2000–01 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
2000–01 season
Chairman Brian Quinn
Manager Martin O'Neill
Ground Celtic Park
Glasgow, Scotland
(Capacity: 60,837)
Scottish Premier League 1st
Scottish Cup Winners
Scottish League Cup Winners
Top goalscorer League:
Henrik Larsson (35)
All:
Henrik Larsson (53)
Highest home attendance 60,440 (vs St. Mirren,
7 April 2001)
Lowest home attendance 31,940 (vs Dunfermline Athletic,
7 March 2001)
Home colours
← 1999–00 2001–02 →

Celtic played the season 2000–01 in the Scottish Premier League. Martin O'Neill became manager and Celtic won a domestic treble of the three major Scottish trophies: the Scottish League Cup,[1] the Scottish Premier League trophy[2] and the Scottish FA Challenge Cup.[3]

Contents

Review and events

Management

Following the departure of John Barnes in February 2000,[4] Martin O'Neill was appointed as manager of Celtic in June 2000.[5] Kenny Dalglish, who was director of football at Celtic, left the club soon after.[6] John Robertson and Steve Walford followed O'Neill from Leicester City to be assistant manager and coach.[7]

Transfers

O'Neill's first signing was striker Chris Sutton from Chelsea for a Scottish record transfer of £6 million in July 2000,[8] followed by Belgian international defender Joos Valgaeren from Roda JC for a fee of £3.8 million.[9] Alan Thompson and Didier Agathe joined Celtic in September. Thompson joined from Aston Villa for a fee of £2.75 million while Agathe joined from Hibernian for a nominal fee.[10] Goalkeeper Rab Douglas was brought in from Dundee in October for £1.2 million[11] and Neil Lennon joined in December 2000 from Leicester City for £5.75 million.[12] Mark Viduka was transferred out to Leeds United in July 2000 for a fee of £6 million.[13]

League campaign

Celtic started their league campaign by going undefeated in 16 games until a heavy defeat to Rangers in November 2000. They lost only two more games, both in May after the league title had been secured. They won the Scottish Premier League with a victory over St. Mirren in April, receiving the trophy two weeks later after a 1–0 home win over Hearts,[2] having finished 15 points clear of the runner-up, Rangers, with 97 points.[14] Striker Henrik Larsson scored 53 goals to set a new Scottish scoring record for a single season.[15]

Key games were:[16]

Cup competitions

Celtic beat Raith Rovers, Hearts and Rangers on the way to the Scottish League Cup final at Hampden Park in March 2001. They won the trophy, beating Kilmarnock 3-0 through a second-half hat-trick by Henrik Larsson despite going down to ten men after Chris Sutton was sent off.[1]

In the Scottish Cup, Celtic beat Stranraer, Dunfermline after a replay, Hearts and Dundee United to reach the final in May 2001, where they beat Hibernian 3-0 with a goal from Jackie McNamara and two goals from Henrik Larsson to complete a domestic treble.[17]

European campaign

Celtic had qualified for the UEFA Cup and began their campaign with an 11-0 aggregate win over Jeunesse Esch from Luxembourg in August 2000.[18] A Chris Sutton goal in extra-time in the away leg was enough to see Celtic through the next round 3-2 on aggregate against HJK Helsinki the following month.[19] They were knocked out in the third round of the competition by Girondins de Bordeaux 2-3 on aggregate despite dominating the second leg in Bordeaux.[20]

Match results

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Scottish Premier League

Date Opponent Venue Result
(Celtic
score first)		 Scorers Attendance Match report
July 30, 2000 – 18:05 Dundee United Away 2–1 Larsson, Sutton 11,761 BBC Sport
August 5, 2000 – 15:00 Motherwell Home 1–0 Petrov 58,534 BBC Sport
August 13, 2000 – 15:00 Kilmarnock Home 2–1 Larsson, Johnson 58,054 BBC Sport
August 19, 2000 – 15:00 Heart of Midlothian Away 4–2 Sutton (2), Larsson, Moravcik 16,744 BBC Sport
August 27, 2000 – 13:00 Rangers Home 6–2 Sutton (2), Petrov, Lambert, Larsson (2) 59,476 BBC Sport
September 9, 2000 – 15:00 Hibernian Home 3–0 Larsson (2), Burchill 60,091 BBC Sport
September 18, 2000 – 20:00 Dunfermline Athletic Away 2–1 Larsson (2) 9,493 BBC Sport
September 23, 2000 – 15:00 Dundee Home 1–0 Petrov 59,694 BBC Sport
October 1, 2000 – 15:00 Aberdeen Away 1–1 Larsson 18,239 BBC Sport
October 14, 2000 – 15:00 St. Mirren Home 2–0 Sutton, Larsson 60,002 BBC Sport
October 17, 2000 – 19:45 St. Johnstone Away 2–0 Valgaeren, Larsson 8,946 BBC Sport
October 21, 2000 – 15:00 Dundee United Home 2–1 Larsson, Thompson 59,427 BBC Sport
October 29, 2000 – 18:05 Motherwell Away 3–3 Mjallby, Valgaeren, McNamara 10,820 BBC Sport
November 5, 2000 – 14:35 Kilmarnock Away 1–0 Thompson 13,417 BBC Sport
November 12, 2000 – 15:00 St. Johnstone Home 4–1 Sutton, Larsson (2), Moravcik 57,137 BBC Sport
November 18, 2000 – 15:00 Heart of Midlothian Home 6–1 Valgaeren, Moravcik, Larsson (2), Mjallby, Petrov 59,813 BBC Sport
November 26, 2000 – 13:00 Rangers Away 1–5 Larsson 50,083 BBC Sport
November 29, 2000 – 19:45 Hibernian Away 0–0 14,939 BBC Sport
December 2, 2000 – 15:00 Dunfermline Athletic Home 3–1 Moravcik, Larsson, Johnson 59,244 BBC Sport
December 16, 2000 – 15:00 Aberdeen Home 6–0 Larsson (3), Vega (2), Smith 60,013 BBC Sport
December 23, 2000 – 15:00 St. Mirren Away 2–0 Agathe, Larsson 9,487 BBC Sport
December 26, 2000 – 15:00 Dundee United Away 4–0 Larsson, Sutton (2), Petrov 12,306 BBC Sport
January 2, 2001 – 15:00 Kilmarnock Home 6–0 Sutton (2), Larsson (4) 59,380 BBC Sport
February 4, 2001 – 18:05 Heart of Midlothian Away 3–0 Larsson (3) 13,077 BBC Sport
February 11, 2001 – 13:15 Rangers Home 1–0 Thompson 59,496 BBC Sport
February 21, 2001 – 19:45 Motherwell Home 1–0 Moravcik 58,880 BBC Sport
February 25, 2001 – 18:05 Hibernian Home 1–1 Mjallby 60,063 BBC Sport
March 4, 2001 – 14:35 Dunfermline Athletic Away 3–0 Petrov, Larsson, Lennon 9,096 BBC Sport
March 14, 2001 – 20:00 St. Johnstone Away 2–1 Johnson, Larsson 8,993 BBC Sport
April 1, 2001 – 18:05 Aberdeen Away 1–0 Agathe 16,067 BBC Sport
April 4, 2001 – 19:45 Dundee Home 2–1 Johnson, Mjallby 59,562 BBC Sport
April 7, 2001 – 12:55 St. Mirren Home 1–0 Johnson 60,440 BBC Sport
April 22, 2001 – 18:05 Heart of Midlothian Home 1–0 Moravcik 59,298 BBC Sport
April 29, 2001 – 13:00 Rangers Away 3–0 Moravcik (2), Larsson 50,057 BBC Sport
May 6, 2001 – 15:00 Hibernian Away 5–2 McNamara (2), Larsson, Stubbs, Moravcik 8,728 BBC Sport
May 13, 2001 – 15:00 Dundee Home 0–2 59,435 BBC Sport
May 20, 2001 – 15:00 Kilmarnock Away 0–1 12,675 BBC Sport

Scottish League Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result
(Celtic
score first)		 Scorers Attendance Match report
September 5, 2000 – 19:450 Raith Rovers00 Home 4–0 Sutton, Johnson (2), Thompson 32,307 BBC Sport
November 1, 2000 – 19:35 Heart of Midlothian Away 5–2 Crainey, Smith, Healy, Moravcik, McNamara0000 13,076 BBC Sport
February 7, 2001 – 19:45 Rangers Neutral 3–1 Sutton, Larsson (2) 50,000 BBC Sport
March 18, 2001 – 15:00 Kilmarnock Neutral 3–0 Larsson (3) 48,830 BBC Sport

Scottish Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result
(Celtic
score first)		 Scorers Attendance Match report
January 28, 2001 – 18:05 Stranraer Away 4–1 Valgaeren, McNamara, Knox o.g., Moravcik00000 5,600 BBC Sport
February 17, 2001 – 15:0000 Dunfermline Athletic Away 2–2 Larsson (2) 11,222 BBC Sport
March 7, 2001 – 19:45 Dunfermline Athletic Home 4–1 Vega (2), Larsson (2) 31,940 BBC Sport
March 11, 2001 – 14:35 Heart of Midlothian Home 1–0 Larsson 34,672 BBC Sport
April 15, 2001 – 14:00 Dundee United Neutral 3–1 Larsson (2), McNamara 38,699 BBC Sport
May 26, 2001 – 15:00 Hibernian Neutral 3–0 McNamara, Larsson (2) 51,824 BBC Sport

UEFA Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result
(Celtic
score first)		 Scorers Attendance Match report
August 10, 2000 – 19:45 Jeunesse Esch Away 4–0 Moravcik (2), Larsson, Petta - BBC Sport
August 24, 2000 – 19:45 Jeunesse Esch Home 7–0 Burchill (3), Berkovic (2), Riseth, Petrov00000000 40,282 BBC Sport
September 14, 2000 – 19:45 HJK Helsinki Home 2–0 Larsson (2) 40,544 BBC Sport
September 28, 2000 – 17:00 HJK Helsinki Away 1–2 Sutton 6,530 BBC Sport
October 26, 2000 – 19:45 Bordeaux Away 1–1 Larsson 21,318 BBC Sport
November 9, 2000 – 19:45 Bordeaux Home 1–2 Moravcik 51,242 BBC Sport

Player details

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No. Nat Pos Player Total Premier League Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
38 GK Barry John Corr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 GK Rab Douglas 28 0 22 0 6 0 0 0
1 GK Jonathan Gould 18 0 15 0 3 0 0 0
21 GK Stewart Kerr 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
23 GK Dmitri Kharin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Thomas Boyd 39 0 30 0 5 0 4 0
40 DF Stephen Crainey 5 1 2 0 1 0 2 1
3 DF Stephane Mahe 11 0 10 0 0 0 1 0
4 DF Jackie McNamara 37 7 30 3 4 3 3 1
35 DF Johan Mjallby 42 4 35 4 5 0 2 0
31 DF Rafael Scheidt 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Alan Stubbs 12 1 11 1 0 0 1 0
16 DF Olivier Tebily 6 0 4 0 1 0 1 0
5 DF Joos Valgaeren 44 4 35 3 6 1 3 0
36 DF Ramon Vega 26 4 18 2 6 2 2 0
17 MF Didier Agathe 33 3 27 3 6 0 0 0
10 MF Eyal Berkovic 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
34 MF Mark Fotheringham 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF Colin Healy 15 1 12 0 0 0 3 1
39 MF Jamie Smith 9 2 7 1 0 0 2 1
14 MF Paul Lambert 35 1 27 1 6 0 2 0
18 MF Neil Lennon 25 1 17 1 6 0 2 0
43 MF Liam Miller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF Lubomir Moravcik 35 11 27 9 5 1 3 1
19 MF Stilian Petrov 33 7 28 7 3 0 2 0
15 MF Bobby Petta 26 0 20 0 2 0 4 0
30 MF Vidar Riseth 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
26 MF Paul Shields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Alan Thompson 32 3 30 3 1 0 1 0
27 FW Mark Burchill 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 0
12 FW Tommy Johnson 23 7 16 5 4 0 3 2
7 FW Henrik Larsson 45 49 37 35 6 9 2 5
32 FW Simon Lynch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW Shaun Maloney 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
9 FW Chris Sutton 31 13 24 11 4 0 3 2

NB: Players with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes

Transfers

Players in

Player From Fee
Chris Sutton Chelsea £6,000,000[21]
Joos Valgaeren Roda JC £3,700,000[21]
Alan Thompson Aston Villa £2,750,000
Didier Agathe Hibernian £50,000
Rab Douglas Dundee £1,200,000
Neil Lennon Leicester City £5,750,000
Ramon Vega Tottenham Hotspur Loan
Troy Douglin Torquay United Loan

Players out

Player To Fee
Mark Viduka Leeds United £6,000,000[21]
Vidar Riseth 1860 Munich
1860 Munich		 Loan
£975,000.
Rafael Scheidt Corinthians Loan
Mark Burchill Birmingham City
Ipswich Town		 Loan
Loan
Paul Shields Albion Rovers Loan
Eyal Berkovic Blackburn Rovers Loan
Brian McColligan Stenhousemuir Loan
Barry John Corr Queen's Park Loan
Liam Keogh Forfar Athletic Loan
Marc Rieper − Released

Team kit
2000-01 home colours

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