2000–01 Dundee F.C. season

During the 2000–01 season, Dundee participated in the Scottish Premier League.

Dundee

2000–01 season
Chairman	James Marr
Manager	Ivano Bonetti
Stadium	Dens Park
Scottish Premier League	6th
Scottish Cup	Fourth round
Scottish League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Juan Sara (15) All: Juan Sara (15)
Home colours
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Season summary

Dundee appointed Italian Ivano Bonetti as player-manager, and the midfielder managed to attract a variety of international players, most notably Argentinian World Cup star Claudio Caniggia. Dundee won the first two matches of the season to lead the table, but were unable to sustain the good form and finished the season in sixth, with the undistinguished record of only four home wins all season. Nonetheless, the club did provide supporters with memories to savour, such as wins at both Ibrox and Celtic Park, plus the signing of continental players gave supporters hope of a challenge for European qualification in seasons to come.^[1]

Team kit and sponsors

Xara remained Dundee's kit manufacturer, and introduced a new kit for the season. The kit featured predominantly navy shorts for the first time since 1995. The socks were identical to those of the previous season's kit, while the shirt featured a thick white stripe running from the collar down the inside of the sleeves to the cuffs.^[2]

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[a]
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
6	Dundee	38	13	8	17	51	49	+2	47	Qualification for the UEFA Intertoto Cup first round[c]
7	Aberdeen	38	11	12	15	45	52	−7	45
8	Motherwell	38	12	7	19	42	56	−14	43

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.
3. Dundee qualified for the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup as the highest-placed team to apply for a place in the competition.

Results

Dundee's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2000–01 Scottish Premier League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	29 July 2000	Motherwell	A	2–0	6,161	Billio 8', Artero 86'
2	5 August 2000	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–0	7,152	Skinner 1' (o.g.), Sara 52', Caballero 55'
3	12 August 2000	Hibernian	A	1–5	12,075	Caballero 9'
4	19 August 2000	St Mirren	A	1–2	5,165	Sara 78'
5	27 August 2000	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–1	6,779	Caballero 58'
6	9 September 2000	Rangers	H	1–1	10,439	Sara 74'
7	16 September 2000	St Johnstone	A	0–0	5,055
8	20 September 2000	Dundee United	H	3–0	9,838	Sara 47', 80', 88'
9	23 September 2000	Celtic	A	0–1	59,694
10	30 September 2000	Kilmarnock	H	0–0	6,170
11	14 October 2000	Aberdeen	A	2–0	14,750	Bonetti 75', Caniggia 90'
12	21 October 2000	Motherwell	H	1–2	7,344	Caniggia 21'
13	28 October 2000	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–1	6,397
14	5 November 2000	Hibernian	H	1–2	6,604	Tweed 33'
15	11 November 2000	Dundee United	A	2–0	11,454	Caniggia 38', Nemsadze 73'
16	18 November 2000	St Mirren	H	5–0	6,333	Caniggia 22', 52', Rae 66', Artero 75', Milne 79'
17	25 November 2000	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–3	11,593	Carranza 24'
18	2 December 2000	St Johnstone	H	1–1	7,014	Sara 13'
19	10 December 2000	Celtic	H	1–2	10,763	Boyd 55' (o.g.)
20	16 December 2000	Kilmarnock	A	3–2	6,573	Bonetti 53', Milne 76', 79'
21	23 December 2000	Aberdeen	H	2–2	9,093	Carranza 59', Sara 71'
22	26 December 2000	Motherwell	A	3–0	6,183	Sara 4', 69', Rae 35'
23	2 January 2001	Hibernian	A	0–3	12,379
24	31 January 2001	Dundee United	H	2–3	11,724	Caniggia 45', Falconer 88'
25	3 February 2001	St Mirren	A	1–2	4,197	Sara 23'
26	21 February 2001	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0–1	6,113
27	24 February 2001	Rangers	H	0–1	9,778
28	3 March 2001	St Johnstone	A	3–2	5,064	Rae 56', Sara 68', Artero 86'
29	14 March 2001	Rangers	A	2–0	45,035	Caniggia 14', Milne 90'
30	18 March 2001	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–0	7,327
31	31 March 2001	Kilmarnock	H	2–2	6,719	Sara 27', Rae 47'
32	4 April 2001	Celtic	A	1–2	59,562	Sara 67'
33	7 April 2001	Aberdeen	A	2–0	11,805	Nemsadze 52', Caballero 63'
34	21 April 2001	Rangers	H	0–3	10,687
35	29 April 2001	Hibernian	H	0–2	6,659
36	5 May 2001	Kilmarnock	H	2–1	6,261	Sara 35', Carranza 80'
37	13 May 2001	Celtic	A	2–0	59,435	Caballero 29', 42'
38	20 May 2001	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–2	13,554

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Scottish Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	27 January 2001	Falkirk	H	0–0	6,400
R3 Replay	12 February 2001	Falkirk	A	2–0	6,068	Sara 71', Caniggia 84'
R4	17 February 2001	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–1	9,970	Sara 30'
R4 Replay	7 March 2001	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–1	7,155

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Scottish League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R2	23 August 2000	Montrose	H	3–0	2,635	Wilkie 5', Caballero 56', 66'
R3	5 September 2000	St Mirren	A	0–3	3,988

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  ITA Marco Roccati (on loan from Bologna) 2 DF  SCO Barry Smith 4 DF  SUI Marcello Marrocco 5 DF  ITA Marco De Marchi 6 DF  SCO Steven Tweed 7 FW  ARG Fabián Caballero 8 MF  ITA Ivano Bonetti 9 FW  ARG Juan Sara 10 MF  GEO Georgi Nemsadze 11 FW  SCO Willie Falconer 12 MF  SCO Shaun McSkimming 13 GK  SCO Jamie Langfield 14 MF  SCO Gavin Rae 15 FW  SCO Steven Milne 16 FW  ENG Michael Yates 17 DF  NED Frank van Eijs

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  ESP Javier Artero 19 MF  ITA Patrizio Billio 20 DF  SCO Lee Wilkie 21 FW  SCO Graham Bayne 22 DF  AUS Chris Coyne 23 MF  AUS Mark Robertson 24 DF  SCO Dave Mackay 25 MF  ARG Beto Carranza 26 DF  ARG Walter del Río 28 MF  ITA Marco Russo 29 DF  ITA Alessandro Romano 30 DF  GEO Zurab Khizanishvili 33 FW  ARG Claudio Caniggia 36 DF  ARG Alberto Garrido 41 DF  SCO Mark Slater 42 DF  SCO Gavin Beith

Left 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 1 GK  SCO Rab Douglas (to Celtic) 3 DF  ENG Lee Maddison (on loan to Carlisle United) 23 DF  SCO Hugh Robertson (to Ayr United) 28 DF  SCO Lee Mair (on loan to East Fife)

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 FW  SCO Graeme Thomson (released) 32 MF  SCO Keith Gibson (to East Fife) 38 MF  YUG Goran Zujovic (released) — GK  TRI Clayton Ince (on loan from Crewe Alexandra)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
18 May 2000	MF	Georgi Nemsadze	Dinamo Tbilisi	Unknown
26 May	MF	Javier Artero	San Lorenzo	£300,000
1 July[4]	DF	Marcello Marrocco	Modena	Unknown
1 July	DF	Marco De Marchi	Vitesse Arnhem	Free
1 July	FW	Juan Sara	Cerro Porteño	Free
1 July	FW	Fabián Caballero	Sol de América	Free
22 August[5]	MF	Walter del Río	Crystal Palace	Unknown
26 August	DF	Alessandro Romano	Hellas Verona	Free
4 October[6]	FW	Claudio Caniggia	Unattached (last at Atalanta)	Free transfer
4 October	MF	Beto Carranza	Universitario	?
26 October[7]	GK	Marco Roccati	Bologna	Season-long loan
16 November	MF	Marco Russo	Birmingham City	Free transfer
23 February[8]	DF	Alberto Garrido	Unattached (last at Lleida)	Free transfer
8 March[9]	DF	Zurab Khizanishvili	Unattached (last at Lokomotivi Tbilisi)	Free transfer
8 March	MF	Mark Robertson	Swindon Town	Free
	MF	Ivano Bonetti	Sestrese	?

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
1 June	FW	James Grady	Ayr United	?
1 June	FW	Eddie Annand	Ayr United	?
1 August	FW	Martín Prest	Airdrie	?
4 August	FW	Tommy Coyne	Clydebank	?
18 August	MF	John Elliott	Airdrie	?
19 September	DF	Lee Sharp	St Mirren	?
16 October	GK	Rab Douglas	Celtic	£1,500,000
13 January[10]	MF	Steven Boyack	Hearts	£50,000
25 January	DF	Lee Maddison	Carlisle United	?
1 February	DF	Hugh Robertson	Ross County	?
30 March	MF	Barry Elliot	Partick Thistle	?