2000–01 Leeds United A.F.C. season

Leeds United
2000-01 season
Chairman Peter Ridsdale
Manager David O'Leary
Stadium Elland Road
Premiership 4th
FA Cup Fourth round
League Cup Third round
Champions League Semi-finals
Top goalscorer League: Viduka (17)
All: Viduka (22)
Highest home attendance 40,055 vs Liverpool
(4 Nov 2000, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance 32,386 vs Barnsley
(6 Jan 2001, FA Cup)
Average home league attendance 37,866

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

Season summary

David O'Leary took Leeds United to their first European Cup semi-final since 1975, where defeat at the hands of Valencia ended their chances of a repeat of the ill-tempered 1975 European Cup clash with Bayern Munich, who beat Real Madrid in the other semi-final.[1] Still, this disappointment was less of a dampener on a season where Leeds had fielded a predominantly young squad. They finished fourth in the final table, which meant that their place in Europe for 2001-02 would be in the UEFA Cup rather than the European Cup.

Failure to qualify for the Champions League was viewed as merely a disappointment by fans of the club, given the success in reaching the semi-final. In fact, the directors of the club had secured tens of millions of pounds of loans on successful Champions League qualification; the failure to qualify was a calamity that would see the club suffer financial disaster and be relegated twice in the coming seasons.

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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[lower-alpha 1]
4 Leeds United 38 20 8 10 64 43 +21 68 2001–02 UEFA Cup First round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Ipswich Town 38 20 6 12 57 42 +15 66
6 Chelsea 38 17 10 11 68 45 +23 61
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Since Liverpool won the League Cup and qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place went to Ipswich Town. Since both FA Cup finalists, Liverpool and Arsenal, qualified for the Champions League, the berth in the UEFA Cup went to Chelsea.
Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 20 8 10 64 43  +21 68 11 3 5 36 21  +15 9 5 5 28 22  +6
Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAAHAHH
ResultWWLDLDWWLDWDLWLLWLLDWLWWWDDWDWWWWWWLWW
Position5246910849107810101112101212131212101076565533343444

Source: 11v11.com: 2000-01 Leeds United results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Premier League

FA Cup

League Cup

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying

First group stage

Second group stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[2]

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

No. Position Player
1 England GK Nigel Martyn
2 Republic of Ireland DF Gary Kelly
3 Republic of Ireland DF Ian Harte
4 France MF Olivier Dacourt
5 South Africa DF Lucas Radebe (captain)
6 England DF Jonathan Woodgate
7 Republic of Ireland FW Robbie Keane (on loan from Inter Milan)
8 England FW Michael Bridges
9 Australia FW Mark Viduka
10 Australia FW Harry Kewell
11 England MF Lee Bowyer
13 England GK Paul Robinson
14 Republic of Ireland MF Stephen McPhail
16 England MF Jason Wilcox
No. Position Player
17 England FW Alan Smith
18 England DF Danny Mills
19 Norway MF Eirik Bakke
21 Scotland DF Dominic Matteo
22 England DF Michael Duberry
23 England MF David Batty
24 New Zealand DF Danny Hay
25 Australia MF Jacob Burns
27 Republic of Ireland DF Alan Maybury
28 England MF Jamie McMaster
29 England DF Rio Ferdinand
31 England DF Gareth Evans
38 England FW Tony Hackworth

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
12 England FW Darren Huckerby (to Manchester City)
20 Wales MF Matt Jones (to Leicester City)
29 Wales MF Kevin Aherne-Evans (to Cardiff City)
30 Netherlands DF Robert Molenaar (to Bradford City)
No. Position Player
35 England FW Lee Matthews (to Bristol City)
40 Republic of Ireland MF Alan Cawley (to Sheffield Wednesday)
41 England DF Jason Lanns (to Rochdale)

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
26 Australia GK Danny Milosevic
32 Northern Ireland MF Simon Watson
33 Northern Ireland MF Wesley Boyle
34 England MF Kevin Dixon
36 Northern Ireland FW Warren Feeney
37 Republic of Ireland DF Damian Lynch
No. Position Player
39 Republic of Ireland DF Alan Martin
42 England FW Tony Lennon
43 England FW Harpal Singh
England GK Shaun Allaway
Australia DF Shane Cansdell-Sherriff
United States MF John Arsala
England FW Simon Johnson

Youth team

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

No. Position Player
South Africa GK Chad Harpur
England DF Christopher Kamara
England DF Matthew Kilgallon
England DF Tom Newey
England DF Frazer Richardson
No. Position Player
Republic of Ireland MF Paul Keegan
England FW Craig Farrell
England FW Caleb Folan
Wales FW Craig Steins
England FW Jemeel Rhodes

Appearances, goals and cards

(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)[3][4]
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Champions League Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1GKEngland Nigel Martyn 230100012036010
2DFRepublic of Ireland Gary Kelly 22+20101011+1035+3010
3DFRepublic of Ireland Ian Harte 2971010174481130
4MFFrance Olivier Dacourt 3331000141483161
5DFSouth Africa Lucas Radebe 19+10100+1010030+2071
6DFEngland Jonathan Woodgate 14110105021140
7FWRepublic of Ireland Robbie Keane 12+6920000014+6910
8FWEngland Michael Bridges 6+1000004010+1000
9FWAustralia Mark Viduka 34172110164532270
10FWAustralia Harry Kewell 12+5200006318+8230
11MFEngland Lee Bowyer 38910001565415120
12FWEngland Darren Huckerby 2+5000120+313+8300
13GKEngland Paul Robinson 15+1010106023+1000
14MFRepublic of Ireland Stephen McPhail 3+4000001+204+6000
16MFEngland Jason Wilcox 7+1000+10102+319+14100
17FWEngland Alan Smith 26+7111+100+1016743+918112
18DFEngland Danny Mills 20+31100015+1036+40110
19MFNorway Eirik Bakke 24+52201010+2137+73121
20MFWales Matt Jones 3+100010105+1000
21DFScotland Dominic Matteo 300201015248230
22DFEngland Michael Duberry 500000409010
23MFEngland David Batty 13320007+1022+4041
24DFNew Zealand Danny Hay 2+2000100+103+3000
25MFAustralia Jacob Burns 3+1000103+107+2000
27DFRepublic of Ireland Alan Maybury 000000101000
29DFEngland Rio Ferdinand 23220007132310
31MFEngland Gareth Evans 0+1100100+100+2000
38FWEngland Tony Hackworth 00000+100+200+3000

Transfers

In

†Club record transfer fee at the time.
‡Current club record transfer fee.

Out

Transfers in: Decrease £43,700,000
Transfers out: Increase £12,950,000
Total spending: Decrease £30,750,000

Loaned in

Loaned out

References

  1. ↑ "Leeds' luck runs out in Valencia". BBC Sport. 8 May 2001. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Leeds United - 2000/01". FootballSquads. Archived from the original on 28 November 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
  3. ↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/leeds-united/tab/players/season/2001/comp/1
  4. ↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/leeds-united/tab/players/season/2001/comp/7
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