2000–01 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season

The 2000–01 season saw Dunfermline Athletic compete in the Scottish Premier League where they finished in 9th position with 42 points.[1]

Dunfermline Athletic

Scottish Premier League	9th
Scottish Cup	Fourth Round
Scottish League Cup	Quarter Final
Home colours

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
7	Aberdeen	38	11	12	15	45	52	−7	45
8	Motherwell	38	12	7	19	42	56	−14	43
9	Dunfermline Athletic	38	11	9	18	34	54	−20	42
10	St Johnstone	38	9	13	16	40	56	−16	40
11	Dundee United	38	9	8	21	38	63	−25	35

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.

Results

Dunfermline Athletic's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2000–01 Scottish Premier League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	29 July 2000	Aberdeen	H	0–0	7,563
2	5 August 2000	Dundee	A	0–3	7,152
3	12 August 2000	St Johnstone	H	1–1	4,124	Crawford 45'
4	16 August 2000	Motherwell	H	1–0	5,257	Moss 55'
5	19 August 2000	Rangers	A	1–4	47,452	Boyle 14'
6	26 August 2000	Dundee United	H	1–0	4,980	Crawford 42'
7	9 September 2000	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–2	11,811
8	18 September 2000	Celtic	H	1–2	9,493	Crawford 60'
9	23 September 2000	Hibernian	H	1–1	8,275	Moss 48'
10	30 September 2000	St Mirren	A	1–2	5,002	Dair 64'
11	14 October 2000	Kilmarnock	A	1–2	6,436	Crawford 30'
12	21 October 2000	Aberdeen	A	0–0	11,993
13	28 October 2000	Dundee	H	1–0	6,397	Moss 61'
14	4 November 2000	St Johnstone	A	2–0	4,287	Dair 70', Nicholson 76'
15	11 November 2000	Motherwell	H	1–2	4,488	Moss 11'
16	18 November 2000	Rangers	H	0–0	11,431
17	25 November 2000	Dundee United	A	2–3	6,012	Bullen 60', Moss 64'
18	29 November 2000	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–0	5,642	Dair 40'
19	2 December 2000	Celtic	A	1–3	59,442	Dair 1'
20	9 December 2000	Hibernian	A	0–3	10,078
21	16 December 2000	St Mirren	H	2–0	5,061	Thomson 37', McGroarty 73'
22	23 December 2000	Kilmarnock	H	1–0	6,054	Crawford 22'
23	26 December 2000	Aberdeen	H	3–2	7,194	Crawford 13', Rossi 46', Nicholson 51'
24	2 January 2001	St Johnstone	H	0–0	6,408
25	31 January 2001	Motherwell	A	1–1	4,601	Bullen 89'
26	3 February 2001	Rangers	A	0–2	46,302
27	10 February 2001	Dundee United	H	3–1	5,108	Hampshire 49', Dijkhuizen 82', Moss 85'
28	21 February 2001	Dundee	A	1–0	6,113	Nicholson 13'
29	24 February 2001	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–7	11,251	Dair 50'
30	4 March 2001	Celtic	H	0–3	9,096
31	17 March 2001	Hibernian	H	2–1	7,547	Crawford 29', Hampshire 57'
32	31 March 2001	St Mirren	A	1–1	5,371	Crawford 8'
33	7 April 2001	Kilmarnock	A	1–2	6,529	Bullen 61'
34	21 April 2001	Aberdeen	A	0–1	8,613
35	28 April 2001	St Mirren	H	1–2	5,058	Bullen 90'
36	6 May 2001	Dundee United	A	0–1	6,679
37	12 May 2001	Motherwell	H	1–2	2,610	Crawford 64'
38	20 May 2001	St Johnstone	H	0–0	4,607

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Scottish Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	27 January 2001	St Johnstone	H	0–0	5,026
R3 Replay	13 February 2001	St Johnstone	A	2–3	4,749	Thomson 61', Dijkhuizen 77', Moss 83'
R4	17 February 2001	Celtic	H	2–2	11,222	Skerla 83', Nicholson 90'
R4 Replay	7 March 2001	Celtic	A	1–4	31,940	Thomson 28'

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Scottish League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R2	22 August 2000	East Stirlingshire	H	1–0	2,500	Boyle 14'
R3	6 September 2000	Motherwell	H	2–0	3,428	Thomson 12', Moss 66'
QF	31 October 2000	St Mirren	A	1–2	4,045	Nicholson 29'

References

1. "Scotland 2000/01". RSSSF.

External links

• Dunfermline Athletic 2000–01 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)