2000–01 Deportivo Alavés season

During the 2000–01 season, the Spanish football club Deportivo Alavés was placed 10th in the La Liga. The team reached the final round of the UEFA Cup.

Season summary

Deportivo Alavés enjoyed one of the greatest seasons in their history. Although they were unable to improve on the previous season's sixth-placed finish, they reached the final of the UEFA Cup for the first time in their history, facing English giants Liverpool. Alavés fought bravely and finished normal time level with Liverpool 4-4; the game went to extra time, where Alavés narrowly lost to a golden own goal.

Squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Martín Herrera 2 DF Cosmin Contra 3 DF Ibón Begoña 4 DF Dan Eggen 5 DF Antonio Karmona (captain) 6 DF Óscar Téllez 7 DF Delfí Geli 9 FW Javi Moreno 10 MF Pablo Gómez 11 FW Magno Mocelin 14 MF Jordi Cruyff 15 MF Ivan Tomić (on loan from Roma) 16 MF Hermes Desio

No. Position Player 17 DF Raúl Gañán 18 MF Martín Astudillo 19 FW Iván Alonso 20 MF Jorge Azkoitia 21 MF Mario Rosas 23 FW Jurica Vučko 24 MF Pablo Brandán 25 GK Kike 26 MF Nacho Zaragoza 27 MF Asier Salcedo 28 DF Josu Sarriegi 30 FW Epitié 32 DF José Javier Etxarri

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. Position Player 8 DF Vlatko Đolonga (to Hajduk Split)

No. Position Player 22 DF Josete Manuel Tomás (to Lleida)

Results

UEFA Cup

First round

• Deportivo Alavés 4–3 Gaziantepspor
• Gaziantepspor 0–0 Deportivo Alavés

Second round

• Lillestrøm 1–3 Deportivo Alavés
• Deportivo Alavés 2–2 Lillestrøm

Third round

• Deportivo Alavés 1-1 Rosenborg
• Rosenborg 3-1 Deportivo Alavés

Fourth round

Deportivo Alavés v Internazionale

15 February 2001	Deportivo Alavés	3–3	Internazionale	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
	Moreno  44' Téllez  70' Alonso  73'	[ Report]	Recoba  45', 50' Vieri  65'	Stadium: Estadio Mendizorrotza Attendance: 17,307 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Internazionale v Deportivo Alavés

22 February 2001	Internazionale	0–2	Deportivo Alavés	Milan, Italy
		[ Report]	Cruyff  78' Tomić  83'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 9,845 Referee: Graham Barber (England)

Quarter-finals

Deportivo Alavés v Rayo Vallecano

8 March 2001	Deportivo Alavés	3–0	Rayo Vallecano	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
	Azkoitia  30' Eggen  79' Vučko  80'	[ Report]		Stadium: Mendizorrotza Stadium

Rayo Vallecano v Deportivo Alavés

15 March 2001	Rayo Vallecano	2–1	Deportivo Alavés	Madrid, Spain
	Quevedo  41' Cembranos  80'		Cruyff  19'

Semi-final

Alavés v Kaiserslautern

5 April 2001 (2001-04-05)	Alavés	5–1	Kaiserslautern	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
21:15	Contra  20' (pen.), 31' (pen.) Cruyff  42' Alonso  57' (pen.) Mocelin  81'	Report	Koch  68' (pen.)	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Stadium Attendance: 15,157 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Kaiserslautern v Alavés

19 April 2001 (2001-04-19)	Kaiserslautern	1–4	Alavés	Kaiserslautern, Germany
20:30	Djorkaeff  7'	Report	Alonso  23' Vučko  64', 86' Gañán  88'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 29,800 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Final

Main article: 2001 UEFA Cup Final

Liverpool v Alavés

16 May 2001 (2001-05-16)	Liverpool	5–4 (a.e.t.)	Alavés	Dortmund, Germany
20:45	Babbel  3' Gerrard  16' McAllister  40' (pen.) Fowler  72' Geli  116'  (o.g.)	Report	Alonso  26' Moreno  47', 49' Cruyff  88'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 48,050 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

See also

• Deportivo Alavés
• 2000–01 La Liga
• Copa del Rey

References