Dundee appointed Italian Ivano Bonetti as player-manager, and the midfielder managed to attract a variety of international players, most notably Argentinian World Cup star Claudio Caniggia . Dundee won the first two matches of the season to lead the table, but were unable to sustain the good form and finished the season in sixth, with the undistinguished record of only four home wins all season. Nonetheless, the club did provide supporters with memories to savour, such as wins at both Ibrox and Celtic Park , plus the signing of continental players gave supporters hope of a challenge for European qualification in seasons to come.[1]
Xara remained Dundee's kit manufacturer, and introduced a new kit for the season. The kit featured predominantly navy shorts for the first time since 1995. The socks were identical to those of the previous season's kit, while the shirt featured a thick white stripe running from the collar down the inside of the sleeves to the cuffs.[2]
^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
^ As both finalists of the 2000–01 Scottish Cup , Celtic and Hibernian , qualified for European competition via their league position, the cup berth for 2001–02 UEFA Cup was passed to the next-placed team in the league, fourth-placed Kilmarnock .
^ Dundee qualified for the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup as the highest-placed team to apply for a place in the competition.
Dundee's score comes first
Scottish Premier League
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Match
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
1
29 July 2000
Motherwell A
2–0
6,161
Billio 8', Artero 86'
2
5 August 2000
Dunfermline Athletic H
3–0
7,152
Skinner 1' (o.g.), Sara 52', Caballero 55'
3
12 August 2000
Hibernian A
1–5
12,075
Caballero 9'
4
19 August 2000
St Mirren A
1–2
5,165
Sara 78'
5
27 August 2000
Heart of Midlothian H
1–1
6,779
Caballero 58'
6
9 September 2000
Rangers H
1–1
10,439
Sara 74'
7
16 September 2000
St Johnstone A
0–0
5,055
8
20 September 2000
Dundee United H
3–0
9,838
Sara 47', 80', 88'
9
23 September 2000
Celtic A
0–1
59,694
10
30 September 2000
Kilmarnock H
0–0
6,170
11
14 October 2000
Aberdeen A
2–0
14,750
Bonetti 75', Caniggia 90'
12
21 October 2000
Motherwell H
1–2
7,344
Caniggia 21'
13
28 October 2000
Dunfermline Athletic A
0–1
6,397
14
5 November 2000
Hibernian H
1–2
6,604
Tweed 33'
15
11 November 2000
Dundee United A
2–0
11,454
Caniggia 38', Nemsadze 73'
16
18 November 2000
St Mirren H
5–0
6,333
Caniggia 22', 52', Rae 66', Artero 75', Milne 79'
17
25 November 2000
Heart of Midlothian A
1–3
11,593
Carranza 24'
18
2 December 2000
St Johnstone H
1–1
7,014
Sara 13'
19
10 December 2000
Celtic H
1–2
10,763
Boyd 55' (o.g.)
20
16 December 2000
Kilmarnock A
3–2
6,573
Bonetti 53', Milne 76', 79'
21
23 December 2000
Aberdeen H
2–2
9,093
Carranza 59', Sara 71'
22
26 December 2000
Motherwell A
3–0
6,183
Sara 4', 69', Rae 35'
23
2 January 2001
Hibernian A
0–3
12,379
24
31 January 2001
Dundee United H
2–3
11,724
Caniggia 45', Falconer 88'
25
3 February 2001
St Mirren A
1–2
4,197
Sara 23'
26
21 February 2001
Dunfermline Athletic H
0–1
6,113
27
24 February 2001
Rangers H
0–1
9,778
28
3 March 2001
St Johnstone A
3–2
5,064
Rae 56', Sara 68', Artero 86'
29
14 March 2001
Rangers A
2–0
45,035
Caniggia 14', Milne 90'
30
18 March 2001
Heart of Midlothian H
0–0
7,327
31
31 March 2001
Kilmarnock H
2–2
6,719
Sara 27', Rae 47'
32
4 April 2001
Celtic A
1–2
59,562
Sara 67'
33
7 April 2001
Aberdeen A
2–0
11,805
Nemsadze 52', Caballero 63'
34
21 April 2001
Rangers H
0–3
10,687
35
29 April 2001
Hibernian H
0–2
6,659
36
5 May 2001
Kilmarnock H
2–1
6,261
Sara 35', Carranza 80'
37
13 May 2001
Celtic A
2–0
59,435
Caballero 29', 42'
38
20 May 2001
Heart of Midlothian A
0–2
13,554
Match
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
R2
23 August 2000
Montrose H
3–0
2,635
Wilkie 5', Caballero 56', 66'
R3
5 September 2000
St Mirren A
0–3
3,988
Squad at end of season [3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
James Marr
Ivano Bonetti
Georgi Nemsadze
Javier Artero
San Lorenzo
Marcello Marrocco
Vitesse Arnhem
Cerro Porteño
Crystal Palace
Universitario
Mark Robertson
Tommy Coyne