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2000–01 FA Premier League

Football season in England

Field	Value
competition	FA Premier League
season	[2000–01](2000-01-in-english-football)
dates	19 August 2000 – 19 May 2001
winners	Manchester United
7th Premier League title
14th English title
relegated	Manchester City
Coventry City
Bradford City
continentalcup1	[Champions League](2001-02-uefa-champions-league)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Manchester United
Arsenal
Liverpool
continentalcup2	[UEFA Cup](2001-02-uefa-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Leeds United
Ipswich Town
Chelsea
continentalcup3	[Intertoto Cup](2001-uefa-intertoto-cup)
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Aston Villa
Newcastle United
league topscorer section	Top scorers
league topscorer	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
(23 goals)
best goalkeeper	Fabien Barthez
Paul Jones
Sander Westerveld
(14 clean sheets each)
biggest home win	Manchester United 6–0 Bradford City
(5 September 2000)
biggest away win	Derby County 0–4 Liverpool
(15 October 2000)
Manchester City 0–4 Leeds United
(13 January 2001)
Derby County 0–4 Chelsea
(7 April 2001)
Manchester City 0–4 Arsenal
(11 April 2001)
Charlton Athletic 0–4 Liverpool
(19 May 2001)
highest scoring	Arsenal 5–3 Charlton Athletic
(26 August 2000)
matches	380
total goals	992
longest wins	8 games
Manchester United
longest unbeaten	13 games
Leeds United
longest losses	8 games
Leicester City
longest winless	13 games
Bradford City
Derby County
highest attendance	67,637
Manchester United 4–2 Coventry City
(14 April 2001)
lowest attendance	15,523
Bradford City 2–1 Coventry City
(2 December 2000)
attendance	12,503,039
average attendance	32,903
prevseason	[1999–2000](1999-2000-fa-premier-league)
nextseason	[2001–02](2001-02-fa-premier-league)

7th Premier League title 14th English title Coventry City Bradford City Arsenal Liverpool Ipswich Town Chelsea Newcastle United (23 goals) Paul Jones Sander Westerveld (14 clean sheets each) (5 September 2000) (15 October 2000) Manchester City 0–4 Leeds United (13 January 2001) Derby County 0–4 Chelsea (7 April 2001) Manchester City 0–4 Arsenal (11 April 2001) Charlton Athletic 0–4 Liverpool (19 May 2001) (26 August 2000) Manchester United Leeds United Leicester City Bradford City Derby County Manchester United 4–2 Coventry City (14 April 2001) Bradford City 2–1 Coventry City (2 December 2000)

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.

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

Arsenal

Charlton Athletic

Chelsea

Tottenham Hotspur

West Ham United

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	20,043
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	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	FRA Arsène Wenger	ENG Tony Adams	Nike	Dreamcast/Sega1
Aston Villa	ENG John Gregory	ENG Gareth Southgate	Diadora	NTL
Bradford City	SCO Jim Jefferies	SCO Stuart McCall	Asics	JCT600 Ltd
Charlton Athletic	ENG Alan Curbishley	IRL Mark Kinsella	Le Coq Sportif	Redbus
Chelsea	ITA Claudio Ranieri	ENG Dennis Wise	Umbro	Autoglass
Coventry City	SCO Gordon Strachan	MAR Mustapha Hadji	CCFC Garments	Subaru
Derby County	ENG Jim Smith	JAM Darryl Powell	Puma	EDS
Everton	SCO Walter Smith	ENG Dave Watson	Puma	One2One
Ipswich Town	SCO George Burley	IRL Matt Holland	Punch	Greene King
Leeds United	IRL David O'Leary	RSA Lucas Radebe	Nike	Strongbow
Leicester City	ENG Peter Taylor	SCO Matt Elliott	Le Coq Sportif	Walkers Crisps
Liverpool	FRA Gérard Houllier	ENG Jamie Redknapp	Reebok	Carlsberg Group
Manchester City	ENG Joe Royle	NOR Alfie Haaland	Le Coq Sportif	Eidos
Manchester United	SCO Sir Alex Ferguson	IRL Roy Keane	Umbro	Vodafone
Middlesbrough	ENG Terry Venables
ENG Bryan Robson	ENG Paul Ince	Erreà	BT Cellnet
Newcastle United	ENG Bobby Robson	ENG Alan Shearer	Adidas	NTL
Southampton	ENG Stuart Gray	ENG Matt Le Tissier	Saints	Friends Provident
Sunderland	ENG Peter Reid	ENG Michael Gray	Nike	Reg Vardy
Tottenham Hotspur	ENG Glenn Hoddle	ENG Sol Campbell	Adidas	Holsten
West Ham United	ENG Glenn Roeder	NIR 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	NIR Martin O'Neill	Signed by Celtic	1 June 2000	Pre-season	ENG Peter Taylor	12 June 2000
Bradford City	ENG Paul Jewell	Signed by Sheffield Wednesday	18 June 2000	ENG Chris Hutchings	title = Hutchings appointed new Bantams boss	url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/801999.stm	publisher = BBC Sport	date = 22 June 2000	access-date = 2007-05-14}}
Chelsea	ITA Gianluca Vialli	Sacked	12 September 2000	10th	ITA Claudio Ranieri	17 September 2000
Bradford City	ENG Chris Hutchings	title = Bradford sack Hutchings	url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/1009904.stm	publisher = BBC Sport	date = 6 November 2000	access-date = 2007-05-14}}	19th	SCO Stuart McCall (caretaker)	6 November 2000
Bradford City	SCO Stuart McCall (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	20 November 2000	20th	SCO Jim Jefferies	20 November 2000
Tottenham Hotspur	SCO George Graham	Sacked	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/1225092.stm	title=Graham sacked by Tottenham	work=BBC Sport	date=16 March 2001	access-date=26 January 2011}}	13th	ENG Glenn Hoddle	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/1251688.stm	title=Hoddle confirmed new Spurs boss	work=BBC Sport	date=30 March 2001	access-date=29 October 2018}}
Southampton	ENG Glenn Hoddle	Signed by Tottenham Hotspur	30 March 2001	9th	ENG Stuart Gray	30 March 2001
West Ham United	ENG Harry Redknapp	Mutual consent	9 May 2001	14th	ENG Glenn Roeder (caretaker)	12 May 2001

League table

Results

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	NED Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Chelsea	23
2	ENG Marcus Stewart	Ipswich Town	19
3	FRA Thierry Henry	Arsenal	17
AUS Mark Viduka	Leeds United
5	ENG Michael Owen	Liverpool	16
6	ENG Teddy Sheringham	Manchester United	15
7	ENG Emile Heskey	Liverpool	14
ENG Kevin Phillips	Sunderland
9	CRO Alen Bokšić	Middlesbrough	12
10	FIN Jonatan Johansson	Charlton Athletic	11

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Premier League hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Ref
CRC	Manchester City	Sunderland	4–2 (H)
ENG	Liverpool	Aston Villa	3–1 (H)
ENG P	Liverpool	Derby County	4–0 (A)
NED 4	Chelsea	Coventry City	6–1 (H)
ENG	Manchester United	Southampton	5–0 (H)
AUS 4	Leeds United	Liverpool	4–3 (H)
ENG P	Tottenham Hotspur	Leicester City	3–0 (H)
ENG	Arsenal	Newcastle United	5–0 (H)
FRA	Arsenal	Leicester City	6–1 (H)	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/1088024.stm	publisher=BBC Sport	access-date=18 July 2009	date=26 December 2000	title=Boxing Day football clockwatch}}
ENG	Sunderland	Bradford City	4–1 (A)
TRI	Manchester United	Arsenal	6–1 (H)
FRA	Arsenal	West Ham United	3–0 (H)
ENG	Ipswich Town	Southampton	3–0 (A)
ENG	Liverpool	Newcastle United	3–0 (H)

:Note: 4 Player scored 4 goals; P Player scored a perfect hat-trick; (H) – Home; (A) – Away

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	url=https://www.premierleague.com/stats/top/players/goal_assist
1	ENG David Beckham	Manchester United	12
2	PER Nolberto Solano	Newcastle United	10
3	NED Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Chelsea	9
FRA Thierry Henry	Arsenal
CZE Vladimír Šmicer	Liverpool
6	WAL Ryan Giggs	Manchester United	8
ENG Graham Stuart	Charlton Athletic
8	ENG Stephen Clemence	Tottenham Hotspur	7
ITA Paolo Di Canio	West Ham United
MAR Hassan Kachloul	Southampton

Awards

Monthly awards

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

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
Premier League Manager of the Season	SCO George Burley	Ipswich Town
Premier League Player of the Season	FRA Patrick Vieira	Arsenal
PFA Players' Player of the Year	ENG Teddy Sheringham	Manchester United
PFA Young Player of the Year	ENG Steven Gerrard	Liverpool
FWA Footballer of the Year	ENG Teddy Sheringham	Manchester United

PFA Team of the Year
Goalkeeper
Defence
Midfield
Attack

Attendances

!#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Manchester United || 19 || 67,490 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Newcastle United || 19 || 51,309 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Sunderland AFC || 19 || 46,791 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Liverpool FC || 19 || 43,699 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Leeds United || 19 || 38,974 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Arsenal FC || 19 || 37,974 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Tottenham Hotspur || 19 || 35,195 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Chelsea FC || 19 || 34,700 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Everton FC || 19 || 34,131 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Manchester City || 19 || 34,058 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Aston Villa || 19 || 31,597 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Middlesbrough FC || 19 || 30,747 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Derby County || 19 || 28,551 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || West Ham United || 19 || 25,697 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Ipswich Town || 19 || 22,532 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Coventry City || 19 || 20,582 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Leicester City || 19 || 20,452 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Charlton Athletic || 19 || 20,023 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Bradford City || 19 || 18,511 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Southampton FC || 19 || 15,115 |- |} }}

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