| Club: | Chelsea |
| Season: | 2000–01 |
| Manager: | Gianluca Vialli (until 12 September 2000) Claudio Ranieri (from 18 September 2000) |
| Chairman: | Ken Bates |
| League: | FA Premier League |
| League Result: | 6th |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Fifth round |
| Cup2: | League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Third round |
| Cup3: | FA Charity Shield |
| Cup3 Result: | Winners |
| Cup4: | UEFA Cup |
| Cup4 Result: | First round |
| League Topscorer: | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (23) |
| Season Topscorer: | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (26) |
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| Prevseason: | 1999–2000 |
| Nextseason: | 2001–02 |
The 2000–01 season was Chelsea F.C.'s 87th competitive season, ninth consecutive season in the FA Premier League and 95th year as a club.
A slow start to the season cost manager Gianluca Vialli his job, despite having won five trophies since his appointment in February 1998.[1] The last of these trophies came at the start of the season when they defeated Manchester United 2–0 in the Charity Shield to win the last-ever club game at the pre-redevelopment Wembley.[2] Vialli's successor was Claudio Ranieri,[3] who guided the club to sixth place in the final table and attained automatic qualification for the UEFA Cup.
The biggest success of the season was the effectiveness of club record signing Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, who found the net 23 times in 35 Premiership games in a partnership with Chelsea's 34-year-old Italian superstar, Gianfranco Zola, who found the net on 9 occasions.
The team kit was produced by Umbro and the shirt sponsor was Autoglass. Chelsea's home kit was all blue with a white trimmed collar. The club's third kit for this season was orange with blue shorts and accents.
See main article: 2000–01 FA Premier League.
See main article: 2000–01 UEFA Cup.
See main article: 2000–01 FA Cup.
See main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup.
Squad at end of season[4]
| Pos | Player | From | Fee | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | CF | £15,000,000[5] | 31 May 2000 | |||
| 22 | CF | £4,000,000[6] | 19 June 2000 | |||
| 12 | MF | £5,600,000[7] | 28 June 2000 | |||
| 23 | GK | Free | 3 July 2000 | |||
| 7 | DF | Free[8] | 31 August 2000 | |||
| 10 | MF | £1,700,000[9] | 10 October 2000 | |||
| 30 | MF | £7,800,000[10] | 29 December 2000 | |||
| 31 | GK | Free[11] | 18 January 2001 |
| Pos | Player | To | Fee | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | FW | £6,000,000 | 10 July 2000[12] | ||
| 7 | MF | £2,300,000[13] | 28 July 2000 | ||
| 19 | FW | £12,000,000[14] | 23 November 2000 | ||
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Statistics taken from http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=536 . Squad details and shirt numbers from http://www.zanziball.it/en/28/32ec.html and http://www.eufo.de/football/eng/2000/chela_fc.htm.