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, brought on by the expansion of the league from ten to twelve teams.
Summary Dundee United played a total of 46 competitive matches during the 2000–01 season. The team finished eleventh in the Scottish Premier League.
In the cup competitions, United were knocked out of the League Cup at the semi-finals stage, losing to Rangers. Celtic knocked United out of the Scottish Cup at the semi-final stage. Both matches finished 1–0.
The club's playing kits were sponsored by Telewest for a fifth season.
Of Derek Lilley's six league goals, only one - in the 3–1 defeat at Dunfermline Athletic - failed to achieve points for United.
Sixteen players were signed during the 2000–01 season, with a total transfer cost of around £350,000. In addition, one player was signed on loan. Sixteen players left the club during the season with only one transfer - Scott McCulloch to Cardiff City - bringing in a fee of £100k.
Alex Smith would pick up the manager of the month award for March and May 2001 as United results meant they moved clear of the relegation zone.
Results and fixtures All results are written with Dundee United's score first.
Scottish Premier League
DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 30 July 2000 CelticH1–211,761McCracken 5 August 2000 HibernianA0–39,541 12 August 2000 MotherwellH1–16,201Paterson 19 August 2000 St JohnstoneH1–26,636Aljofree 26 August 2000 Dunfermline AthleticA0–14,980 9 September 2000 KilmarnockA0–16,380 16 September 2000 St MirrenH0–05,943 20 September 2000 DundeeA0–39,838 23 September 2000 AberdeenH3–57,699Easton, McConalogue, Hannah 1 October 2000 RangersA0–344,324 14 October 2000 Heart of MidlothianH0–47,016 21 October 2000 CelticA1–259,427Own goal 28 October 2000 HibernianH0–18,042 4 November 2000 MotherwellA1–26,864Naveda 11 November 2000 DundeeH0–211,454 18 November 2000 St JohnstoneA0–14,295 25 November 2000 Dunfermline AthleticH3–26,012O'Connor, Easton, Miller 28 November 2000 KilmarnockH0–15,497 5 December 2000 St MirrenA1–14,685Naveda 17 December 2000 RangersH1–110,750Lilley 23 December 2000 Heart of MidlothianA1–312,128Aljofree 26 December 2000 CelticH0–412,306 30 December 2000 HibernianA0–110,197 2 January 2001 MotherwellH2–06,311Easton, Hamilton 31 January 2001 DundeeA3–2 11,724Davidson, Easton, Lauchlan 3 February 2001 St JohnstoneH1–1 6,482Miller 10 February 2001 Dunfermline AthleticA1–3 5,180Lilley 24 February 2001 KilmarnockA0–06,227 3 March 2001 St MirrenH4–08,334Miller, Hannah, Lilley, Hamilton 17 March 2001 AberdeenH1–18,472Miller 31 March 2001 RangersA2–048,382Thompson, Lilley 4 April 2001 AberdeenA1–49,962Griffin 7 April 2001 Heart of MidlothianH1–17,242Thompson 23 April 2001 St MirrenA1–26,473Thompson 28 April 2001 MotherwellH1–05,928Buchan 6 May 2001 Dunfermline AthleticH1–06,679Thompson 12 May 2001 St JohnstoneA3–26,748Miller, Easton, Lilley 20 May 2001 AberdeenA2–111,633Venetis, Lilley
Scottish Cup
DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 27 January 2001 Third round MontroseA2–02,592Lauchlan (2) 17 February 2001 Fourth round MotherwellA2–06,186Miller, Easton 11 March 2001 Quarter–finals RangersH1–011,793Hannah 15 April 2001 Semi–finals CelticN1–338,699
Scottish League Cup
DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 22 August 2000 Second round Alloa AthleticA3–01,088McConalogue (3) 5 September 2000 Third round AirdrieoniansA0-05,018 31 October 2000 Quarter–finals RangersA0–230,966 United beat Airdrieonians 4–3 on penalties
Player statistics 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.
Goalscorers Seventeen players scored for the United first team with the team scoring 46 goals in total. Derek Lilley was the top goalscorer, scoring seven goals. NameLeagueCupsTotal61 751 651 64 413 421 312 32 22 22 21 11 11 11 11 11 11 1
Discipline During the 2000–01 season, six United players were sent off, and 24 players received at least one yellow card. In total, the team received seven dismissals and 79 cautions. NameCautionsDismissals 5 2 7 1 7 1 6 1 4 1 1 8 8 6 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Team statistics
League table
Transfers
In Date Player From Fee (£) 25 July 2000 Darlington £175,000 21 August 2000 Bradford City Nominal 25 August 2000 Al Wasl Free 22 September 2000 Motagua Unknown Unknown Unknown 30 September 2000 Sanremese Free 30 September 2000 Real España Free 27 October 2000 Kilmarnock £100,000 3 November 2000 Watford Free 3 November 2000 Hapoel Jerusalem Free 10 November 2000 Crystal Palace Free 14 December 2000 Oxford United £80,000 25 January 2001 Raúl Sánchez Barcelona Free 30 March 2001 Airdrieonians Free Free
Out Date Player To Fee 1 September 2000 Cardiff City £100,000 25 September 2000 York City Free 25 October 2000 BSV Bad Bleiberg Free Sanremese Free Real España Free Platense Free 31 October 2000 Olimpia Free 6 December 2000 Sedan Free Nice Free 7 December 2000 York City Free 12 December 2000 Persma Manado Free 23 January 2001 Plymouth Argyle Nominal 21 March 2001 Rochester Rhinos Free 3 April 2001 Raúl Sánchez Unknown Free 20 May 2001 Livingston Free Free
Loans in Date Player To Until 1 October 2000 Wimbledon 3 May 2001
Loans out Date Player To Until 20 November 2000 Plymouth Argyle 20 January 2001 4 January 2001 Greenock Morton 2 March 2001 Forfar Athletic 10 February 2001 5 January 2001 Greenock Morton 31 January 2001 15 January 2001 Portadown 6 May 2001 28 February 2001 Alloa Athletic
See also 2000–01 Scottish Premier League 2000–01 Scottish Cup 2000–01 in Scottish football
References
External links Soccerbase Results Squad stats Transfers United goals 2000–01