2000–01 Dundee United F.C. season

The 2000–01 season was the 92nd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001. 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.

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 July 2000	Celtic	H	1-2	11,761	McCracken
5 August 2000	Hibernian	A	0-3	9,541
12 August 2000	Motherwell	H	1-1	6,201	Paterson
19 August 2000	St Johnstone	H	1-2	6,636	Aljofree
26 August 2000	Dunfermline	A	0-1	4,980
9 September 2000	Kilmarnock	A	0-1	6,380
16 September 2000	St Mirren	H	0-0	5,943
20 September 2000	Dundee	A	0-3	9,838
23 September 2000	Aberdeen	H	3-5	7,699	Easton, McConalogue, Hannah
1 October 2000	Rangers	A	0-3	44,324
14 October 2000	Hearts	H	0-4	7,016
21 October 2000	Celtic	A	1-2	59,427	Own goal
28 October 2000	Hibernian	H	0-1	8,042
4 November 2000	Motherwell	A	1-2	6,864	Naveda
11 November 2000	Dundee	H	0-2	11,454
18 November 2000	St Johnstone	A	0-1	4,295
25 November 2000	Dunfermline	H	3-2	6,012	O'Connor, Easton, Miller
28 November 2000	Kilmarnock	H	0-1	5,497
5 December 2000	St Mirren	A	1-1	4,685	Naveda
17 December 2000	Rangers	H	1-1	10,750	Lilley
23 December 2000	Hearts	A	1-3	12,128	Aljofree
26 December 2000	Celtic	H	0-4	12,306
30 December 2000	Hibernian	A	0-1	10,197
2 January 2001	Motherwell	H	2-0	6,311	Easton, Hamilton
31 January 2001	Dundee	A	3-2	11,724	Davidson, Easton, Lauchlan
3 February 2001	St Johnstone	H	1-1	6,482	Miller
10 February 2001	Dunfermline	A	1-3	5,180	Lilley
24 February 2001	Kilmarnock	A	0-0	6,227
3 March 2001	St Mirren	H	4-0	8,334	Miller, Hannah, Lilley, Hamilton
17 March 2001	Aberdeen	H	1-1	8,472	Miller
31 March 2001	Rangers	A	2-0	48,382	Thompson, Lilley
4 April 2001	Aberdeen	A	1-4	9,962	Griffin
7 April 2001	Hearts	H	1-1	7,242	Thompson
23 April 2001	St Mirren	A	1-2	6,473	Thompson
28 April 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 January 2001	Montrose	A	2–0	2,592	Lauchlan (2)
17 February 2001	Motherwell	A	2–0	6,186	Miller, Easton
11 March 2001	Rangers	H	1–0	11,793	Hannah
15 April 2001	Celtic	N	1–3	38,699

CIS Insurance Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
22 August 2000	Alloa	A	3–0	1,088	McConalogue (3)
5 September 2000	Airdrieonians	A	0-0	5,018
31 October 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.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bank of Scotland Premierleague		Tennent's Scottish Cup		CIS Insurance Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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	12+3	0	0	0	2+1	0
3	DF		Stephen Wright	7	0	5	0	0	0	2	0
4	MF		David Hannah	28	3	19+4	2	3	1	1+1	0
5	DF		Jason de Vos	40	0	33	0	4	0	2+1	0
6	MF		Joachim Fernandez	7	0	6	0	0	0	0+1	0
7	MF		Craig Easton	39	6	28+6	5	4	1	1	0
8	MF		Tassos Venetis	15	1	3+11	1	0	0	1	0
9	FW		Alex Mathie	5	0	3+1	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW		Gustavo Fuentes	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Beto Naveda	14	2	7+6	2	0+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	7+5	0	0+1	0	1	0
12	MF		Stéphane Léoni	7	0	5+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
12	FW		Paul Robinson	6	0	2+4	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK		Paul Gallacher	19	0	15	0	4	0	0	0
14	DF		Hasney Aljofree	31	2	24+2	2	2	0	3	0
15	FW		Mvondo Atangana	12	0	8+3	0	0	0	0+1	0
16	MF		Danny Griffin	22	1	18	1	4	0	0	0
17	FW		Jim Hamilton	24	2	14+6	2	3	0	1	0
18	MF		Jim Paterson	7	1	5+1	1	0	0	1	0
19	FW		Steven Thompson	37	4	18+13	4	1+3	0	1+1	0
20	DF		David Worrell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF		David Partridge	24	0	17+2	0	1+1	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	33+2	1	2+1	0	3	0
25	FW		Stephen McConalogue	14	4	3+8	1	0	0	2+1	3
26	MF		Hugh Davidson	12	1	6+5	1	0	0	1	0
27	DF		Tony Smith	5	0	1+2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
28	DF		John Licina	8	0	5+2	0	0	0	1	0
29	MF		Carlos Marcora	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF		Francisco Ramírez	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF		Jamie Fullarton	5	0	3+2	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW		Sean O'Connor	2	1	1+1	1	0	0	0	0
32	DF		David McCracken	9	1	6+3	1	0	0	0	0
33	MF		Charlie Miller	28	6	24	5	4	1	0	0
35	MF		Kevin McDonald	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
36	MF		Darren Brady	1	0	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	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
Lilley, DerekDerek Lilley	6	1	7
Easton, CraigCraig Easton	5	1	6
Miller, CharlieCharlie Miller	5	1	6
Thompson, StevenSteven Thompson	4		4
McConalogue, StephenStephen McConalogue	1	3	4
Hannah, DavidDavid Hannah	2	1	3
Lauchlan, JimJim Lauchlan	1	2	3
Aljofree, HasneyHasney Aljofree	2		2
Hamilton, JimJim Hamilton	2		2
Naveda, BetoBeto Naveda	2		2
Buchan, JamieJamie Buchan	1		1
Davidson, HughHugh Davidson	1		1
Griffin, DannyDanny Griffin	1		1
McCracken, DavidDavid McCracken	1		1
O'Connor, SeanSean O'Connor	1		1
Paterson, JimJim Paterson	1		1
Venetis, TassosTassos 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
Easton, CraigCraig Easton	5	2
Partridge, DavidDavid Partridge	7	1
VJason de Vos	7	1
Lauchlan, JimJim Lauchlan	6	1
Lilley, DerekDerek Lilley	4	1
Wright, StephenStephen Wright		1
Hannah, DavidDavid Hannah	8
Miller, CharlieCharlie Miller	8
Aljofree, HasneyHasney Aljofree	6
Licina, JohnJohn Licina	4
Thompson, StevenSteven Thompson	4
Buchan, JamieJamie Buchan	3
Hamilton, JimJim Hamilton	2
Heaney, NeilNeil Heaney	2
Paterson, JimJim Paterson	2
Tchami, AlphonseAlphonse Tchami	2
Combe, AlanAlan Combe	1
Davidson, HughHugh Davidson	1
Fernandez, JoachimJoachim Fernandez	1
McConalogue, StephenStephen McConalogue	1
McCunnie, JamieJamie McCunnie	1
McDonald, KevinKevin McDonald	1
McQuillan, JohnJohn McQuillan	1
Naveda, BetoBeto Naveda	1
Venetis, TassosTassos 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 July 2000	Heaney, NeilNeil Heaney	Darlington	£0,175,000^[3]
21 August 2000	Wright, StephenStephen Wright	Bradford City	Nominal^[4]
25 August 2000	Tchami, AlphonseAlphonse Tchami	Al Wasl	Free^[4]
22 September 2000	Clavasquín, ReynaldoReynaldo Clavasquín	Motagua	Unknown^[5]
22 September 2000	Ramírez, FranciscoFrancisco Ramírez	Motagua	Unknown^[5]
22 September 2000	Fuentes, GustavoGustavo Fuentes	Motagua	Unknown^[5]
30 September 2000	Galoppo, MarcelinoMarcelino Galoppo	Sanremese	Released^[6]
30 September 2000	Marcora, CarlosCarlos Marcora	Real España	Released^[6]
27 October 2000	Lauchlan, JimJim Lauchlan	Kilmarnock	£0,100,000^[7]
3 November 2000	Miller, CharlieCharlie Miller	Watford	Free^[8]
3 November 2000	Naveda, BetoBeto Naveda	Unattached (ex-Hapoel Jerusalem)	Free^[8]
10 November 2000	Fullarton, JamieJamie Fullarton	Crystal Palace	Free^[4]
14 December 2000	Lilley, DerekDerek Lilley	Oxford United)	£0,080,000^[9]
25 January 2001	Sánchez, RaúlRaúl Sánchez	Barcelona	Free^[4]
30 March 2001	Brady, DarrenDarren Brady	Unattached (ex-Airdrieonians)	Free^[10]
30 March 2001	McGuire, DavidDavid McGuire	Unattached (ex-Airdrieonians)	Free^[10]

Loans in

Date	Player	To	Until
1 October 1999	Robinson, PaulPaul 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
1 September 2000	McCulloch, ScottScott McCulloch	Cardiff City	£0,100,000^[4]
25 September 2000	Mathie, AlexAlex Mathie	York City	Released^[13]
25 October 2000	Clavasquín, ReynaldoReynaldo Clavasquín	BSV Bad Bleiberg	Released^[14]
25 October 2000	Galoppo, MarcelinoMarcelino Galoppo	Sanremese	Released^[14]
25 October 2000	Marcora, CarlosCarlos Marcora	Real España	Released^[14]
25 October 2000	Ramírez, FranciscoFrancisco Ramírez	Platense	Released^[14]
31 October 2000	Fuentes, GustavoGustavo Fuentes	Club Deportivo Olimpia	Released^[15]
6 December 2000	Léoni, StéphaneStéphane Léoni	Sedan	Released^[16]
6 December 2000	Tchami, AlphonseAlphonse Tchami	Unknown	Released^[16]
7 December 2000	Patterson, DarrenDarren Patterson	York City	Released^[4]
12 December 2000	Fernandez, JoachimJoachim Fernandez	Persma Manado	Released^[17]
23 January 2001	Worrell, DavidDavid Worrell	Plymouth Argyle	Nominal^[4]
21 March 2001	Onstad, PatPat Onstad	Rochester Rhinos	Free^[18]
3 April 2001	Sánchez, RaúlRaúl Sánchez	Unknown	Released^[19]
20 May 2001	Brady, DarrenDarren Brady	Livingston	Released
20 May 2001	McGuire, DavidDavid McGuire	Livingston	Released

Loans out

Date	Player	To	Until
20 November 2000	Worrell, DavidDavid Worrell	Plymouth Argyle	20 January 2001^[4]
4 January 2001	McConalogue, StephenStephen McConalogue	Morton	2 March 2001^[4]
4 January 2001	Winters, DavidDavid Winters	Forfar Athletic	10 February 2001^[4]
5 January 2001	McDonald, KevinKevin McDonald	Morton	31 January 2001^[4]
15 January 2001	O'Connor, SeanSean O'Connor	Portadown	6 May 2001^[4]
28 February 2001	McQuillan, JohnJohn McQuillan	Alloa Athletic	6 May 2001^[4]

Playing kit

Home colours

Away colours

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

March 2001, May 2001

References

↑ "Dundee Utd 2000/2001 player appearances". Soccerbase. Racing Post. 19 December 2000.
1 2 3 "Dundee Utd 1999/2000 player appearances". Soccerbase. Racing Post. 23 November 2000.
↑ "Heaney moves north". BBC Sport website. 25 July 2000.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Dundee Utd's transfers in 2000–01". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
1 2 3 "Honduras trio signed". Dundee United F.C. 22 September 2000.
1 2 "United sign Galoppo and Marcora". Dundee United F.C. 30 September 2000.
↑ "Lauchlan finally joins United". BBC Sport website. 27 October 2000.
1 2 "Two new faces at Tannadice". BBC Sport website. 3 November 2000.
↑ "Lilley join up at United". BBC Sport website. 14 December 2000.
1 2 "United seek ex-Diamonds duo". Dundee United F.C. 30 March 2001.
↑ "Robinson signs for United on loan". BBC Sport website. 22 February 2001.
↑ "Robinson returns to Wimbledon". BBC Sport website. 3 May 2001.
↑ "Mathie is released by United". BBC Sport website. 25 September 2000.
1 2 3 4 "South Americans leave Tannadice". BBC Sport website. 25 October 2000.
↑ "Fuentes joins the United exodus". BBC Sport website. 31 October 2000.
1 2 "United release foreign duo". BBC Sport website. 6 December 2000.
↑ "Fernandez is freed by United". BBC Sport website. 12 December 2000.
↑ "Pat Onstad a Rhino again". Dundee United F.C. 21 March 2001. Archived from the original on 13 February 2008.
↑ "Short-stay Sanchez heads home". Dundee United F.C. 3 April 2001. Archived from the original on 13 February 2008.

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