Football League First Division 2000/01

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Football League First Division 2000/01
Football League logo between 1988 and 2004
master Fulham FC
Climbers Fulham FC, Blackburn Rovers , Bolton Wanderers (as play-off winners)
Relegated Huddersfield Town , Queens Park Rangers , Tranmere Rovers
Teams 24
Games 552 + 5 play-off games
Gates 1,373  (ø 2.49 per game)
Top scorer Louis Saha ( Fulham FC )
← Football League First Division 1999/2000
^ Premier League 2000/01

The Football League First Division 2000/01 was the ninth season of the Football League First Division as only the second highest English football league and 98th second division season overall. It started on August 12, 2000 and ended on May 28, 2001.

The championship was won by Fulham FC , which also secured participation in the 2001/02 Premier League season . Behind runner-up Blackburn Rovers , the Bolton Wanderers also rose as playoff winners in the Premier League. Huddersfield Town , Queens Park Rangers and Tranmere Rovers had to relegate to the Football League Second Division .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Fulham FC  46  30th  11  5 090:320 +58 101
 2. Blackburn Rovers  46  26th  13  7th 076:390 +37 91
 3. Bolton Wanderers  46  24  15th  7th 076:450 +31 87
 4th Preston North End (N)  46  23  9  14th 064:520 +12 78
 5. Birmingham City  46  23  9  14th 059:480 +11 78
 6th West Bromwich Albion  46  21st  11  14th 060:520  +8 74
 7th Burnley FC (N)  46  21st  9  16 050:540  −4 72
 8th. Wimbledon FC (A)  46  17th  18th  11 071:500 +21 69
 9. Watford FC (A)  46  20th  9  17th 076:670  +9 69
10. Sheffield United  46  19th  11  16 052:490  +3 68
11. Nottingham Forest  46  20th  8th  18th 055:530  +2 68
12. Wolverhampton Wanderers  46  14th  13  19th 045:480  −3 55
13. Gillingham FC (N)  46  13  16  17th 061:660  −5 55
14th Crewe Alexandra  46  15th  10  21st 047:620 −15 55
15th Norwich City  46  14th  12  20th 046:580 −12 54
16. Barnsley FC  46  15th  9  22nd 049:620 −13 54
17th Sheffield Wednesday (A)  46  15th  8th  23 052:710 −19 53
18th Grimsby Town  46  14th  10  22nd 043:620 −19 52
19th Stockport County  46  11  18th  17th 058:650  −7 51
20th Portsmouth FC  46  10  19th  17th 047:590 −12 49
21st Crystal Palace  46  12  13  21st 057:700 −13 49
22nd Huddersfield Town  46  11  15th  20th 048:570  −9 48
23. Queens Park Rangers  46  7th  19th  20th 045:750 −30 40
24. Tranmere Rovers  46  9  11  26th 046:770 −31 38

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

  • Second division champion and promoted to the Premier League 2001/02
  • Promoted to the Premier League 2001/02
  • defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the Premier League
  • Winner of the play-off round and promoted to the Premier League 2001/02
  • Relegation to the Football League Second Division 2001/02
    • (A) Relegated from the Premier League 1999/2000
    (N) Newcomer from the Football League Second Division 1999/2000

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    BAR BIR BLA BOL BUR CRE CRY FUL GIL GRI HUD NOR NOF POR PNE QPR SHU SHW STC TRA WAT WBA WIM WOL
    Barnsley FC 2: 3 1: 2 0: 1 1-0 3-0 1-0 0-0 3: 1 2-0 3: 1 1-0 3: 4 1-0 0: 4 4: 2 0-0 1-0 0: 2 1: 1 0: 1 4: 1 0: 1 1: 2
    Birmingham City 4: 1 0: 2 1: 1 3: 2 2-0 2: 1 1: 3 1-0 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 0: 2 0-0 3: 1 0-0 1-0 1: 2 4-0 2-0 2-0 2: 1 0: 3 0: 1
    Blackburn Rovers 0-0 2: 1 1: 1 5-0 1-0 2-0 1: 2 1: 2 2-0 2-0 3: 2 3-0 3: 1 3: 2 0-0 1: 1 2-0 2: 1 3: 2 3: 4 1-0 1: 1 1-0
    Bolton Wanderers 2-0 2: 2 1: 4 1: 1 4: 1 3: 3 0: 2 3: 3 2: 2 2: 2 1-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 3: 1 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 2-0 2: 1 0: 1 2: 2 2: 1
    Burnley FC 2: 1 0-0 0: 2 0: 2 1-0 1: 2 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 2-0 1-0 1: 1 3-0 2: 1 2-0 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 2-0 1: 1 1-0 1: 2
    Crewe Alexandra 2: 2 0: 2 0-0 2: 1 4: 2 1: 1 1: 2 2: 1 2-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 1: 3 2: 2 1-0 1-0 1: 2 3: 1 2-0 0: 1 0: 4 2-0
    Crystal Palace 1-0 1: 2 2: 3 0: 2 0: 1 1-0 0: 2 2: 2 0: 1 0-0 1: 1 2: 3 2: 3 0: 2 1: 1 0: 1 4: 1 2: 2 3: 2 1-0 2: 2 3: 1 0: 2
    Fulham FC 5: 1 0: 1 2: 1 1: 1 3: 1 2-0 3: 1 3-0 2: 1 3-0 2-0 1-0 3: 1 0: 1 2-0 1: 1 1: 1 4: 1 3: 1 5-0 0-0 1: 1 2-0
    Gillingham FC 0-0 1: 2 1: 1 2: 2 0-0 0: 1 4: 1 0: 2 1-0 2: 1 4: 3 1: 3 1: 1 4-0 0: 1 4: 1 2-0 1: 3 2: 1 0: 3 1: 2 0-0 1-0
    Grimsby Town 0: 2 1: 1 1: 4 0: 1 1-0 1: 3 2: 2 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 0: 2 2: 1 1: 2 3: 1 0: 1 0: 1 1: 1 3: 1 2: 1 2-0 1: 1 0: 2
    Huddersfield Town 1: 1 1: 2 0: 1 2: 3 0: 1 3: 1 1: 2 1: 2 2: 3 0-0 2-0 1: 1 4: 1 0-0 2: 1 2: 1 0-0 0-0 3-0 1: 2 0: 2 0: 2 3-0
    Norwich City 0-0 1-0 1: 1 0: 2 2: 3 1: 1 0-0 0: 1 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 0-0 0-0 1: 2 1-0 4: 2 1-0 4-0 1-0 2: 1 0: 1 1: 2 1-0
    Nottingham Forest 1-0 1: 2 2: 1 0: 2 5-0 1-0 0: 3 0: 3 0: 1 3: 1 1: 3 0-0 2-0 3: 1 1: 1 2-0 0: 1 1-0 3: 1 0: 2 1-0 1: 2 0-0
    Portsmouth FC 3-0 1: 1 2: 2 1: 2 2-0 2: 1 2: 4 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 0: 2 0: 1 1: 1 0-0 2: 1 2: 1 2-0 1: 3 0: 1 2: 1 3: 1
    Preston North End 1: 2 0: 2 0: 1 0: 2 2: 1 2: 1 2-0 1: 1 0-0 1: 2 0-0 1-0 1: 1 1-0 5-0 3-0 2-0 1: 1 1-0 3: 2 2: 1 1: 1 2-0
    Queens Park Rangers 2-0 0-0 1: 3 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 1: 1 0: 2 2: 2 0: 1 1: 1 2: 3 1-0 1: 1 0-0 1: 3 1: 2 0: 3 2-0 1: 1 2-0 2: 1 2: 2
    Sheffield United 1: 2 3: 1 2-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 1: 1 1: 2 3: 2 3-0 1: 1 1: 3 2-0 3: 2 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 2-0 0: 1 2-0 0: 1 1-0
    Sheffield Wednesday 2: 1 1-0 1: 1 0: 3 2-0 0-0 4: 1 3: 3 2: 1 1-0 2: 3 3: 2 0: 1 0-0 1: 3 5: 2 1: 2 2: 4 1-0 2: 3 1: 2 0: 5 0: 1
    Stockport County 2-0 2-0 0-0 4: 3 0-0 3-0 0: 1 2-0 2: 2 1: 1 0-0 1: 3 1: 2 1: 1 0: 1 2: 2 0: 2 2: 1 1: 1 2: 3 0-0 2: 2 1: 1
    Tranmere Rovers 2: 3 1-0 1: 1 0: 1 2: 3 1: 3 1: 1 1: 4 3: 2 2-0 2-0 0: 1 2: 2 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 2-0 2: 1 2-0 2: 2 0: 4 0: 2
    Watford FC 1-0 2-0 0: 1 1-0 0: 1 3-0 2: 2 1: 3 0-0 4-0 1: 2 4: 1 3-0 2: 2 2: 3 3: 1 4: 1 1: 3 2: 2 1: 1 3: 3 3: 1 3: 2
    West Bromwich Albion 1-0 1: 1 1-0 0: 2 1: 1 2: 2 1-0 1: 3 3: 1 0: 1 1: 1 2: 3 3-0 2-0 3: 1 2: 1 2: 1 1: 2 1: 1 2: 1 3-0 3: 1 1-0
    Wimbledon FC 1: 1 3: 1 0: 2 0: 1 0: 2 3: 3 1-0 0: 3 4: 4 2: 2 1: 1 0-0 2: 1 1: 1 3: 1 5-0 0-0 4: 1 2-0 0-0 0-0 0: 1 1: 1
    Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 0: 1 0-0 0: 2 1-0 0-0 1: 3 0-0 1: 1 2-0 0: 1 4-0 2-0 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 3: 2 1: 2 2: 2 3: 1 0: 1

    Play-off games

      Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) Finals at the Millennium Stadium
                         
    6th  West Bromwich Albion 2 0 2    
    3  Bolton Wanderers 2 3 5  
    3  Bolton Wanderers 3
      5  Preston North End 0
    5  Birmingham City 1 1 2
    4th  Preston North End 0 2 2  

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 FranceFrance Louis Saha Fulham FC 27
    2 EnglandEngland Matt Jansen Blackburn Rovers 23
    3 EnglandEngland Lee Hughes West Bromwich Albion 21st
    4th EnglandEngland Michael Ricketts Bolton Wanderers 19th
    = EnglandEngland Tommy Mooney Watford FC =
    = EnglandEngland Jon quirks Preston North End =
    = EnglandEngland Jason Euell Wimbledon FC =
    8th PortugalPortugal Luís Boa Morte Fulham FC 18th
    = JamaicaJamaica Barry Hayles Fulham FC =
    10 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ivan Roberts Norwich City 15th
    = EnglandEngland Bruce Dyer Barnsley FC =
    = EnglandEngland Marlon King Gillingham FC =

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    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ Cross table of the English Football League Championship 2000/2001 (Fussballdaten.de)
    2. ↑ Preston North End won 4-2 goals on penalties.