2000–01 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

The 2000–01 season was the 120th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian, and their 18th consecutive season in the top level of Scottish football, competing in the Scottish Premier League. Hearts also competed in the UEFA Cup, Scottish Cup and League Cup.

Heart of Midlothian
2000–01 season
ManagerJim Jefferies
Peter Houston (Caretaker)
Craig Levein
StadiumTynecastle Stadium
Scottish Premier League5th
Scottish CupQuarter-finals
League CupQuarter-finals
UEFA CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Andy Kirk (13)

All:
Colin Cameron (16)
Highest home attendance17,619 v Hibs SPL 26 December 2000
Lowest home attendance7,502 v Berwick Rangers Scottish Cup 7 February 2001
Average home league attendance12,771

Managers

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Hearts started the season under the stewardship of Jim Jefferies. He moved on to Bradford during the season, Peter Houston became Caretaker manager for 4 games before Craig Levein became Hearts new permanent manager.

First team squad

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Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   FRA Gilles Rousset
2 DF   SCO Steven Pressley
3 DF   SCO Austin McCann
4 DF   CAN Kevin McKenna
5 DF   SCO Kevin James
6 DF   SCG Gordan Petrić
7 FW   SCO Gary McSwegan
8 MF   SCO Steve Fulton
9 FW   FRA Stéphane Adam
10 MF   SCO Colin Cameron
11 DF   SCO Darren Jackson
12 DF   SCO Grant Murray
13 GK   SCO Roddie McKenzie
14 MF   AUT Thomas Flögel
15 FW   SCO Gary Wales
16 MF   ENG Lee Makel
17 FW   SCO Gordon Durie
18 MF   JAM Fitzroy Simpson
19 MF   SCO Scott Severin
20 MF   ESP Juanjo
21 MF   SVK Róbert Tomaschek
22 MF   SCO Steve Boyack
24 FW   NIR Andy Kirk
26 GK   FIN Antti Niemi
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 DF   SCO Kenny Milne
29 DF   SCO Robbie Neilson
30 FW   SCO Kris O'Neill
31 FW   SCO Alisdair Graham
32 DF   SCO Steven Reilly
33 DF   SCO Darren Goldie
34 MF   SCO Alan McIlroy
35 DF   SCO Craig Neeson
36 DF   SCO Anton Smith
37 MF   SCO Stephen Simmons
38 FW   SCO Ryan Davidson
39 GK   SCO Craig Gordon
40 DF   IRL Barry Smith
41 DF   SCO Paul Kaczan
42 MF   SCO Neil Janczyk
43 MF   SCO Robert Sloan
44 DF   SCO Paul Parkin
45 DF   SCO Elliot Smith
46 MF   SCO Gary Meek
47 DF   SCO John Knox
48 MF   SCO Joe Hamill
49 MF   SCO Paul McLaughlin
50 FW   SCO Graham Weir

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF   SCO Gary Naysmith (to Everton)
No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF   SCO Gary Locke (to Bradford City)

Fixtures

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Pre-Season Friendlies

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15 July 2000 Friendly Livingston 1–1 Hearts Almondvale Stadium
  Kirk   Attendance: 3,268
18 July 2000 Friendly Niort 0–0 Hearts
Attendance: 980
20 July 2000 Friendly Royal Charleroi 0–0 Hearts
Attendance: 150
22 July 2000 Friendly Toulouse 1–2 Hearts
  Jackson   Adam   Attendance: 1,303

Scottish Premier League

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30 July 2000 SPL Hearts 0–0 Hibs Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 17,132
Referee: Kenny Clark
6 August 2000 SPL St Johnstone 2–2 Hearts McDiarmid Park
Parker   31' Jones   73' O'Neill   84' Tomaschek   88' Attendance: 6,164
Referee: John Rowbotham
13 August 2000 SPL Aberdeen 1–1 Hearts Pittodrie
Young   3' McSwegan   30' Attendance: 11,798
Referee: Hugh Dallas
19 August 2000 SPL Hearts 2–4 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
Severin   56' Juanjo   67' Sutton   22' (26) Larsson   39' Moravcik   62' Attendance: 16,744
Referee: Willie Young
27 August 2000 SPL Dundee 1–1 Hearts Dens Park
Caballero   58' Cameron   85' (pen.) Attendance: 6,779
Referee: Kenny Clark
9 September 2000 SPL Hearts 2–0 Dunfermline Tynecastle Stadium
Juanjo   6' McSwegan   64' Attendance: 11,811
Referee: Robert Orr
17 September 2000 SPL Rangers 1–0 Hearts Ibrox
De Boer   58' Attendance: 47,340
Referee: Hugh Dallas
20 September 2000 SPL Hearts 2–0 St Mirren Tynecastle Stadium
McSwegan   46' Juanjo   68' Attendance: 10,524
Referee: John Underhill
24 September 2000 SPL Hearts 0–2 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Stadium
Wright   5' Dindeleux   46' Attendance: 10,379
Referee: Kenny Clark
1 October 2000 SPL Hearts 3–0 Motherwell Tynecastle Stadium
Durie   12' (59) Kirk   27' Attendance: 10,460
Referee: Willie Young
14 October 2000 SPL Dundee United 0–4 Hearts Tannadice Park
Tomaschek   9' Kirk   25' (30) James   81' Attendance: 7,016
Referee: Willie Young
22 October 2000 SPL Hibs 6–2 Hearts Easter Road
Paatelainen   43' (45), 74' Zitelli   51' O'Neil   81' Latapy   84' Kirk   5' Cameron   90' Attendance: 12,926
Referee: Hugh Dallas
28 October 2000 SPL Hearts 0–3 St Johnstone Tynecastle Stadium
Parker   49' (pen.) Connolly   62' (89) Attendance: 10,938
Referee: George Clyde
4 November 2000 SPL Hearts 3–0 Aberdeen Tynecastle Stadium
Cameron   24' Severin   62' Kirk   86' Attendance: 12,744
Referee: Tom Brown
11 November 2000 SPL St Mirren 1–2 Hearts Love Street
Gillies   89' Cameron   22' (pen.) Severin   82' Attendance: 5,328
Referee: John Rowbotham
18 November 2000 SPL Celtic 6–1 Hearts Celtic Park
Joos Valgaeran   15' Moravcik   36' Larssonl   39' (81) Mjallby   44' Petrov   82' Cameron   13' Attendance: 59,813
Referee: Stuart Dougal
25 November 2000 SPL Hearts 3–1 Dundee Tynecastle Stadium
Murray   52' Cameron   88' (90), pen.' Carranza   24' Attendance: 11,539
Referee: Alan Freeland
29 November 2000 SPL Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 Hearts East End Park
Dair   40' Attendance: 5,642
Referee: Willie Young
3 December 2000 SPL Hearts 0–1 Rangers Tynecastle Stadium
Albertz   12' (pen.) Attendance: 16,710
Referee: Stuart Dougal
9 December 2000 SPL Kilmarnock 0–3 Hearts Rugby Park
Fulton   45' Kirk   51' (55) Attendance: 6,828
Referee: Dougie McDonald
16 December 2000 SPL Motherwell 2–0 Hearts Fir Park
Townsley   56' Adams   87' Attendance: 5,440
Referee: Mike McCurry
23 December 2000 SPL Hearts 3–1 Dundee United Tynecastle Stadium
Cameron   2' Heaney   17' (og.) McSwegan   72' Aljofree   26' Attendance: 12,128
Referee: Kevin Toner
26 December 2000 SPL Hearts 1–1 Hibs Tynecastle Stadium
McSwegan   60' Lovell   41' Attendance: 17,619
Referee: Willie Young
30 December 2000 SPL St Johnstone 2–2 Hearts McDiarmid Park
Sylla   24' Connolly   35' Kirk   6' Durie   77' Attendance: 5713
Referee: J Fleming
2 January 2001 SPL Aberdeen 1–0 Hearts Pittodrie
Rowson   7' Attendance: 13,524
Referee: John Rowbotham
31 January 2001 SPL Hearts 1–0 St Mirren Tynecastle Stadium
Cameron   74' (pen.) Attendance: 10,164
Referee: Stuart Dougal
4 February 2001 SPL Hearts 0–3 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
Larsson   4' (68), 83' Attendance: 13,077
Referee: Kenny Clark
24 February 2001 SPL Hearts 7–1 Dunfermline Tynecastle Stadium
Adam   5' (38) Kirk   26' (60) Cameron   30' (46) Tomaschek   67' Dair   50' Attendance: 11,251
Referee: Alan Freeland
3 March 2001 SPL Rangers 2–0 Hearts Ibrox
Andre Flo   35' (57) Attendance: 49,003
Referee: Willie Young
14 March 2001 SPL Hearts 3–0 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Stadium
Flogel   71' Juanjo   76' Scott Severin   89' Attendance: 9,195
Referee: Garry Mitchell
18 March 2001 SPL Dundee 0–0 Hearts Dens Park
Attendance: 7,327
Referee: Robert Orr
31 March 2001 SPL Hearts 3–0 Motherwell Tynecastle Stadium
Tomaschek   14' Kirk   63' (80) Attendance: 11,581
Referee: David Somers
7 April 2001 SPL Dundee United 1–1 Hearts Tannadice Park
Thompson   45' Wales   65' Attendance: 7,242
Referee: Alan Freeland
22 April 2001 SPL Celtic 1–0 Hearts Celtic Park
Moravcik   68' Attendance: 59,298
Referee: Mike McCurry
27 April 2001 SPL Kilmarnock 1–1 Hearts Rugby Park
McGowne   53' Kirk   50' Attendance: 6,867
Referee: Dougie McDonald
5 May 2001 SPL Hearts 1–4 Rangers Tynecastle Stadium
Adam   46' Albertz   28' (78) Wallace   48' Andre Flo   84' Attendance: 15,158
Referee: Hugh Dallas
13 May 2001 SPL Hibs 0–0 Hearts Easter Road
Attendance: 8,913
Referee: Stuart Dougal
20 May 2001 SPL Hearts 2–0 Dundee Tynecastle Stadium
Adam   52' Cameron   70' Attendance: 13,544

Uefa Cup

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14 September 2000 Uefa Cup round 1 Stuttgart 1–0 Hearts Gottlieb Daimler Stadion
Balakov   35' Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Giancarlo Bolognino
28 September 2000 Uefa Cup round 1 Hearts 3–2 Stuttgart Tynecastle Stadium
Pressley   16' Petric   62' Cameron   83' (pen.) Dundee   37' Bordon   58' Attendance: 14,448
Referee: Bruno Derrien

League Cup

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6 September 2000 Scottish League Cup R4 Livingston 0–2 Hearts Almondvale Stadium
Cameron   15' Naysmith   54' Attendance: 5,549
Referee: Mike McCurry
1 November 2000 Scottish League Cup QF Hearts 2–5 (a.e.t.) Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
Cameron   36' (pen.), 70' (pen.) Crainey   41' Smith   60' Healy   99' Moravcik   116' McNamara   117' Attendance: 12,922
Referee: Kenny Clark

Scottish Cup

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7 February 2001 Scottish Cup R3 Replay Hearts 2–1 Berwick Rangers Tynecastle Stadium
McSwegan   68' Juanjo   70' Elliott   18' Attendance: 7,502
Referee: Eric Martindale
17 February 2001 Scottish Cup R4 Hearts 1–1 Dundee Tynecastle Stadium
Juanjo   81' Sara   30' Attendance: 9,970
Referee: Hugh Dallas
7 March 2001 Scottish Cup R4 Replay Dundee 0–1 Hearts Dens Park
Tomaschek   71' Attendance: 6,947
Referee: John Underhill
11 March 2001 Scottish Cup QF Celtic 1–0 Hearts Celtic Park
Larsson   40' Attendance: 34,529
Referee: Kenny Clark

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
3 Hibernian 38 18 12 8 57 35 +22 66 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Kilmarnock 38 15 9 14 44 53 −9 54 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[b]
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 14 10 14 56 50 +6 52
6 Dundee 38 13 8 17 51 49 +2 47 Qualification for the UEFA Intertoto Cup first round[c]
7 Aberdeen 38 11 12 15 45 52 −7 45
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Dundee qualified for the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup as the highest-placed team to apply for a place in the competition.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Heart of Midlothian - 2000/01". www.footballsquads.co.uk.
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