2000–01 Middlesbrough F.C. season

Season summary

Some early season relegation worries saw Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson respond by installing former England boss Terry Venables as joint manager alongside Bryan Robson in December. This experiment with joint management paid off as Middlesbrough finished 14th to avoid the drop by a comfortable margin.

Robson and Venables both departed after the season was over, and in came Manchester United assistant Steve McClaren to manage the Teesside club.

Team kit and sponsors

Middlesbrough were again sponsored by BT Cellnet for the 2000-01 season.

The team's strip was produced by Errea. The home shirt consisted of a red shirt with white hoop, red shorts and red socks with white trim. The away strip consisted of a black shirt with red and white stripes in the middle, plain black shorts and black socks.

Final league table

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Since Liverpool qualified for the Champions League, their place in the UEFA Cup as FA Cup winners went to Ipswich Town, and as Liverpool also won the League Cup that place went to Chelsea.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results Summary

Source: 2000-01 FA Premier League table

Results by round

Source: 11v11.com: 2000-01 Middlesbrough results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Middlesbrough's score comes first

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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

Left the club during season

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

Reserve squad

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

Out

Transfers in: £18,200,000 Transfers out: £6,200,000 Total spending: £12,000,000

Goalscorers

Goalscoring statistics for 2000-01.

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions

GK: #1, Mark Schwarzer, 34

RB: #2, Curtis Fleming, 34

CB: #4, Steve Vickers, 31

CB: #5, Gianluca Festa, 27

LB: #28, Colin Cooper, 30

RM: #14, Paul Okon, 25

CM: #9, Paul Ince, 35

CM: #8, Christian Karembeu, 33

LM: #12, Keith O'Neill, 15 (#17, Ugo Ehiogu, has 24 starts as a central defender)

CF: #11, Alen Boksic, 28

CF: #19, Hamilton Ricard, 33