2000–01 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea
2000–01 season
Chairman Ken Bates
Manager Gianluca Vialli
(until 12 September 2000)
Claudio Ranieri
(from 18 September 2000)
FA Premier League 6th
FA Cup Fifth round
League Cup Third round
FA Charity Shield Winners
UEFA Cup First round
Top goalscorer League:
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (23)
All:
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (26)
Home colours
Away colours

The 2000–01 season was Chelsea F.C.'s 86th competitive season, ninth consecutive season in the FA Premier League and 95th year as a club.

Season summary

A slow start to the season - seeing them fail to win any of their first 13 away league matches - cost manager Gianluca Vialli his job, despite having won five trophies since his appointment in February 1998.[1] The last of these trophies came at the start of the season when they defeated Manchester United 2-0 in the Charity Shield to win the last-ever club game at the pre-redevelopment Wembley.[2] Vialli's successor was Claudio Ranieri,[3] who guided the club to sixth place in the final table and attained automatic qualification for the UEFA Cup.

The biggest success of the season was the effectiveness of club record signing Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, who found the net 23 times in 35 Premiership games in a partnership with Chelsea's 34-year-old Italian superstar, Gianfranco Zola, who found the net on 9 occasions.

Team kit

The team kit was produced by Umbro and the shirt sponsor was Autoglass. Chelsea's home kit was all blue with a white trimmed collar. The club's third kit for this season was orange with blue shorts and accents.

Final league table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United (C) 38 24 8 6 79 31 +48 80 2001–02 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Arsenal 38 20 10 8 63 38 +25 70
3 Liverpool 38 20 9 9 71 39 +32 69 2001–02 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round 1
4 Leeds United 38 20 8 10 64 43 +21 68 2001–02 UEFA Cup First round 1
5 Ipswich Town 38 20 6 12 57 42 +15 66
6 Chelsea 38 17 10 11 68 45 +23 61
7 Sunderland 38 15 12 11 46 41 +5 57
8 Aston Villa 38 13 15 10 46 43 +3 54 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
9 Charlton Athletic 38 14 10 14 50 57 7 52
10 Southampton 38 14 10 14 40 48 8 52
11 Newcastle United 38 14 9 15 44 50 6 51 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
12 Tottenham Hotspur 38 13 10 15 47 54 7 49
13 Leicester City 38 14 6 18 39 51 12 48
14 Middlesbrough 38 9 15 14 44 44 0 42
15 West Ham United 38 10 12 16 45 50 5 42
16 Everton 38 11 9 18 45 59 14 42
17 Derby County 38 10 12 16 37 59 22 42
18 Manchester City (R) 38 8 10 20 41 65 24 34 Relegation to 2001–02 Football League First Division
19 Coventry City (R) 38 8 10 20 36 63 27 34
20 Bradford City (R) 38 5 11 22 30 70 40 26

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Since Liverpool qualified for the Champions League, their place in the UEFA Cup as FA Cup winners went to Ipswich Town, and as Liverpool also won the League Cup that place went to Chelsea.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results Summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 17 10 11 68 45 +23 61 13 3 3 44 20 +24 4 7 8 24 25 −1

Source: 2000-01 FA Premier League table

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHAA
Result W L D D D L D W L W W L D L L W W L W D W D W W L D D W L W W W W L L W D W
Position 2 9 10 11 10 17 16 12 15 10 6 10 10 13 14 14 11 12 9 10 9 9 8 6 8 8 10 8 9 7 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6

Source: 11v11.com: 2000-01 Chelsea results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Charity Shield

Premier League

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 UEFA Cup

First round

FA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup

Worthington Cup

First team squad

Squad at end of season[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Netherlands GK Ed de Goey
3 Nigeria DF Celestine Babayaro
5 France DF Frank Leboeuf
6 France DF Marcel Desailly (captain)
7 Netherlands DF Winston Bogarde
8 Uruguay MF Gustavo Poyet
9 Netherlands FW Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
10 Serbia and Montenegro MF Slaviša Jokanović
11 England MF Dennis Wise
12 Croatia FW Mario Stanić
13 England GK Kevin Hitchcock
14 England DF Graeme Le Saux
15 Netherlands DF Mario Melchiot
16 Italy MF Roberto Di Matteo
17 Spain MF Albert Ferrer
18 Italy MF Gabriele Ambrosetti
19 South Africa DF Pierre Issa (on loan from Marseille)
No. Position Player
20 England MF Jody Morris
21 France DF Bernard Lambourde
22 Iceland FW Eiður Guðjohnsen
23 Italy GK Carlo Cudicini
24 Italy MF Samuele Dalla Bona
25 Italy FW Gianfranco Zola
26 England DF John Terry
27 Georgia (country) FW Rati Aleksidze
28 Wales DF Danny Slatter
30 Denmark FW Jesper Grønkjær
31 Australia GK Mark Bosnich
32 Finland FW Mikael Forssell
34 England DF Jon Harley
36 England FW Leon Knight
37 England FW Mark Nicholls (on loan to Colchester United)
39 England MF Rob Wolleaston

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
2 Italy DF Christian Panucci (on loan from Internazionale)
4 Denmark DF Jes Høgh (retired)
19 Norway FW Tore André Flo (to Rangers)
No. Position Player
30 Brazil DF Emerson Thome (to Sunderland)
33 Italy DF Luca Percassi (to Monza)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
England GK Rhys Evans
England DF Stephen Broad (on loan to Southend United)
England DF Stuart Reddington
England DF Paul Thornton
Scotland DF Warren Cummings
England MF Neil Barrett
England MF Shayne Demitrious
No. Position Player
England MF Joe Keenan
England MF Courtney Pitt
England MF Jay Richardson
Germany MF Sebastian Kneißl
England FW Carlton Cole
England FW Sam Parkin (on loan to Millwall and Wycombe Wanderers)

Transfers

In

# Pos Player From Fee Date
9 CFNetherlands Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Spain Atlético Madrid £15,000,000[5] 31 May 2000
22 CFIceland Eiður Guðjohnsen England Bolton Wanderers £4,000,000[6] 19 June 2000
12 MFCroatia Mario Stanić Italy Parma £5,600,000[7] 28 June 2000
23 GKItaly Carlo Cudicini Italy Castel di Sangro Free 3 July 2000
7 DFNetherlands Winston Bogarde Spain Barcelona Free[8] 31 August 2000
10 MFSerbia and Montenegro Slaviša Jokanović Spain Deportivo £1,700,000[9] 10 October 2000
30 MFDenmark Jesper Grønkjær Netherlands Ajax £7,800,000[10] 29 December 2000
31 GKAustralia Mark Bosnich England Manchester United Free[11] 18 January 2001

Out

# Pos Player To Fee Date
9 FWEngland Chris Sutton Scotland Celtic £6,000,000 10 July 2000[12]
7 MFFrance Didier Deschamps Spain Valencia £2,300,000[13] 28 July 2000
19 FWNorway Tore Andre Flo Scotland Rangers £12,000,000[14] 23 November 2000

Statistics

No. Pos Nat Player TotalFA Premier League UEFA Cup FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Netherlands Ed de Goey 16 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 DF Italy Christian Panucci 10 1 7+1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
3 DF Nigeria Celestine Babayaro 27 0 19+5 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
5 DF France Frank Leboeuf 30 0 24+2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
6 DF France Marcel Desailly 38 2 34 2 1 0 2 0 1 0
7 DF Netherlands Winston Bogarde 11 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
8 MF Uruguay Gustavo Poyet 34 12 22+8 11 0 0 3 1 1 0
9 FW Netherlands Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 40 26 35 23 2 1 2 2 1 0
10 MF Serbia and Montenegro Slaviša Jokanović 22 0 7+12 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
11 MF England Dennis Wise 41 3 35+1 3 1 0 3 0 1 0
12 MF Croatia Mario Stanić 14 2 8+4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
14 DF England Graeme Le Saux 24 0 17+3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
15 DF Netherlands Mario Melchiot 34 1 27+4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0
16 MF Italy Roberto Di Matteo 10 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF Spain Albert Ferrer 17 0 12+2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
20 MF England Jody Morris 26 0 12+9 0 3 0 1 0 1 0
21 DF France Bernard Lambourde 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 FW Iceland Eiður Guðjohnsen 37 13 17+13 10 3 0 3 3 1 0
23 GK Italy Carlo Cudicini 29 0 23+1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0
24 MF Italy Samuele Dalla Bona 32 2 26+3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
25 FW Italy Gianfranco Zola 42 12 31+5 9 2 0 3 2 1 1
26 DF England John Terry 26 1 19+3 1 0 0 3 0 1 0
27 MF Georgia (country) Rati Aleksidze 3 0 0+2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF Denmark Jesper Grønkjær 16 3 6+8 1 0 0 2 2 0 0
34 DF England Jon Harley 12 0 6+4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

Statistics taken from . Squad details and shirt numbers from and .

References

  1. "Vialli sacked as Chelsea boss". BBC Sport. 12 September 2000. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  2. "Keane sees red as Chelsea triumph". BBC Sport. 13 August 2000. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  3. "Ranieri's Chelsea deal". BBC Sport. 15 September 2000. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  4. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2000-2001/faprem/chelsea.htm
  5. "Chelsea seal £15m Hasselbaink deal". BBC News. 31 May 2000.
  6. "Gudjohnsen signs for Blues". BBC News. 19 June 2000.
  7. "Chelsea sign Croatian star". BBC News. 28 June 2000.
  8. "Chelsea snap up Bogarde". BBC Sport. 31 August 2000.
  9. Nixon, Alan (11 October 2000). "Chelsea search ends in £1.7m Jokanovic deal". Independent (London).
  10. "Chelsea sign £7.8 million Gronkjaer". Guardian (London). 31 October 2000.
  11. Nixon, Alan (19 January 2001). "Bosnich moves on free transfer to Chelsea". Independent (London). Retrieved 2001-01-19.
  12. "Celtic land £6m Sutton". BBC News. 9 July 2000.
  13. "Valencia sign £2.3m Deschamps". BBC News. 28 July 2000.
  14. "Flo goes to Rangers". BBC News. 23 November 2000.

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