Manchester City F.C.

2000–01 season
Owner	Publicly traded company
Chairman	David Bernstein
Manager	Joe Royle
Stadium	Maine Road
Premier League	18th (relegated)
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorer	League: Paulo Wanchope (9 goals) All: Shaun Goater (11 goals)
Highest home attendance	34,629 vs Liverpool 31 January 2001 Premier League
Lowest home attendance	17,408 vs Gillingham 20 September 2001 League Cup 2nd round replay
Average home league attendance	34,058
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2000–01 season was Manchester City Football Club's 109th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight. The club spent this season playing in the Premier League after winning promotion from the First Division in the previous season. This was the club's fifth season playing in the Premier League since its initial formation as the top tier of English football eight years earlier, with Manchester City as one of its original 22 founding member clubs.

Season review

Manchester City's return to the Premiership after a four-year exile was the result of back-to-back promotions from the Second Division. ^[1] But perhaps the team's two-tier climb back to the top flight again had been a little too rapid because it became apparent after just a few games into the new season that Joe Royle's men would be struggling to hang on to their newly acquired top flight status. After their first ten games though, they were enjoying reasonably stable mid-table form with four wins and defeats each; however, after a 5–0 humbling at Arsenal, it all went wrong and only four wins were achieved during the remainder of the season.

The team's relegation was confirmed by a defeat in the penultimate game of the season, and manager Royle, who had been the guiding hand that had brought the team so quickly back to the Premiership from the Second Division, was dismissed within days. ^[2] Former England coach Kevin Keegan was appointed to replace Royle on a three-year contract and fans were given renewed hope of an immediate return to the elite. ^[3]

Team kit

The team kit was produced by Le Coq Sportif and the shirt sponsor was Eidos Interactive.

Home

Home alt.

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Away

Third

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Historical league performance

Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991–92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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
20	Bradford City (R)	38	5	11	22	30	70	−40	26

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	8	10	20	41	65	−24	34	4	3	12	20	31	−11	4	7	8	21	34	−13

Results by round

Results

Manchester City's score comes first ^[4]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

FA Cup

League Cup

First-team squad

Squad at end of season ^[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Nicky Weaver 3 DF   ENG Richard Edghill 4 MF   NED Gerard Wiekens 5 DF   SCO Andy Morrison 6 MF   NIR Kevin Horlock [6] 7 DF   ENG Spencer Prior 9 FW   SCO Paul Dickov 10 FW   BER Shaun Goater 11 MF   ENG Terry Cooke 12 MF   RUS Andrei Kanchelskis [7] (on loan from Rangers) 14 FW   WAL Gareth Taylor 15 DF   NOR Alfie Haaland (captain) 16 DF   SCO Paul Ritchie 17 MF   NIR Jim Whitley [8] 18 MF   NIR Jeff Whitley [9] 19 MF   AUS Danny Tiatto 20 GK   ENG Carlo Nash 21 FW   ENG Darren Huckerby

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF   IRL Richard Dunne 23 FW   CRC Paulo Wanchope 24 DF   ENG Steve Howey 26 GK   IRL Richard McKinney 27 FW   NOR Egil Østenstad (on loan from Blackburn Rovers) 28 MF   ENG Tony Grant 29 MF   ENG Shaun Wright-Phillips 30 GK   ENG Steven Hodgson 31 DF   FRA Laurent Charvet 32 FW   ENG Leon Mike 33 FW   NZL Chris Killen 34 MF   IRL Mark Kennedy 35 GK   IRL Brian Murphy 36 DF   ENG Danny Granville 37 MF   CAN Terry Dunfield 38 DF   WAL Rhys Day 39 MF   NGA Dickson Etuhu 40 MF   ENG Chris Shuker

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF   ENG Lee Crooks (on loan to Northampton Town; to Barnsley) 8 MF   ENG Ian Bishop (to Miami Fusion) 12 FW   AUS Daniel Allsopp (to Notts County) 13 GK   NIR Tommy Wright (to Bolton Wanderers) 20 MF   SCO Gary Mason (to Dunfermline Athletic) 21 DF   ENG Nick Fenton (to Notts County) 22 FW   LBR George Weah (to Marseille)

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 DF   ENG Richard Jobson (to Tranmere Rovers) 27 DF   IRL Shaun Holmes (released) 31 MF   ENG David Laycock (released) 33 FW   NZL Chris Killen (on loan to Wrexham) 36 DF   ENG Danny Granville (on loan to Norwich City) 37 FW   ENG Robert Taylor (to Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player - DF   ENG Stephen Jordan - DF   IRL Paddy McCarthy - DF   ENG Tyrone Mears - MF   GER Dino Toppmöller

No. Pos. Nation Player - MF   IRL Glenn Whelan - DF   ENG Darren (Dazzler) Garfield - MF   ENG Andrew Tunnicliffe

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ENG	Nicky Weaver	39	0	31	0	3	0	5	0
20	GK	ENG	Carlo Nash	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	ENG	Richard Edghill	7	0	6	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF	NED	Gerard Wiekens	41	2	29+5	2	2+1	0	3+1	0
5	DF	SCO	Andy Morrison	7	1	3	0	3	1	1	0
7	DF	ENG	Spencer Prior	28	1	18+3	1	2+1	0	4	0
15	DF	NOR	Alfie Haaland	43	3	35	3	3	0	5	0
16	DF	SCO	Paul Ritchie	16	0	11+1	0	1	0	3	0
22	DF	IRL	Richard Dunne	28	0	24+1	0	3	0	0	0
24	DF	ENG	Steve Howey	39	6	36	6	1	0	2	0
31	DF	FRA	Laurent Charvet	21	0	16+4	0	0+1	0	0	0
36	DF	ENG	Danny Granville	25	0	16+3	0	3	0	0+3	0
Midfielders
6	MF	NIR	Kevin Horlock	18	3	14	2	0	0	4	1
12	MF	RUS	Andrei Kanchelskis	11	1	7+3	0	1	1	0	0
18	MF	NIR	Jeff Whitley	37	1	28+3	1	1	0	5	0
19	MF	AUS	Danny Tiatto	39	2	31+2	2	2	0	4	0
28	MF	ENG	Tony Grant	12	0	5+5	0	1+1	0	0	0
29	MF	ENG	Shaun Wright-Phillips	19	0	9+6	0	0	0	3+1	0
34	MF	IRL	Mark Kennedy	30	1	15+10	0	0	0	1+4	1
37	MF	CAN	Terry Dunfield	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	SCO	Paul Dickov	25	5	15+6	4	0+1	0	2+1	1
10	FW	BER	Shaun Goater	32	11	20+6	6	2+1	3	3	2
21	FW	ENG	Darren Huckerby	16	2	8+5	1	3	1	0	0
23	FW	CRC	Paulo Wanchope	31	10	25+2	9	1	0	3	1
27	FW	NOR	Egil Østenstad	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
2	DF	ENG	Lee Crooks	4	0	0+2	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF	ENG	Ian Bishop	16	0	3+7	0	0+1	0	2+3	0
12	FW	AUS	Danny Allsopp	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	NIR	Tommy Wright	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	LBR	George Weah	9	4	5+2	1	0	0	2	3
25	DF	ENG	Richard Jobson	2	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions ^[10]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	MS	Notes
1	GK		Nicky Weaver	39
37	RB		Laurent Charvet	16
24	CB		Steve Howey	39
22	CB		Richard Dunne	27
36	LB		Danny Granville	19
19	RM		Danny Tiatto	37
4	CM		Gerard Wiekens	34
15	CM		Alfie Haaland	43
18	LM		Jeff Whitley	34
10	CF		Shaun Goater	25
23	CF		Paulo Wanchope	25

Transfers

In

• Alfie Haaland – Leeds United, 12 June, £2,500,000 ^[11]
• George Weah – Milan, 1 August, free ^[12]
• Paulo Wanchope – West Ham United, 8 August, £3,650,000 ^[13]
• Steve Howey – Newcastle United, 11 August, £2,000,000 (rising to £3,000,000 depending on appearances) ^[14]
• Paul Ritchie – Rangers, 21 August, £500,000 ^[15]
• Richard Dunne – Everton, 16 October, £3,000,000 ^[16]
• Laurent Charvet – Newcastle United, 25 October, £1,000,000 (rising to £1,500,000 depending on appearances)
• Darren Huckerby – Leeds United, 29 December, £2,500,000 ^[17]
• Carlo Nash – Stockport County, 11 January, £100,000 ^[18]
• Andrei Kanchelskis – Rangers, 25 January, three-month loan ^[19]
• Egil Østenstad – Blackburn Rovers, 5 February, two-month loan ^[20]

Out

• Craig Russell – St Johnstone, 11 July, free ^[21]
• Lee Peacock – Bristol City, 9 August, £600,000
• Jamie Pollock – Crystal Palace, 11 August, £75,000
• Robert Taylor – Wolverhampton Wanderers, 15 August, £1,550,000 ^[22]
• George Weah – released, 16 October (later joined Marseille on 18 October ^[23])
• Nick Fenton – Notts County, 9 November, £150,000 ^[24]
• Gary Mason – Dunfermline Athletic, 15 December, free ^[25]
• Ian Bishop – Miami Fusion, 28 February, undisclosed ^[26]
• Lee Crooks – Barnsley, 2 March, undisclosed ^[27]
• Tommy Wright – Bolton Wanderers, 22 March, free
• Gareth Taylor – Burnley, 22 March, loan
• Chris Shuker – Macclesfield Town, 22 March, loan
• Andy Morrison – Sheffield United, 22 March, loan
• Lee Crooks – Northampton Town, December, loan
• Daniel Allsopp – Notts County, December, £300,000
• Richard Jobson – Tranmere Rovers
• Shaun Holmes – released
• David Laycock – released
• Chris Killen – Wrexham, loan
• Danny Granville – Norwich City, October, loan
• Terry Cooke – Sheffield Wednesday, loan

References