# 2000–01 FC Barcelona season

Barcelona continued the frustrating run of league title drought, finishing just fourth in La Liga, despite having bought Marc Overmars and Emmanuel Petit for a total of £54m in transfer fees in the summer of 2000. Barcelona also controversially sold Luís Figo to arch-rivals Real Madrid in July 2000 and thus creating several furious fan reactions, accusing Luís Figo of being a traitor. New coach Lorenzo Serra Ferrer was not finding consistent form with the team and was being put under increasing pressure, and when Barcelona looked to be missing out on Champions League qualification, he was sacked in late April 2001. Barcelona dramatically sealed Champions League 3rd qualifying spot in the season finale, thanks to a Rivaldo hat-trick which included a bicycle kick goal against Valencia.

## Squad
### First team squad

Correct as of 3 October 2009.
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 | Richard Dutruel |
| 2 | DF | NED | Michael Reiziger |
| 3 | DF | NED | Frank de Boer |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Pep Guardiola (captain) |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Abelardo Fernández |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Iván de la Peña |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Alfonso Pérez |
| 8 | MF | NED | Phillip Cocu |
| 9 | FW | NED | Patrick Kluivert |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Rivaldo |
| 11 | MF | NED | Marc Overmars |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Sergi Barjuán |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Gerard López |
| 15 | MF | FIN | Jari Litmanen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Xavi Hernández |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Emmanuel Petit |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Gabri García |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Dani García |
| 20 | MF | POR | Simão Sabrosa |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Luis Enrique |
| 23 | MF | NED | Boudewijn Zenden |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Carles Puyol |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Francesc Arnau |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Ibán Cuadrado |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Sergio Santamaría |
| 30 | DF | ESP | David Bermudo |
| 35 | GK | ESP | Pepe Reina |

### Reserve 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 |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Nano |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Fernando Navarro |
| 36 | GK | ESP | Víctor Valdés |
| — | MF | BRA | Thiago Motta |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 11 | MF | Overmars | 27 | EU | Arsenal | Transfer | Summer | 2004 | €40M |
| 17 | MF | Petit | 29 | EU | Arsenal | Transfer | Summer | 2001 | €14M |
| 1 | GK | Dutruel | 27 | EU | Celta de Vigo | Transfer | Summer | 2002 | €4M |
| 7 | FW | Alfonso | 27 | EU | Betis | Transfer | Summer | 2002 | €16.5M |
| 6 | MF | De la Peña | 24 | EU | Lazio | Loan | Summer | 2001 | N/A |
| 14 | MF | Gerard | 23 | EU | Valencia | Transfer | Summer | 2005 | €22M |
| 13 | GK | Pepe Reina | 17 | EU | Youth system | Promote | Summer | N/A | Free |
| 18 | MF | Gabri | 21 | EU | Youth system | Promote | Summer | N/A | Free |
Total spending: €78.5 million

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 7 | MF | Figo | 27 | EU | Real Madrid | Transfer | Summer | €60M |
| 6 | MF | De Boer | 30 | EU | Rangers | Transfer | Summer | €5.5M |
| 3 | DF | Déhu | 27 | EU | Paris Saint-Germain | Transfer | Summer | €3.4M |
| 14 | FW | Amunike | 29 | EU | Albacete | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 17 | DF | Bogarde | 29 | EU | Chelsea | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 1 | GK | Hesp | 34 | EU | Fortuna Sittard | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 34 | MF | Arteta | 18 | EU | Paris Saint-Germain | Loan | Summer | N/A |
Total income: €69.9 million
Last updated: 7 October

## Competitions
### Pre-season and friendlies

* GAMES 2000–2001
* 29-07-2000 FRIENDLY. WHC-BARCELONA 0–14
* 31-07-2000 FRIENDLY.
* QUICK 1890-BARCELONA 0–10
* 03-08-2000 Amsterdam Tournament.
* ARSENAL-BARCELONA 1–2
* 05-08-2000 Amsterdam Tournament.
* LAZIO-BARCELONA 3–3
* 08-08-2000 FRIENDLY.
* NEC-BARCELONA 2–5
* 22-08-2000 Joan Gamper Trophy.
* BARCELONA-PSV EINDHOVEN 2–1
* 26-08-2000 Trofeo Balompédica Linense.
* MÀLAGA-BARCELONA 1–1 /3–5/ PENALTY.
* 29-11-2000 FRIENDLY.
* BARCELONA-SELECT LA LIGA 1–2
* 26-04-2001 Copa Catalunya (semifinal).
* GRAMENET-BARCELONA 0–3
* 22-05-2001 FRIENDLY.
* ARSENAL-BARCELONA 0–2
* 04-06-2001 FRIENDLY.
* BARCELONA-REAL SOCIEDAD 0–0
* 04-06-2001 FRIENDLY.
* BARCELONA-ESPANYOL 1–0
* 13-06-2001 Copa Catalunya (Final).
* BARCELONA-BALAGUER 2–2 /3–4/ PENALTY.

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Deportivo La Coruña | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 73 | 44 | +29 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Mallorca | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 61 | 43 | +18 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Barcelona | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 80 | 57 | +23 | 63 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Valencia | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 55 | 34 | +21 | 63 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 59 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
* 1 2 VAL 0–1 BAR; BAR 3–2 VAL

#### 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | D | W | D | D | L | D | D | W | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 6 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### First Group stage

Group H
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | MIL | LU | BAR | BJK |
| Milan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 11 | | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 |
| Leeds United | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 6–0 |
| Barcelona | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 8 | 0–2 | 4–0 | | 5–0 |
| Beşiktaş | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |

### Copa del Rey

Round of 64
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarterfinals

#### Semifinals
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Champions League | Champions League | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 35 | GK | ESP | Reina | 33 | -43 | 18+1 | -32 | 7 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -6 |
| 2 | DF | NED | Reiziger | 40 | 0 | 22+3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NED | De Boer | 52 | 5 | 31+3 | 3 | 5+2 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Abelardo | 31 | 1 | 18+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Sergi | 52 | 1 | 30+3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Luis Enrique | 41 | 16 | 27+1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3+1 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | NED | Cocu | 55 | 4 | 32+3 | 3 | 6+1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Guardiola | 37 | 3 | 21+3 | 2 | 3+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | NED | Overmars | 46 | 8 | 26+5 | 8 | 3+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Rivaldo | 53 | 36 | 34+1 | 23 | 3+2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| 9 | FW | NED | Kluivert | 48 | 25 | 30+1 | 18 | 3+2 | 2 | 3+1 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Dutruel | 22 | -26 | 15 | -16 | 1 | -1 | 5 | -9 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | POR | Simao | 38 | 3 | 20+5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Gabri | 37 | 3 | 20+5 | 2 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Xavi | 36 | 2 | 15+5 | 2 | 6+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Puyol | 24 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Petit | 38 | 1 | 13+10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Gerard | 39 | 4 | 12+12 | 2 | 3+2 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | NED | Zenden | 18 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Arnau | 8 | -9 | 5+1 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Alfonso | 32 | 5 | 4+13 | 2 | 5+3 | 3 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Dani García | 26 | 1 | 4+10 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | De la Peña | 13 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ESP | Bermudo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | FIN | Litmanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Santamaria | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
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