The 2000–01 Southampton F.C. season was the club's 100th season of competitive football, their 31st in the top flight of English football, and their ninth in the FA Premier League. Having achieved a r
Southampton's first signing of the 2000–01 season was German striker Uwe Rösler, who joined on a free transfer in July.
Luís Boa Morte spent the whole 2000–01 season out on loan at Fulham, who he would join on a permanent basis the following summer.
After initially snubbing the club in the summer, Romanian right-back Dan Petrescu joined the Saints in January 2001.
Trond Egil Soltvedt left Southampton in March 2001, having completed just shy of two full seasons at the club.
Richard Andrew Dryden is an English former professional footballer turned manager and coach, who was most recently first-team manager at National League side Yeovil Town.