2000–01 Fulham F.C. season

Fulham F.C.
2000-01 season
League Division One
Manager Jean Tigana
League position 1st
Top goalscorer League: Louis Saha (27)
All competitions: Louis Saha (32)
FA Cup Third round
Worthington Cup Quarter-finals
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous season ← 1999–2000
Next season 2001–02 →

The 2000-01 season was Fulham's 103rd season in professional football, competing in the Football League Division 1. This season for Fulham was of note, as they gained promotion to the Premier League and ran away with the Division 1 title with 101 points - 10 points ahead of runners-up Blackburn Rovers. The manager was former AS Monaco manager Jean Tigana's first season at Craven Cottage after Paul Bracewell's sacking toward the end of the 1999-2000 season.

Contents

Squad

First-team squad

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Maik Taylor
2 DF Steve Finnan
3 DF Rufus Brevett
4 DF Andy Melville
5 DF Chris Coleman
6 DF Kit Symons
7 MF Paul Trollope
8 MF Lee Clark
9 MF Nicholas Sahnoun
10 MF John Collins
11 MF Steve Hayward
11 FW Peter Møller (on loan from Real Oviedo)
12 GK Marcus Hahnemann
13 FW Karl-Heinz Riedle
14 DF Simon Morgan
15 FW Barry Hayles
16 DF Alan Neilson
17 MF Wayne Collins
No. Position Player
18 DF Kieran McAnespie
19 MF Bjarne Goldbæk
20 FW Louis Saha
21 FW Paul Peschisolido
22 FW Luis Boa Morte
23 MF Sean Davis
24 DF Alain Goma
25 MF Fabrice Fernandes
26 FW Kevin Betsy
27 DF Zat Knight
28 FW Luke Cornwall
29 DF Terry Phelan
30 GK Glyn Thompson
31 MF Eddie Lewis
32 MF Sammy Keevil
33 FW Calum Willock
34 FW Elvis Hammond
36 DF Mark Hudson
40 FW Andrejs Štolcers

Final league table

Pos Team Pl W D L F A GD Pts
1. Fulham 46 30 11 5 90 32  +58 101
2. Blackburn Rovers 46 26 13 7 76 39  +37 91
3. Bolton Wanderers 46 24 15 7 76 45  +31 87
4. Preston North End 46 23 9 14 64 52  +12 78
5. Birmingham City 46 23 9 14 59 48  +11 78
6. West Bromwich Albion 46 21 11 14 60 52  +8 74
7. Burnley 46 21 9 16 50 54  -4 72
8. Wimbledon 46 17 18 11 71 50  +21 69
9. Watford 46 20 9 17 76 67  +9 69
10. Sheffield United 46 19 11 16 52 49  +3 68
11. Nottingham Forest 46 20 8 18 55 53  +2 68
12. Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 14 13 19 45 48  -3 55
13. Gillingham 46 13 16 17 61 66  -5 55
14. Crewe Alexandra 46 15 10 21 47 62  -15 55
15. Norwich City 46 14 12 20 46 58  -12 54
16. Barnsley 46 15 9 22 49 62  -13 54
17. Sheffield Wednesday 46 15 8 23 52 71  -19 53
18. Grimsby Town 46 14 10 22 43 62  -19 52
19. Stockport County 46 11 18 17 58 65  -7 51
20. Portsmouth 46 10 19 17 47 59  -12 49
21. Crystal Palace 46 12 13 21 57 70  -13 49
22. Huddersfield Town 46 11 15 20 48 57  -9 48
23. Queens Park Rangers 46 7 19 20 45 75  -30 40
24. Tranmere Rovers 46 9 11 26 46 77  -31 38

Key

Matches

Pre-season friendlies

2000-07-08
 Tiverton 0 – 2 Fulham Ladysmead, Tiverton
Attendance: unknown
Referee: unknown
(Report) Melville  41'
Peschisolido  45'
2000-07-12
 Rennes 0 – 1 Fulham Route de Lorient, Rennes
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: unknown
(Report) Hayles  36'
2000-07-19
 French XI 0 – 1 Fulham unknown
Attendance: unknown
Referee: unknown
(Report) Cornwall  63'
2000-07-22
 Fulham 2 – 0 India Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 5,773
Referee: William Jordan
Riedle  40'  80' Report)
2000-07-26
 Barnet 0 – 0 Fulham Underhill, Barnet
Attendance: unknown
Referee: unknown
(Report)
2000-07-29
 Brentford 0 – 2 Fulham Griffin Park, London
Attendance: 2,704
Referee: unknown
(Report) Boa Morte  6'  40'
2000-08-02
 Fulham 0 – 0 Tottenham Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 12,928
Referee: Graham Poll
(Report)
2000-08-05
 Bournemouth 0 – 1 Fulham Dean Court, Bournemouth
Attendance: unknown
Referee: unknown
(Report) Symons  86'

Division 1

2000-08-12
15:00
 Fulham 2 – 0 Crewe Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 11,157
Referee: Rob Styles
Hayles  64'
Saha  73'		 (Report)
2000-08-18
19:45
 Birmingham 1 – 3 Fulham St Andrews, Birmingham
Attendance: 21,659
Referee: Neale Barry
Sonner  38' (Report) J Collins  1'
Saha  31'
Davis  45'
2000-08-26
15:00
 Fulham 4 – 1 Stockport Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 11,009
Referee: Paul Alcock
Hayles  3', 76'
Collins  59'
Boa Morte  87'		 (Report) Cooper  5'
2000-08-28
19:45
 Norwich 0 – 1 Fulham Carrow Road, Norwich
Attendance: 16,678
Referee: Mike Fletcher
(Report) Boa Morte  88'
2000-09-10
13:00
 Fulham 5 – 1 Barnsley Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 10,437
Referee: Andy Hall
Saha  6', 31', 45' (pen.)
Hayles  60'
Boa Morte  90'		 (Report) Appleby  73'
2000-09-12
19:45
 Fulham 3 – 1 Burnley Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 11,863
Referee: Trevor Parkes
Goldbaek  53'
Saha  64', 81'		 (Report) Cook  10'
2000-09-16
15:00
 Notts Forest 0 – 3 Fulham City Ground, Nottingham
Attendance: 18,737
Referee: Eddie Wolstenholme
(Report) Saha  58'
Fernandes  82'
Hayles  83'
2000-09-23
15:00
 Fulham 3 – 0 Gillingham Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 13,032
Referee: Frazer Stretton
Hayles  45', 87'
Clark  65'		 (Report)
2000-09-30
15:00
 Bolton 0 – 2 Fulham Reebok Stadium, Bolton
Attendance: 19,924
Referee: Anthony Bates
(Report) Boa Morte  1', 85'
2000-10-15
13:00
 Fulham 2 – 1 Blackburn Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 15,427
Referee: Uriah Rennie
Fernandes  15'
Saha  68' (pen.)		 (Report) Jansen  4'
2000-10-18
19:45
 Fulham 3 – 1 Crystal Palace Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 16,040
Referee: Phil Richards
Saha  10'
Clark  23', 59'		 (Report) Ruddock  17'
2000-10-21
15:00
 Wolves 0 – 0 Fulham Molineux, Wolverhampton
Attendance: 21,080
Referee: Graham Laws
(Report)
2000-10-24
19:45
 Fulham 0 – 1 Preston Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 14,354
Referee: Paul Danson
(Report) Appleton  68'
2000-10-28
15:00
 Sheff Wed 3 – 3 Fulham Hillsborough, Sheffield
Attendance: 17,559
Referee: Graham Laws
Sibon  41'
Morrison  72'
Westwood  90'		 (Report) Saha  47'
Hayles  55'
Melville  82'
2000-11-04
15:00
 Fulham 3 – 0 Huddersfield Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 13,108
Referee: Steve Bennett
Saha  58'
Goldbaek  89'
Finnan  90'		 (Report)
2000-11-11
15:00
 Wimbledon 0 – 3 Fulham Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 14,071
Referee: Chris Foy
(Report) Saha  32', 59' (pen.)
Hayles  86'
2000-11-18
15:00
 Fulham 3 – 1 Portsmouth Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 19,005
Referee: Keith Hill
Hayles  11', 69'
Clark  80'		 (Report) Claridge  44'
2000-11-21
19:45
 Sheff Utd 1 – 1 Fulham Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Attendance: 16,041
Referee: Paul Rejer
D'Jaffo  8' (Report) Finnan  4'
2000-11-25
15:00
 Fulham 2 – 1 Grimsby Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 12,107
Referee: Paul Durkin
Boa Morte  60'
Saha  81'		 (Report) Donovan  87'
2000-12-02
15:00
 Preston 1 – 1 Fulham Deepdale, Preston
Attendance: 16,047
Referee: Alan Wiley
Jackson  4' (Report) Davis  60'
2000-12-09
15:00
 West Brom 1 – 3 Fulham The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
Attendance: 22,301
Referee: Rob Harris
Lyttle  71' (Report) Davis  4', 28'
Stolcers  87'
2000-12-16
15:00
 Fulham 3 – 1 Tranmere Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 13,157
Referee: Roy Pearson
Clark  21'
Boa Morte  28', 50'		 (Report) Koumas  7'
2000-12-23
15:00
 Crewe 1 – 2 Fulham Gresty Road, Crewe
Attendance: 6,935
Referee: Anthony Leake
Rivers  19' (Report) Boa Morte  46'
Hayles  75'
2000-12-26
19:45
 Fulham 5 – 0 Watford Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 19,373
Referee: Roy Pearson
Saha  29'
Hayles  42', 56', 75'
Stolcers  77'		 (Report)
2001-01-01
19:45
 Stockport 2 – 0 Fulham Edgeley Park, Stockport
Attendance: 6,100
Referee: Alan Butler
Wiss  40'
Clark  47'		 (Report)

Worthington Cup

2000-08-22
19:45
 Northampton 1 – 0 Fulham Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
Attendance: 3,847
Referee: Phil Richards
Gabbiadini  24' (Report)
2000-09-05
19:45
 Fulham 4 4 – 2 1 Northampton Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 5,302
Referee: Ray Oliver
Davis  45'
Fernandes  56'
Saha  71', 90'		 (Report) Sampson  6'
2000-09-19
19:45
 Chesterfield 1 – 0 Fulham Saltergate, Chesterfield
Attendance: 3,710
Referee: Scott Mathieson
Parrish  90' (Report)
2000-09-27
19:45
 Fulham 4 4 – 1 0 Chesterfield Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Barry Knight
Hayward  35'
Symons  73'
Hayles  80'
Boa Morte  90'		 (Report)
2000-11-01
19:45
 Fulham 3 – 2 Wolves Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 6,763
Referee: Eddie Wolstenholme
Boa Morte  67', 83'
Saha  85'		 (Report) Ketsbaia  60'
Osborn  90'
2000-11-29
19:45
 Fulham 3 – 2 Derby Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 11,761
Referee: Peter Jones
Saha  28', 90'
Lewis  39'		 (Report) Christie  13'
Powell  45'
2000-12-13
20:00
 Liverpool 3 – 0
(aet)		 Fulham Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 20,144
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
Owen  105'
Šmicer  114'
Barmby  120'		 (Report)

FA Cup

2001-01-07
13:00
 Fulham 1 – 2 Man Utd Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 19,178
Referee: Jeff Winter
Fernandes  24' (Report) Solskjaer  8'
Sheringham  89'

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