2000–01 Aston Villa F.C. season

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Aston Villa
2000–01 season
ChairmanDoug Ellis
ManagerJohn Gregory
StadiumVilla Park
Premiership8th
FA CupFourth round
League CupThird round
Intertoto CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Dublin (8)
All: Dublin (9)
Highest home attendance41,366 vs Liverpool
(13 Jan 2001, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance22,310 vs Bradford City
(16 Sep 2000, Premier League)
Average home league attendance31,597

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

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.

Diary of Season[]

9 Sep 2000: In a league match against Ipswich Town, Lucky Luc Nilis was involved in a clash with goalkeeper Richard Wright[1] that left him with a double compound fracture of his right shin ending his career.[2] This was only Nilis's third match for Villa, having scored in both previous games.

Final league table[]

Main article: 2000–01 FA Premier League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Chelsea 38 17 10 11 68 45 +23 61 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
7 Sunderland 38 15 12 11 46 41 +5 57
8 Aston Villa 38 13 15 10 46 43 +3 54 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
9 Charlton Athletic 38 14 10 14 50 57 −7 52
10 Southampton 38 14 10 14 40 48 −8 52
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
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
Results by matchday
Match1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHHHAHAHA
ResultDDLWWDWLDWWWLDDDDWLLLLLWDLDWDWWDWDDDWL
Position1017191379561175456789791113131312131414121211108877888
Source: 11v11.com: 2000-01 Aston Villa results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results[]

Aston Villa's score comes first[3]

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 10'
6 September 2000 Liverpool A 1–3 43,360 Stone 83'
9 September 2000 Ipswich Town A 2–1 22,065 Hendrie 28', Dublin 54'
16 September 2000 Bradford City H 2–0 22,310 Southgate 5', Dublin (pen) 75'
23 September 2000 Middlesbrough A 1–1 27,556 Joachim 74'
30 September 2000 Derby County H 4–1 26,534 Joachim 28, 87, Merson 37', Wright 54'
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 33', Merson 41'
5 November 2000 Everton A 1–0 27,670 Merson 90'
11 November 2000 Tottenham Hotspur H 2–0 33,608 Taylor 22', 57'
18 November 2000 Southampton A 0–2 14,979
25 November 2000 Coventry City A 1–1 21,464 Dublin 8'
2 December 2000 Newcastle United H 1–1 34,255 Dublin 4'
9 December 2000 West Ham United A 1–1 25,888 Hendrie 37'
16 December 2000 Manchester City H 2–2 29,281 Dublin 71', Ginola 86'
23 December 2000 Leeds United A 2–1 39,714 Southgate 43', Boateng 88'
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 24'
3 February 2001 Bradford City A 3–0 19,591 Vassell 50', 58', Joachim 87'
10 February 2001 Middlesbrough H 1–1 28,912 Stone 38'
24 February 2001 Derby County A 0–1 27,289
5 March 2001 Sunderland A 1–1 47,196 Joachim 52'
10 March 2001 Ipswich Town H 2–1 28,216 Joachim 53', 71'
18 March 2001 Arsenal H 0–0 36,111
31 March 2001 Manchester City A 3–1 34,247 Merson 14', Dublin 45', Hendrie 65'
4 April 2001 Leicester City H 2–1 29,043 Dublin 30', Hendrie 72'
7 April 2001 West Ham United H 2–2 31,432 Ginola 71', Hendrie 78'
14 April 2001 Everton H 2–1 31,272 Dublin 2', Taylor 81'
17 April 2001 Charlton Athletic A 3–3 20,043 Ginola 59', Vassell 75', Hendrie 90'
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 61', Ángel 81', Merson 86'
19 May 2001 Newcastle United A 0–3 51,506

FA Cup[]

Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 7 January 2001 Newcastle United A 1–1 37,682 Stone 54'
R3R 17 January 2001 Newcastle United H 1–0 25,387 Vassell 50'
R4 27 January 2001 Leicester City H 1–2 26,283 Joachim 76'

League Cup[]

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 1 November 2000 Manchester City H 0–1 24,138

Intertoto Cup[]

Main article: 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 1st Leg 16 July 2000 FK Marila Příbram Czech Republic A 0–0 7,852
R3 2nd Leg 22 July 2000 FK Marila Příbram Czech Republic H 3–1 (won 3–1 on agg) 8,200 Dublin 8', Taylor 56', Nilis 62'
SF 1st Leg 26 July 2000 Celta de Vigo Spain A 0–1 14,000
SF 2nd Leg 2 August 2000 Celta de Vigo Spain H 1–2 (lost 1–3 on agg) 11,909 Barry (pen) 45'

Players[]

First-team squad[]

Squad at end of season[4][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 England ENG David James
2 DF Wales WAL Mark Delaney
3 DF England ENG Alan Wright
4 DF England ENG Gareth Southgate (captain)
6 MF Netherlands NED George Boateng[notes 1]
7 MF England ENG Ian Taylor
8 FW Colombia COL Juan Pablo Ángel
9 FW England ENG Dion Dublin
10 MF England ENG Paul Merson
11 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Steve Staunton
12 FW England ENG Julian Joachim
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF France FRA David Ginola
15 DF England ENG Gareth Barry
16 DF Turkey TUR Alpay Özalan
17 MF England ENG Lee Hendrie
18 MF England ENG Steve Stone
19 FW England ENG Richard Walker
21 MF Germany GER Thomas Hitzlsperger
22 FW England ENG Darius Vassell
24 MF Republic of Ireland IRL John McGrath
29 MF England ENG Stephen Cooke
31 DF England ENG Jlloyd Samuel[notes 2]

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 England ENG Ugo Ehiogu (to Middlesbrough)
11 MF England ENG Alan Thompson (to Celtic)
19 FW England ENG Richard Walker (on loan to Blackpool)
20 FW Belgium BEL Luc Nilis (retired)
23 DF Israel ISR Najwan Ghrayib (to Hapoel Haifa)
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 FW Belgium BEL Gilles De Bilde (to Sheffield Wednesday)
32 DF England ENG Aaron Lescott (to Sheffield Wednesday)
35 FW Scotland SCO Neil Tarrant[notes 3] (on loan to York City)
40 GK England 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
27 MF England ENG Michael Standing
28 MF Northern Ireland NIR Gavin Melaugh
35 FW Scotland SCO Neil Tarrant
39 GK Finland FIN Peter Enckelman
— GK England ENG Neil Cutler
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Sweden SWE
— MF Norway NOR Jone Samuelsen (on trial from Haugesund)
— FW England ENG Stephen Evans
— FW Finland FIN (on trial from TPS)

Under-19s[]

The following players spent most of the season playing for the under-19s, but may have also appeared for the reserves or under-17s.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
30 MF England ENG Jon Bewers
— GK England ENG Boaz Myhill[notes 4]
— DF England ENG Rob Edwards[notes 5]
— DF England ENG
— DF England ENG
— DF England ENG
— DF England ENG Danny Jackman
— DF England ENG
— DF Republic of Ireland IRL Seán Dillon
— MF England ENG
— MF England ENG Alexis Nicolas[notes 6]
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England ENG Jay Smith
— MF Republic of Ireland IRL Keith Fahey
— MF Australia AUS Andrew Packer (on trial)
— FW England ENG Mark DeBolla
— FW England ENG David Goldsmith
— FW England ENG Stefan Moore
— FW Netherlands NED (on trial from )
— FW Finland FIN (on trial)
— MF  
—  

Under-17s[]

The following players spent most of the season playing for the under-17s, but may have also appeared for the reserves or under-19s.

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 Republic of Ireland IRL Wayne Henderson
— DF England ENG Ryan Amoo
— DF England ENG
— DF England ENG
— DF England ENG
— DF England ENG Liam Ridgewell
— DF England ENG [notes 7]
— DF England ENG James O'Connor
— DF England ENG
— DF England ENG
— DF Republic of Ireland IRL
— DF Sweden SWE Fredrik Stoor (on trial from Hammarby IF)
— DF Norway NOR Trond Erik Bertelsen (on trial from Haugesund)
— MF England ENG James Beaumont (on trial)
— MF England ENG
— MF England ENG (on trial from Manchester United)
— MF England ENG Peter Whittingham
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Sweden SWE Nadir Benchenaa (on trial from Hammarby IF)
— MF Sweden SWE (on trial from Öster)
— FW England ENG
— FW England ENG Michael Husbands
— FW England ENG
— FW England ENG Luke Moore
— FW Republic of Ireland IRL Peter Hynes
— MF  
— MF  
— MF   David Nolan
—   Colin Doyle (on trial)
—   Michael Johnson (on trial)
—   Robert Jones (on trial)
—  
—   (on trial)
—  

Other players[]

The following players were signed to the club on unknown contractual terms, and did not appear for any team this 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
— DF Wales WAL (to Flexsys Cefn Druids)
— MF England ENG Lloyd Dyer
— MF England ENG (on trial from Hastings United)
— MF Brazil BRA (on trial from Treviso)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Honduras HON Milton Núñez (on trial from Sunderland)
— DF   (to Bromsgrove Rovers)
—   Stuart Lewis

Statistics[]

Starting 11[]

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

Transfers[]

In[]

# Pos Player From Fee Date
20 FW Belgium Luc Nilis Netherlands PSV Free 1 June 2000
16 DF Turkey Alpay Özalan Turkey Fenerbahçe £5,600,000 28 July 2000
14 MF France David Ginola England Tottenham Hotspur £3,000,000 30 July 2000
21 MF Germany Thomas Hitzlsperger Germany Bayern Munich Free 5 August 2000
11 DF Republic of Ireland Steve Staunton England Liverpool Free 6 December 2000
8 FW Colombia Juan Pablo Ángel Argentina River Plate £9,500,000 13 January 2001

Out[]

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

Notes[]

  1. ^ Boateng was born in Nkawkaw, Ghana, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Netherlands in November 2001.
  2. ^ Samuel was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, but also qualified to represent England internationally and would represent them at U-21 level and be called up to senior team before switching his international allegiance to Trinidad and Tobago and making his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in September 2009.
  3. ^ Tarrant was born in Darlington, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
  4. ^ Myhill was born in Modesto, California, United States, but was raised in England from the age of 1, qualifying to represent any of the home nations. He represented England at U-17, U-18, and U-20 level before making his international debut for Wales in March 2008.
  5. ^ Edwards was born in Madeley, England, and represented them at U-16 level, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Wales in March 2003.
  6. ^ Nicolas was born in Westminster, England, but also qualified to represent Cyprus internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
  7. ^ Stuart was born in York, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-18 level.

References[]

  1. ^ "Nilis injury mars Villa win at Ipswich". BBC Sport. 9 September 2000. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  2. ^ Peter O'Rourke. "Nilis making good progress". Sky Sports. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  3. ^ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/aston-villa/2000-2001/results
  4. ^ "FootballSquads - Aston Villa - 2000/01".
  5. ^ "Aston Villa Player Database".
  6. ^ "All Aston Villa players: 2001".

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