# 2000–01 Fulham F.C. season

The 2000–01 season was Fulham's 103rd season in professional football, competing in the Football League Division 1. This season for Fulham was of note, as they gained promotion to the Premier League and ran away with the Division 1 title with 101 points, with a 10-point margin over runners-up Blackburn Rovers. The manager was former Monaco manager Jean Tigana's first season at Craven Cottage after Paul Bracewell's sacking toward the end of the 1999–2000 season.

## Players
### First-team squad

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 | NIR | Maik Taylor |
| 2 | DF | IRL | Steve Finnan |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Rufus Brevett |
| 4 | DF | WAL | Andy Melville |
| 5 | DF | WAL | Chris Coleman |
| 6 | DF | WAL | Kit Symons |
| 7 | MF | WAL | Paul Trollope |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Lee Clark |
| 9 | MF | FRA | Nicolas Sahnoun (on loan from Bordeaux) |
| 10 | MF | SCO | John Collins |
| 11 | FW | DEN | Peter Møller (on loan from Real Oviedo) |
| 12 | GK | USA | Marcus Hahnemann |
| 13 | FW | GER | Karl-Heinz Riedle |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Simon Morgan |
| 15 | FW | JAM | Barry Hayles |
| 16 | DF | WAL | Alan Neilson |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Wayne Collins |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | SCO | Kieran McAnespie |
| 19 | MF | DEN | Bjarne Goldbæk |
| 20 | FW | FRA | Louis Saha |
| 21 | FW | CAN | Paul Peschisolido |
| 22 | FW | POR | Luís Boa Morte (on loan from Southampton) |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Sean Davis |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Alain Goma |
| 26 | FW | ENG | Kevin Betsy |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Zat Knight |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Luke Cornwall |
| 29 | DF | IRL | Terry Phelan |
| 30 | GK | ENG | Glyn Thompson |
| 31 | MF | USA | Eddie Lewis |
| 33 | FW | ENG | Calum Willock |
| 34 | FW | GHA | Elvis Hammond |
| 36 | DF | ENG | Mark Hudson |
| 40 | FW | LVA | Andrejs Štolcers |

### 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 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Steve Hayward (to Barnsley) |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Fabrice Fernandes (on loan from Rennes) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | MF | ENG | Sam Keevill (to Kilmarnock) |
| 35 | DF | NIR | Gary McCracken (to Cambridge United) |

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Fulham (C, P) | 46 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 90 | 32 | +58 | 101 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers (P) | 46 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 76 | 39 | +37 | 91 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers (O, P) | 46 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 76 | 45 | +31 | 87 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |
| 4 | Preston North End | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 64 | 52 | +12 | 78 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |
| 5 | Birmingham City | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 59 | 48 | +11 | 78 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |

## Matches
### Results per matchday

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