2000–01 Middlesbrough F.C. season

Middlesbrough
Season 2000-01
League	FA Premier League
Manager	Bryan Robson
Chairman	Steve Gibson
League position	14th
Top goalscorer	League: Alen Bokšić (12) All: Alen Bokšić (12)
Highest attendance	Home: 34,696 v Liverpool (Premier League) Away: 67,576 v Manchester United (Premier League)
Lowest attendance	Home: 5,144 v Macclesfield (League Cup) Away: 3,153 v Macclesfield (League Cup)
FA Cup	4th Round
League Cup	Third Round

During the 2000-01 season, Middlesbrough participated in the FA Premier League.

Team Kit and Sponsors

Middlesbrough were again sponsored by BT Cellnet for the 2000-01 season, the team's strip was produced by Errea. The home shirt consisted of a red shirt with white hoop, red shorts and red socks with white trim. The away strip consisted of a black shirt with red and white stripes in the middle, plain black shorts and black socks.^[1]

Home colours

Away colours

Notable events

• Boro only win 2 of their opening 16 games, hitting bottom of the league.

• Boro have to wait until December 16 for their first home win of the season.

• Terry Venables brought in in December to help Bryan Robson. Boro pick up their form, and go on an unbeaten run for 10 league games.

• Middlesbrough knocked out of both domestic cups by Wimbledon

• The good run of form continues to the end of the season and Boro finish 14th. Steve Gibson decides a change of management is needed and Robson leaves the club. Steve McClaren is confirmed as the next manager.

Squad

Senior squad

The following are all the players who were involved the Middlesbrough F.C. first team at some point during the 2000-01 season.^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Mark Schwarzer 2 DF Curtis Fleming 3 DF Dean Gordon 4 DF Steve Vickers 5 DF Gianluca Festa 6 DF Gary Pallister 7 MF Robbie Mustoe 8 MF Christian Karembeu 9 MF Paul Ince 10 FW Brian Deane 11 FW Alen Bokšić 12 MF Keith O'Neill 13 GK Marlon Beresford 14 MF Paul Okon

No. Position Player 16 FW Joseph Desire-Job 17 DF Ugo Ehiogu 18 FW Andy Campbell 19 FW Hamilton Ricard 20 FW Dean Windass 22 MF Mark Summerbell 23 MF Carlos Marinelli 24 MF Phil Stamp 25 GK Mark Crossley 26 FW Noel Whelan 28 DF Colin Cooper 29 DF Jason Gavin 33 MF Mark Hudson

Transfers

In

Date Player Previous Club Cost 5 July 2000 Christian Karembeu Real Madrid £2.1 million[3] 5 July 2000 Paul Okon Fiorentina Free[4] 18 July 2000 Mark Crossley Nottingham Forest Free[5] 1 August 2000 Joseph Desire-Job Lens £3 million[6] 1 August 2000 Noel Whelan Coventry £2.2 million[7] 7 August 2000 Alen Bokšić Lazio £2.5 million [8] 20 October 2000 Ugo Ehiogu Aston Villa £8 million[9] 8 March 2001 Dean Windass Bradford City £600,000[10] Out Date Player New Club Cost 17 July 2000 Paul Gascoigne Everton Free[11] 25 August 2000 Christian Ziege Liverpool £5.5 million[12] 7 December 2000 Alun Armstrong Ipswich £500,000[13] Premier League Matches Coventry–Middlesbrough 1-3 0-1 Joseph-Désiré Job  20' 1-1 John Eustace  40' 1-2 Alen Bokšić  59' 1-3 Alen Bokšić  62' Middlesbrough–Tottenham 1-1 0-1 Øyvind Leonhardsen  41' 1-1 Mark Summerbell  59' Middlesbrough–Leeds 1-2 0-1 Lee Bowyer  6' 0-2 Alan Smith  12' 1-2 Phil Stamp  82' Derby–Middlesbrough 3-3 0-1 Alen Bokšić  12' (pen.) 0-2 Joseph-Désiré Job  51' 0-3 Brian Deane  59' 1-3 Malcolm Christie  68' 2-3 Branko Strupar  83' 3-3 Malcolm Christie  88' Middlesbrough–Everton 1-2 1-0 Steve Watson  7' (o.g.) 1-1 Francis Jeffers  54' 1-2 Francis Jeffers  87' Manchester City–Middlesbrough 1-1 0-1 Gianluca Festa  55' 1-1 Paulo Wanchope  67' Middlesbrough–Aston Villa 1-1 0-1 Julian Joachim  74' 1-1 Alpay  89' (o.g.) Southampton–Middlesbrough 1-3 0-1 Alen Bokšić  17' 0-2 Gianluca Festa  32' 1-2 Marian Pahars  81' 1-3 Alen Bokšić  82' Middlesbrough–Newcastle 1-3 0-1 Alan Shearer  38' 0-2 Alain Goma  55' 0-3 Kieron Dyer  88' 1-3 Brian Deane  90' Charlton–Middlesbrough 1-0 1-0 Mathias Svensson  68' Ipswich–Middlesbrough 2-1 1-0 Richard Naylor  25' 2-0 Mark Venus  28' 2-1 Dean Gordon  68' Middlesbrough–Arsenal 0-1 0-1 Thierry Henry  25' (pen.) Manchester United–Middlesbrough 2-1 0-1 Christian Karembeu  32' 1-1 Nicky Butt  62' 2-1 Teddy Sheringham  65' Middlesbrough–Leicester 0-3 0-1 Muzzy Izzet  8' (pen.) 0-2 Trevor Benjamin  13' 0-3 Darren Eadie  57' Middlesbrough–Bradford 2-2 0-1 Dean Windass  3' 0-2 Benito Carbone  10' 1-2 Ugo Ehiogu  48' 2-2 Paul Ince  89' West Ham–Middlesbrough 1-0 1-0 Paolo Di Canio  42' Sunderland–Middlesbrough 1-0 1-0 Michael Gray  54' Middlesbrough–Chelsea 1-0 1-0 Dean Gordon  71' Tottenham–Middlesbrough 0-0 Middlesbrough–Liverpool 1-0 1-0 Christian Karembeu  41' Middlesbrough–Coventry 1-1 0-1 Noel Whelan  41' (o.g.) 1-1 Alen Bokšić  86' Leeds–Middlesbrough 1-1 0-1 Alen Bokšić  27' 1-1 Robbie Keane  55' (pen.) Middlesbrough–Derby 4-0 1-0 Alen Bokšić  43' (pen.) 2-0 Ugo Ehiogu  60' 3-0 Alen Bokšić  81' 4-0 Hamilton Ricard  90' (pen.) Liverpool–Middlesbrough 0-0 Everton–Middlesbrough 2-2 0-1 Hamilton Ricard  11' 1-1 Gary Naysmith  49' 1-2 Colin Cooper  63' 2-2 Idan Tal  79' Middlesbrough–Manchester City 1-1 0-1 Steve Vickers  28' (o.g.) 1-1 Colin Cooper  62' Aston Villa–Middlesbrough 1-1 1-0 Steve Stone  38' 1-1 Ugo Ehiogu  49' Middlesbrough–Southampton 0-1 0-1 Mark Draper  49' Middlesbrough–Charlton 0-0 Newcastle–Middlesbrough 1-2 0-1 Alen Bokšić  24' 0-2 Alen Bokšić  33' 1-2 Carl Cort  60' Chelsea–Middlesbrough 2-1 1-0 Gianfranco Zola  35' 1-1 Dean Windass  54' 2-1 Eiður Guðjohnsen  63' Middlesbrough–Sunderland 0-0 Arsenal–Middlesbrough 0-3 0-1 Edu  34' (o.g.) 0-2 Sylvinho  38' (o.g.) 0-3 Hamilton Ricard  58' Middlesbrough–Ipswich 1-2 1-0 Dean Windass  38' 1-1 Alun Armstrong  46' 1-2 Alun Armstrong  50' Leicester–Middlesbrough 0-3 0-1 Hamilton Ricard  12' 0-2 Alen Bokšić  50' 0-3 Paul Ince  52' Middlesbrough–Manchester United 0-2 0-1 Phil Neville  4' 0-2 David Beckham  84' Bradford–Middlesbrough 1-1 1-0 Wayne Jacobs  38' 1-1 Christian Karembeu  81' Middlesbrough–West Ham 2-1 1-0 Joseph-Désiré Job  20' 1-1 Svetoslav Todorov  31' 2-1 Christian Karembeu  45' Topscorers Alen Bokšić 12 Christian Karembeu 4 Hamilton Ricard 4 Joseph-Désiré Job 3 Cup Results League Cup Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers 2 Leg 1 19 September 2000 Maccelsfield Home Won 2-1 5,144 Whelan, Summerbell 2 Leg 2 26 September 2000 Macclesfield Away Won 3-1 3,153 Ricard (3) FA Cup Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers 3 8 January 2001 Bradford City Away Won 1-0 7,303 Ricard 4 6 February 2001 Wimbledon Home Drew 0-0 20,625 4R 13 February 2001 Wimbledon Away Lost 3-1 (AET) 5,991 Ricard Player statistics Goalscorers Goalscoring statistics for 2000-01.[14] Name League FA Cup League Cup Total Bokšić 12 0 0 12 Ricard 4 2 3 9 Karembeu 4 0 0 4 Job 3 0 0 3 Ehiogu 3 0 0 3 Deane 2 0 0 2 Gordon 2 0 0 2 Ince 2 0 0 2 Cooper 2 0 0 2 Windass 2 0 0 2 Summerbell 1 0 1 2 Stamp 1 0 0 1 Festa 1 0 0 1 Whelan 0 0 1 1 Own Goals 4 0 0 4 References and notes ^ http://www.kitclassics.co.uk/kits/Middlesbro.png ^ Middlesbrough FC 2001-02 ^ www.soccerbase.com - The Internet Soccer Database ^ www.soccerbase.com - The Internet Soccer Database ^ www.soccerbase.com - The Internet Soccer Database ^ www.soccerbase.com - The Internet Soccer Database ^ www.soccerbase.com - The Internet Soccer Database ^ www.soccerbase.com - The Internet Soccer Database ^ www.soccerbase.com - The Internet Soccer Database ^ www.soccerbase.com - The Internet Soccer Database ^ www.soccerbase.com - The Internet Soccer Database ^ www.soccerbase.com - The Internet Soccer Database ^ www.soccerbase.com - The Internet Soccer Database ^ http://www.boroscoreforecast.co.uk/200405.htm