2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season

During the 2000–01 English football season, Arsenal competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

Arsenal, for the third year running, came close to success in two major competitions but yet again finished the season without any silverware. By Christmas most bookmakers had closed the books on them and anyone else catching Manchester United in the Premiership title race. When the Gunners were crushed 6-1 at Old Trafford in late February, just about all of the lingering doubts about the title's destination were crushed, and Arsenal's bid for the title was over by mid-April.

But there was still some chance of success. They had just beaten local rivals Tottenham in the FA Cup semi-final to book their place in the first final at the Millennium Stadium.

Arsenal were also in a race with several other teams to secure second place, and in the end they won the race for runners-up spot to complete three successive seasons of finishing second to Manchester United in the league.

On 12 May, Arsenal took an early lead over Liverpool in the FA Cup final thanks to a Freddie Ljungberg goal, and with 5 minutes, remaining the trophy was within touching distance, but two late goals from Michael Owen condemned Arsenal to a third successive trophyless season.

Competitions

Overall

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Premier League

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Matches

Pre season

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Competitive

Premier League

1 19 August 2000	Sunderland	1 – 0	Arsenal	Sunderland
	Quinn  53'	Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 46,347 Referee: Steve Dunn

2 21 August 2000	Arsenal	2 – 0	Liverpool	London
	Lauren  8' Henry  89'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,014 Referee: Graham Poll

3 26 August 2000	Arsenal	5 – 3	Charlton Athletic	London
	Vieira  19', 61' Henry  46', 67' Sylvinho  89'	Report	24', 30' Hunt  58' Stuart	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,025 Referee: Stephen Lodge

4 6 September 2000	Chelsea	2 – 2	Arsenal	London
	Hasselbaink  31' Zola  58'	Report	76' Henry  86' Sylvinho	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 34,923 Referee: Mike Riley

5 9 September 2000	Bradford City	1 – 1	Arsenal	Bradford
	McCall  10'	Report	66' Cole	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 17,160 Referee: Alan Wiley

6 16 September 2000	Arsenal	2 – 1	Coventry City	London
	Wiltord  24' Vernazza  72'	Report	80' Hadji	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 37,794 Referee: Mike Dean

7 23 September 2000	Ipswich Town	1 – 1	Arsenal	Ipswich
	Stewart  49'	Report	84' Bergkamp	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 22,030 Referee: Paul Durkin

8 1 October 2000	Arsenal	1 – 0	Manchester United	London
	Henry  30'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,146 Referee: Graham Barber

9 14 October 2000	Arsenal	1 – 0	Aston Villa	London
	Henry  61'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,042 Referee: Rob Harris

10 21 October 2000	West Ham United	1 – 2	Arsenal	London
	Pearce  56'	Report	12' Pirès  21' (o.g.) Ferdinand	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 26,034 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

11 28 October 2000	Arsenal	5 – 0	Manchester City	London
	Cole  44' Bergkamp  52' Wiltord  75' Henry  82', 88'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,049 Referee: Rob Styles

12 4 November 2000	Middlesbrough	0 – 1	Arsenal	Middlesbrough
		Report	25' (pen.) Henry	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 29,541 Referee: Andy D'Urso

14 18 November 2000	Everton	2 – 0	Arsenal	Liverpool
	Cadamarteri  54' K. Campbell  73'	Report		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 33,106 Referee: Mike Riley

15 26 November 2000	Leeds United	1 – 0	Arsenal	Leeds
	Dacourt  56'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 38,084 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

16 2 December 2000	Arsenal	1 – 0	Southampton	London
	Vieira  85'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,036 Referee: Steve Dunn

17 9 December 2000	Arsenal	5 – 0	Newcastle United	London
	Henry  13' Parlour  16', 86', 90+3' Kanu  52'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,052 Referee: Mike Dean

18 18 December 2000	Tottenham Hotspur	1 – 1	Arsenal	London
	Rebrov  31'	Report	89' Vieira	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,062 Referee: Jeff Winter

19 23 December 2000	Liverpool	4 – 0	Arsenal	Liverpool
	Gerrard  11' Owen  62' Barmby  71' Fowler  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,144 Referee: Paul Durkin

20 26 December 2000	Arsenal	6 – 1	Leicester City	London
	Henry  35', 66', 82' Vieira  50' Ljungberg  75' Adams  90'	Report	54' Akinbiyi	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,007 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

21 30 December 2000	Arsenal	2 – 2	Sunderland	London
	Vieira  5' Dixon  40'	Report	53' (pen.) Phillips  83' McCann	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,026 Referee: Graham Barber

22 1 January 2001	Charlton Athletic	1 – 0	Arsenal	London
	Johansson  39'	Report		Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 20,043 Referee: Graham Poll

23 13 January 2001	Arsenal	1 – 1	Chelsea	London
	Pirès  3'	Report	62' Terry	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,071 Referee: David Elleray

25 30 January 2001	Arsenal	2 – 0	Bradford City	London
	Parlour  17' Lauren  26'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 37,318 Referee: Clive Wilkes

26 3 February 2001	Coventry City	0 – 1	Arsenal	Coventry
		Report	Bergkamp  78'	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 22,035 Referee: Mike Dean

27 10 February 2001	Arsenal	1 – 0	Ipswich Town	London
	Henry  67'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,011 Referee: Rob Harris

28 25 February 2001	Manchester United	6 – 1	Arsenal	Manchester
	Yorke  3', 18', 22' Keane  26' Solskjær  38' Sheringham  90+1'	Report	Henry  16'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 67,535 Referee: Paul Durkin

29 3 March 2001	Arsenal	3 – 0	West Ham United	London
	Wiltord  6', 13', 39'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,071 Referee: Mike Riley (referee)

31 31 March 2001	Arsenal	2 – 0	Tottenham Hotspur	London
	Pirès  70' Henry  87'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,121 Referee: Paul Durkin

32 11 April 2001	Manchester City	0 – 4	Arsenal	Manchester
		Report	8', 16' Ljungberg  8' Wiltord  36' Kanu	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 33,444 Referee: Neale Barry

33 14 April 2001	Arsenal	0 – 3	Middlesbrough	London
		Report	34' (o.g.) Edu  38' (o.g.) Sylvinho  58' Ricard	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 37,879 Referee: Paul Durkin

34 21 April 2001	Arsenal	4 – 1	Everton	London
	Ljungberg  21' Grimandi  55' Wiltord  67' Henry  87'	Report	24' K. Campbell	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,029 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

35 28 April 2001	Derby County	1 – 2	Arsenal	Derby
	Eranio  45+2'	Report	21' Kanu  80' Pirès	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 29,567 Referee: Graham Barber

36 5 May 2001	Arsenal	2 – 1	Leeds United	London
	Ljungberg  17' Wiltord  56'	Report	58' Harte	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,142 Referee: Peter Jones

38 19 May 2001	Southampton	3 – 2	Arsenal	Southampton
	Kachloul  46', 61' Le Tissier  89'	Report	28' Cole  54' Ljungberg	Stadium: The Dell (Southampton) Attendance: 15,252 Referee: Paul Taylor

FA Cup

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Football League Cup

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UEFA Champions League

First group stage

      Champions League       UEFA Cup       Eliminated

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Arsenal	6	4	1	1	11	8	+3	13
Lazio	6	4	1	1	13	4	+9	13
Shakhtar Donetsk	6	2	0	4	10	15	–5	6
Sparta Prague	6	1	0	5	6	13	–7	3

1 12 September 2000	Sparta Prague	0 – 1	Arsenal	Prague
			Sylvinho  33'	Stadium: Letná Attendance: 17,666 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

2 20 September 2000	Arsenal	3 – 2	Shakhtar Donetsk	London
	Wiltord  45' Keown  68', 90'		Bakharev  26' Vorobey  29'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 33,922 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)

3 27 September 2000	Arsenal	2 – 0	Lazio	London
	Ljungberg  43', 56'			Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 34,521 Referee: José García Aranda (Spain)

4 17 October 2000	Lazio	1 – 1	Arsenal	Rome
	Nedvěd  25'		Pirès  88'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 40,151 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

5 25 October 2000	Arsenal	4 – 2	Sparta Prague	London
	Parlour  5' Lauren  8' Dixon  35' Kanu  51'		Labant  40' (pen.) Rosický  90'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 34,397 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

6 7 November 2000	Shakhtar Donetsk	3 – 0	Arsenal	Donetsk
	Atelkin  34' Vorobey  57' Byelik  66'			Stadium: Shakhtar Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

Second group stage

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bayern Munich	6	4	1	1	8	5	+3	13
Arsenal	6	2	2	2	6	8	–2	8
Lyon	6	2	2	2	8	4	+4	8
Spartak Moscow	6	1	1	4	5	10	–5	4

1 22 November 2000	Spartak Moscow	4 – 1	Arsenal	Moscow
17:00	Marcão  29', 51' Titov  77' Robson  82'	Report	2' Sylvinho	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 63,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

2 5 December 2000	Arsenal	2 – 2	Bayern Munich	London
20:45	Henry  4' Kanu  55'	Report	56' Tarnat  66' Scholl	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 35,318 Referee: Stefano Braschi (Switzerland)

3 13 February 2001	Lyon	0 – 1	Arsenal	Lyon
20:45		Report	59' Henry	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Italy)

4 21 February 2001	Arsenal	1 – 1	Lyon	London
20:45	Bergkamp  33'	Report	90' Edmílson	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 34,303 Referee: Ľuboš Michel (Slovakia)

5 6 March 2001	Arsenal	1 – 0	Spartak Moscow	London
20:45	Henry  82'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 35,296 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

6 14 March 2001	Bayern Munich	1 – 0	Arsenal	Munich
20:45	Élber  10'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

1st leg 4 April 2001	Arsenal	2 – 1	Valencia	Highbury, London
20:45	Henry  58' Parlour  60'		Ayala  41'	Attendance: 35,104 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

2nd leg 17 April 2001	Valencia	1 – 0 (2–2 agg.)	Arsenal	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
20:45	Carew  76'			Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
Note: Valencia won on away goals.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK David Seaman 2 DF Lee Dixon 3 DF Igors Stepanovs 4 MF Patrick Vieira 5 DF Martin Keown 6 DF Tony Adams 7 MF Robert Pires 8 MF Fredrik Ljungberg 10 FW Dennis Bergkamp 11 FW Sylvain Wiltord 12 DF Lauren 13 GK Alex Manninger 14 FW Thierry Henry 15 MF Ray Parlour 16 DF Sylvinho 17 MF Edu 18 DF Gilles Grimandi 19 MF Stefan Malz

No. Position Player 20 DF Matthew Upson 21 FW Tomas Danilevičius 22 DF Oleg Luzhny 23 DF Nelson Vivas 24 GK John Lukic 25 FW Nwankwo Kanu 28 MF Graham Barrett 29 DF Ashley Cole 30 MF Paolo Vernazza 31 GK Stuart Taylor 35 DF Moritz Volz 36 MF Jermaine Pennant 38 MF Alberto Mendez 40 DF Lee Canoville 43 DF John Halls 46 FW Jo Kuffour 49 DF Sebastian Svard

Starting 11

Only considering Premiership starts.

No. Pos. Name Starts 1 GK David Seaman 24 2 RB Lee Dixon 26 5 CB Martin Keown 28 6 CB Tony Adams (Captain) 26 16 LB Sylvinho ? 8 RM Fredrik Ljungberg 25 15 CM Ray Parlour 28 4 CM Patrick Vieira 28 7 LM Robert Pires 29 10 CF Dennis Bergkamp 19 14 CF Thierry Henry 27

Seaman Dixon Keown Adams (C) Sylvinho Ljungberg Parlour Vieira Pires Bergkamp Henry Topscorers Thierry Henry 17 Patrick Vieira 7 Sylvain Wiltord 7 Fredrik Ljungberg 6 Robert Pirès 4

Transfers

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
?	FW	Tomas Danilevičius	Lausanne-Sport	£1m	13-12-2000
7	MF	Robert Pires	Marseille	£8.82m	03-07-2000
?	FW	Francis Jeffers	Everton	£13.77m	14-06-2001
?	DF	Igors Stepanovs	Skonto Riga	£1.35m	04-09-2000
12	DF	Lauren	Mallorca	£9.63m	?

Out

#	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
?	FW	Davor Šuker	West Ham United	Free	?
?	DF	Nigel Winterburn	West Ham United	Free	?
?	MF	Marc Overmars	Barcelona	£36m	?
?	MF	Stephen Hughes	Everton	£3.15m	?

See also

English football portal

• 2000–01 in English football
• List of Arsenal F.C. seasons

References

• Arsenal FC – Player changes, player transformers – Transfermarkt.co.uk

External links

• Arsenal statistics on Statto.com