2000–01 Aston Villa F.C. season

English football club season December 2014 December 2014 Aston Villa F.C. 2000–01 Doug Ellis John Gregory Villa Park FA Premier League 8th FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Third round UEFA Intertoto Cup Semi-final Dion Dublin (8) Dion Dublin (9) 41,366 vs Liverpool (13 January 2001, FA Premier League) 22,310 vs Bradford City (16 September 2000, FA Premier League) 31,597 1999–2000 2001–02 Recent history of Aston Villa Aston Villa records and statistics The 2000–01 English football season was Aston Villa's 9th season in the Premier League and their 13th consecutive season in the top division of English football. Another season of decent (but rarely exciting) form saw Villa secure another top-10 finish, though this time they dipped slightly into eighth place after occupying sixth place a year earlier. Villa proved themselves as one of the hardest Premier League teams to beat, with only the top three sides suffering fewer defeats than Villa's 10, but a mere 13 wins and a staggering 15 draws ended any hopes of a title bid or even a top-six finish. Juan Pablo Ángel (175) signed Villa on 12 January 2001, becoming the club's record signing at £9.5 million. Angel made his debut away to Manchester United in a 0–2 loss on 20 January 2001.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/1105856.stm Villa to complete Angel deal 12 January 2001 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 3 September 2013 Other debuts included Steve Staunton (208), Thomas Hitzlsperger (99), Alpay Özalan (58), David Ginola (41), Gilles De Bilde (4), and Luc Nilis (3). Kit Supplier Sponsor << Diadora NTL Premier League 2000–01 FA Premier League AST Results summary 8 8 3 27 20 5 7 7 19 23 2000-01 FA Premier League table August 2015 Results by matchday table b Match Ground A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/H/A/H/A/H/A Result D/D/L/W/W/D/W/L/D/W/W/W/L/D/D/D/D/W/L/L/L/L/L/W/D/L/D/W/D/W/W/D/W/D/D/D/W/L Position 10/17/19/13/7/9/5/6/11/7/5/4/5/6/7/8/9/7/9/11/13/13/13/12/13/14/14/12/12/11/10/8/8/7/7/8/8/8 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 11v11.com: 2000-01 Aston Villa results August 2015 #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFFF Fixtures 1px solid #AAAAAA 19 August 2000 1 Leicester City 0–0 Aston Villa 21,455 D 27 August 2000 2 Aston Villa 1–1 Chelsea 27,057 Nilis 10 D 6 September 2000 3 Liverpool 3–1 Aston Villa 43,360 Stone 83 L 9 September 2000 4 Ipswich Town 1–2 Aston Villa 22,065 Hendrie 28 Dublin 54 W 16 September 2000 5 Aston Villa 2–0 Bradford City 27,849 Southgate 5 Dublin 75 pen. W 23 September 2000 6 Middlesbrough 1–1 Aston Villa 27,556 Joachim 74 D 30 September 2000 7 Aston Villa 4–1 Derby County 26,534 Joachim 28 Merson 37 Wright 54 Joachim 87 W 14 October 2000 8 Arsenal 1–0 Aston Villa 38,042 L 22 October 2000 9 Aston Villa 0–0 Sunderland 27,215 D 28 October 2000 10 Aston Villa 2–1 Charlton Athletic 27,461 Taylor 33 Merson 41 W 5 November 2000 11 Everton 0–1 Aston Villa 27,670 Merson 90 W 11 November 2000 12 Aston Villa 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur 33,608 Taylor 22 Taylor 57 W 18 November 2000 13 Southampton 2–0 Aston Villa 14,979 L 25 November 2000 14 Coventry City 1–1 Aston Villa 21,464 Dublin 8 D 2 December 2000 15 Aston Villa 1–1 Newcastle United 34,255 Dublin 4 D 9 December 2000 16 West Ham United 1–1 Aston Villa 25,888 Hendrie 37 D 16 December 2000 17 Aston Villa 2–2 Manchester City 29,281 Dublin 71 Ginola 86 D 23 December 2000 18 Leeds United 1–2 Aston Villa 39,714 Southgate 43 Boateng 88 W 26 December 2000 19 Aston Villa 0–1 Manchester United 40,889 L 1 January 2001 20 Chelsea 1–0 Aston Villa 33,159 L 13 January 2001 21 Aston Villa 0–3 Liverpool 41,366 L 20 January 2001 22 Manchester United 2–0 Aston Villa 67,533 L 24 January 2001 23 Aston Villa 1–2 Leeds United 29,335 Merson 24 L 3 February 2001 24 Bradford City 0–3 Aston Villa 19,591 Vassell 50 Vassell 58 Joachim 87 W 10 February 2001 25 Aston Villa 1–1 Middlesbrough 28,912 Stone 38 D 24 February 2001 26 Derby County 1–0 Aston Villa 27,289 L 5 March 2001 27 Sunderland 1–1 Aston Villa 47,196 Joachim 52 D 10 March 2001 28 Aston Villa 2–1 Ipswich Town 28,216 Joachim 53 Joachim 71 W 18 March 2001 29 Aston Villa 0–0 Arsenal 36,111 D 31 March 2001 30 Manchester City 1–3 Aston Villa 34,247 Merson 14 Dublin 45 Hendrie 65 W 4 April 2001 31 Aston Villa 2–1 Leicester City 29,043 Dublin 30 Hendrie 72 W 7 April 2001 32 Aston Villa 2–2 West Ham United 31,432 Ginola 71 Hendrie 78 D 14 April 2001 33 Aston Villa 2–1 Everton 31,272 Dublin 2 Taylor 81 W 17 April 2001 34 Charlton Athletic 3–3 Aston Villa 20,043 Ginola 59 Vassell 75 Hendrie 90 D 21 April 2001 35 Aston Villa 0–0 Southampton 29,336 D 28 April 2001 36 Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 Aston Villa 36,096 D 5 May 2001 37 Aston Villa 3–2 Coventry City 39,761 Vassell 61 Ángel 81 Merson 86 W Merson scores the Goal of the Month 19 May 2001 38 Newcastle United 3–0 Aston Villa 51,506 L FA Cup 2000–01 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR37 January 2001 Newcastle UnitedA1–137,682Stone 54'R3R17 January 2001 Newcastle UnitedH1–025,387Vassell 50'R427 January 2001 Leicester CityH1–226,283Joachim 76' League Cup 2000–01 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR31 November 2000 Manchester CityH0–124,138 Intertoto Cup 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR3 1st Leg16 July 2000 FK Marila Příbram CZEA0–07,852R3 2nd Leg22 July 2000 FK Marila Příbram CZEH3–1 (won 3–1 on agg)8,200Dublin 8', Taylor 56', Nilis 62'SF 1st Leg26 July 2000 Celta de Vigo SPAA0–114,000SF 2nd Leg2 August 2000 Celta de Vigo SPAH1–2 (lost 1–3 on agg)11,909Barry (pen) 45' Players First-team squad # Name Position Nationality Place of birth Date of birth (age) Signed from Date signed Fee Apps Gls Goalkeepers 1 David James GK ENG Welwyn Garden City yes 2000 7 1 1970 8 1 Liverpool 17 June 1999 £1,700,000 39 0 13 Neil Cutler GK ENG Perton yes 2000 7 1 1976 9 3 Chester City 30 November 1999 Free transfer 1 0 39 Peter Enckelman GK FIN Turku yes 2000 7 1 1977 3 10 FIN TPS 1 February 1999 £200,000 14 0 40 Matthew Ghent GK ENG Burton upon Trent yes 2000 7 1 1980 9 5 Academy 1 July 1997 0 0 Defenders 2 Mark Delaney RB WAL Haverfordwest yes 2000 7 1 1976 5 13 WAL Cardiff City 9 March 1999 £250,000 38 1 3 Alan Wright LB ENG Ashton-under-Lyne yes 2000 7 1 1971 9 28 Blackburn Rovers 10 March 1995 £1,000,000 242 4 4 Gareth Southgate (c) CB ENG Watford yes 2000 7 1 1970 9 3 Crystal Palace 1 July 1995 £3,500,000 207 7 5 Ugo Ehiogu CB ENG Hackney yes 2000 7 1 1972 11 3 West Bromwich Albion 12 July 1991 £40,000 299 15 11* Steve Staunton LB IRL Dundalk yes 2000 7 1 1969 1 19 Liverpool 6 December 2000 Free transfer 264 17 15 Gareth Barry LB ENG Hastings yes 2000 7 1 1981 2 23 Academy 1 January 1998 83 3 16 Alpay Özalan CB TUR İzmir yes 2000 7 1 1973 5 30 TUR Fenerbahçe 28 July 2000 £5,600,000 - - 23 Najwan Ghrayib LB ISR Nazareth yes 2000 7 1 1974 1 30 ISR Hapoel Haifa 20 July 1999 £1,000,000 6 0 30 Jon Bewers RB ENG Kettering yes 2000 7 1 1982 9 10 Academy 1 July 1999 1 0 31 Jlloyd Samuel LB TRI San Fernando yes 2000 7 1 1981 3 29 Academy 1 January 1999 10 0 32 Aaron Lescott CB ENG Birmingham yes 1999 7 1 1978 12 2 Academy 1 July 1998 1 0 Midfielders 6 George Boateng CM NED GHA Nkawkaw yes 2000 7 1 1975 9 5 Coventry City 20 July 1999 £4,500,000 45 3 7 Ian Taylor CM ENG Birmingham yes 2000 7 1 1968 6 4 Sheffield Wednesday 21 December 1994 £1,000,000 220 32 10 Paul Merson AM ENG Harlesden yes 2000 7 1 1968 3 20 Middlesbrough 8 September 1998 £6,750,000 72 10 11 Alan Thompson LM ENG Newcastle upon Tyne yes 2000 7 1 1973 12 22 Bolton Wanderers 5 June 1998 £4,500,000 55 5 14 David Ginola LM FRA Gassin yes 2000 7 1 1967 1 25 Tottenham Hotspur 30 July 2000 £3,000,000 - - 17 Lee Hendrie RM ENG Solihull yes 2000 7 1 1977 5 18 Academy 1 July 1995 109 10 18 Steve Stone RM ENG Gateshead yes 2000 7 1 1971 8 20 Nottingham Forest 11 March 1999 £5,500,000 46 3 21 Thomas Hitzlsperger LM GER Munich yes 2000 7 1 1982 4 5 GER Bayern Munich 5 August 2000 Free transfer - - 24 John McGrath CM IRL Limerick yes 2000 7 1 1980 3 27 Academy 1 July 1999 0 0 27 Michael Standing AM ENG Shoreham-by-Sea yes 2000 7 1 1981 3 20 Academy 1 July 1998 0 0 28 Gavin Melaugh CM NIR Derry yes 2000 7 1 1981 7 9 Academy 1 July 2000 - - 29 Stephen Cooke CM ENG Walsall yes 2000 7 1 1983 2 15 Academy 1 July 2000 - - Forwards 8 Juan Pablo Ángel CF COL Medellín yes 2000 7 1 1975 10 24 ARG River Plate 13 January 2001 £9,500,000 - - 9 Dion Dublin CF ENG Leicester yes 2000 7 1 1969 4 22 Coventry City 5 November 1998 £5,750,000 57 26 12 Julian Joachim CF ENG Peterborough yes 2000 7 1 1974 9 20 Leicester City 24 February 1996 £1,890,000 146 36 19 Richard Walker CF ENG Bloxwich yes 2000 7 1 1977 11 8 Academy 1 July 1997 8 2 20 Luc Nilis CF BEL Hasselt yes 2000 7 1 1967 5 25 NED PSV Eindhoven 1 July 2000 Free transfer - - 22 Darius Vassell CF ENG Birmingham yes 2000 7 1 1980 6 13 Academy 1 January 1998 28 2 25 Gilles De Bilde CF BEL Zellik yes 2000 7 1 1971 6 9 Sheffield Wednesday 3 January 2001 Loan - - 35 Neil Tarrant CF SCO ENG Darlington yes 2000 7 1 1979 6 24 SCO Ross County 28 April 1998 £250,000 0 0 *squad number was re-used following a players departure.Note: Stats and ages are correct as of July 1, 2000. Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2000-2001/faprem/avilla.htm FootballSquads - Aston Villa - 2000/01http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/2000-01.html Aston Villa Player Database 1 ENG GK David James 2 WAL DF Mark Delaney 3 ENG DF Alan Wright 4 ENG DF Gareth Southgate captain 6 NED MF George BoatengBoateng was born in Nkawkaw, Ghana, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Netherlands in November 2001. 7 ENG MF Ian Taylor 8 COL FW Juan Pablo Ángel 9 ENG FW Dion Dublin 10 ENG MF Paul Merson 11 IRL DF Steve Staunton 12 ENG FW Julian Joachim 14 FRA MF David Ginola 15 ENG DF Gareth Barry 16 TUR DF Alpay Özalan 17 ENG MF Lee Hendrie 18 ENG MF Steve Stone 19 ENG FW Richard Walker 21 GER MF Thomas Hitzlsperger 22 ENG FW Darius Vassell 24 IRL MF John McGrath 29 ENG MF Stephen Cooke 31 ENG DF Jlloyd SamuelSamuel was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, but also qualified to represent England internationally and would represent them at U-21 level and be called up to senior team before switching his international allegiance to Trinidad and Tobago and making his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in September 2009. Left club during season 5 ENG DF Ugo Ehiogu to Middlesbrough 11 ENG MF Alan Thompson to Celtic 19 ENG FW Richard Walker on loan to Blackpool 20 BEL FW Luc Nilis retired 23 ISR DF Najwan Ghrayib to Hapoel Haifa 25 BEL FW Gilles De Bilde to Sheffield Wednesday 32 ENG DF Aaron Lescott to Sheffield Wednesday 35 SCO FW Neil TarrantTarrant was born in Darlington, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level. on loan to York City 40 ENG GK Matthew Ghent to Lincoln City Reserve squad 27 ENG MF Michael Standing 28 NIR MF Gavin Melaugh 35 SCO FW Neil Tarrant 39 FIN GK Peter Enckelman ENG GK Neil Cutler SWE MF David Curtolo NOR MF Jone Samuelsen on trial from Haugesund ENG FW Stephen Evans FIN FW Ville Harittu on trial from TPS Under-19s The following players spent most of the season playing for the under-19s, but may have also appeared for the reserves or under-17s. 30 ENG MF Jon Bewers ENG GK Boaz MyhillMyhill was born in Modesto, California, United States, but was raised in England from the age of 1, qualifying to represent any of the home nations. He represented England at U-17, U-18, and U-20 level before making his international debut for Wales in March 2008. ENG DF Rob EdwardsEdwards was born in Madeley, England, and represented them at U-16 level, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Wales in March 2003. ENG DF Liam Folds ENG DF Danny Haynes ENG DF Leon Hylton ENG DF Danny Jackman ENG DF Ben Willets IRL DF Seán Dillon ENG MF David Berks ENG MF Alexis NicolasNicolas was born in Westminster, England, but also qualified to represent Cyprus internationally and represented them at U-21 level. ENG MF Jay Smith IRL MF Keith Fahey AUS MF Andrew Packer on trial ENG FW Mark DeBolla ENG FW David Goldsmith ENG FW Stefan Moore NED FW Maiko Alberink on trial from SV Zwolle FIN FW Jan Lomski on trial MF John Malpass Adam A. Smith Under-17s The following players spent most of the season playing for the under-17s, but may have also appeared for the reserves or under-19s. IRL GK Wayne Henderson ENG DF Ryan Amoo ENG DF David Andrewartha ENG DF Stuart Bridges ENG DF Scott Cormell ENG DF Liam Ridgewell ENG DF Cameron StuartStuart was born in York, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-18 level. ENG DF James O'Connor ENG DF Andy Wells ENG DF Oliver Williams IRL DF Pierre Ennis SWE DF Fredrik Stoor on trial from Hammarby IF NOR DF Trond Erik Bertelsen on trial from Haugesund ENG MF James Beaumont on trial ENG MF James Pawley ENG MF Joshua Walker on trial from Manchester United ENG MF Peter Whittingham SWE MF Nadir Benchenaa on trial from Hammarby IF SWE MF Acke Steen on trial from Öster ENG FW Mark Atkinson ENG FW Michael Husbands ENG FW Lee McGuire ENG FW Luke Moore IRL FW Peter Hynes MF Adam Baptist MF Jamie Cunnington MF David Nolan Colin Doyle on trial Michael Johnson on trial Robert Jones on trial Danny Meade Robert Milner on trial Ryan Poole Other players The following players were signed to the club on unknown contractual terms, and did not appear for any team this season. WAL DF Stuart Thornley to Flexsys Cefn Druids ENG MF Lloyd Dyer ENG MF Duncan McArthur on trial from Hastings United BRA MF Fernando Pelado on trial from Treviso HON FW Milton Núñez on trial from Sunderland DF Wesley Meacham to Bromsgrove Rovers Stuart Lewis Statistics Starting 11 Considering starts in all competitionshttp://www.11v11.com/teams/aston-villa/tab/players/season/2001 All Aston Villa players: 2001 David James ENG 1 GK 46 Alan Wright ENG 3 RB 43 Alpay Özalan TUR 16 CB 36 Gareth Southgate ENG 4 CB 36 Gareth Barry ENG 15 LB 36 Steve Stone ENG 26 RM 41 Ian Taylor ENG 7 CM 31 George Boateng NED 6 CM 37 Paul Merson ENG 10 LM 45 Julian Joachim ENG 12 CF 13 Lee Hendrie has 29 starts Dion Dublin ENG 9 CF 35 Transfers Transferred in DatePosPlayerFromFee 1 July 2000 CF BEL Luc Nilis NED PSV Eindhoven Free transfer 28 July 2000 CB TUR Alpay Özalan TUR Fenerbahçe £5,600,000 30 July 2000 LM FRA David Ginola Tottenham Hotspur £3,000,000 5 August 2000 LM GER Thomas Hitzlsperger GER Bayern Munich Free transfer 6 December 2000 LB IRL Steve Staunton Liverpool Free transfer 13 January 2001 CF COL Juan Pablo Ángel ARG River Plate £9,500,000£18,100,000 #D4AF37 Record 1px solid #AAAAAA Loaned in DatePosPlayerFromLoan End 10 October 2000 CF BEL Gilles De Bilde Sheffield Wednesday 3 January 2001 Transferred out DatePosPlayerToFee 1 July 2000 CF JAM Darren Byfield Walsall Free transfer 4 July 2000 RB Steve Watson Everton £2,500,000 17 July 2000 CM Mark Draper Southampton £1,250,000 9 August 2000 SS ITA Benito Carbone Bradford City Free transfer 1 September 2000 LM Alan Thompson SCO Celtic £2,750,000 3 October 2000 LB Aaron Lescott Sheffield Wednesday £100,000 20 October 2000 CB Ugo Ehiogu Middlesbrough £8,000,000 2 December 2000 GK Matthew Ghent Lincoln City Free transfer 24 January 2001 CF BEL Luc Nilis Retired 26 January 2001 CF Mark DeBolla Charlton Athletic Free transfer 13 February 2001 LB ISR Najwan Ghrayib ISR Hapoel Haifa £150,000£14,750,000 Loaned out DatePosPlayerToLoan End 19 October 2000 CF SCO Neil Tarrant York City 19 December 2000 15 December 2000 GK Neil Cutler Oxford United 27 February 2001 7 February 2001 CF Richard Walker Blackpool 31 May 2001 Overall transfer activity Expenditure £18,100,000 Income £14,750,000 Balance £3,350,000 Notes notes References External links Aston Villa official website avfchistory.co.uk 2000–01 season https://web.archive.org/web/20210622083040/https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/2000-01-season 22 June 2021 Category:Aston Villa F.C. seasons Aston Villa