2000–01 Hibernian F.C. season

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]

Hibernian
2000–01 season
ManagerAlex McLeish
SPL3rd
Scottish CupFinal
League CupQuarter
Top goalscorerLeague: Paatelainen, 11
All: Paatelainen, 12
Highest home attendance14939[1]
Lowest home attendance8224[1]
Average home league attendance10793[1] (down 1277)

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 SPLHeart of Midlothian0 – 0HibernianTynecastle, Edinburgh
Attendance: 17,132
Referee: Clark
5 August 2000 SPLHibernian3 – 0Dundee UnitedEaster Road, Edinburgh
Agathe  2'
Agathe  19'
McManus  90'		 Attendance: 9,541
Referee: Dougal
12 August 2000 SPLHibernian5 – 1DundeeEaster Road, Edinburgh
Agathe  16'
Agathe  41'
Lehmann  81'
Lehmann  82'
Lovell  85'		 Caballero  9' Attendance: 12,075
Referee: Clyde
16 August 2000 SPLKilmarnock0 – 1HibernianRugby Park, Kilmarnock
Paatelainen  37' Attendance: 8,672
Referee: Freeland
19 August 2000 SPLAberdeen0 – 2HibernianPittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
Latapy  5' (pen)
Paatelainen  78'		 Attendance: 13,157
Referee: McCurry
26 August 2000 SPLHibernian2 – 0St MirrenEaster Road, Edinburgh
Lovell  43'
Lovell  90'		 Attendance: 11,806
Referee: Somers
9 September 2000 SPLCeltic3 – 0HibernianCeltic Park, Glasgow
Larsson  16' (pen)
Larsson  45'
Burchill  90'		 Attendance: 60,091
Referee: Rowbotham
16 September 2000 SPLHibernian2 – 0MotherwellEaster Road, Edinburgh
Paatelainen  49'
Paatelainen  80'		 Attendance: 9,852
Referee: McCurry
23 September 2000 SPLDunfermline Athletic1 – 1HibernianEast End Park, Dunfermline
Moss  48' Latapy  22' (pen) Attendance: 8,275
Referee: Clyde
30 September 2000 SPLSt Johnstone0 – 3HibernianMcDiarmid Park, Perth
Sauzee  16'
Zitelli  23'
Latapy  74'		 Attendance: 5,464
Referee: Dallas
14 October 2000 SPLHibernian1 – 0RangersEaster Road, Edinburgh
Zitelli  23' Attendance: 14,523
Referee: Clark
22 October 2000 SPLHibernian6 – 2Heart of MidlothianEaster 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 SPLDundee United0 – 1HibernianTannadice Park, Dundee
McManus  81' Attendance: 8,042
Referee: Rowbotham
5 November 2000 SPLDundee1 – 2HibernianDens Park, Dundee
Tweed  33' O'Neil  17'
Zitelli  62'		 Attendance: 6,604
Referee: McDonald
11 November 2000 SPLHibernian1 – 1KilmarnockEaster Road, Edinburgh
Paatelainen  33' Wright  86' Attendance: 12,588
Referee: Somers
18 November 2000 SPLHibernian0 – 2AberdeenEaster Road, Edinburgh
Stavrum  61'
Mayer  89'		 Attendance: 10,995
Referee: Young
25 November 2000 SPLSt Mirren1 – 1HibernianLove Street, Paisley
McGarry  89' O'Neil  7' Attendance: 5,255
Referee: McCurry
29 November 2000 SPLHibernian0 – 0CelticEaster Road, Edinburgh
Attendance: 14,939
Referee: Dougal
3 December 2000 SPLMotherwell1 – 3HibernianFir Park, Motherwell
Elliott  83' Zitelli  38'
Townsley  48' (og)
Zitelli  54'		 Attendance: 5,715
Referee: Rowbotham
9 December 2000 SPLHibernian3 – 0Dunfermline AthleticEaster Road, Edinburgh
Laursen  5'
Zitelli  55'
Paatelainen  69'		 Attendance: 10,078
Referee: Clark
16 December 2000 SPLHibernian2 – 0St JohnstoneEaster Road, Edinburgh
Lovell  41'
Paatelainen  74'		 Attendance: 10,374
Referee: Dougal
23 December 2000 SPLRangers1 – 0HibernianIbrox Stadium, Glasgow
de Boer  49' Attendance: 49,993
Referee: Clark
26 December 2000 SPLHeart of Midlothian1 – 1HibernianTynecastle, Edinburgh
McSwegan  59' Lovell  41' Attendance: 17,619
Referee: Young
30 December 2000 SPLHibernian1 – 0Dundee UnitedEaster Road, Edinburgh
Latapy  90' (pen) Attendance: 10,197
Referee: Freeland[6]
2 January 2001 SPLHibernian3 – 0DundeeEaster Road, Edinburgh
Paatelainen  6'
Fenwick  41'
O'Neil  69'		 Attendance: 12,379
Referee: McCurry
30 January 2001 SPLKilmarnock1 – 1HibernianRugby Park, Kilmarnock
Hay  68' Laursen  87' Attendance: 6,385
Referee: McCurry
10 February 2001 SPLHibernian4 – 2St MirrenEaster Road, Edinburgh
Sauzee  17'
Zitelli  59'
Zitelli  61'
Latapy  80'		 Gillies  44' (pen)
Gillies  51'		 Attendance: 8,872
Referee: Toner
25 February 2001 SPLCeltic1 – 1HibernianCeltic Park, Glasgow
Mjallby  23' Libbra  84' Attendance: 60,063
Referee: Dougal
4 March 2001 SPLHibernian1 – 1MotherwellEaster Road, Edinburgh
Latapy  82' Strong  81' Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Clark
13 March 2001 SPLAberdeen1 – 0HibernianPittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
Guntveit  2' Attendance: 9,357
Referee: Young
17 March 2001 SPLDunfermline Athletic2 – 1HibernianEast End Park, Dunfermline
Crawford  29'
Hampshire  57'		 Murray  87' Attendance: 7,547
Referee: Underhill
1 April 2001 SPLSt Johnstone2 – 0HibernianMcDiarmid Park, Perth
Lovenkrands  71'
Lovenkrands  74'		 Attendance: 4,346
Referee: Dallas
8 April 2001 SPLHibernian0 – 0RangersEaster Road, Edinburgh
Attendance: 9,625
Referee: Rowbotham
21 April 2001 SPLHibernian1 – 1KilmarnockEaster Road, Edinburgh
Libbra  35' Cocard  11' Attendance: 8,224
Referee: Clark
29 April 2001 SPLDundee0 – 2HibernianDens Park, Dundee
Libbra  53'
Zitelli  66'		 Attendance: 6,659
Referee: Somers
6 May 2001 SPLHibernian2 – 5CelticEaster Road, Edinburgh
Libbra  85'
Libbra  88'		 McNamara  5'
McNamara  18'
Larsson  62'
Stubbs  68'
Moravcik  80'		 Attendance: 8,728
Referee: Rowbotham
13 May 2001 SPLHibernian0 – 0Heart of MidlothianEaster Road, Edinburgh
Attendance: 8,913
Referee: Dougal
20 May 2001 SPLRangers4 – 0HibernianIbrox Stadium, Glasgow
Albertz  12' (pen)
de Boer  34'
de Boer  57'
Vidmar  90'		 Attendance: 46,179
Referee: McDonald

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Celtic 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[lower-alpha 2]
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
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.

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 CupStenhousemuir1 – 2HibernianOchilview Park, Stenhousemuir
McKinnon  19' McManus  23' (pen)
Lehmann  62'		 Attendance: 1,545
Referee: Smith
6 September 2000 Scottish League CupFalkirk1 – 2
AET		HibernianBrockville Park, Falkirk
McMahon  74' Latapy  79'
Latapy  118'		 Attendance: 4,292
Referee: Clark
31 October 2000 Scottish League CupKilmarnock2 – 1HibernianRugby Park, Kilmarnock
McLaren  46'
Dargo  71'		 Latapy  2' Attendance: 7,819
Referee: Dallas

Scottish Cup

Results
27 January 2001 Scottish CupHibernian6 – 1ClydeEaster 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 CupStirling Albion2 – 3HibernianForthbank Stadium, Stirling
Templeman  4'
Graham  53' (pen)		 Sauzee  10'
O'Neil  26'
McManus  78'		 Attendance: 3,700
Referee: Rowbotham
10 March 2001 Scottish CupKilmarnock0 – 1HibernianRugby Park, Kilmarnock
McManus  90' Attendance: 8,287
Referee: McCurry
14 April 2001 Scottish CupHibernian3 – 0LivingstonHampden Park, Glasgow
O'Neil  2'
Zitelli  69'
O'Neil  76'		 Attendance: 24,658
Referee: Young
26 May 2001 2001 Scottish Cup FinalCeltic3 – 0HibernianHampden 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]

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.[11] 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 TotalSPLScottish CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Nick Colgan 4503705030
GK Mike Franks 20200000
DF Derek Collins 30000030
DF Mark Dempsie 10100000
DF Paul Fenwick 3913115030
DF Ulrik Laursen 3532925110
DF Martin McIntosh 70400030
DF Franck Sauzee 3943325210
DF Gary Smith 4403705020
DF Tom Smith 110800030
MF Lyndon Andrews 1401101020
MF Frederic Arpinon 80701000
MF Scott Bannerman 20200000
MF Grant Brebner 1701104020
MF Mathias Jack 4313704120
MF Russell Latapy 39103374023
MF Stuart Lovell 3653153020
MF Ian Murray 2512114000
MF John O'Neil 4073345320
MF Hakim Sar-Temsoury 30100020
FW Didier Agathe 64540010
FW Dirk Lehmann 3352921231
FW Marc Libbra 1351053000
FW Tam McManus 2051623211
FW Garry O'Connor 10100000
FW Mixu Paatelainen 431236115120
FW David Zitelli 361130105110
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See also

Notes
  1. "Average Home League Game Attendances". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  2. "McLeish gracious in defeat". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 May 2001. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  3. "Six-goal Hibs break Hearts". BBC Sport. 22 October 2000. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  4. "O'Neill warns of Hibs title challenge". BBC Sport. 17 October 2000. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  5. Ross, Kenny. "Hibs' Euro Dream Now In Dane-Ger". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  6. Latapy keeps Hibs in the hunt, Independent on Sunday, 31 December 2000.
  7. Lomax, Andrew (22 June 2000). "Rangers close in on £1.5m deal for striker Miller". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  8. Gordon, Phil (14 October 2001). "Celtic seek exultation on sacred ground". The Independent. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  9. "Hibs get tough over Libbra". BBC Sport. 4 June 2001. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  10. "Agathe fixed up by Hibs". Daily Mail. 4 July 2000. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  11. "Hibernian 2000/2001 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
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