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

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

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

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

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
R36 January 2001Luton TownA3 – 38,677Crouch (2), Peacock
R3 Replay17 January 2001Luton TownH2 – 114,395Kiwomya (2)
R427 January 2001ArsenalH0 – 619,003

League Cup

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
R1 1st leg23 August 2000Colchester UnitedA1 – 03,916Kiwomya
R1 2nd leg6 September 2000Colchester UnitedH1 – 44,042Kiwomya

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[2][3]

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 Czech Republic CZE Ludek Miklosko
2 DF England ENG Tim Breacker
3 DF England ENG Ian Baraclough
4 DF Northern Ireland NIR Steve Morrow
5 DF Wales WAL Karl Ready
6 DF Jamaica JAM Danny Maddix[notes 1]
7 MF England ENG Paul Murray
8 MF England ENG Gavin Peacock
9 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Michel Ngonge[notes 2]
10 FW England ENG Karl Connolly
11 FW England ENG Chris Kiwomya
12 DF England ENG Matthew Rose
13 GK England ENG Lee Harper
14 FW England ENG Leon Knight (on loan from Chelsea)
15 MF Australia AUS George Kulcsar[notes 3]
16 DF Northern Ireland NIR Keith Rowland
17 DF England ENG Chris Plummer
18 DF England ENG Clarke Carlisle
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF England ENG Christer Warren
20 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Tony Scully
21 MF England ENG Richard Langley[notes 4]
22 DF England ENG Jermaine Darlington
23 DF England ENG Marcus Bignot
24 MF England ENG Mark Perry
25 MF England ENG Alex Higgins
27 MF England ENG Stuart Wardley
28 FW England ENG Peter Crouch
30 FW England ENG Paul Bruce
31 FW Suriname SUR Sammy Koejoe
35 MF Northern Ireland NIR Terry McFlynn
36 FW Scotland SCO Andy Thomson
37 DF England ENG Oliver Burgess
38 FW England ENG Richard Pacquette[notes 5]
39 MF England ENG Benjamin Walshe
40 MF England ENG Justin Cochrane
41 FW England ENG Alvin Bubb[notes 6]

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 Sweden SWE Robert Steiner (retired)
14 DF Finland FIN Antti Heinola (to HJK Helsinki)
25 FW Northern Ireland NIR Iain Dowie[notes 7] (retired)
28 FW Wales WAL Leon Jeanne (released)
33 FW England ENG Paul Furlong (on loan from Birmingham City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
33 DF England ENG Wayne Brown (on loan from Ipswich Town)
36 DF England ENG Marlon Broomes (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
37 FW Canada CAN Paul Peschisolido (on loan from Fulham)
38 FW England ENG Kevin Lisbie[notes 8] (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 Northern Ireland NIR Richard Graham
29 FW England ENG Ross Weare
No. Pos. Nation Player
32 MF England ENG Danny Grieves (on loan from Maccabi Haifa)
34 GK England 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.
  2. ↑ "FootballSquads - Queens Park Rangers - 2000/01".
  3. ↑ "All Queens Park Rangers players: 2001".

Notes

  1. ↑ Maddix was born in Ashford, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1998.
  2. ↑ Ngonge was born in Huy, Belgium, but also qualified to represent the Democratic Republic of the Congo internationally and made his international debut for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1995.
  3. ↑ Kulcsar was born in Budapest, Hungary, but became a naturalised Australian citizen and made his international debut for Australia in 1996.
  4. ↑ Langley was born in Brent, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2002.
  5. ↑ Pacquette was born in Kilburn, England, but also qualified to represent Dominica internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Dominica in February 2008.
  6. ↑ Bubb was born in Westminster, England, but qualified to represent Grenada internationally.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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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