During the 2000–01 season, Fiorentina competed in the Serie A, Coppa Italia and UEFA Cup.
Summary Associazione Calcio Fiorentina fell a couple of steps back in its first season following striker Gabriel Batistuta's departure. While Batistuta finally won a long overdue Serie A title with Roma, Fiorentina had a struggling season, where coach Fatih Terim suddenly resigned and accepted the same job in Milan instead, and the club sensationally opted for recently retired Roberto Mancini to take over.
Although respectability in the league was upheld by goalkeeper Francesco Toldo, playmaker Rui Costa and striker Enrico Chiesa, both Toldo and Rui Costa departed for the Milanese clubs in the summer of 2001, as president Vittorio Cecchi Gori desperately tried to save a collapsing economy. Even though the top players of the club held very high standards, the depth in the squad was not at a very strong level, which would ensure 2001-02 to be a testing time for the Florence faithful.
The cup title was some consolation for the worries, with Paolo Vanoli scoring the winner against Parma in the first final, then drawing 1–1 at home, when Portuguese international Nuno Gomes scored the all-important equaliser.
Players
Transfers In Pos. Name from TypeFW Nuno Gomes Benfica MF Domenico Morfeo Cagliari Calcio loan endedMF Leandro Portuguesa MF Amaral Benfica MF Giovanni Bartolucci DF Paolo Vanoli Parma F.C. DF Saliou Lassissi Parma F.C. loanFW Marco RossiSalernitana Out Pos. Name To Type FW Gabriel BatistutaA.S. Roma MF Jörg Heinrich Borussia Dortmund DF Pasquale Padalino Bologna F.C. MF Guillermo Amor Villarreal C.F. MF Paul Okon Middlesbrough F.C. FW Abel Balbo A.S. Roma MF Domenico Morfeo Atalanta B.C. loanFW Georgios Vakouftsis Ravenna Calcio loan
Competitions
Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
UEFA Cup
First round
Statistics Players statistics
Goalscorers Enrico Chiesa 22 (3) Nuno Gomes 9 Rui Costa 6 Leandro 5 (1)
References