2000–01 UEFA Champions League

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The **2000–01 UEFA Champions League** was the 46th season of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA's premier European club football tournament, and the ninth since it was rebranded from the "European Champion Clubs' Cup" or "European Cup". The competition was won by Bayern Munich (first title since 1976), who beat Valencia 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw after extra time. It was their first UEFA Champions League title, and their fourth European Cup title overall, it was Valencia's second consecutive final defeat, losing to Real Madrid in the previous season. The knockout phase saw Bayern eliminate the preceding two Champions League winners, Manchester United and Real Madrid, winning all four games in the process. Valencia, meanwhile, defeated English sides Arsenal and Leeds United in the knockout phase en route to the final.

The 2001 final saw the two previous seasons' losing finalists clash, Bayern Munich lost to Manchester United in the 1999 final and Valencia lost to Real Madrid in the 2000 final.

Real Madrid were the defending champions, but were eliminated by eventual winners Bayern Munich in the semi-finals.

## Association team allocation

A total of 72 teams participated in the 2000–01 Champions League, from 48 of 51 UEFA associations. Liechtenstein (who don't have their own league) as well as Andorra and San Marino were not admitted.

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League:

* Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify
* Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify
* Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify
* Associations 16–49 each have one team qualify (except Liechtenstein)

### Association ranking

Countries are allocated places according to their 1999 UEFA league coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1994–95 to 1998–99.

### Distribution

The title holders Real Madrid finished 5th in domestic league. As a result, La Liga 4th-placed team Zaragoza were demoted to UEFA Cup and their Champions League Third qualifying round spot was vacated. The following changes to the default access list are made:

* The champions of association 16 (Switzerland) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
* The champions of associations 27 and 28 (Israel and Slovenia) are promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.

* 6 runners-up from associations 10–15
 Third qualifying round(32 teams)
* 3 runners-up from associations 7–9
* 6 third-place finishers from associations 1–6
* 2 fourth-place finishers from associations 1–3 (except Spain)
 Group stage(32 teams)
* 9 champions from associations 1–9
* 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
 Second group stage(16 teams)
 Knockout phase(8 teams)
* 4 group runners-up from the second group stage

## Participants

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders).

## Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws were held in Geneva, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).

## Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2000–01 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

## First group stage

Main article: 2000–01 UEFA Champions League first group stage
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16 winners from the third qualifying round, 10 champions from countries ranked 1–10, and six second-placed teams from countries ranked 1–6 were drawn into eight groups of four teams each. The top two teams in each group advanced to the second group stage, and the third placed team in each group advanced to round 3 of the 2000–01 UEFA Cup.

Deportivo La Coruña, Hamburg, Heerenveen, Helsingborg, Leeds United, Lyon and Shakhtar Donetsk made their debut in the group stage.

## Second group stage

Main article: 2000–01 UEFA Champions League second group stage
Eight winners and eight runners-up from the first group stage were drawn into four groups of four teams each, each containing two group winners and two runners-up. Teams from the same country or from the same first-round group could not be drawn together. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

## Knockout phase

Main article: 2000–01 UEFA Champions League knockout stage
### Bracket

2000–01 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

### Final

Main article: 2001 UEFA Champions League final

## See also

* 2000–01 UEFA Cup
* 2001 UEFA Super Cup
* 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup

## References

1. ↑ Qualification 2000/2001 UEFA European Cup Football by Bert Kassies
2. ↑ UEFA Country Ranking 1999.
3. ↑ UEFA European Football Calendar 2000/2001. Bert Kassies.
4. ↑ Player statistics – Goals scored. UEFA.
5. ↑ Player statistics – Assists. UEFA.

## External links

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* 2000–2001 All matches – season at UEFA website
* 2000–01 season at UEFA website
* European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
* All scorers 2000–01 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers qualifying round
* 2000/01 UEFA Champions League – results and line-ups (archive)

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 Domestic leagues
* Andorra
* Armenia '00 '01
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus '00 '01
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republika Srpska)
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* England
* Estonia '00 '01
* Faroe Islands '00 '01
* Finland '00 '01
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland '00 '01
* Israel
* Italy
* Kazakhstan '00 '01
* Latvia '00 '01
* Lithuania '00 '01
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway '00 '01
* Poland
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* Russia '00 '01
* San Marino
* Scotland
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden '00 '01
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* Wales
 Domestic cups
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* England
* Estonia
* Faroe Islands '00 '01
* Finland '00 '01
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland '00 '01
* Israel
* Italy
* Latvia '00 '01
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway '00 '01
* Poland
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Scotland
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* Wales