2000–01 Dundee United F.C. season

The 2000–01 season was the 92nd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001. United finished in eleventh place in the Scottish Premier League, in the first year of the league split, forced by the expansion to twelve teams.

Dundee United F.C.

2000–01 season
Chairman	Jim McLean (until 14 October 2000) Doug Smith (from 17 October 2000)
Manager	Paul Sturrock (until 7 August 2000) Alex Smith (from 8 August 2000 as caretaker) Alex Smith (from 30 August 2000)
Bank of Scotland Premierleague	11th W:9 D:8 L:21 F:38 A:63 P:35
Tennent's Scottish Cup	Semi-finals
CIS Insurance Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Derek Lilley (6) All: Derek Lilley (7)
Highest home attendance	12,306 (vs Celtic, 26 December)
Lowest home attendance	5,497 (vs Kilmarnock, 28 November)
Home colours
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United were knocked out of both domestic cup competitions by the Old Firm - to Rangers in the CIS Insurance Cup quarter-finals and to eventual winners Celtic in the Tennent's Scottish Cup semi-finals.

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 46 competitive matches during the 2000–01 season.^[1] The team finished eleventh in the Scottish Premier League.

In the cup competitions, United were knocked out of the CIS Cup at the semi-finals stage, losing to Rangers. Celtic knocked United out of the Tennent's Scottish Cup at the semi-final stage. Both matches finished 1–0.

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

All results are written with Dundee United's score first.

Bank of Scotland Premierleague

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
30 July 2000	Celtic	H	1-2	11,761	McCracken
5 August 2000	Hibernian	A	0-3	9,541
12 August 2000	Motherwell	H	1-1	6,201	Paterson
19 August 2000	St Johnstone	H	1-2	6,636	Aljofree
26 August 2000	Dunfermline	A	0-1	4,980
9 September 2000	Kilmarnock	A	0-1	6,380
16 September 2000	St Mirren	H	0-0	5,943
20 September 2000	Dundee	A	0-3	9,838
23 September 2000	Aberdeen	H	3-5	7,699	Easton, McConalogue, Hannah
1 October 2000	Rangers	A	0-3	44,324
14 October 2000	Hearts	H	0-4	7,016
21 October 2000	Celtic	A	1-2	59,427	Own goal
28 October 2000	Hibernian	H	0-1	8,042
4 November 2000	Motherwell	A	1-2	6,864	Naveda
11 November 2000	Dundee	H	0-2	11,454
18 November 2000	St Johnstone	A	0-1	4,295
25 November 2000	Dunfermline	H	3-2	6,012	O'Connor, Easton, Miller
28 November 2000	Kilmarnock	H	0-1	5,497
5 December 2000	St Mirren	A	1-1	4,685	Naveda
17 December 2000	Rangers	H	1-1	10,750	Lilley
23 December 2000	Hearts	A	1-3	12,128	Aljofree
26 December 2000	Celtic	H	0-4	12,306
30 December 2000	Hibernian	A	0-1	10,197
2 January 2001	Motherwell	H	2-0	6,311	Easton, Hamilton
31 January 2001	Dundee	A	3-2[permanent dead link]	11,724	Davidson, Easton, Lauchlan
3 February 2001	St Johnstone	H	1-1[permanent dead link]	6,482	Miller
10 February 2001	Dunfermline	A	1-3[permanent dead link]	5,180	Lilley
24 February 2001	Kilmarnock	A	0-0	6,227
3 March 2001	St Mirren	H	4-0	8,334	Miller, Hannah, Lilley, Hamilton
17 March 2001	Aberdeen	H	1-1	8,472	Miller
31 March 2001	Rangers	A	2-0	48,382	Thompson, Lilley
4 April 2001	Aberdeen	A	1-4	9,962	Griffin
7 April 2001	Hearts	H	1-1	7,242	Thompson
23 April 2001	St Mirren	A	1-2	6,473	Thompson
28 April 2001	Motherwell	H	1-0	5,928	Buchan
6 May 2001	Dunfermline	H	1-0	6,679	Thompson
12 May 2001	St Johnstone	A	3-2	6,748	Miller, Easton, Lilley
20 May 2001	Aberdeen	A	2-1	11,633	Venetis, Lilley

Tennent's Scottish Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
27 January 2001	Montrose	A	2–0	2,592	Lauchlan (2)
17 February 2001	Motherwell	A	2–0	6,186	Miller, Easton
11 March 2001	Rangers	H	1–0	11,793	Hannah
15 April 2001	Celtic	N	1–3	38,699

CIS Insurance Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
22 August 2000	Alloa	A	3–0	1,088	McConalogue (3)
5 September 2000	Airdrieonians	A	0-0	5,018
31 October 2000	Rangers	A	0–2	30,966

United beat Airdrieonians 4–3 on penalties

Player details

During the 2000–01 season, United used 41 different players, with a further two named as substitutes who did not make an appearance on the pitch. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.^[2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bank of Scotland Premierleague		Tennent's Scottish Cup		CIS Insurance Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Alan Combe	26	0	23	0	0	0	3	0
2	DF	SCO	John McQuillan	18	0	12+3	0	0	0	2+1	0
3	DF	SCO	Stephen Wright	7	0	5	0	0	0	2	0
4	MF	SCO	David Hannah	28	3	19+4	2	3	1	1+1	0
5	DF	CAN	Jason de Vos	40	0	33	0	4	0	2+1	0
6	MF	SEN	Joachim Fernandez	7	0	6	0	0	0	0+1	0
7	MF	SCO	Craig Easton	39	6	28+6	5	4	1	1	0
8	MF	GRE	Tassos Venetis	15	1	3+11	1	0	0	1	0
9	FW	SCO	Alex Mathie	5	0	3+1	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW	ARG	Gustavo Fuentes	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	ARG	Beto Naveda	14	2	7+6	2	0+1	0	0	0
10	FW	CMR	Alphonse Tchami	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
10	FW	SCO	Derek Lilley	22	7	18	6	4	1	0	0
11	MF	ENG	Neil Heaney	14	0	7+5	0	0+1	0	1	0
12	MF	SCO	Stéphane Léoni	7	0	5+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
12	FW	ENG	Paul Robinson	6	0	2+4	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	SCO	Paul Gallacher	19	0	15	0	4	0	0	0
14	DF	ENG	Hasney Aljofree	31	2	24+2	2	2	0	3	0
15	FW	CMR	Mvondo Atangana	12	0	8+3	0	0	0	0+1	0
16	MF	NIR	Danny Griffin	22	1	18	1	4	0	0	0
17	FW	SCO	Jim Hamilton	24	2	14+6	2	3	0	1	0
18	MF	SCO	Jim Paterson	7	1	5+1	1	0	0	1	0
19	FW	SCO	Steven Thompson	37	4	18+13	4	1+3	0	1+1	0
20	DF	IRL	David Worrell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	WAL	David Partridge	24	0	17+2	0	1+1	0	3	0
22	GK	CAN	Pat Onstad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	ARG	Marcelino Galoppo	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	SCO	Jim Lauchlan	28	3	23	1	4	2	1	0
24	MF	SCO	Jamie Buchan	41	1	33+2	1	2+1	0	3	0
25	FW	SCO	Stephen McConalogue	14	4	3+8	1	0	0	2+1	3
26	MF	SCO	Hugh Davidson	12	1	6+5	1	0	0	1	0
27	DF	SCO	Tony Smith	5	0	1+2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
28	DF	FRA	John Licina	8	0	5+2	0	0	0	1	0
29	MF	URU	Carlos Marcora	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	HON	Francisco Ramírez	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	SCO	Jamie Fullarton	5	0	3+2	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW	ENG	Sean O'Connor	2	1	1+1	1	0	0	0	0
32	DF	SCO	David McCracken	9	1	6+3	1	0	0	0	0
33	MF	SCO	Charlie Miller	28	6	24	5	4	1	0	0
35	MF	SCO	Kevin McDonald	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
36	MF	SCO	Darren Brady	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
42	DF	SCO	Jamie McCunnie	19	0	15	0	4	0	0	0
44	FW	SCO	David Winters	5	0	0+5	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers Seventeen players scored for the United first team with the team scoring 46 goals in total. Derek Lilley was the top goalscorer, scoring seven goals.[2] Name League Cups Total Derek Lilley 6 1 7 Craig Easton 5 1 6 Charlie Miller 5 1 6 Steven Thompson 4 4 Stephen McConalogue 1 3 4 David Hannah 2 1 3 Jim Lauchlan 1 2 3 Hasney Aljofree 2 2 Jim Hamilton 2 2 Beto Naveda 2 2 Jamie Buchan 1 1 Hugh Davidson 1 1 Danny Griffin 1 1 David McCracken 1 1 Sean O'Connor 1 1 Jim Paterson 1 1 Tassos Venetis 1 1

Discipline During the 2000–01 season, six United players were sent off, and 24 players received at least one yellow card. In total, the team received seven dismissals and 79 cautions.[2] Name Cautions Dismissals Craig Easton 5 2 David Partridge 7 1 Jason de Vos 7 1 Jim Lauchlan 6 1 Derek Lilley 4 1 Stephen Wright 1 David Hannah 8 Charlie Miller 8 Hasney Aljofree 6 John Licina 4 Steven Thompson 4 Jamie Buchan 3 Jim Hamilton 2 Neil Heaney 2 Jim Paterson 2 Alphonse Tchami 2 Alan Combe 1 Hugh Davidson 1 Joachim Fernandez 1 Stephen McConalogue 1 Jamie McCunnie 1 Kevin McDonald 1 John McQuillan 1 Beto Naveda 1 Tassos Venetis 1

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[a]
8	Motherwell	38	12	7	19	42	56	−14	43
9	Dunfermline Athletic	38	11	9	18	34	54	−20	42
10	St Johnstone	38	9	13	16	40	56	−16	40
11	Dundee United	38	9	8	21	38	63	−25	35
12	St Mirren (R)	38	8	6	24	32	72	−40	30	Relegation to the First Division

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated
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.

Transfers

In Sixteen players were signed during the 2000–01 season, with a total (public) transfer cost of around £350,000. In addition, one player was signed on loan. The players that joined Dundee United during the 2000-01 season, along with their previous club, are listed below. Date Player From Fee (£) 25 July 2000 Neil Heaney Darlington £0,175,000[3] 21 August 2000 Stephen Wright Bradford City Nominal[4] 25 August 2000 Alphonse Tchami Al Wasl Free[4] 22 September 2000 Reynaldo Clavasquín Motagua Unknown[5] 22 September 2000 Francisco Ramírez Motagua Unknown[5] 22 September 2000 Gustavo Fuentes Motagua Unknown[5] 30 September 2000 Marcelino Galoppo Sanremese Released[6] 30 September 2000 Carlos Marcora Real España Released[6] 27 October 2000 Jim Lauchlan Kilmarnock £0,100,000[7] 3 November 2000 Charlie Miller Watford Free[8] 3 November 2000 Beto Naveda Unattached (ex-Hapoel Jerusalem) Free[8] 10 November 2000 Jamie Fullarton Crystal Palace Free[4] 14 December 2000 Derek Lilley Oxford United) £0,080,000[9] 25 January 2001 Raúl Sánchez Barcelona Free[4] 30 March 2001 Darren Brady Unattached (ex-Airdrieonians) Free[10] 30 March 2001 David McGuire Unattached (ex-Airdrieonians) Free[10] Loans in Date Player To Until 1 October 1999 Paul Robinson Wimbledon 3 May 2001[11][12]

Out Sixteen players left the club during the season with only one transfer - Scott McCulloch to Cardiff City - bringing in a fee (£100k). Listed below are the players that were released during the season, along with the club that they joined. Players did not necessarily join their next club immediately. Date Player To Fee 1 September 2000 Scott McCulloch Cardiff City £0,100,000[4] 25 September 2000 Alex Mathie York City Released[13] 25 October 2000 Reynaldo Clavasquín BSV Bad Bleiberg Released[14] 25 October 2000 Marcelino Galoppo Sanremese Released[14] 25 October 2000 Carlos Marcora Real España Released[14] 25 October 2000 Francisco Ramírez Platense Released[14] 31 October 2000 Gustavo Fuentes Club Deportivo Olimpia Released[15] 6 December 2000 Stéphane Léoni Sedan Released[16] 6 December 2000 Alphonse Tchami Unknown Released[16] 7 December 2000 Darren Patterson York City Released[4] 12 December 2000 Joachim Fernandez Persma Manado Released[17] 23 January 2001 David Worrell Plymouth Argyle Nominal[4] 21 March 2001 Pat Onstad Rochester Rhinos Free[18] 3 April 2001 Raúl Sánchez Unknown Released[19] 20 May 2001 Darren Brady Livingston Released 20 May 2001 David McGuire Livingston Released Loans out Date Player To Until 20 November 2000 David Worrell Plymouth Argyle 20 January 2001[4] 4 January 2001 Stephen McConalogue Morton 2 March 2001[4] 4 January 2001 David Winters Forfar Athletic 10 February 2001[4] 5 January 2001 Kevin McDonald Morton 31 January 2001[4] 15 January 2001 Sean O'Connor Portadown 6 May 2001[4] 28 February 2001 John McQuillan Alloa Athletic 6 May 2001[4]

Playing kit

Home colours

Away colours

The jerseys were sponsored for a fifth season by Telewest. The away kit sometimes used the home shorts and socks.

Trivia

• Of Derek Lilley's six league goals, only one - in the 3–1 defeat at Dunfermline - failed to achieve points for United.

Awards

• Alex Smith
  • Scottish Premier League Manager of the Month: 2

March 2001, May 2001

See also

• 2000–01 Scottish Premier League
• 2000–01 Scottish Cup
• 2000–01 in Scottish football