2000–01 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers
2000–01 season
Manager	Gerry Francis (until 25 February) Ian Holloway (from 26 February)
Stadium	Loftus Road
First Division	23rd (relegated)
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Peter Crouch (10) All: Peter Crouch (12)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

During the 2000–01 English football season, Queens Park Rangers F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

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

Results

Queens Park Rangers' score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Main article: 2000–01 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	12 August 2000	Birmingham City	H	0 – 0	13,926
2	20 August 2000	Crystal Palace	A	1 – 1	19,020	Carlisle
3	26 August 2000	Crewe Alexandra	H	1 – 0	9,415	Furlong
4	28 August 2000	West Bromwich Albion	A	1 – 2	14,831	Kiwomya
5	9 September 2000	Preston North End	H	0 – 0	11,092
6	13 September 2000	Gillingham	H	2 – 2	10,655	Kiwomya, Crouch
7	16 September 2000	Barnsley	A	2 – 4	12,763	Kiwomya (2)
8	23 September 2000	Wimbledon	H	2 – 1	11,720	Crouch, Wardley
9	30 September 2000	Sheffield United	A	1 – 1	13,803	Koejoe
10	14 October 2000	Watford	A	1 – 3	17,488	Connolly
11	17 October 2000	Grimsby Town	A	1 – 3	4,428	Connolly
12	21 October 2000	Burnley	H	0 – 1	11,426
13	25 October 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1 – 2	10,353	Peacock
14	28 October 2000	Tranmere Rovers	A	1 – 1	7,268	Connolly
15	31 October 2000	Bolton Wanderers	A	1 – 3	10,180	Crouch
16	4 November 2000	Portsmouth	H	1 – 1	12,036	Peschisolido
17	11 November 2000	Stockport County	A	2 – 2	6,356	Carlisle, Langley
18	18 November 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	1 – 1	11,543	Connolly
19	25 November 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2 – 2	11,156	Peacock (2)
20	2 December 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2 – 5	21,728	Crouch (2)
21	9 December 2000	Blackburn Rovers	A	0 – 0	16,886
22	16 December 2000	Nottingham Forest	H	1 – 0	14,409	Crouch
23	23 December 2000	Birmingham City	A	0 – 0	24,311
24	26 December 2000	Norwich City	H	2 – 3	12,338	Carlisle, Wardley
25	30 December 2000	Crystal Palace	H	1 – 1	14,439	Crouch
26	13 January 2001	West Bromwich Albion	H	2 – 0	11,881	Koejoe, Plummer
27	20 January 2001	Norwich City	A	0 – 1	16,472
28	31 January 2001	Fulham	H	0 – 2	16,403
29	3 February 2001	Bolton Wanderers	H	1 – 1	10,293	Ngonge
30	10 February 2001	Preston North End	A	0 – 5	14,423
31	17 February 2001	Barnsley	H	2 – 0	9,388	Kiwomya, Crouch
32	20 February 2001	Gillingham	A	1 – 0	10,432	Kiwomya
33	24 February 2001	Wimbledon	A	0 – 5	9,446
34	3 March 2001	Sheffield United	H	1 – 3	11,024	Ngonge
35	7 March 2001	Watford	H	1 – 1	12,436	Ngonge
36	10 March 2001	Fulham	A	0 – 2	16,021
37	17 March 2001	Grimsby Town	H	0 – 1	17,608
38	24 March 2001	Burnley	A	1 – 2	14,018	Bignot
39	31 March 2001	Nottingham Forest	A	1 – 1	22,208	Wardley
40	7 April 2001	Blackburn Rovers	H	1 – 3	12,449	Plummer
41	10 April 2001	Crewe Alexandra	A	2 – 2	6,354	Crouch, Thomson
42	14 April 2001	Portsmouth	A	1 – 1	13,426	Thomson
43	16 April 2001	Tranmere Rovers	H	2 – 0	9,696	Thomson, Crouch
44	21 April 2001	Huddersfield Town	A	1 – 2	12,846	Thomson
45	28 April 2001	Stockport County	H	0 – 3	10,608
46	6 May 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1 – 1	17,447	Bruce

FA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	6 January 2001	Luton Town	A	3 – 3	8,677	Crouch (2), Peacock
R3 Replay	17 January 2001	Luton Town	H	2 – 1	14,395	Kiwomya (2)
R4	27 January 2001	Arsenal	H	0 – 6	19,003

League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1 1st leg	23 August 2000	Colchester United	A	1 – 0	3,916	Kiwomya
R1 2nd leg	6 September 2000	Colchester United	H	1 – 4	4,042	Kiwomya

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[2]^[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	Ludek Miklosko
2	DF	Tim Breacker
3	DF	Ian Baraclough
4	DF	Steve Morrow
5	DF	Karl Ready
6	DF	Danny Maddix
7	MF	Paul Murray
8	MF	Gavin Peacock
9	FW	Michel Ngonge
10	FW	Karl Connolly
11	FW	Chris Kiwomya
12	DF	Matthew Rose
13	GK	Lee Harper
14	FW	Leon Knight (on loan from Chelsea)
15	MF	George Kulcsar^[4]
16	DF	Keith Rowland
17	DF	Chris Plummer
18	DF	Clarke Carlisle

No.	Position	Player
19	MF	Christer Warren
20	MF	Tony Scully
21	MF	Richard Langley^[5]
22	DF	Jermaine Darlington
23	DF	Marcus Bignot
24	MF	Mark Perry
25	MF	Alex Higgins
27	MF	Stuart Wardley
28	FW	Peter Crouch
30	FW	Paul Bruce
31	FW	Sammy Koejoe
35	MF	Terry McFlynn
36	FW	Andy Thomson
37	DF	Oliver Burgess
38	FW	Richard Pacquette^[6]
39	MF	Benjamin Walshe
40	MF	Justin Cochrane
41	FW	Alvin Bubb^[7]

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
9	FW	Robert Steiner (retired)
14	DF	Antti Heinola (to HJK Helsinki)
25	FW	Iain Dowie (retired)
28	FW	Leon Jeanne (released)
33	FW	Paul Furlong (on loan from Birmingham City)

No.	Position	Player
33	DF	Wayne Brown (on loan from Ipswich Town)
36	DF	Marlon Broomes (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
37	FW	Paul Peschisolido (on loan from Fulham)
38	FW	Kevin Lisbie (on loan from Charlton Athletic)

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		MF	Richard Graham
29		FW	Ross Weare

No.		Position	Player
32		MF	Danny Grieves (on loan from Maccabi Haifa)
34		GK	Nikki Bull

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/queens-park-rangers/2000-2001
↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2000-2001/d1/qpr.htm
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/queens-park-rangers/tab/players/season/2001
↑ Kulcsar was born in Budapest, Hungary, but became a naturalised Australian citizen and made his international debut for Australia in 1996.
↑ Langley was born in Brent, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2002.
↑ Pacquette was born in Kilburn, England, but qualified to represent Dominica internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Dominica in February 2008.
↑ Bubb was born in Westminster, England, but qualified to represent Grenada internationally.

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