2000–01 season | |||
Chairman | Brian Quinn | ||
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Manager | Martin O'Neill | ||
Stadium | Celtic Park | ||
Scottish Premier League | 1st | ||
Scottish Cup | Winners | ||
Scottish League Cup | Winners | ||
UEFA Cup | Second round | ||
Top goalscorer |
League: Henrik Larsson (35) All: Henrik Larsson (53) |
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Highest home attendance | 60,440 vs St Mirren (7 April 2001) |
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Lowest home attendance | 31,940 vs Dunfermline Athletic (7 March 2001) |
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Celtic played the 2000–01 season in the Scottish Premier League. Martin O'Neill became manager and Celtic won a domestic treble of the three major Scottish trophies: the Scottish League Cup, the Scottish Premier League trophy and the Scottish FA Challenge Cup.
Following the departure of John Barnes in February 2000, Martin O'Neill was appointed as manager of Celtic in June 2000.Kenny Dalglish, who was director of football at Celtic, left the club soon after. John Robertson and Steve Walford followed O'Neill from Leicester City to be assistant manager and coach.
O'Neill's first signing was striker Chris Sutton from Chelsea for a Scottish record transfer of £6 million in July 2000, followed by Belgian international defender Joos Valgaeren from Roda JC for a fee of £3.8 million.Alan Thompson and Didier Agathe joined Celtic in September. Thompson joined from Aston Villa for a fee of £2.75 million while Agathe joined from Hibernian for a nominal fee. Goalkeeper Rab Douglas was brought in from Dundee in October for £1.2 million and Neil Lennon joined in December 2000 from Leicester City for £5.75 million.Mark Viduka was transferred out to Leeds United in July 2000 for a fee of £6 million.