Retro Fantasy Football

2000/01 Premier League fantasy football

Replay the 2000/01 Premier League as an old school fantasy football manager. Build a £100m squad from that season's 344 real players across 20 clubs, then play all 38 gameweeks and see how many points your 2000/01 XI can rack up. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink is the season's most expensive pick at £11.5m.

Draft a squad from 2000/01

The 2000/01 title race

Manchester United won the 2000/01 title with 80 points, 10 points clear of Arsenal. They won 24, drew 8 and lost 6 of their 38 games, scoring 79 and conceding 31. Manchester City, Coventry and Bradford were relegated. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink took the scoring honours with 23 league goals.

2000/01 Premier League final table

#ClubPWDLGFGAGDPts
1Manchester United3824867931+4880
2Arsenal38201086338+2570
3Liverpool3820997139+3269
4Leeds38208106443+2168
5Ipswich38206125742+1566
6Chelsea381710116845+2361
7Sunderland381512114641+557
8Aston Villa381315104643+354
9Charlton381410145057-752
10Southampton381410144048-852
11Newcastle38149154450-651
12Tottenham Hotspur381310154754-749
13Leicester38146183951-1248
14Middlesbrough38915144444042
15West Ham381012164550-542
16Everton38119184559-1442
17Derby381012163759-2242
18Manchester City38810204165-2434
19Coventry38810203663-2734
20Bradford38511223070-4026

The bottom three were relegated. In the game, every result behind this table plays out as it really happened.

2000/01 top scorers

PlayerGoalsAssistsOur price
Jimmy Floyd HasselbainkChelsea239£11.5m
Marcus StewartIpswich194£9.5m
Thierry HenryArsenal179£10.0m
Mark VidukaLeeds174£9.0m
Michael OwenLiverpool163£8.5m
Teddy SheringhamManchester United156£9.0m
Emile HeskeyLiverpool144£8.5m
Kevin PhillipsSunderland144£8.0m
Alen BokšićMiddlesbrough123£7.0m
Gus PoyetChelsea117£10.5m

2000/01 assist leaders

PlayerAssistsGoalsOur price
David BeckhamManchester United129£11.0m
Nolberto SolanoNewcastle106£8.5m
Vladimír ŠmicerLiverpool92£7.0m
Thierry HenryArsenal917£10.0m
Jimmy Floyd HasselbainkChelsea923£11.5m
Ryan GiggsManchester United85£8.0m
Graham StuartCharlton85£7.5m
Gus PoyetChelsea711£10.5m
Hassan KachloulSouthampton74£7.0m
Roy KeaneManchester United72£6.5m

League goals and assists only. Players who moved clubs mid-season are listed under the club they played most for.

2000/01 best-value XI

A 5-3-2 that costs £62.0m at our prices, leaving room on a £100m budget for four substitutes.

PlayerPriceest. ptsPer £1m
Neil SullivanGoalkeeper · Tottenham Hotspur£5.0m10521.0
Gary RowettDefender · Leicester£5.0m12925.8
Claus LundekvamDefender · Southampton£4.5m11425.3
Alf-Inge HaalandDefender · Manchester City£5.0m12625.2
David WeirDefender · Everton£5.0m12324.6
Steve HoweyDefender · Manchester City£6.0m14724.5
Stuart McCallMidfielder · Bradford£5.0m11623.2
Claus JensenMidfielder · Charlton£6.5m14822.8
Matt HollandMidfielder · Ipswich£6.5m14422.2
James BeattieForward · Southampton£7.0m16723.9
Ade AkinbiyiForward · Leicester£6.5m15323.5

The best return on our prices, using an estimate of fantasy points per £1m from real league stats and our scoring: 3 points per appearance, plus goals (10 for goalkeepers, 6 for defenders, 5 for midfielders, 4 for forwards) and 3 per assist. Clean sheets were not recorded per player in this era, so defenders and goalkeepers are ranked mostly on appearances. Players need at least 1,710 league minutes (half a season), and no more than three come from one club.

Most expensive players by position

The premium picks a £100m budget forces you to choose between in 2000/01.

Goalkeepers

  1. Fabien BarthezManchester United · 0 goals, 0 assists£6.0m
  2. Sander WesterveldLiverpool · 0 goals, 0 assists£6.0m
  3. Richard WrightIpswich · 0 goals, 0 assists£6.0m

Defenders

  1. Ian HarteLeeds · 7 goals, 6 assists£6.5m
  2. Markus BabbelLiverpool · 3 goals, 3 assists£6.5m
  3. Christian KarembeuMiddlesbrough · 4 goals, 4 assists£6.0m

Midfielders

  1. David BeckhamManchester United · 9 goals, 12 assists£11.0m
  2. Gus PoyetChelsea · 11 goals, 7 assists£10.5m
  3. Lee BowyerLeeds · 9 goals, 5 assists£10.0m

Forwards

  1. Jimmy Floyd HasselbainkChelsea · 23 goals, 9 assists£11.5m
  2. Thierry HenryArsenal · 17 goals, 9 assists£10.0m
  3. Marcus StewartIpswich · 19 goals, 4 assists£9.5m

2000/01 on Retro Fantasy Football

21 managers have finished a 2000/01 season on our leaderboard (as of October 2026). The best scores so far:

  1. 2,046 pts
  2. 2,044 pts
  3. 2,036 pts
  4. 2,005 pts
  5. 1,998 pts

Points follow our scoring rules. Think you can beat them?

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