# 2000–01 Dundee F.C. season

During the 2000–01 season, Dundee participated in the Scottish Premier League.

## Season summary

Dundee appointed Italian Ivano Bonetti as player-manager, and the midfielder managed to attract a variety of international players, most notably Argentinian World Cup star Claudio Caniggia. Dundee won the first two matches of the season to lead the table, but were unable to sustain the good form and finished the season in sixth, with the undistinguished record of only four home wins all season. Nonetheless, the club did provide supporters with memories to savour, such as wins at both Ibrox and Celtic Park, plus the signing of continental players gave supporters hope of a challenge for European qualification in seasons to come.

## Team kit and sponsors

Xara remained Dundee's kit manufacturer, and introduced a new kit for the season. The kit featured predominantly navy shorts for the first time since 1995. The socks were identical to those of the previous season's kit, while the shirt featured a thick white stripe running from the collar down the inside of the sleeves to the cuffs.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 54 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 5 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 56 | 50 | +6 | 52 | |
| 6 | Dundee | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 47 | Qualification for the UEFA Intertoto Cup first round |
| 7 | Aberdeen | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 45 | |
| 8 | Motherwell | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 43 | |
* ↑ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
* ↑ As both finalists of the 2000–01 Scottish Cup, Celtic and Hibernian, qualified for European competition via their league position, the cup berth for 2001–02 UEFA Cup was passed to the next-placed team in the league, fourth-placed Kilmarnock.
* ↑ Dundee qualified for the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup as the highest-placed team to apply for a place in the competition.

## Results

Dundee's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Scottish Premier League

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 29 July 2000 | Motherwell | A | 2–0 | 6,161 | Billio 8', Artero 86' |
| 2 | 5 August 2000 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 3–0 | 7,152 | Skinner 1' (o.g.), Sara 52', Caballero 55' |
| 3 | 12 August 2000 | Hibernian | A | 1–5 | 12,075 | Caballero 9' |
| 4 | 19 August 2000 | St Mirren | A | 1–2 | 5,165 | Sara 78' |
| 5 | 27 August 2000 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–1 | 6,779 | Caballero 58' |
| 6 | 9 September 2000 | Rangers | H | 1–1 | 10,439 | Sara 74' |
| 7 | 16 September 2000 | St Johnstone | A | 0–0 | 5,055 | |
| 8 | 20 September 2000 | Dundee United | H | 3–0 | 9,838 | Sara 47', 80', 88' |
| 9 | 23 September 2000 | Celtic | A | 0–1 | 59,694 | |
| 10 | 30 September 2000 | Kilmarnock | H | 0–0 | 6,170 | |
| 11 | 14 October 2000 | Aberdeen | A | 2–0 | 14,750 | Bonetti 75', Caniggia 90' |
| 12 | 21 October 2000 | Motherwell | H | 1–2 | 7,344 | Caniggia 21' |
| 13 | 28 October 2000 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 0–1 | 6,397 | |
| 14 | 5 November 2000 | Hibernian | H | 1–2 | 6,604 | Tweed 33' |
| 15 | 11 November 2000 | Dundee United | A | 2–0 | 11,454 | Caniggia 38', Nemsadze 73' |
| 16 | 18 November 2000 | St Mirren | H | 5–0 | 6,333 | Caniggia 22', 52', Rae 66', Artero 75', Milne 79' |
| 17 | 25 November 2000 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–3 | 11,593 | Carranza 24' |
| 18 | 2 December 2000 | St Johnstone | H | 1–1 | 7,014 | Sara 13' |
| 19 | 10 December 2000 | Celtic | H | 1–2 | 10,763 | Boyd 55' (o.g.) |
| 20 | 16 December 2000 | Kilmarnock | A | 3–2 | 6,573 | Bonetti 53', Milne 76', 79' |
| 21 | 23 December 2000 | Aberdeen | H | 2–2 | 9,093 | Carranza 59', Sara 71' |
| 22 | 26 December 2000 | Motherwell | A | 3–0 | 6,183 | Sara 4', 69', Rae 35' |
| 23 | 2 January 2001 | Hibernian | A | 0–3 | 12,379 | |
| 24 | 31 January 2001 | Dundee United | H | 2–3 | 11,724 | Caniggia 45', Falconer 88' |
| 25 | 3 February 2001 | St Mirren | A | 1–2 | 4,197 | Sara 23' |
| 26 | 21 February 2001 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 0–1 | 6,113 | |
| 27 | 24 February 2001 | Rangers | H | 0–1 | 9,778 | |
| 28 | 3 March 2001 | St Johnstone | A | 3–2 | 5,064 | Rae 56', Sara 68', Artero 86' |
| 29 | 14 March 2001 | Rangers | A | 2–0 | 45,035 | Caniggia 14', Milne 90' |
| 30 | 18 March 2001 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 0–0 | 7,327 | |
| 31 | 31 March 2001 | Kilmarnock | H | 2–2 | 6,719 | Sara 27', Rae 47' |
| 32 | 4 April 2001 | Celtic | A | 1–2 | 59,562 | Sara 67' |
| 33 | 7 April 2001 | Aberdeen | A | 2–0 | 11,805 | Nemsadze 52', Caballero 63' |
| 34 | 21 April 2001 | Rangers | H | 0–3 | 10,687 | |
| 35 | 29 April 2001 | Hibernian | H | 0–2 | 6,659 | |
| 36 | 5 May 2001 | Kilmarnock | H | 2–1 | 6,261 | Sara 35', Carranza 80' |
| 37 | 13 May 2001 | Celtic | A | 2–0 | 59,435 | Caballero 29', 42' |
| 38 | 20 May 2001 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–2 | 13,554 | |

### Scottish Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R3 | 27 January 2001 | Falkirk | H | 0–0 | 6,400 | |
| R3 Replay | 12 February 2001 | Falkirk | A | 2–0 | 6,068 | Sara 71', Caniggia 84' |
| R4 | 17 February 2001 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–1 | 9,970 | Sara 30' |
| R4 Replay | 7 March 2001 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 0–1 | 7,155 | |

### Scottish League Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R2 | 23 August 2000 | Montrose | H | 3–0 | 2,635 | Wilkie 5', Caballero 56', 66' |
| R3 | 5 September 2000 | St Mirren | A | 0–3 | 3,988 | |

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Marco Roccati (on loan from Bologna) |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Barry Smith |
| 4 | DF | SUI | Marcello Marrocco |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Marco De Marchi |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Steven Tweed |
| 7 | FW | ARG | Fabián Caballero |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Ivano Bonetti |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Juan Sara |
| 10 | MF | GEO | Georgi Nemsadze |
| 11 | FW | SCO | Willie Falconer |
| 12 | MF | SCO | Shaun McSkimming |
| 13 | GK | SCO | Jamie Langfield |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Gavin Rae |
| 15 | FW | SCO | Steven Milne |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Michael Yates |
| 17 | DF | NED | Frank van Eijs |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Javier Artero |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Patrizio Billio |
| 20 | DF | SCO | Lee Wilkie |
| 21 | FW | SCO | Graham Bayne |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Chris Coyne |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Mark Robertson |
| 24 | DF | SCO | Dave Mackay |
| 25 | MF | ARG | Beto Carranza |
| 26 | DF | ARG | Walter del Río |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Marco Russo |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Romano |
| 30 | DF | GEO | Zurab Khizanishvili |
| 33 | FW | ARG | Claudio Caniggia |
| 36 | DF | ARG | Alberto Garrido |
| 41 | DF | SCO | Mark Slater |
| 42 | DF | SCO | Gavin Beith |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Rab Douglas (to Celtic) |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Lee Maddison (on loan to Carlisle United) |
| 23 | DF | SCO | Hugh Robertson (to Ayr United) |
| 28 | DF | SCO | Lee Mair (on loan to East Fife) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | FW | SCO | Graeme Thomson (released) |
| 32 | MF | SCO | Keith Gibson (to East Fife) |
| 38 | MF | SCG | Goran Zujovic (released) |
| — | GK | TRI | Clayton Ince (on loan from Crewe Alexandra) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Name | From | Fee |
| 18 May 2000 | MF | Georgi Nemsadze | Dinamo Tbilisi | Unknown |
| 26 May | MF | Javier Artero | San Lorenzo | £300,000 |
| 1 July | DF | Marcello Marrocco | Modena | Unknown |
| 1 July | DF | Marco De Marchi | Vitesse Arnhem | Free |
| 1 July | FW | Juan Sara | Cerro Porteño | Free |
| 1 July | FW | Fabián Caballero | Sol de América | Free |
| 22 August | MF | Walter del Río | Crystal Palace | Unknown |
| 26 August | DF | Alessandro Romano | Hellas Verona | Free |
| 4 October | FW | Claudio Caniggia | Unattached (last at Atalanta) | Free transfer |
| 4 October | MF | Beto Carranza | Universitario | ? |
| 26 October | GK | Marco Roccati | Bologna | Season-long loan |
| 16 November | MF | Marco Russo | Birmingham City | Free transfer |
| 23 February | DF | Alberto Garrido | Unattached (last at Lleida) | Free transfer |
| 8 March | DF | Zurab Khizanishvili | Unattached (last at Lokomotivi Tbilisi) | Free transfer |
| 8 March | MF | Mark Robertson | Swindon Town | Free |
| | MF | Ivano Bonetti | Sestrese | ? |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 June | FW | James Grady | Ayr United | ? |
| 1 June | FW | Eddie Annand | Ayr United | ? |
| 1 August | FW | Martín Prest | Airdrie | ? |
| 4 August | FW | Tommy Coyne | Clydebank | ? |
| 18 August | MF | John Elliott | Airdrie | ? |
| 19 September | DF | Lee Sharp | St Mirren | ? |
| 16 October | GK | Rab Douglas | Celtic | £1,500,000 |
| 13 January | MF | Steven Boyack | Hearts | £50,000 |
| 25 January | DF | Lee Maddison | Carlisle United | ? |
| 1 February | DF | Hugh Robertson | Ross County | ? |
| 30 March | MF | Barry Elliot | Partick Thistle | ? |