2000–01 Hibernian F.C. season

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Hibernian

2000–01 season

Manager

Top goalscorer

League: Paatelainen, 11
All: Paatelainen, 12

Highest home attendance

14939^[1]

Lowest home attendance

8224^[1]

Average home league attendance

10793^[1] (down 1277)

Home colours

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Season 2000–01 was Hibs' second season in the Scottish Premier League, after gaining promotion from the First Division in 1999. 2000–01 proved to be a successful season for Hibs, as they started the season extremely well and eventually finished third, qualifying for the 2001–02 UEFA Cup.^[2] The club also had a good Scottish Cup run, reaching the 2001 Scottish Cup Final, but were beaten 3–0 by treble winners Celtic at Hampden Park.^[2] The season was also memorable for Hibs fans due to a 6–2 win in an Edinburgh derby against Hearts.^[3]

League season

Hibs got off to an excellent start to the league season, winning 11 of their first 14 games. This led to Celtic manager Martin O'Neill describing Hibs as "worthy challengers" for the league in October, after they had beaten defending champions Rangers 1–0 at Easter Road.^[4] Rangers manager Dick Advocaat dismissed Hibs' chances, but Hibs responded with a "scintillating display" as they won 6–2 in an Edinburgh derby days later, with Mixu Paatelainen scoring a hat-trick.^[3] Celtic eventually ran away with the league championship, but Hibs continued to challenge for second place until a losing run in March effectively ended their chances of finishing above Rangers.^[5] Their early season form, however, meant that Hibs finished well clear of the other SPL clubs in third place, qualifying for the following season's UEFA Cup competition.^[2]^[5]

Results

30 July 2000 SPL	Heart of Midlothian	0 – 0	Hibernian	Tynecastle, Edinburgh
				Attendance: 17,132 Referee: Clark

5 August 2000 SPL	Hibernian	3 – 0	Dundee United	Easter Road, Edinburgh
	Agathe 2' Agathe 19' McManus 90'			Attendance: 9,541 Referee: Dougal

12 August 2000 SPL	Hibernian	5 – 1	Dundee	Easter Road, Edinburgh
	Agathe 16' Agathe 41' Lehmann 81' Lehmann 82' Lovell 85'		Caballero 9'	Attendance: 12,075 Referee: Clyde

16 August 2000 SPL	Kilmarnock	0 – 1	Hibernian	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
			Paatelainen 37'	Attendance: 8,672 Referee: Freeland

19 August 2000 SPL	Aberdeen	0 – 2	Hibernian	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
			Latapy 5' (pen) Paatelainen 78'	Attendance: 13,157 Referee: McCurry

26 August 2000 SPL	Hibernian	2 – 0	St Mirren	Easter Road, Edinburgh
	Lovell 43' Lovell 90'			Attendance: 11,806 Referee: Somers

9 September 2000 SPL	Celtic	3 – 0	Hibernian	Celtic Park, Glasgow
	Larsson 16' (pen) Larsson 45' Burchill 90'			Attendance: 60,091 Referee: Rowbotham

16 September 2000 SPL	Hibernian	2 – 0	Motherwell	Easter Road, Edinburgh
	Paatelainen 49' Paatelainen 80'			Attendance: 9,852 Referee: McCurry

23 September 2000 SPL	Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 1	Hibernian	East End Park, Dunfermline
	Moss 48'		Latapy 22' (pen)	Attendance: 8,275 Referee: Clyde

30 September 2000 SPL	St Johnstone	0 – 3	Hibernian	McDiarmid Park, Perth
			Sauzee 16' Zitelli 23' Latapy 74'	Attendance: 5,464 Referee: Dallas

14 October 2000 SPL	Hibernian	1 – 0	Rangers	Easter Road, Edinburgh
	Zitelli 23'			Attendance: 14,523 Referee: Clark

22 October 2000 SPL	Hibernian	6 – 2	Heart of Midlothian	Easter Road, Edinburgh
	Paatelainen 43' Paatelainen 45' Zitelli 51' Paatelainen 74' O'Neil 81' Latapy 84'		Kirk 5' Cameron 89'	Attendance: 12,926 Referee: Dallas

28 October 2000 SPL	Dundee United	0 – 1	Hibernian	Tannadice Park, Dundee
			McManus 81'	Attendance: 8,042 Referee: Rowbotham

5 November 2000 SPL	Dundee	1 – 2	Hibernian	Dens Park, Dundee
	Tweed 33'		O'Neil 17' Zitelli 62'	Attendance: 6,604 Referee: McDonald

11 November 2000 SPL	Hibernian	1 – 1	Kilmarnock	Easter Road, Edinburgh
	Paatelainen 33'		Wright 86'	Attendance: 12,588 Referee: Somers

18 November 2000 SPL	Hibernian	0 – 2	Aberdeen	Easter Road, Edinburgh
			Stavrum 61' Mayer 89'	Attendance: 10,995 Referee: Young

25 November 2000 SPL	St Mirren	1 – 1	Hibernian	Love Street, Paisley
	McGarry 89'		O'Neil 7'	Attendance: 5,255 Referee: McCurry

29 November 2000 SPL	Hibernian	0 – 0	Celtic	Easter Road, Edinburgh
				Attendance: 14,939 Referee: Dougal

3 December 2000 SPL	Motherwell	1 – 3	Hibernian	Fir Park, Motherwell
	Elliott 83'		Zitelli 38' Townsley 48' (og) Zitelli 54'	Attendance: 5,715 Referee: Rowbotham

9 December 2000 SPL	Hibernian	3 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic	Easter Road, Edinburgh
	Laursen 5' Zitelli 55' Paatelainen 69'			Attendance: 10,078 Referee: Clark

16 December 2000 SPL	Hibernian	2 – 0	St Johnstone	Easter Road, Edinburgh
	Lovell 41' Paatelainen 74'			Attendance: 10,374 Referee: Dougal

23 December 2000 SPL	Rangers	1 – 0	Hibernian	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
	de Boer 49'			Attendance: 49,993 Referee: Clark

26 December 2000 SPL	Heart of Midlothian	1 – 1	Hibernian	Tynecastle, Edinburgh
	McSwegan 59'		Lovell 41'	Attendance: 17,619 Referee: Young

30 December 2000 SPL	Hibernian	1 – 0	Dundee United	Easter Road, Edinburgh
	Latapy 90' (pen)			Attendance: 10,197 Referee: Freeland^[6]

2 January 2001 SPL	Hibernian	3 – 0	Dundee	Easter Road, Edinburgh
	Paatelainen 6' Fenwick 41' O'Neil 69'			Attendance: 12,379 Referee: McCurry

30 January 2001 SPL	Kilmarnock	1 – 1	Hibernian	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
	Hay 68'		Laursen 87'	Attendance: 6,385 Referee: McCurry

10 February 2001 SPL	Hibernian	4 – 2	St Mirren	Easter Road, Edinburgh
	Sauzee 17' Zitelli 59' Zitelli 61' Latapy 80'		Gillies 44' (pen) Gillies 51'	Attendance: 8,872 Referee: Toner

25 February 2001 SPL	Celtic	1 – 1	Hibernian	Celtic Park, Glasgow
	Mjallby 23'		Libbra 84'	Attendance: 60,063 Referee: Dougal

4 March 2001 SPL	Hibernian	1 – 1	Motherwell	Easter Road, Edinburgh
	Latapy 82'		Strong 81'	Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Clark

13 March 2001 SPL	Aberdeen	1 – 0	Hibernian	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
	Guntveit 2'			Attendance: 9,357 Referee: Young

17 March 2001 SPL	Dunfermline Athletic	2 – 1	Hibernian	East End Park, Dunfermline
	Crawford 29' Hampshire 57'		Murray 87'	Attendance: 7,547 Referee: Underhill

1 April 2001 SPL	St Johnstone	2 – 0	Hibernian	McDiarmid Park, Perth
	Lovenkrands 71' Lovenkrands 74'			Attendance: 4,346 Referee: Dallas

8 April 2001 SPL	Hibernian	0 – 0	Rangers	Easter Road, Edinburgh
				Attendance: 9,625 Referee: Rowbotham

21 April 2001 SPL	Hibernian	1 – 1	Kilmarnock	Easter Road, Edinburgh
	Libbra 35'		Cocard 11'	Attendance: 8,224 Referee: Clark

29 April 2001 SPL	Dundee	0 – 2	Hibernian	Dens Park, Dundee
			Libbra 53' Zitelli 66'	Attendance: 6,659 Referee: Somers

6 May 2001 SPL	Hibernian	2 – 5	Celtic	Easter Road, Edinburgh
	Libbra 85' Libbra 88'		McNamara 5' McNamara 18' Larsson 62' Stubbs 68' Moravcik 80'	Attendance: 8,728 Referee: Rowbotham

13 May 2001 SPL	Hibernian	0 – 0	Heart of Midlothian	Easter Road, Edinburgh
				Attendance: 8,913 Referee: Dougal

20 May 2001 SPL	Rangers	4 – 0	Hibernian	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
	Albertz 12' (pen) de Boer 34' de Boer 57' Vidmar 90'			Attendance: 46,179 Referee: McDonald

Final table

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ 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.

Scottish League Cup

As one of the SPL clubs who failed to qualify for European competition, Hibs entered at the second round stage of the competition, in which they defeated Stenhousemuir 2–1. Another 2–1 win, after extra time against Falkirk, sent Hibs through to a quarter-final against Kilmarnock. In that match, Hibs took an early lead through a Russell Latapy goal, but conceded two second half goals to lose 2–1 and exit the competition.

Results

22 August 2000 Scottish League Cup	Stenhousemuir	1 – 2	Hibernian	Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
	McKinnon 19'		McManus 23' (pen) Lehmann 62'	Attendance: 1,545 Referee: Smith

6 September 2000 Scottish League Cup	Falkirk	1 – 2 AET	Hibernian	Brockville Park, Falkirk
	McMahon 74'		Latapy 79' Latapy 118'	Attendance: 4,292 Referee: Clark

31 October 2000 Scottish League Cup	Kilmarnock	2 – 1	Hibernian	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
	McLaren 46' Dargo 71'		Latapy 2'	Attendance: 7,819 Referee: Dallas

Scottish Cup

Results

27 January 2001 Scottish Cup	Hibernian	6 – 1	Clyde	Easter Road, Edinburgh
	Laursen 22' Jack 28' Sauzee 45' Paatelainen 46' Lehmann 59' Lehmann 63'		McLaughlin 84'	Attendance: 9,494 Referee: Freeland

17 February 2001 Scottish Cup	Stirling Albion	2 – 3	Hibernian	Forthbank Stadium, Stirling
	Templeman 4' Graham 53' (pen)		Sauzee 10' O'Neil 26' McManus 78'	Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Rowbotham

10 March 2001 Scottish Cup	Kilmarnock	0 – 1	Hibernian	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
			McManus 90'	Attendance: 8,287 Referee: McCurry

14 April 2001 Scottish Cup	Hibernian	3 – 0	Livingston	Hampden Park, Glasgow
	O'Neil 2' Zitelli 69' O'Neil 76'			Attendance: 24,658 Referee: Young

26 May 2001 2001 Scottish Cup Final	Celtic	3 – 0	Hibernian	Hampden Park, Glasgow
	McNamara 39' Larsson 48' Larsson 80' (pen)			Attendance: 51,824 Referee: Clark

Transfers

The only major transfer involving Hibs during the season was the sale of Kenny Miller, Hibs' top goalscorer in the previous season, to Rangers for £2M in total.^[7] It was suggested in the media that the fee would be used to finance refurbishments of Easter Road, but the Hibs board denied this and pledged to reinvest in the playing squad.^[7] A curious bit of transfer activity involved Didier Agathe, who Hibs signed as a free agent on a short-term contract in the 2000 close season.^[8]^[9] After a few good performances for Hibs, Agathe was offered the chance to double his salary by Celtic manager Martin O'Neill.^[8] This prompted Hibs to sell Agathe to Celtic for the relatively small fee of £50,000, given that the player only had weeks remaining on his contract, and could have signed for Celtic for no transfer fee when it expired.^[8]

Players in

Player	From	Fee
Ulrik Laursen	OB Odense	Free
Paul Fenwick	Greenock Morton	Free
John O'Neil	St Johnstone	Free
Gary Smith	Aberdeen	Free
Ian Westwater	Dunfermline Athletic	Free
Hakim Sar-Temsoury	Nantes	Free
Didier Agathe	Raith Rovers	Free^{[citation needed]}
Lyndon Andrews	W Connection	Free
David Zitelli	RC Strasbourg	Free
Frederic Arpinon	Troyes AC	Free

Players out

Player	To	Fee
Michael Renwick	Ayr United	Free
Paul Lovering	Ayr United	Free
John Hughes	Ayr United	Free
Kenny Miller	Rangers	£2M^[7]
Russell Huggon	Dunfermline Athletic	Free
Pat McGinlay	Ayr United	Free
Paul Hartley	St Johnstone	£200,000^{[citation needed]}
Martin Hughes	Stranraer	Free
Didier Agathe	Celtic	£50,000^[8]
Shaun Dennis	Raith Rovers	Free
Derek Collins	Preston North End	Free
Emilio Bottiglieri	East Fife	Free
Hakim Sar-Temsoury	ESA Brive	Free
Tom Smith	Retired	Free

Loans in

Player	From
Marc Libbra	Toulouse

Loans out

Player	To
Emilio Bottiglieri	Partick Thistle
Liam O'Sullivan	Brechin City
Shaun Dennis	Brechin City
Grant Brebner	Stockport County
Tom Phillips	Airdrieonians
Emilio Bottiglieri	East Fife
Mark Dempsie	Raith Rovers
Derek Collins	Partick Thistle
Ian Murray	Alloa Athletic
Tam McManus	Airdrieonians
Alan Reid	East Fife
Paul Lindsay	East Stirlingshire
Scott Bannerman	Airdrieonians

Player stats

During the 2000–01 season, Hibs used 27 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.^[10] None of the players appeared in every match, but goalkeeper Nick Colgan played in all but one of the league matches and in all eight of the cup ties. Gary Smith and Mathias Jack also appeared in 37 league matches, as Hibs fielded a relatively settled side.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		SPL		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	IRL	Nick Colgan	45	0	37	0	5	0	3	0
	GK	CAN	Mike Franks	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Derek Collins	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	SCO	Mark Dempsie	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	CAN	Paul Fenwick	39	1	31	1	5	0	3	0
	DF	DEN	Ulrik Laursen	35	3	29	2	5	1	1	0
	DF	SCO	Martin McIntosh	7	0	4	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	FRA	Franck Sauzee	39	4	33	2	5	2	1	0
	DF	SCO	Gary Smith	44	0	37	0	5	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	Tom Smith	11	0	8	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	TRI	Lyndon Andrews	14	0	11	0	1	0	2	0
	MF	FRA	Frederic Arpinon	8	0	7	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Scott Bannerman	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Grant Brebner	17	0	11	0	4	0	2	0
	MF	GER	Mathias Jack	43	1	37	0	4	1	2	0
	MF	TRI	Russell Latapy	39	10	33	7	4	0	2	3
	MF	AUS	Stuart Lovell	36	5	31	5	3	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	Ian Murray	25	1	21	1	4	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	John O'Neil	40	7	33	4	5	3	2	0
	MF	FRA	Hakim Sar-Temsoury	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	FRA	Didier Agathe	6	4	5	4	0	0	1	0
	FW	GER	Dirk Lehmann	33	5	29	2	1	2	3	1
	FW	FRA	Marc Libbra	13	5	10	5	3	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Tam McManus	20	5	16	2	3	2	1	1
	FW	SCO	Garry O'Connor	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	FIN	Mixu Paatelainen	43	12	36	11	5	1	2	0
	FW	FRA	David Zitelli	36	11	30	10	5	1	1	0

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c "Average Home League Game Attendances". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "McLeish gracious in defeat". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 May 2001. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Six-goal Hibs break Hearts". BBC Sport. 22 October 2000. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
^ "O'Neill warns of Hibs title challenge". BBC Sport. 17 October 2000. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
^ ^a ^b Ross, Kenny. "Hibs' Euro Dream Now in Dane-Ger". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
^ Latapy keeps Hibs in the hunt^{[dead link]}, Independent on Sunday, 31 December 2000.
^ ^a ^b ^c Lomax, Andrew (22 June 2000). "Rangers close in on £1.5m deal for striker Miller". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gordon, Phil (14 October 2001). "Celtic seek exultation on sacred ground". The Independent. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
^ "Hibs get tough over Libbra". BBC Sport. 4 June 2001. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
^ "Hibernian 2000/2001 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 January 2010.

External links

Hibernian 2000/2001 results and fixtures, Soccerbase

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