2000–01 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

During the 2000–01 English football season, Queens Park Rangers F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Queens Park Rangers
2000–01 season
ManagerGerry Francis (until 25 February)
Ian Holloway (from 26 February)
StadiumLoftus Road
First Division23rd (relegated)
FA CupFourth round
League CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Peter Crouch (10)
All:
Peter Crouch (12)
Highest home attendance19,003 27 January 2001 Arsenal
Lowest home attendance4,0426 September 2000 Colchester United
Average home league attendance12,013
Biggest win2-0 Vs West Bromwich Albion (13 January 2001), Tranmere Rovers (16 April 2001), Barnsley (17 February 2001)
Biggest defeat0-5 Vs Preston North End (10 February 2001), Wimbledon (24 February 2001)

Season summary

In the 2000–2001 season, Peter crouch emerged as a future star but despite this QPR were relegated to the third tier for the first time since 1967, Manager Gerry Francis was fired a day after a 5-nil defeat to Wimbledon and replaced not by Vinnie Jones but Ian Dowie

Kit

Le Coq Sportif continued as QPR's kit manufacturers. Telecomunications giant Ericsson continued as kit sponsors.

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
20 Portsmouth 46 10 19 17 47 59 −12 49
21 Crystal Palace 46 12 13 21 57 70 −13 49
22 Huddersfield Town (R) 46 11 15 20 48 57 −9 48 Relegation to the Second Division
23 Queens Park Rangers (R) 46 7 19 20 45 75 −30 40
24 Tranmere Rovers (R) 46 9 11 26 46 77 −31 38
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

Results

Queens Park Rangers' score comes first[1]

Legend
Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division
Main article: 2000–01 Football League
MatchDateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance Position
112 August 2000Birmingham CityH0 – 013,926 9
220 August 2000Crystal PalaceA1 – 1Carlisle19,020 14
326 August 2000Crewe AlexandraH1 – 0Furlong9,415 8
428 August 2000West Bromwich AlbionA1 – 2Kiwomya14,831 10
59 September 2000Preston North EndH0 – 011,092 13
613 September 2000GillinghamH2 – 2Kiwomya, Crouch10,655 13
716 September 2000BarnsleyA2 – 4Kiwomya (2)12,763 17
823 September 2000WimbledonH2 – 1Crouch, Wardley11,720 13
930 September 2000Sheffield UnitedA1 – 1Koejoe13,803 16
1014 October 2000WatfordA1 – 3Connolly17,488 17
1117 October 2000Grimsby TownA1 – 3Connolly4,428 18
1221 October 2000BurnleyH0 – 111,426 19
1325 October 2000Sheffield WednesdayH1 – 2Peacock10,353 20
1428 October 2000Tranmere RoversA1 – 1Connolly7,268 20
1531 October 2000Bolton WanderersA1 – 3Crouch10,180 20
164 November 2000PortsmouthH1 – 1Peschisolido12,036 20
1711 November 2000Stockport CountyA2 – 2Carlisle, Langley6,356 22
1818 November 2000Huddersfield TownH1 – 1Connolly11,543 22
1925 November 2000Wolverhampton WanderersH2 – 2Peacock (2)11,156 22
202 December 2000Sheffield WednesdayA2 – 5Crouch (2)21,728 22
219 December 2000Blackburn RoversA0 – 016,886 23
2216 December 2000Nottingham ForestH1 – 0Crouch14,409 23
2323 December 2000Birmingham CityA0 – 024,311 24
2426 December 2000Norwich CityH2 – 3Carlisle, Wardley12,338 23
2530 December 2000Crystal PalaceH1 – 1Crouch14,439 23
2613 January 2001West Bromwich AlbionH2 – 0Koejoe, Plummer11,881 23
2720 January 2001Norwich CityA0 – 116,472 23
2831 January 2001FulhamH0 – 216,403 24
293 February 2001Bolton WanderersH1 – 1Ngonge10,293 23
3010 February 2001Preston North EndA0 – 514,423 23
3117 February 2001BarnsleyH2 – 0Kiwomya, Crouch9,388 21
3220 February 2001GillinghamA1 – 0Kiwomya10,432 20
3324 February 2001WimbledonA0 – 59,446 21
343 March 2001Sheffield UnitedH1 – 3Ngonge11,024 22
357 March 2001WatfordH1 – 1Ngonge12,436 22
3610 March 2001FulhamA0 – 216,021 22
3717 March 2001Grimsby TownH0 – 117,608 23
3824 March 2001BurnleyA1 – 2Bignot14,018 23
3931 March 2001Nottingham ForestA1 – 1Wardley22,208 23
407 April 2001Blackburn RoversH1 – 3Plummer12,449 23
4110 April 2001Crewe AlexandraA2 – 2Crouch, Thomson6,354 24
4214 April 2001PortsmouthA1 – 1Thomson13,426 23
4316 April 2001Tranmere RoversH2 – 0Thomson, Crouch9,696 23
4421 April 2001Huddersfield TownA1 – 2Thomson12,846 23
4528 April 2001Stockport CountyH0 – 310,608 23
466 May 2001Wolverhampton WanderersA1 – 1Bruce17,447 23

FA Cup
Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup
MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
R36 January 2001Luton TownA3 – 38,677Crouch (2), Peacock
R3 Replay17 January 2001Luton TownH2 – 114,395Kiwomya (2)
R427 January 2001ArsenalH0 – 619,003

League Cup
Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup
MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
R1 1st leg23 August 2000Colchester UnitedA1 – 03,916Kiwomya
R1 2nd leg6 September 2000Colchester UnitedH1 – 44,042Kiwomya


Squad
Position Nationality Name League Appearances League Goals Cup Appearances League.Cup Goals F.A.Cup Goals Total Appearances Total Goals
GK  CZE Ludek Miklosko 17 1 18
GK  ENG Lee Harper 29 2 31
DF  FIN Antti Heinola 2
DF  ENG Danny Maddix 1 2
DF  WAL Karl Ready 19 1 24
DF  ENG Jermaine Darlington 32 4 37
DF  ENG Tim Breacker 8 1 11
DF  ENG Wayne Brown 2 2
DF  ENG Justin Cochrane 1
DF  ENG Marcus Bignot 8 1 9 1
DF  ENG Matthew Rose 26 3 29
DF  NIR Steve Morrow 18 3 27
DF  ENG Ian Baraclough 26 4 33
DF  AUS George Kulcsar 9 1 15
DF  ENG Chris Plummer 25 2 3 29 2
DF  ENG Marlon Broomes 5 5
MF  ENG Alex Higgins 1
MF  ENG Paul Murray 4 6
MF  ENG Ben Walshe 1
MF  ENG Paul Bruce 5 1 8 1
MF  NIR Keith Rowland 4 4
MF  ENG Oliver Burgess 1
MF  ENG Christer Warren 16 22
MF  ENG Clarke Carlisle 27 3 5 32 3
MF  ENG Mark Perry 23 4 33
MF  ENG Gavin Peacock 31 3 2 1 35 4
MF  ENG Richard Langley 26 1 31 1
MF  NIR Terry McFlynn 1 2
FW  ENG Karl Connolly 17 4 3 27 4
FW  IRE Tony Scully 1 2
FW  ENG Leon Knight 10 11
FW  ENG Chris Kiwomya 20 6 3 2 2 30 10
FW  BEL Michel Ngonge 7 3 15
FW  ENG Alvin Bubb 1
FW  ENG Andy Thomson 7 4 8 4
FW  JAM Kevin Lisbie 1 2
FW  ENG Paul Furlong 3 1 3 1
FW  NIR Ian Dowie 1
FW  HOL Sammy Koejoe 8 2 3 26 2
FW  ENG Richard Pacquette 1 2
FW  ENG Stuart Wardley 26 1 37 3
FW  CAN Paul Peschisolido 5 1 5 1
FW  ENG Peter Crouch 38 9 4 2 47 11

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW  SWE Robert Steiner (retired)
14 DF  FIN Antti Heinola (to HJK Helsinki)
25 FW  NIR Iain Dowie[notes 1] (retired)
28 FW  WAL Leon Jeanne (released)
33 FW  ENG Paul Furlong (on loan from Birmingham City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
33 DF  ENG Wayne Brown (on loan from Ipswich Town)
36 DF  ENG Marlon Broomes (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
37 FW  CAN Paul Peschisolido (on loan from Fulham)
38 FW  ENG Kevin Lisbie[notes 2] (on loan from Charlton Athletic)

Reserve 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
26 MF  NIR Richard Graham
29 FW  ENG Ross Weare
No. Pos. Nation Player
32 MF  ENG Danny Grieves (on loan from Maccabi Haifa)
34 GK  ENG Nikki Bull


References
  1. "Queens Park Rangers 2000-2001 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2012.

Notes
  1. Dowie was born in Hatfield, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally through his father and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1990.
  2. Lisbie was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 2002.
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