The 2000–01 La Liga season was the 70th since its establishment. It began on 9 September 2000, and concluded on 17 June 2001.

Teams Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Las Palmas, Osasuna and Villarreal, returning to the top flight after an absence of twelve, six and one years respectively. They replaced Betis, Atlético Madrid and Sevilla, ending their top flight spells of six, sixty six and one year respectively. For the first time in 26 years, there was no team from Seville.

Team information

Clubs and locations

2000–01 season was composed of the following clubs:

Team Stadium Capacity Barcelona Camp Nou 98,772 Real Madrid Santiago Bernabéu 80,354 Espanyol Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 55,926 Valencia Mestalla 55,000 Athletic Bilbao San Mamés 39,750 Deportivo de La Coruña Riazor 34,600 Real Zaragoza La Romareda 34,596 Celta de Vigo Estadio Balaídos 32,500 Real Sociedad Anoeta 32,200 Real Oviedo Carlos Tartiere 30,500 Málaga La Rosaleda 30,044 Valladolid José Zorrilla 27,846 Mallorca Son Moix 23,142 Villarreal* El Madrigal 23,000 Racing de Santander El Sardinero 22,222 Las Palmas* Insular 21,000 Alavés Mendizorrotza 19,840 Osasuna* El Sadar 19,553 Rayo Vallecano Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas 14,505 Numancia Los Pajaritos 8,261

(*) Promoted from Segunda División

League table

Results

Overall Most wins – Real Madrid (24) Fewest wins – Valladolid and Zaragoza (9) Most draws – Valladolid and Zaragoza (15) Fewest draws – Deportivo La Coruña, Alavés and Las Palmas (7) Most losses – Real Oviedo, Racing Santander and Numancia (19) Fewest losses – Real Madrid (6) Most goals scored – Real Madrid (81) Fewest goals scored – Numancia (40) Most goals conceded – Real Sociedad and Rayo Vallecano (68) Fewest goals conceded – Valencia (34)

Awards

Pichichi Trophy

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

RankPlayerClubGoals 1 RaúlReal Madrid 24 2 RivaldoBarcelona 23 3 Javi MorenoAlavés 22 4 Diego TristánDeportivo La Coruña 19 5 Patrick KluivertBarcelona 18

Fair Play award Real Madrid was the winner of the Fair-play award with 86 points, second was Espanyol and third Zaragoza.

Pedro Zaballa award Manolo Hidalgo, Atlético Madrid footballer, making the same action as Pedro Zaballa

Attendances Source:

# Club Avg. attendance % change Highest 1 Real Madrid 64,475 8.7% 76,300 2 FC Barcelona 62,632 -4.4% 98,000 3 Valencia CF 42,737 5.9% 50,000 4 Athletic Club 32,105 -6.9% 39,000 5 Deportivo de La Coruña 28,921 6.3% 35,500 6 Real Zaragoza 25,053 13.9% 32,000 7 Real Sociedad 25,000 -0.9% 30,000 8 Real Oviedo 23,421 100.1% 29,000 9 Celta de Vigo 21,684 -4.5% 30,000 10 RCD Espanyol 18,500 -2.1% 31,800 11 CA Osasuna 17,260 67.4% 19,533 12 UD Las Palmas 17,235 9.2% 20,000 13 RCD Mallorca 16,637 1.5% 23,000 14 Málaga CF 15,789 -42.6% 28,000 15 Racing de Santander 15,684 -0.9% 22,000 16 Villarreal CF 15,368 73.4% 17,000 17 Deportivo Alavés 13,984 -18.5% 18,137 18 Real Valladolid 13,253 -0.5% 23,000 19 CD Numancia 9,337 3.3% 13,000 20 Rayo Vallecano 9,079 -6.8% 15,000

See also 2000–01 Segunda División 2000–01 Copa del Rey

References