2000–01 Bradford City A.F.C. season


During the 2000–01 English football season, Bradford City competed in the Premier League. It was their second consecutive season in England's top flight, having retained their Premiership status on the last day of the previous season.

Season summary

The Bantams produced a promising start to the new season with a narrow 1–0 defeat at Anfield to Liverpool followed by a brilliant 2–0 home win over Chelsea in the first two games. However, that was as good as it got for the club and an overall-terrible start to the season saw inexperienced young manager Chris Hutchings dismissed after 12 games at the helm. In came Jim Jefferies as his successor, but Jefferies could do little to alter Bradford's dismal fortunes and they went down in bottom place with just five Premiership wins all season.
Bradford City made their first ever foray into European competition, competing in the UEFA Intertoto Cup. They reached the semi-finals before being knocked out by Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg.

Kit

Bradford City retained the previous season's kit, manufactured by Japanese company ASICS and sponsored by Bradford-based car dealership JCT600.

Final league table

;Results summary
;Results by round

Results

Bradford City's score comes first

Legend

FA Premier League

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R38 January 2001MiddlesbroughH7,303

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R2 1st Leg19 September 2000DarlingtonA1-05,392Whalley
R2 2nd Leg25 September 2000DarlingtonH7-2 4,751Whalley, Windass, Carbone, Grant, Halle
R31 November 2000Newcastle UnitedA3-441,847Nolan, Ward

UEFA Intertoto Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R2 1st Leg1 July 2000FK AtlantasA3-13,500Rankin, Windass, Blake
R2 2nd Leg9 July 2000FK AtlantasH4-1 10,012Mills, Blake, Grant
R3 1st Leg16 July 2000RKC WaalwijkH2-08,343Windass
R3 2nd Leg22 July 2000RKC WaalwijkA1-0 3,700Mills
SF 1st Leg26 July 2000FC Zenit Saint PetersburgA0-118,500
SF 2nd Leg2 August 2000FC Zenit Saint PetersburgH0-39,572

First-team squad

Left club during season

Statistics

Appearances and goals

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season

Starting 11

Transfers

In

Out