2000–01 Hibernian F.C. season

September 2020 Hibernian 2000–01 Alex McLeish SPL 3rd Scottish Cup Final League Cup Quarter Paatelainen, 11 Paatelainen, 12 1999–00 2001–02 14939 8224 10793http://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/club_records_league_attendance.php Average Home League Game Attendances fitbastats.com 4 November 2013 (down 1277) _borderonwhite _whitecollar _borderonwhite _whitetop 228B22 228B22 228B22 FFFFFF 228B22 Season 2000–01 was Hibs' second season in the Scottish Premier League, after gaining promotion from the First Division in 1999. 2000–01 proved to be a successful season for Hibs, as they started the season extremely well and eventually finished third, qualifying for the 2001–02 UEFA Cup.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scottish_cup/1353745.stm McLeish gracious in defeat BBC BBC Sport 26 May 2001 15 August 2010 The club also had a good Scottish Cup run, reaching the 2001 Scottish Cup Final, but were beaten 3–0 by treble winners Celtic at Hampden Park. The season was also memorable for Hibs fans due to a 6–2 win in an Edinburgh derby against Hearts. League season Hibs got off to an excellent start to the league season, winning 11 of their first 14 games. This led to Celtic manager Martin O'Neill describing Hibs as "worthy challengers" for the league in October, after they had beaten defending champions Rangers 1–0 at Easter Road.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/976305.stm O'Neill warns of Hibs title challenge BBC Sport 17 October 2000 15 August 2010 Rangers manager Dick Advocaat dismissed Hibs' chances, but Hibs responded with a "scintillating display" as they won 6–2 in an Edinburgh derby days later, with Mixu Paatelainen scoring a hat-trick.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/985212.stm Six-goal Hibs break Hearts BBC Sport 22 October 2000 15 August 2010 Celtic eventually ran away with the league championship, but Hibs continued to challenge for second place until a losing run in March effectively ended their chances of finishing above Rangers.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football%3A+HIBS%27+EURO+DREAM+NOW+IN+DANE-GER%3B+St+Johnstone+2+Hibs+0%3A...-a072592299 Hibs' Euro Dream Now in Dane-Ger Daily Mirror 15 August 2010 Ross Kenny Their early season form, however, meant that Hibs finished well clear of the other SPL clubs in third place, qualifying for the following season's UEFA Cup competition. Results D 30 July 2000 SPL 0–0 Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Tynecastle, Edinburgh 17,132 Clark W 5 August 2000 SPL 3–0 Hibernian Agathe 2 Agathe 19 McManus 90 Dundee United Easter Road, Edinburgh 9,541 Dougal W 12 August 2000 SPL 5–1 Hibernian Agathe 16 Agathe 41 Lehmann 81 Lehmann 82 Lovell 85 Dundee Caballero 9 Easter Road, Edinburgh 12,075 Clyde W 16 August 2000 SPL 0–1 Kilmarnock Hibernian Paatelainen 37 Rugby Park, Kilmarnock 8,672 Freeland W 19 August 2000 SPL 0–2 Aberdeen Hibernian Latapy 5 pen Paatelainen 78 Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen 13,157 McCurry W 26 August 2000 SPL 2–0 Hibernian Lovell 43 Lovell 90 St Mirren Easter Road, Edinburgh 11,806 Somers L 9 September 2000 SPL 3–0 Celtic Larsson 16 pen Larsson 45 Burchill 90 Hibernian Celtic Park, Glasgow 60,091 Rowbotham W 16 September 2000 SPL 2–0 Hibernian Paatelainen 49 Paatelainen 80 Motherwell Easter Road, Edinburgh 9,852 McCurry D 23 September 2000 SPL 1–1 Dunfermline Athletic Moss 48 Hibernian Latapy 22 pen East End Park, Dunfermline 8,275 Clyde W 30 September 2000 SPL 0–3 St Johnstone Hibernian Sauzee 16 Zitelli 23 Latapy 74 McDiarmid Park, Perth 5,464 Dallas W 14 October 2000 SPL 1–0 Hibernian Zitelli 23 Rangers Easter Road, Edinburgh 14,523 Clark W 22 October 2000 SPL 6–2 Hibernian Paatelainen 43 Paatelainen 45 Zitelli 51 Paatelainen 74 O'Neil 81 Latapy 84 Heart of Midlothian Kirk 5 Cameron 89 Easter Road, Edinburgh 12,926 Dallas W 28 October 2000 SPL 0–1 Dundee United Hibernian McManus 81 Tannadice Park, Dundee 8,042 Rowbotham W 5 November 2000 SPL 1–2 Dundee Tweed 33 Hibernian O'Neil 17 Zitelli 62 Dens Park, Dundee 6,604 McDonald D 11 November 2000 SPL 1–1 Hibernian Paatelainen 33 Kilmarnock Wright 86 Easter Road, Edinburgh 12,588 Somers L 18 November 2000 SPL 0–2 Hibernian Aberdeen Stavrum 61 Mayer 89 Easter Road, Edinburgh 10,995 Young D 25 November 2000 SPL 1–1 St Mirren McGarry 89 Hibernian O'Neil 7 Love Street, Paisley 5,255 McCurry D 29 November 2000 SPL 0–0 Hibernian Celtic Easter Road, Edinburgh 14,939 Dougal W 3 December 2000 SPL 1–3 Motherwell Elliott 83 Hibernian Zitelli 38 Townsley 48 og Zitelli 54 Fir Park, Motherwell 5,715 Rowbotham W 9 December 2000 SPL 3–0 Hibernian Laursen 5 Zitelli 55 Paatelainen 69 Dunfermline Athletic Easter Road, Edinburgh 10,078 Clark W 16 December 2000 SPL 2–0 Hibernian Lovell 41 Paatelainen 74 St Johnstone Easter Road, Edinburgh 10,374 Dougal L 23 December 2000 SPL 1–0 Rangers de Boer 49 Hibernian Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow 49,993 Clark D 26 December 2000 SPL 1–1 Heart of Midlothian McSwegan 59 Hibernian Lovell 41 Tynecastle, Edinburgh 17,619 Young W 30 December 2000 SPL 1–0 Hibernian Latapy 90 pen Dundee United Easter Road, Edinburgh 10,197 FreelandLatapy keeps Hibs in the huntAugust 2021 medicmedic, Independent on Sunday, 31 December 2000. W 2 January 2001 SPL 3–0 Hibernian Paatelainen 6 Fenwick 41 O'Neil 69 Dundee Easter Road, Edinburgh 12,379 McCurry D 30 January 2001 SPL 1–1 Kilmarnock Hay 68 Hibernian Laursen 87 Rugby Park, Kilmarnock 6,385 McCurry W 10 February 2001 SPL 4–2 Hibernian Sauzee 17 Zitelli 59 Zitelli 61 Latapy 80 St Mirren Gillies 44 pen Gillies 51 Easter Road, Edinburgh 8,872 Toner D 25 February 2001 SPL 1–1 Celtic Mjallby 23 Hibernian Libbra 84 Celtic Park, Glasgow 60,063 Dougal D 4 March 2001 SPL 1–1 Hibernian Latapy 82 Motherwell Strong 81 Easter Road, Edinburgh 9,500 Clark L 13 March 2001 SPL 1–0 Aberdeen Guntveit 2 Hibernian Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen 9,357 Young L 17 March 2001 SPL 2–1 Dunfermline Athletic Crawford 29 Hampshire 57 Hibernian Murray 87 East End Park, Dunfermline 7,547 Underhill L 1 April 2001 SPL 2–0 St Johnstone Lovenkrands 71 Lovenkrands 74 Hibernian McDiarmid Park, Perth 4,346 Dallas D 8 April 2001 SPL 0–0 Hibernian Rangers Easter Road, Edinburgh 9,625 Rowbotham D 21 April 2001 SPL 1–1 Hibernian Libbra 35 Kilmarnock Cocard 11 Easter Road, Edinburgh 8,224 Clark W 29 April 2001 SPL 0–2 Dundee Hibernian Libbra 53 Zitelli 66 Dens Park, Dundee 6,659 Somers L 6 May 2001 SPL 2–5 Hibernian Libbra 85 Libbra 88 Celtic McNamara 5 McNamara 18 Larsson 62 Stubbs 68 Moravcik 80 Easter Road, Edinburgh 8,728 Rowbotham D 13 May 2001 SPL 0–0 Hibernian Heart of Midlothian Easter Road, Edinburgh 8,913 Dougal L 20 May 2001 SPL 4–0 Rangers Albertz 12 pen de Boer 34 de Boer 57 Vidmar 90 Hibernian Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow 46,179 McDonald Final table HIB Scottish League Cup As one of the SPL clubs who failed to qualify for European competition, Hibs entered at the second round stage of the competition, in which they defeated Stenhousemuir 2–1. Another 2–1 win, after extra time against Falkirk, sent Hibs through to a quarter-final against Kilmarnock. In that match, Hibs took an early lead through a Russell Latapy goal, but conceded two second half goals to lose 2–1 and exit the competition. Results W 22 August 2000 Scottish League Cup 1–2 Stenhousemuir McKinnon 19 Hibernian McManus 23 pen Lehmann 62 Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir 1,545 Smith W 6 September 2000 Scottish League Cup 1–2 y Falkirk McMahon 74 Hibernian Latapy 79 Latapy 118 Brockville Park, Falkirk 4,292 Clark L 31 October 2000 Scottish League Cup 2–1 Kilmarnock McLaren 46 Dargo 71 Hibernian Latapy 2 Rugby Park, Kilmarnock 7,819 Dallas Scottish Cup Results W 27 January 2001 Scottish Cup 6–1 Hibernian Laursen 22 Jack 28 Sauzee 45 Paatelainen 46 Lehmann 59 Lehmann 63 Clyde McLaughlin 84 Easter Road, Edinburgh 9,494 Freeland W 17 February 2001 Scottish Cup 2–3 Stirling Albion Templeman 4 Graham 53 pen Hibernian Sauzee 10 O'Neil 26 McManus 78 Forthbank Stadium, Stirling 3,700 Rowbotham W 10 March 2001 Scottish Cup 0–1 Kilmarnock Hibernian McManus 90 Rugby Park, Kilmarnock 8,287 McCurry W 14 April 2001 Scottish Cup 3–0 Hibernian O'Neil 2 Zitelli 69 O'Neil 76 Livingston Hampden Park, Glasgow 24,658 Young L 26 May 2001 2001 Scottish Cup Final 3–0 Celtic McNamara 39 Larsson 48 Larsson 80 pen Hibernian Hampden Park, Glasgow 51,824 Clark Transfers The only major transfer involving Hibs during the season was the sale of Kenny Miller, Hibs' top goalscorer in the previous season, to Rangers for £2M in total. It was suggested in the media that the fee would be used to finance refurbishments of Easter Road, but the Hibs board denied this and pledged to reinvest in the playing squad.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/4751851/Rangers-close-in-on-1.5m-deal-for-striker-Miller.html Rangers close in on £1.5m deal for striker Miller The Daily Telegraph Lomax Andrew 22 June 2000 15 August 2010 A curious bit of transfer activity involved Didier Agathe, who Hibs signed as a free agent on a short-term contract in the 2000 close season.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/scotland/1369815.stm Hibs get tough over Libbra BBC Sport 4 June 2001 15 August 2010 After a few good performances for Hibs, Agathe was offered the chance to double his salary by Celtic manager Martin O'Neill.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/scottish/celtic-seek-exultation-on-sacred-ground-631285.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110606110251/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/scottish/celtic-seek-exultation-on-sacred-ground-631285.html dead 6 June 2011 Celtic seek exultation on sacred ground The Independent 14 October 2001 15 August 2010 Gordon Phil This prompted Hibs to sell Agathe to Celtic for the relatively small fee of £50,000, given that the player only had weeks remaining on his contract, and could have signed for Celtic for no transfer fee when it expired. 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The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=1227 Hibernian 2000/2001 player appearances Soccerbase 21 January 2010 None of the players appeared in every match, but goalkeeper Nick Colgan played in all but one of the league matches and in all eight of the cup ties. Gary Smith and Mathias Jack also appeared in 37 league matches, as Hibs fielded a relatively settled side. SPL Scottish Cup League Cup Nick Colgan GK IRL 37 0 5 0 3 0 Mike Franks GK Canada 2 0 0 0 0 0 Derek Collins DF Scotland 0 0 0 0 3 0 Mark Dempsie DF Scotland 1 0 0 0 0 0 Paul Fenwick DF Canada 31 1 5 0 3 0 Ulrik Laursen DF Denmark 29 2 5 1 1 0 Martin McIntosh DF Scotland 4 0 0 0 3 0 Franck Sauzee DF France 33 2 5 2 1 0 Gary Smith DF Scotland 37 0 5 0 2 0 Tom Smith DF Scotland 8 0 0 0 3 0 Lyndon Andrews MF TRI 11 0 1 0 2 0 Frederic Arpinon MF France 7 0 1 0 0 0 Scott Bannerman MF Scotland 2 0 0 0 0 0 Grant Brebner MF Scotland 11 0 4 0 2 0 Mathias Jack MF Germany 37 0 4 1 2 0 Russell Latapy MF TRI 33 7 4 0 2 3 Stuart Lovell MF AUS 31 5 3 0 2 0 Ian Murray MF Scotland 21 1 4 0 0 0 John O'Neil MF Scotland 33 4 5 3 2 0 Hakim Sar-Temsoury MF France 1 0 0 0 2 0 Didier Agathe FW France 5 4 0 0 1 0 Dirk Lehmann FW Germany 29 2 1 2 3 1 Marc Libbra FW France 10 5 3 0 0 0 Tam McManus FW Scotland 16 2 3 2 1 1 Garry O'Connor FW Scotland 1 0 0 0 0 0 Mixu Paatelainen FW Finland 36 11 5 1 2 0 David Zitelli FW France 30 10 5 1 1 0 |} See also List of Hibernian F.C. seasons Notes 30em External links Hibernian 2000/2001 results and fixtures, Soccerbase Category:Hibernian F.C. seasons Hibernian