2000–01 Derby County F.C. season

Derby County 2000–01 football season

During the 2000–01 English football season, Derby County competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

Derby's season started with one defeat and four draws in their first five games during which they scored 11 goals. However, the goals soon dried up and overall, another season of struggle plagued Pride Park, but Jim Smith's men were saved with one week of the season left after a shock 1–0 win over champions Manchester United at Old Trafford^[1] as well as Manchester City losing their penultimate game of the season at Ipswich Town. The attention was then quickly focused on improving the squad for 2001–02 in a bid to prevent another relegation battle.

Final league table

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

Results summary

Source: 2000–01 FA Premier League table

Results by round

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

Results

Derby County's score comes first^[2]

Legend

FA Premier League

FA Cup

League Cup

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[3]

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

Left the club during season

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

Reserve squad

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

Transfers

In

Out

Transfers in: £4,150,000

Transfers out: £3,650,000

Total spending: £500,000

Loan in

• Lilian Martin – Marseille, 1 November^[4]
• Taribo West – A.C. Milan, 2 November, three-month loan^[5] (later extended by a further five months on 24 January^[6])
• Þórður Guðjónsson – Las Palmas, 1 March, three-month loan^[7]

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[8]

• GK: #1, Mart Poom, 38
• RB: #5, Rory Delap, 35
• CB: #2, Horacio Carbonari, 31
• CB: #21, Chris Riggott, 34
• LB: #15, Danny Higginbotham, 28
• RM: #6, Craig Burley, 28
• CM: #4, Darryl Powell, 30
• CM: #7, Seth Johnson, 34
• LM: #20, Stefano Eranio, 29
• CF: #12, Malcolm Christie, 36
• CF: #9, Deon Burton, 29

Notes

1. Powell was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1998.
2. Delap was born in Sutton Coldfield, 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 the Republic of Ireland in March 1998.
3. Burton was born in Reading, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in September 1997.
4. Strupar was born in Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia) but became a naturalised Belgian citizen and made his international debut for Belgium in 1999.

References

1. "Rams gatecrash United's title party". BBC Sport. 5 May 2001. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
2. Soccerbase: 2000–01 Derby County results
3. "FootballSquads - Derby County - 2000/01".
4. "County capture Martin". BBC News. 1 November 2000.
5. "West heads for Derby". BBC News. 2 November 2000.
6. "West stays with Rams". BBC News. 24 January 2001.
7. "Gudjonsson agrees Rams terms". BBC News. 1 March 2001.
8. "All Derby County players: 2001". Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-22.