2000–01 Dundalk F.C. season, Season summary
Relegation in 1999 had resulted in a large turnover of players – 31 different players making League appearances in the 1999–2000 season alone. With new ownership, and a new manager, there was more of the same. A number of local players had been retained from the previous season's squad, but another ten players were signed before and during the season, so that 21 players in total would make league starts. The previous season's disappointment, and the number of players coming and going, meant that hopes were low going into the new season.


2000–01 Dundalk F.C. season, Season summary
The 36-match schedule got under way on 11 August 2000, and Dundalk had a promising start, leading by the end of the month. But a slump in form saw them risk losing touch with fellow pace-setters, Athlone Town, obliging Murray to bring more players in. A victory over Athlone in November, and a five-game winning streak, kept the gap to four points as the other sides fell away.


2000–01 Dundalk F.C. season, Season summary
The season was nearly derailed, however, when the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak lead to an exclusion zone being put in place around County Louth. Many public events were postponed or cancelled, and Dundalk went the whole of March without playing a match. They had beaten Shelbourne in the first round of the Leinster Senior Cup, but the crisis saw the competition ultimately abandoned for the season, and it would be 2010 before it was revived.


2000–01 Dundalk F.C. season, Season summary
In the second round of the FAI Cup they had been drawn against non-league Malahide United, and the game had been postponed four times as the crisis wore on. At the fifth attempt, the match was played behind closed doors at a neutral venue, and Dundalk were knocked out in the first match they had played in over five weeks. Two heavy league defeats followed as they struggled to get back up to speed, with home matches having to be played in United Park in Drogheda. But four wins in a row, including a 2–1 victory over Athlone in the first match played in Oriel Park in over two months, meant Dundalk had won the First Division title (their first), and secured promotion back to the Premier Division for 2001–02 with a game to spare.


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


2000–01 Dundee F.C. season, Season summary
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.


2000–01 Dundee F.C. season, Team kit and sponsors
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.


2000–01 Dundee F.C. season, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Dundee F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Dundee United F.C. season
The 2000–01 season was the 92nd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001. United finished in eleventh place in the Scottish Premier League, in the first year of the league split, forced by the expansion to twelve teams.


2000–01 Dundee United F.C. season
United were knocked out of both domestic cup competitions by the Old Firm - to Rangers in the CIS Insurance Cup quarter-finals and to eventual winners Celtic in the Tennent's Scottish Cup semi-finals.


2000–01 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results
Dundee United played a total of 46 competitive matches during the 2000–01 season. The team finished eleventh in the Scottish Premier League.


2000–01 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results
In the cup competitions, United were knocked out of the CIS Cup at the semi-finals stage, losing to Rangers. Celtic knocked United out of the Tennent's Scottish Cup at the semi-final stage. Both matches finished 1–0.


2000–01 Dundee United F.C. season, Player details
During the 2000–01 season, United used 41 different players, with a further two named as substitutes who did not make an appearance on the pitch. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.


2000–01 Dundee United F.C. season, Player details, Goalscorers
Seventeen players scored for the United first team with the team scoring 46 goals in total. Derek Lilley was the top goalscorer, scoring seven goals.


2000–01 Dundee United F.C. season, Player details, Discipline
During the 2000–01 season, six United players were sent off, and 24 players received at least one yellow card. In total, the team received seven dismissals and 79 cautions.


2000–01 Dundee United F.C. season, Transfers, In
Sixteen players were signed during the 2000–01 season, with a total (public) transfer cost of around £350,000. In addition, one player was signed on loan.


2000–01 Dundee United F.C. season, Transfers, In
The players that joined Dundee United during the 1999–07 season, along with their previous club, are listed below.


2000–01 Dundee United F.C. season, Transfers, Out
Sixteen players left the club during the season with only one transfer - Scott McCulloch to Cardiff City - bringing in a fee (£100k).


2000–01 Dundee United F.C. season, Transfers, Out
Listed below are the players that were released during the season, along with the club that they joined. Players did not necessarily join their next club immediately.


2000–01 Dundee United F.C. season, Playing kit
The jerseys were sponsored for a fifth season by Telewest. The away kit sometimes used the home shorts and socks.


2000–01 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season
The 2000–01 season saw Dunfermline Athletic compete in the Scottish Premier League where they finished in 9th position with 42 points.


2000–01 ECHL season
The 2000–01 ECHL season was the 13th season of the ECHL. Before the season, the league lost three members as the Huntington Blizzard and the Jacksonville Lizard Kings ceased operations and the powerhouse Hampton Roads Admirals were replaced by the Norfolk Admirals in the American Hockey League, the league also decided to expand the regular season to 72 games. The Trenton Titans finished first overall in the regular season, and the South Carolina Stingrays won their second Kelly Cup defeating the Trenton Titans four games to one.


2000–01 ECHL season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; Green shade = Clinched playoff spot; Blue shade = Clinched division; (z) = Clinched home-ice advantage


2000–01 ECHL season, Regular season, Final standings, Southern Conference
†-Tallahassee was penalized 15 points for salary cap violations (from 83 to 68), knocking them out of a playoff spot


2000–01 ECHL season, Kelly Cup playoffs, Southern Conference, Wild Card
NOTE:  These series are two-game series;  if the series is tied at one game each, the two teams immediately played a 10-minute period to determine the team that advances to the quarterfinals. If the ten-minute period ends in a tie, sudden death overtime would be played as if it was a standard playoff game.


2000–01 ECHL season, Kelly Cup playoffs, Southern Conference, Wild Card
* The New Orleans-Augusta series ended as a 1-1 tie;  a ten-minute period was played to determine the winner of the series.


2000–01 EEHL season
The 2000–01 Eastern European Hockey League season, was the sixth season of the multi-national ice hockey league. Nine teams participated in the league, and HC Berkut Kiev of Ukraine won the championship.


2000–01 EHF Champions League
The 2000–01 EHF Champions League was the 41st edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament.


2000–01 EHF Women's Champions League
The 1999–2000 EHF Women's Champions League was the eighth edition of the modern era of the EHF's premier competition for women's handball clubs, running from 7 October 2000 to 23 May 2001. Krim Ljubljana defeated Viborg HK in the final to become the first Slovenian team to win the competition, with Budućnost Podgorica and Ferencvárosi TC also reaching the semifinals. Defending champion Hypo Niederösterreich didn't make it past que group stage.


2000–01 ES Sétif season
The 2000–01 season is ES Sétif's 31st season in the Algerian top flight, They will be competing in National 1, and the Algerian Cup.


2000–01 ES Sétif season, Squad list
Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 September 2000.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 ES Sétif season, Squad information, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.


2000–01 Eastern Counties Football League
The 2000–01 Eastern Counties Football League season was the 59th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.


2000–01 Eastern Counties Football League, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 20 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One:


2000–01 Eastern Counties Football League, Premier Division
Also, Felixstowe Port & Town merged with Walton United to form new club Felixstowe & Walton United.


2000–01 Eastern Counties Football League, Division One
Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club:


2000–01 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team
The 2000–01 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team represented Eastern Michigan University during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 1st year head coach Jim Boone. The Eagles played their home games at the Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center and were members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 3–25, 1–17 in MAC play. They finished 6th in the MAC West. They were knocked out in the first round of the MAC Tournament by the Toledo Rockets.


2000–01 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team, Roster
The team captains were Mosi Barnes, C.J. Grantham, and Steve Pettyjohn.


2000–01 Edmonton Oilers season
The 2000–01 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' 22nd season in the NHL. They were coming off a 32–26–16–8 record in 1999–2000 earning 88 points, their highest point total since 1989–90. They made the playoffs for the fifth-straight season. The Oilers would lose to the Dallas Stars in six games in the first round.


2000–01 Edmonton Oilers season, Off-season
During the off-season, general manager Glen Sather announced he was leaving the club to become the general manager of the New York Rangers. Sather had been the Oilers general manager since the 1980–81 season and helped build the teams dynasty of the 1980s, when Edmonton won 5 Stanley Cups in 7 years. Edmonton replaced Sather with Kevin Lowe, who was the team's head coach in 1999–2000, and they named former Oilers player Craig MacTavish as the head coach of the team.


2000–01 Edmonton Oilers season, Regular season
Early in the season, the Oilers traded Bill Guerin to the Boston Bruins in exchange for Anson Carter and the Bruins' first two rounds of draft picks in 2001. Guerin had earned 22 points in 21 games with Edmonton at the time, though Carter immediately provided solid scoring for the Oilers, earning 42 points in 61 games.


2000–01 Edmonton Oilers season, Regular season
The highlight of the Oilers season was a nine-game winning streak in mid-February, which helped ensure the team make the playoffs for the fifth-straight season. Edmonton finished the year with 39 wins and 93 points, their highest totals since the 1987–88 season. They finished in the sixth spot in the Western Conference.


2000–01 Edmonton Oilers season, Regular season
Offensively, Doug Weight led the club with 90 points, scoring 25 goals and adding 65 assists. Ryan Smyth scored a team-high 31 goals and added 39 assists to finish the year with 70 points. Janne Niinimaa led the defense with 12 goals and 46 points, while fellow blueliner Tom Poti also scored 12 goals, finishing with 32 points. Georges Laraque led the Oilers in penalty minutes with 148.


2000–01 Edmonton Oilers season, Regular season
In goal, Tommy Salo got the majority of action, winning a career-high 36 games, along with a 2.46 goals against average (GAA) and earning eight shutouts.


2000–01 Edmonton Oilers season, Regular season
The Oilers opened the playoffs against the Dallas Stars, making it the fifth-straight year that the two clubs would face each other, including the third-straight time in the first round. The teams split the first two games in Dallas, and then split the two games in Edmonton, with both games in Edmonton being decided in overtime. Game 5 also went into overtime, with Dallas winning the game 4–3, and taking a 3–2 series lead. Game 6 returned to Edmonton, and the Stars held off the Oilers and won the game 3–1 and the series 4–2, eliminating the Oilers for the fourth-straight season.


2000–01 Edmonton Oilers season, Regular season, Season standings
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.


2000–01 Edmonton Oilers season, Regular season, Season standings
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest


2000–01 Edmonton Oilers season, Regular season, Season standings
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division


2000–01 Edmonton Oilers season, Schedule and results
Legend:   Win (2 points)  Loss (0 points)  Tie (1 point)  Overtime Loss (1 point)


2000–01 Eerste Divisie
The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 2000–01 season was contested by 18 teams. FC Den Bosch won the championship.


2000–01 Eerste Divisie, Promotion/relegation play-offs
In the promotion/relegation competition, eight entrants (six from this league and two from the Eredivisie) entered in two groups. The group winners were promoted to the Eredivisie.


2000–01 Egyptian Premier League
The 2000–01 Egyptian Premier League is the Forty-fourth season of the Egyptian Premier League since its establishment in 1948. It was only consisting  of one group of 14 teams. It started on September 15, 2000.


2000–01 Eintracht Frankfurt season
The 2000–01 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 101st season in the club's football history. In 2000–01 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 99th season in the first tier.


2000–01 Eintracht Frankfurt season, Players, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Eintracht Frankfurt season, Players, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Eintracht Frankfurt season, Players, Eintracht Frankfurt II
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Eintracht Frankfurt season, Players, Under-19s
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Eintracht Frankfurt season, Players, Under-17s
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Ekstraklasa, Overview
16 teams competed in the 2000–01 season. Wisła Kraków won the championship.


2000–01 Ekstraklasa, Playoff relegation
At the end of the first and second division season, the play-off was played between the 14th placed team in the Ekstraklasa and the 3rd team in the second league. 14th placed Stomil Olsztyn retained their position in the Ekstraklasa against Górnik Polkowice after winning the second leg 5:4 in penalties.


2000–01 Eliteserien season
The 2000–01 Eliteserien season was the 62nd season of ice hockey in Norway. Ten teams participated in the league, and Valerenga Ishockey won the championship.


2000–01 Elitserien (men's handball)
The 2000–01 Elitserien was the 67th season of the top division of Swedish handball. 12 teams competed in the league. The league was split into an autumn league and a spring league. The eight highest placed teams in the autumn league qualified for the spring league, whereas the four lowest placed teams qualified for Allsvenskan along with the highest placed teams from the autumn season of Division I (the second level).


2000–01 Elitserien (men's handball)
The six highest placed teams in the spring season of Elitserien qualified for the quarterfinals, whereas the two lowest placed teams qualified for the preliminary round of the playoffs, along with the two highest placed teams of Allsvenskan. Redbergslids IK won the regular season and also won the playoffs to claim their 19th Swedish title.


2000–01 Elitserien season
The 2000–01 Elitserien season was the 26th season of the Elitserien, the top level of ice hockey in Sweden. 12 teams participated in the league, and Djurgardens IF won the championship.


2000–01 England Hockey League season
The 2000–01 English Hockey League season took place from September 2000 until April 2001.


2000–01 England Hockey League season
The men's title was won by Reading with the women's title going to Leicester. There were no play offs to determine champions after the regular season but there was a competition for the top four clubs called the Premiership tournament which culminated with men's & women's finals on 22 April. Surbiton won the men's Premiership tournament and Slough claimed the women's premiership tournament.


2000–01 England Hockey League season
The Men's Cup was won by Guildford and the Women's Cup was won by Slough.


2000–01 England Hockey League season, Men's Cup (EHA Cup), Final
(Held at the National Hockey Stadium (Milton Keynes) on 25 March)


2000–01 England Hockey League season, Women's Cup (EHA Cup), Final
(Held at National Hockey Stadium (Milton Keynes) on 25 March)


2000–01 Eredivisie
The 2000–01 Eredivisie season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.


2000–01 Eredivisie, Promotion/relegation play-offs
In the promotion/relegation competition, eight entrants (six from the Eerste Divisie and two from this league) entered in two groups. The group winners were promoted to (or remained in) the Eredivisie.


2000–01 Eredivisie (basketball)
The 2000–01 Eredivisie season was the 41st season of the Eredivisie in basketball, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. Ricoh Astronauts won their 3rd national title.


2000–01 Eredivisie (basketball), Regular season
Each side played teams in their own group four times (twice home and twice away), while they played teams from other groups two times (once home and once away).


2000–01 Eredivisie (ice hockey) season
The 2000–01 Eredivisie season was the 41st season of the Eredivisie, the top level of ice hockey in the Netherlands. Six teams participated in the league, and the Tilburg Trappers won the championship.


2000–01 Essex Senior Football League
The 2000–01 Essex Senior Football League season was the 30th in the history of Essex Senior Football League a football competition in England.


2000–01 Essex Senior Football League, Clubs
The league featured 15 clubs which competed in the league last season, along with one new club:


2000–01 Esteghlal F.C. season
The 2000–01 season are the Esteghlal Football Club's 9th season in the Azadegan League, and their 7th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and Asian Cup Winners' Cup, and 56th year in existence as a football club.


2000–01 Esteghlal F.C. season, Player
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Estonian Cup
Estonian Cup 2000–01 (Estonian: Eesti Karikas) was the ninth season of the Estonian football knockout tournament.


2000–01 Estonian Cup, Quarterfinals
The first legs were played on April 11, 2001, and the second legs on April 22–23, 2001.


2000–01 Estonian Cup, Semifinals
The first legs were played on May 2, 2001, and the second legs on May 16, 2001.


2000–01 Euro Hockey Tour
The 2000-01 Euro Hockey Tour was the fifth season of the Euro Hockey Tour. The season consisted of four tournaments, the Česká Pojišťovna Cup, Karjala Tournament, Baltica Brewery Cup, and the Sweden Hockey Games.


2000–01 Euro Hockey Tour, Tournaments, Sweden Hockey Games
Sweden won the Sweden Hockey Games. Canada also participated in the tournament. The games they participated in did not count towards the final standings of the Euro Hockey Tour.


2000–01 EuroLeague Women
The 2000–01 Euroleague Women was the fifth edition of the Euroleague era of FIBA's premier international competition for European women's basketball clubs, running between 1 November 2000 and 22 April 2001. CJM Bourges Basket defeated US Valenciennes Olympic in the first final between two teams from the same country since 1962 to win its third title.


2000–01 Euroleague
The 2000–01 Euroleague was the inaugural basketball season of the EuroLeague, under the newly formed Euroleague Basketball Company's authority, and it was the 44th season of the premier competition for European men's professional basketball clubs overall. It started on October 16, 2000, with a regular season game between hosts Real Madrid Teka and Olympiacos, which was held at the Raimundo Saporta Pavilion, in Madrid, Spain, and it ended with the last championship finals game on May 10, 2001, which was held at the PalaMalaguti arena, in Bologna, Italy.


2000–01 Euroleague
This season did not feature all of the top-tier level European club basketball teams, as some of them opted to compete in the 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague competition instead, after the row erupted between the previous EuroLeague governing body, FIBA, and the newly established Euroleague Basketball Company.


2000–01 Euroleague
A total of 24 teams competed for the EuroLeague title, which was in the end won by Kinder Bologna. Dejan Tomašević was the EuroLeague Regular season MVP, and Manu Ginóbili was the EuroLeague Finals MVP.


2000–01 Euroleague, European Champions' Cup teams divided
The EuroLeague (or historically called, the FIBA European Champions' Cup) was originally established by FIBA, and it operated under its umbrella from 1958, until the summer of 2000, concluding with the 1999–2000 season. That was when Euroleague Basketball Company was created.


2000–01 Euroleague, European Champions' Cup teams divided
Because FIBA had never trademarked the "EuroLeague" name, and Euroleague Basketball simply used it without any legal ramifications, because FIBA had no legal recourse to prevent it, so they had to find a new name for their league. Thus, the following 2000–01 season started with 2 separate top European professional club basketball competitions: the FIBA SuproLeague (previously known as the FIBA EuroLeague) and the brand new 2000–01 Euroleague season.


2000–01 Euroleague, European Champions' Cup teams divided
The rift in European professional club basketball initially showed no signs of letting up. Top clubs were also split between the two leagues: Panathinaikos, Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv, CSKA Moscow, and Efes Pilsen stayed with FIBA, while Olympiacos, Kinder Bologna, Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Tau Cerámica, and Benetton Treviso joined Euroleague Basketball.


2000–01 Euroleague, Team allocation
A total of 24 teams from 14 countries participate in the competition.


2000–01 Euroleague, Team allocation, Distribution
The competition culminated in a best 3 out of 5 playoff series.


2000–01 Euroleague, Team allocation, Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round


2000–01 Euroleague, Regular season
The first phase was a regular season, in which the competing teams were drawn into four groups, each containing six teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 10 games for each team in the first stage. The top 4 teams in each group advanced to the next round, The Top 16. The complete list of tiebreakers is provided in the lead-in to the Regular Season results.


2000–01 Euroleague, Regular season
If one or more clubs were level on won-lost record, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:


2000–01 Euroleague, Playoffs, Round of 16
In a best-of-three series the remaining 16 teams were placed against each other. The games were held between the 31st of January and the 14th of February, 2001, with the top 8 teams advancing to the Playoffs.


2000–01 Euroleague, Playoffs, Quarterfinals
In a best-of-three series the remaining eight teams were placed against each other. The games were held between 21 February and 7 March 2001, with the top 4 teams advancing to the semifinals.


2000–01 Euroleague, Playoffs, Semifinals
In a best-of-five series the remaining four teams were placed against each other. The games were held between the 27th of March and the 7th of April, 2001.


2000–01 Euroleague, Playoffs, Finals
The culminating stage of the Euroleague season, the two remaining teams that won the semifinal series played each other in a best-of-five series.


2000–01 Euroleague, Aftermath
In May 2001, Europe had two continental champions, Maccabi Tel Aviv of the FIBA SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna of Euroleague Basketball Company's EuroLeague. The leaders of both organizations realized the need to come up with a new single competition. Negotiating from the position of strength, Euroleague Basketball Company dictated proceedings, and FIBA essentially had no choice but to agree to their terms. As a result, the EuroLeague was fully integrated under Euroleague Basketball Company's umbrella, and teams that competed in the FIBA SuproLeague during the 2000–01 season joined it as well. It is today officially admitted that European basketball had two champions that year, Maccabi of the FIBA SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna of the Euroleague Basketball Company's EuroLeague.


2000–01 Euroleague, Aftermath
A year later, Euroleague Basketball Company and FIBA decided that Euroleague Basketball's EuroLeague competition would be the main basketball tournament on the continent, to be played between the top level teams of Europe. FIBA Europe would also organize a European league for third-tier level teams, known as the FIBA Europe League competition, while Euroleague Basketball would also organize its own second-tier level league, combining FIBA's long-time Korać Cup and Saporta Cup competitions into one new competition, the EuroCup. In 2005, Euroleague Basketball and FIBA decided to cooperate with each other, and did so jointly until 2016.


2000–01 Euroleague, Aftermath
In essence, the authority in European professional basketball was divided over club-country lines. FIBA stayed in charge of national team competitions (like the FIBA EuroBasket, the FIBA World Cup, and the Summer Olympics), while Euroleague Basketball took over the European professional club competitions. From that point on, FIBA's Korać Cup and Saporta Cup competitions lasted only one more season before folding, which was when Euroleague Basketball launched the EuroCup.


2000–01 European Challenge Cup
The 2000–01 European Challenge Cup was the fifth year of the European Challenge Cup, the second tier rugby union cup competition below the Heineken Cup. The tournament was held between October 2000 and May 2001.


2000–01 European Nations Cup First Division
The 2001 European Nations Cup was the second annual competition for tier 2 and 3 European rugby union nations. The competition was originally planned to continue on an annual basis like the Six Nations but at the end of the season it was decided to change to a two-year cycle allowing home and away games.


2000–01 European Nations Cup First Division
The results of this season were added to the 2001–02 European Nations Cup First Division standings. Georgia won their first ever European Championship, which was overshadowed slightly by Romania winning the extended championship the following year. Morocco no longer would be taking part in this competition and were replaced by Russia.


2000–01 European Nations Cup Second Division
The 2001 European Nations Cup (ENC) Second Division (a European rugby union competition for national teams)  was contested over a one-year period during which all teams met each other once. Poland was the winner.


2000–01 European Nations Cup Second Division
Due to European qualify round to RWC 2003 there's no relegation to division 3 and promotion to division 1


2000–01 Everton F.C. season
During the 2000–01 season, Everton competed in the Premier League, the FA Cup, and the Football League Cup.


2000–01 Everton F.C. season, Season summary
The 2000–01 season saw a major step back for Everton and the club once again fell into a relegation battle, not helped by long-term injuries to several key players.


2000–01 Everton F.C. season, Season summary
In March 2000 American cable television provider NTL approached the club with a view to purchasing a 9.9% stake in the club. Everton expected to announce a deal before the beginning of the 2000–01 season, but by October 2000 any chance of an agreement had disappeared leaving Everton with financial difficulties and forced to sell first team players, including Youth Academy products Francis Jeffers and Michael Ball, to balance the books – the board had already spent £18.4 million on purchasing new players including bringing back Duncan Ferguson, on the basis that an agreement was in place. Around the same time Paul Gregg had been negotiating a deal with United News and Media but this never came to completion.


2000–01 Everton F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Everton F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Everton F.C. season, Squad, Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 F.C. Copenhagen season
During the 2000–01 Danish football season, F.C. Copenhagen competed in the Danish Superliga.


2000–01 F.C. Copenhagen season, Season summary
After several seasons of midtable mediocrity, new manager Roy Hodgson led Copenhagen to their first league title since 1993. However, at the end of the season Hodgson moved to Italian club Udinese.


2000–01 F.C. Copenhagen season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 FA Cup
The 2000–01 FA Cup (known as The FA Cup sponsored by AXA for sponsorship reasons) was the 120th season of the world's oldest knockout football competition, the FA Cup. The competition was won by Liverpool, who came from 1–0 behind against Arsenal to eventually win 2–1 in the final. The final was played outside England for the first time, at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, because Wembley Stadium was being knocked down to be replaced with a new stadium.


2000–01 FA Cup, Third round proper
The draw for the 3rd round of the FA Cup was taken on Sunday 10 December 2000.


2000–01 FA Cup, Fourth round proper
Matches played the weekend of 27 January, with replays during the week of 6 February.


2000–01 FA Cup, Fifth round proper
Matches played weekend of 15 February, with replays on 20 February and 7 March.


2000–01 FA Cup, Fifth round proper
The biggest surprises of the round saw Tranmere Rovers complete one of the greatest FA Cup comebacks ever when they beat Southampton 4–3 in a replay after they had been trailing 3–0 at half time. (with 36-year-old former Southampton striker Paul Rideout scoring a hat-trick for Tranmere), while Wycombe Wanderers reached the quarter-finals for the first time in their history with a penalty shoot-out win over Wimbledon that follow two 2–2 draws.


2000–01 FA Cup, Sixth round proper
The most significant result of the round was Premier League side Leicester City's 2–1 home defeat to Division Two underdogs Wycombe Wanderers, who had only been in the Football League for eight seasons.


2000–01 FA Cup, Sixth round proper
Blackburn Rovers and Tranmere Rovers, the last remaining Division One sides in the competition, were eliminated at this stage by Arsenal and Liverpool respectively.


2000–01 FA Cup, Semi-finals
Unlike earlier rounds, matches were played on neutral grounds on Sunday, 8 April 2001.


2000–01 FA Cup, Final
A 72nd-minute goal by Freddie Ljungberg looked to have won the trophy for Arsenal and ended their three-year trophy drought, but two late goals from Michael Owen gave the trophy to a Liverpool side who had already won the League Cup and would then go on to win the UEFA Cup as well. This success made Liverpool only the second side to win the FA Cup and League Cup in the same season - the first being Arsenal in 1993. This was the beginning of a streak in which Arsenal reached the final four times out of five, winning three of those.


2000–01 FA Cup, Media coverage
In the United Kingdom, ITV were the free to air broadcasters for the fourth consecutive and final season before the BBC regained it while Sky Sports were the subscription broadcasters for the thirteenth consecutive season.


2000–01 FA Cup, Media coverage
The matches shown live on ITV Sport were: Newcastle United 1-1 Aston Villa (R3); Manchester United 0–1 West Ham United (R4); Liverpool 4–2 Manchester City (R5); Tranmere Rovers 2–4 Liverpool (QF); Wycombe Wanderers 1–2 Liverpool (SF); Liverpool 2–1 Arsenal (Final).


2000–01 FA Cup qualifying rounds
The 2000–01 FA Cup Qualifying Rounds opened the 120th season of competition in England for 'The Football Association Challenge Cup' (FA Cup), the world's oldest association football single knockout competition.


2000–01 FA Cup qualifying rounds
This season saw invites extended to some teams from Level 10 in the English football pyramid. With the larger number of clubs entering the tournament from non-League teams (Levels 5 through 10), a new Extra Preliminary Round was added to the tournament. As a result, the competition started with six rounds of preliminary (2) and qualifying (4) knockouts for these non-League teams.


2000–01 FA Cup qualifying rounds
The 32 winning teams from Fourth Round Qualifying progressed to the First Round Proper, where League teams tiered at Levels 3 and 4 entered the competition.


2000–01 FA Cup qualifying rounds, 2000–01 FA Cup
See 2000-01 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the First Round Proper onwards.


2000–01 FA Premier League
The 2000–01 FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth FA Premier League season and the third season running which ended with Manchester United as champions and Arsenal as runners-up. Sir Alex Ferguson became the first manager to win three successive English league titles with the same club. Liverpool, meanwhile, managed a unique cup treble – winning the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup. They also finished third in the Premier League and qualified for the Champions League. Nike replaced Mitre as manufacturer of the official Premier League match ball, a contract that has since been extended multiple times, with the most recent renewal made in November 2018 to the end of the 2024–25 season.


2000–01 FA Premier League
UEFA Cup places went to Leeds United, Chelsea, Ipswich Town, and Aston Villa, who qualified via the Intertoto Cup. None of the top six clubs in the Premier League had an English manager. The most successful English manager in the 2000–01 Premier League campaign was Peter Reid, whose Sunderland side finished seventh, having spent most of the season challenging for a place in Europe, and briefly occupied second place in the Premier League table.


2000–01 FA Premier League
Despite the success achieved by Sir Alex Ferguson and Gérard Houllier, the Manager of the Year Award went to George Burley. The Ipswich Town manager was in charge of a newly promoted side who began the season as relegation favourites and on a limited budget, guided his team to fifth place in the Premier League final table earning a total of 66 points - the highest total in Premier League history for a newly promoted side since the switch to a 20-team format—and a place in the UEFA Cup for the first time in almost 20 years.


2000–01 FA Premier League
2000–01 was perhaps the best season yet for newly promoted teams in the Premier League. Charlton Athletic finished ninth, their highest finish since the 1950s. The only newly promoted team to suffer relegation was Manchester City, who in the space of six seasons had now been relegated three times and promoted twice. Relegated in bottom place were Bradford City, whose return to the top division after almost 80 years was over after just two seasons. The next relegation place went to Coventry City, who were finally relegated after 34 successive seasons of top division football, which had brought numerous relegation battles and league finishes no higher than sixth place.


2000–01 FA Premier League, Teams
Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were Charlton Athletic, Manchester City and Ipswich Town, returning after a top flight absence of one, four and five years respectively. They replaced Wimbledon, Sheffield Wednesday and Watford. They were relegated after spending fourteen, nine and one year in the top flight respectively.


2000–01 FA Trophy
The 2000–01 FA Trophy was the thirty-second season of the FA Trophy.


2000–01 FA Trophy
The competition was won by Essex-side Canvey Island, who defeated Forest Green Rovers 1–0 in the Final at Villa Park, Birmingham.


2000–01 FA Women's Premier League
The 9th season of the FA Women's Premier League. Croydon F.C. 's women's team, champions in the previous season, was bought by Charlton Athletic F.C. and allowed to bear its name. Liverpool, founder members of the Women's Premier League, were relegated. For the first time the champions, Arsenal, qualified for the inaugural UEFA Women's Cup, the women's European club championship.


2000–01 FA Women's Premier League, National Division
1 - Croydon, 1999/2000 women's champions made a business deal with Charlton Athletic (men's team) and changed name accordingly.


2000–01 FA Women's Premier League, National Division
2 - Barry Town's men's team play in League of Wales, women are part of English league pyramid.


2000–01 FAW Premier Cup
The 2000–01 FAW Premier Cup was the fourth season of the tournament since its founding in 1997. It was won by Wrexham, their third win in four seasons.


2000–01 FC Barcelona season
Barcelona continued the frustrating run of league title drought, finishing just fourth in La Liga, despite having bought Marc Overmars and Emmanuel Petit in total of £54m transfer fee in the summer of 2000. Barcelona also controversially sold Luís Figo to arch rivals Real Madrid in July 2000 and thus creating several furious fan reactions for accusing Luís Figo a traitor. New coach Lorenzo Serra Ferrer was not improved well and put under increasing pressure, and when Barcelona narrowly missed out on Champions League qualification in the summer, he was sacked in late April 2001. Barcelona dramatically sealed Champions League 3rd qualifying spot in the season finale, thanks to Rivaldo bicycle kick goal against Valencia.


2000–01 FC Barcelona season, Squad
Correct as of 3 October 2009. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 FC Basel season
The 2000–01 Fussball Club Basel 1893 season was their 107th season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. Following their promotion in the 1993–94 season this was their seventh consecutive season in the highest tier of Swiss football. René C. Jäggi was the club's chairman for the fifth year. FC Basel played their home games in the alternate Stadion Schützenmatte while the new stadium was being built and as of 15 March 2001 in the brand new St. Jakob-Park.


2000–01 FC Basel season, Overview
Christian Gross was the first team trainer for the second season. Still forming his team, Basel made a number of signings before the season started. Goalkeeper Miroslav König, André Muff and Hakan Yakin signed in from Grasshopper Club. The two strikers Hervé Tum, from Sion, and Jean-Michel Tchouga, from Yverdon-Sports, joined to strengthen the attack. Ivan Ergic joined from Juventus and Carlos Varela was loaned from Servette.


2000–01 FC Basel season, Overview
In the other direction Luís Calapes moved to Xamax, Didier Tholot and Thomas Häberli to Young Boys and Agent Sawu to Wil. Also Pascal Zuberbühler went on a one-year loan to Bayer Leverkusen, Marco Tschopp on a one-year loan to Xamax and Edmond N'Tiamoah on a six-month loan to SR Delémont.


2000–01 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Friendly games
Basel entered the Sempione Cup, which was played in Balsthal. The first match against Brasilian team Ituano FC was won and the second match against Turkish team Besiktas Istanbul ended in a draw. Basel were placed second in the final classifikation.


2000–01 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic League
The Qualification Round to the League season 2000–01 was contested by twelve teams. The first eight teams of the regular season (or Qualification) then competed in the Championship Playoff Round. The regular season started on 15 July and ended on 10 December. The championship play-offs began on 25 February 2001 and ended on 26 May. The teams aim was to end the qualification round in the top four table and in the championship to reach the 2001–02 UEFA Cup.


2000–01 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic League
Basel started the regular season with three wins and three defeats, but then became somewhat more consistent, being defeated just once in the following 12 matches. The end of the first half of the regular season ended very disappointing as the team lost four of the last five games and slipped to fifth position in the league table.


2000–01 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic League
Basel were able to play the games of the Championship Group in the new stadium, the St. Jakob-Park opened on 15 March 2001. It was sold out with 33,433 spectators on three occasions, Lausanne-Sport (15.03.2001), St. Gallen (14.04.2001) and Grasshopper Club (15.05.2001) The team were more consistent in the championship, they were only beaten twice. But they only won four matches (eight draws), goal scoring was very rare. Basel ended the season in fourth position in the league table, thus qualifying for the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup.


2000–01 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic Cup
The Swiss Cup started for Basel in the Round of 32 on 18 February 2001. Basel defeated lower class Etoile Carouge, but only after a penalty shoot out. In the next round they were drawn against and beat lower classed Bellinzona, but only narrowly. In the quarterfinals Basel were defeated by Lausanne-Sport, again after another penalty shoot out.


2000–01 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Europe
Basel were qualified for the UEFA Cup and in the qualifying round they beat Folgore 12-1 on aggregate. In the first round they beat Brann Bergen with an aggregatescore of 7–6. In the second round Basel were tied against Feyenoord. Feyenoord won both matches and so the European season came to an end for Basel before Christmas.


2000–01 FC Basel season, Players, First team squad
The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It includes all players that were in the squad the day the season started on 15 July 2000 but subsequently left the club after that date and it includes all players that transferred in during the season.


2000–01 FC Basel season, Players, First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 FC Basel season, Players, Transfers in
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 FC Basel season, Players, Transfers out
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 FC Bayern Munich season
FC Bayern Munich won a historic double, clinching its first European Cup victory for more than 25 years, as well as clinching its third consecutive league title. The Champions League title was a sweet revenge for the shocking late defeat to Manchester United in the final two years before.


2000–01 FC Bayern Munich season, Results, Bundesliga, League results
Source: 1Bayern Munich goals come first. Ground's country's flag and opponent's country's flag shown when from a different country of Bayern Munich. Pos . = Position in league, Pts. = Points, GD = Goal difference, Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.


2000–01 FC Energie Cottbus season
During the 2000–01 German football season, FC Energie Cottbus competed in the Bundesliga.


2000–01 FC Energie Cottbus season, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 FC Energie Cottbus season, First-team squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 FC Nantes Atlantique season
The 2000–01 season was the 58th season in the existence of Nantes Atlantique and the club's 39th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. They participated in the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue.


2000–01 FC Nantes Atlantique season
Nantes Atlantique was crowned champions of Division 1 for the eighth time in its history.


2000–01 FC Oțelul Galați season
Oțelul have appointed Aurel Ţicleanu as their new manager, after the contract of Dumitru Dumitriu has expired. A few months later, in November, he resigned from the team. The team was left in charge of assistant-manager Ion Gigi until the winter-break. The new manager of the team, Ilie Dumitrescu, was announced on December 6, 2000. His contract ended after the last match of the season, in June 2001.


2000–01 FC Oțelul Galați season, Players, Transfers, In
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.


2000–01 FC Oțelul Galați season, Players, Transfers, Out
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.


2000–01 FC Schalke 04 season
Schalke 04 had one of its best ever seasons, winning the German Cup. They almost won the league too, hindered only by a late Patrik Andersson free kick for Bayern Munich in stoppage time against Hamburg. Nonetheless, Schalke still qualified for the Champions League for the first time.


2000–01 FC Schalke 04 season, Players, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 FC Schalke 04 season, Players, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 FIBA Korać Cup
The 30th edition of the FIBA Korać Cup occurred between September 29, 2000 and April 18, 2001. The competition was won by the Spanish Unicaja, who beat the Yugoslavian Hemofarm in the double finals.


2000–01 FIBA Korać Cup, Team allocation
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round


2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup
The 2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup was the thirty-fifth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition. It occurred between October 17, 2000, and April 17, 2001. The final was held at Hala Torwar, Warsaw, Poland.


2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup, Team allocation
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:


2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup, Team allocation
*As a substitute for Olimpia Milano which team withdrew from competition


2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup, Top 16
* Aris didn't play the second leg because its players were on strike for not getting their salaries and Maroussi received a forfeit (20–0) in this game.


2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup, Top 16
* * The original second leg was suspended after several players of Telindus Racing Antwerpen and Crvena zvezda were disqualified. Later, FIBA decided that his game should be replayed a week later behind closed doors to avoid further incidents, but the Yugoslavian team didn't show up for the match and Telindus received a forfeit (20–0).


2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague
The 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague was the FIBA European professional club basketball Champions' Cup for the 2000–01 season. Up until that season, there was one cup, the FIBA European Champions' Cup (which is now called the EuroLeague), though in this season of 2000–01, the leading European teams split into two competitions: the FIBA SuproLeague and Euroleague Basketball Company's Euroleague 2000–01.


2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague
The season started on 18 October 2000, and ended on 13 May 2001. The competition's Final Four took place at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, in Paris, France.


2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague, European Champions' Cup teams divided
The EuroLeague (or historically called, the European Champions' Cup) was originally established by FIBA, and it operated under its umbrella from 1958, until the summer of 2000, concluding with the 1999–2000 season. Euroleague Basketball was created on 1 July 2000.


2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague, European Champions' Cup teams divided
Because FIBA had never trademarked the "EuroLeague" name, Euroleague Basketball used it without any legal ramifications as FIBA had no legal recourse to do anything about it. Therefore, FIBA had to find a new name for their league and chose "SuproLeague". The 2000–01 season started with two separate top European professional club basketball competitions: the FIBA SuproLeague (previously known as the FIBA EuroLeague) and the brand new Euroleague.


2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague, European Champions' Cup teams divided
The rift in European professional club basketball initially showed no signs of letting up. Top clubs were also split between the two leagues: Panathinaikos, Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv, CSKA Moscow, and Efes Pilsen stayed with FIBA, while Olympiacos, Kinder Bologna, Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Tau Cerámica, and Benetton Treviso joined Euroleague Basketball.


2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague, Competition system and format
The first phase was a regular season, in which the twenty competing teams were drawn into two groups, each containing ten teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 18 games for each team. The top 8 teams in each group advanced to the Round of 16, and the winners of this round advanced to the Quarterfinals. Both of the rounds were played in a Best-of-three playoff system. The winning teams of the Quarterfinals qualified to the SuproLeague Final Four, which was held in the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, in Paris, on 10–13 May 2001.


2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague, Regular season
If one or more clubs were level on won-lost record, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:


2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague, Two continental champions
In May 2001, Europe had two continental champions, Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv of the FIBA SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna of Euroleague Basketball Company's EuroLeague. The leaders of both organizations realized the need to come up with a new single competition. Negotiating from the position of strength, Euroleague Basketball Company dictated proceedings and FIBA essentially had no choice but to agree to their terms. As a result, the EuroLeague was fully integrated under Euroleague Basketball Company's umbrella, and teams that competed in the FIBA SuproLeague during the 2000–01 season joined it as well. It is today officially admitted that European basketball had two champions that year, Maccabi of the FIBA SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna of the Euroleague Basketball Company's EuroLeague.


2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague, Formation of the Euroleague
A year later, Euroleague Basketball Company and FIBA decided that Euroleague Basketball's EuroLeague competition would be the main basketball tournament on the continent, to be played between the top level teams of Europe. FIBA Europe would also organize a European league for third-tier level teams, known as the FIBA Europe League competition, while Euroleague Basketball would also organize its own second-tier level league, combining FIBA's long-time FIBA Saporta Cup and FIBA Korać Cup competitions into one new competition, the EuroCup. In 2005, Euroleague Basketball and FIBA decided to cooperate with each other and did so until 2016.


2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague, Formation of the Euroleague
In essence, the authority in European professional basketball was divided over club-country lines. FIBA stayed in charge of national team competitions (like the FIBA EuroBasket, the FIBA World Cup, and the Summer Olympics), while Euroleague Basketball took over the European professional club competitions. From that point on, FIBA Saporta Cup and FIBA Korać Cup competitions lasted only one more season before folding, which was when Euroleague Basketball launched the EuroCup.


2000–01 FINA Swimming World Cup
The 2000–2001 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of ten international short course (25m) swimming meets organized by FINA. The meets were held in ten different cities, from November 2000 through January 2001. Each featured 34 events: seventeen for males and seventeen for females.


2000–01 FINA Swimming World Cup, Meets
Dates and locations for the 2000–2001 World Cup meets were:


2000–01 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
The 35th World Cup season began in October 2000 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in March 2001 at the World Cup finals at Åre, Sweden. The overall winners were Hermann Maier of Austria, his third, and Janica Kostelić of Croatia, her first. Maier won 13 races and had nearly twice the points of his nearest competitor, compatriot Stephan Eberharter. In the women's competition, Kostelić won nine races and won the overall by 67 points over Renate Götschl of Austria. There were no North Americans in the top ten of either competition.


2000–01 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
A break in the schedule was for the 2001 World Championships, held in St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria, between 29 January and 10 February 2001.


2000–01 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
The 2000–01 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 20th official World Cup in cross-country skiing. It started in Beitostølen, Norway on 25 November 2000 and finished in Kuopio, Finland on 25 March 2001. Per Elofsson of Sweden won the overall men's cup, and Yuliya Chepalova of Russia won the women's.


2000–01 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup
The 2000/01 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup was the twenty second World Cup season in freestyle skiing organised by International Ski Federation. The season started on 12 August 2000 and ended on 11 March 2001. This season included two disciplines: aerials and moguls. Dual moguls title was not awarded because of only one event on both sides of world cup calendar.


2000–01 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup
The 2000/01 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup was the 18th world cup season, a combination of ski jumping and cross-country skiing organized by FIS. It started on 2 Dec 2000 in Kuopio, Finland and ended on 10 March 2001 in Oslo, Norway.


2000–01 FIS Ski Flying World Cup
The 2000/01 FIS Ski Flying World Cup was the 11th official World Cup season in ski flying awarded with small crystal globe as the subdiscipline of FIS Ski Jumping World Cup.


2000–01 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup
The 2000/01 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup was the 10th in a row (8th official) Continental Cup winter season in ski jumping for men. For the first time in history of this competition team events were introduced.


2000–01 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup
Other competitive circuits this season included the World Cup and Grand Prix.


2000–01 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup, Europa Cup vs. Continental Cup
This was originally last Europa Cup season and is also recognized as the first Continental Cup season by International Ski Federation although under this name began its first official season in 1993/94.


2000–01 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
The 2000/01 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 22nd World Cup season in ski jumping and the 11th official World Cup season in ski flying. It began in Kuopio, Finland on 24 November 2000 and finished in Planica, Slovenia on 18 March 2001.


2000–01 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
Lower competitive circuits this season included the Grand Prix and Continental Cup.


2000–01 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Map of world cup hosts
All 17 locations which have been hosting world cup events for men this season. Events in Lillehammer, Ramsau, Engelberg and Liberec were canceled. Oberstdorf hosted ski flying world cup event and four hills tournament.


2000–01 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Map of world cup hosts
Four Hills Tournament Nordic Tournament Nordic World Ski Championships team events also counted for Nations Cup ranking


2000–01 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, World Championships team events (Nations Cup)
Two team events from Nordic Ski World Championships in Lahti were not part of the World Cup. However, they count for Nations Cup classification.


2000–01 FK Partizan season
The 2000–01 season was FK Partizan's 9th season in First League of Serbia and Montenegro. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club played during the 2000–01 season.


2000–01 FR Yugoslavia Cup
The 2000–01 FR Yugoslavia Cup was the ninth season of the FR Yugoslavia's annual football cup. The cup defenders was Red Star Belgrade, but was defeated by FK Partizan in the final.


2000–01 FR Yugoslavia Cup, First round
Thirty-two teams entered in the First Round. The matches were played on 9 September 2000.


2000–01 FR Yugoslavia Cup, First round
Note: Roman numerals in brackets denote the league tier the clubs participated in the 2000–01 season.


2000–01 FR Yugoslavia Cup, Second round
The 16 winners from the prior round enter this round. The matches were played on 7, 8, 9 and 22 November 2000.


2000–01 FR Yugoslavia Cup, Second round
Note: Roman numerals in brackets denote the league tier the clubs participated in the 2000–01 season.


2000–01 FR Yugoslavia Cup, Quarter-finals
The eight winners from the prior round enter this round. The matches were played on 8 March and 4 April 2001.


2000–01 FR Yugoslavia Cup, Quarter-finals
Note: Roman numerals in brackets denote the league tier the clubs participated in the 2000–01 season.


2000–01 FR Yugoslavia Cup, Semi-finals
Note: Roman numerals in brackets denote the league tier the clubs participated in the 2000–01 season.


2000–01 Ferencvárosi TC season
The 2000–01 season will be Ferencvárosi TC's 99th competitive season, 99th consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 101st year in existence as a football club.


2000–01 Ferencvárosi TC season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Ferencvárosi TC season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Ferencvárosi TC season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Ferencvárosi TC season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Ferencvárosi TC season, Statistics, Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2000–01 Ferencvárosi TC season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.


2000–01 Feyenoord season
The 2000–01 season is Feyenoord's 93rd season of play, the club's 45th season in the Eredivisie and its 79th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. It is the first season with new manager Bert van Marwijk who came over from Fortuna Sittard. Feyenoord entered the 2000–01 KNVB Cup in the third round (1/8 Final) and the 2000–01 UEFA Cup in the 1st round after being eliminated bij Sturm Graz in the 3rd Qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League.


2000–01 Feyenoord season, Eredivisie, Matches
These are the matches scheduled for Feyenoord in the 2000-2001 Eredivisie season.


2000–01 Feyenoord season, Player details
Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearancesRed card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.


2000–01 Feyenoord season, Transfers
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Feyenoord season, Transfers
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 First League of FR Yugoslavia
The 2000–01 First League of FR Yugoslavia was the ninth season of the FR Yugoslavia's top-level football league since its establishment. It was contested by 18 teams, and Red Star Belgrade won the championship.


2000–01 First League of FR Yugoslavia, Incidents, Eternal derby abandoned
The 115th edition of the Eternal derby match between Red Star Belgrade and FK Partizan on Saturday, 14 October 2000 at the Marakana was abandoned in the third minute due to fan rioting. The incident began with Partizan fans, Grobari, pelting the pitch with flares at which point the match play got interrupted. The rioting kept escalating with the southern stand seating being torn off by the Grobari and thrown onto the athletic track. At one point, the team captain Saša Ilić was seen in front of the stand pleading to no avail with the fans to stop rioting.


2000–01 First League of FR Yugoslavia, Incidents, Eternal derby abandoned
Dozens of Grobari eventually either jumped over or broke through the fence and began invading the pitch at which point the more numerous Red Star fans from the opposite end of the stadium stormed the pitch en masse, attacking the Partizan fans as well as Partizan players and coaching staff that were still on the pitch.


2000–01 First League of FR Yugoslavia, Incidents, Eternal derby abandoned
What ensued was mass brawling and running battles among the two sets of fans that led to the more numerous Red Star fans quickly overpowering the Partizan fans and pushing them back towards the southern stand. In addition to injuries to a number Partizan fans that invaded the pitch, several Partizan players and members of the club's coaching staff reported injuries as a result being attacked by the Red Star fans. Partizan's twenty-year-old forward Ivica Iliev received head injuries with hematoma from being punched in the face while the team's head coach Ljubiša Tumbaković ended up with a laceration above his eye.


2000–01 First League of FR Yugoslavia, Incidents, Eternal derby abandoned
Some thirty five minutes since the incident began, the match was officially called off. According to press reports, 35 fans 2 policemen were injured, none severely. Six fans, two of them unconscious, were transported to Belgrade's Urgentni centar.


2000–01 First League of FR Yugoslavia, Incidents, Eternal derby abandoned
The match was replayed in full on Wednesday, 7 March 2001.


2000–01 First League of FR Yugoslavia, Teams
Proleter Zrenjanin, Hajduk Beograd, Mogren, Spartak Subotica, and Borac Čačak were relegated to the Second League of FR Yugoslavia.


2000–01 First League of FR Yugoslavia, Teams
The relegated teams were replaced by 1999–2000 Second League of FR Yugoslavia champions, Napredak Kruševac (East) and Zeta (West).


2000–01 First League of the Republika Srpska
The 2000–01 First League of the Republika Srpska was the 6th football season since establishment in the Republika Srpska. Since Football Association of Republika Srpska is not a member of UEFA nor FIFA, league champion did not qualified for European tournament.


2000–01 Florida Gators men's basketball team
The 2000–01 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of basketball during the 2000–01 college basketball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by head coach Billy Donovan, and played their home games in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus.


2000–01 Florida Gators men's basketball team
The Gators were the SEC regular season champions, winning a share of the title with a 12–4 conference record. Despite having four players undergo surgery during the year, and starting off 1-3 in conference play, they rebounded to capture the school's first ever back-to-back SEC championships. They earned a three seed in the 2001 NCAA Tournament and advanced to the Second Round before losing to Temple. The Gators won an opening round game in the NCAA Tournament for a school record third consecutive year.


2000–01 Florida Panthers season
The 2000–01 Florida Panthers season was their eighth season in the National Hockey League.


2000–01 Florida Panthers season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.


2000–01 Florida Panthers season, Regular season, Final standings
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast


2000–01 Florida Panthers season, Regular season, Final standings
Z –  Clinched Conference; Y –  Clinched Division; X –  Clinched Playoff spot


2000–01 Florida Panthers season, Playoffs
After making the playoffs in 2000, the Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs in 2001.


2000–01 Florida Panthers season, Draft picks
Florida's draft picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.


2000–01 Football Conference
The Football Conference season of 2000–01 was the twenty-second season of the Football Conference, also known as the Nationwide Conference for sponsorship reasons.


2000–01 Football League
The 2000–01 Football League (known as the Nationwide Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 102nd completed season of The Football League.


2000–01 Football League Cup
The 2000–01 Football League Cup (known as the Worthington Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 41st staging of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs.


2000–01 Football League Cup
The competition began on 22 August 2000, and ended with the final on 25 February 2001 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff as Wembley Stadium had been closed for a rebuild.


2000–01 Football League Cup
The tournament was won by Liverpool, who beat Birmingham City 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw after extra-time. Robbie Fowler put Liverpool in front after half an hour but a Darren Purse penalty salvaged the game for Birmingham in the final minute of normal time.


2000–01 Football League Cup, First round
The 70 First, Second and Third Division clubs compete from the First Round. Each section is divided equally into a pot of seeded clubs and a pot of unseeded clubs. Clubs' rankings depend upon their finishing position in the 1999–2000 season. Therefore, the clubs relegated from the Premier League in 2000, Wimbledon, Watford and Sheffield Wednesday, were the top seeds, and the club newly promoted to the Third Division, Kidderminster Harriers, were bottom seeds. The first legs took place on 22 and 23 August and the second legs on 5 and 6 September.


2000–01 Football League Cup, Second round
The 35 winners from the First Round joined the Premier League clubs not participating in European competition. The ties were played over two legs, with the first legs from 19 to 20 September and the second legs on 26 and 27 September. Two second leg matches were played on 2 October.


2000–01 Football League Cup, Third round
The 25 winners from the Second Round joined the Premier League clubs participating in European competition in Round Three. Matches were played on 31 October and 1 November.


2000–01 Football League Cup, Fourth round
The eight matches were played on 28 and 29 November.


2000–01 Football League Cup, Fifth round
The four matches were played on 12, 13 and 19 December.


2000–01 Football League Cup, Semi-finals
The semi-final draw was made in December 2000 after the conclusion of the quarter finals. Unlike the other rounds, the semi-final ties were played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The first legs were played on 9 and 10 January and the second legs on 24 and 31 January 2001.


2000–01 Football League Cup, Final
The 2001 Worthington Cup Final was played on 25 February 2001 and was contested between First Division side Birmingham City and Premier League team Liverpool at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. Liverpool won the game 5–4 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time.


2000–01 Football League Trophy
The Football League Trophy 2000–01, known as the LDV Vans Trophy 2000–01 for sponsorship reasons, was the 17th staging of the Football League Trophy, a knock-out competition for English football clubs in Second and Third Division. The winners were Port Vale and the runners-up were Brentford.


2000–01 Football League Trophy
The competition began on 28 November 2000 and ended with the final on 22 April 2001 at the Millennium Stadium.


2000–01 Football League Trophy
In the first round, there were two sections: North and South. In the following rounds each section gradually eliminates teams in knock-out fashion until each has a winning finalist. At this point, the two winning finalists face each other in the combined final for the honour of the trophy. In addition to the 48 league teams, 8 Conference teams were also invited.


2000–01 Football League Trophy, First round
Blackpool, Macclesfield Town, Shrewsbury Town and Walsall from the North section all received byes.


2000–01 Football League Trophy, First round
Leyton Orient, Reading, Swansea City and Swindon from the South section all received byes.


2000–01 Four Hills Tournament
The 2000-01 Four Hills Tournament took place at the four traditional venues of Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, located in Germany and Austria, between 29 December 2000 and 6 January 2001.


2000–01 Frauen-Bundesliga
The Frauen-Bundesliga 2000–01 was the 11th season of the Frauen-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 15 October 2000 and ended on 10 June 2001.


2000–01 Frauen-Bundesliga, Final standings
Sportfreunde Siegen did not receive a license for 2001–02 to play in the Bundesliga. Flaesheim retired voluntary from the Bundesliga. Therefore, Heike Rheine and 1. FC Saarbrücken remained in the league.


2000–01 French Championship season (rugby league)
Final table of the 2000-2001 season of the French Championship of Rugby League.


2000–01 French Division 1
The 2000–01 Ligue 1 season (then called Division 1) was the 63rd since its establishment. FC Nantes won the French Association Football League  for the eighth time with 68 points.


2000–01 French Division 1, Final table
Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in the 2001–02 Division 1


2000–01 French Division 2
The Division 2 season 2000/2001, organised by the LFP was won by FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and saw the promotions of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, FC Lorient and Montpellier HSC, whereas AS Cannes and Angers SCO were relegated to National.


2000–01 French Rugby Union Championship
The 2000–01 French Rugby Union Championship was the top level of French club rugby in 2000–01. The competition was played by 21 teams. It was the last French season before the top level was reorganized into a 16-team league known as Top 16, now known as Top 14.


2000–01 French Rugby Union Championship
In the first phase, two pools (one of 10 teams, one of 11) were played. The first 4 of each pool were admitted to the "top 8", the tournament for the title.


2000–01 French Rugby Union Championship
The last two of the pool containing 10 teams, and the last three of the other, were relegated directly to the second division. The 8th team in each pool had a play-off to determine the sixth team relegated. Only one club was promoted from the second division in order to reduce the number of clubs for next session to 16.


2000–01 French Rugby Union Championship
Toulouse won their 15th title, beating Montferrand in the final


2000–01 French Rugby Union Championship, Preliminary phase, Pool 1
Bourdeaux-Begles classified 7th for better score in the direct matches with Pau


2000–01 French Rugby Union Championship, Preliminary phase, Pool 2
(**) Colomiers classified 4th for better score in the direct matches with Narbonne and Dax


2000–01 French Rugby Union Championship, Preliminary phase, Pool 2
(***)La Rochelle classified 7th for better score in the direct matches with Grenoble


2000–01 Fulham F.C. season
The 2000–01 season was Fulham's 103rd season in professional football, competing in the Football League Division 1. This season for Fulham was of note, as they gained promotion to the Premier League and ran away with the Division 1 title with 101 points, with a 10-point margin over runners-up Blackburn Rovers. The manager was former Monaco manager Jean Tigana's first season at Craven Cottage after Paul Bracewell's sacking toward the end of the 1999–2000 season.


2000–01 Fulham F.C. season, Players, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Fulham F.C. season, Players, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Galatasaray S.K. season
The 2000–01 season was Galatasaray's 97th in existence and the 43rd consecutive season in the 1. Lig. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club have played in the season.


2000–01 Gamma Ethniki
The 2000–01 Gamma Ethniki was the 18th season since the official establishment of the third tier of Greek football in 1983. Patraikos was crowned champion, thus winning promotion to Beta Ethniki. Chalkidona-Near East also won promotion after a winning a promotion play-off in which was participated with Atromitos and Ethnikos Piraeus.


2000–01 Gamma Ethniki
Acharnaikos, Naoussa, Kozani, Ampelokipi, Lamia, Veria, Anagennisi Karditsa, ILTEX Lykoi, Pierikos and Ialysos Rodos were relegated to Delta Ethniki.


2000–01 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team
The 2000–01 George Mason Patriots Men's basketball team represents George Mason University during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was the 35th season for the program, the fourth under head coach Jim Larrañaga. The Patriots played their home games at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia.


2000–01 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
The 2000–01 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 2000–01 NCAA Division I college basketball season. The Hoyas were coached by Craig Esherick and played most of their home games at the MCI Center in Washington, DC, although they played some home games early in the season at McDonough Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus. The Hoyas were members of the West Division of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 25–8, 10–6 in Big East play.


2000–01 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
Their record earned them a bye in the first round of the 2001 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, but they lost to Seton Hall in the quarterfinals. The first Georgetown men's basketball team to appear in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament since the 1996-97 season and the last one to do so until the 2005-06 season, they reached the West Region semifinals of the 2001 NCAA Tournament before losing to Maryland.


2000–01 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Beginning this season, the Big East organized its teams into divisions for the second time in its history; this time, the two divisions were the East and West divisions. Georgetown would play as a member of the West Division for three seasons before the conference again scrapped its divisional structure after the end of the 2002–03 season.


2000–01 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Freshman forward Mike Sweetney joined the team this season and quickly established himself as a dominating power forward. He started all 33 games during the season and got off to a strong start, scoring 19 points in each of his first three games. In Big East play, he had 14 points and 14 rebounds in a big upset win over 18th-ranked Seton Hall in early January 2001, had another double-double ten days later against Nevada-Las Vegas, scored 14 points and pulled down 13 rebounds against Syracuse, and scored a season-high 24 points against Pittsburgh. During the season, he led the Hoyas in scoring 11 times and in rebounding 13 times, and he finished the season averaging 12.8 points and 7.4 rebounds per game.


2000–01 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Sweetney's arrival meant that junior guard and team co-captain Kevin Braswell took fewer shots than he had in his first two seasons, but his shooting average from the field improved from 33.5 percent in his freshman year and 36.8 percent in his sophomore year to 37.8 percent this season and his play was more even, with fewer of the deep slumps he had suffered through previously. He started all 33 games; he started all 128 games of his collegiate career. In the early-January upset of Seton Hall, he scored a career-high 26 points, and he scored in double figures in nine games over a ten-game stretch late in the season.


2000–01 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Senior center and team co-captain Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje started all 33 games, but no longer was a primary scoring option as Georgetown's frontcourt offensive focus shifted to Sweetney and center-forward Lee Scruggs. Nonetheless, he scored in double figures 12 times, and over a four-game stretch late in the season scored a combined 55 points and pulled down a combined 37 rebounds as the Hoyas pushed for an invitation to the NCAA Tournament.


2000–01 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Sophomore guard Demetrius Hunter replaced senior guard Anthony Perry in the starting lineup this season, but Perry remained active in a "sixth man" role and appeared in all 33 games. Although he averaged only 17 minutes and six field goal attempts per game, he scored 16 points twice, at Houston on New Year's Eve and again three days later at West Virginia, and had a 15-point game at Rutgers in which he stole the ball at the end of the game to preserve a Georgetown victory. He finished the season averaging 6.7 points per game for the year and 9.5 points per game for his career.


2000–01 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Senior guard Nat Burton had dropped into a reserve role the previous season, reducing his offensive statistics, and his offensive production dropped further this season. However, he played a key role in some important games. He scored 11 points in a win at Louisville, had eight rebounds at Houston, and scored 16 points against Virginia Tech. His playing time diminished as the year wore on, and he scored only a combined 30 points in the final 13 games of the regular season.


2000–01 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Freshman forward Gerald Riley joined the team, and started all 33 games – as he would all 125 games of his collegiate career – and showed promise as the team's fifth scoring option, playing small forward and averaging 6.7 points per game. He would emerge as a star in later seasons.


2000–01 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The team opened the season 16–0, the best start by a Georgetown team since the 1984–85 season, with four of the wins against Big East opponents. After that, the Hoyas lost six of their next ten games, all in the conference, often thanks to poor starts. They fell to 20–6 overall and 7–6 in the Big East, and with only three games left in the regular season and 17th-ranked Syracuse coming to the MCI Center on February 24, 2001, the Hoyas' hopes of making the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament were in doubt.


2000–01 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Against Syracuse, Georgetown scored the first seven points of the game, but the Orangemen responded with a 9–3 run to close to 10–9. Despite suffering from an Achilles tendon injury, Demetrius Hunter scored a three-pointer to open Georgetown's lead to 13–9. After Syracuse took a 15–14 lead, Scruggs hit a three-pointer to give the Hoyas a 17–15 advantage, and the teams traded leads for the rest of the first half, with Georgetown leading 36–33 at halftime.


2000–01 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The Hoyas shot poorly from the free-throw line during the first half, and, in the second half, while Syracuse was scoring on 90 percent of its free throws, the Hoyas shot only 3-for-9 (33%) from the free-throw line in one stretch and only 12-for-28 (42.9%) for the game. Syracuse was leading when Hunter scored back-to-back three-pointers to put the Hoyas ahead with 11:10 left in the game. With Syracuse in foul trouble inside, Georgetown's lead varied between six and eight points.


2000–01 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Syracuse senior forward Damone Brown's field goal with 5:04 left cut Georgetown's lead to 63–57, but it was the Orangemen's last field goal of the game. Playing tough defense, grabbing three straight offensive rebounds, and using the clock well, the Hoyas built their lead to 12 points with 2:39 remaining. Hunter, who had a 21-point game, scored on a slam dunk with 38 seconds remaining, after which Braswell dribbled out the clock to seal a 72–61 Hoya win. After the game, Hoya fans flooded onto the court, the first time that had ever happened at a Big East home game for Georgetown.


2000–01 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Georgetown won its final two regular-season games to give it a record of 23–6 overall, 10–6 in the Big East, and a second-place finish in the conference's West Division. The Hoyas received a bye in the first round of the 2001 Big East Tournament and in the quarterfinals met Seton Hall, a team they had beaten twice during the regular season. Braswell shot 0-for-6 from the field and failed to score – the only game in his collegiate career in which he did not score – and the underdog Pirates handed Georgetown a 58–40 loss.


2000–01 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Despite their early exit from the Big East Tournament, the Hoyas had a 23–7 record overall and received an invitation to the 2001 NCAA Tournament. Making their first appearance in the tournament since 1997, they were seeded No. 10 in the West Region and met the No. 7 seed, Arkansas, in the first round.


2000–01 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Pregame press coverage billed the game as a struggle between Arkansas's press defense and Georgetown's height inside, but the Razorbacks' press was not especially effective and the Hoyas' frontcourt of Boumtje-Boumtje, Sweetney, and sophomore forward Wesley Wilson shot a combined 0-for-4 from the field in the first half amidst bad passing and bad shot selection. Guards Braswell and Perry – with Perry hitting two big three-point shots during the game – kept the Hoyas close as the teams traded leads, but Arkansas took a 31–30 advantage into the locker room at halftime.


2000–01 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Toward the end of the intermission, arena personnel were forced to dismantle a malfunctioning horn and light above one of the baskets, delaying the start of the second half for ten minutes; after the second half finally began, Georgetown's inside game improved, but Arkansas also began to score inside consistently, and the Razorbacks led 47–43 with about 10 minutes left to play. They soon extended their lead to 52–45, but Georgetown then went on a 12–5 run to tie the game at 57–57 with just over five minutes remaining.


2000–01 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Arkansas retook the lead and held it until Braswell took the ball all the way from one end of the court to the other and scored to give the Hoyas a 61–59 lead with 1:43 remaining. Arkansas sophomore Joe Johnson scored to tie the game at 61–61 with 35.8 seconds left to play. After a time-out, Georgetown sophomore forward Victor Samnick passed the ball to Burton, who held the ball, intending to get it to Braswell for a last-second game-winning shot.


2000–01 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Unable to get the ball to Braswell, Burton instead drove to the basket himself and rolled in a shot at the buzzer. With the horn and light dismantled, it was not immediately obvious that Burton's shot had been in time, and Arkansas officials complained that the shot had been too late. A two-minute review by game officials ensued, and after they ruled that Burton's shot indeed had beaten the buzzer, Georgetown had a 63–61 upset victory. It was Georgetown's first NCAA Tournament win since 1996 and its first NCAA Tournament win at the buzzer since 1988. It was only the third time in 22 NCAA Tournament appearances that Georgetown had defeated a higher-seeded opponent.


2000–01 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
In the second round, Georgetown faced the region's No. 15 seed, Hampton. Braswell scored 17 points despite shooting only 6-for-14 (42.9%) from the field, and the Hoyas defeated the Pirates, 76–57. Boumtje-Boumtje had a combined 15 points and 18 rebounds against Arkansas and Hampton.


2000–01 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
In the West Region semifinals, Georgetown met the region's No. 3 seed, 11th-ranked Maryland. The Hoyas played well in the first half, leading by as many as five points on more than one occasion and forcing Maryland to commit nine turnovers. Georgetown only scored off two of those turnovers, however, and late in the half was stymied by a Maryland zone defense. After a frustrated Sweetney was called for an intentional foul, allowing the Terrapins to score four points and causing a six-point turnaround in the game, the Hoyas lost the lead.


2000–01 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Demetrius Hunter missed a dunk and Maryland began to collect a number of offensive rebounds, off one of which they scored at the buzzer to take a 38–36 halftime lead. Early in the second half, Maryland extended its lead to nine points, with center Lonnie Baxter scoring six of them on his way to a 26-point, 14-rebound performance for the Terrapins. Boumtje-Boumtje played tentatively and fouled out after playing only 19 minutes, with three rebounds, one blocked shot, and no points scored.


2000–01 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Although Braswell shot only 3-for-22 (13.6%) from the field, he and Scruggs led the Hoyas to a comeback that allowed them to close to 59–56 with under five minutes to play and a 67–62 deficit with 3:17 remaining. After that, however, Maryland extended its lead with good free-throw shooting. The Hoyas were forced to attempt three-pointers to try to catch up, but shot only 1-for-6 (16.7%) from three-point range late in the game and the Terrapins prevailed 76–66. Sweetney averaged 10 rebounds a game during the NCAA Tournament, while Boumtje-Boumtje completed his Georgetown career as the school's fourth all-time shot blocker, behind only Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning, and Dikembe Mutombo.


2000–01 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The 2000-01 team's 25–8 finish was the best season for an Esherick-coached team and it was the only time during Esherick's 5+1⁄2-year tenure that Georgetown appeared in the NCAA Tournament. Although during the next four years Georgetown would appear in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) twice and turn down an NIT invitation on a third occasion, the Hoyas would not return to the NCAA Tournament until 2006.


2000–01 Georgian Cup
The 2000–01 Georgian Cup (also known as the David Kipiani Cup) was the fifty-seventh season overall and eleventh since independence of the Georgian annual football tournament.


2000–01 Georgian Cup, Round of 16
The first legs were played on 7 November and the second legs were played on 12 November 2000.


2000–01 Georgian Cup, Quarterfinals
The matches were played on 6 December (first legs) and 10 December 2000 (second legs).


2000–01 Georgian Cup, Semifinals
The matches were played on 1 May (first legs) and 15 May 2001 (second legs).


2000–01 Gillingham F.C. season
During the 2000–01 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


2000–01 Gillingham F.C. season, Season summary
Former Gillingham captain Andy Hessenthaler was appointed player-manager, having previously served as player-coach and led the club to a satisfying 13th-place finish in the Gills' first ever season in Division One.


2000–01 Gillingham F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Gillingham F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Glasgow Warriors season
The 2000–01 season is the fifth in the history of the Glasgow Warriors as a professional side. During this season the young professional side competed as Glasgow Caledonians; the last time they would use that name.


2000–01 Glasgow Warriors season
The 2000–01 season saw Glasgow Caledonians compete in the competitions: the Welsh-Scottish League and the European Champions Cup, the Heineken Cup for sponsorship reasons.


2000–01 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad
Hookers Gordon Bulloch Carlo di Ciacca Chris Docherty Dougie Hall Gavin Scott


2000–01 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad
Props Willie Anderson Lee Harrison Dave Hilton Gordon McIlwham Euan Murray Alan Watt Andrew Welsh


2000–01 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad
Locks Darren Burns Stewart Campbell Steve Griffiths Scott Hutton Guy Perrett Colin Stewart Jason White


2000–01 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad
Loose Forwards Gareth Flockhart Donnie Macfadyen Jon Petrie Roland Reid Gordon Simpson Martin Waite


2000–01 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad
Half Backs  Graeme Beveridge Chris Black Andy Nicol Kenny Sinclair Fraser Stott Graeme Young


2000–01 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad
Stand offs  Craig Chalmers Tommy Hayes Barry Irving Mark McKenzie


2000–01 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad
Centres Alan Bulloch Andrew Henderson Ian Jardine Matt McGrandles Ian McInroy James McLaren Jonathan Stuart


2000–01 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad
Back Three Michael Bartlett James Craig Rory Kerr Graeme Kiddie Shaun Longstaff Glenn Metcalfe Craig Sangster Rowen Shepherd Jon Steel


2000–01 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Academy players
Glasgow once again sent a group of youngsters to study rugby in New Zealand for the summer of 2001.


2000–01 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Academy players
P Burke, A Reid, A McKay (all Ayr), M Gallacher, F Hamilton, S Martin, J Nellany (all High School of Glasgow), G Hutton, C Miller (both Glasgow Academy), S Forrest, G Lindsay, S Male (all Cambuslang), D Mitchell (Hillhead/Jordanhill), D Monaghan, P Nicol (both Whitecraigs), D Naismith, S Rushforth (both Kelvinside Academy), S Ross (Helensburgh), S Smith (Glasgow Hawks), Alasdair Strokosch (East Kilbride), K Weir (Glasgow Academicals), G White (Stewartry).


2000–01 Glasgow Warriors season, Player statistics
During the 2000–01 season, Glasgow have used 44 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and points scored by each player.


2000–01 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 1
Glasgow Caledonians:15 Rowen Shepherd 14 James Craig 13 Jon Stuart 12 Ian Jardine 11 Ian McInroy 10 Craig Chalmers 9 Graeme Beveridge 1 David Hilton 2 Gavin Scott 3 Willie Anderson 4 Darren Burns 5 Steve Griffiths 6 Martin Waite 8 Jon Petrie 7 Gareth Flockhart Replacements: Craig Sangster Matt McGrandles Fraser Stott Roland Reid Alan Watt Gordon Bulloch Used: A Watt for Anderson 50. R Reid for Petrie 57. C Sangster for Shepherd 60. F Stott for Beveridge 66. C Stewart for Griffiths 66.


2000–01 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 2
Glasgow Caledonians:Craig Sangster; James Craig, Matt McGrandles, Rowen Shepherd (captain), Ian McInroy; Mark McKenzie, Fraser Stott; David Hilton, Gordon Bulloch, Lee Harrison, Colin Stewart, Steven Griffiths, Martin Waite, Roland Reid, Donnie Macfadyen. Replacements – Jon Stuart for James Craig (13 minutes), Alan Watt for Hilton (half-time), Darren Burns for Griffiths (54), Gavin Scott for Waite (56).


2000–01 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 3
Glasgow Caledonians:  R.Shepherd; J.Craig, J.Stuart, I.Jardine, I. McInroy; M.McKenzie, F.Stott; A.Watt, G.Scott, W.Anderson, D.Burns, C.Stewart (S.Griffiths 59), R.Reid, D.Macfadyen (G.Flockhart 54) J.Petrie . Replacements (not used): Matt McGrandles Craig Chalmers Graeme Beveridge David Hilton Gordon Bulloch


2000–01 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 3
Winning all 3 matches on the Canadian tour won Glasgow Warriors the Coastal Cup.


2000–01 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 4
Northampton Saints:  M Tucker; C Moir, A Bateman, M Allen, L Martin; P Grayson, D Malone; G Pagel, S Thompson, M Scelzo, T Rodber, O Brouzet, G Seely, B Pountney, P Lam. Substitutes used – M Stewart, S Brotherstone, J Phillips, R Hunter, A Rennick, J Bamhall, S Webster, I Vass, M Soden, T Kirk. Glasgow Caledonians:  T Hayes; J Craig, R Shepherd, I Jardine, S Longstaff; C Chalmers, G Beveridge; D Hilton, G Bulloch, G McIlwham, S Griffiths, J White, G Flockhart, D Macfadyen, J Petrie. Substitutes used – R Reid, M McKenzie, D Burns.


2000–01 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 5
Glasgow Caledonians:T Hayes; J Craig, R Shepherd (I Jardine 2–3), J Stuart, R Reid; M McKenzie, G Beveridge (F Stott 71); A Watt, G Scott (G Bulloch 54), W Anderson (G McIlwham 40), C Stewart (D Burns 40), J White, G Simpson (D Hilton 54–64), D Macfadyen (G Flockhart 17), J Petrie. Munster: D Crotty; J O'Neill (P Bracken 56), J Kelly, J Holland, A Horgan; R O'Gara (Stringer 76), P Stringer (M Prendegast 72); M Horan (D O'Sullivan 56), F Sheahan, P Clohessy, M Galway, J Langford, A Quinlan, D Wallace (C McMahon 56), A Foley.


2000–01 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Welsh-Scottish League
The top 5 Welsh teams plus Glasgow and Edinburgh qualified for next season's Heineken Cup.


2000–01 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Welsh-Scottish League, Results
The Round 9 match of the 25 November 2000 which was abandoned is shown here for completeness. The abandoned match and its related statistics are not included in player or squad statistics.


2000–01 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season
A player's nationality shown is taken from the nationality at the highest honour for the national side obtained; or if never capped internationally their place of birth. Senior caps take precedence over junior caps or place of birth; junior caps take precedence over place of birth. A player's nationality at debut may be different from the nationality shown. Combination sides like the British and Irish Lions or Pacific Islanders are not national sides, or nationalities.


2000–01 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season
Players in BOLD font have been capped by their senior international XV side as nationality shown.