The first group stage of the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League was played from 12 September to 8 November 2000. 16 winners from the third qualifying round, 10 champions from countries ranked 1–10, and six second-placed teams from countries ranked 1–6 were drawn into eight groups of four teams each. The top two teams in each group advanced to the second group stage, and the third placed team in each group advanced to round 3 of the 2000–01 UEFA Cup.
Deportivo La Coruña, Hamburger SV, Heerenveen, Helsingborgs IF, Leeds United, Lyon and Shakhtar Donetsk made their debut in the first group stage.
Teams Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients. Clubs from the same association were split between groups A–D and E–H, ensuring that they not play on the same day if possible. Key to colorsTeams advance to the second group stageTeams enter the UEFA Cup round of 32
+Pot 1TeamNotes Real Madrid 99.799 Juventus 109.963 Barcelona 103.799 Bayern Munich 103.201 Lazio 94.963 Manchester United 89.727 Monaco 75.363 Valencia 69.799
+Pot 2TeamNotes Spartak Moscow 65.637 Paris Saint-Germain 64.363 Lyon 60.364 Milan 53.964 Deportivo La Coruña 53.799 Arsenal 52.727 PSV Eindhoven 52.333 Galatasaray 51.925
+Pot 3TeamNotes Dynamo Kyiv 51.583 Rosenborg 51.050 Bayer Leverkusen 48.201 Olympiacos 45.433 Panathinaikos 44.433 Leeds United 43.728 Sparta Prague 43.562 Rangers 32.250
+Pot 4TeamNotes Sporting CP 30.274 Hamburger SV 30.201 Anderlecht 27.525 Beşiktaş 26.925 Sturm Graz 26.250 Heerenveen 24.333 Helsingborgs IF 16.766 Shakhtar Donetsk 15.583
Notes
Groups Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
References
External links 2000–01 group stage matches at UEFA.com