2000–01 Serie A

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The 2000–01 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 99th season of top-tier Italian football, the 69th in a round-robin tournament. It was contested by 18 teams, for the 13th consecutive season since 1988–89.

Season2000–01
Dates30 September 2000 – 17 June 2001
ChampionsRoma
3rd title
Quick facts Season, Dates ...
Serie A
Season2000–01
Dates30 September 2000 – 17 June 2001
ChampionsRoma
3rd title
RelegatedReggina
Vicenza
Napoli
Bari
Champions LeagueRoma
Juventus
Lazio
Parma
UEFA CupInternazionale
Milan
Fiorentina
Intertoto CupBrescia
Matches306
Goals845 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorerHernán Crespo
(26 goals)
Average attendance29,441
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Roma won its first Scudetto since 1982–83, its third title overall. Juventus finished second, and these two teams automatically qualified for the first group stage of the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League. Lazio, the defending champions, and Parma finished third and fourth respectively, to enter the third qualifying round of the same competition. Internazionale and Milan finished fifth and sixth respectively, and qualified for the 2001–02 UEFA Cup along with Fiorentina, the winners of the Coppa Italia. Brescia gained entry into the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup.

Vicenza, Napoli and Bari were automatically relegated to Serie B. Reggina and Hellas Verona were forced to contest a relegation tie-breaker after finishing level on points, with Verona winning on away goals to relegate Reggina.

Rule changes

In the middle of the season, the old quota system was abolished, meaning that each team was no longer limited to having no more than five non-EU players and using no more than three in each match.[1][2]

Passport scandal

Concurrent with the abolition of the quota system, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) investigated footballers from South America and Cameroon who had used fake passports in order to enable their teams to field them as Europeans. Alberto, Warley, Alejandro Da Silva and Jorginho of Udinese,[3] Fábio Júnior and Gustavo Bartelt of Roma,[4] Dida of Milan, Álvaro Recoba of Inter, Thomas Job, Francis Zé and Jean Ondoa of Sampdoria, and Jeda and André Leone of Vicenza were all handed bans in July 2001, ranging from six months to one year.[5] However, most of these bans were subsequently reduced.

Personnels and sponsoring

2000–01 Serie A team distribution

(*) Promoted from Serie B.

  1. The CiaoWeb logo was featured instead of the Lotto logo in Serie A and UEFA matches.

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Fiorentina Italy Giovanni Trapattoni End of contract 30 June 2000 Pre-season Turkey Fatih Terim 1 July 2000
Perugia Italy Carlo Mazzone 30 June 2000 Italy Serse Cosmi 1 July 2000
Brescia Italy Nedo Sonetti 30 June 2000 Italy Carlo Mazzone 1 July 2000
Napoli Italy Walter Novellino 30 June 2000 Czech Republic Zdeněk Zeman 1 July 2000
Internazionale Italy Marcello Lippi Sacked 10 October 2000 15th Italy Marco Tardelli 11 October 2000
Napoli Czech Republic Zdeněk Zeman 14 November 2000 18th Italy Emiliano Mondonico 15 November 2000
Lazio Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson Resigned 9 January 2001 5th Italy Dino Zoff 10 January 2001
Parma Italy Alberto Malesani Sacked 10 January 2001 10th Italy Arrigo Sacchi (caretaker) 10 January 2001
Parma Italy Arrigo Sacchi End of caretaker spell 29 January 2001 8th Italy Renzo Ulivieri 30 January 2001
Fiorentina Turkey Fatih Terim Sacked 27 February 2001 10th Italy Luciano Chiarugi (caretaker) 28 February 2001
Fiorentina Italy Luciano Chiarugi End of caretaker spell 6 March 2001 11th Italy Roberto Mancini 7 March 2001
Milan Italy Alberto Zaccheroni Sacked 12 March 2001 9th Italy Cesare Maldini 13 March 2001
Udinese Italy Luigi De Canio 20 March 2001 12th Italy Luciano Spalletti 21 March 2001
Bari Italy Eugenio Fascetti 8 May 2001 18th Italy Arcangelo Sciannimanico 9 May 2001
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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Roma (C) 34 22 9 3 68 33 +35 75 Qualification to Champions League first group stage
2 Juventus 34 21 10 3 61 27 +34 73
3 Lazio 34 21 6 7 65 36 +29 69 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round[6]
4 Parma 34 16 8 10 51 31 +20 56
5 Internazionale 34 14 9 11 47 47 0 51 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6 Milan 34 12 13 9 56 46 +10 49
7 Atalanta 34 10 14 10 38 34 +4 44[a]
8 Brescia[b] 34 10 14 10 44 42 +2 44[a] Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
9 Fiorentina[c] 34 10 13 11 53 52 +1 43 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
10 Bologna 34 11 10 13 49 53 4 43
11 Perugia 34 10 12 12 49 53 4 42
12 Udinese 34 11 5 18 49 59 10 38
13 Lecce 34 8 13 13 40 54 14 37[d]
14 Hellas Verona[e] 34 10 7 17 40 59 19 37[d] Relegation tie-breaker
15 Reggina (R) 34 10 7 17 32 49 17 37[d] Serie B after tie-breaker
16 Vicenza (R) 34 9 9 16 37 51 14 36[f] Relegation to Serie B
17 Napoli (R) 34 8 12 14 35 51 16 36[f]
18 Bari (R) 34 5 5 24 31 68 37 20
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Source: 2000–01 Serie A, Soccerway, RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[7]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Atalanta finished ahead of Brescia on head-to-head points: Atalanta 2–0 Brescia, Brescia 0–3 Atalanta.
  2. Brescia gained entry to the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Atalanta declined.
  3. Fiorentina gained entry to the 2001–02 UEFA Cup as the 2000–01 Coppa Italia champions.
  4. Lecce finished ahead of Reggina and Hellas Verona on head-to-head points: Lecce: 10 pts, Reggina: 4 pts, Hellas Verona: 2 pts.
  5. Vicenza finished ahead of Napoli on head-to-head points: Vicenza 2–0 Napoli, Napoli 1–2 Vicenza.

Results

More information Home \ Away, ATA ...
Home \ Away ATA BAR BOL BRE FIO HEL INT JUV LAZ LCE MIL NAP PAR PER REG ROM UDI VIC
Atalanta 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1
Bari 0–2 2–0 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 3–2 1–3 0–1 0–1 3–4 2–1 1–4 2–1 2–2
Bologna 0–1 4–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–4 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1
Brescia 0–3[a] 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 4–0 2–4 3–1 2–1
Fiorentina 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–3 1–4 2–0 4–0 1–2 0–1 3–4 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–2
Hellas Verona 2–1 3–2 5–4 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–3 1–4 1–1 1–0
Internazionale 3–0 1–0 2–1[b] 0–0 4–2 2–0 2–2 1–1[c] 0–1 0–6 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1
Juventus 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–3 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 4–0
Lazio 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 5–3 2–0 4–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 3–1[d] 2–1
Lecce 0–2 2–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 4–2 1–2 1–4 2–1 3–3 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–4 2–1 3–1
Milan 3–3 4–0 3–3 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 3–2 3–0 2–0
Napoli 0–0 1–0 1–5 1–1 1–0[e] 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–4 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 6–2 2–2 0–1 1–2
Parma 2–0 4–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 1–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 5–0 0–2 1–2 2–0 0–2
Perugia 2–2 4–1 1–3 2–2 2–2 1–0 2–3 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–0
Reggina 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–1[f] 2–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–0
Roma 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 3–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–1
Udinese 2–4 2–0 3–1 4–2 1–3 2–1 3–0 0–2 3–4 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–3 3–3 3–0 1–3 2–3
Vicenza 1–2 1–0 4–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–3 1–4 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–2[g] 1–2
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Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The match was played at Stadio Giglio.
  2. The match was played at Stadio San Nicola.
  3. The match was played at Stadio San Nicola.
  4. The match was played at Stadio Artemio Franchi.
  5. The match was played at Stadio La Favorita.
  6. The match was played at Stadio Cibali.
  7. The match was played at Stadio Friuli.

Overall records

  • Highest number of wins: Roma (22)
  • Lowest number of losses: Juventus, Roma (3 each)
  • Highest number of draws: Atalanta, Brescia (15 each)
  • Lowest number of wins: Bari (5)
  • Highest number of losses: Bari (24)
  • Lowest number of draws: Bari, Udinese (5 each)
  • Highest number of goals for: Roma (68)
  • Lowest number of goals against: Juventus (27)
  • Lowest number of goals for: Bari (31)
  • Highest number of goals against: Bari (68)
  • Best goal difference: Roma (35)
  • Worst goal difference: Bari (−37)

Relegation tie-breaker

More information Hellas Verona, 1–0 ...
Hellas Verona1–0Reggina
Laursen 61'
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More information Reggina, 2–1 ...
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Reggina relegated to Serie B.

Top goalscorers

Attendances

Source:[8]

More information #, Club ...
#ClubAvg. attendanceHighest
1AS Roma67,27077,120
2Internazionale55,58278,054
3AC Milan52,30481,954
4SS Lazio47,49275,000
5Juventus FC41,27363,548
6SSC Napoli38,89067,927
7ACF Fiorentina29,46339,241
8Bologna FC25,78634,631
9Reggina Calcio24,11328,000
10Udinese Calcio20,61330,031
11Parma AC19,00829,173
12Atalanta BC18,66234,000
13US Lecce18,11730,201
14Hellas Verona17,77726,483
15Brescia Calcio16,26120,819
16Vicenza Calcio15,19318,461
17AS Bari13,83333,900
18AC Perugia11,11928,140
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References and sources

  • Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005

See also

  • Tim Parks, A Season with Verona (London: Vintage, 2002) – A personal account by a celebrated English author and fan of the fortunes of Hellas Verona that season, including the team's narrow avoidance of relegation.

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