# 2000–01 Deportivo de La Coruña season

The 2000–01 season was Deportivo de La Coruña's 30th season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. They also competed in the Copa del Rey, the UEFA Champions League and the Supercopa de España.

## Season review

Deportivo, in their third season under coach Javier Irureta, began 2000–01 as defending La Liga champions, having won their first ever top flight title the previous year. This achievement qualified them for the 2000 Supercopa de España, where the faced 1999–2000 Copa del Rey winners Espanyol. After a goalless first leg at Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc, Depor scored twice in three minutes through Djalminha and Diego Tristán at Estadio Riazor to claim the trophy with a 2–0 win. This was their second Supercopa title, having also won the competition in 1995.
Deportivo's league title also qualified them for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League, the first time in their history they had entered Europe's elite competition. Their debut began well, as they went undefeated in their six first group stage matches to progress as group winners, ahead of Hamburg, Juventus and Panathinaikos. In the second group stage, they were drawn against Galatasaray, Milan and Paris Saint-Germain, and once again progressed as group winners. They came up against English side Leeds United in the quarter-finals, and gave themselves an uphill task by losing the first leg 3–0 at Elland Road. Despite a 2–0 victory in the second leg, Depor were eliminated 3–2 on aggregate.
The champions couldn't quite match their previous performance in La Liga, although they were still able to finish as runners-up, seven points behind Real Madrid. The real disappointment of the season was saved for the Copa del Rey, where Deportivo were beaten 3–2 by Segunda División side Tenerife in the round of 32, marking their earliest exit from the competition since 1992–93.

## Players
### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CMR | Jacques Songo'o |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Manuel Pablo |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Enrique Romero |
| 4 | DF | MAR | Noureddine Naybet |
| 5 | DF | ESP | César Martín |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Mauro Silva |
| 7 | FW | NED | Roy Makaay |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Djalminha |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Diego Tristán |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Fran (captain) |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Turu Flores |
| 12 | MF | ARG | Lionel Scaloni |
| 13 | GK | ESP | José Francisco Molina |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | BRA | Emerson |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Joan Capdevila |
| 16 | MF | BRA | César Sampaio |
| 17 | FW | URU | Walter Pandiani |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Víctor Sánchez |
| 19 | FW | MAR | Salaheddine Bassir |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Donato |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Juan Carlos Valerón |
| 22 | DF | POR | Hélder |
| 23 | MF | ARG | Aldo Duscher |
| 25 | MF | ESP | Fernando |
| 28 | GK | ESP | Dani Mallo |
| 31 | GK | CZE | Petr Kouba |

#### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | POR | Pauleta (to Bordeaux) |
| 24 | MF | YUG | Slaviša Jokanović (to Chelsea) |
| — | DF | ESP | Luis Miguel Ramis (on loan to Racing Santander) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ESP | Iván Pérez (on loan to Numancia) |
| — | FW | BRA | Renaldo (to Lleida) |

#### Out on loan for the full season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | POR | Nuno Espírito Santo (on loan at Osasuna) |
| — | DF | ESP | Manel (on loan at Numancia) |
| — | MF | ESP | Jaime (on loan at Racing Santander) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | José Manuel (on loan at Numancia) |
| — | FW | ESP | Changui (on loan at Elche) |
| — | FW | URU | Sebastian Abreu (on loan at San Lorenzo) |

### Transfers
#### In

| # | Pos | Player | From | Notes |
| Summer |||||
| 9 | FW | Diego Tristán | Mallorca | |
| 13 | GK | José Francisco Molina | Atlético Madrid | |
| 14 | MF | Emerson | Tenerife | |
| 15 | DF | Joan Capdevila | Atlético Madrid | |
| 16 | MF | César Sampaio | Palmeiras | |
| 17 | FW | Walter Pandiani | Peñarol | |
| 21 | MF | Juan Carlos Valerón | Atlético Madrid | |
| 22 | DF | Hélder | Newcastle United | Loan return |
| 23 | MF | Aldo Duscher | Sporting CP | €13 million |
| | GK | Nuno Espírito Santo | Mérida | Loan return |
| | MF | José Manuel | Compostela | Loan return |
| | FW | Changui | Compostela | |
| | FW | Renaldo | Las Palmas | Loan return |

#### Out

| # | Pos | Player | To | Notes |
| Summer |||||
| 5 | DF | Gabriel Schürrer | Las Palmas | |
| 9 | FW | Pauleta | Bordeaux | |
| 16 | MF | Flávio Conceição | Real Madrid | €26 million |
| 17 | DF | Manel | Numancia | Loan |
| 21 | MF | Jaime | Racing Santander | Loan |
| 24 | MF | Slaviša Jokanović | Chelsea | £1.7 million |
| | GK | Nuno Espírito Santo | Osasuna | Loan |
| | MF | José Manuel | Numancia | Loan |
| | FW | Changui | Elche | Loan |
| | FW | David Fernández | Airdrieonians | |
| Winter |||||
| | DF | Luis Miguel Ramis | Racing Santander | Loan |
| | FW | Iván Pérez | Numancia | Loan |
| | FW | Renaldo | Lleida | |

### Squad stats
#### Appearances and goals

Last updated on 7 April 2021.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Champ League | Champ League | Supercopa | Supercopa |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | CMR | Jacques Songo'o | 13 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Manuel Pablo | 55 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Enrique Romero | 43 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | MAR | Noureddine Naybet | 41 | 3 | 25+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | César Martín | 14 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Mauro Silva | 43 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | NED | Roy Makaay | 38 | 18 | 21+8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Djalminha | 33 | 13 | 17+4 | 9 | 0+1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Diego Tristán | 43 | 23 | 22+7 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 6+5 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Fran | 40 | 2 | 26+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Turu Flores | 23 | 1 | 7+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+2 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ARG | Lionel Scaloni | 39 | 5 | 11+14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | José Francisco Molina | 46 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | BRA | Emerson | 39 | 0 | 20+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Joan Capdevila | 21 | 0 | 11+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | BRA | César Sampaio | 16 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | URU | Walter Pandiani | 40 | 13 | 7+18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7+5 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Víctor Sánchez | 48 | 7 | 26+6 | 5 | 0+2 | 0 | 10+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | MAR | Salaheddine Bassir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Donato | 45 | 3 | 28+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Juan Carlos Valerón | 41 | 4 | 20+11 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | POR | Hélder | 26 | 0 | 18+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ARG | Aldo Duscher | 9 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ESP | Fernando | 20 | 3 | 7+7 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | ESP | Dani Mallo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | CZE | Petr Kouba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have left the club after the start of the season: ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | POR | Pauleta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | YUG | Slaviša Jokanović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Luis Miguel Ramis | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Iván Pérez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | BRA | Renaldo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Champ League | Supercopa | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Diego Tristán | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| 2 | FW | 7 | Roy Makaay | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| 3 | MF | 8 | Djalminha | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | FW | 17 | Walter Pandiani | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 | MF | 18 | Víctor Sánchez | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | MF | 12 | Lionel Scaloni | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | 21 | Juan Carlos Valerón | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | DF | 4 | Noureddine Naybet | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 20 | Donato | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 25 | Fernando | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | 10 | Fran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | 2 | Manuel Pablo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | 11 | Turu Flores | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 73 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 96 |

#### Disciplinary record

Updated on 7 April 2021
| Number | Position | Name | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Champ League | Champ League | Supercopa | Supercopa | Total | Total |
| 20 | MF | Donato | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Emerson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Hélder | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Lionel Scaloni | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Djalminha | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | Víctor Sánchez | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Noureddine Naybet | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | César Martín | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Mauro Silva | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | José Francisco Molina | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Manuel Pablo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Diego Tristán | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | César Sampaio | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Walter Pandiani | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Fran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Joan Capdevila | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Juan Carlos Valerón | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Enrique Romero | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Roy Makaay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Aldo Duscher | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Fernando Sánchez Cipitria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Turu Flores | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Slaviša Jokanović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | Luis Miguel Ramis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 96 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 119 | 7 |

## Competitions
### La Liga
#### League table

| 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

#### Matches
### Copa del Rey

Win  Draw  Loss
| Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Goals | Ref |
| Round of 64 | Universidad Las Palmas | A | 1–0 | 1–0 77' Tristán | |
| Round of 32 | Tenerife | A | 2–3 | 1–0 27' Scaloni 1–1 56' Morales 1–2 79' Simutenkov 1–3 84' Simutenkov 2–3 90' Pandiani | |

### UEFA Champions League
#### First group stage

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

#### Second group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Deportivo La Coruña | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Galatasaray | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Milan | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 | |
| 4 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 5 | |

#### Knockout stage

Leeds United won 3–2 on aggregate

### Supercopa de España

Win  Draw  Loss
| Round | Opponent | Aggregate | First leg | First leg | First leg | First leg | Second leg | Second leg | Second leg | Second leg |
| Round | Opponent | Aggregate | Venue | Result | Goals | Ref | Venue | Result | Goals | Ref |
| Final | Espanyol | 2–0 | A | 0–0 | | | H | 2–0 | 1–0 57' Djalminha 2–0 60' Tristán | |