# 2000–01 Leeds United A.F.C. season

The 2000–01 season saw Leeds United competing in the Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) and the UEFA Champions League.

## Competitions
### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Arsenal | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 63 | 38 | +25 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League first group stage |
| 3 | Liverpool | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 71 | 39 | +32 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Leeds United | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 64 | 43 | +21 | 68 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Ipswich Town | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 66 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Chelsea | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 68 | 45 | +23 | 61 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
* 1 2 Since Liverpool won the League Cup and qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place went to fifth-placed Ipswich Town. Since both FA Cup finalists, Liverpool and Arsenal, qualified for the Champions League, the berth in the UEFA Cup went to sixth-placed Chelsea. Both Ipswich and Chelsea were the highest-ranked team not already qualified for a European competition.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: 2000-01 FA Premier League table

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | W | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Qualifying
#### Semi-finals
## Statistics

    (Starting appearances + substitute appearances)
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Nigel Martyn | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Gary Kelly | 22+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 35+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Ian Harte | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Olivier Dacourt | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 48 | 3 | 16 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Lucas Radebe | 19+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 30+2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Jonathan Woodgate | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Robbie Keane | 12+6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14+6 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Michael Bridges | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Mark Viduka | 34 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 53 | 22 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Harry Kewell | 12+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18+8 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Lee Bowyer | 38 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 54 | 15 | 12 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Darren Huckerby | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0+3 | 1 | 3+8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Paul Robinson | 15+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Stephen McPhail | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Jason Wilcox | 7+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 | 9+14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Alan Smith | 26+7 | 11 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 43+9 | 18 | 11 | 2 |
| 18 | DF | Danny Mills | 20+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 36+4 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Eirik Bakke | 24+5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10+2 | 1 | 37+7 | 3 | 12 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Matt Jones | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Dominic Matteo | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 48 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Michael Duberry | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | David Batty | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 22+4 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | Danny Hay | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Jacob Burns | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Alan Maybury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Rio Ferdinand | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Gareth Evans | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | Tony Hackworth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 15 May 2000 | MF | Olivier Dacourt | Lens | £7,200,000 |
| 2 July 2000 | FW | Mark Viduka | Celtic | £6,500,000 |
| 17 August 2000 | DF | Dominic Matteo | Liverpool | £4,750,000 |
| 31 August 2000 | MF | Jacob Burns | Parramatta Power | £250,000 |
| 26 November 2000 | DF | Rio Ferdinand | West Ham United | £18,000,000 |
| 25 April 2001 | FW | Robbie Keane | Inter Milan | £12,000,000 |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 25 May 2000 | DF | Martin Hiden | Salzburg | £500,000 |
| 13 June 2000 | MF | Alfie Haaland | Manchester City | £2,800,000 |
| 7 July 2000 | MF | David Hopkin | Bradford City | £2,500,000 |
| 31 August 2000 | MF | Kevin Evans | Cardiff City | Free |
| 1 December 2000 | DF | Robert Molenaar | Bradford City | £500,000 |
| 14 December 2000 | MF | Matt Jones | Leicester City | £3,250,000 |
| 29 December 2000 | FW | Darren Huckerby | Manchester City | £3,400,000 |
| 19 March 2001 | FW | Lee Matthews | Bristol City | £70,000 |

### Loan in

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | From | Ref. |
| 20 December 2000 | 25 April 2001 | FW | Robbie Keane | Inter Milan | |

### Loan out

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | To |
| 8 October 2000 | 31 December 2000 | DF | Alan Maybury | Crewe Alexandra |
| 15 March 2001 | 19 March 2001 | FW | Lee Matthews | Bristol City |
| 22 March 2001 | 5 May 2001 | FW | Warren Feeney | Bournemouth |