# 2000–01 Inter Milan season

The 2000–01 season was Inter Milan's 92nd in existence and 85th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

## Season overview

Inter hoped to improve from past seasons; goalkeeper Angelo Peruzzi was replaced by Frenchman Sébastien Frey ten years his junior, while Fabio Macellari did the same with Grigorios Georgatos on the left side of defence. The burden of scoring was given to Hakan Şükür and Robbie Keane, waiting for Vieri's recovery and Ronaldo's return. Inter did not pass the Champions League preliminary round: they were defeated by Helsingborg, losing on a 1–0 aggregate. The side then lost the Supercoppa Italiana, defeated 4–3 by Lazio. Coach Lippi lost instead his job in October, after the 2–1 defeat to Reggina in Serie A.
His place was taken by Marco Tardelli, who achieved up and down results. In the rest of season Inter suffered further blows: a 6–1 defeat to Parma and a second European flop, against Alavés in the UEFA Cup. Inter supporters flew off the handle when, during a match with Atalanta, when they threw a scooter from the stands. On following matchday, the side lost again: Milan won 6–0 in the Derby della Madonnina. Inter finished fifth in the league with 51 points, two more than rivals Milan.

## First-team squad

    Squad at the end of season
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 | FRA | Sébastien Frey |
| 2 | DF | COL | Iván Córdoba |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Fabio Macellari |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Javier Zanetti (captain) |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Laurent Blanc |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Michele Serena |
| 7 | FW | URU | Antonio Pacheco |
| 8 | MF | YUG | Vladimir Jugović |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Ronaldo |
| 10 | MF | NED | Clarence Seedorf |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Marco Ferrante |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Marco Ballotta |
| 13 | DF | CRO | Dario Šimić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Luigi Di Biagio |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Benoît Cauet |
| 16 | GK | ITA | Alex Cordaz |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Nicola Beati |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Stéphane Dalmat |
| 20 | FW | URU | Álvaro Recoba |
| 21 | DF | ALG | Matteo Ferrari |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Cristian Brocchi |
| 24 | DF | SVK | Vratislav Gresko |
| 30 | DF | ITA | Bruno Cirillo |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Javier Farinós |
| 32 | FW | ITA | Christian Vieri |
| 36 | MF | ITA | Carlo Trezzi |
| 54 | FW | TUR | Hakan Şükür |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Robbie Keane | Coventry City | €19.50 million |
| MF | Francisco Farinós | Valencia | €16.25 million |
| FW | Hakan Şükür | Galatasaray | €6.30 million |
| GK | Marco Ballotta | Lazio | free |
| DF | Fabio Macellari | Cagliari | released |
| DF | Bruno Cirillo | Reggina | |
| DF | Michele Serena | Parma | |
| MF | Cristian Brocchi | Hellas Verona | |
| MF | Vampeta | Corinthians | |
| FW | Anselmo Robbiati | Napoli | |
| DF | Zoumana Camara | Bastia | loan ended |
| MF | Andrea Pirlo | Reggina | loan ended |
| FW | Nicola Ventola | Bologna | loan ended |
| FW | Mohammed Kallon | Reggina | loan ended |
| GK | Sébastien Frey | Hellas Verona | loan ended |
| GK | Luca Anania | Lecco | loan ended |
| DF | Matteo Ferrari | Bari | loan ended |
| MF | Paulo Sousa | Parma | loan ended |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Roberto Baggio | Brescia | |
| GK | Angelo Peruzzi | Lazio | |
| FW | Adrian Mutu | Hellas Verona | U$6,0 million |
| GK | Fabrizio Ferron | Hellas Verona | |
| DF | Cyril Domoraud | AC Milan | |
| DF | Francesco Colonnese | Lazio | |
| MF | Francesco Moriero | Napoli | |
| DF | Zoumana Camara | Olympique Marseille | |
| MF | Paulo Sousa | Panathinaikos | |
| GK | Luca Anania | Pro Sesto | |
| GK | Giorgio Frezzolini | Chievo Verona | co-ownership |
| MF | Cristiano Zanetti | Roma | co-ownership renewed |
| FW | Mohammed Kallon | Vicenza | co-ownership |
| FW | Nicola Ventola | Atalanta | loan |
| DF | Christian Panucci | Chelsea | loan |
| DF | Grigorios Georgatos | Olympiacos | loan |
| DF | Salvatore Fresi | Napoli | loan |
| DF | Martín Rivas | Malaga | loan |

### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Stéphane Dalmat | Paris Saint-Germain | co-ownership |
| FW | Marco Ferrante | Torino | loan |
| FW | Antonio Pacheco | Peñarol | |
| FW | Adriano | Flamengo | €13.189 million |
| DF | Vratislav Greško | Bayer Leverkusen | €5.0 million |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Christian Panucci | AS Monaco | loan |
| DF | Vampeta | Paris Saint-Germain | co-ownership (€12.2 million) |
| FW | Robbie Keane | Leeds United | loan |
| MF | Andrea Pirlo | Brescia | loan |
| DF | Riccardo Fissore | Lecce | loan |
| DF | Cyril Domoraud | Bastia | loan |
| FW | Iván Zamorano | América | |
| MF | Anselmo Robbiati | Perugia | loan |
| MF | Sixto Peralta | Torino | loan |
| FW | Corrado Colombo | Torino | |

### Reserve squad

    The following players did not appear for the first-team this season.
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 |
| 16 | GK | ITA | Alex Cordaz |
| 26 | FW | FRA | Stéphane Biakolo |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Jodi Bertarelli |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Matteo Bogani |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Davide Cattaneo |
| 34 | DF | ITA | Salvatore Ferraro |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 35 | DF | ITA | Luca Perfetti |
| 37 | DF | ALG | Anthar Yahia |
| 38 | DF | ITA | Roberto Gimelli |
| — | DF | ITA | Stefano Lombardi |
| — | MF | FRA | Julien Brellier |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Lazio | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 65 | 36 | +29 | 69 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Parma | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 56 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 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 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Atalanta | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 44 | |
* ↑ Atalanta finished ahead of Brescia on head-to-head points: Atalanta 2–0 Brescia, Brescia 0–3 Atalanta.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | D | D | L | D | W | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | W |
| Position | 14 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
#### Eightfinals
#### Quarterfinals
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 31 June 2001
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Supercoppa Italiana | Supercoppa Italiana | Champions League | Champions League | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Frey | 38 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Zanetti J | 34 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | COL | Cordoba | 36 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Blanc | 44 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ALG | Ferrari | 27 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Dalmat | 17 | 2 | 16+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Di Biagio | 44 | 5 | 31+1 | 4 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NED | Seedorf | 36 | 5 | 14+10 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | YUG | Jugovic | 28 | 1 | 18+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ITA | Vieri | 32 | 19 | 22+5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | URU | Recoba | 41 | 14 | 23+6 | 8 | 2+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 6+2 | 4 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Ballotta | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | FW | TUR | Sukur | 35 | 6 | 18+6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5+2 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | CRO | Simic | 25 | 1 | 15+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 30 | DF | ITA | Cirillo | 26 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SVK | Gresko | 20 | 0 | 13+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Serena | 22 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Farinos | 33 | 2 | 10+11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Brocchi | 18 | 1 | 10+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Cauet | 21 | 0 | 7+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Macellari | 16 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | IRL | Keane | 15 | 3 | 4+2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Ferrante | 11 | 1 | 3+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | CHI | Zamorano | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Vampeta | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Pirlo | 8 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Beati | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ITA | Trezzi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | URU | Pacheco | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Colombo | 5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Fissore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | CIV | Domoraud | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Robbiati | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ARG | Peralta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 31 June 2001 Source: Competitions