| Competition: | FA Premier League |
| Season: | 2000–01 |
| Dates: | 19 August 2000 – 19 May 2001 |
| Winners: | Manchester United 7th Premier League title 14th English title |
| Relegated: | Manchester City Coventry City Bradford City |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Manchester United Arsenal Liverpool |
| Continentalcup2: | UEFA Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Leeds United Ipswich Town Chelsea |
| Continentalcup3: | Intertoto Cup |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Aston Villa Newcastle United |
| League Topscorer Section: | Top scorers |
| League Topscorer: | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (23 goals) |
| Best Goalkeeper: | Fabien Barthez Paul Jones Sander Westerveld (14 clean sheets each) |
| Biggest Home Win: | (5 September 2000) |
| Biggest Away Win: | (15 October 2000) (13 January 2001) (7 April 2001) (11 April 2001) (19 May 2001) |
| Highest Scoring: | (26 August 2000) |
| Matches: | 380 |
| Total Goals: | 992 |
| Longest Wins: | 8 games[1] Manchester United |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 13 games Leeds United |
| Longest Losses: | 8 games Leicester City |
| Longest Winless: | 13 games Bradford City Derby County |
| Highest Attendance: | 67,637 (14 April 2001) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 15,523 (2 December 2000) |
| Attendance: | 12,503,039[2] |
| Average Attendance: | 32,903 |
| Prevseason: | 1999–2000 |
| Nextseason: | 2001–02 |
The 2000–01 FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth FA Premier League season and the third season running which ended with Manchester United as champions and Arsenal as runners-up. Sir Alex Ferguson became the first manager to win three successive English league titles with the same club. Liverpool, meanwhile, managed a unique cup treble – winning the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup. They also finished third in the Premier League and qualified for the Champions League. Nike replaced Mitre as manufacturer of the official Premier League match ball, a contract that has since been extended multiple times, with the most recent renewal made in November 2018 to the end of the 2024–25 season.[3]
UEFA Cup places went to Leeds United, Chelsea, Ipswich Town, and Aston Villa, who qualified via the Intertoto Cup. None of the top six clubs in the Premier League had an English manager. The most successful English manager in the 2000–01 Premier League campaign was Peter Reid, whose Sunderland side finished seventh, having spent most of the season challenging for a place in Europe, and briefly occupied second place in the Premier League table.
Despite the success achieved by Sir Alex Ferguson and Gérard Houllier, the Manager of the Year Award went to George Burley. The Ipswich Town manager was in charge of a newly promoted side who began the season as relegation favourites and on a limited budget, guided his team to fifth place in the Premier League final table earning a total of 66 points - the highest total in Premier League history for a newly promoted side since the switch to a 20-team format—and a place in the UEFA Cup for the first time in almost 20 years. 2000–01 was perhaps the best season yet for newly promoted teams in the Premier League. Charlton Athletic finished ninth, their highest finish since the 1950s. The only newly promoted team to suffer relegation was Manchester City, who in the space of six seasons had now been relegated three times and promoted twice. Relegated in bottom place were Bradford City, whose return to the top division after almost 80 years was over after just two seasons. The next relegation place went to Coventry City, who were finally relegated after 34 successive seasons of top division football, which had brought numerous relegation battles and league finishes no higher than sixth place.
Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the First Division. The teams that were promoted were Charlton Athletic, Manchester City and Ipswich Town, returning after a top flight absence of one, four and five years respectively. They replaced Wimbledon, Sheffield Wednesday and Watford. They were relegated to the First Division after spending fourteen, nine and one year in the top flight respectively.
Manchester United won a third successive Premier League title, meaning that they had now won seven out of nine top flight titles since the creation of the Premier League. Arsenal finished runners-up for a third consecutive season. Liverpool finished third and won a treble of trophies - the League Cup, FA Cup and UEFA Cup - after winning just two in the previous decade. Leeds United’s vastly improved form in the second half of the season lifted them from mid table to a fourth place finish. Newly promoted Ipswich Town finished fifth to qualify for Europe for the first time since 1982. The sixth and final European place went to Chelsea. Sunderland just missed out on Europe again with another seventh place finish. Leicester City had been fourth in the table as late as March, before a run of nine defeats from their final 10 games dragged them into the bottom half of the table.
Bradford City were relegated in bottom place after two seasons in the Premier League, followed by Coventry City after 34 years and numerous relegation battles in the top flight. The final relegation place went to newly promoted Manchester City. This was the first season where all of the relegated teams had their relegation confirmed before the final game of the season.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal | Arsenal Stadium | 38,419 | ||
| Aston Villa | Birmingham | Villa Park | 42,573 | |
| Bradford City | Bradford | Valley Parade | 25,136 | |
| Charlton Athletic | London | The Valley | 20,043 | |
| Chelsea | London | Stamford Bridge | 42,055 | |
| Coventry City | Coventry | Highfield Road | 23,489 | |
| Derby County | Derby | Pride Park Stadium | 33,597 | |
| Everton | Goodison Park | 40,569 | ||
| Ipswich Town | Ipswich | Portman Road | 30,300 | |
| Leeds United | Leeds | Elland Road | 40,242 | |
| Leicester City | Leicester | Filbert Street | 22,000 | |
| Liverpool | Liverpool | Anfield | 45,522 | |
| Manchester City | Maine Road | 35,150 | ||
| Manchester United | Manchester | Old Trafford | 68,174 | |
| Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough | Riverside Stadium | 35,049 | |
| Newcastle United | Newcastle upon Tyne | St James' Park | 52,387 | |
| Southampton | Southampton | The Dell | 15,200 | |
| Sunderland | Sunderland | Stadium of Light | 49,000 | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | London | White Hart Lane | 36,240 | |
| West Ham United | London | Boleyn Ground | 35,647 |
(as of 14 May 2001)
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicester City | Martin O'Neill | Signed by Celtic | 1 June 2000 | Pre-season | Peter Taylor | 12 June 2000 | |
| Bradford City | Paul Jewell | Signed by Sheffield Wednesday | 18 June 2000 | Chris Hutchings | 18 June 2000[4] | ||
| Chelsea |  Gianluca Vialli | Sacked | 12 September 2000 | 10th | Claudio Ranieri | 17 September 2000 | |
| Bradford City | Chris Hutchings | 6 November 2000[5] | 19th | Stuart McCall (caretaker) | 6 November 2000 | ||
| Bradford City | Stuart McCall (caretaker) | End of caretaker spell | 20 November 2000[6] | 20th | Jim Jefferies | 20 November 2000 | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | George Graham | Sacked | 16 March 2001[7] | 13th | Glenn Hoddle | 30 March 2001[8] | |
| Southampton | Glenn Hoddle | Signed by Tottenham Hotspur | 30 March 2001 | 9th | Stuart Gray | 30 March 2001 | |
| West Ham United | Harry Redknapp | Mutual consent | 9 May 2001 | 14th | Glenn Roeder (caretaker) | 12 May 2001[9] |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | Chelsea | 23 | |
| 2 | Marcus Stewart | Ipswich Town | 19 | |
| 3 |  Thierry Henry | Arsenal | 17 | |
 Mark Viduka | Leeds United | |||
| 5 | Michael Owen | Liverpool | 16 | |
| 6 | Teddy Sheringham | Manchester United | 15 | |
| 7 | Emile Heskey | Liverpool | 14 | |
| Kevin Phillips | Sunderland | |||
| 9 | Alen Bokšić | Middlesbrough | 12 | |
| 10 | James Beattie | Southampton | 10 |
See main article: List of Premier League hat-tricks.
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester City | Sunderland | 4–2 (H) | [10] | |||
| Liverpool | Aston Villa | 3–1 (H) | [11] | |||
| P | Liverpool | Derby County | 4–0 (A) | [12] | ||
| 4 | Chelsea | Coventry City | 6–1 (H) | [13] | ||
| Manchester United | Southampton | 5–0 (H) | [14] | |||
| 4 | Leeds United | Liverpool | 4–3 (H) | [15] | ||
| P | Tottenham Hotspur | Leicester City | 3–0 (H) | [16] | ||
| Arsenal | Newcastle United | 5–0 (H) | [17] | |||
| | Arsenal | Leicester City | 6–1 (H) | [18] | ||
| Sunderland | Bradford City | 4–1 (A) | ||||
| Manchester United | Arsenal | 6–1 (H) | [19] | |||
| | Arsenal | West Ham United | 3–0 (H) | [20] | ||
| Ipswich Town | Southampton | 3–0 (A) | [21] | |||
| Liverpool | Newcastle United | 3–0 (H) | [22] |
Note: 4 Player scored 4 goals; P Player scored a perfect hat-trick; (H) – Home; (A) – Away
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists[23] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Beckham | Manchester United | 12 |
| 2 |  Nolberto Solano | Newcastle United | 10 |
| 3 | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | Chelsea | 9 |
| Thierry Henry | Arsenal | ||
 Vladimír Šmicer | Liverpool | ||
| 6 | Ryan Giggs | Manchester United | 8 |
| Graham Stuart | Charlton Athletic | ||
| 8 | Stephen Clemence | Tottenham Hotspur | 7 |
| Paolo Di Canio | West Ham United | ||
 Hassan Kachloul | Southampton |
| Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Club | Player | Club | |
| August | Bobby Robson | Newcastle United | Alan Smith | Leeds United |
| September | Peter Taylor | Leicester City | Tim Flowers | Leicester City |
| October | Arsène Wenger | Arsenal | Teddy Sheringham | Manchester United |
| November | George Burley | Ipswich Town | Paul Robinson | Leeds United |
| December | Peter Reid | Sunderland | James Beattie | Southampton |
| January | Terry Venables | Middlesbrough | Robbie Keane | Leeds United |
| February | Alex Ferguson | Manchester United | Stuart Pearce | West Ham United |
| March | David O'Leary | Leeds United | Steven Gerrard | Liverpool |
| April | Gary McAllister | |||
| Award | Winner | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League Manager of the Season | George Burley | Ipswich Town | |
| Premier League Player of the Season | Patrick Vieira | Arsenal | |
| PFA Players' Player of the Year | Teddy Sheringham | Manchester United | |
| PFA Young Player of the Year | Steven Gerrard | Liverpool | |
| FWA Footballer of the Year | Teddy Sheringham | Manchester United |
| PFA Team of the Year | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Fabien Barthez (Manchester United) | ||||||||||||
| Defence | Stephen Carr (Tottenham Hotspur) | Jaap Stam (Manchester United) | Wes Brown (Manchester United) |  Sylvinho (Arsenal) | |||||||||
| Midfield | Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) | Roy Keane (Manchester United) | Patrick Vieira (Arsenal) | Ryan Giggs (Manchester United) | |||||||||
| Attack | Teddy Sheringham (Manchester United) | Thierry Henry (Arsenal) | |||||||||||
