2000–01 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee 2000–01 football season

Dundee

2000–01 season

Chairman

James Marr

Manager

Ivano Bonetti

Stadium

Dens Park

Scottish Premier League

6th

Scottish Cup

Fourth round

Scottish League Cup

Third round

Top goalscorer

League:
Juan Sara (15)
All:
Juan Sara (15)

Home colours

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

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
4	Kilmarnock	38	15	9	14	44	53	−9	54	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round^[b]
5	Heart of Midlothian	38	14	10	14	56	50	+6	52
6	Dundee	38	13	8	17	51	49	+2	47	Qualification for the UEFA Intertoto Cup first round^[c]

7	Aberdeen	38	11	12	15	45	52	−7	45
8	Motherwell	38	12	7	19	42	56	−14	43

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
^ As both finalists of the 2000–01 Scottish Cup, Celtic and Hibernian, qualified for European competition via their league position, the cup berth for 2001–02 UEFA Cup was passed to the next-placed team in the league, fourth-placed Kilmarnock.
^ Dundee qualified for the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup as the highest-placed team to apply for a place in the competition.

Results

Dundee's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Scottish Premier League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	29 July 2000	Motherwell	A	2–0	6,161	Billio 8', Artero 86'
2	5 August 2000	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–0	7,152	Skinner 1' (o.g.), Sara 52', Caballero 55'
3	12 August 2000	Hibernian	A	1–5	12,075	Caballero 9'
4	19 August 2000	St Mirren	A	1–2	5,165	Sara 78'
5	27 August 2000	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–1	6,779	Caballero 58'
6	9 September 2000	Rangers	H	1–1	10,439	Sara 74'
7	16 September 2000	St Johnstone	A	0–0	5,055
8	20 September 2000	Dundee United	H	3–0	9,838	Sara 47', 80', 88'
9	23 September 2000	Celtic	A	0–1	59,694
10	30 September 2000	Kilmarnock	H	0–0	6,170
11	14 October 2000	Aberdeen	A	2–0	14,750	Bonetti 75', Caniggia 90'
12	21 October 2000	Motherwell	H	1–2	7,344	Caniggia 21'
13	28 October 2000	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–1	6,397
14	5 November 2000	Hibernian	H	1–2	6,604	Tweed 33'
15	11 November 2000	Dundee United	A	2–0	11,454	Caniggia 38', Nemsadze 73'
16	18 November 2000	St Mirren	H	5–0	6,333	Caniggia 22', 52', Rae 66', Artero 75', Milne 79'
17	25 November 2000	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–3	11,593	Carranza 24'
18	2 December 2000	St Johnstone	H	1–1	7,014	Sara 13'
19	10 December 2000	Celtic	H	1–2	10,763	Boyd 55' (o.g.)
20	16 December 2000	Kilmarnock	A	3–2	6,573	Bonetti 53', Milne 76', 79'
21	23 December 2000	Aberdeen	H	2–2	9,093	Carranza 59', Sara 71'
22	26 December 2000	Motherwell	A	3–0	6,183	Sara 4', 69', Rae 35'
23	2 January 2001	Hibernian	A	0–3	12,379
24	31 January 2001	Dundee United	H	2–3	11,724	Caniggia 45', Falconer 88'
25	3 February 2001	St Mirren	A	1–2	4,197	Sara 23'
26	21 February 2001	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0–1	6,113
27	24 February 2001	Rangers	H	0–1	9,778
28	3 March 2001	St Johnstone	A	3–2	5,064	Rae 56', Sara 68', Artero 86'
29	14 March 2001	Rangers	A	2–0	45,035	Caniggia 14', Milne 90'
30	18 March 2001	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–0	7,327
31	31 March 2001	Kilmarnock	H	2–2	6,719	Sara 27', Rae 47'
32	4 April 2001	Celtic	A	1–2	59,562	Sara 67'
33	7 April 2001	Aberdeen	A	2–0	11,805	Nemsadze 52', Caballero 63'
34	21 April 2001	Rangers	H	0–3	10,687
35	29 April 2001	Hibernian	H	0–2	6,659
36	5 May 2001	Kilmarnock	H	2–1	6,261	Sara 35', Carranza 80'
37	13 May 2001	Celtic	A	2–0	59,435	Caballero 29', 42'
38	20 May 2001	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–2	13,554

Scottish Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	27 January 2001	Falkirk	H	0–0	6,400
R3 Replay	12 February 2001	Falkirk	A	2–0	6,068	Sara 71', Caniggia 84'
R4	17 February 2001	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–1	9,970	Sara 30'
R4 Replay	7 March 2001	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–1	7,155

Scottish League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R2	23 August 2000	Montrose	H	3–0	2,635	Wilkie 5', Caballero 56', 66'
R3	5 September 2000	St Mirren	A	0–3	3,988

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[3]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Marco Roccati (on loan from Bologna)
2	DF	SCO	Barry Smith
4	DF	SUI	Marcello Marrocco
5	DF	ITA	Marco De Marchi
6	DF	SCO	Steven Tweed
7	FW	ARG	Fabián Caballero
8	MF	ITA	Ivano Bonetti
9	FW	ARG	Juan Sara
10	MF	GEO	Georgi Nemsadze
11	FW	SCO	Willie Falconer
12	MF	SCO	Shaun McSkimming
13	GK	SCO	Jamie Langfield
14	MF	SCO	Gavin Rae
15	FW	SCO	Steven Milne
16	FW	SCO	Michael Yates
17	DF	NED	Frank van Eijs


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	ESP	Javier Artero
19	MF	ITA	Patrizio Billio
20	DF	SCO	Lee Wilkie
21	FW	SCO	Graham Bayne
22	DF	AUS	Chris Coyne
23	MF	AUS	Mark Robertson
24	DF	SCO	Dave Mackay
25	MF	ARG	Beto Carranza
26	DF	ARG	Walter del Río
28	MF	ITA	Marco Russo
29	DF	ITA	Alessandro Romano
30	DF	GEO	Zurab Khizanishvili
33	FW	ARG	Claudio Caniggia
36	DF	ARG	Alberto Garrido
41	DF	SCO	Mark Slater
42	DF	SCO	Gavin Beith

Left club during season

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SCO	Rab Douglas (to Celtic)
3	DF	ENG	Lee Maddison (on loan to Carlisle United)
23	DF	SCO	Hugh Robertson (to Ayr United)
28	DF	SCO	Lee Mair (on loan to East Fife)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
31	FW	SCO	Graeme Thomson (released)
32	MF	SCO	Keith Gibson (to East Fife)
38	MF	SCG	Goran Zujovic (released)
—	GK	TRI	Clayton Ince (on loan from Crewe Alexandra)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
18 May 2000	MF	Georgi Nemsadze	Dinamo Tbilisi	Unknown
26 May	MF	Javier Artero	San Lorenzo	£300,000
1 July^[4]	DF	Marcello Marrocco	Modena	Unknown
1 July	DF	Marco De Marchi	Vitesse Arnhem	Free
1 July	FW	Juan Sara	Cerro Porteño	Free
1 July	FW	Fabián Caballero	Sol de América	Free
22 August^[5]	MF	Walter del Río	Crystal Palace	Unknown
26 August	DF	Alessandro Romano	Hellas Verona	Free
4 October^[6]	FW	Claudio Caniggia	Unattached (last at Atalanta)	Free transfer
4 October	MF	Beto Carranza	Universitario	?
26 October^[7]	GK	Marco Roccati	Bologna	Season-long loan
16 November	MF	Marco Russo	Birmingham City	Free transfer
23 February^[8]	DF	Alberto Garrido	Unattached (last at Lleida)	Free transfer
8 March^[9]	DF	Zurab Khizanishvili	Unattached (last at Lokomotivi Tbilisi)	Free transfer
8 March	MF	Mark Robertson	Swindon Town	Free
	MF	Ivano Bonetti	Sestrese	?

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
1 June	FW	James Grady	Ayr United	?
1 June	FW	Eddie Annand	Ayr United	?
1 August	FW	Martín Prest	Airdrie	?
4 August	FW	Tommy Coyne	Clydebank	?
18 August	MF	John Elliott	Airdrie	?
19 September	DF	Lee Sharp	St Mirren	?
16 October	GK	Rab Douglas	Celtic	£1,500,000
13 January^[10]	MF	Steven Boyack	Hearts	£50,000
25 January	DF	Lee Maddison	Carlisle United	?
1 February	DF	Hugh Robertson	Ross County	?
30 March	MF	Barry Elliot	Partick Thistle	?

References

^ "Dundee 2000-2001 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
^ "Dundee - Historical Football Kits". Archived from the original on 2013-06-26. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
^ "FootballSquads - Dundee - 2000/01".
^ "Dundee add to foreign quota". BBC Sport website. 1 July 2000.
^ "Dundee snap up del Rio". BBC Sport website. 22 August 2000.
^ "Caniggia signs up at Dundee". BBC Sport website. 4 October 2000.
^ "Dundee land Roccati on loan". BBC Sport website. 26 October 2000.
^ "Garrido arrives at Dundee". BBC Sport website. 23 February 2001.
^ "Dundee land promising Georgian". BBC Sport website. 8 March 2001.
^ "Hearts in transfer action". 13 January 2001.

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Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	Results 2002 World Cup qualifying (UEFA Group 6)
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Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St Johnstone St Mirren
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