2000-01 season

2000-01 season
General information
Manager	Gerard Houllier
Captain	Jamie Redknapp
Performance
Premier League	3rd
FA Cup	Winners
League Cup	Winners
Europe	UEFA Cup: Winners
Top scorers
League	Owen (16)
FA Cup	Heskey (5)
League Cup	Fowler (6)
Europe	UEFA Cup: Barmby (4); Owen (4)
Overall	Owen (24)
Attendances
Average	42,768
←1999-2000	2001-02→

The 2000-01 season was Liverpool's 109th season of football since they were established. This season proved highly successful for Liverpool, with them picking up the League Cup, UEFA Cup and FA Cup treble.

Competition performance[]

Competition	Result
Premier League	3rd
FA Cup	Winners
UEFA Cup	Winners
League Cup	Winners

Squad[]

1 Sander Westerveld
2 Stephane Henchoz
3 Christian Ziege
4 Rigobert Song
5 Steve Staunton
6 Markus Babbel
7 Vladimir Smicer
8 Emile Heskey
9 Robbie Fowler
10 Michael Owen
11 Jamie Redknapp
12 Sami Hyypia
13 Danny Murphy
14 Vegard Heggem
15 Patrik Berger
16 Dietmar Hamann
17 Steven Gerrard
18 Erik Meijer
19 Pegguy Arphexad
20 Nick Barmby
21 Gary McAllister
22 Titi Camara
23 Jamie Carragher
24 Bernard Diomede
25 Igor Biscan
26 Jorgen Nielsen
27 Gregory Vignal
28 Richie Partridge
29 Stephen Wright
30 Djimi Traore
31 Frode Kippe
32 Jon Newby
33 Alan Navarro
37 Jari Litmanen

Friendlies[]

Pre-season[]

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
22 July 2000	Stoke	0-1
29 July 2000	Freiburg	4-1	Barmby (18), Heskey (40), Owen (54), Staunton (74)
3 August 2000	Glentoran	4-0	Fowler (9), Berger (43), Smicer (44), Murphy (61)
5 August 2000	Benfica	2-2	Camara (10), Owen (48)
10 August 2000	Valerenga	1-1	Smicer (22)
13 August 2000	Parma	5-0	Hamann (29), Barmby(38), McAllister (59), Owen (pen 64, 84)

Results[]

League[]

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
19 August 2000	Bradford City	1-0	Heskey (67)
21 August 2000	Arsenal	0-2
26 August 2000	Southampton	3-3	Owen (23, 64), Hyypia (55)
6 September 2000	Aston Villa	3-1	Owen (5, 14, 33)
9 September 2000	Man City	3-2	Owen (11), Hamann (56, 81)
17 September 2000	West Ham	1-1	Gerrard (12)
23 September 2000	Sunderland	1-1	Owen (34)
1 October 2000	Chelsea	0-3
15 October 2000	Derby	4-0	Heskey (17, 54, 67), Berger (80)
21 October 2000	Leicester	1-0	Heskey (69)
29 October 2000	Everton	3-1	Barmby (12), Heskey (56), Berger (pen 78)
4 November 2000	Leeds	3-4	Hyypia (2), Ziege (17), Smicer (61)
12 November 2000	Coventry	4-1	McAllister (13), Gerrard (51), Heskey (82, 87)
19 November 2000	Tottenham	1-2	Fowler (18)
26 November 2000	Newcastle	1-2	Heskey (78)
2 December 2000	Charlton	3-0	Fish (og 5), Heskey (78), Babbel (90)
10 December 2000	Ipswich	0-1
17 December 2000	Man Utd	1-0	Murphy (43)
23 December 2000	Arsenal	4-0	Gerrard (11), Owen (61), Barmby (70), Fowler (90)
26 December 2000	Middlesbrough	0-1
1 January 2001	Southampton	2-1	Gerrard (12), Babbel (86)
13 January 2001	Aston Villa	3-0	Murphy (24, 53), Gerrard (32)
20 January 2001	Middlesbrough	0-0
31 January 2001	Man City	1-1	Heskey (43)
3 February 2001	West Ham	3-0	Smicer (20), Fowler (45, 57)
10 February 2001	Sunderland	1-1	Litmanen (pen 79)
3 March 2001	Leicester	0-2
18 March 2001	Derby	1-1	Owen (52)
31 March 2001	Man Utd	2-0	Gerrard (16), Fowler (41)
10 April 2001	Ipswich	1-1	Heskey (46)
13 April 2001	Leeds	1-2	Gerrard (54)
16 April 2001	Everton	3-2	Heskey (4), Babbel (56), McAllister (90)
22 April 2001	Tottenham	3-1	Heskey (6), McAllister (pen 72), Fowler (88)
28 April 2001	Coventry	2-0	Hyypia (84), McAllister (86)
1 May 2001	Bradford City	2-0	Owen (47), McAllister (67)
5 May 2001	Newcastle	3-0	Owen (25, 72, 81)
8 May 2001	Chelsea	2-2	Owen (8, 60)
19 May 2001	Charlton	4-0	Fowler (55, 71), Murphy (61), Owen (80)

FA Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	6 January 2001	Rotherham	3-0	Heskey (47, 75), Hamann (73)
4	27 January 2001	Leeds	2-0	Barmby (87), Heskey (90)
5	18 February 2001	Manchester City	4-2	Litmanen (pen 7), Heskey (13), Smicer (pen 54), Babbel (85)
Quarter-final	11 March 2001	Tranmere	4-2	Murphy (12), Owen (27), Gerrard (52), Fowler (pen 82)
Semi-final	8 April 2001	Wycombe	2-1	Heskey (78), Fowler (83)
Final	12 May 2001	Arsenal	2-1	Owen (83, 88)

League Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	1 November 2000	Chelsea	2-1	Murphy (11), Fowler (104)
4	29 November 2000	Stoke	8-0	Ziege (6), Smicer (26), Babbel (28), Fowler (39, 82, pen 85), Hyypia (59), Murphy (65)
Quarter-final	13 December 2000	Fulham	3-0^[1]	Owen (105), Smicer (114), Barmby (120)
Semi-final (1st leg)	10 January 2001	Crystal Palace	1-2	Smicer (78)
Semi-final (2nd leg)	24 January 2001	Crystal Palace	5-0	Smicer (13), Murphy (15, 51), Biscan (18), Fowler (89)
Final	25 February 2001	Birmingham	1-1^[2]	Fowler (30)

UEFA Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
1 (1st leg)	14 September 2000	Rapid Bucharest	1-0	Barmby (29)
1 (2nd leg)	28 September 2000	Rapid Bucharest	0-0
2 (1st leg)	26 October 2000	Slovan Liberec	1-0	Heskey (88)
2 (2nd leg)	9 November 2000	Slovan Liberec	3-2	Barmby (31), Heskey (75), Owen (82)
3 (1st leg)	23 November 2000	Olympiakos	2-2	Barmby (38), Gerrard (67)
3 (2nd leg)	7 December 2000	Olympiakos	2-0	Heskey (27), Barmby (59)
4 (1st leg)	15 February 2001	Roma	2-0	Owen (46, 72)
4 (2nd leg)	22 February 2001	Roma	0-1
Quarter-final (1st leg)	8 March 2001	Porto	0-0
Quarter-final (2nd leg)	15 March 20011	Porto	2-0	Murphy (33), Owen (38)
Semi-final (1st leg)	5 April 2001	Barcelona	0-0
Semi-final (2nd leg)	19 April 2001	Barcelona	1-0	McAllister (pen 44)
Final	16 May 2001	Alaves	5-4^[3]	Babbel (4), Gerrard (16), McAllister (pen 41), Fowler (73), Geli (og 117)

Player stats[]

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Sander Westerveld	38	0	6	0	4	0	13	0	61	0
2	DF	Stephane Henchoz	32	0	5	0	6	0	10	0	53	0
3	DF	Christian Ziege	16	1	3	0	4	1	9	0	32	2
4	DF	Rigobert Song	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
5	DF	Steve Staunton	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
6	DF	Markus Babbel	38	3	5	1	4	1	13	1	60	6
7	MF	Vladimir Smicer	27	2	5	1	6	4	11	0	49	7
8	FW	Emile Heskey	36	14	5	5	4	0	11	3	56	22
9	FW	Robbie Fowler	27	8	5	2	5	6	11	1	48	17
10	FW	Michael Owen	28	16	5	3	2	1	11	4	46	24
12	DF	Sami Hyypia	35	3	6	0	6	1	11	0	58	4
13	MF	Danny Murphy	27	4	5	1	5	4	10	1	47	10
14	DF	Vegard Heggem	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
15	MF	Patrik Berger	14	2	1	0	1	0	5	0	21	2
16	MF	Dietmar Hamann	30	2	5	1	5	0	13	0	53	3
17	MF	Steven Gerrard	33	7	4	1	4	0	9	2	50	10
18	FW	Erik Meijer	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
19	GK	Pegguy Arphexad	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
20	MF	Nick Barmby	26	2	5	1	6	1	9	4	46	8
21	MF	Gary McAllister	30	5	5	0	5	0	9	2	49	7
23	DF	Jamie Carragher	34	0	6	0	6	0	12	0	58	0
24	MF	Bernard Diomede	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
25	MF	Igor Biscan	13	0	4	0	4	1	0	0	21	1
27	DF	Gregory Vignal	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
28	MF	Ritchie Partridge	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
29	DF	Stephen Wright	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
30	DF	Djimi Traore	8	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	12	0
37	FW	Jari Litmanen	5	1	2	1	2	0	2	0	11	2

Tables[]

League[]

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
2	Arsenal	38	20	10	8	63	38	25	70
3	Liverpool	38	20	9	9	71	39	32	69
4	Leeds	38	20	8	10	64	43	21	68

Transfers[]

In[]

Player	From	Fee	Date
Bernard Diomede	Auxerre	£3,000,000	7 June 2000
Gary McAllister	Coventry	Free	1 July 2000
Pegguy Arphexad	Leicester	Free	1 July 2000
Markus Babbel	Bayern Munich	Free	1 July 2000
Nick Barmby	Everton	£6,000,000	18 July 2000
Christian Ziege	Middlesbrough	£5,500,000	25 August 2000
Gregory Vignal	Montpellier	£500,000	22 September 2000
Daniel Sjolund	West Ham	£1,000,000	82 November 2000
Igor Biscan	Dynamo Zagreb	£5,500,000	7 December 2000
Jari Litmanen	Barcelona	Free	4 January 2001

Out[]

Player	To	Fee	Date
Stig Inge Bjornebye	Blackburn	£300,000	26 June2000
Phil Babb	Sporting Lisbon	Free	1 July 2000
David Thompson	Coventry	£2,750,000	3 August 2000
Dominic Matteo	Leeds	£4,750,000	18 August 2000
Brad Friedel	Blackburn	Free	3 November 2000
Rigobert Song	West Ham	£2,500,000	28 November 2000
Steve Staunton	Aston Villa	Free	6 December 2000
Erik Meijer	Hamburg	Free	11 December 2000
Titi Camara	West Ham	£2,200,000	21 December 2000
Haukur Gudnason	Keflavik	Free	31 January 2001
Jon Newby	Bury	£100,000	20 March 2001

Notes[]

↑ After extra time.
↑ Liverpool won 5-4 on penalties.
↑ After extra time.

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[1] After extra time.

[2] Liverpool won 5-4 on penalties.

[3] After extra time.

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