During the 2000–01 season, Middlesbrough participated in the FA Premier League.

Season summary Some early season relegation worries saw Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson respond by installing former England boss Terry Venables as joint manager alongside Bryan Robson in December. This experiment with joint management paid off as Middlesbrough finished 14th to avoid the drop by a comfortable margin.

Robson and Venables both departed after the season was over, and in came Manchester United assistant Steve McClaren to manage the Teesside club.

Team kit and sponsors Middlesbrough were again sponsored by BT Cellnet for the 2000–01 season.

The team's strip was produced by Errea. The home shirt consisted of a red shirt with white hoop, red shorts and red socks with white trim. The away strip consisted of a black shirt with red and white stripes in the middle, plain black shorts and black socks.

Final league table

Results summary

Results by round

Results Middlesbrough's score comes first

Legend WinDrawLoss

FA Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 19 August 2000 Coventry CityA3–120,624Job, Bokšić (2) 22 August 2000 Tottenham HotspurH1–131,254Summerbell 26 August 2000 Leeds UnitedH1–231,626Stamp 6 September 2000 Derby CountyA3–324,290Bokšić (pen), Job, Deane 9 September 2000 EvertonH1–230,885Watson (own goal) 17 September 2000 Manchester CityA1–132,053Festa 23 September 2000 Aston VillaH1–127,556Alpay (own goal) 30 September 2000 SouthamptonA3–114,903Bokšić (2), Festa 16 October 2000 Newcastle UnitedH1–331,436Deane 21 October 2000 Charlton AthleticA0–120,043 28 October 2000 Ipswich TownA1–221,771Gordon 4 November 2000 ArsenalH0–129,541 11 November 2000 Manchester UnitedA1–267,576Karembeu 18 November 2000 Leicester CityH0–327,965 25 November 2000 Bradford CityH2–228,526Ehiogu, Ince 2 December 2000 West Ham UnitedA0–125,459 9 December 2000 SunderlandA0–147,742 16 December 2000 ChelseaH1–029,422Gordon 23 December 2000 Tottenham HotspurA0–035,638 26 December 2000 LiverpoolH1–034,696Karembeu 30 December 2000 Coventry CityH1–130,499Bokšić 1 January 2001 Leeds UnitedA1–139,251Bokšić 13 January 2001 Derby CountyH4–029,041Bokšić (2, 1 pen), Ehiogu, Ricard (pen) 20 January 2001 LiverpoolA0–043,042 31 January 2001 EvertonA2–234,244Ricard, Cooper 3 February 2001 Manchester CityH1–131,794Cooper 10 February 2001 Aston VillaA1–128,912Ehiogu 24 February 2001 SouthamptonH0–128,725 3 March 2001 Charlton AthleticH0–028,177 17 March 2001 Newcastle UnitedA2–151,751Bokšić (2) 31 March 2001 ChelseaA1–234,933Windass 9 April 2001 SunderlandH0–031,284 14 April 2001 ArsenalA3–037,879Edu (own goal), Sylvinho (own goal), Ricard 16 April 2001 Ipswich TownH1–234,294Windass 21 April 2001 Leicester CityA3–018,162Ricard, Bokšić, Ince 28 April 2001 Manchester UnitedH0–234,417 5 May 2001 Bradford CityA1–120,921Karembeu 19 May 2001 West Ham UnitedH2–133,057Job, Karembeu

FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR38 January 2001 Bradford CityA1–07,303RicardR46 February 2001 WimbledonH0–020,625R4R13 February 2001 WimbledonA1–3 5,991Ricard

League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st Leg 19 September 2000 Macclesfield TownH2–15,144Whelan, SummerbellR2 2nd Leg 26 September 2000 Macclesfield TownA3–13,153Ricard (3)R331 October 2000 WimbledonA0–13,666

First-team squad Squad at end of season

Left the club during season

Reserve squad

Transfers

In DatePosNameFromFeeNotes5 July 2000MFChristian KarembeuReal Madrid£2,100,0005 July 2000MFPaul OkonFiorentinaFree transfer18 July 2000GKMark CrossleyNottingham ForestFree transfer31 July 2000FWNoel WhelanCoventry City£2,000,00031 July 2000FWJoseph-Désiré JobRC Lens£3,000,0007 August 2000FWAlen BokšićLazio£2,500,00020 October 2000DFUgo EhioguAston Villa£8,000,0008 March 2001FWDean WindassBradford City£600,000

Out DatePosNameToFeeNotes13 July 2000GKBen RobertsCharlton AthleticFree transfer17 July 2000MFPaul GascoigneEvertonFree transfer25 August 2000DFChristian ZiegeLiverpool£5,500,0001 September 2000DFCraig HarrisonCrystal Palace£200,0007 December 2000FWAlun Armstrong Ipswich Town£500,0009 March 2001MFRichard KellTorquay UnitedFree transfer

Transfers in: £18,200,000 Transfers out: £6,200,000 Total spending: £12,000,000

Player statistics Goalscorers Goalscoring statistics for 2000-01. +NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotal Bokšić120012 Ricard4239 Karembeu4004 Job3003 Ehiogu3003 Deane2002 Gordon2002 Ince2002 Cooper2002 Windass2002 Summerbell1012 Festa2002 Stamp1001 Whelan0011Own Goals4004

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