# 2000–01 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

The 2000–01 season was the 120th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian, and their 18th consecutive season in the top level of Scottish football, competing in the Scottish Premier League. Hearts also competed in the UEFA Cup, Scottish Cup and League Cup.

## Managers

Hearts started the season under the stewardship of Jim Jefferies. He moved on to Bradford during the season, Peter Houston became Caretaker manager for 4 games before Craig Levein became Hearts new permanent manager.

## 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 | FRA | Gilles Rousset |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Steven Pressley |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Austin McCann |
| 4 | DF | CAN | Kevin McKenna |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Kevin James |
| 6 | DF | SCG | Gordan Petrić |
| 7 | FW | SCO | Gary McSwegan |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Steve Fulton |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Stéphane Adam |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Colin Cameron |
| 11 | DF | SCO | Darren Jackson |
| 12 | DF | SCO | Grant Murray |
| 13 | GK | SCO | Roddy McKenzie |
| 14 | MF | AUT | Thomas Flögel |
| 15 | FW | SCO | Gary Wales |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Lee Makel |
| 17 | FW | SCO | Gordon Durie |
| 18 | MF | JAM | Fitzroy Simpson |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Scott Severin |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Juanjo |
| 21 | MF | SVK | Róbert Tomaschek |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Steven Boyack |
| 24 | FW | NIR | Andy Kirk |
| 26 | GK | FIN | Antti Niemi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | DF | SCO | Kenny Milne |
| 29 | DF | SCO | Robbie Neilson |
| 30 | FW | SCO | Kris O'Neill |
| 31 | FW | SCO | Alasdair Graham |
| 32 | DF | SCO | Steven Reilly |
| 33 | DF | SCO | Darren Goldie |
| 34 | MF | SCO | Alan McIlroy |
| 35 | DF | SCO | Craig Neeson |
| 36 | DF | SCO | Anton Smith |
| 37 | MF | SCO | Stephen Simmons |
| 38 | FW | SCO | Ryan Davidson |
| 39 | GK | SCO | Craig Gordon |
| 40 | DF | IRL | Barry Smith |
| 41 | DF | SCO | Paul Kaczan |
| 42 | MF | SCO | Neil Janczyk |
| 43 | MF | SCO | Robert Sloan |
| 44 | DF | SCO | Paul Parkin |
| 45 | DF | SCO | Elliot Smith |
| 46 | MF | SCO | Gary Meek |
| 47 | DF | SCO | John Knox |
| 48 | MF | SCO | Joe Hamill |
| 49 | MF | SCO | Paul McLaughlin |
| 50 | FW | SCO | Graham Weir |

### 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 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Gary Naysmith (to Everton) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Gary Locke (to Bradford City) |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Hibernian | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 57 | 35 | +22 | 66 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 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 | |
* ↑ 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.