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2000–01 Chelsea F.C. season

The 2000–01 season was Chelsea F.C.'s 87th competitive season, ninth consecutive season in the FA Premier League and 95th year as a club.

Season summary

A slow start to the season cost manager Gianluca Vialli his job, despite having won five trophies since his appointment in February 1998.[1] The last of these trophies came at the start of the season when they defeated Manchester United 2–0 in the Charity Shield to win the last-ever club game at the pre-redevelopment Wembley.[2] Vialli's successor was Claudio Ranieri,[3] who guided the club to sixth place in the final table and attained automatic qualification for the UEFA Cup.

The biggest success of the season was the effectiveness of club record signing Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, who found the net 23 times in 35 Premiership games in a partnership with Chelsea's 34-year-old Italian superstar, Gianfranco Zola, who found the net on 9 occasions.

Team kit

The team kit was produced by Umbro and the shirt sponsor was Autoglass. Chelsea's home kit was all blue with a white trimmed collar. The club's third kit for this season was orange with blue shorts and accents.

Final league table

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

Source: 2000-01 FA Premier League table

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

Results

Charity Shield

Premier League

UEFA Cup

First round

FA Cup

Worthington Cup

First team squad

Squad at end of season[4]

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

Left 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

Statistics

Statistics taken from [1] Archived 20 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Squad details and shirt numbers from [2] Archived 17 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine and [3].

References

  1. ^ "Vialli sacked as Chelsea boss". BBC Sport. 12 September 2000. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Keane sees red as Chelsea triumph". BBC Sport. 13 August 2000. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Ranieri's Chelsea deal". BBC Sport. 15 September 2000. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  4. ^ "FootballSquads - Chelsea - 2000/01".
  5. ^ "Chelsea seal £15m Hasselbaink deal". BBC News. 31 May 2000.
  6. ^ "Gudjohnsen signs for Blues". BBC News. 19 June 2000.
  7. ^ "Chelsea sign Croatian star". BBC News. 28 June 2000.
  8. ^ "Chelsea snap up Bogarde". BBC Sport. 31 August 2000.
  9. ^ Nixon, Alan (11 October 2000). "Chelsea search ends in £1.7m Jokanovic deal". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Chelsea sign £7.8 million Gronkjaer". The Guardian. London. 31 October 2000.
  11. ^ Nixon, Alan (19 January 2001). "Bosnich moves on free transfer to Chelsea". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2001.[dead link]
  12. ^ "Celtic land £6m Sutton". BBC News. 9 July 2000.
  13. ^ "Valencia sign £2.3m Deschamps". BBC News. 28 July 2000.
  14. ^ "Flo goes to Rangers". BBC News. 23 November 2000.

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