2000–01 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic

2000–01 season

Chairman

Brian Quinn

Manager

Martin O'Neill

Stadium

Celtic Park

Scottish Premier League

1st

Winners

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

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Celtic played the 2000–01 season 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]

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]

Dundee United 1-2 Celtic (30 July). The opening game of the season which set the standard for the rest of the season.
Celtic 6-2 Rangers (27 August). The biggest win over rivals Rangers since the Scottish Cup Final in 1957.
Aberdeen 1-1 Celtic (1 October). An eight-match winning start to the season ended at Aberdeen but a late equaliser secured a point for Celtic.
Hibernian 0-0 Celtic (29 November). Celtic ground out a draw after a heavy defeat to Rangers the previous week threatened to derail their season.
Dundee 1-2 Celtic (10 December). Celtic snatched all the points with a last minute winner despite being out-played for much of the match.
Celtic 1-0 Rangers (11 February). A narrow win for Celtic was enough to prevent Rangers from resurrecting their title challenge.
Rangers 0-3 Celtic (29 April). Celtic's first win at Ibrox for six and a half years.

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]

Competitions

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Scottish Premier League


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result (Celtic score first)	Scorers	Attendance	Match report
30 July 2000 – 18:05	Dundee United	Away	2–1	Larsson, Sutton	11,761	BBC Sport
5 August 2000 – 15:00	Motherwell	Home	1–0	Petrov	58,534	BBC Sport
13 August 2000 – 15:00	Kilmarnock	Home	2–1	Larsson, Johnson	58,054	BBC Sport
19 August 2000 – 15:00	Heart of Midlothian	Away	4–2	Sutton (2), Larsson, Moravcik	16,744	BBC Sport
27 August 2000 – 13:00	Rangers	Home	6–2	Sutton (2), Petrov, Lambert, Larsson (2)	59,476	BBC Sport
9 September 2000 – 15:00	Hibernian	Home	3–0	Larsson (2), Burchill	60,091	BBC Sport
18 September 2000 – 20:00	Dunfermline Athletic	Away	2–1	Larsson (2)	9,493	BBC Sport
23 September 2000 – 15:00	Dundee	Home	1–0	Petrov	59,694	BBC Sport
1 October 2000 – 15:00	Aberdeen	Away	1–1	Larsson	18,239	BBC Sport
14 October 2000 – 15:00	St Mirren	Home	2–0	Sutton, Larsson	60,002	BBC Sport
17 October 2000 – 19:45	St Johnstone	Away	2–0	Valgaeren, Larsson	8,946	BBC Sport
21 October 2000 – 15:00	Dundee United	Home	2–1	Larsson, Thompson	59,427	BBC Sport
29 October 2000 – 18:05	Motherwell	Away	3–3	Mjallby, Valgaeren, McNamara	10,820	BBC Sport
5 November 2000 – 14:35	Kilmarnock	Away	1–0	Thompson	13,417	BBC Sport
12 November 2000 – 15:00	St Johnstone	Home	4–1	Sutton, Larsson (2), Moravcik	57,137	BBC Sport
18 November 2000 – 15:00	Heart of Midlothian	Home	6–1	Valgaeren, Moravcik, Larsson (2), Mjallby, Petrov	59,813	BBC Sport
26 November 2000 – 13:00	Rangers	Away	1–5	Larsson	50,083	BBC Sport
29 November 2000 – 19:45	Hibernian	Away	0–0		14,939	BBC Sport
2 December 2000 – 15:00	Dunfermline Athletic	Home	3–1	Moravcik, Larsson, Johnson	59,244	BBC Sport
16 December 2000 – 15:00	Aberdeen	Home	6–0	Larsson (3), Vega (2), Smith	60,013	BBC Sport
23 December 2000 – 15:00	St Mirren	Away	2–0	Agathe, Larsson	9,487	BBC Sport
26 December 2000 – 15:00	Dundee United	Away	4–0	Larsson, Sutton (2), Petrov	12,306	BBC Sport
2 January 2001 – 15:00	Kilmarnock	Home	6–0	Sutton (2), Larsson (4)	59,380	BBC Sport
4 February 2001 – 18:05	Heart of Midlothian	Away	3–0	Larsson (3)	13,077	BBC Sport
11 February 2001 – 13:15	Rangers	Home	1–0	Thompson	59,496	BBC Sport
21 February 2001 – 19:45	Motherwell	Home	1–0	Moravcik	58,880	BBC Sport
25 February 2001 – 18:05	Hibernian	Home	1–1	Mjallby	60,063	BBC Sport
4 March 2001 – 14:35	Dunfermline Athletic	Away	3–0	Petrov, Larsson, Lennon	9,096	BBC Sport
14 March 2001 – 20:00	St Johnstone	Away	2–1	Johnson, Larsson	8,993	BBC Sport
1 April 2001 – 18:05	Aberdeen	Away	1–0	Agathe	16,067	BBC Sport
4 April 2001 – 19:45	Dundee	Home	2–1	Johnson, Mjallby	59,562	BBC Sport
7 April 2001 – 12:55	St Mirren	Home	1–0	Johnson	60,440	BBC Sport
22 April 2001 – 18:05	Heart of Midlothian	Home	1–0	Moravcik	59,298	BBC Sport
29 April 2001 – 13:00	Rangers	Away	3–0	Moravcik (2), Larsson	50,057	BBC Sport
6 May 2001 – 15:00	Hibernian	Away	5–2	McNamara (2), Larsson, Stubbs, Moravcik	8,728	BBC Sport
13 May 2001 – 15:00	Dundee	Home	0–2		59,435	BBC Sport
20 May 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
5 September 2000 – 19:450	Raith Rovers00	Home	4–0	Sutton, Johnson (2), Thompson	32,307	BBC Sport
1 November 2000 – 19:35	Heart of Midlothian	Away	5–2	Crainey, Smith, Healy, Moravcik, McNamara0000	13,076	BBC Sport
7 February 2001 – 19:45	Rangers	Neutral	3–1	Sutton, Larsson (2)	50,000	BBC Sport
18 March 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
28 January 2001 – 18:05	Stranraer	Away	4–1	Valgaeren, McNamara, Knox o.g., Moravcik00000	5,600	BBC Sport
17 February 2001 – 15:0000	Dunfermline Athletic	Away	2–2	Larsson (2)	11,222	BBC Sport
7 March 2001 – 19:45	Dunfermline Athletic	Home	4–1	Vega (2), Larsson (2)	31,940	BBC Sport
11 March 2001 – 14:35	Heart of Midlothian	Home	1–0	Larsson	34,672	BBC Sport
15 April 2001 – 14:00	Dundee United	Neutral	3–1	Larsson (2), McNamara	38,699	BBC Sport
26 May 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
10 August 2000 – 19:45	Jeunesse Esch	Away	4–0	Moravcik (2), Larsson, Petta	-	BBC Sport
24 August 2000 – 19:45	Jeunesse Esch	Home	7–0	Burchill (3), Berkovic (2), Riseth, Petrov00000000	40,282	BBC Sport
14 September 2000 – 19:45	HJK Helsinki	Home	2–0	Larsson (2)	40,544	BBC Sport
28 September 2000 – 17:00	HJK Helsinki	Away	1–2	Sutton	6,530	BBC Sport
26 October 2000 – 19:45	Bordeaux	Away	1–1	Larsson	21,318	BBC Sport
9 November 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.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Scottish Cup		League Cup		UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
38	GK		Barry John Corr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	GK		Rab Douglas	28	0	22	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
1	GK		Jonathan Gould	24	0	15	0	0	0	3	0	6	0
21	GK		Stewart Kerr	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
23	GK		Dmitri Kharin	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Thomas Boyd	44	0	21+9	0	2+3	0	2+2	0	4+1	0
40	DF		Stephen Crainey	5	1	0+2	0	0+1	0	1+1	1	0	0
3	DF		Stéphane Mahé	13	0	7+3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
4	DF		Jackie McNamara	42	7	18+12	3	2+2	3	3	1	5	0
35	DF		Johan Mjällby	48	4	30+5	4	4+1	0	2	0	6	0
31	DF		Rafael Scheidt	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
6	DF		Alan Stubbs	12	1	7+4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
16	DF		Olivier Tébily	7	0	2+2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	1	0
5	DF		Joos Valgaeren	49	4	35	3	6	1	3	0	5	0
36	DF		Ramon Vega	26	4	18	2	6	2	2	0	0	0
17	MF		Didier Agathe	35	3	26+1	3	6	0	0	0	2	0
10	MF		Eyal Berkovic	9	3	2+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	2+2	3
34	MF		Mark Fotheringham	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Colin Healy	21	1	4+8	0	0	0	3	1	1+5	0
39	MF		Jamie Smith	9	2	2+5	1	0	0	1+1	1	0	0
14	MF		Paul Lambert	40	1	27	1	4+2	0	2	0	5	0
18	MF		Neil Lennon	25	1	17	1	6	0	2	0	0	0
43	MF		Liam Miller	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
25	MF		Ľubomír Moravčík	40	14	16+11	9	4+1	1	2+1	1	4+1	3
19	MF		Stilian Petrov	38	7	27+1	7	1+2	0	1+1	0	4+1	0
15	MF		Bobby Petta	31	1	20	0	2	0	2+2	0	5	1
30	MF		Vidar Riseth	5	1	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	2+1	1
26	MF		Paul Shields	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Alan Thompson	32	3	29+1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0
27	FW		Mark Burchill	4	4	0+2	1	0	0	1	0	1	3
12	FW		Tommy Johnson	25	7	9+7	5	1+3	0	2+1	2	0+2	0
7	FW		Henrik Larsson	50	53	37	35	6	9	2	5	5	4
32	FW		Simon Lynch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
29	FW		Shaun Maloney	5	0	1+3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
9	FW		Chris Sutton	35	14	24	11	4	0	3	2	4	1

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	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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Celtic F.C. seasons

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1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

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1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

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1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

2000–01 in Scottish football

« 1999–2000 2001–02 »

Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final)

European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup

Related to national team	Results 2002 World Cup qualifying (UEFA Group 6)

Club seasons

Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren

First Division	Airdrieonians Alloa Athletic Ayr United Clyde Falkirk Greenock Morton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Livingston Raith Rovers Ross County

Second Division	Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clydebank Forfar Athletic Partick Thistle Queen of the South Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

Third Division	Albion Rovers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Hamilton Academical Montrose Peterhead

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2000–01 Celtic F.C. season

Review and events

Management

Transfers

League campaign

Cup competitions

European campaign

Competitions

Legend

Scottish Premier League

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

UEFA Cup

Player details

Transfers

Players in

Players out

Team kit

See also

References