# 2000–01 Dundee United F.C. season

The 2000–01 season was the 92nd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001. United finished in eleventh place in the Scottish Premier League, in the first year of the league split, forced by the expansion to twelve teams.
United were knocked out of both domestic cup competitions by the Old Firm - to Rangers in the CIS Insurance Cup quarter-finals and to eventual winners Celtic in the Tennent's Scottish Cup semi-finals.

## Match results

Dundee United played a total of 46 competitive matches during the 2000–01 season. The team finished eleventh in the Scottish Premier League.
In the cup competitions, United were knocked out of the CIS Cup at the semi-finals stage, losing to Rangers. Celtic knocked United out of the Tennent's Scottish Cup at the semi-final stage. Both matches finished 1–0.

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |
All results are written with Dundee United's score first.

### Bank of Scotland Premierleague

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 30 July 2000 | Celtic | H | 1-2 | 11,761 | McCracken |
| 5 August 2000 | Hibernian | A | 0-3 | 9,541 | |
| 12 August 2000 | Motherwell | H | 1-1 | 6,201 | Paterson |
| 19 August 2000 | St Johnstone | H | 1-2 | 6,636 | Aljofree |
| 26 August 2000 | Dunfermline | A | 0-1 | 4,980 | |
| 9 September 2000 | Kilmarnock | A | 0-1 | 6,380 | |
| 16 September 2000 | St Mirren | H | 0-0 | 5,943 | |
| 20 September 2000 | Dundee | A | 0-3 | 9,838 | |
| 23 September 2000 | Aberdeen | H | 3-5 | 7,699 | Easton, McConalogue, Hannah |
| 1 October 2000 | Rangers | A | 0-3 | 44,324 | |
| 14 October 2000 | Hearts | H | 0-4 | 7,016 | |
| 21 October 2000 | Celtic | A | 1-2 | 59,427 | Own goal |
| 28 October 2000 | Hibernian | H | 0-1 | 8,042 | |
| 4 November 2000 | Motherwell | A | 1-2 | 6,864 | Naveda |
| 11 November 2000 | Dundee | H | 0-2 | 11,454 | |
| 18 November 2000 | St Johnstone | A | 0-1 | 4,295 | |
| 25 November 2000 | Dunfermline | H | 3-2 | 6,012 | O'Connor, Easton, Miller |
| 28 November 2000 | Kilmarnock | H | 0-1 | 5,497 | |
| 5 December 2000 | St Mirren | A | 1-1 | 4,685 | Naveda |
| 17 December 2000 | Rangers | H | 1-1 | 10,750 | Lilley |
| 23 December 2000 | Hearts | A | 1-3 | 12,128 | Aljofree |
| 26 December 2000 | Celtic | H | 0-4 | 12,306 | |
| 30 December 2000 | Hibernian | A | 0-1 | 10,197 | |
| 2 January 2001 | Motherwell | H | 2-0 | 6,311 | Easton, Hamilton |
| 31 January 2001 | Dundee | A | 3-2 | 11,724 | Davidson, Easton, Lauchlan |
| 3 February 2001 | St Johnstone | H | 1-1 | 6,482 | Miller |
| 10 February 2001 | Dunfermline | A | 1-3 | 5,180 | Lilley |
| 24 February 2001 | Kilmarnock | A | 0-0 | 6,227 | |
| 3 March 2001 | St Mirren | H | 4-0 | 8,334 | Miller, Hannah, Lilley, Hamilton |
| 17 March 2001 | Aberdeen | H | 1-1 | 8,472 | Miller |
| 31 March 2001 | Rangers | A | 2-0 | 48,382 | Thompson, Lilley |
| 4 April 2001 | Aberdeen | A | 1-4 | 9,962 | Griffin |
| 7 April 2001 | Hearts | H | 1-1 | 7,242 | Thompson |
| 23 April 2001 | St Mirren | A | 1-2 | 6,473 | Thompson |
| 28 April 2001 | Motherwell | H | 1-0 | 5,928 | Buchan |
| 6 May 2001 | Dunfermline | H | 1-0 | 6,679 | Thompson |
| 12 May 2001 | St Johnstone | A | 3-2 | 6,748 | Miller, Easton, Lilley |
| 20 May 2001 | Aberdeen | A | 2-1 | 11,633 | Venetis, Lilley |

### Tennent's Scottish Cup

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 27 January 2001 | Montrose | A | 2–0 | 2,592 | Lauchlan (2) |
| 17 February 2001 | Motherwell | A | 2–0 | 6,186 | Miller, Easton |
| 11 March 2001 | Rangers | H | 1–0 | 11,793 | Hannah |
| 15 April 2001 | Celtic | N | 1–3 | 38,699 | |

### CIS Insurance Cup

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 22 August 2000 | Alloa | A | 3–0 | 1,088 | McConalogue (3) |
| 5 September 2000 | Airdrieonians | A | 0-0 | 5,018 | |
| 31 October 2000 | Rangers | A | 0–2 | 30,966 | |
United beat Airdrieonians 4–3 on penalties

## Player details

During the 2000–01 season, United used 41 different players, with a further two named as substitutes who did not make an appearance on the pitch. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bank of Scotland Premierleague | Bank of Scotland Premierleague | Tennent's Scottish Cup | Tennent's Scottish Cup | CIS Insurance Cup | CIS Insurance Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Alan Combe | 26 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | John McQuillan | 18 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Stephen Wright | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | David Hannah | 28 | 3 | 19+4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CAN | Jason de Vos | 40 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SEN | Joachim Fernandez | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Craig Easton | 39 | 6 | 28+6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GRE | Tassos Venetis | 15 | 1 | 3+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Alex Mathie | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Gustavo Fuentes | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Beto Naveda | 14 | 2 | 7+6 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | CMR | Alphonse Tchami | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Derek Lilley | 22 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Neil Heaney | 14 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | SCO | Stéphane Léoni | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Paul Robinson | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | SCO | Paul Gallacher | 19 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Hasney Aljofree | 31 | 2 | 24+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | CMR | Mvondo Atangana | 12 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | NIR | Danny Griffin | 22 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SCO | Jim Hamilton | 24 | 2 | 14+6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Jim Paterson | 7 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Steven Thompson | 37 | 4 | 18+13 | 4 | 1+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | IRL | David Worrell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | WAL | David Partridge | 24 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | CAN | Pat Onstad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ARG | Marcelino Galoppo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | SCO | Jim Lauchlan | 28 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Jamie Buchan | 41 | 1 | 33+2 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | SCO | Stephen McConalogue | 14 | 4 | 3+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 3 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Hugh Davidson | 12 | 1 | 6+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | SCO | Tony Smith | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | FRA | John Licina | 8 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | URU | Carlos Marcora | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | HON | Francisco Ramírez | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | SCO | Jamie Fullarton | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ENG | Sean O'Connor | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | SCO | David McCracken | 9 | 1 | 6+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | SCO | Charlie Miller | 28 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | SCO | Kevin McDonald | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | SCO | Darren Brady | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | SCO | Jamie McCunnie | 19 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | SCO | David Winters | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Motherwell | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 43 | |
| 9 | Dunfermline Athletic | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 42 | |
| 10 | St Johnstone | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 40 | |
| 11 | Dundee United | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 38 | 63 | −25 | 35 | |
| 12 | St Mirren (R) | 38 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 32 | 72 | −40 | 30 | Relegation to the First Division |
* ↑ 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.

## Playing kit

| Home colours | Away colours |
The jerseys were sponsored for a fifth season by Telewest. The away kit sometimes used the home shorts and socks.

## Trivia

* Of Derek Lilley's six league goals, only one - in the 3–1 defeat at Dunfermline - failed to achieve points for United.

## Awards

* Alex Smith
** Scottish Premier League Manager of the Month: 2
       March 2001, May 2001