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Manchester City
Season 2000–01
Owner	Publicly traded company
Chairmen	David Bernstein
Manager	Joe Royle
Team captain	Alf-Inge Haaland
Home stadium	Maine Road
Premier0League	18th 0 (relegated to First Division)
League Cup	Fifth round
FA Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorers	League: 0 Paulo Wanchope (9 goals) All comps: 0 Shaun Goater (11 goals)
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The 2000–01 season was Manchester City Football Club's 109th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight. The club spent this season playing in the Premier League after winning promotion from the First Division in the previous season. This was the club's fifth season playing in the Premier League since its initial formation as the top tier of English football eight years earlier, with Manchester City as one of its original 22 founding member clubs.

Season review

Manchester City's return to the Premiership after a four-year exile was the result of back-to-back promotions from the Second Division. But perhaps the team's two-tier climb back to the top flight again had been a little too rapid because it became apparent after just a few games into the new season that Joe Royle's men would be struggling to hang on to their newly acquired top flight status.

The team's relegation was confirmed by a defeat in the penultimate game of the season, and manager Royle, who had been the guiding hand that had brought the team so quickly back to the Premiership from the Second Division, was dismissed within days. Former England coach Kevin Keegan was appointed to replace Royle on a three-year contract and fans were given renewed hope of an immediate return to the elite.

Team kit

The team kit was produced by Le Coq Sportif and the shirt sponsor was Eidos.

Home

Away

Third

Historical league performance

Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991-92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

First team squad

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Nicky Weaver
2	MF	ENG	Lee Crooks (on loan to Northampton Town during playing season)
3	DF	ENG	Richard Edghill
4	MF	NED	Gerard Wiekens
5	DF	SCO	Andy Morrison
6	MF	NIR	Kevin Horlock
7	DF	ENG	Spencer Prior
8	MF	ENG	Ian Bishop
9	FW	SCO	Paul Dickov
10	FW	BER	Shaun Goater
11	MF	ENG	Terry Cooke
12	FW	AUS	Daniel Allsopp
12	MF	RUS	Andrei Kanchelskis
14	FW	WAL	Gareth Taylor
15	DF	NOR	Alf-Inge Haaland (captain)
16	DF	SCO	Paul Ritchie
17	MF	NIR	Jim Whitley
18	MF	NIR	Jeff Whitley
19	MF	AUS	Danny Tiatto
20	GK	ENG	Carlo Nash
21	FW	ENG	Darren Huckerby

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	FW	LBR	George Weah
22	DF	EIR	Richard Dunne
23	FW	CRC	Paulo Wanchope
24	DF	ENG	Steve Howey
26	GK	EIR	Richard McKinney
27	FW	NOR	Egil Østenstad (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
28	MF	ENG	Tony Grant
29	MF	ENG	Shaun Wright-Phillips
30	GK	ENG	Steven Hodgson
31	DF	FRA	Laurent Charvet
32	FW	ENG	Leon Mike
33	FW	NZL	Chris Killen (on loan to Wrexham during playing season)
34	MF	EIR	Mark Kennedy
35	GK	EIR	Brian Murphy
36	DF	ENG	Danny Granville (on loan to Norwich City during playing season)
37	MF	CAN	Terry Dunfield
38	DF	WAL	Rhys Day
39	MF	NGA	Dickson Etuhu
40	MF	ENG	Chris Shuker
––	DF	ENG	Stephen Jordan

See also

• Manchester City F.C. seasons