The 2000–01 UEFA Champions League was the 46th season of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA's premier European club football tournament, and the ninth since it was rebranded from the "European Champion Clubs' Cup" or "European Cup". The competition was won by Bayern Munich for their first title since 1976, defeating Valencia 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw after extra time. It was the German club's first UEFA Champions League title and their fourth European Cup overall; Valencia suffered their second consecutive final defeat, having lost to Real Madrid in the previous season. The knockout phase saw Bayern eliminate the preceding two Champions League winners, Manchester United and Real Madrid, winning all four games in the process. Valencia, meanwhile, defeated English sides Arsenal and Leeds United in the knockout phase en route to the final.
The 2001 final saw the two previous seasons' runners-up clash, Bayern Munich lost to Manchester United in the 1999 final and Valencia lost to Real Madrid in the 2000 final.
Real Madrid were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by eventual winners Bayern Munich in the semi-finals.
Association team allocation A total of 72 teams participated in the 2000–01 Champions League, from 48 of 51 UEFA associations. Liechtenstein (who don't have their own league) as well as Andorra and San Marino were not admitted.
Below is the qualification scheme for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League: Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify Associations 16–49 each have one team qualify (except Liechtenstein)
Association ranking Countries are allocated places according to their 1999 UEFA league coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1994–95 to 1998–99.
RankAssociationCoeff.Teams157.2124249.628345.498441.4423537.816634.288727.8252826.950924.7161023.6241122.3751221.0501320.3741420.3501520.2911620.00011719.733RankAssociationCoeff.Teams1819.60011917.3252017.2502116.6252216.2002315.6662414.3322512.6652612.1662711.5412810.831299.083309.041318.249327.582336.582346.332RankAssociationCoeff.Teams354.9151364.832374.333382.582392.416401.998411.832421.832431.498441.249451.166461.166471.0000480.9161490.500500.0000510.000
Distribution The title holders Real Madrid finished 5th in domestic league. As a result, La Liga 4th-placed team Zaragoza were demoted to UEFA Cup and their Champions League Third qualifying round spot was vacated. The following changes to the default access list are made: The champions of association 16 (Switzerland) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round. The champions of associations 27 and 28 (Israel and Slovenia) are promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundFirst qualifying round(20 teams)20 champions from associations 29–49 (except Liechtenstein)Second qualifying round(28 teams)12 champions from associations 17–28 6 runners-up from associations 10–1510 winners from the first qualifying roundThird qualifying round(32 teams)7 champions from associations 10–16 3 runners-up from associations 7–9 6 third-place finishers from associations 1–6 2 fourth-place finishers from associations 1–3 (except Spain)14 winners from the second qualifying roundGroup stage(32 teams)1 Champions League title holder (Real Madrid) 9 champions from associations 1–9 6 runners-up from associations 1–616 winners from the third qualifying roundSecond group stage(16 teams)8 group winners from the first group stage 8 group runners-up from the first group stageKnockout phase(8 teams)4 group winners from the second group stage 4 group runners-up from the second group stage
Teams League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders).
Group stage Lazio Real Madrid TH Paris Saint-Germain Arsenal Juventus Bayern Munich PSV Eindhoven Spartak Moscow Deportivo La Coruña Bayer Leverkusen Heerenveen Olympiacos Barcelona Monaco Manchester United Sporting CP Third qualifying round Milan Lyon Porto Dinamo Zagreb Internazionale Feyenoord Sparta Prague Galatasaray Valencia Leeds United Tirol Innsbruck Dynamo Kyiv Hamburger SV Lokomotiv Moscow Herfølge St. Gallen 1860 Munich Panathinaikos Second qualifying round Slavia Prague Shakhtar Donetsk Rangers Anorthosis Famagusta Sturm Graz Rosenborg Dinamo București Torpedo Kutaisi Brøndby Anderlecht Dunaferr Hapoel Tel Aviv Hajduk Split Helsingborgs IF Inter Slovnaft Bratislava Maribor Beşiktaş Polonia Warsaw First qualifying round BATE Borisov KR Shirak KÍ Haka Sloga Jugomagnat Linfield Tirana Red Star Belgrade Kaunas Shelbourne F91 Dudelange Levski Sofia Zimbru Chișinău Total Network Solutions Shamkir Skonto Levadia Maardu Birkirkara Brotnjo
Round and draw dates The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held in Geneva, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).
PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifyingFirst qualifying round23 June 200012 July 200019 July 2000Second qualifying round26 July 20002 August 2000Third qualifying round21 July 2000 (Nyon)8–9 August 200022–23 August 2000First group stageMatchday 125 August 2000(Monaco)12–13 September 2000Matchday 219–20 September 2000Matchday 326–27 September 2000Matchday 417–18 October 2000Matchday 524–25 October 2000Matchday 67–8 November 2000Second group stageMatchday 110 November 200021–22 November 2000Matchday 25–6 December 2000Matchday 313–14 February 2001Matchday 420–21 February 2001Matchday 56–7 March 2001Matchday 613–14 March 2001Knockout phaseQuarter-finals16 March 20013–4 April 200117–18 April 2001Semi-finals1–2 May 20018–9 May 2001Final23 May 2001 at San Siro, Milan
Qualifying rounds
First qualifying round
Second qualifying round
Third qualifying round
First group stage
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 group stage.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Second group stage
Eight winners and eight runners-up from the first group stage were drawn into four groups of four teams each, each containing two group winners and two runners-up. Teams from the same country or from the same first-round group could not be drawn together. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout phase
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.
Top goalscorers RankNameTeamGoalsMinutes played1 Raúl Real Madrid79952 Marco Simone Monaco6505 Rivaldo Barcelona6523 Giovane Élber Bayern Munich61034 Paul Scholes Manchester United61042 Lee Bowyer Leeds United61170 Iván Helguera Real Madrid61232 Mário Jardel Galatasaray612409 Filippo Inzaghi Juventus5431 Claudio López Lazio5464 Frode Johnsen Rosenborg5509 Christian Paris Saint-Germain5586 Walter Pandiani Deportivo La Coruña5664 Teddy Sheringham Manchester United5720 Nicolas Anelka Paris Saint-Germain5734 Juan Sánchez Valencia51018 Tomasz Radzinski Anderlecht51021 Andriy Shevchenko Milan51080 Luís Figo Real Madrid51205 Mehmet Scholl Bayern Munich51207 Alan Smith Leeds United51248
See also 2000–01 UEFA Cup 2001 UEFA Super Cup 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup
References
External links
2000–2001 All matches – season at UEFA website 2000–01 season at UEFA website European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation All scorers 2000–01 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers qualifying round – results and line-ups (archive)