2000–01 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City
Season 2000–01
Owner	Publicly traded company
Chairmen	David Bernstein
Manager	Joe Royle
Team captain	Alf-Inge Håland
Home stadium	Maine Road
Premier0League	18th 0 (relegated to First Division)
League Cup	Fifth round
FA Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorers	League: 0 Paulo Wanchope (9 goals) All comps: 0 Shaun Goater (11 goals)
← 1999-2000 0 0 0 0 0 0 2001–02 →

The 2000–01 season was Manchester City Football Club's 109th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight. The club spent this season playing in the Premier League after winning promotion from the First Division in the previous season. This was the club's fifth season playing in the Premier League since its initial formation as the top tier of English football eight years earlier, with Manchester City as one of its original 22 founding member clubs.

Season review

Manchester City's return to the Premiership after a four-year exile was the result of back-to-back promotions from the Second Division. But perhaps the team's two-tier climb back to the top flight again had been a little too rapid because it became apparent after just a few games into the new season that Joe Royle's men would be struggling to hang on to their newly acquired top flight status. After their first ten games though, they were enjoying reasonably stable mid-table form with four wins and defeats each; however, after a 5-0 humbling at Arsenal, it all went wrong and only four wins were achieved during the remainder of the season.

The team's relegation was confirmed by a defeat in the penultimate game of the season, and manager Royle, who had been the guiding hand that had brought the team so quickly back to the Premiership from the Second Division, was dismissed within days.^[1] Former England coach Kevin Keegan was appointed to replace Royle on a three-year contract and fans were given renewed hope of an immediate return to the elite.^[2]

Team kit

The team kit was produced by Le Coq Sportif and the shirt sponsor was Eidos Interactive.

Home

Home alt.

Away

Third

Historical league performance

Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991–92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	38	24	8	6	79	31	+48	80	2001–02 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Arsenal	38	20	10	8	63	38	+25	70
3	Liverpool	38	20	9	9	71	39	+32	69	2001–02 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round ^1
4	Leeds United	38	20	8	10	64	43	+21	68	2001–02 UEFA Cup First round ^1
5	Ipswich Town	38	20	6	12	57	42	+15	66
6	Chelsea	38	17	10	11	68	45	+23	61
7	Sunderland	38	15	12	11	46	41	+5	57
8	Aston Villa	38	13	15	10	46	43	+3	54	2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
9	Charlton Athletic	38	14	10	14	50	57	−7	52
10	Southampton	38	14	10	14	40	48	−8	52
11	Newcastle United	38	14	9	15	44	50	−6	51	2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
12	Tottenham Hotspur	38	13	10	15	47	54	−7	49
13	Leicester City	38	14	6	18	39	51	−12	48
14	Middlesbrough	38	9	15	14	44	44	0	42
15	West Ham United	38	10	12	16	45	50	−5	42
16	Everton	38	11	9	18	45	59	−14	42
17	Derby County	38	10	12	16	37	59	−22	42
18	Manchester City (R)	38	8	10	20	41	65	−24	34	Relegation to 2001–02 Football League First Division
19	Coventry City (R)	38	8	10	20	36	63	−27	34
20	Bradford City (R)	38	5	11	22	30	70	−40	26

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Since Liverpool qualified for the Champions League, their place in the UEFA Cup as FA Cup winners went to Ipswich Town, and as Liverpool also won the League Cup that place went to Chelsea.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results Summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	8	10	20	41	65	−24	34	4	3	12	20	31	−11	4	7	8	21	34	−13

Source: 2000-01 FA Premier League table

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	L
Position	20	15	16	7	11	12	12	14	12	10	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	19	18	18	18

Source: 11v11.com: 2000-01 Manchester City results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Manchester City's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 2000	Charlton Athletic	A	0–4	20,043
23 August 2000	Sunderland	H	4–2	34,410	Wanchope (3), Håland
26 August 2000	Coventry City	H	1–2	34,140	Horlock
5 September 2000	Leeds United	A	2–1	40,055	Howey, Wiekens
9 September 2000	Liverpool	A	2–3	44,692	Weah, Horlock (pen)
17 September 2000	Middlesbrough	H	1–1	32,053	Wanchope
23 September 2000	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–0	36,069
30 September 2000	Newcastle United	H	0–1	34,497
14 October 2000	Bradford City	H	2–0	34,229	Dickov, Håland
23 October 2000	Southampton	A	2–0	15,056	Dickov, Tiatto
28 October 2000	Arsenal	A	0–5	38,049
4 November 2000	Leicester City	H	0–1	34,279
11 November 2000	West Ham United	A	1–4	26,022	Prior
18 November 2000	Manchester United	H	0–1	34,429
25 November 2000	Ipswich Town	H	2–3	33,741	Wanchope, Howey
3 December 2000	Chelsea	A	1–2	34,971	Dickov
9 December 2000	Everton	H	5–0	34,516	Wanchope, Howey, Goater, Dickov, Naysmith (own goal)
16 December 2000	Aston Villa	A	2–2	29,281	Håland, Wanchope
23 December 2000	Sunderland	A	0–1	47,475
26 December 2000	Derby County	H	0–0	34,321
30 December 2000	Charlton Athletic	H	1–4	33,280	Huckerby (pen)
1 January 2001	Coventry City	A	1–1	21,999	Wanchope
13 January 2001	Leeds United	H	0–4	34,288
20 January 2001	Derby County	A	1–1	31,174	Howey
31 January 2001	Liverpool	H	1–1	34,629	Tiatto
3 February 2001	Middlesbrough	A	1–1	31,794	Vickers (own goal)
10 February 2001	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–1	34,399
24 February 2001	Newcastle United	A	1–0	51,981	Goater
3 March 2001	Southampton	H	0–1	33,990
17 March 2001	Bradford City	A	2–2	19,117	Wiekens, Goater
31 March 2001	Aston Villa	H	1–3	34,247	Goater
8 April 2001	Everton	A	1–3	36,561	Whitley
11 April 2001	Arsenal	H	0–4	33,444
14 April 2001	Leicester City	A	2–1	20,224	Goater, Wanchope
21 April 2001	Manchester United	A	1–1	67,535	Howey
28 April 2001	West Ham United	H	1–0	33,737	Pearce (own goal)
7 May 2001	Ipswich Town	A	1–2	25,004	Goater
19 May 2001	Chelsea	H	1–2	34,479	Howey

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2001	Birmingham City	H	3–2	19,380	Morrison, Huckerby, Goater (pen)
R4	27 January 2001	Coventry City	H	1–0	24,637	Goater
R5	18 February 2001	Liverpool	A	2–4	36,231	Kanchelskis, Goater

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	20 September 2000	Gillingham	H	1–1	17,408	Weah
R2 2nd Leg	26 September 2000	Gillingham	A	4–2 (won 5-3 on agg)	6,520	Weah (2), Dickov, Kennedy
R3	1 November 2000	Aston Villa	A	1–0	24,138	Horlock (pen)
R4	29 November 2000	Wimbledon	H	2–1	19,513	Wanchope, Goater
R5	19 December 2000	Ipswich Town	H	1–2 a.e.t.	31,252	Goater

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[4]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Nicky Weaver 3 DF Richard Edghill 4 MF Gerard Wiekens 5 DF Andy Morrison 6 MF Kevin Horlock[5] 7 DF Spencer Prior 9 FW Paul Dickov 10 FW Shaun Goater 11 MF Terry Cooke 12 MF Andrei Kanchelskis[6] (on loan from Rangers) 14 FW Gareth Taylor 15 DF Alf-Inge Håland (captain) 16 DF Paul Ritchie 17 MF Jim Whitley[7] 18 MF Jeff Whitley[8] 19 MF Danny Tiatto 20 GK Carlo Nash 21 FW Darren Huckerby

No. Position Player 22 DF Richard Dunne 23 FW Paulo Wanchope 24 DF Steve Howey 26 GK Richard McKinney 27 FW Egil Østenstad (on loan from Blackburn Rovers) 28 MF Tony Grant 29 MF Shaun Wright-Phillips 30 GK Steven Hodgson 31 DF Laurent Charvet 32 FW Leon Mike 33 FW Chris Killen 34 MF Mark Kennedy 35 GK Brian Murphy 36 DF Danny Granville 37 MF Terry Dunfield 38 DF Rhys Day 39 MF Dickson Etuhu 40 MF Chris Shuker

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player 2 DF Lee Crooks (on loan to Northampton Town; to Barnsley) 8 MF Ian Bishop (to Miami Fusion) 12 FW Daniel Allsopp (to Notts County) 13 GK Tommy Wright (to Bolton Wanderers) 20 MF Gary Mason (to Dunfermline Athletic) 21 DF Nick Fenton (to Notts County) 22 FW George Weah (to Marseille)

No. Position Player 25 DF Richard Jobson (to Tranmere Rovers) 27 DF Shaun Holmes (released) 31 MF David Laycock (released) 33 FW Chris Killen (on loan to Wrexham) 36 DF Danny Granville (on loan to Norwich City) 37 FW Robert Taylor (to Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player - DF Stephen Jordan - DF Paddy McCarthy - DF Tyrone Mears - MF Dino Toppmöller

No. Position Player - MF Glenn Whelan - DF Darren Garfield - MF Andrew Tunnicliffe

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Nicky Weaver	39	0	31	0	3	0	5	0
20	GK		Carlo Nash	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF		Richard Edghill	7	0	6	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF		Gerard Wiekens	41	2	29+5	2	2+1	0	3+1	0
5	DF		Andy Morrison	7	1	3	0	3	1	1	0
7	DF		Spencer Prior	28	1	18+3	1	2+1	0	4	0
15	DF		Alf-Inge Håland	43	3	35	3	3	0	5	0
16	DF		Paul Ritchie	16	0	11+1	0	1	0	3	0
22	DF		Richard Dunne	28	0	24+1	0	3	0	0	0
24	DF		Steve Howey	39	6	36	6	1	0	2	0
31	DF		Laurent Charvet	21	0	16+4	0	0+1	0	0	0
36	DF		Danny Granville	25	0	16+3	0	3	0	0+3	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Kevin Horlock	18	3	14	2	0	0	4	1
12	MF		Andrei Kanchelskis	11	1	7+3	0	1	1	0	0
18	MF		Jeff Whitley	37	1	28+3	1	1	0	5	0
19	MF		Danny Tiatto	39	2	31+2	2	2	0	4	0
28	MF		Tony Grant	12	0	5+5	0	1+1	0	0	0
29	MF		Shaun Wright-Phillips	19	0	9+6	0	0	0	3+1	0
34	MF		Mark Kennedy	30	1	15+10	0	0	0	1+4	1
37	MF		Terry Dunfield	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Paul Dickov	25	5	15+6	4	0+1	0	2+1	1
10	FW		Shaun Goater	32	11	20+6	6	2+1	3	3	2
21	FW		Darren Huckerby	16	2	8+5	1	3	1	0	0
23	FW		Paulo Wanchope	31	10	25+2	9	1	0	3	1
27	FW		Egil Østenstad	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
2	DF		Lee Crooks	4	0	0+2	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF		Ian Bishop	16	0	3+7	0	0+1	0	2+3	0
12	FW		Danny Allsopp	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK		Tommy Wright	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW		George Weah	9	4	5+2	1	0	0	2	3
25	DF		Richard Jobson	2	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0

Last updated: 19 May 2001
Source: Competitions

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[9]

No. Pos Nat Name MS Notes 1 GK Nicky Weaver 39 37 RB Laurent Charvet 16 24 CB Steve Howey 39 22 CB Richard Dunne 27 36 LB Danny Granville 19 19 RM Danny Tiatto 37 4 CM Gerard Wiekens 34 15 CM Alf-Inge Håland 43 18 LM Jeff Whitley 34 10 CF Shaun Goater 25 23 CF Paulo Wanchope 25 Transfers In Alf-Inge Håland - Leeds United, 12 June, £2,500,000[10] George Weah - Milan, 1 August, free[11] Paulo Wanchope - West Ham United, 8 August, £3,650,000[12] Steve Howey - Newcastle United, 11 August, £2,000,000 (rising to £3,000,000 depending on appearances)[13] Paul Ritchie - Rangers, 21 August, £500,000[14] Richard Dunne - Everton, 16 October, £3,000,000[15] Laurent Charvet - Newcastle United, 25 October, £1,000,000 (rising to £1,500,000 depending on appearances) Darren Huckerby - Leeds United, 29 December, £2,500,000[16] Carlo Nash - Stockport County, 11 January, £100,000[17] Andrei Kanchelskis - Rangers, 25 January, three-month loan[18] Egil Østenstad - Blackburn Rovers, 5 February, two-month loan[19] Out Craig Russell - St Johnstone, 11 July, free[20] Lee Peacock - Bristol City, 9 August, £600,000 Jamie Pollock - Crystal Palace, 11 August, £75,000 Robert Taylor - Wolverhampton Wanderers, 15 August, £1,550,000[21] George Weah - released, 16 October (later joined Marseille on 18 October[22]) Nick Fenton - Notts County, 9 November, £150,000[23] Gary Mason - Dunfermline Athletic, 15 December, free[24] Ian Bishop - Miami Fusion, 28 February, undisclosed[25] Lee Crooks - Barnsley, 2 March, undisclosed[26] Tommy Wright - Bolton Wanderers, 22 March, free Gareth Taylor - Burnley, 22 March, loan Chris Shuker - Macclesfield Town, 22 March, loan Andy Morrison - Sheffield United, 22 March, loan Lee Crooks - Northampton Town, December, loan Daniel Allsopp - Notts County, December, £300,000 Richard Jobson - Tranmere Rovers Shaun Holmes - released David Laycock - released Chris Killen - Wrexham, loan Danny Granville - Norwich City, October, loan Terry Cooke - Sheffield Wednesday, loan References "Man City sack Royle". BBC Sport. 21 May 2001. Retrieved 14 July 2012. "Keegan relishing Man City role". BBC Sport. 24 May 2001. Retrieved 14 July 2012. Soccerbase: 2000-01 Manchester City results "Manchester City - 2000/01". FootballSquads. Retrieved 2012-11-07. Horlock was born in Bexley, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in April 1995. Kanchelskis was born in Kirovohrad, Ukraine SSR (now Ukraine), but also qualified to represent Russia internationally and made his international debut for Russia in 1992. Whitley was born in Ndola, Zambia, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally through his father and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in June 1998. Whitley was born in Ndola, Zambia, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally through his father and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1997. "All Manchester City players: 2001". 11v11.com. Retrieved 2012-11-07. "Haaland signs for Man City". BBC News. 2000-06-12. Retrieved 2012-11-07. "BBC SPORT | MAN CITY | Weah joins Royle family". BBC News. 2000-08-01. Retrieved 2012-11-07. "Wanchope joins Royle family". BBC News. 2000-08-08. Retrieved 2012-11-07. "BBC SPORT | MAN CITY | Howey joins Royle revolution". BBC News. 2000-08-11. Retrieved 2012-11-07. "BBC SPORT | RANGERS | Ritchie completes City move". BBC News. 2000-08-21. Retrieved 2012-11-07. "Dunne signs for Man City". BBC Sport. 16 October 2000. Retrieved 27 August 2012. "BBC SPORT | ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP | Huckerby makes Man City move". BBC News. 2000-12-29. Retrieved 2012-11-07. "BBC SPORT | MAN CITY | Man City seal Nash deal". BBC News. 2001-01-11. Retrieved 2012-11-07. "BBC SPORT | MAN CITY | Man City land Kanchelskis". BBC News. 2001-01-25. Retrieved 2012-11-07. "BBC SPORT | MAN CITY | Royle lands Ostenstad". BBC News. 2001-02-05. Retrieved 2012-11-07. "BBC SPORT | ST JOHNSTONE | Saints snap up City boy". BBC News. 2000-07-11. Retrieved 2012-11-07. "BBC SPORT | WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS | Wolves sign Taylor". BBC News. 2000-08-15. Retrieved 2012-11-07. "BBC SPORT | EUROPE | Marseille secure Weah deal". BBC News. 2000-10-18. Retrieved 2012-11-07. "BBC SPORT | NOTTS COUNTY | Fenton set for County switch". BBC News. 2000-11-09. Retrieved 2012-11-07. "BBC SPORT | DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC | Dunfermline sign Mason from City". BBC News. 2000-12-15. Retrieved 2012-11-07. "BBC SPORT | MAN CITY | Bishop in States switch". BBC News. 2001-02-28. Retrieved 2012-11-07. "BBC SPORT | BARNSLEY | Barnsley in double delight". BBC News. 2001-03-02. Retrieved 2012-11-07.