# 2000–01 Paris Saint-Germain FC season

The 2000–01 season was Paris Saint-Germain's 31st season in existence. PSG played their home league games at the Parc des Princes in Paris, registering an average attendance of 42,759 spectators per match. The club was presided by Laurent Perpère and the team was coached by Philippe Bergeroo and Luis Fernández. Éric Rabésandratana and Frédéric Déhu were the team captains.

## Players

    As of the 2000–01 season.

### Squad

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 | Dominique Casagrande |
| 3 | MF | BRA | Vampeta |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Mikel Arteta (on loan from Barcelona B) |
| 5 | MF | FRA | Peter Luccin |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Godwin Okpara |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Christian |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Ali Benarbia |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Nicolas Anelka |
| 10 | MF | NGA | Jay-Jay Okocha |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Laurent Robert |
| 13 | DF | FRA | Frédéric Déhu (captain) |
| 14 | DF | ARG | Mauricio Pochettino |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Éric Rabésandratana |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Lionel Letizi |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Jimmy Algerino |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Laurent Leroy |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Édouard Cissé |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Sylvain Distin |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Igor Yanovsky |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Pierre Ducrocq |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Bernard Mendy |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Grégory Paisley |
| 26 | DF | SEN | Aliou Cissé |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Enrique de Lucas (on loan from Espanyol) |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Mickaël Madar |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Thomas Levaux |

## Competitions

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Division 1 | 28 July 2000 | 21 May 2001 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 035.29 |
| Coupe de France | 20 January 2001 | February 2001 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 050.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 7 January 2001 | 7 January 2001 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 13 September 2000 | 13 March 2001 | First group stage | Second group stage | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 036.36 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 17 | 10 | 21 | 69 | 71 | −2 | 035.42 |
Source: Competitions

### Division 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Troyes | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 46 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 8 | Bastia | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 45 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 9 | Paris Saint-Germain | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 44 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 10 | Guingamp | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 44 | |
| 11 | Monaco | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 43 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Ligue 1

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### First group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 11 | Advance to second group stage |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 10 | Advance to second group stage |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Helsingborgs IF | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 5 | |

#### Second group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Deportivo La Coruña | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Galatasaray | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Milan | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 | |
| 4 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 5 | |