| Club: | Burnley |
| Season: | 2000–01 |
| Manager: | Stan Ternent |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Barry Kilby |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| League: | First Division |
| League Result: | 7th |
| Cup1: | League Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | 2nd Round |
| Cup2: | FA Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | 3rd Round |
| League Topscorer: | Andy Payton (9) |
| Season Topscorer: | Andy Payton (15) |
| Highest Attendance: | 21,369 v Blackburn Rovers (17 December 2000) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 3,319 v Hartlepool United (22 August 2000) |
| Average Attendance: | 15,025[1] |
| Prevseason: | 1999–2000 |
| Nextseason: | 2001–02 |
| Pattern So1: | _color_3_stripes_blue |
| Leftarm1: | 3BB9FF |
| Body1: | 990033 |
| Rightarm1: | 3BB9FF |
| Shorts1: | FFFFFF |
The 2000–01 season was Burnley's 1st season in the second tier of English football since 1994/95. They were managed by Stan Ternent in his third full season since he replaced Chris Waddle at the beginning 1998–99 campaign.
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| Pos | Player | From | Fee | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | DF | John Boardman | Free | 7 June 2000 | |
| 19 | DF | Free | 12 June 2000 | ||
| 16 | FW | Free | 17 June 2000 | ||
| 28 | MF | Free | 24 June 2000 | ||
| 33 | MF | Free | 1 August 2000 | ||
| 34 | GK | Free | 25 August 2000 | ||
| 35 | FW | Loan | 9 October 2000 | ||
| 16 | FW | £1m | 20 November 2000 | ||
| 9 | FW | Loan | 19 February 2001 | ||
| Pos | Player | To | Fee | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | Eamonn Kelly | Released | 22 May 2000 | ||
| FW | Retired | 7 June 2000 | |||
| DF | Free | 18 June 2000 | |||
| MF | Free | 22 August 2000 | |||
| 29 | FW | Loan | 21 September 2000[2] | ||
| 24 | DF | Loan | 22 September 2000 | ||
| 17 | MF | Loan | 22 September 2000 | ||
| 21 | DF | Loan | 22 September 2000 | ||
| 14 | DF | Loan | 22 September 2000 | ||
| 13 | GK | Loan | 28 September 2000 | ||
| 33 | MF | Free | 30 October 2000 | ||
| 16 | FW | Free | 10 November 2000 | ||
| 29 | FW | £150k | 15 November 2000 | ||
| 9 | FW | £300k | 1 December 2000 | ||
| 23 | DF | Free | 22 January 2001 | ||
| 13 | GK | Free | 16 February 2001 | ||
| 4 | MF | Loan | 5 March 2001 | ||
| 4 | MF | Free | 8 March 2001 | ||
| 14 | DF | Free | 15 March 2001 | ||
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