2000–01 Dundee United F.C. season

The 2000–01 season was the 92nd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001. United finished in eleventh place in the Scottish Premier League, in the first year of the league split, forced by the expansion to twelve teams.

Dundee United F.C.
2000–01 season
ChairmanJim McLean (until 14 October 2000)
Doug Smith (from 17 October 2000)
ManagerPaul Sturrock (until 7 August 2000)
Alex Smith (from 8 August 2000 as caretaker)
Alex Smith (from 30 August 2000)
Bank of Scotland Premierleague11th
W:9 D:8 L:21 F:38 A:63 P:35
Tennent's Scottish CupSemi-finals
CIS Insurance CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Derek Lilley (6)
All: Derek Lilley (7)
Highest home attendance12,306 (vs Celtic, 26 December)
Lowest home attendance5,497 (vs Kilmarnock, 28 November)

United were knocked out of both domestic cup competitions by the Old Firm - to Rangers in the CIS Insurance Cup quarter-finals and to eventual winners Celtic in the Tennent's Scottish Cup semi-finals.

Match results

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Dundee United played a total of 46 competitive matches during the 2000–01 season.[1] The team finished eleventh in the Scottish Premier League.

In the cup competitions, United were knocked out of the CIS Cup at the semi-finals stage, losing to Rangers. Celtic knocked United out of the Tennent's Scottish Cup at the semi-final stage. Both matches finished 1–0.

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

All results are written with Dundee United's score first.

Bank of Scotland Premierleague

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
30 July 2000 Celtic H 1-2 11,761 McCracken
5 August 2000 Hibernian A 0-3 9,541
12 August 2000 Motherwell H 1-1 6,201 Paterson
19 August 2000 St Johnstone H 1-2 6,636 Aljofree
26 August 2000 Dunfermline A 0-1 4,980
9 September 2000 Kilmarnock A 0-1 6,380
16 September 2000 St Mirren H 0-0 5,943
20 September 2000 Dundee A 0-3 9,838
23 September 2000 Aberdeen H 3-5 7,699 Easton, McConalogue, Hannah
1 October 2000 Rangers A 0-3 44,324
14 October 2000 Hearts H 0-4 7,016
21 October 2000 Celtic A 1-2 59,427 Own goal
28 October 2000 Hibernian H 0-1 8,042
4 November 2000 Motherwell A 1-2 6,864 Naveda
11 November 2000 Dundee H 0-2 11,454
18 November 2000 St Johnstone A 0-1 4,295
25 November 2000 Dunfermline H 3-2 6,012 O'Connor, Easton, Miller
28 November 2000 Kilmarnock H 0-1 5,497
5 December 2000 St Mirren A 1-1 4,685 Naveda
17 December 2000 Rangers H 1-1 10,750 Lilley
23 December 2000 Hearts A 1-3 12,128 Aljofree
26 December 2000 Celtic H 0-4 12,306
30 December 2000 Hibernian A 0-1 10,197
2 January 2001 Motherwell H 2-0 6,311 Easton, Hamilton
31 January 2001 Dundee A 3-2[permanent dead link] 11,724 Davidson, Easton, Lauchlan
3 February 2001 St Johnstone H 1-1[permanent dead link] 6,482 Miller
10 February 2001 Dunfermline A 1-3[permanent dead link] 5,180 Lilley
24 February 2001 Kilmarnock A 0-0 6,227
3 March 2001 St Mirren H 4-0 8,334 Miller, Hannah, Lilley, Hamilton
17 March 2001 Aberdeen H 1-1 8,472 Miller
31 March 2001 Rangers A 2-0 48,382 Thompson, Lilley
4 April 2001 Aberdeen A 1-4 9,962 Griffin
7 April 2001 Hearts H 1-1 7,242 Thompson
23 April 2001 St Mirren A 1-2 6,473 Thompson
28 April 2001 Motherwell H 1-0 5,928 Buchan
6 May 2001 Dunfermline H 1-0 6,679 Thompson
12 May 2001 St Johnstone A 3-2 6,748 Miller, Easton, Lilley
20 May 2001 Aberdeen A 2-1 11,633 Venetis, Lilley

Tennent's Scottish Cup

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
27 January 2001 Montrose A 2–0 2,592 Lauchlan (2)
17 February 2001 Motherwell A 2–0 6,186 Miller, Easton
11 March 2001 Rangers H 1–0 11,793 Hannah
15 April 2001 Celtic N 1–3 38,699

CIS Insurance Cup

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
22 August 2000 Alloa A 3–0 1,088 McConalogue (3)
5 September 2000 Airdrieonians A 0-0 5,018
31 October 2000 Rangers A 0–2 30,966

United beat Airdrieonians 4–3 on penalties

Player details

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During the 2000–01 season, United used 41 different players, with a further two named as substitutes who did not make an appearance on the pitch. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[2]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bank of Scotland Premierleague Tennent's Scottish Cup CIS Insurance Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO Alan Combe 26 0 23 0 0 0 3 0
2 DF   SCO John McQuillan 18 0 12+3 0 0 0 2+1 0
3 DF   SCO Stephen Wright 7 0 5 0 0 0 2 0
4 MF   SCO David Hannah 28 3 19+4 2 3 1 1+1 0
5 DF   CAN Jason de Vos 40 0 33 0 4 0 2+1 0
6 MF   SEN Joachim Fernandez 7 0 6 0 0 0 0+1 0
7 MF   SCO Craig Easton 39 6 28+6 5 4 1 1 0
8 MF   GRE Tassos Venetis 15 1 3+11 1 0 0 1 0
9 FW   SCO Alex Mathie 5 0 3+1 0 0 0 1 0
9 FW   ARG Gustavo Fuentes 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW   ARG Beto Naveda 14 2 7+6 2 0+1 0 0 0
10 FW   CMR Alphonse Tchami 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0
10 FW   SCO Derek Lilley 22 7 18 6 4 1 0 0
11 MF   ENG Neil Heaney 14 0 7+5 0 0+1 0 1 0
12 MF   SCO Stéphane Léoni 7 0 5+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
12 FW   ENG Paul Robinson 6 0 2+4 0 0 0 0 0
13 GK   SCO Paul Gallacher 19 0 15 0 4 0 0 0
14 DF   ENG Hasney Aljofree 31 2 24+2 2 2 0 3 0
15 FW   CMR Mvondo Atangana 12 0 8+3 0 0 0 0+1 0
16 MF   NIR Danny Griffin 22 1 18 1 4 0 0 0
17 FW   SCO Jim Hamilton 24 2 14+6 2 3 0 1 0
18 MF   SCO Jim Paterson 7 1 5+1 1 0 0 1 0
19 FW   SCO Steven Thompson 37 4 18+13 4 1+3 0 1+1 0
20 DF   IRL David Worrell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF   WAL David Partridge 24 0 17+2 0 1+1 0 3 0
22 GK   CAN Pat Onstad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF   ARG Marcelino Galoppo 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF   SCO Jim Lauchlan 28 3 23 1 4 2 1 0
24 MF   SCO Jamie Buchan 41 1 33+2 1 2+1 0 3 0
25 FW   SCO Stephen McConalogue 14 4 3+8 1 0 0 2+1 3
26 MF   SCO Hugh Davidson 12 1 6+5 1 0 0 1 0
27 DF   SCO Tony Smith 5 0 1+2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
28 DF   FRA John Licina 8 0 5+2 0 0 0 1 0
29 MF   URU Carlos Marcora 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF   HON Francisco Ramírez 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF   SCO Jamie Fullarton 5 0 3+2 0 0 0 0 0
31 FW   ENG Sean O'Connor 2 1 1+1 1 0 0 0 0
32 DF   SCO David McCracken 9 1 6+3 1 0 0 0 0
33 MF   SCO Charlie Miller 28 6 24 5 4 1 0 0
35 MF   SCO Kevin McDonald 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
36 MF   SCO Darren Brady 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
42 DF   SCO Jamie McCunnie 19 0 15 0 4 0 0 0
44 FW   SCO David Winters 5 0 0+5 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
8 Motherwell 38 12 7 19 42 56 −14 43
9 Dunfermline Athletic 38 11 9 18 34 54 −20 42
10 St Johnstone 38 9 13 16 40 56 −16 40
11 Dundee United 38 9 8 21 38 63 −25 35
12 St Mirren (R) 38 8 6 24 32 72 −40 30 Relegation to the First Division
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ 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.

Transfers

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Playing kit

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Home colours
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Away colours

The jerseys were sponsored for a fifth season by Telewest. The away kit sometimes used the home shorts and socks.

Trivia

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  • Of Derek Lilley's six league goals, only one - in the 3–1 defeat at Dunfermline - failed to achieve points for United.

Awards

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March 2001, May 2001

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Dundee Utd 2000/2001 player appearances". Soccerbase. 19 December 2000. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Dundee Utd 1999/2000 player appearances". Soccerbase. 23 November 2000.
  3. ^ "Heaney moves north". BBC Sport website. 25 July 2000.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Dundee Utd's transfers in 2000–01". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
  5. ^ a b c "Honduras trio signed". Dundee United F.C. 22 September 2000. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012.
  6. ^ a b "United sign Galoppo and Marcora". Dundee United F.C. 30 September 2000. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012.
  7. ^ "Lauchlan finally joins United". BBC Sport website. 27 October 2000.
  8. ^ a b "Two new faces at Tannadice". BBC Sport website. 3 November 2000.
  9. ^ "Lilley join up at United". BBC Sport website. 14 December 2000.
  10. ^ a b "United seek ex-Diamonds duo". Dundee United F.C. 30 March 2001. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012.
  11. ^ "Robinson signs for United on loan". BBC Sport website. 22 February 2001.
  12. ^ "Robinson returns to Wimbledon". BBC Sport website. 3 May 2001.
  13. ^ "Mathie is released by United". BBC Sport website. 25 September 2000.
  14. ^ a b c d "South Americans leave Tannadice". BBC Sport website. 25 October 2000.
  15. ^ "Fuentes joins the United exodus". BBC Sport website. 31 October 2000.
  16. ^ a b "United release foreign duo". BBC Sport website. 6 December 2000.
  17. ^ "Fernandez is freed by United". BBC Sport website. 12 December 2000.
  18. ^ "Pat Onstad a Rhino again". Dundee United F.C. 21 March 2001. Archived from the original on 13 February 2008.
  19. ^ "Short-stay Sanchez heads home". Dundee United F.C. 3 April 2001. Archived from the original on 13 February 2008.
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