2000–01 Leicester City F.C. season

Leicester City

2000–01 season

Chairman

John Elsom

Manager

Stadium

Player of the Year

Top goalscorer

League: Akinbiyi (9)
All: Izzet (11)

Highest home attendance

22,132 vs Manchester United
(14 Oct 2000, Premier League)

Lowest home attendance

12,965 vs Crystal Palace
(1 Nov 2000, League Cup)

Average home league attendance

20,452

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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2001–02 →

During the 2000–01 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

A superb start to the season saw Leicester City begin October on top of the league just four months after the appointment of Peter Taylor as Martin O'Neill's successor - they had not occupied top place since 1963. Two weeks later, they surrendered their lead to Manchester United but were still in the top four by Christmas.

A shock defeat at the hands of Division Two underdogs Wycombe Wanderers in the FA Cup quarter-final midway through March had a negative effect on the Foxes, who endured 9 defeats and attained one win from their final 10 games. This slump dragged them down to 13th place - their lowest finish since winning promotion to the Premiership back in 1996. Several high profile end-of-season signings - including that of Chelsea legend Dennis Wise - gave fans hope that Leicester could regain their form and rejoin the challenge for honours in 2001-02.^[1]

November saw the announcement of plans to relocate to a new 32,000-seat stadium at a site adjacent to Filbert Street, with a targeted completion for the start of the 2003-04 season.^[2] Later in the season, it was announced that Leicester would only have to spend one more season at Filbert Street before they could move into their new home.^[3]

Final league table

Main article: 2000-01 FA Premier League


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	2001–02 UEFA Champions League Group stage
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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	14	6	18	39	51	−12	48	10	4	5	28	23	+5	4	2	13	11	28	−17

Source: 2000-01 FA Premier League table

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L
Position	11	4	6	3	2	2	2	1	3	5	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	6	6	7	8	6	7	7	4	7	9	9	10	11	11	12	13	10	13

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

Results

Leicester City's score comes first^[4]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 2000	Aston Villa	H	0-0	21,455
23 August 2000	West Ham United	A	1-0	25,195	Eadie
26 August 2000	Bradford City	A	0-0	16,766
6 September 2000	Ipswich Town	H	2-1	19,598	Akinbiyi, Elliott
9 September 2000	Southampton	H	1-0	18,366	Taggart
17 September 2000	Chelsea	A	2-0	33,697	Izzet, Collymore
24 September 2000	Everton	H	1-1	18,084	Akinbiyi
1 October 2000	Sunderland	A	0-0	45,338
14 October 2000	Manchester United	H	0-3	22,132
21 October 2000	Liverpool	A	0-1	44,395
28 October 2000	Derby County	H	2-1	20,525	Izzet, Gunnlaugsson
4 November 2000	Manchester City	A	1-0	34,279	Savage
11 November 2000	Newcastle United	H	1-1	21,406	Gunnlaugsson
18 November 2000	Middlesbrough	A	3-0	27,965	Izzet (pen), Benjamin, Eadie
25 November 2000	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-3	35,656
2 December 2000	Leeds United	H	3-1	21,486	Savage, Akinbiyi, Taggart
10 December 2000	Coventry City	A	0-1	17,283
16 December 2000	Charlton Athletic	H	3-1	19,371	Akinbiyi, Elliott, Gunnlaugsson
23 December 2000	West Ham United	H	2-1	21,524	Izzet, Savage
26 December 2000	Arsenal	A	1-6	38,007	Akinbiyi
1 January 2001	Bradford City	H	1-2	19,278	Izzet (pen)
14 January 2001	Ipswich Town	A	0-2	22,002
20 January 2001	Arsenal	H	0-0	21,872
31 January 2001	Southampton	A	0-1	14,909
3 February 2001	Chelsea	H	2-1	21,502	Izzet, Rowett
10 February 2001	Everton	A	1-2	30,409	Sturridge
24 February 2001	Sunderland	H	2-0	21,086	Sturridge, Akinbiyi
3 March 2001	Liverpool	H	2-0	21,924	Akinbiyi, Izzet
17 March 2001	Manchester United	A	0-2	67,516
1 April 2001	Charlton Athletic	A	0-2	20,043
4 April 2001	Aston Villa	A	1-2	29,043	Davidson
7 April 2001	Coventry City	H	1-3	19,545	Akinbiyi
14 April 2001	Manchester City	H	1-2	20,224	Akinbiyi
16 April 2001	Derby County	A	0-2	28,387
21 April 2001	Middlesbrough	H	0-3	18,162
28 April 2001	Newcastle United	A	0-1	50,501
5 May 2001	Tottenham Hotspur	H	4-2	21,103	Rowett, Sturridge, Guppy, Savage (pen)
19 May 2001	Leeds United	A	1-3	39,105	Ferdinand (own goal)

FA Cup

Main article: 2000-01 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2001	York City	H	3-0	16,850	Rowett, Izzet (pen), Cresswell
R4	27 January 2001	Aston Villa	A	2-1	26,383	Akinbiyi, Gunnlaugsson
R5	17 February 2001	Bristol City	H	3-0	20,905	Sturridge, Izzet (pen), Hill (own goal)
QF	10 March 2001	Wycombe Wanderers	H	1-2	21,969	Izzet

League Cup

Main article: 2000-01 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	1 November 2000	Crystal Palace	H	0-3	12,965

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2000-01 UEFA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	14 September 2000	Red Star Belgrade	H	1-1	21,198	Taggart
R1 2nd Leg	28 September 2000	Red Star Belgrade	A	1-3	12,700	Izzet

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[5]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Tim Flowers
2	DF	Gary Rowett
3	DF	Frank Sinclair^[6]
4	DF	Gerry Taggart
6	MF	Muzzy Izzet^[7]
7	MF	Matt Jones
8	MF	Robbie Savage
9	FW	Darren Eadie
11	MF	Steve Guppy
12	GK	Simon Royce
13	FW	Arnar Gunnlaugsson
14	DF	Callum Davidson
16	MF	Stuart Campbell^[8] (on loan to Grimsby Town)
17	MF	Stefan Oakes
18	DF	Matt Elliott^[9] (captain)

No.	Position	Player
20	FW	Trevor Benjamin^[10]
21	FW	Dean Sturridge
22	FW	Ade Akinbiyi^[11]
23	FW	Richard Cresswell
24	MF	Andrew Impey
25	MF	Junior Lewis
26	DF	Lee Marshall
28	FW	Lawrie Dudfield
29	DF	Damien Delaney
30	GK	Michael Price
32	MF	Matt Piper
33	GK	Ian Andrews
35	FW	Kevin Ellison
45	MF	Tim McCann
46	DF	Jordan Stewart

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
5	FW	Steve Walsh (to Norwich City)
7	MF	Neil Lennon (to Celtic)
10	FW	Stan Collymore (to Bradford City)
10	FW	Roberto Mancini (retired)

No.	Position	Player
15	MF	Phil Gilchrist (to West Bromwich Albion)
21	MF	Billy McKinlay (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
25	MF	Stuart Wilson (to Cambridge United)
27	FW	Tony Cottee (to Norwich City)

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
		GK	Matthew Nurse
		DF	Jon Ashton
		DF	Tommy Goodwin
		DF	Ashley Lyth
		DF	Michael Savage
		MF	Brett Darby
		MF	Ross Mitchell

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Alex Mortimer
		MF	Garry Parker
		MF	Danny Thomas
		FW	Declan Field
		FW	Jon Stevenson
		FW	Lee Tomlin
		FW	Éamon Zayed

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
4 July 2000	DF	Gary Rowett	Birmingham City	£3,000,000
7 July 2000	DF	Callum Davidson	Blackburn Rovers	£1,750,000
11 July 2000	GK	Simon Royce	Charlton Athletic	Free transfer
12 July 2000	FW	Trevor Benjamin	Cambridge United	£1,500,000
27 July 2000	FW	Ade Akinbiyi	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£5,000,000
1 September 2000	FW	Richard Cresswell	Sheffield Wednesday	£750,000
24 October 2000	DF	Damien Delaney	Cork City	£50,000
13 December 2000	MF	Matt Jones	Leeds United	£3,000,000
18 January 2001	FW	Roberto Mancini	Lazio	Free transfer
19 January 2001	FW	Dean Sturridge	Derby County	£350,000
6 February 2001	FW	Kevin Ellison	Altrincham	£50,000
15 March 2001	MF	Junior Lewis	Gillingham	£150,000
21 March 2001	DF	Lee Marshall	Norwich City	£650,000
29 March 2001	DF	Ashley Lyth	Scarborough	£100,000

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
1 June 2000	MF	Theodoros Zagorakis	AEK Athens	Free transfer
1 July 2000	GK	Pegguy Arphexad	Liverpool	Free transfer
1 August 2000	FW	Ian Marshall	Bolton Wanderers	Free transfer
10 August 2000	MF	Graham Fenton	Stoke City	Monthly
11 September 2000	FW	Tony Cottee	Norwich City	Free transfer
15 September 2000	DF	Steve Walsh	Norwich City	Signed
26 October 2000	FW	Stan Collymore	Bradford City	Free transfer
8 December 2000	MF	Neil Lennon	Celtic	£5,750,000
22 December 2000	FW	Stuart Wilson	Cambridge United	Free transfer
22 March 2001	DF	Phil Gilchrist	West Bromwich Albion	£500,000

Transfers in:

£16,350,000

Transfers out:

£6,250,000

Total spending:

£10,100,000

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[12]

GK: #1, Tim Flowers, 24
RB: #2, Gary Rowett, 45
CB: #18, Matt Elliott, 40
CB: #4, Gerry Taggart, 28
LB: #14, Callum Davidson, 28
RM: #24, Andrew Impey, 24
CM: #6, Muzzy Izzet, 32
CM: #8, Robbie Savage, 39
LM: #11, Steve Guppy, 23
CF: #22, Ade Akinbiyi, 39
CF: #9, Darren Eadie, 19

References

↑ "Wise seals Leicester switch". BBC Sport. 25 June 2001. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
↑ "Foxes detail stadium plans". BBC Sport. 28 November 2000. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
↑ "Leicester's stadium start date". BBC Sport. 11 June 2001. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/2000-2001/results
↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2000-2001/faprem/leicester.htm
↑ Sinclair was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1997.
↑ Izzet was born in Tower Hamlets, England, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally through his father and made his international debut for Turkey in 2000.
↑ Campbell was born in Corby, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his parents and has represented them at U-21 level.
↑ Elliott was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandmother and made his international debut for Scotland in 1997.
↑ Benjamin was born in Kettering, England, and would make his international debut for the U-21 side in May 2001, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in November 2002.
↑ Akinbiyi was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Nigeria in 1999.
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/leicester-city/tab/players/season/2001

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