| Club: | Celtic |
| Season: | 2000–01 |
| Manager: | Martin O'Neill |
| Chairman: | Brian Quinn |
| Stadium: | Celtic Park |
| League: | Scottish Premier League |
| League Result: | 1st |
| Cup1: | Scottish Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Winners |
| Cup2: | Scottish League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Winners |
| Cup3: | UEFA Cup |
| Cup3 Result: | Second round |
| Pattern La1: | _celtic9901h |
| Pattern B1: | _celtic9901h |
| Pattern Ra1: | _celtic9901h |
| Pattern Sh1: | _celtic1314h |
| Leftarm1: | 009933 |
| Body1: | 009933 |
| Rightarm1: | 009933 |
| Shorts1: | FFFFFF |
| Socks1: | FFFFFF |
| League Topscorer: | Henrik Larsson (35) |
| Season Topscorer: | Henrik Larsson (53) |
| Highest Attendance: | 60,440 vs St Mirren (7 April 2001) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 31,940 vs Dunfermline Athletic (7 March 2001) |
| Prevseason: | 1999–2000 |
| Nextseason: | 2001–02 |
Celtic played the 2000–01 season in the Scottish Premier League. Martin O'Neill became manager and Celtic won a domestic treble of the three major Scottish trophies: the Scottish League Cup,[1] the Scottish Premier League trophy[2] and the Scottish Cup.[3]
Following the departure of John Barnes in February 2000,[4] Martin O'Neill was appointed as manager of Celtic in June 2000.[5] Kenny Dalglish, who was director of football at Celtic, left the club soon after.[6] John Robertson and Steve Walford followed O'Neill from Leicester City to be assistant manager and coach.[7]
| Date | Player | From | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 July 2000 | £6,000,000[8] | ||
| 28 July 2000 | £3,800,000[9] | ||
| 1 September 2000 | £2,750,000[10] | ||
| 1 September 2000 | £50,000[11] | ||
| 18 October 2000 | £1,200,000[12] | ||
| 7 December 2000 | £5,750,000[13] | ||
Celtic started their league campaign by going undefeated in 16 games until a heavy defeat to Rangers in November 2000. They lost only two more games, both in May after the league title had been secured. They won the Scottish Premier League with a victory over St Mirren in April,[15] receiving the trophy two weeks later after a 1–0 home win over Hearts, having finished 15 points clear of the runner-up, Rangers, with 97 points.[16]
Striker Henrik Larsson scored 53 goals to set a new Scottish scoring record for a single season.[17]
Key games were:[18]
Celtic beat Raith Rovers, Hearts and Rangers on the way to the Scottish League Cup final at Hampden Park in March 2001. They won the trophy, beating Kilmarnock 3-0 through a second-half hat-trick by Henrik Larsson despite going down to ten men after Chris Sutton was sent off.
In the Scottish Cup, Celtic beat Stranraer, Dunfermline after a replay, Hearts and Dundee United to reach the final in May 2001, where they beat Hibernian 3–0 with a goal from Jackie McNamara and two goals from Henrik Larsson to complete a domestic treble.[3]
Celtic had qualified for the UEFA Cup and began their campaign with an 11-0 aggregate win over Jeunesse Esch from Luxembourg in August 2000.[19] A Chris Sutton goal in extra-time in the away leg was enough to see Celtic through the next round 3–2 on aggregate against HJK Helsinki the following month.[20] They were knocked out in the third round of the competition by Girondins de Bordeaux 2–3 on aggregate despite dominating the second leg in Bordeaux.[21]
| Win | Draw | Loss |
See main article: 2000–01 Scottish Premier League.
See main article: 2000–01 Scottish League Cup.
See main article: 2000–01 Scottish Cup.
See main article: 2000–01 UEFA Cup.
See main article: 2000–01 UEFA Cup qualifying round.
See main article: 2000–01 UEFA Cup first round.
See main article: 2000–01 UEFA Cup second round.
List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition|}NB: Players with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes
| Player | From | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| £6,000,000[22] | ||
| £4,800,000 | ||
| £2,750,000 | ||
| £50,000 | ||
| £1,200,000 | ||
| £5,750,000 | ||
| Loan | ||
| Loan | ||
| Player | To | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| £6,000,000 | ||
| Loan £975,000 | ||
| Loan | ||
| Loan Loan | ||
| Loan | ||
| Loan | ||
| Loan | ||
| Loan | ||
| Loan | ||
| - | Released | |