Dundee United F.C. season 2000-01

Infobox Football club season
club = Dundee United F.C.

season = 2000-01
manager = Paul Sturrock (until 2000-08-07)
Alex Smith (from 2000-08-08 as caretaker)
Alex Smith (from 2000-08-30)
chairman = Jim McLean (until 2000-10-14)
Doug Smith (from 2000-10-17)
league = Bank of Scotland Premierleague
league result = 11th
W:9 D:8 L:21 F:38 A:63 P:35
cup1 = Tennent's Scottish Cup | cup1 result = Semi-finals
cup2 = CIS Insurance Cup | cup2 result = Quarter-finals
league topscorer = Derek Lilley (6)
season topscorer = Derek Lilley (7)
highest attendance = 12,306 (vs Celtic, 26 Dec)
lowest attendance = 5,497 (vs Kilmarnock, 28 Nov)
prevseason = 1999-00
nextseason = 2001-02The 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.

Review and events

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 46 competitive matches during the 2000-01 season.cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/results.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=130|title=Dundee Utd 2000/2001 player appearances|work=Soccerbase|accessdate=2000-12-19|format=HTML] 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

CIS Insurance Cup

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.

Loans out

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
** sport honours|Scottish Premier League Manager of the Month|2|March 2001, May 2001

References

ee also

* Scottish Premier League 2000-01
* Scottish Cup 2000-01
* 2000-01 in Scottish football

External links

* Soccerbase
** [http://www.soccerbase.com/results2.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=130 Results]
** [http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=130 Squad stats]
** [http://www.soccerbase.com/transfers_by_team.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=130 Transfers]
* [http://www.btinternet.com/~dufcgoals/goals.htm United goals 2000/01]