2000–01 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic played the 2000–01 season in the Scottish Premier League. Martin O'Neill became manager and Celtic won a domestic treble of the three major Scottish trophies: the Scottish League Cup,[1] the Scottish Premier League trophy[2] and the Scottish Cup.[3]

Celtic
2000–01 season
ChairmanBrian Quinn
ManagerMartin O'Neill
StadiumCeltic Park
Scottish Premier League1st
Scottish CupWinners
Scottish League CupWinners
UEFA CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Henrik Larsson (35)

All:
Henrik Larsson (53)
Highest home attendance60,440 vs St Mirren
(7 April 2001)
Lowest home attendance31,940 vs Dunfermline Athletic
(7 March 2001)

Review and events

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Management

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Following the departure of John Barnes in February 2000,[4] Martin O'Neill was appointed as manager of Celtic in June 2000.[5] Kenny Dalglish, who was director of football at Celtic, left the club soon after.[6] John Robertson and Steve Walford followed O'Neill from Leicester City to be assistant manager and coach.[7]

Transfers

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Date Player From Fee
11 July 2000   Chris Sutton   Chelsea £6,000,000[8]
28 July 2000   Joos Valgaeren   Roda JC £3,800,000[9]
1 September 2000   Alan Thompson   Aston Villa £2,750,000[10]
1 September 2000   Didier Agathe   Hibernian £50,000[11]
18 October 2000   Rab Douglas  Dundee £1,200,000[12]
7 December 2000   Neil Lennon   Leicester City £5,750,000[13]
15 December 2000   Ramon Vega   Tottenham Hotspur £350,000[14]
Date Player To Fee
1 June 2000   Regi Blinker Released
21 July 2000   Mark Viduka   Leeds United £6,000,000[15]
31 July 2000   Marc Rieper Retired[16]
15 September 2000   Rafael Scheidt   Corinthians Loan[17]
22 September 2000   Mark Burchill   Birmingham City Loan[18]
29 September 2000   Paul Shields   Albion Rovers Loan[19]
8 November 2000   Vidar Riseth   1860 Munich Loan[20]
8 February 2001   Eyal Berkovic   Blackburn Rovers Loan[21]
21 February 2001   Mark Burchill   Ipswich Town Loan[22]
2 March 2001   Barry John Corr   Queen's Park Loan[23]
20 March 2000   Vidar Riseth   1860 Munich £1,000,000[24]


  • Expenditure:   £19,900,000
  • Income:   £7,000,000
  • Total loss/gain:   £12,900,000

League campaign

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Celtic started their league campaign by going undefeated in 16 games until a heavy defeat to Rangers in November 2000. They lost only two more games, both in May after the league title had been secured. They won the Scottish Premier League with a victory over St Mirren in April,[25] receiving the trophy two weeks later after a 1–0 home win over Hearts,[2] having finished 15 points clear of the runner-up, Rangers, with 97 points.[26]

Striker Henrik Larsson scored 53 goals to set a new Scottish scoring record for a single season.[27]

Key games were:[28]

  • Dundee United 1-2 Celtic (30 July) - The opening game of the season which set the standard for the rest of the season
  • Celtic 6-2 Rangers (27 August) - The biggest win over rivals Rangers since the Scottish League Cup Final in 1957
  • Aberdeen 1-1 Celtic (1 October) - An eight-match winning start to the season ended at Aberdeen but a late equaliser secured a point for Celtic
  • Hibernian 0-0 Celtic (29 November) - Celtic ground out a draw after a heavy defeat to Rangers the previous week threatened to derail their season
  • Dundee 1-2 Celtic (10 December) - Celtic snatched all the points with a last minute winner despite being out-played for much of the match
  • Celtic 1-0 Rangers (11 February) - A narrow win for Celtic was enough to prevent Rangers from resurrecting their title challenge
  • Rangers 0-3 Celtic (29 April) - Celtic's first win at Ibrox for six and a half years

Cup competitions

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Celtic beat Raith Rovers, Hearts and Rangers on the way to the Scottish League Cup final at Hampden Park in March 2001. They won the trophy, beating Kilmarnock 3-0 through a second-half hat-trick by Henrik Larsson despite going down to ten men after Chris Sutton was sent off.[1]

In the Scottish Cup, Celtic beat Stranraer, Dunfermline after a replay, Hearts and Dundee United to reach the final in May 2001, where they beat Hibernian 3–0 with a goal from Jackie McNamara and two goals from Henrik Larsson to complete a domestic treble.[3]

European campaign

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Celtic had qualified for the UEFA Cup and began their campaign with an 11-0 aggregate win over Jeunesse Esch from Luxembourg in August 2000.[29] A Chris Sutton goal in extra-time in the away leg was enough to see Celtic through the next round 3–2 on aggregate against HJK Helsinki the following month.[30] They were knocked out in the third round of the competition by Girondins de Bordeaux 2–3 on aggregate despite dominating the second leg in Bordeaux.[31]

Competition overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premiership 30 July 2000 20 May 2001 Round 1 Winners 38 31 4 3 90 29 61 081.58
League Cup 5 September 2000 18 March 2001 Third round Winners 4 4 0 0 9 3 6 100.00
Scottish Cup 28 January 2000 26 May 2001 Third round Winners 4 3 0 1 10 3 7 075.00
Europa League 10 August 2000 9 November 2000 Qualifying round Second Round 6 3 1 2 16 5 11 050.00
Total 52 41 5 6 125 40 85 078.85

Source: Competitions

Competitions

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Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Scottish Premier League

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30 July 2000 1 Dundee United 1–2 Celtic Dundee
18:05 BST McCracken   49' BBC Sport Larsson   4'
Sutton   90'
Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 11,761
Referee: Hugh Dallas
5 August 2000 2 Celtic 1–0 Motherwell Glasgow
15:00 BST Petrov   50' BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 58,534
Referee: Alan Freeland
13 August 2000 3 Celtic 2–1 Kilmarnock Glasgow
15:00 BST Larsson   12'
Johnson   42'
BBC Sport McLaren   18' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 58,054
Referee: Kenny Clark
19 August 2000 5 Hearts 2–4 Celtic Edinburgh
15:00 BST Severin   56'
Juanjo   67'
BBC Sport Sutton   22', 26'
Larsson   39'
Moravčík   62'
Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 16,744
Referee: Willie Young
27 August 2000 6 Celtic 6–2 Rangers Glasgow
13:00 BST Sutton   1', 90'
Petrov   8'
Lambert   11'
Larsson   50', 62'
BBC Sport Reyna   40'
Dodds   55' (pen.)
Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,746
Referee: Stuart Dougal
9 September 2000 7 Celtic 3–0 Hibernian Glasgow
15:00 BST Larsson   16' (pen.), 45'
Burchill   90'
BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 60,091
Referee: John Rowbotham
18 September 2000 8 Dunfermline Athletic 1–2 Celtic Dunfermline
20:00 BST Crawford   60' (pen.) BBC Sport Larsson   62' (pen.), 85' Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 9,493
Referee: Willie Young
23 September 2000 9 Celtic 1–0 Dundee Glasgow
15:00 BST Petrov   61' BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,694
Referee: T Brown
1 October 2000 10 Aberdeen 1–1 Celtic Aberdeen
15:00 BST Winters   45' BBC Sport Larsson   82' Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 18,239
Referee: Mike McCurry
14 October 2000 11 Celtic 2–0 St Mirren Glasgow
15:00 BST Sutton   33'
Larsson   85'
BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 60,002
Referee: George Clyde
17 October 2000 4 St Johnstone 0–2 Celtic Perth
19:45 BST BBC Sport Valgaeren   42'
Larsson   86' (pen.)
Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 8,946
Referee: John Rowbotham
21 October 2000 12 Celtic 2–1 Dundee United Glasgow
15:00 BST Larsson   34'
Thompson   62'
Guardian Lambert   78' (o.g.) Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,427
Referee: John R. Underhill
29 October 2000 13 Motherwell 3–3 Celtic Motherwell
18:05 BST Adams   22'
McCulloch   53'
Brannan   78' (pen.)
BBC Sport Mjällby   13'
Valgaeren   57'
McNamara   71'
Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 10,820
Referee: Hugh Dallas
5 November 2000 14 Kilmarnock 0–1 Celtic Kilmarnock
14:35 BST BBC Sport Thompson   70' Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 13,417
Referee: Willie Young
12 November 2000 15 Celtic 4–1 St Johnstone Glasgow
15:00 BST Sutton   12'
Larsson   34', 59'
Moravčík   37'
BBC Sport Russell   82' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 57,137
Referee: Kevin Toner
18 November 2000 16 Celtic 6–1 Hearts Glasgow
15:00 BST Valgaeren   15'
Moravčík   36'
Larsson   39', 81'
Mjällby   44'
Petrov   82'
BBC Sport Cameron   13' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,813
Referee: Stuart Dougal
26 November 2000 17 Rangers 5–1 Celtic Glasgow
13:00 BST Ferguson   34'
Flo   60'
De Boer   68'
Amoruso   76'
Mols   85'
BBC Sport Larsson   56' Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 50,083
Referee: Kenny Clark
29 November 2000 18 Hibernian 0–0 Celtic Glasgow
19:45 BST BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 14,939
Referee: Stuart Dougal
2 December 2000 19 Celtic 3–1 Dunfermline Athletic Glasgow
15:00 BST Moravčík   7'
Larsson   20'
Johnson   80'
BBC Sport Dair   1' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,244
Referee: Mike McCurry
10 December 2000 20 Dundee 1–2 Celtic Dundee
18:05 BST Boyd   55' (o.g.) BBC Sport Petrov   4'
Agathe   90'
Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 10,763
Referee: John Underhill
16 December 2000 21 Celtic 6–0 Aberdeen Glasgow
15:00 BST Larsson   4', 76', 78'
Vega   17', 81'
Smith   89'
BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 60,013
Referee: Dougie McDonald
23 December 2000 22 St Mirren 0–2 Celtic Paisley
15:00 BST BBC Sport Agathe   13'
Larsson   62'
Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street
Attendance: 9,487
Referee: Stuart Dougal
26 December 2000 23 Dundee United 0–4 Celtic Dundee
18:05 BST BBC Sport Larsson   22' (pen.)
Sutton   34', 40'
Petrov   73'
Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 12,306
Referee: Hugh Dallas
2 January 2001 24 Celtic 6–0 Kilmarnock Glasgow
15:00 BST Sutton   37', 61'
Larsson   53', 69', 72', 86'
BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,380
Referee: David Somers
4 February 2001 25 Hearts 0–3 Celtic Edinburgh
18:05 BST BBC Sport Larsson   4', 68', 83' Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 13,077
Referee: Kenny Clark
11 February 2001 26 Celtic 1–0 Rangers Glasgow
13:15 BST Thompson   17' BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,496
Referee: Hugh Dallas
21 February 2001 27 Celtic 1–0 Motherwell Glasgow
19:45 BST Moravčík   70' BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 58,880
Referee: John Rowbotham
25 February 2001 28 Celtic 1–1 Hibernian Glasgow
18:05 BST Mjällby   70' BBC Sport Libbra   84' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 60,063
Referee: Stuart Dougal
4 March 2001 29 Dunfermline Athletic 0–3 Celtic Dunfermline
14:35 BST BBC Sport Petrov   11'
Larsson   25'
Lennon   77'
Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 9,096
Referee: Hugh Dallas
14 March 2001 30 St Johnstone 1–2 Celtic Perth
20:00 BST BBC Sport Johnson   28'
Larsson   61'
Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 8,993
Referee: John R. Underhill
1 April 2001 31 Aberdeen 0–1 Celtic Aberdeen
18:05 BST BBC Sport Agathe   73' Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 16,067
Referee: Kenny Clark
4 April 2001 32 Celtic 2–1 Dundee Glasgow
19:45 BST Johnson   6'
Mjällby   84'
BBC Sport Sara   67' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,562
Referee: Dougie McDonald
7 April 2001 33 Celtic 1–0 St Mirren Glasgow
12:55 BST Johnson   38' BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 60,440
Referee: John R. Underhill
22 April 2001 34 Celtic 1–0 Hearts Glasgow
18:05 BST Moravčík   67' BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,298
Referee: Mike McCurry
29 April 2001 35 Rangers 0–3 Celtic Glasgow
13:00 BST BBC Sport Moravčík   61', 74'
Larsson   87'
Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 50,057
Referee: Stuart Dougal
6 May 2001 36 Hibernian 2–5 Celtic Edinburgh
15:00 BST Libbra   85', 88' BBC Sport McNamara   4', 18'
Larsson   62'
Stubbs   68'
Moravčík   80'
Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 8,728
Referee: John Rowbotham
13 May 2001 37 Celtic 0–2 Dundee Glasgow
15:00 BST BBC Sport Caballero   29', 42' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,435
Referee: T Brown
20 May 2001 38 Kilmarnock 1–0 Celtic Kilmarnock
15:00 BST Mahood   78' BBC Sport Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 12,675
Referee: John R. Underhill

League Cup

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5 September 2000 Third round Celtic 4–0 Raith Rovers Glasgow
19:45 BST
BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 32,307
Referee: Dougie MacDonald
1 November 2000 Quarter-finals Hearts 2–5 (a.e.t.) Celtic Edinburgh
19:35 GMT
BBC Sport
Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 13,076
Referee: Kenny Clark
7 February 2001 Semi-finals Celtic 3–1 Rangers Glasgow
19:45 BST
BBC Sport Albertz   37' (pen.) Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 50,154
Referee: Willie Young
18 March 2001 Final Celtic 3–0 Kilmarnock Glasgow
15:00 BST Larsson   47', 74', 81' BBC Sport Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 48,830
Referee: Hugh Dallas

Scottish Cup

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28 January 2001 Third round Stranraer 1–4 Celtic Stranraer
18:05 GMT Harty   84' BBC Sport Valgaeren   23'
McNamara   51'
Knox   55' (o.g.)
Moravčík   85'
Stadium: Stair Park
Attendance: 5,600
Referee: Stuart Dougal
17 February 2001 Fourth round Dunfermline Athletic 2–2 Celtic Dunfermline
15:00 GMT Skerla   83'
Nicholson   90'
BBC Sport Larsson   66', 88' Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 11,222
Referee: Willie Young
7 March 2001 Fourth round replay Celtic 4–1 Dunfermline Athletic Glasgow
19:45 GMT Vega   23', 48'
Larsson   61' (pen.), 73' (pen.)
BBC Sport Thomson   28' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 31,940
Referee: Willie Young
11 March 2001 Fifth round Celtic 1–0 Hearts Glasgow
14:35 GMT Larsson   40' BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 34,672
Referee: Kenny Clark
15 April 2001 Semi-finals Celtic 3–1 Dundee United Glasgow
14:35 GMT Larsson   32', 79' (pen.)
McNamara   80'
BBC Sport Lilley   84' Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 38,699
Referee: Hugh Dallas
26 May 2001 Final Celtic 3–0 Hibernian Glasgow
15:00 GMT McNamara   39'
Larsson   48', 80' (pen.)
BBC Sport Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 51,284
Referee: Kenny Clark

UEFA Cup

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Qualifying round

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10 August 2000 First leg Jeunesse Esch   0–4   Celtic Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
19:45 GMT BBC Sport
Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel
Attendance: 8,920
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)
24 August 2000 Second leg Celtic   7–0
(11–0 agg.)
  Jeunesse Esch Glasgow, Scotland
19:45 GMT
BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 40,282
Referee: Philippe Leuba (Switzerland)

First round

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14 September 2000 First leg Celtic   2–0   HJK Helsinki Glasgow, Scotland
19:45 GMT Larsson   14', 25' BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 40,544
Referee: Dietmar Drabek (Austria)
28 September 2000 Second leg HJK Helsinki   2–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 agg.)
  Celtic Helsinki, Finland
17:00 GMT Roiha   42', 76' BBC Sport Sutton   108' Stadium: Finnair Stadium
Attendance: 6,530
Referee: Ladislav Gadosi (Slovakia)

Second round

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26 October 2000 First leg Bordeaux   1–1   Celtic Bordeaux, France
19:45 GMT Dugarry   22' BBC Sport Larsson   26' (pen.) Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 21,318
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
9 November 2000 Second leg Celtic   1–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 agg.)
  Bordeaux Glasgow, Scotland
19:45 Moravčík   54' BBC Sport Laslandes   79', 114' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 54,242
Referee: Sergey Shmolik (Belarus)

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League Scottish Cup League Cup UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO Jonathan Gould 24 0 15 0 0 0 3 0 6 0
2 DF   SCO Thomas Boyd 44 0 21 9 0 2 3 0 2 2 0 4 1 0
3 DF   FRA Stéphane Mahé 13 0 7 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
4 DF   SCO Jackie McNamara 42 7 18 12 3 2 2 3 3 1 5 0
5 DF   BEL Joos Valgaeren 49 4 35 3 6 1 3 0 5 0
6 DF   ENG Alan Stubbs 12 1 7 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
7 FW   SWE Henrik Larsson 50 53 37 35 6 9 2 5 5 4
8 MF   ENG Alan Thompson 32 3 29 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0
9 FW   ENG Chris Sutton 35 14 24 11 4 0 3 2 4 1
10 MF   ISR Eyal Berkovic 9 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 3
12 FW   ENG Tommy Johnson 25 7 9 7 5 1 3 0 2 1 2 0 2 0
14 MF   SCO Paul Lambert 40 1 27 1 4 2 0 2 0 5 0
15 MF   NED Bobby Petta 31 1 20 0 2 0 2 2 0 5 1
16 DF   CIV Olivier Tébily 7 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
17 MF   FRA Didier Agathe 35 3 26 1 3 6 0 0 0 2 0
18 MF   NIR Neil Lennon 25 1 17 1 6 0 2 0 0 0
19 MF   BUL Stiliyan Petrov 38 7 27 1 7 1 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 0
20 GK   SCO Rab Douglas 28 0 22 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
21 GK   SCO Stewart Kerr 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
23 GK   RUS Dmitri Kharine 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF   IRL Colin Healy 21 1 4 8 0 0 0 3 1 1 5 0
25 MF   SVK Ľubomír Moravčík 40 14 16 11 9 4 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 3
26 MF   SCO Paul Shields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 FW   SCO Mark Burchill 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
29 FW   SCO Shaun Maloney 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
30 MF   NOR Vidar Riseth 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1
31 DF   BRA Rafael Scheidt 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
32 FW   SCO Simon Lynch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
34 MF   SCO Mark Fotheringham 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF   SWE Johan Mjällby 48 4 30 5 4 4 1 0 2 0 6 0
36 DF   SUI Ramon Vega 26 4 18 2 6 2 2 0 0 0
38 GK   SCO Barry John Corr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 MF   SCO Jamie Smith 9 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
40 DF   SCO Stephen Crainey 5 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
43 MF   IRL Liam Miller 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

NB: Players with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Celtic (C) 38 31 4 3 90 29 61 97 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Rangers 38 26 4 8 76 36 40 82 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Hibernian 38 18 12 8 57 35 22 66 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Kilmarnock 38 15 9 14 44 53 −9 54 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[b]
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 14 10 14 56 50 6 52
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.

See also

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References

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