2000–01 Serie A

Serie A
Season 2000–01
Champions Roma
3rd title
Relegated Reggina
Vicenza
Napoli
Bari
Champions League Roma
Juventus
Lazio
Parma
UEFA Cup Internazionale
Milan
Fiorentina
Matches played 306
Goals scored 845 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorer Hernán Crespo (26)
Average attendance 29,441
2000–01 Serie A team distribution

The 2000–01 season of Serie A, the major professional football league in Italy, was contested by 18 teams, for the 13th consecutive season since 1988–89.

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

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

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

Team Head coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Atalanta Italy Giovanni Vavassori Asics Ortobell
Bari Italy Eugenio Fascetti
Italy Arcangelo Sciannimanico		 Lotto TELE +
Bologna Italy Francesco Guidolin Macron Granarolo
Brescia Italy Carlo Mazzone Garman Ristora
Fiorentina Turkey Fatih Terim
Italy Roberto Mancini		 Diadora Toyota
Hellas Verona Italy Alberto Malesani Lotto Amica Chips
Internazionale Italy Marco Tardelli Nike Pirelli
Juventus Italy Carlo Ancelotti Lotto TELE +
Lazio Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson Puma Siemens Mobile
Lecce Italy Alberto Cavasin Asics Banca 121 (Banca del Salento)
Milan Italy Cesare Maldini Adidas Opel
Napoli Czech Republic Zdeněk Zeman
Italy Emiliano Mondonico		 Diadora Peroni
Parma Italy Renzo Ulivieri Champion Parmalat
Perugia Italy Serse Cosmi Galex Daewoo
Roma Italy Fabio Capello Kappa INA Assitalia
Reggina Italy Franco Colomba Asics Caffe Mauro
Udinese Italy Luigi De Canio Diadora Telit
Vicenza Italy Edoardo Reja Umbro ARTEL

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Roma (C) 34 22 9 3 68 33 +35 75 2001–02 UEFA 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 2001–02 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Parma 34 16 8 10 51 31 +20 56
5 Internazionale 34 14 9 11 47 47 0 51 2001–02 UEFA Cup First round[lower-alpha 1]
6 Milan 34 12 13 9 56 46 +10 49
7 Atalanta 34 10 14 10 38 34 +4 44[lower-alpha 2]
8 Brescia 34 10 14 10 44 42 +2 44[lower-alpha 2] UEFA Intertoto Cup 2001 Third round[lower-alpha 3]
9 Fiorentina 34 10 13 11 53 52 +1 43[lower-alpha 4] 2001–02 UEFA Cup First round[lower-alpha 1]
10 Bologna 34 11 10 13 49 53 −4 43[lower-alpha 4]
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[lower-alpha 5]
14 Hellas Verona 34 10 7 17 40 59 −19 37[lower-alpha 5] Relegation tie-breaker
15 Reggina (R) 34 10 7 17 32 49 −17 37[lower-alpha 5] Relegation to Serie B after Relegation tie-breaker
16 Vicenza (R) 34 9 9 16 37 51 −14 36[lower-alpha 6] Relegation to Serie B
17 Napoli (R) 34 8 12 14 35 51 −16 36[lower-alpha 6]
18 Bari (R) 34 5 5 24 31 68 −37 20
Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Fiorentina gained entry to the 2001–02 UEFA Cup as the 2000–01 Coppa Italia champions.
  2. 1 2 ATA 2–0 BRE; BRE 0–3 ATA
  3. ↑ Brescia gained entry to the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Atalanta declined to take part.
  4. 1 2 FIO 1–1 BOL; BOL 1–1 FIO
  5. 1 2 3 LCE: 10 pts; REG: 4 pts; HEL: 2 pts
  6. 1 2 VIC 2–0 NAP; NAP 1–2 VIC

Results

Home \ Away[1] ATA BAR BOLBREFIOINTJUVLAZLCEMILNAPPARPERREGROMUDIHELVIC
Atalanta 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 3–0 1–1
Bari 0–2 2–0 1–3 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 3–2 1–3 0–1 0–1 3–4 2–1 1–4 2–1 1–1 2–2
Bologna 0–1 4–2 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–4 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1
Brescia 0–3 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 4–0 2–4 3–1 1–0 2–1
Fiorentina 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–3 1–4 2–0 4–0 1–2 0–1 3–4 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 3–2
Internazionale 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 4–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–6 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1
Juventus 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 2–1 4–0
Lazio 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 4–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 5–3 2–1
Lecce 0–2 2–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–4 2–1 3–3 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–4 2–1 4–2 3–1
Milan 3–3 4–0 3–3 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–2 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 3–2 3–0 1–0 2–0
Napoli 0–0 1–0 1–5 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–4 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 6–2 2–2 0–1 2–0 1–2
Parma 2–0 4–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 5–0 0–2 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–2
Perugia 2–2 4–1 1–3 2–2 2–2 2–3 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0
Reggina 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–3 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0
Roma 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 3–1
Udinese 2–4 2–0 3–1 4–2 1–3 3–0 0–2 3–4 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–3 3–3 3–0 1–3 2–1 2–3
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
Vicenza 1–2 1–0 4–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–3 1–4 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 2–2

Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Overall records

  • 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

Hellas Verona 1–0 Reggina
Laursen  61'
Attendance: 24,733
Reggina 2–1 Hellas Verona
Zanchetta  42'
Cozza  45+1'		 Cossato  86'
Attendance: 26,049

Reggina relegated to Serie B.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Argentina Hernán Crespo Lazio 26
2 Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko Milan 24
3 Italy Enrico Chiesa Fiorentina 22
4 Argentina Gabriel Batistuta Roma 20
5 Italy Christian Vieri Internazionale 18
6 Italy Dario Hübner Brescia 17
7 Italy Marco Di Vaio Parma 15
Italy Giuseppe Signori Bologna 15
Argentina Roberto Sosa Udinese 15
10 France David Trezeguet Juventus 14

References and sources

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

Footnotes

  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. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
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