The 2000–01 season was Chelsea F.C.'s 87th competitive season, ninth consecutive season in the FA Premier League and 95th year as a club.
Season summary A slow start to the season cost manager Gianluca Vialli his job, despite having won five trophies since his appointment in February 1998. The last of these trophies came at the start of the season when they defeated Manchester United 2–0 in the Charity Shield to win the last-ever club game at the pre-redevelopment Wembley. Vialli's successor was Claudio Ranieri, who guided the club to sixth place in the final table and attained automatic qualification for the UEFA Cup.
The biggest success of the season was the effectiveness of club record signing Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, who found the net 23 times in 35 Premiership games in a partnership with Chelsea's 34-year-old Italian superstar, Gianfranco Zola, who found the net on 9 occasions.
Team kit The team kit was produced by Umbro and the shirt sponsor was Autoglass. Chelsea's home kit was all blue with a white trimmed collar. The club's third kit for this season was orange with blue shorts and accents.
Final league table
Results summary
Results by round
Results
Charity Shield
Premier League
UEFA Cup
First round
FA Cup
Worthington Cup
First team squad Squad at end of season
Left club during season
Reserve squad
Transfers
In #PosPlayerFromFeeDate9 CF Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Atlético Madrid £15,000,000 31 May 200022 CF Eiður Guðjohnsen Bolton Wanderers £4,000,000 19 June 200012 MF Mario Stanić Parma £5,600,000 28 June 200023 GK Carlo Cudicini Castel di Sangro Free 3 July 20007 DF Winston Bogarde Barcelona Free 31 August 200010 MF Slaviša Jokanović Deportivo £1,700,000 10 October 200030 MF Jesper Grønkjær Ajax £7,800,000 29 December 200031 GK Mark Bosnich Manchester United Free 18 January 2001
Out #PosPlayerToFeeDate9 FW Chris Sutton Celtic £6,000,000 10 July 20007 MF Didier Deschamps Valencia £2,300,000 28 July 200019 FW Tore Andre Flo Rangers £12,000,000 23 November 2000 Total spending: £34,100,000 Total income: £20,000,000 Overall loss/gain: £14,100,000
Statistics
Statistics taken from . Squad details and shirt numbers from and .
References
External links Chelsea FC Official Website Chelsea FC on Soccerbase Chelsea FC on BBC