| Club: | West Ham United |
| Season: | 2000–01 |
| Manager: | Harry Redknapp (until 9 May) Glenn Roeder (caretaker from 9 May) |
| Chairman: | Terry Brown |
| Stadium: | Upton Park |
| League: | Premier League |
| League Result: | 15th |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarter-finals |
| Cup2: | League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Fourth round |
| League Topscorer: | Frédéric Kanouté (11) |
| Season Topscorer: | Frédéric Kanouté (14) |
| Highest Attendance: | 26,048 vs Tottenham Hotspur (31 Jan 2001, Premier League) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 11,963 vs Walsall (27 Sep 2000, League Cup) |
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| Average Attendance: | 25,697 |
| Prevseason: | 1999–2000 |
| Nextseason: | 2001–02 |
During the 2000–01 English football season, West Ham United competed in the FA Premier League.
The sale of Rio Ferdinand to Leeds United contributed towards a dip in West Ham's otherwise good Premier League form, seeing them 8th by Boxing Day, and mystery surrounded the departure of manager Harry Redknapp on 9 May following a row with chairman Terry Brown over transfer cash for what the club needed to challenge for a top six finish next season.[1] Alan Curbishley, Steve McClaren and George Graham were just some of the many names linked with the vacancy before it was announced that caretaker manager and former youth coach Glenn Roeder would be taking over on a permanent basis.[2]
See main article: 2000–01 FA Premier League.
See main article: 2000–01 FA Cup.
| R3 | 6 January 2001 | Walsall | A | 3–2 | 9,402 | Lampard, Kanouté (2) | |
| R4 | 28 January 2001 | Manchester United | A | 1–0 | 67,029 | Di Canio | |
| R5 | 17 February 2001 | Sunderland | A | 1–0 | 36,005 | Kanouté | |
| QF | 11 March 2001 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 2–3 | 26,048 | S Pearce, Todorov |
See main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup.
| R2 1st Leg | 19 September 2000 | Walsall | A | 1–0 | 5,435 | Defoe | |
| R2 2nd Leg | 27 September 2000 | Walsall | H | 1–1 (won 2–1 on agg) | 11,963 | Lomas | |
| R3 | 31 October 2000 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 2–0 | 21,863 | Šuker, Di Canio | |
| R4 | 29 November 2000 | Sheffield Wednesday | H | 1–2 | 25,853 | Lampard |
Squad at end of season[3]
| Date | Pos | Name | From | Fee | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 June 2000 | DF | Nigel Winterburn | Arsenal | Signed | [4] | |
| 28 June 2000 | FW | Davor Šuker | Arsenal | Free transfer | [5] | |
| 28 November 2000 | DF | Rigobert Song | Liverpool | £2,500,000 | [6] | |
| 21 December 2000 | FW | Titi Camara | Liverpool | £1,500,000 | [7] | |
| 17 January 2001 | DF | Ragnvald Soma | Bryne FK | £800,000 | [8] | |
| 18 January 2001 | DF | Christian Dailly | Blackburn Rovers | £1,750,000 | [9] | |
| 22 January 2001 | FW | Svetoslav Todorov | PFC Litex Lovech | £500,000 | [10] | |
| 14 March 2001 | DF | Hayden Foxe | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Free transfer | [11] |
| Date | Pos | Name | To | Fee | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 June 2000 | DF | Stephen Purches | Bournemouth | Free transfer | ||
| 23 June 2000 | FW | Emmanuel Omoyinmi | Oxford United | Free transfer | ||
| 23 June 2000 | GK | Ian Feuer | Wimbledon | Free transfer | ||
| 27 July 2000 | DF | Neil Ruddock | Crystal Palace | Signed | [12] | |
| 7 August 2000 | FW | Swindon Town | £200,000 | |||
| 8 August 2000 | FW | Paulo Wanchope | Manchester City | £3,650,000 | [13] | |
| 25 November 2000 | DF | Rio Ferdinand | Leeds United | £18,000,000 | [14] | |
| 29 November 2000 | MF | Daniel Sjölund | Liverpool | £1,000,000 | [15] | |
| 22 March 2001 | MF | Tom Williams | Peterborough United | Free transfer | ||
| 22 March 2001 | GK | Alex O'Reilly | Bristol Rovers | Monthly | ||
| 10 May 2001 | MF | Jimmy Bullard | Peterborough United | Free transfer |
Transfers in: £7,050,000
Transfers out: £22,850,000
Total spending: £15,800,000
(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | Discipline | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
| 1 | GK | Shaka Hislop | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2 | DF | Gary Charles | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Stuart Pearce | 34 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 11 | 1 | |
| 4 | DF | Steve Potts | 2+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Igor Štimac | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 6 | DF |  Hayden Foxe | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 7 | DF | Christian Dailly | 11+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 7 | MF |  Marc Keller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | Trevor Sinclair | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Davor Šuker | 7+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 8+5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| 10 | FW |  Paolo Di Canio | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 0 | |
| 11 | MF | Steve Lomas | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| 12 | FW | Paul Kitson | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | FW |  Frédéric Kanouté | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 0 | |
| 15 | DF | Rio Ferdinand | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | DF |  Rigobert Song | 18+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 16 | MF | John Moncur | 6+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 6+11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 17 | DF | Nigel Winterburn | 33 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |
| 18 | MF | Frank Lampard | 30 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 0 | |
| 19 | DF | Ian Pearce | 13+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | DF | Scott Minto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | MF | Michael Carrick | 32+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 40+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 22 | GK |  Craig Forrest | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | MF | Christian Bassila | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | FW | Kaba Diawara | 6+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | MF | Joe Cole | 24+6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30+6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| 28 | DF |  Hannu Tihinen | 5+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 29 | FW | Titi Camara | 5+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 30 | DF | Javier Margas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 30 | DF | Sébastien Schemmel | 10+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 32 | GK | Stephen Bywater | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | FW | Jermain Defoe | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36 | DF |  Ragnvald Soma | 2+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | FW | Svetoslav Todorov | 2+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 45 | MF | Grant McCann | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |