The 2000–01 season was Inter Milan's 92nd in existence and 85th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.
Season overview Inter hoped to improve from past seasons; goalkeeper Angelo Peruzzi was replaced by Frenchman Sébastien Frey ten years his junior, while Fabio Macellari did the same with Grigorios Georgatos on the left side of defence. The burden of scoring was given to Hakan Şükür and Robbie Keane, waiting for Vieri's recovery and Ronaldo's return. Inter did not pass the Champions League preliminary round: they were defeated by Helsingborg, losing on a 1–0 aggregate. The side then lost the Supercoppa Italiana, defeated 4–3 by Lazio. Coach Lippi lost instead his job in October, after the 2–1 defeat to Reggina in Serie A.
His place was taken by Marco Tardelli, who achieved up and down results. In the rest of season Inter suffered further blows: a 6–1 defeat to Parma and a second European flop, against Alavés in the UEFA Cup. Inter supporters flew off the handle when, during a match with Atalanta, when they threw a scooter from the stands. On following matchday, the side lost again: Milan won 6–0 in the Derby della Madonnina. Inter finished fifth in the league with 51 points, two more than rivals Milan.
First-team squad Squad at the end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/italy/2000-2001/seriea/inter.html
Transfers In Pos. Name from Type FW Robbie Keane Coventry City €19.50 million MF Francisco Farinós Valencia €16.25 million FW Hakan Şükür Galatasaray €6.30 million GK Marco Ballotta Lazio free DF Fabio Macellari Cagliari released DF Bruno Cirillo Reggina DF Michele Serena Parma MF Cristian Brocchi Hellas Verona MF Vampeta Corinthians FW Anselmo Robbiati Napoli DF Zoumana Camara Bastia loan ended MF Andrea Pirlo Reggina loan ended FW Nicola Ventola Bologna loan ended FW Mohammed Kallon Reggina loan ended GK Sébastien Frey Hellas Verona loan ended GK Luca Anania Lecco loan ended DF Matteo Ferrari Bari loan ended MF Paulo Sousa Parma loan ended
Out Pos. Name To Type FW Roberto Baggio Brescia GK Angelo Peruzzi Lazio FW Adrian Mutu Hellas Verona U$6,0 million GK Fabrizio Ferron Hellas Verona DF Francesco Colonnese Lazio MF Francesco Moriero Napoli DF Zoumana Camara Marseille MF Paulo Sousa Panathinaikos GK Luca Anania Pro Sesto GK Giorgio Frezzolini Chievo Verona co-ownership MF Cristiano Zanetti Roma co-ownership renewed FW Mohammed Kallon Vicenza co-ownership FW Nicola Ventola Atalanta loan DF Christian Panucci Chelsea loan DF Grigorios Georgatos Olympiacos loan DF Salvatore Fresi Napoli loan DF Martín Rivas Malaga loan
Winter In Pos. Name from Type MF Stéphane Dalmat Paris Saint-Germain co-ownership FW Marco Ferrante Torino loan FW Antonio Pacheco Peñarol FW Adriano Flamengo €13.189 million DF Vratislav Greško Bayer Leverkusen €5.0 million Out Pos. NameTo Type DF Christian Panucci Monaco loan DF Vampeta Paris Saint-Germain co-ownership (€12.2 million) FW Robbie Keane Leeds Unitedloan MF Andrea Pirlo Brescialoan DF Riccardo Fissore Lecce loan DF Cyril Domoraud Bastia loan FW Iván Zamorano América MF Anselmo Robbiati Perugialoan MF Sixto Peralta Torino loan FW Corrado Colombo Torino
Reserve squad The following players did not appear for the first-team this season.
Competitions Supercoppa Italiana
Serie A
League table
Results by round
Matches
UEFA Champions League
Third Preliminary round
UEFA Cup
First round
Second round
Third round
Eightfinals
Coppa Italia
Eightfinals
Quarterfinals
Statistics Appearances and goals As of 31 June 2001
References