During the 2000–01 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the FA Premier League.
Season summary A superb start to the season saw Leicester City begin October on top of the league just four months after the appointment of Peter Taylor as Martin O'Neill's successor - they had not occupied top place since 1963. Two weeks later, they surrendered their lead to Manchester United but were still in the top four by Christmas. By the midway point of the league season, the Foxes were third in the table with 35 points.
However, their impressive league form soon wore off, and they would only collect another 13 points in the second half of the season. Notably, an upset to Division Two underdogs Wycombe Wanderers in the FA Cup quarter-final midway through March had a negative effect on the Foxes, who endured 9 defeats and attained one win from their final 10 games, collecting only 3 points from a possible 30 and losing 8 consecutive league games. This slump dragged them down to 13th place - their lowest finish since winning promotion to the FA Premier League back in 1996. Several high-profile end-of-season signings - including that of Chelsea legend Dennis Wise - gave fans hope that Leicester could regain their form and rejoin the challenge for honours in 2001–02.
November saw the announcement of plans to relocate to a new 32,000-seat stadium at a site adjacent to Filbert Street, with a targeted completion for the start of the 2003–04 season. Later in the season, it was announced that Leicester would only have to spend one more season at Filbert Street before they could move into their new home.
Final league table
Results summary
Results by round
Results Leicester City's score comes first
Legend WinDrawLoss
Pre-season
FA Premier League
FA Cup
League Cup
UEFA Cup
First-team squad Squad at end of season
Left club during season
Reserve squad
Staff {|class="wikitable" |- !Position !Staff |- ||President|| Terence Shipman |- ||Director & Chairman|| John Elsom |- ||Director|| Martin George |- |Chief operating officer & finance director|| Steve Kind |- |First-team manager|| Peter Taylor |- |First-team coach|| Steve Butler |- |Goalkeeping coach|| Jim McDonagh |- |Reserve team coach|| Garry Parker |- |Head academy coach|| Steve Beaglehole |- |Head academy goalkeeping coach|| Richard Hartis |- |rowspan="3"|Physiotherapists|| Ian Andrews |- | Dave Rennie |- | Mick Yeoman |- |Football coordinator|| Colin Murphy |- |Club doctor|| Ian Patchett |- |Academy head of recruitment|| Mick Raynor |- |Youth Academy director|| Alan Hill |- |rowspan="2"|Youth Academy Assistant Directors|| Jon Rudkin |- | Daral Pugh
Transfers
In DatePosNameFromFeeRef4 July 2000DF Gary RowettBirmingham City£3,000,0007 July 2000DF Callum DavidsonBlackburn Rovers£1,750,00011 July 2000GK Simon RoyceCharlton AthleticFree transfer12 July 2000FW Trevor BenjaminCambridge United£1,500,00025 July 2000FW Ade AkinbiyiWolverhampton Wanderers£5,000,0001 September 2000FW Richard CresswellSheffield Wednesday£750,00024 October 2000DF Damien DelaneyCork City£50,00014 December 2000MF Matt JonesLeeds United£3,000,00019 January 2001FW Dean SturridgeDerby County£350,0006 February 2001FW Kevin EllisonAltrincham£50,00015 March 2001MF Junior LewisGillingham£150,00022 March 2001DF Lee MarshallNorwich City£600,00029 March 2001DF Ashley LythScarborough£100,000
Out DatePosNameToFeeRef1 June 2000MF Theodoros ZagorakisAEK AthensFree transfer1 July 2000GK Pegguy ArphexadLiverpoolFree transfer1 August 2000FW Ian MarshallBolton WanderersFree transfer10 August 2000MF Graham FentonStoke CityMonthly10 September 2000FW Tony CotteeNorwich CityFree transfer15 September 2000DF Steve WalshNorwich CitySigned26 October 2000FW Stan CollymoreBradford CityFree transfer8 December 2000MF Neil LennonCeltic£5,750,00022 December 2000FW Stuart WilsonCambridge UnitedFree transfer23 March 2001DF Phil GilchristWest Bromwich Albion£500,000
Transfers in: £16,300,000 Transfers out: £6,250,000 Total spending: £10,050,000
Loan in
DatePosPlayerClubEndRef 27 October 2000 MF Billy McKinlay Blackburn Rovers 5 November 2000 30 January 2001 MF Junior Lewis Gillingham 14 March 2001 18 January 2001 FW Roberto Mancini Lazio End of the season
Loan out
DatePosPlayerClubReturnRef 15 September 2000 FW Lawrie Dudfield Lincoln City 15 October 2000 15 September 2000 MF Stuart Campbell Grimsby Town 7 May 2001 4 December 2000 FW Lawrie Dudfield Chesterfield 7 March 2001 9 March 2001 FW Richard Cresswell Preston North End End of the season
Statistics
Appearances, goals and cards (Starting appearances + substitute appearances) Players with squad numbers struck through and marked left the club during the playing season. Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Leicester. No.Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupUEFA CupTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GK Tim Flowers220000020240102DF Gary Rowett382411020453403DF Frank Sinclair14+3010100016+30404DF Gerry Taggart2422000212831115DF Steve Walsh0+100000000+10006MF Muzzy Izzet277330+102132+111507MF Matt Jones10+1030000013+10017MF Neil Lennon150001020180308MF Robbie Savage334400020394909FW Darren Eadie16+820+10102019+925010FW Stan Collymore1+4100000+101+511010*FW Roberto Mancini3+101000004+100011MF Steve Guppy17+11130102023+1111012GK Simon Royce16+3040100021+300013FW Arnar Gunnlaugsson3+1430+31100+104+1840014MF Callum Davidson25+3120100+1028+413115DF Phil Gilchrist6+601+1010008+701017MF Stefan Oakes5+801+2000006+1001018DF Matt Elliott342400+102040+125020FW Trevor Benjamin7+1411+200+10008+1712021*MF Billy McKinlay00001000100021FW Dean Sturridge12+1321000014+144022FW Ade Akinbiyi33+4941002039+4101023FW Richard Cresswell3+500+21100+204+911024MF Andrew Impey29+4030002034+402025MF Junior Lewis1500000001501026DF Lee Marshall7+200000007+200027FW Tony Cottee0+200000000+200029DF Damien Delaney3+201+1000004+301035FW Kevin Ellison0+100000000+1000
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