- 2000–01 Manchester United F.C. season
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Manchester United 2000–01 season Chairman 
Martin EdwardsManager 
Sir Alex FergusonFA Premier League 1st FA Cup Fourth Round League Cup Fourth Round Charity Shield Runners-up UEFA Champions League Quarter-finals Top goalscorer League:
Teddy Sheringham (15)
All:
Teddy Sheringham (21)Highest home attendance 67,637 vs Coventry City (14 April 2001) Lowest home attendance 62,749 vs Anderlecht (13 September 2000) Average home attendance 67,070 
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Third colours← 1999–2000 2001–02 → The 2000–01 season was Manchester United's ninth season in the Premier League, and their 26th consecutive season in the top division of English football.[1] United won the Premier League for the third successive season and the seventh time since its inauguration in 1993. They were less successful in cup competitions, going out in the fourth round of the FA Cup, the fourth round of the League Cup and the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
New goalkeeper Fabien Barthez was an instant success, and previous first choice goalkeeper Mark Bosnich failed to feature in the first team in 2000–01, opting to join Chelsea on a free transfer in January, despite equally limited first team opportunities at Stamford Bridge. Veteran striker Teddy Sheringham had an excellent season, topping the club's goalscoring charts and gaining both the PFA and FWA player of the year awards. However, the arrival of Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy from PSV Eindhoven at the end of the season prompted Sheringham to return to Tottenham on a free transfer. Also on his way out of the Old Trafford exit door was Henning Berg, who was loaned to his old club Blackburn just after the start of the season, and moved on a permanent contract in December, joining former United players John Curtis and Mark Hughes in Blackburn's successful campaign that saw them promoted back to the Premier League after a two-year exile.
Winger Ryan Giggs celebrated 10 years as a professional with United before Christmas.
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Pre-season friendlies
Date Opponents H / A Result F – A
Scorers Attendance 29 July 2000 York City A 2 – 0 Keane (2) 52', 61' 9,003 30 July 2000 Shrewsbury Town A 8 – 1 Butt 3', Solskjær (2) 10', 37', Sheringham 49', Clegg 58', Fortune (2) 62' pen.), 68', Healy 79' 8,000 4 August 2000 Real Madrid N 1 – 0 Solskjær 90' 39,000 5 August 2000 Bayern Munich A 1 – 3 Fortune 85' 43,000 9 August 2000 Birkirkara N 5 – 1 Beckham 17', Yorke 47', Solskjær (2) 52', 73', Scholes 70' 7,614 16 August 2000 Manchester City H 2 – 0 Sheringham 36', Cole 85' 45,158 15 May 2001 Celtic A 2 – 0 Silvestre 15', Djordjic 88' 57,268 FA Charity Shield
Main article: 2000 FA Charity ShieldDate Opponents H / A Result F – A
Scorers Attendance 13 August 2000 Chelsea N 0 – 2 65,148 Premier League
Date Opponents H / A Result F – A
Scorers Attendance League position
20 August 2000 Newcastle United H 2 – 0 Johnsen 20', Cole 69' 67,477 22 August 2000 Ipswich Town A 1 – 1 Beckham 39' 22,007 26 August 2000 West Ham United A 2 – 2 Beckham 6', Cole 49' 25,998 5th 5 September 2000 Bradford City H 6 – 0 Cole 11', Fortune (2) 23', 60', Sheringham (2) 71', 81', Beckham 85' 67,447 9 September 2000 Sunderland H 3 – 0 Scholes (2) 14', 82', Sheringham 76' 67,503 16 September 2000 Everton A 3 – 1 Butt 26', Giggs 29', Solskjær 38' 38,541 23 September 2000 Chelsea H 3 – 3 Scholes 14', Sheringham 37', Beckham 39' 67,568 1st 1 October 2000 Arsenal A 0 – 1 38,146 14 October 2000 Leicester City A 3 – 0 Sheringham (2) 37', 54', Solskjær 90' 22,132 21 October 2000 Leeds United H 3 – 0 Yorke 40', Beckham 50', Jones 82' (o.g.) 67,523 28 October 2000 Southampton H 5 – 0 Cole (2) 9', 73', Sheringham (3) 45', 51', 55' 67,581 1st 4 November 2000 Coventry City A 2 – 1 Cole 27', Beckham 37' 21,079 11 November 2000 Middlesbrough H 2 – 1 Butt 62', Sheringham 65' 67,576 18 November 2000 Manchester City A 1 – 0 Beckham 2' 34,429 25 November 2000 Derby County A 3 – 0 Sheringham 61', Butt 69', Yorke 76' 32,910 1st 2 December 2000 Tottenham Hotspur H 2 – 0 Scholes 40', Solskjær 84' 67,583 9 December 2000 Charlton Athletic A 3 – 3 Giggs 42', Solskjær 43', Keane 66' 20,043 17 December 2000 Liverpool H 0 – 1 67,533 23 December 2000 Ipswich Town H 2 – 0 Solskjær (2) 20', 32' 67,597 26 December 2000 Aston Villa A 1 – 0 Solskjær 85' 40,889 30 December 2000 Newcastle United A 1 – 1 Beckham 25' (pen.) 52,134 1st 1 January 2001 West Ham United H 3 – 1 Solskjær 3', Pearce 33' (o.g.), Yorke 57' 67,603 13 January 2001 Bradford City A 3 – 0 Sheringham 72', Giggs 75', Chadwick 87' 20,551 20 January 2001 Aston Villa H 2 – 0 G. Neville 57', Sheringham 87' 67,533 31 January 2001 Sunderland A 1 – 0 Cole 46' 48,260 1st 3 February 2001 Everton H 1 – 0 Watson 52' (o.g.) 67,528 10 February 2001 Chelsea A 1 – 1 Cole 69' 34,960 25 February 2001 Arsenal H 6 – 1 Yorke (3) 3', 18', 22', Keane 26', Solskjær 38', Sheringham 90' 67,535 1st 3 March 2001 Leeds United A 1 – 1 Chadwick 64' 40,055 17 March 2001 Leicester City H 2 – 0 Yorke 88', Silvestre 90' 67,516 31 March 2001 Liverpool A 0 – 2 44,806 1st 10 April 2001 Charlton Athletic H 2 – 1 Cole 45', Solskjær 82' 67,505 14 April 2001 Coventry City H 4 – 2 Yorke (2) 13', 28', Giggs 81', Scholes 87' 67,637 21 April 2001 Manchester City H 1 – 1 Sheringham 71' 67,535 28 April 2001 Middlesbrough A 2 – 0 P. Neville 4', Beckham 84' 34,417 1st 5 May 2001 Derby County H 0 – 1 67,526 13 May 2001 Southampton A 1 – 2 Giggs 71' 15,526 19 May 2001 Tottenham Hotspur A 1 – 3 Scholes 22' 36,072 1st Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts 1 Manchester United 38 24 8 6 79 31 +48 80 2 Arsenal 38 20 10 8 63 38 +25 70 3 Liverpool 38 20 9 9 71 39 +32 69 Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
FA Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Result F – A
Scorers Attendance 7 January 2001 Round 3 Fulham A 2 – 1 Solskjær 8', Sheringham 89' 19,178 28 January 2001 Round 4 West Ham United H 0 – 1 67,029 Worthington Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Result F – A
Scorers Attendance 31 October 2000 Round 3 Watford A 3 – 0 Solskjær (2) 12', 81', Yorke 54' 18,871 28 November 2000 Round 4 Sunderland A 1 – 2
(a.e.t.)Yorke 31' 47,543 Champions League
Group stage
Date Opponents H / A Result F – A
Scorers Attendance Group position
13 September 2000 RSC Anderlecht H 5 – 1 Cole (3) 15', 50', 72', Irwin 31' (pen.), Sheringham 42' 62,749 1st 19 September 2000 Dynamo Kiev A 0 – 0 65,000 1st 26 September 2000 PSV Eindhoven A 1 – 3 Scholes 2' (pen.) 30,500 2nd 18 October 2000 PSV Eindhoven H 3 – 1 Sheringham 8', Scholes 82', Yorke 87' 66,313 1st 22 October 2000 RSC Anderlecht A 1 – 2 Irwin 36' (pen.) 22,506 3rd 8 November 2000 Dynamo Kiev H 1 – 0 Sheringham 18' 66,776 2nd Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 
Anderlecht6 4 0 2 11 14 −3 12 Manchester United6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 10 
PSV Eindhoven6 3 0 3 9 9 0 9 
Dynamo Kyiv6 1 1 4 7 8 −1 4 Second group stage
Date Opponents H / A Result F – A
Scorers Attendance Group position
21 November 2000 Panathinaikos H 3 – 1 Sheringham 48', Scholes (2) 81', 90' 65,024 1st 6 December 2000 SK Sturm Graz A 2 – 0 Scholes 18', Giggs 89' 16,500 1st 14 February 2001 Valencia CF A 0 – 0 49,541 1st 20 February 2001 Valencia CF H 1 – 1 Cole 12' 66,715 1st 7 March 2001 Panathinaikos A 1 – 1 Scholes 90' 27,231 2nd 13 March 2001 SK Sturm Graz H 3 – 0 Butt 5', Sheringham 20', Keane 86' 66,404 2nd Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 
Valencia6 3 3 0 10 2 +8 12 Manchester United6 3 3 0 10 3 +7 12 
Sturm Graz6 2 0 4 4 13 −9 6 
Panathinaikos6 0 2 4 4 10 −6 2 Knock-out stage
Date Round Opponents H / A Result F – A
Scorers Attendance 3 April 2001 Quarter-final
First legFC Bayern Munich H 0 – 1 66,584 18 April 2001 Quarter-final
Second legFC Bayern Munich A 1 – 2 Giggs 49' 60,000 Squad statistics
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup Worthington Cup Europe Other Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 GK 
Fabien Barthez30 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 1 0 44 0 2 DF Gary Neville32 1 2 0 0 0 14 0 1 0 49 1 3 DF 
Denis Irwin20(1) 0 1 0 0 0 7 2 1 0 29(1) 2 4 DF David May1(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0 5 DF 
Ronny Johnsen11 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 17 1 6 DF Jaap Stam15 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0(1) 0 22(1) 0 7 MF David Beckham29(2) 9 2 0 0 0 11(1) 0 1 0 43(3) 9 8 MF Nicky Butt24(4) 3 2 0 0 0 8(3) 1 0 0 34(7) 4 9 FW Andy Cole15(4) 9 1 0 0 0 10 4 0(1) 0 26(5) 13 10 FW Teddy Sheringham23(6) 15 1(1) 1 0 0 8(3) 5 1 0 33(10) 21 11 MF 
Ryan Giggs24(7) 5 2 0 0 0 9(2) 2 1 0 36(9) 7 12 DF Phil Neville24(5) 1 1 0 2 0 4(2) 0 0 0 31(7) 1 13 GK 
Mark Bosnich0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 GK Andy Goram2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 MF 
Jesper Blomqvist0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 MF Roy Keane (c)28 2 2 0 0 0 13 1 1 0 44 3 17 GK Raimond van der Gouw5(5) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 10(5) 0 18 MF Paul Scholes28(4) 6 0 0 0 0 12 6 1 0 40(4) 12 19 FW 
Dwight Yorke15(7) 9 1(1) 0 2 2 7(4) 1 0(1) 0 25(13) 12 20 FW Ole Gunnar Solskjær19(12) 10 1(1) 1 2 2 3(8) 0 1 0 26(21) 13 21 DF Henning Berg0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 22 DF Ronnie Wallwork4(8) 0 0(1) 0 2 0 0(1) 0 0 0 6(10) 0 23 DF Michael Clegg0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 24 DF Wes Brown25(3) 0 1 0 1 0 9(2) 0 0 0 36(5) 0 25 MF 
Quinton Fortune6(1) 2 0 0 2 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 8(3) 2 27 DF Mikaël Silvestre25(5) 1 2 0 0 0 13(1) 0 1 0 41(6) 1 28 MF Michael Stewart3 0 0 0 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0 3(2) 0 30 DF John O'Shea0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 32 MF Bojan Djordjic0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 33 GK Paul Rachubka1 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0 34 MF Jonathan Greening3(4) 0 0 0 2 0 1(1) 0 0 0 6(5) 0 35 FW 
David Healy0(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0 36 MF Luke Chadwick6(10) 2 0(1) 0 2 0 1(2) 0 0 0 9(13) 2 37 FW Danny Webber0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 Transfers
On the way out of United during the summer were defender Danny Higginbotham, goalkeeper Massimo Taibi, midfielder Jordi Cruyff, and forward Alex Notman. Higginbotham left United for Derby County after three years to fulfil his desire to play more first team football, Taibi signed for Reggina Calcio after he had been on loan at the club during the second half of the 1999–2000 season, Cruyff signed for Deportivo Alavés after his United contract had expired, and Notman, who had never played a Premier League match for United, signed for Norwich City, where he would remain for three years.
No players arrived at United throughout the whole 2000–01 season.
Leaving United during the winter were Norwegian defender Henning Berg, who signed for Blackburn Rovers for a fee of £1.75 million, Northern Irish forward David Healy, who signed for Preston North End for a fee of £1.5 million, and Australian goalkeeper Mark Bosnich, who signed for Chelsea on a free transfer after United had signed Fabien Barthez in the 2000 close season. Forward Teddy Sheringham left United to rejoin Tottenham Hotspur on 26 May.
Out
Date Pos. Name To Fee 5 July 2000 DF Danny HigginbothamDerby County £2m 8 July 2000 GK 
Massimo Taibi Reggina Calcio£2.5m 10 July 2000 MF Jordi Cruyff Deportivo AlavésFree 28 November 2000 FW Alex NotmanNorwich City £250k 15 December 2000 DF Henning BergBlackburn Rovers £1.75m 3 January 2001 FW David HealyPreston North End £1.5m 18 January 2001 GK Mark BosnichChelsea Free 26 May 2001 FW Teddy SheringhamTottenham Hotspur Free Loan in
Date from Date to Position Name From 22 March 2001 31 May 2001 GK Andy Goram MotherwellSee also
References
- ^ "Manchester United Season 2000/01". StretfordEnd.co.uk. http://www.stretfordend.co.uk/seasons/season2001.html. Retrieved 8 October 2007.
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