The 2000–01 FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth FA Premier League season and the third season running which ended with Manchester United as champions and Arsenal as runners-up. Sir Alex Ferguson became the first manager to win three successive English league titles with the same club. Liverpool, meanwhile, managed a unique cup treble – winning the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup. They also finished third in the Premier League and qualified for the Champions League. Nike replaced Mitre as manufacturer of the official Premier League match ball, a contract that has since been extended multiple times, with the most recent renewal made in November 2018 to the end of the 2024–25 season.
UEFA Cup places went to Leeds United, Chelsea, Ipswich Town, and Aston Villa, who qualified via the Intertoto Cup. None of the top six clubs in the Premier League had an English manager. The most successful English manager in the 2000–01 Premier League campaign was Peter Reid, whose Sunderland side finished seventh, having spent most of the season challenging for a place in Europe, and briefly occupied second place in the Premier League table.
Despite the success achieved by Sir Alex Ferguson and Gérard Houllier, the Manager of the Year Award went to George Burley. The Ipswich Town manager was in charge of a newly promoted side who began the season as relegation favourites and on a limited budget, guided his team to fifth place in the Premier League final table earning a total of 66 points - the highest total in Premier League history for a newly promoted side since the switch to a 20-team format—and a place in the UEFA Cup for the first time in almost 20 years. 2000–01 was perhaps the best season yet for newly promoted teams in the Premier League. Charlton Athletic finished ninth, their highest finish since the 1950s. The only newly promoted team to suffer relegation was Manchester City, who in the space of six seasons had now been relegated three times and promoted twice. Bradford City went down bottom after just two seasons in the Premier League, and are yet to return. The next relegation place went to Coventry City, who were finally relegated after 34 successive seasons of top division football, which had brought numerous relegation battles and league finishes no higher than sixth place. This began a 25 year spell in the lower leagues of English football for the Sky Blues, ended by their Championship title win in 2026.
Teams Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were Charlton Athletic, Manchester City and Ipswich Town, returning after a top flight absence of one, four and five years respectively. They replaced Wimbledon, Sheffield Wednesday and Watford. They were relegated to the First Division after spending fourteen, nine and one year in the top flight respectively.
Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium CapacityArsenalLondon Arsenal Stadium 38,419Aston VillaBirminghamVilla Park 42,573Bradford CityBradfordValley Parade 25,136Charlton AthleticLondon The Valley 20,043ChelseaLondon Stamford Bridge 42,055Coventry CityCoventryHighfield Road 23,489Derby CountyDerbyPride Park Stadium 33,597EvertonLiverpool Goodison Park 40,569Ipswich TownIpswichPortman Road 30,300Leeds UnitedLeedsElland Road 40,242Leicester CityLeicesterFilbert Street 22,000LiverpoolLiverpool Anfield 45,522Manchester CityManchester Maine Road 35,150Manchester UnitedManchester Old Trafford 68,174MiddlesbroughMiddlesbroughRiverside Stadium 35,049Newcastle UnitedNewcastle upon TyneSt James' Park 52,387SouthamptonSouthamptonThe Dell 15,200SunderlandSunderlandStadium of Light 49,000Tottenham HotspurLondon White Hart Lane 36,240West Ham UnitedLondon Boleyn Ground 35,647
Personnel and kits (as of 14 May 2001) Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorArsenal Arsène Wenger Tony AdamsNikeDreamcast/Sega1Aston Villa John Gregory Gareth SouthgateDiadoraNTLBradford City Jim Jefferies Stuart McCallAsicsJCT600 LtdCharlton Athletic Alan Curbishley Mark KinsellaLe Coq SportifRedbusChelsea Claudio Ranieri Dennis WiseUmbroAutoglassCoventry City Gordon Strachan Mustapha HadjiCCFC GarmentsSubaruDerby County Jim Smith Darryl PowellPumaEDSEverton Walter Smith Dave WatsonPumaOne2OneIpswich Town George Burley Matt HollandPunchGreene KingLeeds United David O'Leary Lucas RadebeNikeStrongbowLeicester City Peter Taylor Matt ElliottLe Coq SportifWalkers CrispsLiverpool Gérard Houllier Jamie RedknappReebokCarlsberg GroupManchester City Joe Royle Alf-Inge HaalandLe Coq SportifEidosManchester United Sir Alex Ferguson Roy KeaneUmbroVodafoneMiddlesbrough Terry Venables Bryan Robson Paul InceErreàBT CellnetNewcastle United Bobby Robson Alan ShearerAdidasNTLSouthampton Stuart Gray Matt Le TissierSaintsFriends ProvidentSunderland Peter Reid Michael GrayNikeReg VardyTottenham Hotspur Glenn Hoddle Sol CampbellAdidasHolstenWest Ham United Glenn Roeder Steve LomasFilaDr. Martens 1 The Dreamcast logo appeared on Arsenal's home and third shirts while the Sega logo appeared on their away shirt.
Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointmentLeicester City Martin O'NeillSigned by Celtic1 June 2000Pre-season Peter Taylor12 June 2000Bradford City Paul JewellSigned by Sheffield Wednesday18 June 2000 Chris Hutchings18 June 2000Chelsea Gianluca VialliSacked12 September 200010th Claudio Ranieri17 September 2000Bradford City Chris Hutchings6 November 200019th Stuart McCall (caretaker)6 November 2000Bradford City Stuart McCall (caretaker)End of caretaker spell20 November 200020th Jim Jefferies20 November 2000Tottenham Hotspur George GrahamSacked16 March 200113th Glenn Hoddle30 March 2001Southampton Glenn HoddleSigned by Tottenham Hotspur30 March 20019th Stuart Gray30 March 2001West Ham United Harry RedknappMutual consent9 May 200114th Glenn Roeder (caretaker)12 May 2001
League table
Results
Season statistics
Scoring
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Jimmy Floyd HasselbainkChelsea232 Marcus StewartIpswich Town193 Thierry HenryArsenal17 Mark VidukaLeeds United5 Michael OwenLiverpool166 Teddy SheringhamManchester United157 Emile HeskeyLiverpool14 Kevin PhillipsSunderland9 Alen BokšićMiddlesbrough1210 Jonatan JohanssonCharlton Athletic11
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Ref Manchester City Sunderland 4–2 (H) Liverpool Aston Villa 3–1 (H) P Liverpool Derby County 4–0 (A) 4 Chelsea Coventry City 6–1 (H) Manchester United Southampton 5–0 (H) 4 Leeds United Liverpool 4–3 (H) P Tottenham Hotspur Leicester City 3–0 (H) Arsenal Newcastle United 5–0 (H) Arsenal Leicester City 6–1 (H) Sunderland Bradford City 4–1 (A) Manchester United Arsenal 6–1 (H) Arsenal West Ham United 3–0 (H) Ipswich Town Southampton 3–0 (A) Liverpool Newcastle United 3–0 (H) Note: 4 Player scored 4 goals; P Player scored a perfect hat-trick; (H) – Home; (A) – Away
Top assists
Rank Player Club Assists 1 David Beckham Manchester United 12 2 Nolberto Solano Newcastle United 10 3 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Chelsea 9 Thierry Henry Arsenal Vladimír Šmicer Liverpool 6 Ryan Giggs Manchester United 8 Graham Stuart Charlton Athletic 8 Stephen Clemence Tottenham Hotspur 7 Paolo Di Canio West Ham United Hassan Kachloul Southampton
Awards Monthly awards MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthManagerClubPlayerClubAugust Bobby RobsonNewcastle United Alan SmithLeeds UnitedSeptember Peter TaylorLeicester City Tim FlowersLeicester CityOctober Arsène WengerArsenal Teddy SheringhamManchester UnitedNovember George BurleyIpswich Town Paul RobinsonLeeds UnitedDecember Peter ReidSunderland James BeattieSouthamptonJanuary Terry VenablesMiddlesbrough Robbie KeaneLeeds UnitedFebruary Alex FergusonManchester United Stuart PearceWest Ham UnitedMarch David O'LearyLeeds United Steven GerrardLiverpoolApril Gary McAllister
Annual awards
Award Winner Club Premier League Manager of the Season George Burley Ipswich Town Premier League Player of the Season Patrick Vieira Arsenal PFA Players' Player of the Year Teddy Sheringham Manchester United PFA Young Player of the Year Steven Gerrard Liverpool FWA Footballer of the Year Teddy Sheringham Manchester United
PFA Team of the Year Goalkeeper Fabien Barthez (Manchester United) Defence Stephen Carr (Tottenham Hotspur) Jaap Stam (Manchester United) Wes Brown (Manchester United) Sylvinho (Arsenal) Midfield Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) Roy Keane (Manchester United) Patrick Vieira (Arsenal) Ryan Giggs (Manchester United) Attack Teddy Sheringham (Manchester United) Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
Attendances
References
External links League and cup results for all the 2000/01 Premier Division clubs at footballsite 2000–01 FA Premier League Season at RSSSF