# 2000–01 UEFA Champions League first group stage

The first group stage of the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League was played from 12 September to 8 November 2000. 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 first group stage.

## Teams

Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients. Clubs from the same association were split between groups A–D and E–H, ensuring that they not play on the same day if possible.
* Key to colors
* Teams advance to the second group stage
* Teams enter the UEFA Cup round of 32
Pot 1 :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Real Madrid | 99.799 |
| Juventus | 109.963 |
| Barcelona | 103.799 |
| Bayern Munich | 103.201 |
| Lazio | 94.963 |
| Manchester United | 89.727 |
| Monaco | 75.363 |
| Valencia | 69.799 |
Pot 2 :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Spartak Moscow | 65.637 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 64.363 |
| Lyon | 60.364 |
| Milan | 53.964 |
| Deportivo La Coruña | 53.799 |
| Arsenal | 52.727 |
| PSV Eindhoven | 52.333 |
| Galatasaray | 51.925 |
Pot 3 :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 51.583 |
| Rosenborg | 51.050 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 48.201 |
| Olympiacos | 45.433 |
| Panathinaikos | 44.433 |
| Leeds United | 43.728 |
| Sparta Prague | 43.562 |
| Rangers | 32.250 |
Pot 4 :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Sporting CP | 30.274 |
| Hamburger SV | 30.201 |
| Anderlecht | 27.525 |
| Beşiktaş | 26.925 |
| Sturm Graz | 26.250 |
| Heerenveen | 24.333 |
| Helsingborgs IF | 16.766 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 15.583 |
Notes
* $^{TH}$ Champions League title holders (automatic top seed of pot 1)
* $^{Q3}$ Winners of the third qualifying round

## Groups
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RMA | SPM | LEV | SPO |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 13 | Advance to second group stage | — | 1–0 | 5–3 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Spartak Moscow | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 12 | Advance to second group stage | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 2–3 | 1–0 | — | 3–2 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 2 | | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ARS | LAZ | SHK | SPP |
| 1 | Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 13 | Advance to second group stage | — | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 |
| 2 | Lazio | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 13 | Advance to second group stage | 1–1 | — | 5–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 6 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 3–0 | 0–3 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Sparta Prague | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 3 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VAL | LYO | OLY | HVN |
| 1 | Valencia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 13 | Advance to second group stage | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Lyon | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | Advance to second group stage | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Olympiacos | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 9 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Heerenveen | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 4 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | STM | GAL | RAN | MON |
| 1 | Sturm Graz | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 10 | Advance to second group stage | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Galatasaray | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 8 | Advance to second group stage | 2–2 | — | 3–2 | 3–2 |
| 3 | Rangers | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 8 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 5–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | Monaco | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 7 | | 5–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | — |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DEP | PAN | HAM | JUV |
| 1 | Deportivo La Coruña | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 10 | Advance to second group stage | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 8 | Advance to second group stage | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 4–4 |
| 4 | Juventus | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 6 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | — |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAY | PAR | ROS | HEL |
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 11 | Advance to second group stage | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 10 | Advance to second group stage | 1–0 | — | 7–2 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 6–1 |
| 4 | Helsingborgs IF | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 5 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — |

### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AND | MUN | PSV | DKV |
| 1 | Anderlecht | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 12 | Advance to second group stage | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 10 | Advance to second group stage | 5–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 2–3 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — |

### Group H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MIL | LEE | BAR | BES |
| 1 | Milan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 11 | Advance to second group stage | — | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Leeds United | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9 | Advance to second group stage | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 6–0 |
| 3 | Barcelona | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 8 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 0–2 | 4–0 | — | 5–0 |
| 4 | Beşiktaş | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 4 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | — |