2000–01 Derby County F.C. season

During the 2000–01 English football season, Derby County competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary
Derby's season started with one defeat and four draws in their first five games during which they scored 11 goals. However, the goals soon dried up and overall, another season of struggle plagued Pride Park, but Jim Smith's men were saved with one week of the season left after a shock 1–0 win over champions Manchester United at Old Trafford as well as Manchester City losing their penultimate game of the season at Ipswich Town. The attention was then quickly focused on improving the squad for 2001–02 in a bid to prevent another relegation battle.

Final league table

 * Results summary


 * Results by round

Results
Derby County's score comes first

First-team squad

 * Squad at end of season

Out

 * Transfers in: £4,150,000
 * Transfers out: £3,650,000
 * Total spending: £500,000

Loan in

 * 🇫🇷 Lilian Martin – 🇫🇷 Marseille, 1 November
 * 🇳🇬 Taribo West – 🇮🇹 A.C. Milan, 2 November, three-month loan (later extended by a further five months on 24 January )
 * 🇮🇸 Þórður Guðjónsson – 🇪🇸 Las Palmas, 1 March, three-month loan

Starting 11

 * Considering starts in all competitions


 * GK: #1, 🇪🇪 Mart Poom, 38
 * RB: #5, 🇮🇪 Rory Delap, 35
 * CB: #2, 🇦🇷 Horacio Carbonari, 31
 * CB: #21, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Riggott, 34
 * LB: #15, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny Higginbotham, 28
 * RM: #6, Craig Burley, 28
 * CM: #4, 🇯🇲 Darryl Powell, 30
 * CM: #7, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Seth Johnson, 34
 * LM: #20, 🇮🇹 Stefano Eranio, 29
 * CF: #12, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Malcolm Christie, 36
 * CF: #9, 🇯🇲 Deon Burton, 29