# 2000–01 AC Fiorentina season

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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Francesco Toldo |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Daniele Adani |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Pierini |
| 2 | DF | CZE | Tomáš Řepka |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Paolo Vanoli |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Angelo Di Livio |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Christian Amoroso |
| 30 | MF | ITA | Mauro Bressan |
| 10 | MF | POR | Rui Costa |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Enrico Chiesa |
| 21 | FW | POR | Nuno Gomes |
| 33 | GK | ITA | Giuseppe Taglialatela |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Moreno Torricelli |
| 19 | FW | ITA | Marco Rossi |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Sandro Cois |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Fabio Rossitto |
| 5 | DF | CIV | Saliou Lassissi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | MF | BRA | Leandro |
| 35 | DF | ITA | Emiliano Moretti |
| 8 | FW | YUG | Predrag Mijatović |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Amaral |
| 27 | DF | ITA | Andrea Tarozzi |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Giovanni Bartolucci |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Roberto Massaro |
| 36 | DF | ITA | Giacomo Bonora |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Aldo Firicano |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Domenico Morfeo |
| 31 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Taddei |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Daniele Ficagna |
| 38 | MF | ITA | Francesco Sorbino |
| 39 | DF | ITA | Niccolò Guzzo |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Gianmatteo Mareggini |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Angelo Palombo |
| 37 | FW | GRE | Georgios Vakouftsis |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Nuno Gomes | Benfica | |
| MF | Domenico Morfeo | Cagliari Calcio | loan ended |
| MF | Leandro | Portuguesa | |
| MF | Amaral | Benfica | |
| MF | Giovanni Bartolucci | | |
| DF | Paolo Vanoli | Parma F.C. | |
| DF | Saliou Lassissi | Parma F.C. | loan |
| FW | Marco Rossi | Salernitana | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Gabriel Batistuta | A.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. | loan |
| FW | Georgios Vakouftsis | Ravenna Calcio | loan |

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Atalanta | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 44 | |
| 8 | Brescia | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 44 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 9 | Fiorentina | 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 | |
* 1 2 Atalanta finished ahead of Brescia on head-to-head points: Atalanta 2–0 Brescia, Brescia 0–3 Atalanta.
* ↑ Brescia gained entry to the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Atalanta declined.
* ↑ Fiorentina gained entry to the 2001–02 UEFA Cup as the 2000–01 Coppa Italia champions.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 17 June 2001. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | D | L | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | L |
| Position | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### First round
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa | Coppa | UEFA | UEFA |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Toldo | 40 | -56 | 32 | -48 | 6 | -3 | 2 | -5 |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Adani | 34 | 1 | 22+3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Pierini | 35 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | CZE | Repka | 36 | 0 | 24+4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Vanoli | 37 | 2 | 25+2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Di Livio | 43 | 1 | 32+1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Amoroso | 29 | 1 | 23+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ITA | Bressan | 38 | 3 | 19+10 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | POR | Rui Costa | 38 | 8 | 28+1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Chiesa | 38 | 27 | 24+6 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | POR | Nuno Gomes | 35 | 13 | 27+3 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | ITA | Taglialatela | 5 | -8 | 2+1 | -4 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Torricelli | 31 | 0 | 18+6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ITA | Rossi | 27 | 2 | 14+7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Cois | 15 | 1 | 11+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Rossitto | 23 | 0 | 10+8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CIV | Lassissi | 18 | 1 | 9+5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | BRA | Leandro | 24 | 9 | 9+10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 35 | DF | ITA | Moretti | 13 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | YUG | Mijatovic | 19 | 5 | 4+9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Amaral | 10 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ITA | Tarozzi | 8 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Bartolucci | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Massaro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ITA | Bonora | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Firicano | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Morfeo | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ITA | Taddei | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Ficagna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ITA | Francesco Sorbino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | ITA | Niccolò Guzzo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Mareggini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Palombo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | GRE | Vakouftsis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/allenatori_squadra/2000/1187/

### Goalscorers

* Enrico Chiesa 22 (3)
* Nuno Gomes 9
* Rui Costa 6
* Leandro 5 (1)