2000–01 in Scottish football

2000–01 in Scottish football
2000–01 in Scottish football
Premier League champions
	Celtic
First Division champions
	Livingston
Second Division champions
	Partick Thistle
Third Division champions
	Hamilton Academical
Scottish Cup winners
	Celtic
League Cup winners
	Celtic
Challenge Cup winners
	Airdrieonians
Junior Cup winners
	Renfrew
Teams in Europe
	Aberdeen, Celtic, Hearts, Rangers
Scotland national team
	2002 World Cup qualification

The 2000–01 season was the 104th season of competitive football in Scotland. ^[1]

League Competitions

Scottish Premier League

The 2000–01 Scottish Premier League was won by Celtic, 15 points clear of Rangers who finished second. Both teams earned a place in the UEFA Champions League. Hibernian and Kilmarnock finished third and fourth and both therefore earned UEFA Europa League berths. St Mirren were relegated in their first season in the top-flight since the 1991–92 season.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Celtic (C)	38	31	4	3	90	29	+61	97	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Rangers	38	26	4	8	76	36	+40	82	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Hibernian	38	18	12	8	57	35	+22	66	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Kilmarnock	38	15	9	14	44	53	−9	54	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round^[b]
5	Heart of Midlothian	38	14	10	14	56	50	+6	52
6	Dundee	38	13	8	17	51	49	+2	47	Qualification for the UEFA Intertoto Cup first round^[c]

7	Aberdeen	38	11	12	15	45	52	−7	45
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

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ 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.
^ As both finalists of the 2000–01 Scottish Cup, Celtic and Hibernian, qualified for European competition via their league position, the cup berth for 2001–02 UEFA Cup was passed to the next-placed team in the league, fourth-placed Kilmarnock.
^ Dundee qualified for the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup as the highest-placed team to apply for a place in the competition.

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Livingston (C, P)	36	23	7	6	72	31	+41	76	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Ayr United	36	19	12	5	73	41	+32	69
3	Falkirk	36	16	8	12	57	59	−2	56
4	Inverness CT	36	14	12	10	71	54	+17	54
5	Clyde	36	11	14	11	44	46	−2	47
6	Ross County	36	11	10	15	48	52	−4	43
7	Raith Rovers	36	10	8	18	41	55	−14	38
8	Airdrieonians	36	8	14	14	49	67	−18	38
9	Greenock Morton (R)	36	9	8	19	34	61	−27	35	Relegation to the Second Division
10	Alloa Athletic (R)	36	7	11	18	38	61	−23	32	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: "2000-2001 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Scottish Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Partick Thistle (C, P)	36	22	9	5	66	32	+34	75	Promotion to the First Division
2	Arbroath (P)	36	15	13	8	54	38	+16	58	Promotion to the First Division
3	Berwick Rangers	36	14	12	10	51	44	+7	54
4	Stranraer	36	15	9	12	51	50	+1	54
5	Clydebank	36	12	11	13	42	43	−1	47
6	Queen of the South	36	13	7	16	52	59	−7	46
7	Stenhousemuir	36	12	6	18	45	63	−18	42
8	Forfar Athletic	36	10	10	16	48	52	−4	40
9	Queens Park (R)	36	10	10	16	28	40	−12	40	Relegation to the Third Division
10	Stirling Albion (R)	36	5	17	14	34	50	−16	32	Relegation to the Third Division

Source: "2000-2001 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Scottish Third Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Hamilton Academical (C, P)	36	22	10	4	75	41	+34	76	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Cowdenbeath (P)	36	23	7	6	58	31	+27	76	Promotion to the Second Division
3	Brechin City	36	22	6	8	71	36	+35	72
4	East Fife	36	15	8	13	49	46	+3	53
5	Peterhead	36	13	10	13	46	46	0	49
6	Dumbarton	36	13	6	17	46	49	−3	45
7	Albion Rovers	36	12	9	15	38	43	−5	45
8	East Stirlingshire	36	10	7	19	37	69	−32	37
9	Montrose	36	6	8	22	31	65	−34	26
10	Elgin City	36	5	7	24	29	65	−36	22

Source: "2000-2001 Third Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL (in Malay). Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Other honours

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Report
Scottish Cup 2000–01	Celtic	3 – 0	Hibernian	Wikipedia article
League Cup 2000–01	Celtic	3 – 0	Kilmarnock	BBC Sport
Challenge Cup 2000–01	Airdrieonians	2 – 2 (3 – 2 pen.)	Livingston	BBC Sport
Youth Cup	Aberdeen	2 – 0	Celtic
Junior Cup	Renfrew	0 – 0 (6 – 5 pen.)	Carnoustie Panmure	BBC Sport

Individual honours

SPFA awards

Award	Winner	Club
Players' Player of the Year	Henrik Larsson	Celtic
Young Player of the Year	Stiliyan Petrov	Celtic

SWFA awards

Award	Winner	Club
Footballer of the Year	Henrik Larsson	Celtic
Manager of the Year	Martin O'Neill	Celtic

Scottish clubs in Europe

Club	Competition(s)	Final round	Coef.
Rangers	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League	Group stage Third round	12.50
Celtic	UEFA Europa League	Second round	5.00
Heart of Midlothian	UEFA Europa League	First round	4.00
Aberdeen	UEFA Europa League	Qualifying round	1.00

Average coefficient – 5.625

Scotland national team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[2]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)	Report
2 September	Skonto stadions, Riga (A)	Latvia	1–0	WCQG6	Neil McCann	BBC Sport
7 October	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle (A)	San Marino	2–0	WCQG6	Matt Elliott, Don Hutchison	BBC Sport
11 October	Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb (A)	Croatia	1–1	WCQG6	Kevin Gallacher	BBC Sport
15 November	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Australia	0–2	Friendly		BBC Sport
24 March	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Belgium	2–2	WCQG6	Billy Dodds (2)	BBC Sport
28 March	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	San Marino	4–0	WCQG6	Colin Hendry (2), Billy Dodds, Colin Cameron	BBC Sport
25 April	Zawisza Bydgoszcz stadium, Bydgoszcz (A)	Poland	1–1	Friendly	Scott Booth (pen.)	BBC Sport