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Manchester United 2000-2001

Champions
Champions
Won the Premier League title · 1st in the Premier League, 80 pts

Manchester United won the Premier League title in 2000-2001, finishing 1st in the Premier League with 80 points from 38 games and scoring 107 goals in all competitions. They won 32, drew 12 and lost 13 of their 57 games in all competitions under Alex Ferguson.

Stats
32
Won
12
Drawn
13
Lost
Form
L
L
L
W
D

Season at a Glance

107
Goals Scored
50
Conceded
57
Played

How this season compares

of 123 seasons
1.89
Points per game
39th-best of 123 full seasons
1.88
Goals per game
44th-best of 123 full seasons
0.88
Conceded per game
23rd-best of 123 full seasons
56%
Win rate
36th-best of 123 full seasons

In the Premier League, United ranked 1st of 20 for goals scored (+0.77 per game vs the league average) and 1st for fewest conceded.

Cup Runs

Top Scorers

1
Teddy Sheringham
43 apps
20
7 ast
2
Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer
47 apps
13
— ast
3
Andrew Cole
31 apps
12
— ast
4
Dwight Yorke
38 apps
12
7 ast
5
Paul Scholes
45 apps
12
5 ast
6
David Beckham
46 apps
9
16 ast
7
Ryan Giggs
45 apps
7
12 ast
8
Nicky Butt
41 apps
4
1 ast
9
Roy Keane
44 apps
3
8 ast
10
Quinton Fortune
11 apps
2
0 ast

All Results

57 matches
August 2000 1W · 2D · 1L
L
Chelsea N
CS
0–2
13 Aug 65,148 0-0-1 L1
W
Newcastle United H
PL Johnsen, Cole
2–0
20 Aug 67,477 1-0-1 W1
D
Ipswich Town A
PL Beckham
1–1
22 Aug 22,007 1-1-1 D1
D
West Ham United A
PL Beckham, Cole
2–2
26 Aug 25,998 1-2-1 D2
September 2000 4W · 2D · 1L
W
Bradford City H
PL Cole, Fortune 2, Sheringham 2, Beckham
6–0
5 Sep 67,447 2-2-1 W1
W
Sunderland H
PL Scholes 2, Sheringham
3–0
9 Sep 67,503 3-2-1 W2
W
Anderlecht H
EC Cole 3, Irwin (pen), Sheringham
5–1
13 Sep 62,749 4-2-1 W3
W
Everton A
PL Butt, Giggs, Solskjaer
3–1
16 Sep 38,541 5-2-1 W4
D
Dynamo Kiev A
EC
0–0
19 Sep 60,000 5-3-1 D1
D
Chelsea H
PL Scholes, Sheringham, Beckham
3–3
23 Sep 67,568 5-4-1 D2
L
PSV Eindhoven A
EC Scholes (pen)
1–3
26 Sep 33,500 5-4-2 L1
October 2000 5W · 0D · 2L
L
Arsenal A
PL
0–1
1 Oct 38,146 5-4-3 L2
W
Leicester City A
PL Sheringham 2, Solskjaer
3–0
14 Oct 22,132 6-4-3 W1
W
PSV Eindhoven H
EC Sheringham, Scholes, Yorke
3–1
18 Oct 66,313 7-4-3 W2
W
Leeds United H
PL Yorke, Beckham, Jones (og)
3–0
21 Oct 67,523 8-4-3 W3
L
Anderlecht A
EC Irwin (pen)
1–2
24 Oct 22,506 8-4-4 L1
W
Southampton H
PL Cole 2, Sheringham 3
5–0
28 Oct 67,581 9-4-4 W1
W
Watford A
LC Solskjaer 2, Yorke
3–0
31 Oct 18,871 10-4-4 W2
November 2000 6W · 0D · 1L
W
Coventry City A
PL Cole, Beckham
2–1
4 Nov 21,079 11-4-4 W3
W
Dynamo Kiev H
EC Sheringham
1–0
8 Nov 66,776 12-4-4 W4
W
Middlesbrough H
PL Butt, Sheringham
2–1
11 Nov 67,576 13-4-4 W5
W
Manchester City A
PL Beckham
1–0
18 Nov 34,429 14-4-4 W6
W
Panathinaikos H
EC Sheringham, Scholes 2
3–1
21 Nov 65,024 15-4-4 W7
W
Derby County A
PL Sheringham, Butt, Yorke
3–0
25 Nov 32,910 16-4-4 W8
L
Sunderland A
LC Yorke
1–2
28 Nov 47,543 16-4-5 L1
December 2000 4W · 2D · 1L
W
Tottenham Hotspur H
PL Scholes, Solskjaer
2–0
2 Dec 67,583 17-4-5 W1
W
Sturm Graz A
EC Scholes, Giggs
2–0
6 Dec 16,000 18-4-5 W2
D
Charlton Athletic A
PL Giggs, Solskjaer, Keane
3–3
9 Dec 20,043 18-5-5 D1
L
Liverpool H
PL
0–1
17 Dec 67,533 18-5-6 L1
W
Ipswich Town H
PL Solskjaer 2
2–0
23 Dec 67,597 19-5-6 W1
W
Aston Villa A
PL Solskjaer
1–0
26 Dec 40,889 20-5-6 W2
D
Newcastle United A
PL Beckham (pen)
1–1
30 Dec 52,134 20-6-6 D1
January 2001 5W · 0D · 1L
W
West Ham United H
PL Solskjaer, Pearce (og), Yorke
3–1
1 Jan 67,603 21-6-6 W1
W
Fulham A
FAC Solskjaer, Sheringham
2–1
7 Jan 19,178 22-6-6 W2
W
Bradford City A
PL Sheringham, Giggs, Chadwick
3–0
13 Jan 20,551 23-6-6 W3
W
Aston Villa H
PL Neville, Sheringham
2–0
20 Jan 67,533 24-6-6 W4
L
West Ham United H
FAC
0–1
28 Jan 67,029 24-6-7 L1
W
Sunderland A
PL Cole
1–0
31 Jan 48,260 25-6-7 W1
February 2001 2W · 3D · 0L
W
Everton H
PL Watson (og)
1–0
3 Feb 67,528 26-6-7 W2
D
Chelsea A
PL Cole
1–1
10 Feb 34,960 26-7-7 D1
D
Valencia A
EC
0–0
14 Feb 49,451 26-8-7 D2
D
Valencia H
EC Cole
1–1
20 Feb 66,715 26-9-7 D3
W
Arsenal H
PL Yorke 3, Keane, Solskjaer, Sheringham
6–1
25 Feb 67,535 27-9-7 W1
March 2001 2W · 2D · 1L
D
Leeds United A
PL Chadwick
1–1
3 Mar 40,055 27-10-7 D1
D
Panathinaikos A
EC Scholes
1–1
7 Mar 27,231 27-11-7 D2
W
Sturm Graz H
EC Butt, Sheringham, Keane
3–0
13 Mar 66,404 28-11-7 W1
W
Leicester City H
PL Yorke, Silvestre
2–0
17 Mar 67,516 29-11-7 W2
L
Liverpool A
PL
0–2
31 Mar 44,806 29-11-8 L1
April 2001 3W · 1D · 2L
L
Bayern Munich H
EC agg 0-1
0–1
3 Apr 66,584 29-11-9 L2
W
Charlton Athletic H
PL Cole, Solskjaer
2–1
10 Apr 67,505 30-11-9 W1
W
Coventry City H
PL Yorke 2, Giggs, Scholes
4–2
14 Apr 67,637 31-11-9 W2
L
Bayern Munich A
EC agg 1-3 Giggs
1–2
18 Apr 60,000 31-11-10 L1
D
Manchester City H
PL Sheringham (pen)
1–1
21 Apr 67,535 31-12-10 D1
W
Middlesbrough A
PL Neville, Beckham
2–0
28 Apr 34,417 32-12-10 W1
May 2001 0W · 0D · 3L
L
Derby County H
PL
0–1
5 May 67,526 32-12-11 L1
L
Southampton A
PL Giggs
1–2
13 May 15,526 32-12-12 L2
L
Tottenham Hotspur A
PL Scholes
1–3
19 May 36,072 32-12-13 L3

Home & Away

Venue PWDL GFGAGDWin%CSAvg Att
Home 272034 6518+47 74%12 67,070
Away 291298 4230+12 41%11 33,698
Neutral 1001 02-2 0%0 65,148

Home crowds averaged 67,070, away 33,698. Their biggest crowd was 67,637 v Coventry City, the smallest 15,526 v Southampton.

Season Records

6–0
Biggest win
v Bradford City · 5 Sep 2000
1–3
Heaviest defeat
v PSV Eindhoven · 26 Sep 2000
8
Longest win streak
10
Longest unbeaten run
4
Longest winless run
23
Clean sheets
9
Failed to score
2–0
Most common score
7 times

United completed the league double over Aston Villa, Bradford City, Coventry City, Everton, Leicester City, Middlesbrough and Sunderland. They lost both league meetings with Liverpool.

When Goals Were Scored

Scored Conceded
17
9
1-15
15
8
16-30
19
9
31-45
14
2
46-60
15
10
61-75
27
12
76+

United's average goal came in the 49', the average one conceded in the 48'. They scored 25 from the 81st minute on and conceded 9. Penalties: 5 scored, 2 conceded. Own goals: 3 for, 2 against.

Min Scorer Opponent Comp Before Date
20' Ronny Johnsen vs Newcastle United PL 0–0 20 Aug 2000
69' Andrew Cole vs Newcastle United PL 1–0 20 Aug 2000
39' David Beckham @ Ipswich Town PL 0–1 22 Aug 2000
6' David Beckham @ West Ham United PL 0–0 26 Aug 2000
49' Andrew Cole @ West Ham United PL 1–0 26 Aug 2000
11' Andrew Cole vs Bradford City PL 0–0 5 Sep 2000
23' Quinton Fortune vs Bradford City PL 1–0 5 Sep 2000
60' Quinton Fortune vs Bradford City PL 2–0 5 Sep 2000
71' Teddy Sheringham vs Bradford City PL 3–0 5 Sep 2000
81' Teddy Sheringham vs Bradford City PL 4–0 5 Sep 2000
85' David Beckham vs Bradford City PL 5–0 5 Sep 2000
14' Paul Scholes vs Sunderland PL 0–0 9 Sep 2000
76' Teddy Sheringham vs Sunderland PL 1–0 9 Sep 2000
82' Paul Scholes vs Sunderland PL 2–0 9 Sep 2000
15' Andrew Cole vs Anderlecht EC 0–0 13 Sep 2000
31' Denis Irwin pen vs Anderlecht EC 1–0 13 Sep 2000
42' Teddy Sheringham vs Anderlecht EC 2–0 13 Sep 2000
50' Andrew Cole vs Anderlecht EC 3–0 13 Sep 2000
72' Andrew Cole vs Anderlecht EC 4–1 13 Sep 2000
26' Nicky Butt @ Everton PL 0–0 16 Sep 2000
29' Ryan Giggs @ Everton PL 1–0 16 Sep 2000
38' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer @ Everton PL 2–0 16 Sep 2000
14' Paul Scholes vs Chelsea PL 0–1 23 Sep 2000
37' Teddy Sheringham vs Chelsea PL 1–1 23 Sep 2000
39' David Beckham vs Chelsea PL 2–1 23 Sep 2000
2' Paul Scholes pen @ PSV Eindhoven EC 0–0 26 Sep 2000
37' Teddy Sheringham @ Leicester City PL 0–0 14 Oct 2000
54' Teddy Sheringham @ Leicester City PL 1–0 14 Oct 2000
90' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer @ Leicester City PL 2–0 14 Oct 2000
8' Teddy Sheringham vs PSV Eindhoven EC 0–0 18 Oct 2000
82' Paul Scholes vs PSV Eindhoven EC 1–1 18 Oct 2000
87' Dwight Yorke vs PSV Eindhoven EC 2–1 18 Oct 2000
40' Dwight Yorke vs Leeds United PL 0–0 21 Oct 2000
50' David Beckham vs Leeds United PL 1–0 21 Oct 2000
82' Matthew Jones OG vs Leeds United PL 2–0 21 Oct 2000
36' Denis Irwin pen @ Anderlecht EC 0–2 24 Oct 2000
9' Andrew Cole vs Southampton PL 0–0 28 Oct 2000
45' Teddy Sheringham vs Southampton PL 1–0 28 Oct 2000
51' Teddy Sheringham vs Southampton PL 2–0 28 Oct 2000
55' Teddy Sheringham vs Southampton PL 3–0 28 Oct 2000
73' Andrew Cole vs Southampton PL 4–0 28 Oct 2000
12' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer @ Watford LC 0–0 31 Oct 2000
54' Dwight Yorke @ Watford LC 1–0 31 Oct 2000
81' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer @ Watford LC 2–0 31 Oct 2000
27' Andrew Cole @ Coventry City PL 0–0 4 Nov 2000
37' David Beckham @ Coventry City PL 1–0 4 Nov 2000
18' Teddy Sheringham vs Dynamo Kiev EC 0–0 8 Nov 2000
62' Nicky Butt vs Middlesbrough PL 0–1 11 Nov 2000
65' Teddy Sheringham vs Middlesbrough PL 1–1 11 Nov 2000
2' David Beckham @ Manchester City PL 0–0 18 Nov 2000
48' Teddy Sheringham vs Panathinaikos EC 0–0 21 Nov 2000
81' Paul Scholes vs Panathinaikos EC 1–1 21 Nov 2000
90' Paul Scholes vs Panathinaikos EC 2–1 21 Nov 2000
61' Teddy Sheringham @ Derby County PL 0–0 25 Nov 2000
69' Nicky Butt @ Derby County PL 1–0 25 Nov 2000
76' Dwight Yorke @ Derby County PL 2–0 25 Nov 2000
31' Dwight Yorke @ Sunderland LC 0–0 28 Nov 2000
40' Paul Scholes vs Tottenham Hotspur PL 0–0 2 Dec 2000
84' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer vs Tottenham Hotspur PL 1–0 2 Dec 2000
18' Paul Scholes @ Sturm Graz EC 0–0 6 Dec 2000
89' Ryan Giggs @ Sturm Graz EC 1–0 6 Dec 2000
42' Ryan Giggs @ Charlton Athletic PL 0–1 9 Dec 2000
43' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer @ Charlton Athletic PL 1–1 9 Dec 2000
66' Roy Keane @ Charlton Athletic PL 2–1 9 Dec 2000
20' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer vs Ipswich Town PL 0–0 23 Dec 2000
32' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer vs Ipswich Town PL 1–0 23 Dec 2000
85' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer @ Aston Villa PL 0–0 26 Dec 2000
25' David Beckham pen @ Newcastle United PL 0–0 30 Dec 2000
3' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer vs West Ham United PL 0–0 1 Jan 2001
33' Stuart Pearce OG vs West Ham United PL 1–0 1 Jan 2001
58' Dwight Yorke vs West Ham United PL 2–0 1 Jan 2001
8' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer @ Fulham FAC 0–0 7 Jan 2001
89' Teddy Sheringham @ Fulham FAC 1–1 7 Jan 2001
72' Teddy Sheringham @ Bradford City PL 0–0 13 Jan 2001
75' Ryan Giggs @ Bradford City PL 1–0 13 Jan 2001
87' Luke Chadwick @ Bradford City PL 2–0 13 Jan 2001
57' Gary Neville vs Aston Villa PL 0–0 20 Jan 2001
87' Teddy Sheringham vs Aston Villa PL 1–0 20 Jan 2001
46' Andrew Cole @ Sunderland PL 0–0 31 Jan 2001
52' Steve Watson OG vs Everton PL 0–0 3 Feb 2001
69' Andrew Cole @ Chelsea PL 0–1 10 Feb 2001
12' Andrew Cole vs Valencia EC 0–0 20 Feb 2001
3' Dwight Yorke vs Arsenal PL 0–0 25 Feb 2001
18' Dwight Yorke vs Arsenal PL 1–1 25 Feb 2001
22' Dwight Yorke vs Arsenal PL 2–1 25 Feb 2001
26' Roy Keane vs Arsenal PL 3–1 25 Feb 2001
38' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer vs Arsenal PL 4–1 25 Feb 2001
90' Teddy Sheringham vs Arsenal PL 5–1 25 Feb 2001
64' Luke Chadwick @ Leeds United PL 0–0 3 Mar 2001
90+1' Paul Scholes @ Panathinaikos EC 0–1 7 Mar 2001
5' Nicky Butt vs Sturm Graz EC 0–0 13 Mar 2001
20' Teddy Sheringham vs Sturm Graz EC 1–0 13 Mar 2001
86' Roy Keane vs Sturm Graz EC 2–0 13 Mar 2001
88' Dwight Yorke vs Leicester City PL 0–0 17 Mar 2001
90' Mikael Silvestre vs Leicester City PL 1–0 17 Mar 2001
45' Andrew Cole vs Charlton Athletic PL 0–0 10 Apr 2001
82' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer vs Charlton Athletic PL 1–1 10 Apr 2001
13' Dwight Yorke vs Coventry City PL 0–1 14 Apr 2001
28' Dwight Yorke vs Coventry City PL 1–1 14 Apr 2001
81' Ryan Giggs vs Coventry City PL 2–2 14 Apr 2001
87' Paul Scholes vs Coventry City PL 3–2 14 Apr 2001
49' Ryan Giggs @ Bayern Munich EC 0–2 18 Apr 2001
71' Teddy Sheringham pen vs Manchester City PL 0–0 21 Apr 2001
4' Phil Neville @ Middlesbrough PL 0–0 28 Apr 2001
84' David Beckham @ Middlesbrough PL 1–0 28 Apr 2001
71' Ryan Giggs @ Southampton PL 0–2 13 May 2001
22' Paul Scholes @ Tottenham Hotspur PL 0–1 19 May 2001

Squad

32 players
Player LeagueFA CupLeague CupEuropeOther Total Mins Red
Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Ast
Gary Neville 32 1 2 – – – 14 – 1 – 49 1 1 5,06399% –
Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer 31 (12) 10 2 (1) 1 2 2 11 (8) – 1 – 47 (21) 13 – – –
Mikael Silvestre 30 (5) 1 2 – – – 14 (1) – 1 – 47 (6) 1 2 4,08280% –
David Beckham 31 (2) 9 2 – – – 12 (1) – 1 – 46 (3) 9 16 4,46387% –
Paul Scholes 32 (4) 6 – – – – 12 6 1 – 45 (4) 12 5 4,08780% –
Ryan Giggs 31 (7) 5 2 – – – 11 (2) 2 1 – 45 (9) 7 12 3,67172% –
Roy Keane 28 2 2 – – – 13 1 1 – 44 3 8 4,26683% 2
Fabien Barthez 30 – 1 – – – 12 – 1 – 44 – – 4,46487% –
Teddy Sheringham 29 (6) 14 2 (1) 1 – – 11 (3) 5 1 – 43 (10) 20 7 3,18362% –
Nicky Butt 28 (4) 3 2 – – – 11 (3) 1 – – 41 (7) 4 1 3,28464% –
Wesley Brown 28 (3) – 1 – 1 – 11 (2) – – – 41 (5) – – – –
Dwight Yorke 22 (7) 9 2 (1) – 2 2 11 (4) 1 1 (1) – 38 (13) 12 7 2,72553% 1
Phillip Neville 29 (5) 1 1 – 2 – 6 (2) – – – 38 (7) 1 – – –
Andrew Cole 19 (4) 9 1 – – – 10 3 1 (1) – 31 (5) 12 – – 1
Denis Irwin 21 (1) – 1 – – – 7 2 1 – 30 (1) 2 3 2,73653% –
Jaap Stam 15 – 1 – – – 6 – 1 (1) – 23 (1) – – 2,06540% –
Luke Chadwick 16 (10) 2 1 (1) – 2 – 3 (2) – – – 22 (13) 2 2 1,06821% 1
Ronny Johnsen 11 1 – – 1 – 4 – 1 – 17 1 – 1,55430% –
Ronnie Wallwork 12 (8) – 1 (1) – 2 – 1 (1) – – – 16 (10) – – 98319% –
Raimond van der Gouw 10 (5) – 1 – 2 – 2 – – – 15 (5) – – – 1
Quinton Fortune 7 (1) 2 – – 2 – 1 (1) – 1 (1) – 11 (3) 2 – 93518% –
Jonathan Greening 7 (4) – – – 2 – 2 (1) – – – 11 (5) – 1 72914% –
Michael Stewart 3 – – – 2 (2) – – – – – 5 (2) – – 2966% –
Michael Clegg – – – – 2 – – – – – 2 – – 2104% –
Andy Goram 2 – – – – – – – – – 2 – – 1232% –
David Healy 1 (1) – – – 1 (1) – – – – – 2 (2) – – 942% –
David May 2 (1) – – – – – – – – – 2 (1) – – – –
John O'Shea – – – – 2 – – – – – 2 – – – –
Paul Rachubka 1 – – – 1 (1) – – – – – 2 (1) – – 962% –
Henning Berg 1 (1) – – – – – – – – – 1 (1) – – 761% –
Bojan Djordjic 1 (1) – – – – – – – – – 1 (1) – – 150% –
Danny Webber – – – – 1 (1) – – – – – 1 (1) – – 110% –

Premier League Table

# Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Manchester United 38 24 8 6 79 31 +48 80
2 Arsenal 38 20 10 8 63 38 +25 70
3 Liverpool 38 20 9 9 71 39 +32 69
4 Leeds United 38 20 8 10 64 43 +21 68
5 Ipswich Town 38 20 6 12 57 42 +15 66
6 Chelsea 38 17 10 11 68 45 +23 61
7 Sunderland 38 15 12 11 46 41 +5 57
8 Aston Villa 38 13 15 10 46 43 +3 54
9 Charlton Athletic 38 14 10 14 50 57 -7 52
10 Southampton 38 14 10 14 40 48 -8 52
11 Newcastle United 38 14 9 15 44 50 -6 51
12 Tottenham Hotspur 38 13 10 15 47 54 -7 49
13 Leicester City 38 14 6 18 39 51 -12 48
14 Middlesbrough 38 9 15 14 44 44 0 42
15 West Ham United 38 10 12 16 45 50 -5 42
16 Everton 38 11 9 18 45 59 -14 42
17 Derby County 38 10 12 16 37 59 -22 42
18 Manchester City 38 8 10 20 41 65 -24 34
19 Coventry City 38 8 10 20 36 63 -27 34
20 Bradford City 38 5 11 22 30 70 -40 26

Points Progression

Premier League

Transfers

19 moves
In
Out
Loans

Debuts & Farewells

Debuts this season
Final appearances

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