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2000–01 Serie A

The 2000–01 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 99th season of top-tier Italian football, the 69th in a round-robin tournament. It was contested by 18 teams, for the 13th consecutive season since 1988–89.

Serie A
Season2000–01
Dates30 September 2000 – 17 June 2001
ChampionsRoma
3rd title
RelegatedReggina
Vicenza
Napoli
Bari
Champions LeagueRoma
Juventus
Lazio
Parma
UEFA CupInternazionale
Milan
Fiorentina
Matches played306
Goals scored845 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorerHernán Crespo
(26 goals)
Average attendance29,441

Roma won its first Scudetto since 1982–83, its third title overall. Juventus finished second, and these two teams automatically qualified for the first group stage of the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League. Lazio, the defending champions, and Parma finished third and fourth respectively, to enter the third qualifying round of the same competition. Internazionale and Milan finished fifth and sixth respectively, and qualified for the 2001–02 UEFA Cup along with Fiorentina, the winners of the Coppa Italia. Brescia gained entry into the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup.

Vicenza, Napoli and Bari were automatically relegated to Serie B. Reggina and Hellas Verona were forced to contest a relegation tie-breaker after finishing level on points, with Verona winning on away goals to relegate Reggina.

Rule changes edit

In the middle of the season, the old quota system was abolished, meaning that each team was no longer limited to having no more than five non-EU players and using no more than three in each match.[1][2]

Passport scandal edit

Concurrent with the abolition of the quota system, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) investigated footballers from South America and Africa who had used fake passports in order to enable their teams to field them as Europeans. Alberto, Warley, Alejandro Da Silva and Jorginho of Udinese,[3] Fábio Júnior and Gustavo Bartelt of Roma,[4] Dida of Milan, Álvaro Recoba of Inter, Thomas Job, Francis Zé and Jean Ondoa of Sampdoria, and Jeda and André Leone of Vicenza were all handed bans in July 2001, ranging from six months to one year.[5] However, most of these bans were subsequently reduced.

Personnels and sponsoring edit

 
2000–01 Serie A team distribution
Team Head coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Atalanta*   Giovanni Vavassori Asics Ortobell
Bari   Arcangelo Sciannimanico Lotto TELE+
Bologna   Francesco Guidolin Umbro Granarolo
Brescia*   Carlo Mazzone Garman Ristora
Fiorentina   Roberto Mancini Diadora Toyota
Hellas Verona   Attilio Perotti Lotto NET Business
Internazionale   Marco Tardelli Nike Pirelli
Juventus   Carlo Ancelotti Lotto[a] TELE+/sportal.com (in UEFA matches)
Lazio   Dino Zoff Puma Siemens Mobile
Lecce   Alberto Cavasin Asics Banca 121
Milan   Cesare Maldini Adidas Opel
Napoli*   Emiliano Mondonico Diadora Peroni
Parma   Renzo Ulivieri Champion Mr.Day (Home)/Parmalat (Away)
Perugia   Serse Cosmi Galex Daewoo Matiz
Roma   Fabio Capello Kappa INA Assitalia
Reggina   Franco Colomba Asics Caffè Mauro
Udinese   Luciano Spalletti Diadora Telit
Vicenza*   Edoardo Reja Umbro Artel Clima

(*) Promoted from Serie B.

  1. ^ The CiaoWeb logo was featured instead of the Lotto logo in Serie A and UEFA matches.

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Position in table Date of appointment
Fiorentina   Giovanni Trapattoni End of contract 30 June 2000   Fatih Terim Pre-season 1 July 2000
Perugia   Carlo Mazzone 30 June 2000   Serse Cosmi 1 July 2000
Brescia   Nedo Sonetti 30 June 2000   Carlo Mazzone 1 July 2000
Napoli   Walter Novellino 30 June 2000   Zdeněk Zeman 1 July 2000
Internazionale   Marcello Lippi Sacked 10 October 2000   Marco Tardelli 15th 11 October 2000
Napoli   Zdeněk Zeman 14 November 2000   Emiliano Mondonico 18th 15 November 2000
Lazio   Sven-Göran Eriksson Resigned 9 January 2001   Dino Zoff 5th 10 January 2001
Parma   Alberto Malesani Sacked 10 January 2001   Arrigo Sacchi (caretaker) 10th 10 January 2001
Parma   Arrigo Sacchi End of caretaker spell 29 January 2001   Renzo Ulivieri 8th 30 January 2001
Fiorentina   Fatih Terim Sacked 27 February 2001   Luciano Chiarugi (caretaker) 10th 28 February 2001
Fiorentina   Luciano Chiarugi End of caretaker spell 6 March 2001   Roberto Mancini 11th 7 March 2001
Milan   Alberto Zaccheroni Sacked 12 March 2001   Cesare Maldini 9th 13 March 2001
Udinese   Luigi De Canio 20 March 2001   Luciano Spalletti 12th 21 March 2001
Bari   Eugenio Fascetti 8 May 2001   Arcangelo Sciannimanico 18th 9 May 2001

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Roma (C) 34 22 9 3 68 33 +35 75 Qualification to Champions League first group stage
2 Juventus 34 21 10 3 61 27 +34 73
3 Lazio 34 21 6 7 65 36 +29 69 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round[6]
4 Parma 34 16 8 10 51 31 +20 56
5 Internazionale 34 14 9 11 47 47 0 51 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6 Milan 34 12 13 9 56 46 +10 49
7 Atalanta 34 10 14 10 38 34 +4 44[a]
8 Brescia[b] 34 10 14 10 44 42 +2 44[a] Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
9 Fiorentina[c] 34 10 13 11 53 52 +1 43 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
10 Bologna 34 11 10 13 49 53 −4 43
11 Perugia 34 10 12 12 49 53 −4 42
12 Udinese 34 11 5 18 49 59 −10 38
13 Lecce 34 8 13 13 40 54 −14 37[d]
14 Hellas Verona[e] 34 10 7 17 40 59 −19 37[d] Relegation tie-breaker
15 Reggina (R) 34 10 7 17 32 49 −17 37[d] Serie B after tie-breaker
16 Vicenza (R) 34 9 9 16 37 51 −14 36[f] Relegation to Serie B
17 Napoli (R) 34 8 12 14 35 51 −16 36[f]
18 Bari (R) 34 5 5 24 31 68 −37 20
Source: 2000–01 Serie A, Soccerway, RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[7]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Atalanta finished ahead of Brescia on head-to-head points: Atalanta 2–0 Brescia, Brescia 0–3 Atalanta.
  2. ^ Brescia gained entry to the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Atalanta declined.
  3. ^ Fiorentina gained entry to the 2001–02 UEFA Cup as the 2000–01 Coppa Italia champions.
  4. ^ a b c Lecce finished ahead of Reggina and Hellas Verona on head-to-head points: Lecce: 10 pts, Reggina: 4 pts, Hellas Verona: 2 pts.
  5. ^ Hellas Verona winner of 2000–01 Relegation tie-breaker against Reggina.
  6. ^ a b Vicenza finished ahead of Napoli on head-to-head points: Vicenza 2–0 Napoli, Napoli 1–2 Vicenza.

Results edit

Home \ Away ATA BAR BOL BRE FIO HEL INT JUV LAZ LCE MIL NAP PAR PER REG ROM UDI VIC
Atalanta 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1
Bari 0–2 2–0 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 3–2 1–3 0–1 0–1 3–4 2–1 1–4 2–1 2–2
Bologna 0–1 4–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–4 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1
Brescia 0–3[a] 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 4–0 2–4 3–1 2–1
Fiorentina 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–3 1–4 2–0 4–0 1–2 0–1 3–4 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–2
Hellas Verona 2–1 3–2 5–4 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–3 1–4 1–1 1–0
Internazionale 3–0 1–0 2–1[b] 0–0 4–2 2–0 2–2 1–1[c] 0–1 0–6 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1
Juventus 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–3 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 4–0
Lazio 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 5–3 2–0 4–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 3–1[d] 2–1
Lecce 0–2 2–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 4–2 1–2 1–4 2–1 3–3 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–4 2–1 3–1
Milan 3–3 4–0 3–3 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 3–2 3–0 2–0
Napoli 0–0 1–0 1–5 1–1 1–0[e] 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–4 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 6–2 2–2 0–1 1–2
Parma 2–0 4–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 1–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 5–0 0–2 1–2 2–0 0–2
Perugia 2–2 4–1 1–3 2–2 2–2 1–0 2–3 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–0
Reggina 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–1[f] 2–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–0
Roma 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 3–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–1
Udinese 2–4 2–0 3–1 4–2 1–3 2–1 3–0 0–2 3–4 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–3 3–3 3–0 1–3 2–3
Vicenza 1–2 1–0 4–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–3 1–4 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–2[g] 1–2
Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The match was played at Stadio Giglio.
  2. ^ The match was played at Stadio San Nicola.
  3. ^ The match was played at Stadio San Nicola.
  4. ^ The match was played at Stadio Artemio Franchi.
  5. ^ The match was played at Stadio La Favorita.
  6. ^ The match was played at Stadio Cibali.
  7. ^ The match was played at Stadio Friuli.

Overall records edit

  • Highest number of wins: Roma (22)
  • Lowest number of losses: Juventus, Roma (3 each)
  • Highest number of draws: Atalanta, Brescia (15 each)
  • Lowest number of wins: Bari (5)
  • Highest number of losses: Bari (24)
  • Lowest number of draws: Bari, Udinese (5 each)
  • Highest number of goals for: Roma (68)
  • Lowest number of goals against: Juventus (27)
  • Lowest number of goals for: Bari (31)
  • Highest number of goals against: Bari (68)
  • Best goal difference: Roma (35)
  • Worst goal difference: Bari (−37)

Relegation tie-breaker edit

Hellas Verona1–0Reggina
Laursen   61'
Attendance: 24,733
Reggina2–1Hellas Verona
Zanchetta   42'
Cozza   45+1'		 Report Cossato   86'
Attendance: 26,049

Reggina relegated to Serie B.

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Hernán Crespo Lazio 26
2   Andriy Shevchenko Milan 24
3   Enrico Chiesa Fiorentina 22
4   Gabriel Batistuta Roma 20
5   Christian Vieri Internazionale 18
6   Dario Hübner Brescia 17
7   Marco Di Vaio Parma 15
  Giuseppe Signori Bologna
  Roberto Sosa Udinese
10   David Trezeguet Juventus 14
11   Francesco Totti Roma 13
  Vincenzo Montella Roma
13   Cristiano Lucarelli Lecce 12
  Marco Materazzi Perugia
15   Filippo Inzaghi Juventus 11
  Davor Vugrinec Lecce

References and sources edit

  • Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005

See also edit

  • Tim Parks, A Season with Verona (London: Vintage, 2002) – A personal account by a celebrated English author and fan of the fortunes of Hellas Verona that season, including the team's narrow avoidance of relegation.

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ "Italians bar non-EU imports". UEFA.com. 2002-07-17. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
  2. ^ "Milan challenge non-EU rule". BBC Sport. 2000-11-03. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
  3. ^ "Fake passport scandal hits Serie A". BBC News. 2000-10-08. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  4. ^ "Lazio hit with passport charges". BBC News. 2001-05-08. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  5. ^ Kennedy, Frances (2001-06-28). "Players banned over false passport scandal". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on February 6, 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  6. ^ Parma was consequently demoted to UEFA Cup first round
  7. ^ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

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