2000–01 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
2000–01 season
ChairmanBrian Quinn
ManagerMartin O'Neill
StadiumCeltic Park
Scottish Premier League1st
Scottish CupWinners
Scottish League CupWinners
UEFA CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Henrik Larsson (35)
All:
Henrik Larsson (53)
Highest home attendance60,440 vs St Mirren
(7 April 2001)
Lowest home attendance31,940 vs Dunfermline Athletic
(7 March 2001)

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 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

In

Date Player From Fee
11 July 2000 England Chris Sutton England Chelsea £6,000,000[8]
28 July 2000 Belgium Joos Valgaeren Netherlands Roda JC £3,800,000[9]
1 September 2000 England Alan Thompson England Aston Villa £2,750,000[10]
1 September 2000 France Didier Agathe Scotland Hibernian £50,000[11]
18 October 2000 Scotland Rab Douglas ScotlandDundee £1,200,000[12]
7 December 2000 Northern Ireland Neil Lennon England Leicester City £5,750,000[13]
15 December 2000 Switzerland Ramon Vega England Tottenham Hotspur £350,000[14]

Out

Date Player To Fee
1 June 2000 Netherlands Regi Blinker Released
21 July 2000 Australia Mark Viduka England Leeds United £6,000,000[15]
31 July 2000 Denmark Marc Rieper Retired[16]
15 September 2000 Brazil Rafael Scheidt Brazil Corinthians Loan[17]
22 September 2000 Scotland Mark Burchill England Birmingham City Loan[18]
29 September 2000 Scotland Paul Shields Scotland Albion Rovers Loan[19]
8 November 2000 Norway Vidar Riseth Germany 1860 Munich Loan[20]
8 February 2001 Israel Eyal Berkovic England Blackburn Rovers Loan[21]
21 February 2001 Scotland Mark Burchill England Ipswich Town Loan[22]
2 March 2001 Scotland Barry John Corr Scotland Queen's Park Loan[23]


  • Expenditure: Decrease £19,900,000
  • Income: Increase £6,000,000
  • Total loss/gain: Decrease £13,900,000

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,[24] 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.[25]

Striker Henrik Larsson scored 53 goals to set a new Scottish scoring record for a single season.[26]

Key games were:[27]

  • 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 League 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.[3]

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.[28] 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.[29] 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.[30]

Competition overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premiership 30 July 2000 20 May 2001 Round 1 Winners 38 31 4 3 90 29 +61 081.58
League Cup 5 September 2000 18 March 2001 Third round Winners 4 4 0 0 9 3 +6 100.00
Scottish Cup 28 January 2000 26 May 2001 Third round Winners 4 3 0 1 10 3 +7 075.00
Europa League 10 August 2000 9 November 2000 Qualifying round Second Round 6 3 1 2 16 5 +11 050.00
Total 52 41 5 6 125 40 +85 078.85

Source: Competitions

Competitions

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2000–01 Scottish Premier League
30 July 2000 1 Dundee United 1–2 Celtic Dundee
18:05 BST McCracken 49' BBC Sport Larsson 4'
Sutton 90'		 Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 11,761
Referee: Hugh Dallas
5 August 2000 2 Celtic 1–0 Motherwell Glasgow
15:00 BST Petrov 50' BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 58,534
Referee: Alan Freeland
13 August 2000 3 Celtic 2–1 Kilmarnock Glasgow
15:00 BST Larsson 12'
Johnson 42'		 BBC Sport McLaren 18' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 58,054
Referee: Kenny Clark
19 August 2000 5 Hearts 2–4 Celtic Edinburgh
15:00 BST Severin 56'
Juanjo 67'		 BBC Sport Sutton 22', 26'
Larsson 39'
Moravčík 62'		 Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 16,744
Referee: Willie Young
27 August 2000 6 Celtic 6–2 Rangers Glasgow
13:00 BST Sutton 1', 90'
Petrov 8'
Lambert 11'
Larsson 50', 62'		 BBC Sport Reyna 40'
Dodds 55' (pen.)		 Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,746
Referee: Stuart Dougal
9 September 2000 7 Celtic 3–0 Hibernian Glasgow
15:00 BST Larsson 16' (pen.), 45'
Burchill 90'		 BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 60,091
Referee: John Rowbotham
18 September 2000 8 Dunfermline Athletic 1–2 Celtic Dunfermline
20:00 BST Crawford 60' (pen.) BBC Sport Larsson 62' (pen.), 85' Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 9,493
Referee: Willie Young
23 September 2000 9 Celtic 1–0 Dundee Glasgow
15:00 BST Petrov 61' BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,694
Referee: T Brown
1 October 2000 10 Aberdeen 1–1 Celtic Aberdeen
15:00 BST Winters 45' BBC Sport Larsson 82' Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 18,239
Referee: Mike McCurry
14 October 2000 11 Celtic 2–0 St Mirren Glasgow
15:00 BST Sutton 33'
Larsson 85'		 BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 60,002
Referee: George Clyde
17 October 2000 4 St Johnstone 0–2 Celtic Perth
19:45 BST BBC Sport Valgaeren 42'
Larsson 86' (pen.)		 Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 8,946
Referee: John Rowbotham
21 October 2000 12 Celtic 2–1 Dundee United Glasgow
15:00 BST Larsson 34'
Thompson 62'		 Guardian Lambert 78' (o.g.) Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,427
Referee: John R. Underhill
29 October 2000 13 Motherwell 3–3 Celtic Motherwell
18:05 BST Adams 22'
McCulloch 53'
Brannan 78' (pen.)		 BBC Sport Mjällby 13'
Valgaeren 57'
McNamara 71'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 10,820
Referee: Hugh Dallas
5 November 2000 14 Kilmarnock 0–1 Celtic Kilmarnock
14:35 BST BBC Sport Thompson 70' Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 13,417
Referee: Willie Young
12 November 2000 15 Celtic 4–1 St Johnstone Glasgow
15:00 BST Sutton 12'
Larsson 34', 59'
Moravčík 37'		 BBC Sport Russell 82' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 57,137
Referee: Kevin Toner
18 November 2000 16 Celtic 6–1 Hearts Glasgow
15:00 BST Valgaeren 15'
Moravčík 36'
Larsson 39', 81'
Mjällby 44'
Petrov 82'		 BBC Sport Cameron 13' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,813
Referee: Stuart Dougal
26 November 2000 17 Rangers 5–1 Celtic Glasgow
13:00 BST Ferguson 34'
Flo 60'
De Boer 68'
Amoruso 76'
Mols 85'		 BBC Sport Larsson 56' Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 50,083
Referee: Kenny Clark
29 November 2000 18 Hibernian 0–0 Celtic Glasgow
19:45 BST BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 14,939
Referee: Stuart Dougal
2 December 2000 19 Celtic 3–1 Dunfermline Athletic Glasgow
15:00 BST Moravčík 7'
Larsson 20'
Johnson 80'		 BBC Sport Dair 1' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,244
Referee: Mike McCurry
10 December 2000 20 Dundee 1–2 Celtic Dundee
18:05 BST Boyd 55' (o.g.) BBC Sport Petrov 4'
Agathe 90'		 Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 10,763
Referee: John Underhill
16 December 2000 21 Celtic 6–0 Aberdeen Glasgow
15:00 BST Larsson 4', 76', 78'
Vega 17', 81'
Smith 89'		 BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 60,013
Referee: Dougie McDonald
23 December 2000 22 St Mirren 0–2 Celtic Paisley
15:00 BST BBC Sport Agathe 13'
Larsson 62'		 Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street
Attendance: 9,487
Referee: Stuart Dougal
26 December 2000 23 Dundee United 0–4 Celtic Dundee
18:05 BST BBC Sport Larsson 22' (pen.)
Sutton 34', 40'
Petrov 73'		 Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 12,306
Referee: Hugh Dallas
2 January 2001 24 Celtic 6–0 Kilmarnock Glasgow
15:00 BST Sutton 37', 61'
Larsson 53', 69', 72', 86'		 BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,380
Referee: David Somers
4 February 2001 25 Hearts 0–3 Celtic Edinburgh
18:05 BST BBC Sport Larsson 4', 68', 83' Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 13,077
Referee: Kenny Clark
11 February 2001 26 Celtic 1–0 Rangers Glasgow
13:15 BST Thompson 17' BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,496
Referee: Hugh Dallas
21 February 2001 27 Celtic 1–0 Motherwell Glasgow
19:45 BST Moravčík 70' BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 58,880
Referee: John Rowbotham
25 February 2001 28 Celtic 1–1 Hibernian Glasgow
18:05 BST Mjällby 70' BBC Sport Libbra 84' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 60,063
Referee: Stuart Dougal
4 March 2001 29 Dunfermline Athletic 0–3 Celtic Dunfermline
14:35 BST BBC Sport Petrov 11'
Larsson 25'
Lennon 77'		 Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 9,096
Referee: Hugh Dallas
14 March 2001 30 St Johnstone 1–2 Celtic Perth
20:00 BST BBC Sport Johnson 28'
Larsson 61'		 Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 8,993
Referee: John R. Underhill
1 April 2001 31 Aberdeen 0–1 Celtic Aberdeen
18:05 BST BBC Sport Agathe 73' Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 16,067
Referee: Kenny Clark
4 April 2001 32 Celtic 2–1 Dundee Glasgow
19:45 BST Johnson 6'
Mjällby 84'		 BBC Sport Sara 67' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,562
Referee: Dougie McDonald
7 April 2001 33 Celtic 1–0 St Mirren Glasgow
12:55 BST Johnson 38' BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 60,440
Referee: John R. Underhill
22 April 2001 34 Celtic 1–0 Hearts Glasgow
18:05 BST Moravčík 67' BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,298
Referee: Mike McCurry
29 April 2001 35 Rangers 0–3 Celtic Glasgow
13:00 BST BBC Sport Moravčík 61', 74'
Larsson 87'		 Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 50,057
Referee: Stuart Dougal
6 May 2001 36 Hibernian 2–5 Celtic Edinburgh
15:00 BST Libbra 85', 88' BBC Sport McNamara 4', 18'
Larsson 62'
Stubbs 68'
Moravčík 80'		 Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 8,728
Referee: John Rowbotham
13 May 2001 37 Celtic 0–2 Dundee Glasgow
15:00 BST BBC Sport Caballero 29', 42' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,435
Referee: T Brown
20 May 2001 38 Kilmarnock 1–0 Celtic Kilmarnock
15:00 BST Mahood 78' BBC Sport Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 12,675
Referee: John R. Underhill

League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Scottish League Cup
5 September 2000 Third round Celtic 4–0 Raith Rovers Glasgow
19:45 BST
BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 32,307
Referee: Dougie MacDonald
1 November 2000 Quarter-finals Hearts 2–5 (a.e.t.) Celtic Edinburgh
19:35 GMT
BBC Sport
Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 13,076
Referee: Kenny Clark
7 February 2001 Semi-finals Celtic 3–1 Rangers Glasgow
19:45 BST
BBC Sport Albertz 37' (pen.) Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 50,154
Referee: Willie Young
18 March 2001 Final Celtic 3–0 Kilmarnock Glasgow
15:00 BST Larsson 47', 74', 81' BBC Sport Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 48,830
Referee: Hugh Dallas

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Scottish Cup
28 January 2001 Third round Stranraer 1–4 Celtic Stranraer
18:05 GMT Harty 84' BBC Sport Valgaeren 23'
McNamara 51'
Knox 55' (o.g.)
Moravčík 85'		 Stadium: Stair Park
Attendance: 5,600
Referee: Stuart Dougal
17 February 2001 Fourth round Dunfermline Athletic 2–2 Celtic Dunfermline
15:00 GMT Skerla 83'
Nicholson 90'		 BBC Sport Larsson 66', 88' Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 11,222
Referee: Willie Young
7 March 2001 Fourth round replay Celtic 4–1 Dunfermline Athletic Glasgow
19:45 GMT Vega 23', 48'
Larsson 61' (pen.), 73' (pen.)		 BBC Sport Thomson 28' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 31,940
Referee: Willie Young
11 March 2001 Fifth round Celtic 1–0 Hearts Glasgow
14:35 GMT Larsson 40' BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 34,672
Referee: Kenny Clark
15 April 2001 Semi-finals Celtic 3–1 Dundee United Glasgow
14:35 GMT Larsson 32', 79' (pen.)
McNamara 80'		 BBC Sport Lilley 84' Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 38,699
Referee: Hugh Dallas
26 May 2001 Final Celtic 3–0 Hibernian Glasgow
15:00 GMT McNamara 39'
Larsson 48', 80' (pen.)		 BBC Sport Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 51,284
Referee: Kenny Clark

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 UEFA Cup

Qualifying round

Main article: 2000–01 UEFA Cup qualifying round
10 August 2000 First leg Jeunesse Esch Luxembourg 0–4 Scotland Celtic Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
19:45 GMT BBC Sport
Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel
Attendance: 8,920
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)
24 August 2000 Second leg Celtic Scotland 7–0
(11–0 agg.)		 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch Glasgow, Scotland
19:45 GMT
BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 40,282
Referee: Philippe Leuba (Switzerland)

First round

Main article: 2000–01 UEFA Cup first round
14 September 2000 First leg Celtic Scotland 2–0 Finland HJK Helsinki Glasgow, Scotland
19:45 GMT Larsson 14', 25' BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 40,544
Referee: Dietmar Drabek (Austria)
28 September 2000 Second leg HJK Helsinki Finland 2–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 agg.)		 Scotland Celtic Helsinki, Finland
17:00 GMT Roiha 42', 76' BBC Sport Sutton 108' Stadium: Finnair Stadium
Attendance: 6,530
Referee: Ladislav Gadosi (Slovakia)

Second round

Main article: 2000–01 UEFA Cup second round
26 October 2000 First leg Bordeaux France 1–1 Scotland Celtic Bordeaux, France
19:45 GMT Dugarry 22' BBC Sport Larsson 26' (pen.) Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 21,318
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
9 November 2000 Second leg Celtic Scotland 1–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 agg.)		 France Bordeaux Glasgow, Scotland
19:45 Moravčík 54' BBC Sport Laslandes 79', 114' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 54,242
Referee: Sergey Shmolik (Belarus)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League Scottish Cup League Cup UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Jonathan Gould 24 0 15 0 0 0 3 0 6 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Thomas Boyd 44 0 21+9 0 2+3 0 2+2 0 4+1 0
3 DF France FRA Stéphane Mahé 13 0 7+3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
4 DF Scotland SCO Jackie McNamara 42 7 18+12 3 2+2 3 3 1 5 0
5 DF Belgium BEL Joos Valgaeren 49 4 35 3 6 1 3 0 5 0
6 DF England ENG Alan Stubbs 12 1 7+4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
7 FW Sweden SWE Henrik Larsson 50 53 37 35 6 9 2 5 5 4
8 MF England ENG Alan Thompson 32 3 29+1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0
9 FW England ENG Chris Sutton 35 14 24 11 4 0 3 2 4 1
10 MF Israel ISR Eyal Berkovic 9 3 2+2 0 0 0 0+1 0 2+2 3
12 FW England ENG Tommy Johnson 25 7 9+7 5 1+3 0 2+1 2 0+2 0
14 MF Scotland SCO Paul Lambert 40 1 27 1 4+2 0 2 0 5 0
15 MF Netherlands NED Bobby Petta 31 1 20 0 2 0 2+2 0 5 1
16 DF Ivory Coast CIV Olivier Tébily 7 0 2+2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 1 0
17 MF France FRA Didier Agathe 35 3 26+1 3 6 0 0 0 2 0
18 MF Northern Ireland NIR Neil Lennon 25 1 17 1 6 0 2 0 0 0
19 MF Bulgaria BUL Stiliyan Petrov 38 7 27+1 7 1+2 0 1+1 0 4+1 0
20 GK Scotland SCO Rab Douglas 28 0 22 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
21 GK Scotland SCO Stewart Kerr 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
23 GK Russia RUS Dmitri Kharine 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Colin Healy 21 1 4+8 0 0 0 3 1 1+5 0
25 MF Slovakia SVK Ľubomír Moravčík 40 14 16+11 9 4+1 1 2+1 1 4+1 3
26 MF Scotland SCO Paul Shields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 FW Scotland SCO Mark Burchill 4 4 0+2 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
29 FW Scotland SCO Shaun Maloney 5 0 1+3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
30 MF Norway NOR Vidar Riseth 5 1 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 2+1 1
31 DF Brazil BRA Rafael Scheidt 2 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
32 FW Scotland SCO Simon Lynch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
34 MF Scotland SCO Mark Fotheringham 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF Sweden SWE Johan Mjällby 48 4 30+5 4 4+1 0 2 0 6 0
36 DF Switzerland SUI Ramon Vega 26 4 18 2 6 2 2 0 0 0
38 GK Scotland SCO Barry John Corr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 MF Scotland SCO Jamie Smith 9 2 2+5 1 0 0 1+1 1 0 0
40 DF Scotland SCO Stephen Crainey 5 1 0+2 0 0+1 0 1+1 1 0 0
43 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Liam Miller 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0

NB: Players with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Celtic (C) 38 31 4 3 90 29 +61 97 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Rangers 38 26 4 8 76 36 +40 82 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Hibernian 38 18 12 8 57 35 +22 66 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Kilmarnock 38 15 9 14 44 53 −9 54 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[b]
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 14 10 14 56 50 +6 52
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
  2. ^ As both finalists of the 2000–01 Scottish Cup, Celtic and Hibernian, qualified for European competition via their league position, the cup berth for 2001–02 UEFA Cup was passed to the next-placed team in the league, fourth-placed Kilmarnock.

See also

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