
;Results by matchday
Results
Aston Villa's score comes first
Legend
| Win | Draw | Loss |
|---|
FA Premier League
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2000 | Leicester City | A | 0–0 | 21,455 | |
| 27 August 2000 | Chelsea | H | 1–1 | 27,057 | Nilis 10' |
| 6 September 2000 | Liverpool | A | 1–3 | 43,360 | Stone 83' |
| 9 September 2000 | Ipswich Town | A | 2–1 | 22,065 | Hendrie 28', Dublin 54' |
| 16 September 2000 | Bradford City | H | 2–0 | 27,849 | Southgate 5', Dublin (pen) 75' |
| 23 September 2000 | Middlesbrough | A | 1–1 | 27,556 | Joachim 74' |
| 30 September 2000 | Derby County | H | 4–1 | 26,534 | Joachim 28, 87, Merson 37', Wright 54' |
| 14 October 2000 | Arsenal | A | 0–1 | 38,042 | |
| 22 October 2000 | Sunderland | H | 0–0 | 27,215 | |
| 28 October 2000 | Charlton Athletic | H | 2–1 | 27,461 | Taylor 33', Merson 41' |
| 5 November 2000 | Everton | A | 1–0 | 27,670 | Merson 90' |
| 11 November 2000 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 2–0 | 33,608 | Taylor 22', 57' |
| 18 November 2000 | Southampton | A | 0–2 | 14,979 | |
| 25 November 2000 | Coventry City | A | 1–1 | 21,464 | Dublin 8' |
| 2 December 2000 | Newcastle United | H | 1–1 | 34,255 | Dublin 4' |
| 9 December 2000 | West Ham United | A | 1–1 | 25,888 | Hendrie 37' |
| 16 December 2000 | Manchester City | H | 2–2 | 29,281 | Dublin 71', Ginola 86' |
| 23 December 2000 | Leeds United | A | 2–1 | 39,714 | Southgate 43', Boateng 88' |
| 26 December 2000 | Manchester United | H | 0–1 | 40,889 | |
| 1 January 2001 | Chelsea | A | 0–1 | 33,159 | |
| 13 January 2001 | Liverpool | H | 0–3 | 41,366 | |
| 20 January 2001 | Manchester United | A | 0–2 | 67,533 | |
| 24 January 2001 | Leeds United | H | 1–2 | 29,335 | Merson 24' |
| 3 February 2001 | Bradford City | A | 3–0 | 19,591 | Vassell 50', 58', Joachim 87' |
| 10 February 2001 | Middlesbrough | H | 1–1 | 28,912 | Stone 38' |
| 24 February 2001 | Derby County | A | 0–1 | 27,289 | |
| 5 March 2001 | Sunderland | A | 1–1 | 47,196 | Joachim 52' |
| 10 March 2001 | Ipswich Town | H | 2–1 | 28,216 | Joachim 53', 71' |
| 18 March 2001 | Arsenal | H | 0–0 | 36,111 | |
| 31 March 2001 | Manchester City | A | 3–1 | 34,247 | Merson 14', Dublin 45', Hendrie 65' |
| 4 April 2001 | Leicester City | H | 2–1 | 29,043 | Dublin 30', Hendrie 72' |
| 7 April 2001 | West Ham United | H | 2–2 | 31,432 | Ginola 71', Hendrie 78' |
| 14 April 2001 | Everton | H | 2–1 | 31,272 | Dublin 2', Taylor 81' |
| 17 April 2001 | Charlton Athletic | A | 3–3 | 20,043 | Ginola 59', Vassell 75', Hendrie 90' |
| 21 April 2001 | Southampton | H | 0–0 | 29,336 | |
| 28 April 2001 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 0–0 | 36,096 | |
| 5 May 2001 | Coventry City | H | 3–2 | 39,761 | Vassell 61', Ángel 81', Merson 86' |
| 19 May 2001 | Newcastle United | A | 0–3 | 51,506 |
FA Cup
Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R3 | 7 January 2001 | Newcastle United | A | 1–1 | 37,682 | Stone 54' | |
| R3R | 17 January 2001 | Newcastle United | H | 1–0 | 25,387 | Vassell 50' | |
| R4 | 27 January 2001 | Leicester City | H | 1–2 | 26,283 | Joachim 76' |
League Cup
Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R3 | 1 November 2000 | Manchester City | H | 0–1 | 24,138 |
Intertoto Cup
Main article: 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R3 1st Leg | 16 July 2000 | FK Marila Příbram CZE | A | 0–0 | 7,852 | ||
| R3 2nd Leg | 22 July 2000 | FK Marila Příbram CZE | H | 3–1 (won 3–1 on agg) | 8,200 | Dublin 8', Taylor 56', Nilis 62' | |
| SF 1st Leg | 26 July 2000 | Celta de Vigo SPA | A | 0–1 | 14,000 | ||
| SF 2nd Leg | 2 August 2000 | Celta de Vigo SPA | H | 1–2 (lost 1–3 on agg) | 11,909 | Barry (pen) 45' |
Players
First-team squad
:Squad at end of season
Left club during season
Reserve squad
Under-19s
:The following players spent most of the season playing for the under-19s, but may have also appeared for the reserves or under-17s.
Under-17s
:The following players spent most of the season playing for the under-17s, but may have also appeared for the reserves or under-19s.
Other players
:The following players were signed to the club on unknown contractual terms, and did not appear for any team this season.
Statistics
Starting 11
:Considering starts in all competitions
Notes
References
References
- (12 January 2001). "Villa to complete Angel deal". British Broadcasting Corporation.
- (9 September 2000). "Nilis injury mars Villa win at Ipswich". BBC Sport.
- Peter O'Rourke. "Nilis making good progress". Sky Sports.
- "Aston Villa 2000-2001 Results - statto.com".
- "FootballSquads - Aston Villa - 2000/01".
- "Aston Villa Player Database".
- "All Aston Villa players: 2001".
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