2000–01 Chelsea F.C. season

Season summary

A slow start to the season cost manager Gianluca Vialli his job, despite having won five trophies since his appointment in February 1998. The last of these trophies came at the start of the season when they defeated Manchester United 2–0 in the Charity Shield to win the last-ever club game at the pre-redevelopment Wembley. Vialli's successor was Claudio Ranieri, who guided the club to sixth place in the final table and attained automatic qualification for the UEFA Cup.

The biggest success of the season was the effectiveness of club record signing Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, who found the net 23 times in 35 Premiership games in a partnership with Chelsea's 34-year-old Italian superstar, Gianfranco Zola, who found the net on 9 occasions.

Team kit

The team kit was produced by Umbro and the shirt sponsor was Autoglass. Chelsea's home kit was all blue with a white trimmed collar. The club's third kit for this season was orange with blue shorts and accents.

Final league table

Main article: 2000–01 FA Premier League

;Results summary

;Results by round

Results

Charity Shield

Melchiot

Premier League

Zola Stanić Kanouté Carbone Zola Sylvinho Collymore Sheringham Beckham Flo Hasselbaink Guðjohnsen Zola Flo Zola Tessem Poyet Pringle K. Campbell Hasselbaink Poyet Zola Dalla Bona Guðjohnsen Stewart Wise Hasselbaink Poyet Grønkjær Rowett Hasselbaink Guðjohnsen McCann Phillips Guðjohnsen Hasselbaink Poyet Poyet Guðjohnsen Viduka Hasselbaink

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 UEFA Cup

First round

Amoah

FA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup

Hasselbaink Guðjohnsen Poyet Onuora Gronkjaer Wiltord

Worthington Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup

Fowler

First team squad

:Squad at end of season

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Transfers

In

Out

• Total spending: £34,100,000
• Total income: £20,000,000
• Overall loss/gain: £14,100,000

Statistics

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Statistics taken from http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=536 . Squad details and shirt numbers from http://www.zanziball.it/en/28/32ec.html and http://www.eufo.de/football/eng/2000/chela_fc.htm.

References

References

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