# 2000–01 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season

The 2000–01 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season was the 71st consecutive Primera División season played by the senior squad.

## Summary

The season is best remembered due to the clinching of 2000 Intercontinental Cup against heavily favourites and 1999-2000 UEFA Champions League Champions Real Madrid thanks to 2 goals of Martin Palermo. In the second half of the season, the club won the 2001 Copa Libertadores for the second consecutive year aimed by the talent of Juan Roman Riquelme and a superb performance in the Finals of Cordoba. As of December 2020, the Back-to-back Boca title was the last time a team could reach that performance in Copa Libertadores. Also, the squad won the Apertura Tournament finishing 4 points ahead of River Plate and Gimnasia La Plata.

## 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 |
| — | GK | COL | Oscar Cordoba |
| — | GK | ARG | Roberto Abbondanzieri |
| — | DF | ARG | Hugo Ibarra |
| — | DF | COL | Jorge Bermudez |
| — | DF | ARG | Walter Samuel |
| — | DF | ARG | Julio Marchant |
| — | DF | ARG | Cesar Osvaldo La Paglia |
| — | DF | ARG | José Antonio Pereda |
| — | DF | ARG | Emanuel Ruiz |
| — | DF | ARG | Rodolfo Arruabarrena |
| — | DF | ARG | Anibal Matellan |
| — | DF | ARG | José María Calvo |
| — | DF | ARG | Omar Sebastián Pérez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ARG | Gustavo Pinto |
| — | MF | ARG | Diego Cagna |
| — | MF | ARG | Juan Roman Riquelme |
| — | MF | ARG | Gustavo Barros Schelotto |
| — | MF | ARG | Christian Traverso |
| — | MF | COL | Mauricio Serna |
| — | MF | ARG | José Horacio Basualdo |
| — | MF | ARG | Sebastian Battaglia |
| — | MF | ARG | Nicolas Burdisso |
| — | FW | ARG | Martin Palermo |
| — | FW | ARG | Guillermo Barros Schelotto |
| — | FW | ARG | Marcelo Delgado |
| — | FW | ARG | Antonio Barijho |
| — | FW | ARG | Alfredo Moreno |
| — | FW | ARG | Christian Giménez |
| — | FW | ARG | Matías Sebastián Arce |
| — | DF | ARG | Fernando Navas |
| — | MF | ARG | Facundo Imboden |
| — | DF | ARG | Elías Bazzi |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| MF | Daniel Fagiani | Valencia CF |
| DF | Hernán Medina | |
| FW | Fernando Pandolfi | |
| DF | Julio Alcorsé | |
| DF | Martin Andrizzi | |
| DF | Sergio Guillermo | |
| DF | Carlos Augusto Quiñones | |
| DF | Clemente Rodriguez | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Alfredo Moreno | | |
| DF | Walter Samuel | A.S. Roma | |
| DF | Rodolfo Arruabarrena | Villarreal CF | |
| MF | Diego Cagna | Villarreal CF | |
| DF | Cesar Osvaldo La Paglia | | |
| DF | Fernando Navas | | |
| DF | Facundo Imboden | | loan |
| DF | Elías Bazzi | | |

#### January

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| FW | Walter Gaitán | Villarreal CF |
| MF | Facundo Imboden | |
| MF | Esteban José Herrera | |
| DF | Joel Barbosa | |
| DF | Cesar Osvaldo La Paglia | |
| MF | Javier Alejandro Villarreal | |
| MF | Roberto Colautti | |
| DF | Elías Bazzi | |
| DF | Ariel Carreño | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To |
| FW | Martin Palermo | Villarreal CF |
| MF | Gustavo Barros Schelotto | Villarreal CF |
| MF | José Horacio Basualdo | CF Extremadura |
| DF | Daniel Fagiani | Atlético Madrid |
| MF | Hernán Medina | AEK Athens F.C. |

## Competitions
### Torneo Apertura
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Boca Juniors | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 41 |
| 2 | River Plate | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 37 |
| 3 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 37 |
| 4 | Talleres (C) | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 36 |
| 5 | San Lorenzo | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 34 |

#### Position by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | D |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### Torneo Clausura
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | San Lorenzo | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 17 | +26 | 47 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores |
| 2 | River Plate | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 48 | 27 | +21 | 41 | |
| 3 | Boca Juniors | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 30 | |
| 4 | Argentinos Juniors | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 29 | |
| 5 | Racing | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 29 | |

#### Position by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | D |
| Position | 7 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |

### Copa Mercosur
#### Group stage

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Boca Juniors | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | +7 |
| Nacional | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | +0 |
| Olimpia | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -1 |
| Corinthians | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -6 |

#### Final stage
##### Quarter-finals
### Copa Libertadores
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Boca Juniors | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 15 |
| 2 | Cobreloa | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 |
| 3 | Deportivo Cali | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 9 |
| 4 | Oriente Petrolero | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 1 |

#### Finals
### Intercontinental Cup
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Apertura 2000 | Apertura 2000 | Clausura 2001 | Clausura 2001 | Libertadores | Libertadores |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | COL | Oscar Cordoba | 34 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Hugo Ibarra | 41 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| | DF | COL | Jorge Bermudez | 39 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 1 |
| | DF | ARG | Nicolas Burdisso | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Clemente Rodriguez | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Anibal Matellan | 40 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| | MF | COL | Mauricio Serna | 32 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Christian Traverso | 27 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Juan Roman Riquelme | 39 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 3 |
| | FW | ARG | Guillermo Barros Schelotto | 26 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
| | FW | ARG | Marcelo Delgado | 36 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 5 |
| | GK | ARG | Roberto Abbondanzieri | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Sebastian Battaglia | 21 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Julio Marchant | 26 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Antonio Barijho | 26 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| | DF | ARG | José Antonio Pereda | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Christian Giménez | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Omar Sebastián Pérez | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| | DF | ARG | Gustavo Pinto | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| | MF | ARG | Fernando Pandolfi | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | FW | ARG | Walter Gaitán | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| | DF | ARG | Javier Alejandro Villarreal | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | GK | ARG | Christian Muñoz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Emanuel Ruiz | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Matías Sebastián Arce | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | José María Calvo | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Facundo Imboden | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Esteban José Herrera | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| | MF | ARG | Joel Enrique Barbosa | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Cesar Osvaldo La Paglia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | MF | ARG | Roberto Colautti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Elías Bazzi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Ariel Carreño | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Gustavo Barros Schelotto | 13 | 2 | 13 | 2 |
| | FW | ARG | Martin Palermo | 18 | 11 | 18 | 11 |
| | MF | ARG | José Horacio Basualdo | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Daniel Fagiani | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Hernán Medina | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Julio Alcorsé | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Martin Andrizzi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Sergio Adrian Guillermo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Carlos Augusto Quiñonez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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