2000–01 Celtic F.C. season

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]

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)

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,[14] 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.[15]

Striker Henrik Larsson scored 53 goals to set a new Scottish scoring record for a single season.[16]

Key games were:[17]

  • 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.[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

30 July 2000 Premier League 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 Premier League Celtic 1 – 0 Motherwell Glasgow
15:00 BST Petrov  50' BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 58,534
Referee: Alan Freeland
13 August 2000 Premier League 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 Premier League Hearts 2 – 4 Celtic Edinburgh
15:00 BST Severin  56'
Juanjo  67'
BBC Sport Sutton  22', 26'
Larsson  39'
Moravcik  62'
Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 16,744
Referee: Willie Young
27 August 2000 Premier League 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 Premier League 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 Premier League 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 Premier League Celtic 1 – 0 Dundee Glasgow
15:00 BST Petrov  61' BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,694
Referee: T Brown
1 October 2000 Premier League 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 Premier League 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 Premier League 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 Premier League Celtic 2 – 1 Dundee United Glasgow
15:00 BST Larsson  (34)
Thompson  (62)
Guardian Lambert  (78), og' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,427
Referee: John R. Underhill
29 October 2000 Premier League Motherwell 3 – 3 Celtic Motherwell
18:05 BST BBC Sport Mjallby  (13)
Valgaeren  (57)
McNamara  (71)
Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 10,820
Referee: Hugh Dallas
5 November 2000 Premier League Kilmarnock 0 – 1 Celtic Kilmarnock
14:35 BST BBC Sport Thompson  (70) Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 13,417
Referee: Willie Young
12 November 2000 Premier League Celtic 4 – 1 St Johnstone Glasgow
15:00 BST Sutton  (12)
Larsson  (34)
Moravcik  (37)
Larsson  (59)
BBC Sport Russell  (82) Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 57,137
Referee: Kevin Toner
18 November 2000 Premier League Celtic 6 – 1 Hearts Glasgow
15:00 BST Valgaeren  (15)
Moravcik  (36)
Larsson  (39)
Mjallby  (44)
Larsson  (81)
Petrov (82)
BBC Sport Cameron  (13) Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,813
Referee: Stuart Dougal
26 November 2000 Premier League 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 Premier League Hibernian 0 – 0 Celtic Glasgow
19:45 BST BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 14,939
Referee: Stuart Dougal
2 December 2000 Premier League Celtic 3 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Glasgow
15:00 BST Moravcik  7'
Larsson  (20)
Johnson  (80)
BBC Sport Dair  (1) Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,244
Referee: Mike McCurry
16 December 2000 Premier League Celtic 6 – 0 Aberdeen Glasgow
15:00 BST Larsson  4'
Vega  (17)
Larsson  (76)
Larsson  (78)
Vega  (81)
Smith  (89)
BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 60,013
Referee: Dougie McDonald
23 December 2000 Premier League 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 Premier League Dundee United 0 – 4 Celtic Dundee
18:05 BST BBC Sport Larsson  22' (pen)
Sutton  34'
Sutton  40'
Petrov  73'
Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 12,306
Referee: Hugh Dallas
2 January 2001 Premier League Celtic 6 – 0 Kilmarnock Glasgow
15:00 BST Sutton  37'
Larsson  53'
Sutton  61'
Larsson  (69)
Larsson  (72)
Larsson  (86)
BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,380
Referee: David Somers
4 February 2001 Premier League Hearts 0 – 3 Celtic Edinburgh
18:05 BST BBC Sport Larsson  4'
Larsson  8'
Larsson  83'
Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 13,077
Referee: Kenny Clark
11 February 2001 Premier League Celtic 1 – 0 Rangers Glasgow
13:15 BST Thompson  (17) BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,496
Referee: Hugh Dallas
21 February 2001 Premier League Celtic 1 – 0 Motherwell Glasgow
19:45 BST Moravcik  (70) BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 58,880
Referee: John Rowbotham
25 February 2001 Premier League Celtic 1 – 1 Hibernian Glasgow
18:05 BST Mjallby  (70) BBC Sport Libbra  (84) Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 60,063
Referee: Stuart Dougal
4 March 2001 Premier League 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 Premier League 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 Premier League Aberdeen 0 – 1 Celtic Aberdeen
18:05 BST BBC Sport Agathe  73' Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 16,067
Referee: Kenny Clark
4 April 2001 Premier League Celtic 2 – 1 Dundee Glasgow
19:45 BST Johnson  6'
Mjallby  (84)
BBC Sport Sara  (67) Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,562
Referee: Dougie McDonald
7 April 2001 Premier League 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 Premier League Celtic 1 – 0 Hearts Glasgow
18:05 BST Moravcik  67' BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,298
Referee: Mike McCurry
29 April 2001 Premier League Rangers 0 – 3 Celtic Glasgow
13:00 BST BBC Sport Moravcik  (61)
Moravcik  (74)
Larsson  (87)
Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 50,057
Referee: Stuart Dougal
6 May 2001 Premier League Hibernian 2 – 5 Celtic Edinburgh
15:00 BST Libbra  (85)
Libbra  (88)
BBC Sport McNamara  (4)
McNamara  (18)
Larsson  (62)
Stubbs  68'
Moravcik  80'
Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 8,728
Referee: John Rowbotham
13 May 2001 Premier League 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 Premier League Kilmarnock 1 – 0 Celtic Kilmarnock
15:00 BST Mahood  (78) BBC Sport Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 12,675
Referee: John R. Underhill

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-Final 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-Final Celtic 3–1 Rangers Glasgow
19:45 BST
BBC Sport Albertz  37' (pen.) Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 50,000
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

28 January 2001 Third Round Stranraer 1 – 4 Celtic Stranraer
18:05 GMT Harty  84' BBC Sport Valgaeren  23'
McNamara  51'
Knox  55' (Own Goal)
Moravcik  85'
Stadium: Stair Park
Attendance: 5,600
Referee: S Dougal
17 February 2001 Fourth Round Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 2 Celtic Dunfermline
15:00 GMT Skerla  83'
Nicholson  90'
BBC Sport Larsson  66'
Larsson  88'
Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 11,222
Referee: W Young
7 March 2001 Fourth Round Replay Celtic 4 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Glasgow
19:45 GMT Vega  23'
Vega  48'
Larsson  61' (pen)
Larsson  73' (pen)
BBC Sport Thomson  28' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 31,940
Referee: W 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: K Clark
15 April 2001 Semi-Final Celtic 3 – 1 Dundee United Glasgow
14:35 GMT Larsson  32'
Larsson  79' (pen)
McNamara  80'
BBC Sport Lilley  84' Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 38,699
Referee: H Dallas
26 May 2001 Final Celtic 3 – 0 Hibernian Glasgow
15:00 GMT McNamara  39'
Larsson  48'
Larsson  80' (pen)
BBC Sport Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 51,284
Referee: K Clark

UEFA Cup

10 August 2000 Qualifying Round 1st Leg Jeunesse Esch 0–4 Celtic Luxembourg City
19:45 GMT BBC Sport
Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel
Attendance: 8,920
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)
24 August 2000 Qualifying Round 2nd Leg Celtic 7–0
(11–0 agg.)
Jeunesse Esch Glasgow
19:45 GMT
BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 40,282
Referee: Philippe Leuba (Switzerland)
14 September 2000 First Round 1st Leg Celtic 2–0 HJK Helsinki Glasgow
19:45 GMT Larsson  14', 25' BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 40,544
Referee: Dietmar Drabek (Austria)
28 September 2000 First Round 2nd Leg HJK Helsinki 2–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 agg.)
Celtic Helsinki
17:00 GMT Roiha  42', 76' BBC Sport Sutton  108' Stadium: Finnair Stadium
Attendance: 6,530
Referee: Ladislav Gadosi (Slovakia)
26 October 2000 Second Round 1st Leg Bordeaux 1–1 Celtic Bordeaux
19:45 GMT Dugarry  22' BBC Sport Larsson  26' (p) Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 21,318
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
9 November 2000 Second Round 2nd Leg Celtic 1–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 agg.)
Bordeaux Glasgow
19:45 Moravčík  54' BBC Sport Laslandes  79', 114' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 54,242
Referee: Sergey Shmolik (Belarus)

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier LeagueScottish CupLeague CupUEFA Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Jonathan Gould 240150003060
2 DF Thomas Boyd 44021+902+302+204+10
3 DF Stéphane Mahé 1307+30001020
4 DF Jackie McNamara 42718+1232+233150
5 DF Joos Valgaeren 494353613050
6 DF Alan Stubbs 1217+41001000
7 FW Henrik Larsson 50533735692554
8 MF Alan Thompson 32329+13101000
9 FW Chris Sutton 35142411403241
10 MF Eyal Berkovic 932+20000+102+23
12 FW Tommy Johnson 2579+751+302+120+20
14 MF Paul Lambert 4012714+202050
15 MF Bobby Petta 311200202+2051
16 DF Olivier Tébily 702+200+100+1010
17 MF Didier Agathe 35326+13600020
18 MF Neil Lennon 251171602000
19 MF Stilian Petrov 38727+171+201+104+10
20 GK Rab Douglas 280220600000
21 GK Stewart Kerr 1000001000
23 GK Dmitri Kharine 1010000000
24 MF Colin Healy 2114+8000311+50
25 MF Ľubomír Moravčík 401416+1194+112+114+13
26 MF Paul Shields 0000000000
27 FW Mark Burchill 440+21001013
29 FW Shaun Maloney 501+30001000
30 MF Vidar Riseth 510+1000102+11
31 DF Rafael Scheidt 2000000+1010
32 FW Simon Lynch 1000000010
34 MF Mark Fotheringham 1010000000
35 DF Johan Mjällby 48430+544+102060
36 DF Ramon Vega 264182622000
38 GK Barry John Corr 0000000000
39 MF Jamie Smith 922+51001+1100
40 DF Stephen Crainey 510+200+101+1100
43 MF Liam Miller 100000000+10

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[lower-alpha 1]
1 Celtic 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[lower-alpha 2]
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
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.

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 HotspurLoan
Troy Douglin Torquay UnitedLoan

Players out

Player To Fee
Mark Viduka Leeds United£6,000,000[21]
Vidar Riseth 1860 MunichLoan
£975,000
Rafael Scheidt CorinthiansLoan
Mark Burchill Birmingham City
Ipswich Town
Loan
Loan
Paul Shields Albion RoversLoan
Eyal Berkovic Blackburn RoversLoan
Brian McColligan StenhousemuirLoan
Barry John Corr Queen's ParkLoan
Liam Keogh Forfar AthleticLoan
Marc RieperReleased

Team kit

See also

References

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