Dundee 2000–01 football season
During the 2000–01 season, Dundee participated in the Scottish Premier League .
Dundee appointed Italian Ivano Bonetti as player-manager, and the midfielder managed to attract a variety of international players, most notably Argentinian World Cup star Claudio Caniggia . Dundee won the first two matches of the season to lead the table, but were unable to sustain the good form and finished the season in sixth, with the undistinguished record of only four home wins all season. Nonetheless, the club did provide supporters with memories to savour, such as wins at both Ibrox and Celtic Park , plus the signing of continental players gave supporters hope of a challenge for European qualification in seasons to come.[ 1]
Xara remained Dundee's kit manufacturer, and introduced a new kit for the season. The kit featured predominantly navy shorts for the first time since 1995. The socks were identical to those of the previous season's kit, while the shirt featured a thick white stripe running from the collar down the inside of the sleeves to the cuffs.[ 2]
^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches. ^ As both finalists of the 2000–01 Scottish Cup , Celtic and Hibernian , qualified for European competition via their league position, the cup berth for 2001–02 UEFA Cup was passed to the next-placed team in the league, fourth-placed Kilmarnock . ^ Dundee qualified for the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup as the highest-placed team to apply for a place in the competition. Dundee's score comes first
Scottish Premier League [ edit ] Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 1 29 July 2000 Motherwell A 2–0 6,161 Billio 8', Artero 86' 2 5 August 2000 Dunfermline Athletic H 3–0 7,152 Skinner 1' (o.g.), Sara 52', Caballero 55' 3 12 August 2000 Hibernian A 1–5 12,075 Caballero 9' 4 19 August 2000 St Mirren A 1–2 5,165 Sara 78' 5 27 August 2000 Heart of Midlothian H 1–1 6,779 Caballero 58' 6 9 September 2000 Rangers H 1–1 10,439 Sara 74' 7 16 September 2000 St Johnstone A 0–0 5,055 8 20 September 2000 Dundee United H 3–0 9,838 Sara 47', 80', 88' 9 23 September 2000 Celtic A 0–1 59,694 10 30 September 2000 Kilmarnock H 0–0 6,170 11 14 October 2000 Aberdeen A 2–0 14,750 Bonetti 75', Caniggia 90' 12 21 October 2000 Motherwell H 1–2 7,344 Caniggia 21' 13 28 October 2000 Dunfermline Athletic A 0–1 6,397 14 5 November 2000 Hibernian H 1–2 6,604 Tweed 33' 15 11 November 2000 Dundee United A 2–0 11,454 Caniggia 38', Nemsadze 73' 16 18 November 2000 St Mirren H 5–0 6,333 Caniggia 22', 52', Rae 66', Artero 75', Milne 79' 17 25 November 2000 Heart of Midlothian A 1–3 11,593 Carranza 24' 18 2 December 2000 St Johnstone H 1–1 7,014 Sara 13' 19 10 December 2000 Celtic H 1–2 10,763 Boyd 55' (o.g.) 20 16 December 2000 Kilmarnock A 3–2 6,573 Bonetti 53', Milne 76', 79' 21 23 December 2000 Aberdeen H 2–2 9,093 Carranza 59', Sara 71' 22 26 December 2000 Motherwell A 3–0 6,183 Sara 4', 69', Rae 35' 23 2 January 2001 Hibernian A 0–3 12,379 24 31 January 2001 Dundee United H 2–3 11,724 Caniggia 45', Falconer 88' 25 3 February 2001 St Mirren A 1–2 4,197 Sara 23' 26 21 February 2001 Dunfermline Athletic H 0–1 6,113 27 24 February 2001 Rangers H 0–1 9,778 28 3 March 2001 St Johnstone A 3–2 5,064 Rae 56', Sara 68', Artero 86' 29 14 March 2001 Rangers A 2–0 45,035 Caniggia 14', Milne 90' 30 18 March 2001 Heart of Midlothian H 0–0 7,327 31 31 March 2001 Kilmarnock H 2–2 6,719 Sara 27', Rae 47' 32 4 April 2001 Celtic A 1–2 59,562 Sara 67' 33 7 April 2001 Aberdeen A 2–0 11,805 Nemsadze 52', Caballero 63' 34 21 April 2001 Rangers H 0–3 10,687 35 29 April 2001 Hibernian H 0–2 6,659 36 5 May 2001 Kilmarnock H 2–1 6,261 Sara 35', Carranza 80' 37 13 May 2001 Celtic A 2–0 59,435 Caballero 29', 42' 38 20 May 2001 Heart of Midlothian A 0–2 13,554
Scottish League Cup [ edit ] Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers R2 23 August 2000 Montrose H 3–0 2,635 Wilkie 5', Caballero 56', 66' R3 5 September 2000 St Mirren A 0–3 3,988
Squad at end of season [ 3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Domestic leagues Domestic cups European competitions Related to national team Club seasons
Premier League First Division Second Division Third Division
Georgi Nemsadze 
Javier Artero 
San Lorenzo 
Marcello Marrocco 
Modena 
Vitesse Arnhem 
Cerro Porteño 
Crystal Palace 
Universitario 
Mark Robertson 
James Grady 
Tommy Coyne