2000–01 Derby County F.C. season

During the 2000–01 English football season, Derby County competed in the FA Premier League.

Derby County F.C.

2000–01 season
Chairman	Lionel Pickering
Manager	Jim Smith
Stadium	Pride Park Stadium
FA Premier League	17th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Malcolm Christie (8) All: Malcolm Christie (12)
Highest home attendance	33,239 vs Ipswich Town (19 May 2001, FA Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	11,273 vs Norwich City (1 November 2000, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	28,551
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Season summary

Derby's season started with one defeat and four draws in their first five games during which they scored 11 goals. However, the goals soon dried up and overall, another season of struggle plagued Pride Park, but Jim Smith's men were saved with one week of the season left after a shock 1–0 win over champions Manchester United at Old Trafford^[1] as well as Manchester City losing their penultimate game of the season at Ipswich Town. The attention was then quickly focused on improving the squad for 2001–02 in a bid to prevent another relegation battle.

Final league table

Main article: 2000–01 FA Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	West Ham United	38	10	12	16	45	50	−5	42
16	Everton	38	11	9	18	45	59	−14	42
17	Derby County	38	10	12	16	37	59	−22	42
18	Manchester City (R)	38	8	10	20	41	65	−24	34	Relegation to the Football League First Division
19	Coventry City (R)	38	8	10	20	36	63	−27	34

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	10	12	16	37	59	−22	42	8	7	4	23	24	−1	2	5	12	14	35	−21

Source: 2000–01 FA Premier League table

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	D
Position	8	17	17	17	16	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	17	17	17	16	16	16	14	15	16	16	17	16	17	17	16	17

Source: 11v11.com: 2000–01 Derby County results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Derby County's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 2000	Southampton	H	2–2	27,223	Strupar, Burton
23 August 2000	Newcastle United	A	2–3	51,327	Strupar, Johnson
26 August 2000	Everton	A	2–2	34,840	Sturridge, Strupar
6 September 2000	Middlesbrough	H	3–3	24,290	Christie (2), Strupar
10 September 2000	Charlton Athletic	H	2–2	22,310	Christie, Valakari
16 September 2000	Sunderland	A	1–2	45,343	Christie
23 September 2000	Leeds United	H	1–1	26,248	Kinkladze
30 September 2000	Aston Villa	A	1–4	26,534	Riggott
15 October 2000	Liverpool	H	0–4	30,532
21 October 2000	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–3	34,483	Riggott
28 October 2000	Leicester City	A	1–2	20,525	Delap
6 November 2000	West Ham United	H	0–0	24,621
11 November 2000	Arsenal	A	0–0	37,679
18 November 2000	Bradford City	H	2–0	31,614	Christie, Delap
25 November 2000	Manchester United	H	0–3	32,910
2 December 2000	Ipswich Town	A	1–0	22,003	Delap
9 December 2000	Chelsea	A	1–4	34,317	Riggott
16 December 2000	Coventry City	H	1–0	27,869	Christie
23 December 2000	Newcastle United	H	2–0	29,978	Carbonari, Burton
26 December 2000	Manchester City	A	0–0	34,321
30 December 2000	Southampton	A	0–1	15,075
1 January 2001	Everton	H	1–0	27,358	Burton
13 January 2001	Middlesbrough	A	0–4	29,041
20 January 2001	Manchester City	H	1–1	31,174	Powell
30 January 2001	Charlton Athletic	A	1–2	20,043	Burley
3 February 2001	Sunderland	H	1–0	29,129	Burley
10 February 2001	Leeds United	A	0–0	38,789
24 February 2001	Aston Villa	H	1–0	27,289	Burton (pen)
3 March 2001	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–1	29,410	Strupar (2, 1 pen)
18 March 2001	Liverpool	A	1–1	43,362	Burton
31 March 2001	Coventry City	A	0–2	19,654
7 April 2001	Chelsea	H	0–4	29,320
14 April 2001	West Ham United	A	1–3	25,319	Guðjónsson
16 April 2001	Leicester City	H	2–0	28,387	Boertien, Eranio
21 April 2001	Bradford City	A	0–2	18,564
28 April 2001	Arsenal	H	1–2	29,567	Eranio
5 May 2001	Manchester United	A	1–0	67,526	Christie
19 May 2001	Ipswich Town	H	1–1	33,239	Christie

FA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2001	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–2	19,232	Christie (2), Eranio
R4	27 January 2001	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–0	18,858
R4R	7 February 2001	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–5	15,203	Riggott, Eranio

League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	19 September 2000	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–2	12,183	Burton
R2 2nd Leg	26 September 2000	West Bromwich Albion	A	4–2 (won 5–4 on agg)	19,112	Bragstad (2), Riggott, Burley
R3	1 November 2000	Norwich City	H	3–0	11,273	Delap, Burley (pen), Christie
R4	29 November 2000	Fulham	A	2–3	11,761	Christie, Powell

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  EST Mart Poom 2 DF  ARG Horacio Carbonari 3 DF  SCO Brian O'Neil 4 MF  JAM Darryl Powell[notes 1] (captain) 5 MF  IRL Rory Delap[notes 2] 6 MF  SCO Craig Burley 7 MF  ENG Seth Johnson 9 FW  JAM Deon Burton[notes 3] 10 MF  GEO Georgi Kinkladze 11 MF  ENG Lee Morris 12 FW  ENG Malcolm Christie 14 MF  ISL Þórður Guðjónsson (on loan from Las Palmas) 15 DF  ENG Danny Higginbotham 16 DF  FRA Lilian Martin (on loan from Marseille) 17 DF  FRA Youl Mawéné 18 DF  ENG Richard Jackson 19 DF  ENG Steve Elliott

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  ITA Stefano Eranio 21 DF  ENG Chris Riggott 22 DF  NOR Bjørn Otto Bragstad 23 DF  ENG Paul Boertien 24 GK  ENG Andy Oakes 25 FW  BEL Branko Strupar[notes 4] 26 FW  ENG Marvin Robinson 27 DF  AUS Con Blatsis 28 MF  FIN Simo Valakari 29 DF  ENG Ian Evatt 30 MF  ENG Adam Murray 31 MF  ENG Adam Bolder 32 GK  ENG Lee Grant 33 MF  ENG Lewis Hunt 34 DF  NGA Taribo West (on loan from AC Milan) 35 MF  IRL Fiachra McArdle

Left the club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  GER Stefan Schnoor (to Wolfsburg) 8 FW  ENG Dean Sturridge (to Leicester City)

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  NOR Lars Bohinen (to Lyngby Boldklub) 16 DF  DEN Jacob Laursen (to København)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  NIR Gerard Doherty[notes 5] — DF  ENG Wayne Adams — DF  WAL Karl Brown — MF  ENG Patrick Bannister

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  IRL Brendon Canning — MF  FIN Kristoffer Weckström — FW  ENG Scott Rickards — FW  SCO Gary Twigg

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
1 June 2000	MF	Simo Valakari	Motherwell	Free transfer
5 July 2000	DF	Danny Higginbotham	Manchester United	£2,000,000
26 July 2000	DF	Bjørn Otto Bragstad	Rosenborg	£1,500,000
2 August 2000	DF	Youl Mawéné	RC Lens	£500,000
8 August 2000	DF	Con Blatsis	South Melbourne	£150,000
1 November 2000	DF	Lilian Martin	Marseille	Loan
2 November 2000	DF	Taribo West	Milan	Monthly
13 November 2000	DF	Brian O'Neil	VfL Wolfsburg	Swap
1 March 2001	MF	Þórður Guðjónsson	Las Palmas	Loan

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
20 May 2000	MF	Marc Bridge-Wilkinson	Port Vale	Free transfer
6 June 2000	GK	Richard Knight	Oxford United	Free transfer
16 June 2000	FW	Esteban Fuertes	RC Lens	£2,800,000
5 July 2000	MF	Mikkel Beck	Lille	£500,000
11 July 2000	FW	Sinclair Le Geyt	Port Vale	Free transfer
12 July 2000	DF	Tony Dorigo	Stoke City	Free transfer
24 August 2000	DF	Jacob Laursen	FC Copenhagen	Free transfer
13 November 2000	DF	Stefan Schnoor	VfL Wolfsburg	Swap
19 January 2001	FW	Dean Sturridge	Leicester City	£350,000
23 January 2001	MF	Lars Bohinen	Lyngby Boldklub	Free transfer

Transfers in: £4,150,000

Transfers out: £3,650,000

Total spending: £500,000

Loan in

• Lilian Martin – Marseille, 1 November^[4]
• Taribo West – A.C. Milan, 2 November, three-month loan^[5] (later extended by a further five months on 24 January^[6])
• Þórður Guðjónsson – Las Palmas, 1 March, three-month loan^[7]

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[8]

• GK: #1, Mart Poom, 38
• RB: #5, Rory Delap, 35
• CB: #2, Horacio Carbonari, 31
• CB: #21, Chris Riggott, 34
• LB: #15, Danny Higginbotham, 28
• RM: #6, Craig Burley, 28
• CM: #4, Darryl Powell, 30
• CM: #7, Seth Johnson, 34
• LM: #20, Stefano Eranio, 29
• CF: #12, Malcolm Christie, 36
• CF: #9, Deon Burton, 29

Notes

1. Powell was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1998.
2. Delap was born in Sutton Coldfield, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in March 1998.
3. Burton was born in Reading, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in September 1997.
4. Strupar was born in Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia) but became a naturalised Belgian citizen and made his international debut for Belgium in 1999.
5. Doherty represented the Republic of Ireland at Under-18 level before being selected for Northern Ireland's senior squad against Malta in 2013.