2000–01 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

Heart of Midlothian
2000–01 season
ManagerJim Jefferies
Peter Houston (Caretaker)
Craig Levein
StadiumTynecastle Stadium
Scottish Premier League5th
Scottish CupQuarter-finals
League CupQuarter-finals
UEFA CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Andy Kirk (13)
All:
Colin Cameron (16)
Highest home attendance17,619 v Hibs SPL 26 December 2000
Lowest home attendance7,502 v Berwick Rangers Scottish Cup 7 February 2001
Average home league attendance12,771

The 2000–01 season was the 120th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian, and their 18th consecutive season in the top level of Scottish football, competing in the Scottish Premier League. Hearts also competed in the UEFA Cup, Scottish Cup and League Cup.

Managers

Hearts started the season under the stewardship of Jim Jefferies. He moved on to Bradford during the season, Peter Houston became Caretaker manager for 4 games before Craig Levein became Hearts new permanent manager.

First team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK France FRA Gilles Rousset
2 DF Scotland SCO Steven Pressley
3 DF Scotland SCO Austin McCann
4 DF Canada CAN Kevin McKenna
5 DF Scotland SCO Kevin James
6 DF Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Gordan Petrić
7 FW Scotland SCO Gary McSwegan
8 MF Scotland SCO Steve Fulton
9 FW France FRA Stéphane Adam
10 MF Scotland SCO Colin Cameron
11 DF Scotland SCO Darren Jackson
12 DF Scotland SCO Grant Murray
13 GK Scotland SCO Roddy McKenzie
14 MF Austria AUT Thomas Flögel
15 FW Scotland SCO Gary Wales
16 MF England ENG Lee Makel
17 FW Scotland SCO Gordon Durie
18 MF Jamaica JAM Fitzroy Simpson
19 MF Scotland SCO Scott Severin
20 MF Spain ESP Juanjo
21 MF Slovakia SVK Róbert Tomaschek
22 MF Scotland SCO Steven Boyack
24 FW Northern Ireland NIR Andy Kirk
26 GK Finland FIN Antti Niemi
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 DF Scotland SCO Kenny Milne
29 DF Scotland SCO Robbie Neilson
30 FW Scotland SCO Kris O'Neill
31 FW Scotland SCO Alasdair Graham
32 DF Scotland SCO Steven Reilly
33 DF Scotland SCO Darren Goldie
34 MF Scotland SCO Alan McIlroy
35 DF Scotland SCO Craig Neeson
36 DF Scotland SCO Anton Smith
37 MF Scotland SCO Stephen Simmons
38 FW Scotland SCO Ryan Davidson
39 GK Scotland SCO Craig Gordon
40 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Barry Smith
41 DF Scotland SCO Paul Kaczan
42 MF Scotland SCO Neil Janczyk
43 MF Scotland SCO Robert Sloan
44 DF Scotland SCO Paul Parkin
45 DF Scotland SCO Elliot Smith
46 MF Scotland SCO Gary Meek
47 DF Scotland SCO John Knox
48 MF Scotland SCO Joe Hamill
49 MF Scotland SCO Paul McLaughlin
50 FW Scotland SCO Graham Weir

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Scotland SCO Gary Naysmith (to Everton)
No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF Scotland SCO Gary Locke (to Bradford City)

Fixtures

Pre-Season Friendlies

15 July 2000 Friendly Livingston 1–1 Hearts Almondvale Stadium
Kirk Attendance: 3,268
18 July 2000 Friendly Niort 0–0 Hearts
Attendance: 980
20 July 2000 Friendly Royal Charleroi 0–0 Hearts
Attendance: 150
22 July 2000 Friendly Toulouse 1–2 Hearts
Jackson Adam Attendance: 1,303

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2000–01 Scottish Premier League
30 July 2000 SPL Hearts 0–0 Hibs Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 17,132
Referee: Kenny Clark
6 August 2000 SPL St Johnstone 2–2 Hearts McDiarmid Park
Parker 31' Jones 73' O'Neill 84' Tomaschek 88' Attendance: 6,164
Referee: John Rowbotham
13 August 2000 SPL Aberdeen 1–1 Hearts Pittodrie
Young 3' McSwegan 30' Attendance: 11,798
Referee: Hugh Dallas
19 August 2000 SPL Hearts 2–4 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
Severin 56' Juanjo 67' Sutton 22' (26) Larsson 39' Moravcik 62' Attendance: 16,744
Referee: Willie Young
27 August 2000 SPL Dundee 1–1 Hearts Dens Park
Caballero 58' Cameron 85' (pen.) Attendance: 6,779
Referee: Kenny Clark
9 September 2000 SPL Hearts 2–0 Dunfermline Tynecastle Stadium
Juanjo 6' McSwegan 64' Attendance: 11,811
Referee: Robert Orr
17 September 2000 SPL Rangers 1–0 Hearts Ibrox
De Boer 58' Attendance: 47,340
Referee: Hugh Dallas
20 September 2000 SPL Hearts 2–0 St Mirren Tynecastle Stadium
McSwegan 46' Juanjo 68' Attendance: 10,524
Referee: John Underhill
24 September 2000 SPL Hearts 0–2 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Stadium
Wright 5' Dindeleux 46' Attendance: 10,379
Referee: Kenny Clark
1 October 2000 SPL Hearts 3–0 Motherwell Tynecastle Stadium
Durie 12' (59) Kirk 27' Attendance: 10,460
Referee: Willie Young
14 October 2000 SPL Dundee United 0–4 Hearts Tannadice Park
Tomaschek 9' Kirk 25' (30) James 81' Attendance: 7,016
Referee: Willie Young
22 October 2000 SPL Hibs 6–2 Hearts Easter Road
Paatelainen 43' (45), 74' Zitelli 51' O'Neil 81' Latapy 84' Kirk 5' Cameron 90' Attendance: 12,926
Referee: Hugh Dallas
28 October 2000 SPL Hearts 0–3 St Johnstone Tynecastle Stadium
Parker 49' (pen.) Connolly 62' (89) Attendance: 10,938
Referee: George Clyde
4 November 2000 SPL Hearts 3–0 Aberdeen Tynecastle Stadium
Cameron 24' Severin 62' Kirk 86' Attendance: 12,744
Referee: Tom Brown
11 November 2000 SPL St Mirren 1–2 Hearts Love Street
Gillies 89' Cameron 22' (pen.) Severin 82' Attendance: 5,328
Referee: John Rowbotham
18 November 2000 SPL Celtic 6–1 Hearts Celtic Park
Joos Valgaeran 15' Moravcik 36' Larssonl 39' (81) Mjallby 44' Petrov 82' Cameron 13' Attendance: 59,813
Referee: Stuart Dougal
25 November 2000 SPL Hearts 3–1 Dundee Tynecastle Stadium
Murray 52' Cameron 88' (90), pen.' Carranza 24' Attendance: 11,539
Referee: Alan Freeland
29 November 2000 SPL Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 Hearts East End Park
Dair 40' Attendance: 5,642
Referee: Willie Young
3 December 2000 SPL Hearts 0–1 Rangers Tynecastle Stadium
Albertz 12' (pen.) Attendance: 16,710
Referee: Stuart Dougal
9 December 2000 SPL Kilmarnock 0–3 Hearts Rugby Park
Fulton 45' Kirk 51' (55) Attendance: 6,828
Referee: Dougie McDonald
16 December 2000 SPL Motherwell 2–0 Hearts Fir Park
Townsley 56' Adams 87' Attendance: 5,440
Referee: Mike McCurry
23 December 2000 SPL Hearts 3–1 Dundee United Tynecastle Stadium
Cameron 2' Heaney 17' (og.) McSwegan 72' Aljofree 26' Attendance: 12,128
Referee: Kevin Toner
26 December 2000 SPL Hearts 1–1 Hibs Tynecastle Stadium
McSwegan 60' Lovell 41' Attendance: 17,619
Referee: Willie Young
30 December 2000 SPL St Johnstone 2–2 Hearts McDiarmid Park
Sylla 24' Connolly 35' Kirk 6' Durie 77' Attendance: 5713
Referee: J Fleming
2 January 2001 SPL Aberdeen 1–0 Hearts Pittodrie
Rowson 7' Attendance: 13,524
Referee: John Rowbotham
31 January 2001 SPL Hearts 1–0 St Mirren Tynecastle Stadium
Cameron 74' (pen.) Attendance: 10,164
Referee: Stuart Dougal
4 February 2001 SPL Hearts 0–3 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
Larsson 4' (68), 83' Attendance: 13,077
Referee: Kenny Clark
24 February 2001 SPL Hearts 7–1 Dunfermline Tynecastle Stadium
Adam 5' (38) Kirk 26' (60) Cameron 30' (46) Tomaschek 67' Dair 50' Attendance: 11,251
Referee: Alan Freeland
3 March 2001 SPL Rangers 2–0 Hearts Ibrox
Andre Flo 35' (57) Attendance: 49,003
Referee: Willie Young
14 March 2001 SPL Hearts 3–0 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Stadium
Flogel 71' Juanjo 76' Scott Severin 89' Attendance: 9,195
Referee: Garry Mitchell
18 March 2001 SPL Dundee 0–0 Hearts Dens Park
Attendance: 7,327
Referee: Robert Orr
31 March 2001 SPL Hearts 3–0 Motherwell Tynecastle Stadium
Tomaschek 14' Kirk 63' (80) Attendance: 11,581
Referee: David Somers
7 April 2001 SPL Dundee United 1–1 Hearts Tannadice Park
Thompson 45' Wales 65' Attendance: 7,242
Referee: Alan Freeland
22 April 2001 SPL Celtic 1–0 Hearts Celtic Park
Moravcik 68' Attendance: 59,298
Referee: Mike McCurry
27 April 2001 SPL Kilmarnock 1–1 Hearts Rugby Park
McGowne 53' Kirk 50' Attendance: 6,867
Referee: Dougie McDonald
5 May 2001 SPL Hearts 1–4 Rangers Tynecastle Stadium
Adam 46' Albertz 28' (78) Wallace 48' Andre Flo 84' Attendance: 15,158
Referee: Hugh Dallas
13 May 2001 SPL Hibs 0–0 Hearts Easter Road
Attendance: 8,913
Referee: Stuart Dougal
20 May 2001 SPL Hearts 2–0 Dundee Tynecastle Stadium
Adam 52' Cameron 70' Attendance: 13,544

Uefa Cup

Main article: 2000–01 UEFA Cup
10 August 2000 Uefa Cup qualifying round ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar 0–2 Hearts Laugardalsvollur
Severin 49' Jackson 67' Attendance: 815
Referee: Stephane Moulin
24 August 2000 Uefa Cup qualifying round Hearts 3–0 ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar Tynecastle Stadium
McSwegan 6' O'Neill 19' Tomaschek 39' Attendance: 8,720
Referee: Antonio Manuel de Almeida Costa
14 September 2000 Uefa Cup round 1 Stuttgart 1–0 Hearts Gottlieb Daimler Stadion
Balakov 35' Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Giancarlo Bolognino
28 September 2000 Uefa Cup round 1 Hearts 3–2 Stuttgart Tynecastle Stadium
Pressley 16' Petric 62' Cameron 83' (pen.) Dundee 37' Bordon 58' Attendance: 14,448
Referee: Bruno Derrien

League Cup

Main article: Scottish League Cup 2000–01
6 September 2000 Scottish League Cup R4 Livingston 0–2 Hearts Almondvale Stadium
Cameron 15' Naysmith 54' Attendance: 5,549
Referee: Mike McCurry
1 November 2000 Scottish League Cup QF Hearts 2–5 (a.e.t.) Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
Cameron 36' (pen.), 70' (pen.) Crainey 41' Smith 60' Healy 99' Moravcik 116' McNamara 117' Attendance: 12,922
Referee: Kenny Clark

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Scottish Cup
27 January 2001 Scottish Cup R3 Berwick Rangers 0–0 Hearts Shielfield Park
Attendance: 3,139
Referee: John Rowbotham
7 February 2001 Scottish Cup R3 Replay Hearts 2–1 Berwick Rangers Tynecastle Stadium
McSwegan 68' Juanjo 70' Elliott 18' Attendance: 7,502
Referee: Eric Martindale
17 February 2001 Scottish Cup R4 Hearts 1–1 Dundee Tynecastle Stadium
Juanjo 81' Sara 30' Attendance: 9,970
Referee: Hugh Dallas
7 March 2001 Scottish Cup R4 Replay Dundee 0–1 Hearts Dens Park
Tomaschek 71' Attendance: 6,947
Referee: John Underhill
11 March 2001 Scottish Cup QF Celtic 1–0 Hearts Celtic Park
Larsson 40' Attendance: 34,529
Referee: Kenny Clark

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
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
6 Dundee 38 13 8 17 51 49 +2 47 Qualification for the UEFA Intertoto Cup first round[c]
7 Aberdeen 38 11 12 15 45 52 −7 45
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
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.
  3. ^ Dundee qualified for the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup as the highest-placed team to apply for a place in the competition.

See also

References

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Heart of Midlothian - 2000/01". www.footballsquads.co.uk.
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