# 2000–01 UEFA Cup first round

The first round of the 2000–01 UEFA Cup began on 14 September 2000. The round included 41 winners from the qualifying round, 16 losing teams from the Champions League 3rd qualifying round, 3 winners of the Intertoto Cup and 36 new entrants. This round narrowed the clubs from 96 to 48 teams for the second round.

## Teams

The following 96 teams participated in the first round.
* Key to colours
* Winners of first round advanced to second round
| Team | Coeff. |
| Internazionale | 79.964 |
| Parma | 78.964 |
| Ajax | 75.333 |
| Chelsea | 69.727 |
| Roma | 65.964 |
| Bordeaux | 64.364 |
| Porto | 61.275 |
| Feyenoord | 60.333 |
| Fiorentina | 57.964 |
| Slavia Prague | 56.562 |
| Celta Vigo | 53.799 |
| Liverpool | 49.728 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 48.638 |
| Nantes | 46.364 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 46.201 |
| Udinese | 43.964 |
| AEK Athens | 43.433 |
| Werder Bremen | 43.201 |
| Benfica | 42.275 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 42.201 |
| Zaragoza | 39.799 |
| Roda JC | 36.333 |
| Espanyol | 34.799 |
| Rapid Wien | 34.250 |
| Team | Coeff. |
| Brøndby | 34.088 |
| Club Brugge | 32.525 |
| Hertha BSC | 32.201 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 29.799 |
| Alavés | 29.799 |
| 1860 Munich | 29.201 |
| Vitesse | 27.333 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 26.062 |
| Celtic | 25.250 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 24.638 |
| PAOK | 24.433 |
| Zürich | 22.500 |
| Boavista | 22.275 |
| GAK | 22.250 |
| Gueugnon | 21.364 |
| Leicester City | 20.728 |
| Brann | 20.050 |
| Alania Vladikavkaz | 18.638 |
| OFI | 18.433 |
| AIK | 17.766 |
| MTK Hungária | 17.708 |
| Torpedo Moscow | 15.637 |
| CSKA Moscow | 15.637 |
| Slovan Liberec | 14.562 |
| Team | Coeff. |
| Drnovice | 14.562 |
| Genk | 14.525 |
| Lausanne-Sports | 14.500 |
| Iraklis | 14.433 |
| Lillestrøm | 14.050 |
| Molde | 14.050 |
| Wisła Kraków | 14.000 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 13.771 |
| Halmstads BK | 13.767 |
| Rapid București | 12.917 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 12.708 |
| Gaziantepspor | 11.925 |
| Antalyaspor | 11.925 |
| Vorskla Poltava | 11.583 |
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 11.583 |
| Lierse | 11.525 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 11.250 |
| Tirol Innsbruck | 11.250 |
| Amica Wronki | 11.000 |
| St. Gallen | 10.500 |
| Basel | 10.500 |
| Inter Bratislava | 10.416 |
| AB | 10.087 |
| Ruch Chorzów | 10.000 |
| Team | Coeff. |
| Olimpija Ljubljana | 9.916 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 9.771 |
| Gent | 9.525 |
| Viborg | 9.087 |
| Herfølge | 9.087 |
| HJK | 9.021 |
| Polonia Warsaw | 9.000 |
| Partizan | 8.708 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 8.416 |
| CSKA Sofia | 8.270 |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 8.167 |
| Rijeka | 8.062 |
| Osijek | 8.062 |
| IFK Norrköping | 7.766 |
| Örgryte IS | 7.766 |
| APOEL | 7.749 |
| Dunaferr | 7.708 |
| Vasas | 7.708 |
| Košice | 7.416 |
| HIT Gorica | 5.916 |
| Napredak Kruševac | 5.707 |
| Neftochimic Burgas | 5.270 |
| Pobeda | 2.540 |
| Bohemians | 0.832 |
Notes
* $^{QR}$ Winners from the qualifying round
* $^{CL}$ Losers from the Champions League third qualifying round
* $^{IC}$ Teams qualified via the Intertoto Cup

## Seeding

UEFA allocated the teams into six groups, each with eight seeded and eight unseeded teams.
| Group 1 | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 3 |
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
| Internazionale Liverpool Lokomotiv Moscow Espanyol Brøndby Zürich Boavista Slovan Liberec | Genk Rapid București Vorskla Poltava Ruch Chorzów Olimpija Ljubljana Osijek IFK Norrköping Neftochimic Burgas | Parma Celta Vigo Nantes Roda JC Hertha BSC PAOK Leicester City Torpedo Moscow | Lausanne-Sports Red Star Belgrade Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Inter Bratislava Beitar Jerusalem Zimbru Chișinău Rijeka Pobeda | Ajax Slavia Prague Werder Bremen Rapid Wien Alavés Dynamo Moscow GAK MTK Hungária | Lillestrøm Gaziantepspor Antalyaspor AB Gent CSKA Sofia Örgryte IS Košice |
| Group 4 | Group 4 | Group 5 | Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 6 |
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
| Chelsea Fiorentina 1. FC Kaiserslautern Zaragoza Club Brugge Celtic Gueugnon CSKA Moscow | Iraklis Wisła Kraków Tirol Innsbruck St. Gallen Viborg HJK APOEL Bohemians | Roma Porto AEK Athens VfB Stuttgart Rayo Vallecano Vitesse Alania Vladikavkaz AIK | Molde Maccabi Haifa Heart of Midlothian Amica Wronki Herfølge Partizan Vasas HIT Gorica | Bordeaux Feyenoord Udinese Benfica 1860 Munich Dinamo Zagreb Brann OFI | Drnovice Halmstads BK Lierse Basel Polonia Warsaw Slovan Bratislava Dunaferr Napredak Kruševac |

## Summary

| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 1–4 | Hertha BSC | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Antalyaspor | 2–6 | Werder Bremen | 2–0 | 0–6 |
| Bohemians | 2–3 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 3–3 (a) | Heart of Midlothian | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| Drnovice | 0–1 | 1860 Munich | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 4–2 | Neftochimic Burgas | 4–2 | 0–0 |
| IFK Norrköping | 3–4 | Slovan Liberec | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Rapid București | 0–1 | Liverpool | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Zürich | 1–4 | Genk | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Olimpija Ljubljana | 2–3 | Espanyol | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Vorskla Poltava | 2–4 | Boavista | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Brøndby | 1–2 | Osijek | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Ruch Chorzów | 1–7 | Internazionale | 0–3 | 1–4 |
| Pobeda | 0–6 | Parma | 0–2 | 0–4 |
| Lausanne-Sports | 5–2 | Torpedo Moscow | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Celta Vigo | 1–0 | Rijeka | 0–0 | 1–0 (a.e.t.) |
| Leicester City | 2–4 | Red Star Belgrade | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Roda JC | 1–4 | Inter Bratislava | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 0–6 | Nantes | 0–1 | 0–5 |
| PAOK | 6–4 | Beitar Jerusalem | 3–1 | 3–3 |
| Slavia Prague | 5–0 | AB | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Rapid Wien | 4–1 | Örgryte IS | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Gent | 0–9 | Ajax | 0–6 | 0–3 |
| Lillestrøm | 4–3 | Dynamo Moscow | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Košice | 2–3 | GAK | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| CSKA Sofia | 2–2 (a) | MTK Hungária | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Alavés | 4–3 | Gaziantepspor | 0–0 | 4–3 |
| Tirol Innsbruck | 5–3 | Fiorentina | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Club Brugge | 3–0 | APOEL | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| CSKA Moscow | 0–1 | Viborg | 0–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) |
| Celtic | 3–2 | HJK | 2–0 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Gueugnon | 0–1 | Iraklis | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Chelsea | 1–2 | St. Gallen | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Zaragoza | 5–5 (3–4 p) | Wisła Kraków | 4–1 | 1–4 (a.e.t.) |
| Molde | 1–2 | Rayo Vallecano | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| HIT Gorica | 1–11 | Roma | 1–4 | 0–7 |
| AIK | 1–2 | Herfølge | 0–1 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |
| Vitesse | 4–2 | Maccabi Haifa | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Vasas | 2–4 | AEK Athens | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Partizan | 1–2 | Porto | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Alania Vladikavkaz | 0–5 | Amica Wronki | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| Halmstads BK | 4–3 | Benfica | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Dunaferr | 1–4 | Feyenoord | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Lierse | 1–5 | Bordeaux | 0–0 | 1–5 |
| Polonia Warsaw | 0–3 | Udinese | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Basel | 7–6 | Brann | 3–2 | 4–4 |
| Napredak Kruševac | 0–6 | OFI | 0–0 | 0–6 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 1–4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 0–3 | 1–1 |

## Matches

Werder Bremen won 6–2 on aggregate.
Hertha BSC won 4–1 on aggregate.
1. FC Kaiserslautern won 3–2 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; VfB Stuttgart won on away goals.
1860 Munich won 1–0 on aggregate.
Lokomotiv Moscow won 4–2 on aggregate.
Slovan Liberec won 4–3 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 1–0 on aggregate.
Genk won 4–1 on aggregate.
Espanyol won 3–2 on aggregate.
Boavista won 4–2 on aggregate.
Osijek won 2–1 on aggregate.
Internazionale won 7–1 on aggregate.
Parma won 6–0 on aggregate.
Lausanne-Sports won 5–2 on aggregate.
Celta Vigo won 1–0 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 4–2 on aggregate.
Inter Bratislava won 4–1 on aggregate.
Nantes won 6–0 on aggregate.
PAOK won 6–4 on aggregate.
Slavia Prague won 5–0 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.
Ajax won 9–0 on aggregate.
Lillestrøm won 4–3 on aggregate.
GAK won 3–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; MTK Hungária won on away goals.
Alavés won 4–3 on aggregate.
Tirol Innsbruck won 5–3 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 3–0 on aggregate.
Viborg won 1–0 on aggregate.
Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.
Iraklis won 1–0 on aggregate.
St. Gallen won 2–1 on aggregate.
5–5 on aggregate; Wisła Kraków won 4–3 on penalties.
Rayo Vallecano won 2–1 on aggregate.
Roma won 11–1 on aggregate.
Herfølge won 2–1 on aggregate.
Vitesse won 4–2 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 4–2 on aggregate.
Porto won 2–1 on aggregate.
Amica Wronki won 5–0 on aggregate.
Halmstads BK won 4–3 on aggregate.
Feyenoord won 4–1 on aggregate.
Bordeaux won 5–1 on aggregate.
Udinese won 3–0 on aggregate.
Basel won 7–6 on aggregate.
OFI won 6–0 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 4–1 on aggregate.