During the 2000–01 English football season, Derby County competed in the FA Premier League.
Season summary Derby's season started with one defeat and four draws in their first five games during which they scored 11 goals. However, the goals soon dried up and overall, another season of struggle plagued Pride Park, but Jim Smith's men were saved with one week of the season left after a shock 1–0 win over champions Manchester United at Old Trafford as well as Manchester City losing their penultimate game of the season at Ipswich Town. The attention was then quickly focused on improving the squad for 2001–02 in a bid to prevent another relegation battle.
Final league table
Results summary
Results by round
Results Derby County's score comes firstSoccerbase: 2000–01 Derby County results
Legend WinDrawLoss
FA Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 19 August 2000 SouthamptonH2–227,223Strupar, Burton 23 August 2000 Newcastle UnitedA2–351,327Strupar, Johnson 26 August 2000 EvertonA2–234,840Sturridge, Strupar 6 September 2000 MiddlesbroughH3–324,290Christie (2), Strupar 10 September 2000 Charlton AthleticH2–222,310Christie, Valakari 16 September 2000 SunderlandA1–245,343Christie 23 September 2000 Leeds UnitedH1–126,248Kinkladze 30 September 2000 Aston VillaA1–426,534Riggott 15 October 2000 LiverpoolH0–430,532 21 October 2000 Tottenham HotspurA1–334,483Riggott 28 October 2000 Leicester CityA1–220,525Delap 6 November 2000 West Ham UnitedH0–024,621 11 November 2000 ArsenalA0–037,679 18 November 2000 Bradford CityH2–031,614Christie, Delap 25 November 2000 Manchester UnitedH0–332,910 2 December 2000 Ipswich TownA1–022,003Delap 9 December 2000 ChelseaA1–434,317Riggott 16 December 2000 Coventry CityH1–027,869Christie 23 December 2000 Newcastle UnitedH2–029,978Carbonari, Burton 26 December 2000 Manchester CityA0–034,321 30 December 2000 SouthamptonA0–115,075 1 January 2001 EvertonH1–027,358Burton 13 January 2001 MiddlesbroughA0–429,041 20 January 2001 Manchester CityH1–131,174Powell 30 January 2001 Charlton AthleticA1–220,043Burley 3 February 2001 SunderlandH1–029,129Burley 10 February 2001 Leeds UnitedA0–038,789 24 February 2001 Aston VillaH1–027,289Burton (pen) 3 March 2001 Tottenham HotspurH2–129,410Strupar (2, 1 pen) 18 March 2001 LiverpoolA1–143,362Burton 31 March 2001 Coventry CityA0–219,654 7 April 2001 ChelseaH0–429,320 14 April 2001 West Ham UnitedA1–325,319Guðjónsson 16 April 2001 Leicester CityH2–028,387Boertien, Eranio 21 April 2001 Bradford CityA0–218,564 28 April 2001 ArsenalH1–229,567Eranio 5 May 2001 Manchester UnitedA1–067,526Christie 19 May 2001 Ipswich TownH1–133,239Christie
FA Cup
+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR36 January 2001 West Bromwich AlbionH3–219,232Christie (2), EranioR427 January 2001 Blackburn RoversA0–018,858R4R7 February 2001 Blackburn RoversH2–515,203Riggott, Eranio
League Cup
+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st Leg 19 September 2000 West Bromwich AlbionH1–212,183BurtonR2 2nd Leg 26 September 2000 West Bromwich AlbionA4–2 (won 5–4 on agg)19,112Bragstad (2), Riggott, BurleyR31 November 2000 Norwich CityH3–011,273Delap, Burley (pen), ChristieR429 November 2000 FulhamA2–311,761Christie, Powell
Players First-team squad Squad at end of season
Left the club during season
Reserve squad
Transfers
In DatePosNameFromFee1 June 2000MFSimo ValakariMotherwellFree transfer5 July 2000DFDanny HigginbothamManchester United£2,000,00026 July 2000DFBjørn Otto BragstadRosenborg£1,500,0002 August 2000DFYoul MawénéRC Lens£500,0008 August 2000DFCon BlatsisSouth Melbourne£150,0001 November 2000DFLilian MartinMarseilleLoan2 November 2000DFTaribo WestMilanMonthly13 November 2000DFBrian O'NeilVfL WolfsburgSwap1 March 2001MFÞórður GuðjónssonLas PalmasLoan
Out DatePosNameToFee20 May 2000MFMarc Bridge-WilkinsonPort ValeFree transfer6 June 2000GKRichard KnightOxford UnitedFree transfer16 June 2000FWEsteban FuertesRC Lens£2,800,0005 July 2000MFMikkel BeckLille£500,00011 July 2000FWSinclair Le GeytPort ValeFree transfer12 July 2000DFTony DorigoStoke CityFree transfer24 August 2000DFJacob LaursenFC CopenhagenFree transfer13 November 2000DFStefan SchnoorVfL WolfsburgSwap19 January 2001FWDean SturridgeLeicester City£350,00023 January 2001MFLars BohinenLyngby BoldklubFree transfer
Transfers in: £4,150,000 Transfers out: £3,650,000 Total spending: £500,000
Loan in Lilian Martin – Marseille, 1 November Taribo West – A.C. Milan, 2 November, three-month loan (later extended by a further five months on 24 January) Þórður Guðjónsson – Las Palmas, 1 March, three-month loan
Statistics Starting 11 Considering starts in all competitions GK: #1, Mart Poom, 38 RB: #5, Rory Delap, 35 CB: #2, Horacio Carbonari, 31 CB: #21, Chris Riggott, 34 LB: #15, Danny Higginbotham, 28 RM: #6, Craig Burley, 28 CM: #4, Darryl Powell, 30 CM: #7, Seth Johnson, 34 LM: #20, Stefano Eranio, 29 CF: #12, Malcolm Christie, 36 CF: #9, Deon Burton, 29
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