2000–01 Middlesbrough F.C. season

Middlesbrough

2000–01 season
Chairman	Steve Gibson
Manager	Bryan Robson Terry Venables (joint manager from 4 December)
Stadium	Riverside Stadium
Premier League	14th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	Alen Bokšić (12)
Average home league attendance	34,386
Home colours Away colours
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

During the 2000-01 season, Middlesbrough participated in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

Some early season relegation worries saw Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson respond by installing former England boss Terry Venables as joint manager alongside Bryan Robson in December. This experiment with joint management paid off as Middlesbrough finished 14th to avoid the drop by a comfortable margin.

Robson and Venables both departed after the season was over, and in came Manchester United assistant Steve McClaren to manage the Teesside club.

Team kit and sponsors

Middlesbrough were again sponsored by BT Cellnet for the 2000-01 season.

The team's strip was produced by Errea. The home shirt consisted of a red shirt with white hoop, red shorts and red socks with white trim. The away strip consisted of a black shirt with red and white stripes in the middle, plain black shorts and black socks.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1.	Manchester United	38	24	8	6	79	31	+48	80
2.	Arsenal	38	20	10	8	63	38	+25	70
3.	Liverpool	38	20	9	9	71	39	+32	69
4.	Leeds United	38	20	8	10	64	43	+21	68
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
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
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	38	8	10	20	41	65	-24	34
19.	Coventry City	38	8	10	20	36	63	-27	34
20.	Bradford City	38	5	11	22	30	70	-40	26

Key
Qualified for the Champions League
Qualified for the UEFA Cup
Relegated to Division 1

Results

Middlesbrough's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 2000	Coventry City	A	3–1	20,624	Job, Bokšić (2)
22 August 2000	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–1	31,254	Summerbell
26 August 2000	Leeds United	H	1–2	31,626	Stamp
6 September 2000	Derby County	A	3–3	24,290	Bokšić (pen), Job, Deane
9 September 2000	Everton	H	1–2	30,885	Watson (own goal)
17 September 2000	Manchester City	A	1–1	32,053	Festa
23 September 2000	Aston Villa	H	1–1	27,556	Alpay (own goal)
30 September 2000	Southampton	A	3–1	14,903	Bokšić (2), Festa
16 October 2000	Newcastle United	H	1–3	31,436	Deane
21 October 2000	Charlton Athletic	A	0–1	20,043
28 October 2000	Ipswich Town	A	1–2	21,771	Gordon
4 November 2000	Arsenal	H	0–1	29,541
11 November 2000	Manchester United	A	1–2	67,576	Karembeu
18 November 2000	Leicester City	H	0–3	27,965
25 November 2000	Bradford City	H	2–2	15,232	Ehiogu, Ince
2 December 2000	West Ham United	A	0–1	25,459
9 December 2000	Sunderland	A	0–1	47,742
16 December 2000	Chelsea	H	1–0	29,422	Gordon
23 December 2000	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–0	35,638
26 December 2000	Liverpool	H	1–0	34,696	Karembeu
30 December 2000	Coventry City	H	1–1	30,499	Bokšić
1 January 2001	Leeds United	A	1–1	39,251	Bokšić
13 January 2001	Derby County	H	4–0	29,041	Bokšić (2, 1 pen), Ehiogu, Ricard (pen)
20 January 2001	Liverpool	A	0–0	43,042
31 January 2001	Everton	A	2–2	34,244	Ricard, Cooper
3 February 2001	Manchester City	H	1–1	31,794	Cooper
10 February 2001	Aston Villa	A	1–1	28,912	Ehiogu
24 February 2001	Southampton	H	0–1	28,725
3 March 2001	Charlton Athletic	H	0–0	28,177
17 March 2001	Newcastle United	A	2–1	51,751	Bokšić (2)
31 March 2001	Chelsea	A	1–2	34,933	Windass
9 April 2001	Sunderland	H	0–0	31,284
14 April 2001	Arsenal	A	3–0	37,879	Edu (own goal), Sylvinho (own goal), Ricard
16 April 2001	Ipswich Town	H	1–2	34,294	Windass
21 April 2001	Leicester City	A	3–0	18,162	Ricard, Bokšić, Ince
28 April 2001	Manchester United	H	0–2	34,417
5 May 2001	Bradford City	A	1–1	20,921	Karembeu
19 May 2001	West Ham United	H	2–1	33,057	Job, Karembeu

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 2001	Bradford City	A	1–0	7,303	Ricard
R4	6 February 2001	Wimbledon	H	0–0	20,625
R4R	13 February 2001	Wimbledon	A	1–3 (a.e.t.)	5,991	Ricard

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	19 September 2000	Macclesfield Town	H	2–1	5,144	Whelan, Summerbell
R2 Second Leg	26 September 2000	Macclesfield Town	A	3–1	3,153	Ricard (3)
R3	31 October 2000	Wimbledon	A	0–1	3,666

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[3]

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 Mark Schwarzer 2 DF Curtis Fleming 3 DF Dean Gordon 4 DF Steve Vickers 5 DF Gianluca Festa 6 DF Gary Pallister 7 MF Robbie Mustoe 8 MF Christian Karembeu 9 MF Paul Ince 10 FW Brian Deane 11 FW Alen Bokšić 12 MF Keith O'Neill 13 GK Marlon Beresford 14 MF Paul Okon 15 MF Neil Maddison

No. Position Player 16 FW Joseph-Désiré Job 17 DF Ugo Ehiogu 18 FW Andy Campbell 19 FW Hamilton Ricard 20 FW Dean Windass 22 MF Mark Summerbell 23 MF Carlos Marinelli 24 MF Phil Stamp 25 GK Mark Crossley 26 FW Noel Whelan 28 DF Colin Cooper 29 DF Jason Gavin 30 DF Stuart Parnaby 34 GK Chris Bennion 36 MF Mark Hudson

Left the 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 17 DF Christian Ziege (to Liverpool) 21 DF Craig Harrison (to Crystal Palace) 20 FW Alun Armstrong (to Ipswich Town)

No. Position Player 35 GK Gary Walsh (on loan from Bradford City) MF Richard Kell (to Torquay United)

Reserve squad

Squad at end of season^[4]

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

No. Position Player 27 DF Robbie Stockdale 31 MF Alan Moore 32 DF Steve Baker

No. Position Player 33 MF Anthony Ormerod 35 MF Sean Kilgannon

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Previous club	Cost
5 July 2000	Christian Karembeu	Real Madrid	£2,100,000[5]
5 July 2000	Paul Okon	Fiorentina	Free[6]
18 July 2000	Mark Crossley	Nottingham Forest	Free[7]
1 August 2000	Joseph-Désiré Job	Lens	£3,000,000[8]
1 August 2000	Noel Whelan	Coventry City	£2,200,000[9]
7 August 2000	Alen Bokšić	Lazio	£2,500,000[10]
20 October 2000	Ugo Ehiogu	Aston Villa	£8,000,000[11]
8 March 2001	Dean Windass	Bradford City	£600,000[12]

Out

Date	Player	New club	Cost
17 July 2000	Paul Gascoigne	Everton	Free[13]
25 August 2000	Christian Ziege	Liverpool	£5,500,000[14]
7 December 2000	Alun Armstrong	Ipswich Town	£500,000[15]

Player statistics

Goalscorers

Goalscoring statistics for 2000-01.^[16]

Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
Bokšić	12	0	0	12
Ricard	4	2	3	9
Karembeu	4	0	0	4
Job	3	0	0	3
Ehiogu	3	0	0	3
Deane	2	0	0	2
Gordon	2	0	0	2
Ince	2	0	0	2
Cooper	2	0	0	2
Windass	2	0	0	2
Summerbell	1	0	1	2
Stamp	1	0	0	1
Festa	1	0	0	1
Whelan	0	0	1	1
Own Goals	4	0	0	4

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[4][17]

• GK: #1, Mark Schwarzer, 34
• RB: #2, Curtis Fleming, 34
• CB: #4, Steve Vickers, 31
• CB: #5, Gianluca Festa, 27
• LB: #28, Colin Cooper, 30
• RM: #14, Paul Okon, 25
• CM: #9, Paul Ince, 35
• CM: #8, Christian Karembeu, 33
• LM: #12, Keith O'Neill, 15 (#17, Ugo Ehiogu, has 24 starts as a central defender)
• CF: #11, Alen Boksic, 28
• CF: #19, Hamilton Ricard, 33

References

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