2000–01 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
2000–01 season
Chairman	Doug Ellis
Manager	John Gregory
Stadium	Villa Park
Premiership	8th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Third round
Intertoto Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Dublin (8); All: Dublin (9)
Highest home attendance	41,366 vs Liverpool ; (13 Jan 2001, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	22,310 vs Bradford City ; (16 Sep 2000, Premier League)
Average home league attendance	31,597
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

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

Season summary

Another season of decent (but rarely exciting) form saw Villa secure another top-10 finish, though this time they dipped slightly into eighth place after occupying sixth place a year earlier. Villa proved themselves as one of the hardest Premiership teams to beat, with only the top three sides suffering fewer defeats than Villa's 10, but a mere 13 wins and a staggering 15 draws ended any hopes of a title bid or even a top-six finish. The arrival of Croatian striker Boško Balaban at the end of the season gave fans renewed hope that next season might deliver more success.

Final league table

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	13	15	10	46	43	+3	54	8	8	3	27	20	+7	5	7	7	19	23	−4

Source: 2000-01 FA Premier League table

Results by round

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Results

Aston Villa's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 2000	Leicester City	A	0-0	21,455
27 August 2000	Chelsea	H	1-1	27,057	Nilis
6 September 2000	Liverpool	A	1-3	43,360	Stone
9 September 2000	Ipswich Town	A	2-1	22,065	Hendrie, Dublin
16 September 2000	Bradford City	H	2-0	22,310	Southgate, Dublin (pen)
23 September 2000	Middlesbrough	A	1-1	27,556	Joachim
30 September 2000	Derby County	H	4-1	26,534	Joachim (2), Merson, Wright
14 October 2000	Arsenal	A	0-1	38,042
22 October 2000	Sunderland	H	0-0	27,215
28 October 2000	Charlton Athletic	H	2-1	27,461	Taylor, Merson
5 November 2000	Everton	A	1-0	27,670	Merson
11 November 2000	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-0	33,608	Taylor (2)
18 November 2000	Southampton	A	0-2	14,979
25 November 2000	Coventry City	A	1-1	21,464	Dublin
2 December 2000	Newcastle United	H	1-1	34,255	Dublin
9 December 2000	West Ham United	A	1-1	25,888	Hendrie
16 December 2000	Manchester City	H	2-2	29,281	Dublin, Ginola
23 December 2000	Leeds United	A	2-1	39,714	Southgate, Boateng
26 December 2000	Manchester United	H	0-1	40,889
1 January 2001	Chelsea	A	0-1	33,159
13 January 2001	Liverpool	H	0-3	41,366
20 January 2001	Manchester United	A	0-2	67,533
24 January 2001	Leeds United	H	1-2	29,335	Merson
3 February 2001	Bradford City	A	3-0	19,591	Vassell (2), Joachim
10 February 2001	Middlesbrough	H	1-1	28,912	Stone
24 February 2001	Derby County	A	0-1	27,289
5 March 2001	Sunderland	A	1-1	47,196	Joachim
10 March 2001	Ipswich Town	H	2-1	28,216	Joachim (2)
18 March 2001	Arsenal	H	0-0	36,111
31 March 2001	Manchester City	A	3-1	34,247	Merson, Dublin, Hendrie
4 April 2001	Leicester City	H	2-1	29,043	Dublin, Hendrie
7 April 2001	West Ham United	H	2-2	31,432	Ginola, Hendrie
14 April 2001	Everton	H	2-1	31,272	Dublin, Taylor
17 April 2001	Charlton Athletic	A	3-3	20,043	Ginola, Vassell, Hendrie
21 April 2001	Southampton	H	0-0	29,336
28 April 2001	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-0	36,096
5 May 2001	Coventry City	H	3-2	39,761	Vassell, Ángel, Merson
19 May 2001	Newcastle United	A	0-3	51,506

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 2001	Newcastle United	A	1-1	37,682	Stone
R3R	17 January 2001	Newcastle United	H	1-0	25,387	Vassell
R4	27 January 2001	Leicester City	H	1-2	26,283	Joachim

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	1 November 2000	Manchester City	H	0-1	24,138

Intertoto Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3 1st Leg	16 July 2000	FK Marila Příbram	A	0-0	7,852
R3 2nd Leg	22 July 2000	FK Marila Příbram	H	3-1 (won 3-1 on agg)	8,200	Dublin, Taylor, Nilis
SF 1st Leg	26 July 2000	Celta de Vigo	A	0-1	14,000
SF 2nd Leg	2 August 2000	Celta de Vigo	H	1-2 (lost 1-3 on agg)	11,909	Barry (pen)

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

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	David James
2	DF	WAL	Mark Delaney
3	DF	ENG	Alan Wright
4	DF	ENG	Gareth Southgate (captain)
6	MF	NED	George Boateng
7	MF	ENG	Ian Taylor
8	FW	COL	Juan Pablo Ángel
9	FW	ENG	Dion Dublin
10	MF	ENG	Paul Merson
11	DF	EIR	Steve Staunton
12	FW	ENG	Julian Joachim
13	GK	ENG	Neil Cutler
14	MF	FRA	David Ginola
15	DF	ENG	Gareth Barry


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	TUR	Alpay Özalan
17	MF	ENG	Lee Hendrie
18	MF	ENG	Steve Stone
19	FW	ENG	Richard Walker (on loan to Blackpool)
21	MF	GER	Thomas Hitzlsperger
22	FW	ENG	Darius Vassell
24	MF	IRL	John McGrath
27	MF	ENG	Michael Standing
28	MF	NIR	Gavin Melaugh
29	MF	ENG	Stephen Cooke
30	MF	ENG	Jon Bewers
31	DF	ENG	Jlloyd Samuel
35	FW	SCO	Neil Tarrant
39	GK	FIN	Peter Enckelman

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
5	DF	ENG	Ugo Ehiogu (to Middlesbrough)
11	MF	ENG	Alan Thompson (to Celtic)
20	FW	BEL	Luc Nilis (retired)
23	DF	ISR	Najwan Ghrayib (to Hapoel Haifa)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	FW	BEL	Gilles De Bilde (to Sheffield Wednesday)
32	DF	ENG	Aaron Lescott (to Sheffield Wednesday)
40	GK	ENG	Matthew Ghent (to Lincoln City)

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
—	GK	WAL	Boaz Myhill
—	DF	WAL	Rob Edwards
—	DF	ENG	Leon Hylton
—	DF	ENG	Andrew Marfell
—	DF	ENG	Liam Ridgewell
—	DF	ENG	Martin Ridley
—	DF	ENG	Cameron Stuart


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	IRL	Seán Dillon
—	MF	ENG	Luke Prince
—	MF	IRL	Keith Fahey
—	MF	SWE	David Curtolo
—	FW	ENG	Stephen Evans
—	FW	ENG	Stefan Moore
—	FW	SWE	Isaac Nkubi

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[3]

No.	Pos.	Name	MS	Notes
1	GK	David James	46
3	RB	Alan Wright	43
16	CB	Alpay Özalan	36
4	CB	Gareth Southgate	36
15	LB	Gareth Barry	36
26	RM	Steve Stone	41
7	CM	Ian Taylor	31
6	CM	George Boateng	37
10	LM	Paul Merson	45
12	CF	Julian Joachim	13	Lee Hendrie has 29 starts
9	CF	Dion Dublin	35

Transfers

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
20	FW	Luc Nilis	PSV	Free	1 June 2000
16	DF	Alpay Özalan	Fenerbahçe	£5,600,000	28 July 2000
14	MF	David Ginola	Tottenham Hotspur F.C.	£3,000,000	30 July 2000
21	MF	Thomas Hitzlsperger	FC Bayern Munich	Free	5 August 2000
11	DF	Steve Staunton	Liverpool F.C.	Free	6 December 2000
8	FW	Juan Pablo Ángel	River Plate	£9,500,00	13 January 2001

Out

#	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
2	DF	Steve Watson	Everton F.C.	£2,500,000	4 July 2000
8	MF	Mark Draper	Southampton F.C.	£1,250,000	17 July 2000
18	MF	Benito Carbone	Bradford City F.C.	Free	9 August 2000
11	MF	Alan Thompson	Celtic F.C.	£2,750,000	1 September 2000
32	DF	Aaron Lescott	Sheffield Wednesday F.C.	£100,000	3 October 2000
5	DF	Ugo Ehiogu	Middlesbrough F.C.	£8,000,000	20 October 2000
40	GK	Matthew Ghent	Lincoln City F.C.	Free	2 December 2000
20	FW	Luc Nilis	Retired	Free	24 January 2001
	FW	Mark DeBolla	Charlton Athletic F.C.	Free	26 January 2001
	DF	Najwan Ghrayib	Hapoel Haifa F.C.	£150,000	13 February 2001
	MF	David Curtolo	Released	Free	31 May 2001
	FW	Stephen Evans	Released	Free	31 May 2001
	DF	Martin Ridley	Released	Free	31 May 2001

References

[1] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/aston-villa/2000-2001/results

[2] ttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2000-2001/faprem/avilla.htm

[3] ttp://www.11v11.com/teams/aston-villa/tab/players/season/2001

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