The 2000–01 season was Manchester United's ninth season in the Premier League, and their 26th consecutive season in the top division of English football. United won the Premier League for the third successive season and the seventh time since its inauguration in 1993. They were less successful in cup competitions, going out in the fourth round of the FA Cup, the fourth round of the League Cup and the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

New goalkeeper Fabien Barthez was an instant success, and previous first-choice goalkeeper Mark Bosnich failed to feature in the first team in 2000–01, opting to join Chelsea on a free transfer in January, despite equally limited first-team opportunities at Stamford Bridge. Veteran striker Teddy Sheringham had an excellent season, topping the club's goalscoring charts and gaining both the PFA and FWA Player of the Year awards. However, the arrival of Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy from PSV Eindhoven at the end of the season prompted Sheringham to return to Tottenham Hotspur on a free transfer. Also leaving the club was Henning Berg, who was loaned to his old club Blackburn Rovers just after the start of the season, and moved on a permanent contract in December, joining former United players John Curtis and Mark Hughes in Blackburn's successful campaign that saw them promoted back to the Premier League after a two-year exile.

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Date Opponents H / A Result F–A Scorers Attendance 29 July 2000 York City A 2–0 Keane (2) 52', 62' 9,003 30 July 2000 Shrewsbury Town A 8–1 Butt 3', Solskjær (2) 12', 40', Sheringham 51', Clegg 58', Fortune (2) 61' (pen.), 68', Healy 79' 8,000 4 August 2000 Real Madrid N 1–0 Solskjær 89' 39,000 5 August 2000 Bayern Munich A 1–3 Fortune 85' 43,000 9 August 2000 Birkirkara N 5–1 Beckham 18', Yorke 49', Solskjær (2) 53', 74', Scholes 70' 7,614 16 August 2000 Manchester City H 2–0 Sheringham 36', Cole 85' 45,158 15 May 2001 Celtic A 2–0 Silvestre 15', Djordjic 88' 57,268

FA Charity Shield[edit]

Date Opponents H / A Result F–A Scorers Attendance 13 August 2000 Chelsea N 0–2 65,148

Premier League[edit]

Date Opponents H / A Result F–A Scorers Attendance League position 20 August 2000 Newcastle United H 2–0 Johnsen 20', Cole 69' 67,477 5th 22 August 2000 Ipswich Town A 1–1 Beckham 39' 22,007 3rd 26 August 2000 West Ham United A 2–2 Beckham 6', Cole 49' 25,998 5th 5 September 2000 Bradford City H 6–0 Cole 11', Fortune (2) 23', 60', Sheringham (2) 71', 81', Beckham 85' 67,447 1st 9 September 2000 Sunderland H 3–0 Scholes (2) 14', 82', Sheringham 76' 67,503 1st 16 September 2000 Everton A 3–1 Butt 26', Giggs 29', Solskjær 38' 38,541 1st 23 September 2000 Chelsea H 3–3 Scholes 14', Sheringham 37', Beckham 39' 67,568 1st 1 October 2000 Arsenal A 0–1 38,146 2nd 14 October 2000 Leicester City A 3–0 Sheringham (2) 37', 54', Solskjær 90' 22,132 1st 21 October 2000 Leeds United H 3–0 Yorke 40', Beckham 50', Jones 82' (o.g.) 67,523 1st 28 October 2000 Southampton H 5–0 Cole (2) 9', 73', Sheringham (3) 45', 51', 55' 67,581 1st 4 November 2000 Coventry City A 2–1 Cole 27', Beckham 37' 21,079 1st 11 November 2000 Middlesbrough H 2–1 Butt 62', Sheringham 65' 67,576 1st 18 November 2000 Manchester City A 1–0 Beckham 2' 34,429 1st 25 November 2000 Derby County A 3–0 Sheringham 61', Butt 69', Yorke 76' 32,910 1st 2 December 2000 Tottenham Hotspur H 2–0 Scholes 40', Solskjær 84' 67,583 1st 9 December 2000 Charlton Athletic A 3–3 Giggs 42', Solskjær 43', Keane 66' 20,043 1st 17 December 2000 Liverpool H 0–1 67,533 1st 23 December 2000 Ipswich Town H 2–0 Solskjær (2) 20', 32' 67,597 1st 26 December 2000 Aston Villa A 1–0 Solskjær 85' 40,889 1st 30 December 2000 Newcastle United A 1–1 Beckham 25' (pen.) 52,134 1st 1 January 2001 West Ham United H 3–1 Solskjær 3', Pearce 33' (o.g.), Yorke 57' 67,603 1st 13 January 2001 Bradford City A 3–0 Sheringham 72', Giggs 75', Chadwick 87' 20,551 1st 20 January 2001 Aston Villa H 2–0 G. Neville 57', Sheringham 87' 67,533 1st 31 January 2001 Sunderland A 1–0 Cole 46' 48,260 1st 3 February 2001 Everton H 1–0 Watson 52' (o.g.) 67,528 1st 10 February 2001 Chelsea A 1–1 Cole 69' 34,960 1st 25 February 2001 Arsenal H 6–1 Yorke (3) 3', 18', 22', Keane 26', Solskjær 38', Sheringham 90' 67,535 1st 3 March 2001 Leeds United A 1–1 Chadwick 64' 40,055 1st 17 March 2001 Leicester City H 2–0 Yorke 88', Silvestre 90' 67,516 1st 31 March 2001 Liverpool A 0–2 44,806 1st 10 April 2001 Charlton Athletic H 2–1 Cole 45', Solskjær 82' 67,505 1st 14 April 2001 Coventry City H 4–2 Yorke (2) 13', 28', Giggs 81', Scholes 87' 67,637 1st 21 April 2001 Manchester City H 1–1 Sheringham 71' (pen.) 67,535 1st 28 April 2001 Middlesbrough A 2–0 P. Neville 4', Beckham 84' 34,417 1st 5 May 2001 Derby County H 0–1 67,526 1st 13 May 2001 Southampton A 1–2 Giggs 71' 15,526 1st 19 May 2001 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–3 Scholes 22' 36,072 1st Pos Team

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Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Manchester United (C)38 24 8 6 79 31 +48 80 Qualification for the 2 Arsenal 38 20 10 8 63 38 +25 70 3 Liverpool 38 20 9 9 71 39 +32 69 Qualification for the 4 Leeds United 38 20 8 10 64 43 +21 68 Qualification for the 5 Ipswich Town 38 20 6 12 57 42 +15 66

Source: Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. (C) Champions Notes:

1. ^ Since Liverpool won the League Cup and qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place went to fifth-placed Ipswich Town. Since both FA Cup finalists, Liverpool and Arsenal, qualified for the Champions League, the berth in the UEFA Cup went to sixth-placed Chelsea. Both Ipswich and Chelsea were the highest-ranked team not already qualified for a European competition.

FA Cup[edit]

Date Round Opponents H / A Result F–A Scorers Attendance 7 January 2001 Round 3 Fulham A 2–1 Solskjær 8', Sheringham 89' 19,178 28 January 2001 Round 4 West Ham United H 0–1 67,029

League Cup[edit]

Date Round Opponents H / A Result F–A Scorers Attendance 31 October 2000 Round 3 Watford A 3–0 Solskjær (2) 12', 81', Yorke 54' 18,871 28 November 2000 Round 4 Sunderland A 1–2 (a.e.t.) Yorke 31' 47,543

UEFA Champions League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Date Opponents H / A Result F–A Scorers Attendance Group position 13 September 2000 Anderlecht H 5–1 Cole (3) 15', 50', 72', Irwin 31' (pen.), Sheringham 42' 62,749 1st 19 September 2000 Dynamo Kyiv A 0–0 65,000 1st 26 September 2000 PSV Eindhoven A 1–3 Scholes 2' (pen.) 30,500 2nd 18 October 2000 PSV Eindhoven H 3–1 Sheringham 8', Scholes 82', Yorke 87' 66,313 1st 24 October 2000 Anderlecht A 1–2 Irwin 36' (pen.) 22,506 3rd 8 November 2000 Dynamo Kyiv H 1–0 Sheringham 18' 66,776 2nd Pos Team

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Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1

Anderlecht 6 4 0 2 11 14 −3 12 Advance to second group stage 2 Manchester United 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 10 3 PSV Eindhoven 6 3 0 3 9 9 0 9 Transfer to UEFA Cup 4 Dynamo Kyiv 6 1 1 4 7 8 −1 4

Second group stage[edit]

Date Opponents H / A Result F–A Scorers Attendance Group position 21 November 2000 Panathinaikos H 3–1 Sheringham 48', Scholes (2) 81', 90' 65,024 1st 6 December 2000 Sturm Graz A 2–0 Scholes 18', Giggs 89' 16,500 1st 14 February 2001 Valencia A 0–0 49,541 1st 20 February 2001 Valencia H 1–1 Cole 12' 66,715 1st 7 March 2001 Panathinaikos A 1–1 Scholes 90' 27,231 2nd 13 March 2001 Sturm Graz H 3–0 Butt 5', Sheringham 20', Keane 86' 66,404 2nd Pos Team

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Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1

Valencia 6 3 3 0 10 2 +8 12 Advance to knockout stage 2 Manchester United 6 3 3 0 10 3 +7 12 3 Sturm Graz 6 2 0 4 4 13 −9 6 4 Panathinaikos 6 0 2 4 4 10 −6 2

Knockout phase[edit]

Date Round Opponents H / A Result F–A Scorers Attendance 3 April 2001 Quarter-final First leg Bayern Munich H 0–1 66,584 18 April 2001 Quarter-final Second leg Bayern Munich A 1–2 Giggs 49' 60,000

Squad statistics[edit]

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 GK

Fabien Barthez 30 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 1 0 44 0 2 DF Gary Neville 32 1 2 0 0 0 14 0 1 0 49 1 3 DF Denis Irwin 20(1) 0 1 0 0 0 7 2 1 0 29(1) 2 4 DF David May 1(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0 5 DF Ronny Johnsen 11 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 17 1 6 DF Jaap Stam 15 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0(1) 0 22(1) 0 7 MF David Beckham 29(2) 9 2 0 0 0 11(1) 0 1 0 43(3) 9 8 MF Nicky Butt 24(4) 3 2 0 0 0 8(3) 1 0 0 34(7) 4 9 FW Andy Cole 15(4) 9 1 0 0 0 10 4 0(1) 0 26(5) 13 10 FW Teddy Sheringham 23(6) 15 1(1) 1 0 0 8(3) 5 1 0 33(10) 21 11 MF Ryan Giggs 24(7) 5 2 0 0 0 9(2) 2 1 0 36(9) 7 12 DF Phil Neville 24(5) 1 1 0 2 0 4(2) 0 0 0 31(7) 1 13 GK Mark Bosnich 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 GK Andy Goram 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 MF Jesper Blomqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 MF Roy Keane (c) 28 2 2 0 0 0 13 1 1 0 44 3 17 GK Raimond van der Gouw 5(5) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 10(5) 0 18 MF Paul Scholes 28(4) 6 0 0 0 0 12 6 1 0 40(4) 12 19 FW Dwight Yorke 15(7) 9 1(1) 0 2 2 7(4) 1 0(1) 0 25(13) 12 20 FW Ole Gunnar Solskjær 19(12) 10 1(1) 1 2 2 3(8) 0 1 0 26(21) 13 21 DF Henning Berg 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 22 DF Ronnie Wallwork 4(8) 0 0(1) 0 2 0 0(1) 0 0 0 6(10) 0 23 DF Michael Clegg 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 24 DF Wes Brown 25(3) 0 1 0 1 0 9(2) 0 0 0 36(5) 0 25 MF Quinton Fortune 6(1) 2 0 0 2 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 8(3) 2 27 DF Mikaël Silvestre 25(5) 1 2 0 0 0 13(1) 0 1 0 41(6) 1 28 MF Michael Stewart 3 0 0 0 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0 3(2) 0 30 DF John O'Shea 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 32 MF Bojan Djordjic 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 33 GK Paul Rachubka 1 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0 34 MF Jonathan Greening 3(4) 0 0 0 2 0 1(1) 0 0 0 6(5) 0 35 FW David Healy 0(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0 36 MF Luke Chadwick 6(10) 2 0(1) 0 2 0 1(2) 0 0 0 9(13) 2 37 FW Danny Webber 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0

Transfers[edit]

On the way out of United, during the summer were defender Danny Higginbotham, goalkeeper Massimo Taibi, midfielder Jordi Cruyff, and forward Alex Notman. Higginbotham left United for Derby County, after three years to fulfil his desire to play more first team football, Taibi signed for Reggina, after he had been on loan at the club during the second half of the 1999–2000 season, Cruyff signed for Alavés, after his United contract had expired, and Notman, who had never played a Premier League match for United, signed for Norwich City, where he would remain for three years.

No players arrived at United throughout the whole 2000–01 season.

Leaving United during the winter were Norwegian defender Henning Berg, who signed for Blackburn Rovers for a fee of £1.75 million, Northern Irish forward David Healy, who signed for Preston North End for a fee of £1.5 million, and Australian goalkeeper Mark Bosnich, who signed for Chelsea on a free transfer, after United had signed Fabien Barthez in the 2000 close season. Forward Teddy Sheringham left United to rejoin Tottenham Hotspur on 26 May.

What was Manchester United worst season?

While 2021/22 is the only time Manchester United have scored fewer than 60 points over the course of a term in the Premier League, their second-worst points tally came in 2013/14 when they managed a measly 64 points.

When was Manchester United's best season?

Ranking the 10 Best Manchester United Seasons in the Premier League Era.

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What is Manchester United worst history?

They have suffered a 7-0 defeat on four occasions, to Blackburn Rovers on 10 April 1926, to Aston Villa on 27 December 1930, to Wolves on 26 December 1931 and to Liverpool on 5 March 2023. These games all represent Man Utd's biggest ever league defeats.

Who won 2001 02 Premier League?

The title race turned into a battle among four sides – Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool and Newcastle United. Arsenal clinched the title on 8 May 2002 after a convincing win against Manchester United at Old Trafford, in the penultimate game of the season.