2000–01 in Scottish football

2000–01 in Scottish football

Premier League champions
Celtic
First Division champions
Livingston
Second Division champions
Partick Thistle
Third Division champions
Hamilton Academical
Scottish Cup winners
Celtic
League Cup winners
Celtic
Challenge Cup winners
Airdrieonians
Junior Cup winners
Renfrew
Teams in Europe
Aberdeen, Celtic, Hearts, Rangers
Scotland national team
2002 World Cup qualification

The 2000–01 season was the 104th season of competitive football in Scotland. ^[1]

League Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2000–01 Scottish Premier League

The 2000–01 Scottish Premier League was won by Celtic, 15 points clear of Rangers who finished second. Both teams earned a place in the UEFA Champions League. Hibernian and Kilmarnock finished third and fourth and both therefore earned UEFA Cup berths. St Mirren were relegated in their first season in the top-flight since the 1991–92 season.

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic	38	31	4	3	90	29	61	97	UEFA Champions League 2001–02 Third qualifying round
2	Rangers	38	26	4	8	76	36	40	82	UEFA Champions League 2001–02 Second qualifying round
3	Hibernian	38	18	12	8	57	35	22	66	UEFA Cup 2001–02 First round
4	Kilmarnock	38	15	9	14	44	53	−9	54	UEFA Cup 2001–02 Qualifying round
5	Heart of Midlothian	38	14	10	14	56	50	6	52
6	Dundee	38	13	8	17	56	50	6	47	UEFA Intertoto Cup first round
7	Aberdeen	38	11	12	15	45	57	−7	45
8	Motherwell	38	12	7	19	42	56	−14	43
9	Dunfermline Athletic	38	11	9	18	34	54	−20	42
10	St Johnstone	38	9	13	16	40	56	−16	40
11	Dundee United	38	9	8	21	38	63	−25	35
12	St Mirren	38	8	6	24	32	72	−40	30	Relegated to First Division 2001-02

Scottish First Division

Main article: 2000–01 Scottish First Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Livingston	36	23	7	6	72	31	41	76	Promoted to 2001–02 Scottish Premier League
2	Ayr United	36	19	12	5	73	41	32	69
3	Falkirk	36	16	8	12	57	59	−2	56
4	Inverness CT	36	14	12	10	71	54	17	54
5	Clyde	36	11	14	11	44	46	−2	47
6	Ross County	36	11	10	15	48	52	−4	43
7	Raith Rovers	36	10	8	18	41	55	−14	38
8	Airdrieonians	36	8	14	14	49	67	−18	38
9	Greenock Morton	36	9	8	19	34	61	−27	35	Relegated to Second Division 2001-02
10	Alloa Athletic	36	7	11	18	38	61	−23	32	Relegated to Second Division 2001-02

Scottish Second Division

Main article: 2000–01 Scottish Second Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Partick Thistle	36	22	9	5	66	32	34	75	Promoted To First Division 2001-02
2	Arbroath	36	15	13	8	54	38	16	58	Promoted To First Division 2001-02
3	Berwick Rangers	36	14	12	10	51	44	7	54
4	Stranraer	36	15	9	12	51	50	1	54
5	Clydebank	36	12	11	13	42	43	−1	47
6	Queen of the South	36	13	7	16	52	59	−7	46
7	Stenhousemuir	36	12	6	18	45	63	−18	42
8	Forfar Athletic	36	10	10	16	48	52	−4	40
9	Queen's Park	36	10	10	16	28	40	−12	40	Relegated to Third Division 2001-02
10	Stirling Albion	36	5	17	14	34	50	−16	32	Relegated to Third Division 2001-02

Scottish Third Division

Main article: 2000–01 Scottish Third Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Hamilton Academical	36	22	10	4	75	41	34	76	Promoted to Second Division 2001-02
2	Cowdenbeath	36	23	7	6	58	31	27	76	Promoted to Second Division 2001-02
3	Brechin City	36	22	6	8	71	36	27	72
4	East Fife	36	15	8	13	49	46	3	53
5	Peterhead	36	13	10	13	46	46	0	49
6	Dumbarton	36	13	6	17	46	49	−3	45
7	Albion Rovers	36	12	9	15	38	43	−5	45
8	East Stirlingshire	36	10	7	19	37	69	−32	37
9	Montrose	36	6	8	22	31	65	−34	26
10	Elgin City	36	5	7	24	29	65	−36	22

Other honours

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Report
Scottish Cup 2000–01	Celtic	3 – 0	Hibernian	Wikipedia article
League Cup 2000–01	Celtic	3 – 0	Kilmarnock	BBC Sport
Challenge Cup 2000–01	Airdrieonians	2 – 2 (3 – 2 pen.)	Livingston	BBC Sport
Youth Cup	Aberdeen	2 – 0	Celtic
Junior Cup	Renfrew	0 – 0 (6 – 5 pen.)	Carnoustie Panmure	BBC Sport

Individual honours

SPFA awards

Award	Winner	Club
Players' Player of the Year	Henrik Larsson	Celtic
Young Player of the Year	Stiliyan Petrov	Celtic

SWFA awards

Award	Winner	Club
Footballer of the Year	Henrik Larsson	Celtic
Manager of the Year	Dick Advocaat	Rangers

Scottish clubs in Europe

Club	Competition(s)	Final round	Coef.
Rangers	UEFA Champions League UEFA Cup	Group stage Third round	12.50
Celtic	UEFA Cup	Second round	5.00
Heart of Midlothian	UEFA Cup	First round	4.00
Aberdeen	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	1.00

Average coefficient - 5.625

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 2000–19 results

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[2]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)	Report
2 September	Skonto stadions, Riga (A)	Latvia	1–0	WCQG6	Neil McCann	BBC Sport
7 October	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle (A)	San Marino	2–0	WCQG6	Matt Elliott, Don Hutchison	BBC Sport
11 October	Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb (A)	Croatia	1–1	WCQG6	Kevin Gallacher	BBC Sport
15 November	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Australia	0–2	Friendly		BBC Sport
24 March	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Belgium	2–2	WCQG6	Billy Dodds (2)	BBC Sport
28 March	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	San Marino	4–0	WCQG6	Colin Hendry (2), Billy Dodds, Colin Cameron	BBC Sport
25 April	Zawisza Bydgoszcz stadium, Bydgoszcz (A)	Poland	1–1	Friendly	Scott Booth (pen.)	BBC Sport

Key:

(A) = Away match
(H) = Home match
WCQG6 = World Cup Qualifying - Group 6

External links

Notes and references

↑ http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/2000-2007/200001/
↑ Scotland's score is shown first.

2000–01 in Scottish football

« 1999–2000 2001–02 »

Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final)

European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup

Related to national team	Results 2002 World Cup qualifying (UEFA Group 6)

Club seasons

Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren

First Division	Airdrieonians Alloa Athletic Ayr United Clyde Falkirk Greenock Morton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Livingston Raith Rovers Ross County

Second Division	Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clydebank Forfar Athletic Partick Thistle Queen of the South Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

Third Division	Albion Rovers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Hamilton Academical Montrose Peterhead

Seasons in Scottish football

1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06

Men's football in Scotland

SFA PFA Scotland

Overview	League system Clubs Venues Champions Second tier winners Third tier winners Fourth tier winners Honours won Managers

National teams	Scotland B U-21 U-20 U-19 U-17 U-16 Scottish League Semi-Pro

League system	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Development Highland Lowland East of Scotland South of Scotland North Caledonian

Cup competitions	Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Youth Cup

Junior football	SJFA Junior Cup West East North

Amateur football	SAFA Amateur Cup Aberdeenshire Ayrshire Caithness Caledonian Central Fife Inverness & District Kingdom Caledonian Lewis & Harris Lothian & Edinburgh Midlands North & South Lanarkshire Orkney Paisley & District Perthshire Scottish Shetland Stirling & District Strathclyde Uist & Barra West of Scotland

Welfare football	SWFA Forth & Endrick Moray North East Strathspey & Badenoch

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