The 2000–01 season was Chelsea F.C.'s 87th competitive season, ninth consecutive season in the

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and 95th year as a club.

Season summary

A slow start to the season cost manager

Gianluca Vialli Gianluca Vialli (; 9 July 1964 – 5 January 2023) was an Italian football player and manager who played as a striker. Vialli started his club career at his hometown club Cremonese in 1980, where he made 105 league appearances and scored 23 g ...

his job, despite having won five trophies since his appointment in February 1998. The last of these trophies came at the start of the season when they defeated

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2–0 in the Charity Shield to win the last-ever club game at the pre-redevelopment Wembley. Vialli's successor was

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, who guided the club to sixth place in the final table and attained automatic qualification for the

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. The biggest success of the season was the effectiveness of club record signing

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, who found the net 23 times in 35 Premiership games in a partnership with Chelsea's 34-year-old Italian superstar,

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, who found the net on 9 occasions.

Team kit

The team kit was produced by

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and the shirt sponsor was Autoglass. Chelsea's home kit was all blue with a white trimmed collar. The club's third kit for this season was orange with blue shorts and accents.

Final league table

;Results summary ;Results by round

Results

Charity Shield

Premier League

UEFA Cup

First round

FA Cup

Worthington Cup

First team squad

:''Squad at end of season''

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Transfers

In

Out

* Total spending: £34,100,000 * Total income: £20,000,000 * Overall loss/gain: £14,100,000

Statistics

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References

External links

Chelsea FC Official Website

Chelsea FC on Soccerbase

Chelsea FC on BBC
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