# 2000–01 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 2000–01 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 74th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the fourth tier of English football, finishing second, winning promotion to Division Two.
During the season the club was taken over by Lebanese businessman Sam Hammam, whose investment in the club would later see Cardiff win two promotions in the next four years.

## Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Andy Thompson |
| 3 | MF | ENG | Matt Brazier |
| 4 | DF | WAL | Scott Young |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Russell Perrett |
| 7 | MF | EIR | Willie Boland |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Mark Bonner |
| 9 | MF | WAL | Jason Bowen |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Kevin Nugent |
| 11 | DF | WAL | Andy Legg |
| 12 | DF | WAL | Rhys Weston |
| 13 | GK | WAL | Mark Walton |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Danny Hill |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Jeff Eckhardt |
| 16 | FW | WAL | Kurt Nogan |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Jason Fowler |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Paul Brayson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | WAL | Robert Earnshaw |
| 20 | DF | WAL | Josh Low |
| 21 | FW | ENG | Gavin Gordon |
| 22 | DF | WAL | Danny Gabbidon |
| 23 | GK | ENG | Paul Buttery |
| 24 | MF | WAL | Gethin Jones |
| 25 | MF | WAL | Kevin Evans |
| 26 | DF | WAL | David Hughes |
| 27 | DF | SCO | Andy Jordan |
| 28 | DF | WAL | James Collins |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Leo Fortune-West |
| 32 | DF | WAL | Martyn Giles |
| 41 | GK | ENG | Carl Muggleton (on loan from Stoke City) |
| -- | MF | ENG | Charlie Mapes |
| -- | FW | ENG | Robert Codner |
First team squad.

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | ENG | David Greene (to Cambridge United) |
| 26 | MF | ENG | James Harper (on loan from Arsenal) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | FW | WAL | Dai Thomas (to Merthyr Tydfil) |
| 31 | FW | BER | Kyle Lightbourne (on loan from Stoke City) |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion (C, P) | 46 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 73 | 35 | +38 | 92 | Promotion to Football League Second Division |
| 2 | Cardiff City (P) | 46 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 95 | 58 | +37 | 82 | Promotion to Football League Second Division |
| 3 | Chesterfield (P) | 46 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 79 | 42 | +37 | 80 | Promotion to Football League Second Division |
| 4 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 71 | 54 | +17 | 77 | Qualification for the Third Division play-offs |
| 5 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 59 | 51 | +8 | 75 | Qualification for the Third Division play-offs |
* ↑ Chesterfield had 9 points deducted.

### 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | D | D | D | D | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | L |
| Position | ~ | ~ | 9 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

## Fixtures and results
### Third Division

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