2000–01 Sunderland A.F.C. season

During the 2000–01 English football season, Sunderland A.F.C. competed in the FA Premier League.

Sunderland A.F.C.

2000–01 season
Chairman	Bob Murray
Manager	Peter Reid
Stadium	Stadium of Light
FA Premier League	7th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Kevin Phillips (14) All: Kevin Phillips (18)
Highest home attendance	48,285 vs Leeds United (31 March 2001, FA Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	24,668 vs Luton Town (19 September 2000, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	46,791
Home colours Away colours
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Season summary

Sunderland enjoyed another strong season, and briefly occupied second place in February, but the Black Cats were unable to keep up their excellent form, and they had to settle for seventh place – just as they did last season, and not quite enough for UEFA Cup qualification.^[1]

Results

Sunderland's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Main article: 2000–01 FA Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Ipswich Town	38	20	6	12	57	42	+15	66	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
6	Chelsea	38	17	10	11	68	45	+23	61
7	Sunderland	38	15	12	11	46	41	+5	57
8	Aston Villa	38	13	15	10	46	43	+3	54	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
9	Charlton Athletic	38	14	10	14	50	57	−7	52

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

1. Since Liverpool won the League Cup and qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place went to fifth-placed Ipswich Town. Since both FA Cup finalists, Liverpool and Arsenal, qualified for the Champions League, the berth in the UEFA Cup went to sixth-placed Chelsea. Both Ipswich and Chelsea were the highest-ranked team not already qualified for a European competition.

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	15	12	11	46	41	+5	57	9	7	3	24	16	+8	6	5	8	22	25	−3

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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	D
Position	7	13	15	14	17	13	13	14	10	12	9	12	11	9	8	6	4	5	6	3	4	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	5	4	6	6	7	7	8	7	7	7

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

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 2000	Arsenal	Stadium of Light	1–0	46,347	Quinn
23 August 2000	Manchester City	Maine Road	2–4	34,410	Quinn, Phillips
26 August 2000	Ipswich Town	Portman Road	0–1	21,830
5 September 2000	West Ham United	Stadium of Light	1–1	46,605	Arca
9 September 2000	Manchester United	Old Trafford	0–3	67,503
16 September 2000	Derby County	Stadium of Light	2–1	45,343	Kilbane, Phillips
23 September 2000	Liverpool	Anfield	1–1	44,713	Phillips
1 October 2000	Leicester City	Stadium of Light	0–0	45,338
14 October 2000	Chelsea	Stadium of Light	1–0	45,078	Phillips (pen)
22 October 2000	Aston Villa	Villa Park	0–0	27,215
28 October 2000	Coventry City	Stadium of Light	1–0	44,526	Thome
4 November 2000	Tottenham Hotspur	White Hart Lane	1–2	36,016	Hutchison
11 November 2000	Southampton	Stadium of Light	2–2	45,064	Quinn, Hutchison
18 November 2000	Newcastle United	St James' Park	2–1	52,030	Hutchison, Quinn
25 November 2000	Charlton Athletic	The Valley	1–0	20,043	Rae
4 December 2000	Everton	Stadium of Light	2–0	46,372	Rae, Phillips
9 December 2000	Middlesbrough	Stadium of Light	1–0	47,742	Gray
16 December 2000	Leeds United	Elland Road	0–2	40,053
23 December 2000	Manchester City	Stadium of Light	1–0	47,475	Hutchison
26 December 2000	Bradford City	Valley Parade	4–1	20,370	Quinn, Phillips (3)
30 December 2000	Arsenal	Highbury	2–2	38,026	Phillips (pen), McCann
1 January 2001	Ipswich Town	Stadium of Light	4–1	46,053	Arca, Phillips, Dichio, Schwarz
13 January 2001	West Ham United	Boleyn Ground	2–0	26,014	Varga, Hutchison
21 January 2001	Bradford City	Stadium of Light	0–0	47,812
31 January 2001	Manchester United	Stadium of Light	0–1	48,260
3 February 2001	Derby County	Pride Park	0–1	29,129
10 February 2001	Liverpool	Stadium of Light	1–1	47,553	Hutchison
24 February 2001	Leicester City	Filbert Street	0–2	21,086
5 March 2001	Aston Villa	Stadium of Light	1–1	47,196	McCann
17 March 2001	Chelsea	Stamford Bridge	4–2	34,981	Hutchison (2), McCann, Phillips
31 March 2001	Leeds United	Stadium of Light	0–2	48,285
9 April 2001	Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium	0–0	31,284
14 April 2001	Tottenham Hotspur	Stadium of Light	2–3	48,029	Kilbane, Quinn
16 April 2001	Coventry City	Highfield Road	0–1	20,946
21 April 2001	Newcastle United	Stadium of Light	1–1	48,277	Carteron
28 April 2001	Southampton	The Dell	1–0	15,249	Kilbane
5 May 2001	Charlton Athletic	Stadium of Light	3–2	47,671	Kilbane, Quinn, Phillips
19 May 2001	Everton	Goodison Park	2–2	37,444	Phillips (2)

FA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
3rd Round	6 January 2001	Crystal Palace	Stadium of Light	0–0	30,908
3rd Round Replay	17 January 2001	Crystal Palace	Selhurst Park	4–2	15,454	Quinn, Phillips (2), Kilbane
4th Round	27 January 2001	Ipswich Town	Stadium of Light	1–0	33,626	Dichio
5th Round	17 February 2001	West Ham United	Stadium of Light	0–1	36,005

League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
2nd Round, 1st Leg	19 September 2000	Luton Town	Stadium of Light	3–0	24,668	Oster, Phillips, Thirlwell
2nd Round, 2nd Leg	26 September 2000	Luton Town	Kenilworth Road	2–1 (won 5–1 on agg)	5,262	Reddy, Butler
3rd Round	31 October 2000	Bristol Rovers	Memorial Stadium	2–1	11,433	Hutchison (2)
4th Round	28 November 2000	Manchester United	Stadium of Light	2–1	47,543	Arca, Phillips (pen)
5th Round	19 December 2000	Crystal Palace	Selhurst Park	1–2	15,945	Rae

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  DEN Thomas Sørensen 2 DF  FRA Patrice Carteron (on loan from Saint-Étienne) 3 DF  ENG Michael Gray (captain) 4 MF  SCO Don Hutchison[notes 1] 5 DF  ENG Steve Bould 6 DF  IRL Paul Butler[notes 2] 8 MF  ENG Gavin McCann 9 FW  IRL Niall Quinn 10 FW  ENG Kevin Phillips 11 MF  IRL Kevin Kilbane[notes 3] 12 FW  ENG Daniele Dichio 14 DF  ENG Darren Holloway 15 MF  DEN Carsten Fredgaard 16 MF  SCO Alex Rae 17 DF  ENG Jody Craddock 18 DF  ENG Darren Williams 19 MF  FRA Éric Roy 20 MF  SWE Stefan Schwarz

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  ENG Paul Thirlwell 22 MF  ENG Neil Wainwright 23 MF  ENG Chris Lumsdon 24 DF  NIR George McCartney 25 DF  ENG Mark Maley 26 MF  IRL Thomas Butler 27 FW  IRL Michael Reddy 28 MF  WAL John Oster[notes 4] 29 MF  BEL Tom Peeters 30 GK  AUT Jürgen Macho 31 FW  HON Milton Núñez 32 DF  SVK Stanislav Varga 33 DF  ARG Julio Arca 34 FW  SCO Kevin Kyle 36 DF  BRA Emerson Thome 37 MF  IRL Brendan McGill 38 MF  ENG Ben Clark

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 2 DF  ENG Chris Makin (to Ipswich Town)

No. Pos. Nation Player 40 GK  NIR Michael Ingham[notes 5] (on loan to Cliftonville)

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 — DF  IRL Cliff Byrne — DF  ENG Craig James — DF  IRL Glen Lacey — DF  ENG Simon Ramsden — DF  IRL Mark Rossiter

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Mark Convery — MF  ENG Jonjo Dickman — FW  IRL Keith Graydon — FW  ENG Michael Proctor — FW  SCO Dene Shields

Transfers

In

Summer

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
14 July 2000	MF	Tom Peeters	KV Mechelen	£250,000
14 July 2000	GK	Jurgen Macho	First Vienna	Free
14 July 2000	MF	Don Hutchison	Everton	£2,500,000
25 July 2000	MF	Julio Arca	Argentinos Juniors	£3,500,000
27 July 2000	DF	Stanislav Varga	Slovan Bratislava	£875,000
31 August 2000	DF	Emerson Thome	Chelsea	£4,500,000

January

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
7 March 2001	DF	Patrice Carteron	Saint-Étienne	Season-long loan

Out

Summer

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
1 June 2000	DF	Thomas Helmer	Retired	Retired
1 June 2000	MF	Darren Holloway	Wimbledon	£1,200,000
11 August 2000	GK	Michael Ingham	Cliftonville	Loan
1 September 2000	DF	Steve Bould	Retired	Retired

January

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
1 January 2001	MF	Éric Roy	Troyes	Free
4 January 2001	MF	Nicky Summerbee	Bolton Wanderers	Free
31 January 2001	DF	Paul Butler	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£1,000,000
7 March 2001	DF	Chris Makin	Ipswich Town	£1,250,000

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of end of season^[4]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		FA Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	DEN	Thomas Sørensen	42	0	34	0	4	0	4	0
30	GK	AUT	Jurgen Macho	7	0	4+1	0	0	0	1+1	0
Defenders
2	DF	FRA	Patrice Carteron	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Michael Gray	41	1	36	1	2	0	3	0
5	DF	ENG	Steve Bould	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	IRL	Paul Butler	6	1	3	0	0	0	3	1
17	DF	ENG	Jody Craddock	36	0	33+1	0	1	0	1	0
18	DF	ENG	Darren Williams	36	1	21+7	0	4	0	4	1
21	DF	ENG	Paul Thirlwell	7	1	3+2	0	0	0	2	1
24	DF	NIR	George McCartney	6	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	2+1	0
25	DF	ENG	Mark Maley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32	DF	SVK	Stanislav Varga	19	1	9+3	1	4	0	2+1	0
33	DF	ARG	Julio Arca	30	3	26+1	2	1	0	2	1
36	DF	BRA	Emerson Thome	36	1	30+1	1	3	0	2	0
38	DF	ENG	Ben Clark	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders:
4	MF	SCO	Don Hutchison	37	10	30+2	8	3	0	2	2
8	MF	ENG	Gavin McCann	28	3	22	3	4	0	0+2	0
11	MF	IRL	Kevin Kilbane	34	5	26+4	4	0+3	1	1	0
14	MF	ENG	Darren Holloway	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
15	MF	DEN	Carsten Fredgaard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
16	MF	SCO	Alex Rae	25	3	18	2	3	0	4	1
19	MF	FRA	Éric Roy	5	0	1+2	0	0	0	2	0
20	MF	SWE	Stefan Schwarz	25	1	17+3	1	4	0	1	0
22	MF	ENG	Neil Wainwright	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	MF	IRL	Thomas Butler	5	0	0+4	0	0	0	0+1	0
28	MF	WAL	John Oster	14	1	2+6	0	1+1	0	3+1	1
29	MF	BEL	Tom Peeters	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
37	MF	IRL	Brendan McGill	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Forwards:
9	FW	IRL	Niall Quinn	37	8	32+2	7	2+1	1	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Kevin Phillips	42	18	34	14	4	2	3+1	2
12	FW	ENG	Danny Dichio	23	2	2+13	1	2+2	1	4	0
27	FW	IRL	Michael Reddy	4	1	0+2	0	0	0	2	1
31	FW	HON	Milton Núñez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players no longer with club:
2	DF	ENG	Chris Makin	28	0	21+2	0	2+1	0	2	0

Notes

1. Hutchison was born in Gateshead, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and represented them at B level before making his international debut for Scotland in March 1999.
2. Butler was born in Moston, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his paternal step-grandfather, and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in February 2000.
3. Kilbane was born in Preston, 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 Republic of Ireland in September 1997.
4. Oster was born in Boston, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented them at U-18 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Wales in 1997.
5. Ingham was born in Preston, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and represented them at U-18 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in June 2005.