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2000–01 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Blackburn Rovers
season	2000–01
manager	Graeme Souness
chairman	Robert Coar
league	First Division
league result	2nd (promoted)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Quarter-finals
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Third round
league topscorer
Matt Jansen (23)
season topscorer
Matt Jansen (24)
average attendance	20,740
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prevseason	1999–2000
nextseason	2001–02

Matt Jansen (23) Matt Jansen (24) During the 2000–01 English football season, Blackburn Rovers F.C. competed in the Football League First Division (known as the Nationwide Division One for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

Rovers returned to the top flight of English football, thanks to a second-place finish in Division One which came two seasons after relegation. Rovers looked intent on returning to the top flight in style fulfilling the wishes of late owner Jack Walker who died shortly after the season began. Striker Matt Jansen, signed during the relegation campaign, was the club's top scorer with 23 Division One goals. Rovers also re-signed Henning Berg just after the start of the season, three years after they sold him to Manchester United. Berg was one of the club's last remaining links with the 1995 title winning side.

Souness signing autographs outside Loftus Road following Queens Park Rangers vs Blackburn Rovers on 7 April 2001.

Friedel posing for picture outside Loftus Road following Queens Park Rangers vs Blackburn Rovers on 7 April 2001.

Final league table

Main article: 2000–01 Football League

Results

Blackburn Rovers' score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 2000	Crystal Palace	H	2–0	18,733	Blake, Jansen
19 August 2000	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–0	7,500
26 August 2000	Norwich City	H	3–2	19,542	Dunn (pen), Blake, Jansen
28 August 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–1	15,646	Taylor
9 September 2000	Nottingham Forest	H	3–0	18,471	Jansen, Dunn (pen), Blake
12 September 2000	Watford	H	3–4	17,258	Dunn, Blake (2)
15 September 2000	Sheffield United	A	0–2	10,816
23 September 2000	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–1	23,660	Thomas
30 September 2000	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–1	16,794
15 October 2000	Fulham	A	1–2	15,247	Jansen
18 October 2000	Wimbledon	A	2–0	6,019	Willmott (own goal), Flitcroft
21 October 2000	Grimsby Town	H	2–0	16,397	Flitcroft, Jansen
25 October 2000	Tranmere Rovers	H	3–2	17,010	Hughes (2), Østenstad
28 October 2000	Huddersfield Town	A	1–0	12,287	Østenstad
4 November 2000	Stockport County	H	2–1	17,404	Hughes, Hignett
8 November 2000	Barnsley	A	2–1	13,622	Jansen, Dunn
11 November 2000	Portsmouth	A	2–2	14,141	Bjørnebye, Jansen
18 November 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–0	20,380	Dunn (pen)
25 November 2000	Gillingham	H	1–2	18,061	Hughes
2 December 2000	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–1	10,063	Dunn
9 December 2000	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–0	16,886
17 December 2000	Burnley	A	2–0	21,369	McAteer, Bent
22 December 2000	Crystal Palace	A	3–2	15,010	Dunn (2, 1 pen), Taylor
26 December 2000	Birmingham City	H	2–1	24,899	Jansen (2)
30 December 2000	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–0	18,554	Jansen
1 January 2001	Norwich City	A	1–1	16,695	Bent
10 January 2001	Preston North End	H	3–2	23,983	Jansen (2), Hughes
13 January 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–0	19,308	Bent, Taylor
3 February 2001	Barnsley	H	0–0	18,573
10 February 2001	Nottingham Forest	A	1–2	22,455	Jansen
20 February 2001	Watford	A	1–0	15,970	Bent
23 February 2001	Bolton Wanderers	A	4–1	20,017	Bent, Dunn, Jansen, Hignett
3 March 2001	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–0	23,926	Bent
14 March 2001	Birmingham City	A	2–0	29,150	Bent, Duff
17 March 2001	Wimbledon	H	1–1	19,000	Jansen
1 April 2001	Burnley	H	5–0	23,442	Short, Davis (own goal), Jansen (2), Hignett
4 April 2001	Sheffield United	H	1–1	26,276	Berg
7 April 2001	Queens Park Rangers	A	3–1	12,449	Dunn, Jansen, Berkovic
11 April 2001	Fulham	H	1–2	21,578	Jansen
14 April 2001	Stockport County	A	0–0	9,705
16 April 2001	Huddersfield Town	H	2–0	29,426	Flitcroft, Jansen
21 April 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–0	20,018
24 April 2001	Grimsby Town	A	4–1	6,507	Dunn, Berkovic, Jansen (2)
29 April 2001	Portsmouth	H	3–1	24,257	Hiley (own goal), Dunn, Bent
2 May 2001	Preston North End	A	1–0	16,975	Jansen
6 May 2001	Gillingham	A	1–1	10,319	Blake

FA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2001	Chester City	H	2–0	15,223	Taylor, Bent
R4	27 January 2001	Derby County	H	0–0	18,858
R4R	7 February 2001	Derby County	A	5–2	15,203	Flitcroft, Bent (2), Dunn (pen), Jansen
R5	17 February 2001	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–1	22,048	Dunn
R5R	7 March 2001	Bolton Wanderers	H	3–0	20,318	Flitcroft, Hignett (2, 1 pen)
QF	10 March 2001	Arsenal	A	0–3	36,304

League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	22 August 2000	Rochdale	A	1–1	4,873	Blake
R1 2nd Leg	6 September 2000	Rochdale	H	6–1 (won 7–2 on agg)	12,977	Duff (2), Dunn (3 pens), Diawara
R2 1st Leg	19 September 2000	Portsmouth	H	4–0	10,360	Carsley, Thomas (2), Østenstad
R2 2nd Leg	26 September 2000	Portsmouth	A	1–1 (won 5–1 on agg)	2,731	Dunn
R3	31 October 2000	West Ham United	A	0–2	21,863

First-team squad

:Squad at end of season

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Top scorers

First Division

ENG Matt Jansen 23
ENG David Dunn 12
ENG Marcus Bent 8
WAL Nathan Blake 6
WAL Mark Hughes 5

References

"Blackburn Rovers 2000-2001 Home - statto.com".
"FootballSquads - Blackburn Rovers - 2000/01".
McAteer was born in [[Birkenhead]], [[England]].
O'Brien was born in [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]].
Ellison was born in [[Bradford]], [[England]].
Burgess was born in [[Buxton]], [[England]].

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