Serie A 2000-01
Encyclopedia
In the 2000-01 season, Serie A
, the major football
Italian
professional league, was composed by 18 teams, for the 13th consecutive time from season 1988-89.
The first two teams qualified directly to UEFA Champions League
, teams ending in the 3rd and 4th places had to play Champions League qualifications, teams ending in the 5th and 6th places qualified to UEFA Cup
(another spot was given to the winners of Coppa Italia), while the last four teams were to be relegated in Serie B
.
A.S. Roma
won its first Scudetto since the 1982/1983 season, its 3rd title overall. Juventus FC finished second, while S.S. Lazio
and A.C. Parma both got to the pre-qualifying round of the same competition. Inter Milan
, A.C. Milan
and A.C. Fiorentina
(as winners in the Coppa Italia
) gained entry to the 2001/02 UEFA Cup. Brescia gained entry into the UEFA Inter-Toto Cup.
Reggina Calcio
, Vicenza Calcio
, S.S.C. Napoli
and A.S. Bari
were relegated to Serie B
.
, Alejandro Da Silva
and Jorginho Paulista
of Udinese, Fábio Júnior and Gustavo Bartelt
of Roma, Dida of Milan, Álvaro Recoba
of Inter, Thomas Job
, Francis Zé
, Jean Ondoa
of Sampdoria, Jeda
and Dede of Vicenza were banned in July 2001, for 6 months to 1 year. However, most of the bans were subsequently reduced.
Reggina Calcio
relegated to Serie B
.
24 goals
22 goals
20 goals
18 goals
17 goals
15 goals
14 goals
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
, the major football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
Italian
Italy
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professional league, was composed by 18 teams, for the 13th consecutive time from season 1988-89.
The first two teams qualified directly to UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
, teams ending in the 3rd and 4th places had to play Champions League qualifications, teams ending in the 5th and 6th places qualified to UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
(another spot was given to the winners of Coppa Italia), while the last four teams were to be relegated in Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
.
A.S. Roma
A.S. Roma
Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...
won its first Scudetto since the 1982/1983 season, its 3rd title overall. Juventus FC finished second, while S.S. Lazio
S.S. Lazio
Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...
and A.C. Parma both got to the pre-qualifying round of the same competition. Inter Milan
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
, A.C. Milan
A.C. Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...
and A.C. Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A...
(as winners in the Coppa Italia
Coppa Italia
The Coppa Italia is an Italian football annual cup competition. Its first edition was held in 1922, but the second champions were not crowned until 1936. Roma and Juventus lead the way with nine wins. Roma has contested more finals, 16, while Torino and Juventus follow with 13...
) gained entry to the 2001/02 UEFA Cup. Brescia gained entry into the UEFA Inter-Toto Cup.
Reggina Calcio
Reggina Calcio
Reggina Calcio are an Italian association football club, the main club of the city of Reggio Calabria. Founded in 1914, they currently play in the Italian Serie B, and play their home matches at the 27,763 seater Stadio Oreste Granillo...
, Vicenza Calcio
Vicenza Calcio
Vicenza Calcio is an Italian football club based in Vicenza, Veneto. The club was formed in 1902 and currently plays in Italy's Serie B, having spent the entire 1960s and a large part of the 1990s in Serie A...
, S.S.C. Napoli
S.S.C. Napoli
Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli, is a professional Italian football club based in Naples and founded in 1926. The club has spent most of its history in Serie A, where it currently plays its 2011–12 season....
and A.S. Bari
A.S. Bari
Associazione Sportiva Bari is an Italian football club founded in 1908, they are based in Bari, Apulia and plays in Serie B. The club have spent many seasons bouncing between the top two divisions in Italian football, Serie A and Serie B....
were relegated to Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
.
Rule changes
In the middle of the 2000–01 season, the old quota system was abolished, which no longer limited each team to having more than 5 non-EU player and using no more than 3 in each match. Concurrent with the abolishment of the quota, FIGC had investigated footballers that used fake passports. Alberto and WarleyWarley Silva dos Santos
Warley Silva dos Santos is a Brazilian footballer. Warley spent most of his career at Campeonato Brasileiro Série A but an unsuccessful career in Italy.-Biography:...
, Alejandro Da Silva
Alejandro Da Silva
Alejandro Damian Da Silva is a Paraguayan football striker. He currently plays for Santiago Wanderers in Valparaiso, Chile....
and Jorginho Paulista
Jorginho Paulista
Jorge Henrique Amaral de Castro known as Jorginho Paulista or just Jorginho is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Ceilândia.-Udinese and loans:...
of Udinese, Fábio Júnior and Gustavo Bartelt
Gustavo Bartelt
Gustavo Javier Bartelt is an Argentine footballer who plays for All Boys.-Career:Bartelt started playing for All Boys in 1993. He then played for Lanús, Roma, Aston Villa , Rayo, Gimnasia La Plata, Talleres and Gimnasia de Jujuy.While at Roma, both Bartelt and Cafu were accused of using false...
of Roma, Dida of Milan, Álvaro Recoba
Álvaro Recoba
Álvaro Alexander Recoba Rivero , nicknamed "El Chino", is a Uruguayan footballer currently playing for Primera División Uruguaya side Club Nacional de Football...
of Inter, Thomas Job
Thomas Job
Thomas Hervè Job-Iyock is a Cameroonian footballer currently playing in Italy for Cittadella.-Club career:Job began his career in Italy with Sampdoria, making one appearance for the club in the 2001-02 season in Serie B, when he came on as a second half substitute on 2 June 2002 in a 1-0 home...
, Francis Zé
Francis Zé
Francis Zé is a Cameroonian footballer.-Biography:Zé started his professional career with Sampdoria. In February 2001 along with Thomas Job and Jean Ondoa were investigated by FIGC for alleged falsification of documents in order to treat as a European Union citizen. In July 2001, they were banned...
, Jean Ondoa
Jean Ondoa
Jean Chrisostome Mekongo Ondoa is a Cameroonian footballer.-Biography:Ondoa started his European career at Sampdoria. In February 2001, along with Thomas Job and Francis Zé, he was investigated by the FIGC for using false documents in order to be treated as a European Union citizen...
of Sampdoria, Jeda
Jedaias Capucho Neves
Jeda is a Brazilian footballer. He plays for Novara on loan from Lecce.-Career:...
and Dede of Vicenza were banned in July 2001, for 6 months to 1 year. However, most of the bans were subsequently reduced.
Final classification
Results
Overall
- Most wins - RomaA.S. RomaAssociazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...
(22) - Fewest wins - BariA.S. BariAssociazione Sportiva Bari is an Italian football club founded in 1908, they are based in Bari, Apulia and plays in Serie B. The club have spent many seasons bouncing between the top two divisions in Italian football, Serie A and Serie B....
(5) - Most draws - AtalantaAtalanta B.C.Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly known as just Atalanta, Atalanta Bergamo or the abbreviation Atalanta BC, is an Italian football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy.They are nicknamed the Nerazzurri and the orobici...
and BresciaBrescia CalcioBrescia Calcio , known simply as Brescia, is the largest football club in the Lombard city of Brescia, where it was founded in 1911.In the 2009–10 season, in the return leg of the Serie B playoff final, they defeated Torino 2-1 at home , returning to Serie A after a 5-year absence...
(15) - Fewest draws - UdineseUdinese CalcioUdinese Calcio is an Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and currently plays in the Serie A. Founded in 1896, Udinese is the second oldest club in the Serie A, after Genoa....
and BariA.S. BariAssociazione Sportiva Bari is an Italian football club founded in 1908, they are based in Bari, Apulia and plays in Serie B. The club have spent many seasons bouncing between the top two divisions in Italian football, Serie A and Serie B....
(5) - Most losses - BariA.S. BariAssociazione Sportiva Bari is an Italian football club founded in 1908, they are based in Bari, Apulia and plays in Serie B. The club have spent many seasons bouncing between the top two divisions in Italian football, Serie A and Serie B....
(24) - Fewest losses - RomaA.S. RomaAssociazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...
and Juventus (3) - Most goals scored - RomaA.S. RomaAssociazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...
(68) - Fewest goals scored - BariA.S. BariAssociazione Sportiva Bari is an Italian football club founded in 1908, they are based in Bari, Apulia and plays in Serie B. The club have spent many seasons bouncing between the top two divisions in Italian football, Serie A and Serie B....
(31) - Most goals conceded - BariA.S. BariAssociazione Sportiva Bari is an Italian football club founded in 1908, they are based in Bari, Apulia and plays in Serie B. The club have spent many seasons bouncing between the top two divisions in Italian football, Serie A and Serie B....
(68) - Fewest goals conceded - Juventus (27)
Relegation tie-breaker
|}Reggina Calcio
Reggina Calcio
Reggina Calcio are an Italian association football club, the main club of the city of Reggio Calabria. Founded in 1914, they currently play in the Italian Serie B, and play their home matches at the 27,763 seater Stadio Oreste Granillo...
relegated to Serie B
Serie B 2001-02
This article contains information on the 2001-2002 season of Serie B, the second highest football league in Italy.-Final classification:-Results:...
.
Top scorers
26 goals- Hernán CrespoHernán CrespoHernán Jorge Crespo is an Argentine footballer who plays for Parma in the Italian Serie A. Crespo has scored over 300 goals in a career spanning 18 years. His honors include an Olympic Games silver medal, a Copa Libertadores, an English Premier League title and three Scudettos. He was topscorer in...
(LazioS.S. LazioSocietà Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...
)
24 goals
- Andriy ShevchenkoAndriy ShevchenkoAndriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko is a Ukrainian footballer who plays for Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukraine national team as a striker. He is the third-highest scorer in the history of European club competition with 67 goals as of 2011-03-10, behind Filippo Inzaghi and Raúl. With 175 goals scored with A.C...
(MilanA.C. MilanAssociazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...
)
22 goals
- Enrico ChiesaEnrico ChiesaEnrico Chiesa is an Italian football coach and former striker.Chiesa performed regularly at Serie A level for over a decade, and was also part of the Italy national football team. He was considered one of the most exciting and dynamic strikers in Italy during the mid 90's.-Club:Chiesa moved his...
(FiorentinaACF FiorentinaACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A...
)
20 goals
- Gabriel BatistutaGabriel BatistutaGabriel Omar Batistuta , nicknamed Batigol, is a former professional footballer. The prolific Argentine striker played most of his club football at Fiorentina in Italy, and he is the tenth top scorer of all-time in the Italian Serie A league, with 184 goals in 318 matches...
(RomaA.S. RomaAssociazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...
)
18 goals
- Christian VieriChristian VieriChristian Vieri is a retired Italian footballer who played as a centre forward.Vieri was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers selected by Pelé as a part of FIFA's centenary celebrations...
(InternazionaleF.C. Internazionale MilanoFootball Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
)
17 goals
- Dario HübnerDario HübnerDario Hübner , nicknamed Bisonte , is an Italian football player, in the role of striker.Hübner started his career in 1987-88 at Pievigina, in Interregionale, scoring 10 goals...
(BresciaBrescia CalcioBrescia Calcio , known simply as Brescia, is the largest football club in the Lombard city of Brescia, where it was founded in 1911.In the 2009–10 season, in the return leg of the Serie B playoff final, they defeated Torino 2-1 at home , returning to Serie A after a 5-year absence...
)
15 goals
- Marco Di VaioMarco Di VaioMarco Di Vaio is an Italian football striker, who currently plays for Bologna FC. In his long career, Di Vaio has played for the likes of Lazio, Hellas Verona, Bari, Salernitana, Parma, Juventus, Valencia and Monaco...
(ParmaParma F.C.Parma Football Club , commonly referred to as just Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia–Romagna that will compete in Serie A for the 2011–12 season, having finished in twelfth position last season. Founded as Verdi Foot Ball Club in July 1913, the club changed its...
) - Giuseppe SignoriGiuseppe SignoriGiuseppe "Beppe" Signori is a retired Italian football striker, one of the top scorers in Serie A history and widely regarded as one of the best football players to have never received a winners medal in competitive football. He was a fast, left footed striker who was prolific goalscorer...
(BolognaBologna F.C. 1909Bologna Football Club 1909, known simply as Bologna, is an Italian Football League club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, formed in 1993. The club are nicknamed the rossoblù because of the red and blue striped shirts they wear. Red and Blue are the official colours of the town.During its history...
) - Roberto SosaRoberto Sosa (footballer)Roberto Carlos Sosa is an Argentine football striker, currently he is playing in FC Rapperswil-Jona after being released by the Sanremese.-Career:...
(UdineseUdinese CalcioUdinese Calcio is an Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and currently plays in the Serie A. Founded in 1896, Udinese is the second oldest club in the Serie A, after Genoa....
)
14 goals
- David TrezeguetDavid TrézéguetDavid Sergio Trezeguet is a World Cup winning French international footballer who currently is a free agent after being released by Baniyas SC on 21 Nov 2011....
(JuventusJuventus F.C.Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...
)
External links
- :it:Serie A 2000-2001 - Italian version with pictures and info.
- http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ital01.html - All results on RSSSFRec.Sport.Soccer Statistics FoundationThe Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation is an international amateur organization dedicated to collecting statistics about association football...
Website. - 2000/2001 Serie A Squads - (www.footballsquads.com)