League of Ireland 2000/01

League of Ireland 2000/01
master	Bohemians Dublin
Champions League qualification	Bohemians Dublin
UEFA Cup qualification	Shelbourne FC Longford Town
UI cup	Cork City
Cup winners	Bohemians Dublin
Relegation ↓	University College Dublin AFC
Relegated	Finn Harps Kilkenny City
Teams	12
Games	198 + 2 relegation games
Gates	502  (ø 2.54 per game)
Top scorer	Glen Crowe (Bohemians Dublin, 25 goals)
← League of Ireland 1999/2000 League of Ireland 2001/02 →
First Division ↓

The League of Ireland 2000/01 was the 80th season of the top Irish football league . It began on August 11, 2000 and ended on May 6, 2001. The defending champions were Shelbourne FC .

Bohemians Dublin won the championship for the eighth time.

mode

The twelve teams each played against each other three times. Each team played 33 season games. The last two clubs were relegated directly to the First Division , the third from last had to go into relegation.

societies

Cork City Finn Harps Bray W. Derry City Galway United Longford Town Kilkenny City Dublin Clubs in Dublin: Bohemians Dublin Shamrock Rovers St Patrick's Athletic University College Dublin Shelbourne FC

League of Ireland clubs 2000/01

society	coat of arms	city	Stadion	capacity
Bohemians Dublin		Dublin	Dalymount Park	7,955
Bray Wanderers		Bray	Carlisle Grounds	3,250
Cork City		Cork	Turner's Cross	8,985
Derry City		Derry	Brandywell Stadium	7,700
Finn Harps		Ballybofey	Finn Park	7,500
Galway United		Galway	Terryland Park	5,000
Kilkenny City		Kilkenny	Buckley Park	3,000
Longford Town		Longford	Flancare Park	6: 850
Shamrock Rovers		Dublin	Tallaght Stadium	5,947
Shelbourne FC		Dublin	Tolka Park	9,680
St Patrick's Athletic		Dublin	Richmond Park	5,340
University College Dublin AFC		Dublin	UCD Bowl	3,000

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Bohemians Dublin	33	18th	8th	7th	066:350	+31	62
2.	Shelbourne FC (M, P)	33	17th	9	7th	053:370	+16	60
3.	Cork City	33	15th	11	7th	036:290	+7	56
4th	Bray Wanderers (N)	33	15th	10	8th	052:350	+17	55
5.	St Patrick's Athletic	33	14th	11	8th	054:410	+13	53
6th	Derry City	33	12	9	12	031:280	+3	45
7th	Shamrock Rovers	33	10	12	11	050:470	+3	42
8th.	Longford Town (N)	33	12	6th	15th	040:470	−7	42
9.	Galway United	33	10	10	13	034:470	−13	40
10.	University College Dublin AFC	33	9	10	14th	036:440	−8	37
11.	Finn Harps	33	8th	12	13	036:460	−10	36
12.	Kilkenny City (N)	33	1	6th	26th	014:660	−52	09

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

Irish champion and participation in the 2001/02 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round

Participation in the 2001/02 UEFA Cup qualifying round

Participation in the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Participation in relegation to keep up

Relegation to the First Division

(M)	Reigning Irish Master
(P)	Reigning Irish Cup Winner
(N)	Newcomers from the First Division

Crosstab

First round (rounds 1–22)												2000/01	Second round (rounds 23-33)
												society
	0: 1	0: 1	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	0: 1	1-0	2: 2	2-0	1-0	2: 1	Bohemians Dublin		-	1: 1	3: 1	2: 2	-	-	-	5-0	-	5: 1	-
2: 4		0: 1	0: 1	3: 1	0: 1	2: 2	1: 1	3: 1	3: 1	0-0	1-0	Shelbourne FC	4: 2		2-0	3: 2	-	-	3: 1	-	-	-	0: 1	3: 1
0-0	1: 1		0-0	0: 4	0: 2	1: 2	0-0	2-0	2: 1	1-0	3: 1	Cork City	-	-		1-0	1-0	1-0	-	1-0	3: 1	2: 2	-	-
3: 1	3-0	1-0		2: 2	1-0	1: 1	3: 1	0: 1	1-0	0-0	3-0	Bray Wanderers	-	-	-		4: 1	2: 1	2: 2	-	2: 1	1: 2	-	5-0
2: 1	0: 2	1: 1	1: 1		1-0	0: 1	2: 1	3-0	1: 1	1: 4	3-0	St Patrick's Athletic	-	4: 1	-	-		-	-	2: 4	-	2: 1	2: 1	3-0
0: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1		2-0	0-0	0: 1	0: 1	2-0	1-0	Derry City	1-0	3: 3	-	-	1: 1		-	0: 1	0: 1	-	3: 1	-
0-0	1: 3	1: 2	1: 2	1: 1	2-0		3: 1	0-0	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	Shamrock Rovers	4: 6	-	4: 1	-	1: 2	2: 3		3: 2	-	-	-	-
1: 3	0: 1	2: 1	0: 1	0: 3	1-0	2: 1		2: 1	2-0	4: 1	2: 1	Longford Town	1: 6	0: 1	-	1: 3	-	-	-		2: 2	2-0	-	-
0: 2	0-0	0: 2	2: 2	1: 1	1-0	1-0	1-0		1: 2	1: 1	1: 2	Galway United	-	1: 1	-	-	2: 2	-	1: 1	-		1: 4	5: 2	2-0
0: 1	0: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1	2: 1	0: 2	0: 1		1: 1	1-0	University College Dublin AFC	3: 4	1: 2	-	-	-	1: 1	2: 2	-	-		3: 2	2: 1
1: 1	2: 2	0: 1	1-0	0: 1	0: 1	0-0	2: 1	1-0	1: 1		1: 1	Finn Harps	-	-	1: 1	4: 1	-	-	2: 2	2: 2	-	-		2-0
0-0	0: 3	0-0	2: 2	0: 2	0: 1	0: 4	0: 1	0: 1	0: 1	0: 1		Kilkenny City	0: 5	-	1: 4	-	-	0: 2	1: 1	1: 1	-	-	-

Relegation

The tenth-placed University College Dublin AFC won the relegation against the third in the First Division, Athlone Town , and remained in the first division.

	total		First leg	Return leg
University College Dublin AFC	3: 3 (4: 2 in good condition )	Athlone Town	1: 2	2: 1

Web links

• Results and table eu-football.info
• Premier Division extratime.ie
• Table on rsssf.com , accessed May 17, 2013
• Top Scorers on rsssf.com , accessed May 17, 2013