# 2000–01 St Johnstone F.C. season

The 2000–01 season saw St Johnstone compete in the Scottish Premier League where they finished in 10th position with 40 points.

## Results

St Johnstone's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Scottish Premier League

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 29 July 2000 | Rangers | A | 1–2 | 48,062 | Kernaghan 14' |
| 2 | 6 August 2000 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–2 | 6,164 | Parker 31', Jones 73' |
| 3 | 12 August 2000 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 1–1 | 4,124 | Jones 51' |
| 4 | 19 August 2000 | Dundee United | A | 2–1 | 6,636 | Jones 12', Parker 24' |
| 5 | 26 August 2000 | Kilmarnock | H | 1–1 | 3,773 | Løvenkrands 13' |
| 6 | 9 September 2000 | Aberdeen | A | 1–1 | 11,206 | Sylla 65' |
| 7 | 16 September 2000 | Dundee | H | 0–0 | 5,055 | |
| 8 | 23 September 2000 | St Mirren | A | 1–0 | 4,519 | Parker 10' |
| 9 | 30 September 2000 | Hibernian | H | 0–3 | 5,464 | |
| 10 | 14 October 2000 | Motherwell | A | 0–4 | 4,483 | |
| 11 | 17 October 2000 | Celtic | H | 0–2 | 8,946 | |
| 12 | 22 October 2000 | Rangers | H | 2–1 | 7,763 | Parker 18', Sylla 67' |
| 13 | 28 October 2000 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 3–0 | 10,884 | Parker 49', Connolly 62', 89' |
| 14 | 4 November 2000 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 0–2 | 4,287 | |
| 15 | 12 November 2000 | Celtic | A | 1–4 | 57,137 | Russell 82' |
| 16 | 18 November 2000 | Dundee United | H | 1–0 | 4,292 | Parker 80' |
| 17 | 25 November 2000 | Kilmarnock | A | 2–0 | 6,330 | Parker 50', 60' |
| 18 | 28 November 2000 | Aberdeen | H | 0–0 | 4,896 | |
| 19 | 28 November 2000 | Dundee | A | 1–1 | 7,014 | Wilkie 90' (o.g.) |
| 20 | 9 December 2000 | St Mirren | H | 2–0 | 4,434 | McBride 42', Parker 77' |
| 21 | 16 December 2000 | Hibernian | A | 0–2 | 10,374 | |
| 22 | 23 December 2000 | Motherwell | H | 2–3 | 3,489 | Parker 52', Sylla 72' |
| 23 | 26 December 2000 | Rangers | A | 0–3 | 48,150 | |
| 24 | 30 December 2000 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–2 | 5,173 | Sylla 24', Connolly 35' |
| 25 | 2 January 2001 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 0–0 | 6,408 | |
| 26 | 3 February 2001 | Dundee United | A | 1–1 | 6,482 | Lowndes 59' |
| 27 | 11 February 2001 | Kilmarnock | H | 1–2 | 6,627 | Connolly 88' |
| 28 | 3 March 2001 | Dundee | H | 2–3 | 5,064 | Bollan 13', Kane 70' |
| 29 | 14 March 2001 | Celtic | H | 1–2 | 8,993 | McCluskey 41' |
| 30 | 17 March 2001 | St Mirren | A | 0–1 | 4,565 | |
| 31 | 27 March 2001 | Aberdeen | A | 3–3 | 8,537 | McBride 25', 70', Lowndes 87' |
| 32 | 1 April 2001 | Hibernian | H | 2–0 | 4,346 | Løvenkrands 71', 74' |
| 33 | 7 April 2001 | Motherwell | A | 0–1 | 4,600 | |
| 34 | 21 April 2001 | Motherwell | A | 1–0 | 3,195 | Sylla 65' |
| 35 | 28 April 2001 | Aberdeen | H | 0–3 | 3,611 | |
| 36 | 5 May 2001 | St Mirren | H | 2–2 | 4,119 | Dods 30', Hartley 67' |
| 37 | 12 May 2001 | Dundee United | H | 2–3 | 6,748 | McClune 5', Hartley 40' |
| 38 | 20 May 2001 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 0–0 | 4,607 | |

### Scottish Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R3 | 27 January 2001 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 0–0 | 5,026 | |
| R3 Replay | 13 February 2001 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 2–3 | 4,749 | Russell 13', Lowndes 43' |

### Scottish League Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R2 | 22 August 2000 | Cowdenbeath | H | 3–1 | 2,139 | Hartley 5', Dasovic 18', Bollan 22' |
| R3 | 5 September 2000 | Kilmarnock | H | 0–1 | 3,231 | |

## Final 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.