Hot Contents: 2000-01 Sunderland A.F.C. season

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

Season summary

Sunderland enjoyed another strong season, and briefly occupied second place in February. But Peter Reid's men were unable to keep up their excellent form, and they had to settle for seventh place - just as they did last season, and not quite enough for UEFA Cup qualification.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Thomas Sørensen
2	DF	Chris Makin
2	DF	Patrice Carteron (on loan from Saint-Étienne)
3	DF	Michael Gray
4	MF	Don Hutchison
5	DF	Steve Bould
6	DF	Paul Butler
8	MF	Gavin McCann
9	FW	Niall Quinn
10	FW	Kevin Phillips
11	MF	Kevin Kilbane
12	FW	Daniele Dichio
14	DF	Darren Holloway
15	MF	Carsten Fredgaard
16	MF	Alex Rae
17	DF	Jody Craddock
18	DF	Darren Williams
19	MF	Éric Roy
20	MF	Stefan Schwarz

No.	Position	Player
21	MF	Paul Thirlwell
22	MF	Neil Wainwright
23	MF	Chris Lumsdon
24	DF	George McCartney
25	DF	Mark Maley
26	MF	Thomas Butler
27	FW	Michael Reddy
28	MF	John Oster
29	MF	Tom Peeters
30	GK	Jürgen Macho
31	FW	Milton Núñez
32	DF	Stanislav Varga
33	DF	Julio Arca
34	FW	Kevin Kyle
36	DF	Emerson Thome
37	MF	Brendan McGill
38	MF	Ben Clark
40	GK	Michael Ingham (on loan to Cliftonville)