Scottish Premier League 2000/01

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Scottish Premier League 2000/01
master Celtic Glasgow
Champions League
qualification		 Celtic
Glasgow Rangers
Uefa cup Hibernian Edinburgh
UEFA Cup
qualification		 FC Kilmarnock
UI cup Dundee FC
Cup winners Celtic Glasgow
Relegated FC St. Mirren
Teams 12
Games 228
Gates 605  (ø 2.65 per game)
Top scorer SwedenSweden Henrik Larsson
(Celtic Glasgow)
← Premier League 1999/2000

The Scottish Premier League was played for the third time in 2000/01 . It was also the 104th edition of the highest soccer division within the Scottish Football League in which the Scottish champions were determined. In the 2000/01 season, 12 clubs competed against each other in a total of 38 match days. Each team played once at home and away against every other team in the first round. After that, the league was divided into two halves, in which the teams play against each other again. In the event of a tie, the goal difference counted .

Celtic Glasgow won the Scottish Championship for the 37th time in the club's history. The Bhoys qualified as champions for the 2001/02 Champions League season . The runners-up, the Glasgow Rangers also played in the Champions League because of Scotland's improved position in the UEFA five-year standings . The defeated cup finalists Hibernian Edinburgh and fourth-placed FC Kilmarnock qualified for the UEFA Cup . The FC St Mirren rose to the end of the season First Division from. Celtic Glasgow's Henrik Larsson was the top scorer with 35 goals .

1 round

table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Celtic Glasgow (L)  33  28  4th  1 081:240 +57 88
 2. Glasgow Rangers (M, P)  33  22nd  4th  7th 060:310 +29 70
 3. Hibernian Edinburgh  33  17th  10  6th 052:250 +27 61
 4th FC Kilmarnock  33  14th  7th  12 039:440  −5 49
 5. Heart of Midlothian  33  13  8th  12 052:440  +8 47
 6th Dundee FC  33  11  8th  14th 047:410  +6 41
 7th Dunfermline Athletic (N)  33  11  8th  14th 032:480 −16 41
 8th. Motherwell FC  33  11  6th  16 037:480 −11 39
 9. Aberdeen FC  33  8th  12  13 037:480 −11 36
10. St. Johnstone FC  33  8th  11  14th 035:480 −13 35
11. Dundee United  33  5  8th  20th 030:580 −28 23
12. FC St. Mirren (N)  33  5  4th  24 021:640 −43 19th

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

Legend
2000/01 season
Participation in the championship play-offs
Participation in the relegation play-offs
At the end of the 1999/2000 season
(M) Champion of the previous year
(P) Cup winner of the previous year
(L) League cup winner of the previous year
(N) Newcomer from the First Division

2nd round

Championship play-offs

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points bonus total
 1. Celtic Glasgow (L)  5  3  0  2 009: 500  +4 09 88 97
 2. Glasgow Rangers (M, P)  5  4th  0  1 016: 500 +11 12 70 82
 3. Hibernian Edinburgh  5  1  2  2 005:100  −5 05 61 66
 4th FC Kilmarnock  5  1  2  2 005: 900  −4 05 49 54
 5. Heart of Midlothian  5  1  2  2 004: 600  −2 05 47 52
 6th Dundee FC  5  2  0  3 004: 800  −4 06th 41 47
Legend
2000/01 season
Scottish champion and participation in the 2001/02 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round
Participation in the second qualifying round of the 2001/02 UEFA Champions League
Cup finalist and participation in the 1st round of the 2001/02 UEFA Cup
Participation in the 2001/02 UEFA Cup qualifying round
At the end of the 1999/2000 season
(M) Champion of the previous year
(P) Cup winner of the previous year
(L) League cup winner of the previous year

Relegation play-offs

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points bonus total
 7th Aberdeen FC  5  3  0  2 008: 400  +4 09 36 45
 8th. Motherwell FC  5  1  1  3 005: 800  −3 04th 39 43
 9. Dunfermline Athletic (N)  5  0  1  4th 002: 600  −4 01 41 42
10. St. Johnstone FC  5  1  2  2 005: 800  −3 05 35 40
11. Dundee United  5  4th  0  1 008: 500  +3 12 23 35
12. FC St. Mirren (N)  5  3  2  0 011: 800  +3 11 19th 30th
Legend
2000/01 season
Relegated to the first division
At the end of the 1999/2000 season
(N) Newcomer from the First Division

Awards during the season

month Trainer of the month Player of the month
August 2000 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Martin O'Neill ( Celtic Glasgow ) ScotlandScotland Andy McLaren ( Kilmarnock FC )
September 2000 ScotlandScotland Bobby Williamson (Kilmarnock FC) SwedenSweden Henrik Larsson (Celtic Glasgow)
October 2000 ScotlandScotland Alex McLeish ( Hibernian Edinburgh ) FinlandFinland Mixu Paatelainen (Hibernian Edinburgh)
November 2000 ScotlandScotland Billy Davies ( Motherwell FC ) ScotlandScotland Barry Ferguson ( Glasgow Rangers )
December 2000 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Martin O'Neill (Celtic Glasgow) ScotlandScotland Barry Ferguson (Glasgow Rangers)
January 2001 Winter break
(no allocation)		 Winter break
(no allocation)
February 2001 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Martin O'Neill (Celtic Glasgow) ArgentinaArgentina Claudio Caniggia ( Dundee FC )
March 2001 ScotlandScotland Alex Smith ( Dundee United ) Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Neil Lennon (Celtic Glasgow)
April 2001 ScotlandScotland Tom Hendrie ( FC St. Mirren ) FinlandFinland Antti Niemi ( Heart of Midlothian )
May 2001 ScotlandScotland Alex Smith (Dundee United) GermanyGermany Jörg Albertz (Glasgow Rangers)

The championship team from Celtic Glasgow

(All players included in the Celtic Glasgow squad for the 2000/01 season)

1. Celtic Glasgow
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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Scottish Football League & Scottish Premier League Top goalscorers per division. (No longer available online.) Scottish-football-historical-archive.com, archived from the original on September 27, 2012 ; accessed on April 15, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / scottish-football-historical-archive.com

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