The 2000–01 campaign was the 95th season in Atlético Madrid's history and their 1st season in Segunda División of Spanish football. Also the club competed in Copa del Rey.
Summary For the first time ever, Atletico competed in a Segunda División tournament since 1929 when Primera División was registered as the top league. Owing to a chaotic environment outside the field in spite of President Gil appointing club legend Paulo Futre as Manager on 3 November 2000 and three coaches fired, the team never reached the 3rd position on the table and classifying to La Liga finishing tied in points along CD Tenerife but lost the goal average.
Squad
Transfers In Pos. Name from Type FW Salva Racing Santander DF Iván Amaya Rayo Vallecano MF Juan Gomez Real Sociedad MF Sergio Sanchez Sporting Gijon loan ended DF Jean-François Hernandez Rayo Vallecano FW Juan Carlos Sevilla CF DF Mirsad Hibić Sevilla CF MF Juan Carcedo OGC Nice loan FW Fernando Torres Atletico Madrid B FW Abass Lawal Atletico Madrid B Out Pos. Name To Type FW Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Chelsea F.C. GK José Molina Deportivo MF Juan Carlos Valeron Deportivo DF Joan Capdevila Deportivo MF Ruben Baraja Valencia CF MF Santiago Solari Real Madrid DF Carlos Gamarra Flamengo DF Celso Ayala São Paulo MF Radek Bejbl RC Lens
Winter In Pos. Name from Type DF Raphaël Wicky Werder Bremen MF Dani Benfica DF Daniel Fagiani Boca Juniors Out Pos. Name To Type MF Leonel Pilipauskas Peñarol MF Veljko Paunovic Real Oviedo loan FW Jordi Lardín RCD Espanyol
Competitions Segunda División
League table
Results by round
Matches
Copa del Rey
Round of 64
Round of 32
Eightfinals
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Statistics Squad statistics Competition Points Total GD 2000–01 Segunda División 74 42 21 11 10 59 39 +20 2000–01 Copa del Rey – 8 6 1 1 13 6 +7 Total 74 50 27 12 11 72 45 +27
Players statistics
References
External links Campaign of Atlético Madrid in 2000–01 season. Matches of Atlético Madrid in 2000–01 season.