2000–01 West Ham United F.C. season

West Ham United

2000–01 season
Chairman	Terry Brown
Manager	Harry Redknapp (until 9 May) Glenn Roeder (caretaker from 9 May)
Stadium	Upton Park
Premiership	15th
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Kanouté (11) All: Kanouté (14)
Highest home attendance	26,048 vs Tottenham Hotspur (31 Jan 2001, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	11,963 vs Walsall (27 Sep 2000, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	25,697
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

During the 2000–01 English football season, West Ham United competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

The sale of Rio Ferdinand to Leeds United contributed towards a dip in West Ham's Premiership form, and mystery surrounded the departure of manager Harry Redknapp on 9 May following a row with chairman Terry Brown over transfer cash for what the club needed to challenge for a top six finish next season.^[1] Alan Curbishley, Steve McClaren and George Graham were just some of the many names linked with the vacancy before it was announced that caretaker manager and former youth coach Glenn Roeder would be taking over on a permanent basis.^[2]

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	10	12	16	45	50	−5	42	6	6	7	24	20	+4	4	6	9	21	30	−9

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	L
Position	16	20	20	20	20	20	18	17	18	18	15	15	13	11	9	6	7	8	10	8	10	11	11	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	15	14	15

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

Results

West Ham United's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 2000	Chelsea	A	2-4	34,914	Di Canio, Kanouté
23 August 2000	Leicester City	H	0-1	25,195
26 August 2000	Manchester United	H	2-2	25,998	Di Canio (pen), Šuker
5 September 2000	Sunderland	A	1-1	46,605	Šuker
11 September 2000	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-1	33,282
17 September 2000	Liverpool	H	1-1	25,998	Di Canio (pen)
23 September 2000	Coventry City	A	3-0	21,020	Di Canio, Cole, Lampard
30 September 2000	Bradford City	H	1-1	25,407	Cole
14 October 2000	Ipswich Town	A	1-1	22,243	Di Canio
21 October 2000	Arsenal	H	1-2	26,034	S Pearce
28 October 2000	Newcastle United	H	1-0	26,044	Kanouté
6 November 2000	Derby County	A	0-0	24,621
11 November 2000	Manchester City	H	4-1	26,022	Lomas, Sinclair, I Pearce, Di Canio
18 November 2000	Leeds United	A	1-0	40,005	Winterburn
25 November 2000	Southampton	A	3-2	15,232	Kanouté, S Pearce, Sinclair
2 December 2000	Middlesbrough	H	1-0	25,459	Di Canio
9 December 2000	Aston Villa	H	1-1	25,888	Carrick
16 December 2000	Everton	A	1-1	31,260	Kanouté
23 December 2000	Leicester City	A	1-2	21,524	Kanouté
26 December 2000	Charlton Athletic	H	5-0	26,046	Di Canio, Kanouté (2), Lampard, Sinclair
1 January 2001	Manchester United	A	1-3	67,603	Kanouté
13 January 2001	Sunderland	H	0-2	26,014
22 January 2001	Charlton Athletic	A	1-1	20,043	Di Canio
31 January 2001	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-0	26,048
3 February 2001	Liverpool	A	0-3	44,045
12 February 2001	Coventry City	H	1-1	22,586	Cole
24 February 2001	Bradford City	A	2-1	20,469	Lampard (2)
3 March 2001	Arsenal	A	0-3	38,071
7 March 2001	Chelsea	H	0-2	26,016
17 March 2001	Ipswich Town	H	0-1	26,046
31 March 2001	Everton	H	0-2	26,044
7 April 2001	Aston Villa	A	2-2	31,432	Kanouté, Lampard
14 April 2001	Derby County	H	3-1	25,319	Kanouté, Lampard, Cole
16 April 2001	Newcastle United	A	1-2	51,107	Lampard (pen)
21 April 2001	Leeds United	H	0-2	26,041
28 April 2001	Manchester City	A	0-1	33,737
5 May 2001	Southampton	H	3-0	26,041	Cole, Di Canio, Kanouté
19 May 2001	Middlesbrough	A	1-2	33,057	Todorov

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2001	Walsall	A	3-2	9,402	Lampard, Kanouté (2)
R4	28 January 2001	Manchester United	A	1-0	67,029	Di Canio
R5	17 February 2001	Sunderland	A	1-0	36,005	Kanouté
QF	11 March 2001	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-3	26,048	S Pearce, Todorov

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	19 September 2000	Walsall	A	1-0	5,435	Defoe
R2 2nd Leg	27 September 2000	Walsall	H	1-1 (won 2-1 on agg)	11,963	Lomas
R3	31 October 2000	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-0	21,863	Šuker, Di Canio
R4	29 November 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-2	25,853	Lampard

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 Shaka Hislop[5] 2 DF Gary Charles 3 DF Stuart Pearce 4 DF Steve Potts[6] 5 DF Igor Štimac 6 DF Hayden Foxe 7 DF Christian Dailly 8 MF Trevor Sinclair 9 FW Davor Šuker 10 FW Paolo Di Canio 11 MF Steve Lomas[7] (captain) 12 FW Paul Kitson 14 FW Frédéric Kanouté[8] 15 DF Rigobert Song 16 MF John Moncur 17 DF Nigel Winterburn

No. Position Player 18 MF Frank Lampard 19 DF Ian Pearce 20 DF Scott Minto 21 MF Michael Carrick 22 GK Craig Forrest 24 MF Christian Bassila (on loan from Rennes) 25 FW Kaba Diawara (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain) 26 MF Joe Cole 29 FW Titi Camara 30 DF Sébastien Schemmel (on loan from Metz) 32 GK Stephen Bywater 35 FW Jermain Defoe 36 DF Ragnvald Soma 37 FW Svetoslav Todorov 45 MF Grant McCann

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 7 MF Marc Keller (on loan to Blackburn Rovers) 15 DF Rio Ferdinand (to Leeds United) 28 DF Darren Peacock (on loan from Blackburn Rovers) 28 DF Hannu Tihinen (on loan from Viking)

No. Position Player 30 DF Javier Margas (retired) 43 GK Alex O'Reilly (to Bristol Rovers) MF Daniel Sjölund (to Liverpool)

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 23 MF Adam Newton[9] 27 DF Shaun Byrne[10] 31 FW Ömer Rıza[11] 33 DF Terrell Forbes 34 DF Stevland Angus 39 DF Ezomo Iriekpen DF Tom Williams DF Steve Laurie DF Alessandro Zamperini MF Leon Britton

No. Position Player MF Jimmy Bullard MF Craig Etherington MF Tom Williams MF Daryl McMahon MF Michael Ferrante FW Amos Foyewa FW Gavin Holligan FW Moses Junju FW Richard Garcia

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee	Notes
22 June 2000	DF	Nigel Winterburn	Arsenal	Signed	[12]
28 June 2000	FW	Davor Šuker	Arsenal	Free transfer	[13]
28 November 2000	DF	Rigobert Song	Liverpool	£2,500,000	[14]
21 December 2000	FW	Titi Camara	Liverpool	£1,500,000	[15]
17 January 2001	DF	Ragnvald Soma	Bryne FK	£800,000	[16]
18 January 2001	DF	Christian Dailly	Blackburn Rovers	£1,750,000	[17]
22 January 2001	FW	Svetoslav Todorov	PFC Litex Lovech	£500,000	[18]
14 March 2001	DF	Hayden Foxe	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Free transfer	[19]

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee	Notes
2 June 2000	DF	Stephen Purches	Bournemouth	Free transfer
23 June 2000	FW	Emmanuel Omoyinmi	Oxford United	Free transfer
23 June 2000	GK	Ian Feuer	Wimbledon	Free transfer
27 July 2000	DF	Neil Ruddock	Crystal Palace	Signed	[20]
7 August 2000	FW	Gary Alexander	Swindon Town	£200,000
7 August 2000	FW	Paulo Wanchope	Manchester City	£3,650,000	[21]
26 November 2000	DF	Rio Ferdinand	Leeds United	£18,000,000	[22]
29 November 2000	MF	Daniel Sjölund	Liverpool	£1,000,000	[23]
22 March 2001	MF	Tom Williams	Peterborough United	Free transfer
22 March 2001	GK	Alex O'Reilly	Bristol Rovers	Monthly
10 May 2001	MF	Jimmy Bullard	Peterborough United	Free transfer

Transfers in: £7,050,000

Transfers out: £22,850,000

Total spending: £15,800,000

Statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Shaka Hislop	34	0	4	0	4	0	42	0	1	0
2	DF	Gary Charles	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
3	DF	Stuart Pearce	34	2	4	1	4	0	42	3	11	1
4	DF	Steve Potts	2+6	0	0	0	2+1	0	4+7	0	0	0
5	DF	Igor Štimac	19	0	2	0	3	0	24	0	3	1
6	DF	Hayden Foxe	3+2	0	0	0	0	0	3+2	0	2	0
7	DF	Christian Dailly	11+1	0	3	0	0	0	14+1	0	4	0
7	MF	Marc Keller	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
8	MF	Trevor Sinclair	19	3	1	0	3	0	23	3	0	0
9	FW	Davor Šuker	7+4	2	0	0	1+1	1	8+5	3	5	0
10	FW	Paolo Di Canio	31	9	3	1	3	1	37	11	7	0
11	MF	Steve Lomas	20	1	0	0	3	1	23	2	4	0
12	FW	Paul Kitson	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0
14	FW	Frédéric Kanouté	32	11	4	3	3	0	39	14	5	0
15	DF	Rio Ferdinand	12	0	2	0	0	0	14	0	0	0
15	DF	Rigobert Song	18+1	0	1	0	1	0	20+1	0	2	0
16	MF	John Moncur	6+10	0	0	0	0+1	0	6+11	0	5	0
17	DF	Nigel Winterburn	33	1	4	0	3	0	40	1	7	0
18	MF	Frank Lampard	30	7	4	1	3	1	37	9	3	0
19	DF	Ian Pearce	13+2	1	0+1	0	1	0	14+3	1	0	0
20	DF	Scott Minto	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
21	MF	Michael Carrick	32+1	1	4	0	4	0	40+1	1	2	0
22	GK	Craig Forrest	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	3+1	0	0	0
24	MF	Christian Bassila	0+3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+4	0	0	0
25	FW	Kaba Diawara	6+5	0	0	0	0	0	6+5	0	0	0
26	MF	Joe Cole	24+6	5	4	0	2	0	30+6	5	5	0
28	DF	Hannu Tihinen	5+3	0	2	0	0	0	7+3	0	1	0
29	FW	Titi Camara	5+1	0	1	0	0	0	6+1	0	1	0
30	DF	Javier Margas	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	0
30	DF	Sébastien Schemmel	10+2	0	3	0	0	0	13+2	0	1	0
32	GK	Stephen Bywater	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
35	FW	Jermain Defoe	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	1	0+2	1	0	0
36	DF	Ragnvald Soma	2+2	0	0+1	0	0	0	2+3	0	0	0
37	FW	Svetoslav Todorov	2+6	1	0+1	1	0	0	2+7	2	1	0
45	MF	Grant McCann	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0

References

1. "Cash row key to Redknapp exit". BBC Sport. 12 May 2001. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
2. "Roeder confirmed as West Ham boss". BBC Sport. 14 June 2001. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
3. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/west-ham-united/2000-2001/results
4. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2000-2001/faprem/westham.htm
5. Hislop was born in Hackney, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but was raised in Trinidad and Tobago and made his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 1999.
6. Potts was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the United States.
7. Lomas was born in Hanover, Germany, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1994.
8. Kanouté was born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Mali internationally through his father and made his international debut for Mali in 2004.
9. Newton was born in Ascot, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally and made his international debut for Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2004.
10. Byrne was born in Taplow, England, but qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and has represented them at U-16 and U-21 level.
11. Rıza was born in Edmonton, England, but qualified to represent Turkey internationally and has represented them at A2 level.
12. "Winterburn signs for Hammers". BBC News. 22 June 2000. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
13. "Suker becomes a Hammer". BBC Sport. 28 June 2000. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
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