2000–01 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
2000–01 season
ChairmanJames Marr
ManagerIvano Bonetti
StadiumDens Park
Scottish Premier League6th
Scottish CupFourth round
Scottish League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Juan Sara (15)
All:
Juan Sara (15)

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

Season summary

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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

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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

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Pos Team
 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

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Dundee's score comes first

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Scottish Premier League

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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

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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

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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

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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 Italy ITA Marco Roccati (on loan from Bologna)
2 DF Scotland SCO Barry Smith
4 DF Switzerland SUI Marcello Marrocco
5 DF Italy ITA Marco De Marchi
6 DF Scotland SCO Steven Tweed
7 FW Argentina ARG Fabián Caballero
8 MF Italy ITA Ivano Bonetti
9 FW Argentina ARG Juan Sara
10 MF Georgia (country) GEO Georgi Nemsadze
11 FW Scotland SCO Willie Falconer
12 MF Scotland SCO Shaun McSkimming
13 GK Scotland SCO Jamie Langfield
14 MF Scotland SCO Gavin Rae
15 FW Scotland SCO Steven Milne
16 FW Scotland SCO Michael Yates
17 DF Netherlands NED Frank van Eijs
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Spain ESP Javier Artero
19 MF Italy ITA Patrizio Billio
20 DF Scotland SCO Lee Wilkie
21 FW Scotland SCO Graham Bayne
22 DF Australia AUS Chris Coyne
23 MF Australia AUS Mark Robertson
24 DF Scotland SCO Dave Mackay
25 MF Argentina ARG Beto Carranza
26 DF Argentina ARG Walter del Río
28 MF Italy ITA Marco Russo
29 DF Italy ITA Alessandro Romano
30 DF Georgia (country) GEO Zurab Khizanishvili
33 FW Argentina ARG Claudio Caniggia
36 DF Argentina ARG Alberto Garrido
41 DF Scotland SCO Mark Slater
42 DF Scotland SCO Gavin Beith

Left club during season

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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 Scotland SCO Rab Douglas (to Celtic)
3 DF England ENG Lee Maddison (on loan to Carlisle United)
23 DF Scotland SCO Hugh Robertson (to Ayr United)
28 DF Scotland SCO Lee Mair (on loan to East Fife)
No. Pos. Nation Player
31 FW Scotland SCO Graeme Thomson (released)
32 MF Scotland SCO Keith Gibson (to East Fife)
38 MF Serbia and Montenegro SCG Goran Zujovic (released)
— GK Trinidad and Tobago TRI Clayton Ince (on loan from Crewe Alexandra)

Transfers

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In

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

Out

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

References

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  1. ^ "Dundee 2000-2001 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
  2. ^ "Dundee - Historical Football Kits". Archived from the original on 2013-06-26. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
  3. ^ "FootballSquads - Dundee - 2000/01".
  4. ^ "Dundee add to foreign quota". BBC Sport website. 1 July 2000.
  5. ^ "Dundee snap up del Rio". BBC Sport website. 22 August 2000.
  6. ^ "Caniggia signs up at Dundee". BBC Sport website. 4 October 2000.
  7. ^ "Dundee land Roccati on loan". BBC Sport website. 26 October 2000.
  8. ^ "Garrido arrives at Dundee". BBC Sport website. 23 February 2001.
  9. ^ "Dundee land promising Georgian". BBC Sport website. 8 March 2001.
  10. ^ "Hearts in transfer action". 13 January 2001.
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