# 2000–01 Real Madrid CF season

The 2000–01 season was Real Madrid's 70th season in La Liga. This article lists all matches that the club played in the 2000–01 season, and also shows statistics of the club's players.

## Summary

This was the season where the club won its 28th La Liga title, having begun a new policy of signing the world's greatest players under a new president, Florentino Pérez, with a goal of making Real Madrid the most fashionable club in the world. Luís Figo was the arrival of the year, along with Claude Makélélé, and they helped a team of stars, dubbed the galácticos, win the league under Vicente del Bosque, as well as reaching the UEFA Champions League semi-finals as defending champions, where they were narrowly knocked out by Bayern Munich. The arrival of Luís Figo in July 2000 was controversial due to his move from Barcelona to Real Madrid, thus generating furious reactions from Barcelona fans and also Boixos Nois hooligans.

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Result | Top Scorer |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Result | Top Scorer |
| La Liga | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 81 | 40 | +41 | 063.16 | Winners | Raúl, 24 |
| Copa del Rey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 | Round of 64 | Sávio, 1 |
| UEFA Champions League | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 056.25 | Semi-finals | Raúl, 7 |
| UEFA Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 | Runners-up | Raúl, 1 |
| Intercontinental Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 | Runners-up | Roberto Carlos, 1 |
| Total | 57 | 33 | 10 | 14 | 119 | 69 | +50 | 057.89 | | Raúl, 32 |

## 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 | GER | Bodo Illgner |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Míchel Salgado |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Roberto Carlos |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Fernando Hierro |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Manolo Sanchís |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Iván Helguera |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Raúl |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Steve McManaman |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Fernando Morientes |
| 10 | MF | POR | Luís Figo |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Sávio |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Iván Campo |
| 13 | GK | ESP | César |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Guti |
| 15 | MF | CMR | Geremi |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Flávio Conceição |
| 17 | FW | ESP | Pedro Munitis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Aitor Karanka |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Tote |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Albert Celades |
| 21 | MF | ARG | Santiago Solari |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Benito |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Júlio César |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Claude Makélélé |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Iker Casillas |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Alberto Rivera |
| 27 | GK | ESP | Carlos Sánchez |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Andrés Santos |
| 30 | FW | ESP | Sergio Sestelo |
| 31 | FW | ESP | Óscar Miñambres |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Enrique Corrales |
| 34 | DF | ESP | Francisco Pavón |
| 36 | DF | ESP | Rubén |
| 37 | MF | ESP | Zafra |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Luís Figo | Barcelona | €60M |
| MF | Flávio Conceição | Deportivo | €25M |
| MF | Claude Makélélé | Celta Vigo | €14M |
| FW | Pedro Munitis | Racing Santander | €12M |
| GK | César | Valladolid | €7M |
| MF | Santiago Solari | Atlético Madrid | €4M |
| MF | Albert Celades | Celta Vigo | |
| FW | Tote | Benfica | loan ended |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Fernando Redondo | AC Milan | |
| FW | Nicolas Anelka | Paris Saint-Germain | |
| FW | Elvir Baljic | Fenerbahce | |
| MF | Christian Karembeu | Middlesbrough | |
| FW | Samuel Eto'o | Mallorca | |
| GK | Albano Bizzarri | Real Valladolid | |
| FW | Edwin Congo | Toulouse | loan |

#### Winter

Reference:
In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Julio Cesar | AC Milan | loan |
| FW | Rolando Zárate | Real Murcia | loan |

## Competitions
### La Liga
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Real Madrid (C) | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 81 | 40 | +41 | 80 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 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 |
* 1 2 VAL 0–1 BAR; BAR 3–2 VAL

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: LFP and La Liga 2000–01

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### Champions League
#### First group stage
##### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | — |

#### Second group stage
##### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RMA | LEE | AND | LAZ |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Leeds United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–3 |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 6 | | 2–0 | 1–4 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Lazio | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 5 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — |

#### Knockout stage
##### Semi-finals
### UEFA Super Cup
### Intercontinental Cup
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Iker Casillas | 45 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Míchel Salgado | 38 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Aitor Karanka | 46 | 0 | 33+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Iván Helguera | 47 | 11 | 29+3 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 14 | 6 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Fernando Hierro | 42 | 6 | 28+1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11+1 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Roberto Carlos | 50 | 9 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Steve McManaman | 39 | 2 | 22+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Claude Makélélé | 47 | 1 | 32+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Guti | 44 | 18 | 22+10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 9+3 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | POR | Luís Figo | 48 | 14 | 33+1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Raúl | 48 | 31 | 34+2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 11+1 | 7 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | César | 11 | -13 | 4+1 | -3 | 1 | -2 | 5 | -8 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Manolo Sanchís | 9 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Fernando Morientes | 31 | 10 | 13+9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6+2 | 4 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Sávio | 38 | 5 | 17+9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5+6 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Iván Campo | 16 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | CMR | Geremi | 24 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Flávio Conceição | 19 | 0 | 8+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ESP | Pedro Munitis | 41 | 2 | 9+20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Tote | 7 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Albert Celades | 27 | 1 | 10+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ARG | Santiago Solari | 25 | 2 | 6+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4+6 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Júlio César | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Alberto Rivera | 6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | ESP | Carlos Sánchez |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Andrés Santos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ESP | Sergio Sestelo |
| 31 | FW | ESP | Óscar Miñambres | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Enrique Corrales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ESP | Francisco Pavón | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ESP | Rubén | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Benito | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | GER | Bodo Illgner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ESP | Zafra |
* Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t2000-012.html