- 2000–01 Dundee United F.C. season
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Dundee United F.C. 2000–01 season Chairman Jim McLean (until 2000-10-14)
Doug Smith (from 2000-10-17)Manager Paul Sturrock (until 2000-08-07)
Alex Smith (from 2000-08-08 as caretaker)
Alex Smith (from 2000-08-30)Bank of Scotland Premierleague 11th
W:9 D:8 L:21 F:38 A:63 P:35Tennent's Scottish Cup Semi-finals CIS Insurance Cup Quarter-finals Top goalscorer League: Derek Lilley (6)
All: Derek Lilley (7)Highest home attendance 12,306 (vs Celtic, 26 Dec) Lowest home attendance 5,497 (vs Kilmarnock, 28 Nov) ← 1999–00 2001–02 → The 2000–01 season was the 92nd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 2000-07-01 to 2001-06-30. United finished in eleventh place in the Scottish Premier League, in the first year of the league split, forced by the expansion to twelve teams.
United were knocked out of both domestic cup competitions by the Old Firm - to Rangers in the CIS Insurance Cup quarter-finals and to eventual winners Celtic in the Tennent's Scottish Cup semi-finals.
Contents
Review and events
Match results
Dundee United played a total of 46 competitive matches during the 2000–01 season.[1] The team finished eleventh in the Scottish Premier League.
In the cup competitions, United were knocked out of the CIS Cup at the semi-finals stage, losing to Rangers. Celtic knocked United out of the Tennent's Scottish Cup at the semi-final stage. Both matches finished 1–0.
Legend
Win Draw Loss All results are written with Dundee United's score first.
Bank of Scotland Premierleague
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 30 Jul 2000 Celtic H 1-2 11,761 McCracken 05 Aug 2000 Hibernian A 0-3 9,541 12 Aug 2000 Motherwell H 1-1 6,201 Paterson 19 Aug 2000 St. Johnstone H 1-2 6,636 Aljofree 26 Aug 2000 Dunfermline A 0-1 4,980 09 Sep 2000 Kilmarnock A 0-1 6,380 16 Sep 2000 St. Mirren H 0-0 5,943 20 Sep 2000 Dundee A 0-3 9,838 23 Sep 2000 Aberdeen H 3-5 7,699 Easton, McConalogue, Hannah 01 Oct 2000 Rangers A 0-3 44,324 14 Oct 2000 Hearts H 0-4 7,016 21 Oct 2000 Celtic A 1-2 59,427 Own goal 28 Oct 2000 Hibernian H 0-1 8,042 04 Nov 2000 Motherwell A 1-2 6,864 Naveda 11 Nov 2000 Dundee H 0-2 11,454 18 Nov 2000 St. Johnstone A 0-1 4,295 25 Nov 2000 Dunfermline H 3-2 6,012 O'Connor, Easton, Miller 28 Nov 2000 Kilmarnock H 0-1 5,497 05 Dec 2000 St. Mirren A 1-1 4,685 Naveda 17 Dec 2000 Rangers H 1-1 10,750 Lilley 23 Dec 2000 Hearts A 1-3 12,128 Aljofree 26 Dec 2000 Celtic H 0-4 12,306 30 Dec 2000 Hibernian A 0-1 10,197 02 Jan 2001 Motherwell H 2-0 6,311 Easton, Hamilton 31 Jan 2001 Dundee A 3-2 11,724 Davidson, Easton, Lauchlan 03 Feb 2001 St. Johnstone H 1-1 6,482 Miller 10 Feb 2001 Dunfermline A 1-3 5,180 Lilley 24 Feb 2001 Kilmarnock A 0-0 6,227 03 Mar 2001 St. Mirren H 4-0 8,334 Miller, Hannah, Lilley, Hamilton 17 Mar 2001 Aberdeen H 1-1 8,472 Miller 31 Mar 2001 Rangers A 2-0 48,382 Thompson, Lilley 04 Apr 2001 Aberdeen A 1-4 9,962 Griffin 07 Apr 2001 Hearts H 1-1 7,242 Thompson 23 Apr 2001 St. Mirren A 1-2 6,473 Thompson 28 Apr 2001 Motherwell H 1-0 5,928 Buchan 6 May 2001 Dunfermline H 1-0 6,679 Thompson 12 May 2001 St. Johnstone A 3-2 6,748 Miller, Easton, Lilley 20 May 2001 Aberdeen A 2-1 11,633 Venetis, Lilley Tennent's Scottish Cup
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 27 Jan 2001 Montrose A 2–0 2,592 Lauchlan (2) 17 Feb 2001 Motherwell A 2–0 6,186 Miller, Easton 11 Mar 2001 Rangers H 1–0 11,793 Hannah 15 Apr 2001 Celtic N 1–3 38,699 CIS Insurance Cup
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 22 Aug 2000 Alloa A 3–0 1,088 McConalogue (3) 05 Sep 2000 Airdrieonians A 0-0 5,018 31 Oct 2000 Rangers A 0–2 30,966 United beat Airdrieonians 4-3 on penalties
Player details
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.[2]
No. Nat Pos Player Total Bank of Scotland Premierleague Tennent's Scottish Cup CIS Insurance Cup Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 GK Alan Combe 26 0 23 0 0 0 3 0 2 DF John McQuillan 18 0 15 0 0 0 3 0 3 DF Stephen Wright 7 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 4 MF David Hannah 28 3 23 2 3 1 2 0 5 DF Jason de Vos 40 0 33 0 4 0 3 0 6 MF Joachim Fernandez 7 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 MF Craig Easton 39 6 34 5 4 1 1 0 8 MF Tassos Venetis 15 1 14 1 0 0 1 0 9 FW Alex Mathie 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 9 FW Gustavo Fuentes 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 FW Beto Naveda 14 2 13 2 1 0 0 0 10 FW Alphonse Tchami 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 10 FW Derek Lilley 22 7 18 6 4 1 0 0 11 MF Neil Heaney 14 0 12 0 1 0 1 0 12 MF Stéphane Léoni 7 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 12 FW Paul Robinson 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 13 GK Paul Gallacher 19 0 15 0 4 0 0 0 14 DF Hasney Aljofree 31 2 26 2 2 0 3 0 15 FW Mvondo Atangana 12 0 11 0 0 0 1 0 16 MF Danny Griffin 22 1 18 1 4 0 0 0 17 FW Jim Hamilton 24 2 20 2 3 0 1 0 18 MF Jim Paterson 7 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 19 FW Steven Thompson 37 4 31 4 4 0 2 0 20 DF David Worrell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 DF David Partridge 24 0 19 0 2 0 3 0 22 GK Pat Onstad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 MF Marcelino Galoppo 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 23 DF Jim Lauchlan 28 3 23 1 4 2 1 0 24 MF Jamie Buchan 41 1 35 1 3 0 3 0 25 FW Stephen McConalogue 14 4 11 1 0 0 3 3 26 MF Hugh Davidson 12 1 11 1 0 0 1 0 27 DF Tony Smith 5 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 28 DF John Licina 8 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 29 MF Carlos Marcora 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 MF Francisco Ramírez 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 MF Jamie Fullarton 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 31 FW Sean O'Connor 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 32 DF David McCracken 9 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 33 MF Charlie Miller 28 6 24 5 4 1 0 0 35 MF Kevin McDonald 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 36 MF Darren Brady 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 42 DF Jamie McCunnie 19 0 15 0 4 0 0 0 44 FW David Winters 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 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.[2]
Name League Cups Total Derek Lilley 6 1 7
Craig Easton 5 1 6
Charlie Miller 5 1 6
Steven Thompson 4 4
Stephen McConalogue 1 3 4
David Hannah 2 1 3
Jim Lauchlan 1 2 3
Hasney Aljofree 2 2
Jim Hamilton 2 2
Beto Naveda 2 2
Jamie Buchan 1 1
Hugh Davidson 1 1
Danny Griffin 1 1
David McCracken 1 1
Sean O'Connor 1 1
Jim Paterson 1 1
Tassos Venetis 1 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.[2]
Name Cautions Dismissals Craig Easton 5
2
David Partridge 7
1
Jason de Vos 7
1
Jim Lauchlan 6
1
Derek Lilley 4
1
Stephen Wright 1
David Hannah 8
Charlie Miller 8
Hasney Aljofree 6
John Licina 4
Steven Thompson 4
Jamie Buchan 3
Jim Hamilton 2
Neil Heaney 2
Jim Paterson 2
Alphonse Tchami 2
Alan Combe 1
Hugh Davidson 1
Joachim Fernandez 1
Stephen McConalogue 1
Jamie McCunnie 1
Kevin McDonald 1
John McQuillan 1
Beto Naveda 1
Tassos Venetis 1
Transfers
In
Sixteen players were signed during the 2000–01 season, with a total (public) transfer cost of around £350,000. In addition, one player was signed on loan.
The players that joined Dundee United during the 1999-07 season, along with their previous club, are listed below.
Date Player From Fee (£) 25 Jul 2000 Neil Heaney
Darlington £0,175,000[3] 21 Aug 2000 Stephen Wright
Bradford City Nominal[4] 25 Aug 2000 Alphonse Tchami
Al Wasl Free[4] 22 Sep 2000 Reynaldo Clavasquín
Motagua Unknown[5] 22 Sep 2000 Francisco Ramírez
Motagua Unknown[5] 22 Sep 2000 Gustavo Fuentes
Motagua Unknown[5] 30 Sep 2000 Marcelino Galoppo
Sanremese Released[6] 30 Sep 2000 Carlos Marcora
Real España Released[6] 27 Oct 2000 Jim Lauchlan
Kilmarnock £0,100,000[7] 03 Nov 2000 Charlie Miller
Watford Free[8] 03 Nov 2000 Beto Naveda
Unattached (ex-Hapoel Jerusalem) Free[8] 10 Nov 2000 Jamie Fullarton
Crystal Palace Free[4] 14 Dec 2000 Derek Lilley
Oxford United) £0,080,000[9] 25 Jan 2001 Raúl Sánchez
Barcelona Free[4] 30 Mar 2001 Darren Brady
Unattached (ex-Airdrieonians) Free[10] 30 Mar 2001 David McGuire
Unattached (ex-Airdrieonians) Free[10] Loans in
Date Player To Until 01 Oct 1999 Paul Robinson
Wimbledon 3 May 2001[11][12] Out
Sixteen players left the club during the season with only one transfer - Scott McCulloch to Cardiff City - bringing in a fee (£100k).
Listed below are the players that were released during the season, along with the club that they joined. Players did not necessarily join their next club immediately.
Date Player To Fee 01 Sep 2000 Scott McCulloch
Cardiff City £0,100,000[4] 25 Sep 2000 Alex Mathie
York City Released[13] 25 Oct 2000 Reynaldo Clavasquín
BSV Bad Bleiberg Released[14] 25 Oct 2000 Marcelino Galoppo
Sanremese Released[14] 25 Oct 2000 Carlos Marcora
Real España Released[14] 25 Oct 2000 Francisco Ramírez
Platense Released[14] 31 Oct 2000 Gustavo Fuentes
Club Deportivo Olimpia Released[15] 06 Dec 2000 Stéphane Léoni
Sedan Released[16] 06 Dec 2000 Alphonse Tchami
Unknown Released[16] 07 Dec 2000 Darren Patterson
York City Released[4] 12 Dec 2000 Joachim Fernandez
Persma Manado Released[17] 23 Jan 2001 David Worrell
Plymouth Argyle Nominal[4] 21 Mar 2001 Pat Onstad
Rochester Rhinos Free[18] 03 Apr 2001 Raúl Sánchez
Unknown Released[18] 20 May 2001 Darren Brady
Livingston Released 20 May 2001 David McGuire
Livingston Released Loans out
Date Player To Until 20 Nov 2000 David Worrell
Plymouth Argyle 20 Jan 2001[4] 04 Jan 2001 Stephen McConalogue
Morton 02 Mar 2001[4] 04 Jan 2001 David Winters
Forfar Athletic 10 Feb 2001[4] 05 Jan 2001 Kevin McDonald
Morton 31 Jan 2001[4] 15 Jan 2001 Sean O'Connor
Portadown 6 May 2001[4] 28 Feb 2001 John McQuillan
Alloa Athletic 6 May 2001[4] Playing kit
The jerseys were sponsored for a fifth season by Telewest. The away kit sometimes used the home shorts and socks.
Trivia
- Of Derek Lilley's six league goals, only one - in the 3–1 defeat at Dunfermline - failed to achieve points for United.
Awards
- Alex Smith
- Scottish Premier League Manager of the Month: 2
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- March 2001, May 2001
See also
References
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- ^ a b "Two new faces at Tannadice". BBC Sport website. 2000-11-03. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/1005727.stm.
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- ^ a b "United seek ex-Diamonds duo". Dundee United F.C.. 2001-03-30. http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?tm=3&nID=404&cd=2001&cd1=3.
- ^ "Robinson signs for United on loan". BBC Sport website. 2001-02-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dundee_utd/1311789.stm.
- ^ "Robinson returns to Wimbledon". BBC Sport website. 2001-05-03. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dundee_utd/1311789.stm.
- ^ "Mathie is released by United". BBC Sport website. 2000-09-25. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dundee_utd/941908.stm.
- ^ a b c d "South Americans leave Tannadice". BBC Sport website. 2000-10-25. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dundee_utd/989929.stm.
- ^ "Fuentes joins the United exodus". BBC Sport website. 2000-10-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dundee_utd/1000386.stm.
- ^ a b "United release foreign duo". BBC Sport website. 2000-12-06. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dundee_utd/1058476.stm.
- ^ "Fernandez is freed by United". BBC Sport website. 2000-12-12. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dundee_utd/1067350.stm.
- ^ a b "Pat Onstad a Rhino again". Dundee United F.C.. 2001-03-21. http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?tm=3&nID=554&cd=2001&cd1=3.
External links
- Soccerbase
- United goals 2000–01
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- Scottish football clubs 2000–01 season
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