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2000–01 Scottish Premier League

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Season
  
2000–01

Champions League
  
Celtic Rangers

Intertoto Cup
  
Dundee

Dates
  
29 Jul 2000 – 20 May 2001

Location
  
Scotland, United Kingdom

Goals scored
  
605

Champions
  
Celtic

UEFA Cup
  
Hibernian Kilmarnock

Average goals/game
  
2.65

Champion
  
Celtic F.C.

Relegated
  
St Mirren F.C.

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2001–02 Scottish Premier League

The 2000–01 Scottish Premier League was the third season of the Scottish Premier League. It began on 29 July 2000.

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Celtic finished the season as league champions by a 15-point margin over neighbouring Rangers, also winning both of the domestic cups in their first season under the management of Martin O'Neill.

Overview

2000–01 saw the Scottish Premier League expanded from 10 to 12 clubs, with the league 'split' introduced. After 33 rounds of matches, by which time all clubs had played each other three times, the league split into a 'top six' and 'bottom six' with clubs only competing against teams within their own section for the final five fixtures. The new format received widespread criticism from SPL managers.

The 2000–01 title was won by Celtic - their first SPL title, won in Martin O'Neill's first season as manager of the club. Rangers finished second, 15 points behind their Old Firm-rivals. St Mirren were relegated in what was their debut season in the SPL and their first appearance in Scotland's top division since 1991–92. As champions, Celtic qualified for the Champions League, as did second-placed Rangers, with Scotland gaining two Champions League berths for the first time. Third-placed Hibernian and fourth-placed Kilmarnock qualified for the UEFA Cup, while Dundee became the first SPL club - and the first Scottish club since Partick Thistle in 1995 - to qualify for the UEFA Intertoto Cup.

Promotion and relegation from 1999–00

Promoted from First Division to Premier League

  • St Mirren
  • Dunfermline Athletic

    • Relegation from Premier League to First Division

  • No team was relegated. Falkirk's Brockville Stadium did not meet SPL requirements. This prevented Falkirk (3rd in Division 1) from featuring in a three-way round-robin play-off involving the Division 1 runner up (Dunfermline), and tenth place in the SPL (Aberdeen) from which the top two sides would have played in the following season's SPL.

    • League table

    Source: SPL official website

    Matches 1–22

    During matches 1–22 each team played every other team twice (home and away).

    Source: Soccerbase
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Matches 23–33

    During matches 23–33 each team played every other team once (either at home or away). This means that during matches 1-33 each team played every other team 3 times (either 1 home, 2 away or 2 home, 1 away).

    Source: Soccerbase
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Matches 34–38

    During matches 34–38 each team played every other team in their half of the table once (either at home or away).

    Top scorers

    Source: SPL official website

    Attendances

    The average attendances for SPL clubs during the 2000/01 season are shown below:

    Source: SPL official website

    References

    2000–01 Scottish Premier League Wikipedia
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