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.

Deportivo Alavés
2000–01 season
ManagerJosé Manuel Esnal
La Liga10th
Copa del ReyRound of 64
UEFA CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Javi Moreno (22)
All:
Javi Moreno

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)

La Liga
Main article: 2000–01 La Liga

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Málaga 38 16 8 14 60 61 −1 56
9 Espanyol 38 14 8 16 46 44 +2 50
10 Alavés 38 14 7 17 58 59 −1 49
11 Las Palmas 38 13 7 18 42 62 −20 46
12 Athletic Bilbao 38 11 10 17 44 60 −16 43[lower-alpha 1]
Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
Notes:
  1. ATH: 9 pts; RSO: 6 pts; RVA: 3 pts

Results

UEFA Cup

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round
15 February 2001 Deportivo Alavés 3–3 InternazionaleVitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Moreno  44'
Téllez  70'
Alonso  73'		 [ Report] Recoba  45', 50'
Vieri  65'		 Stadium: Estadio Mendizorrotza
Attendance: 17,307
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
22 February 2001 Internazionale 0–2 Deportivo AlavésMilan, Italy
[ Report] Cruyff  78'
Tomić  83'		 Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 9,845
Referee: Graham Barber (England)

Quarter-finals
8 March 2001 Deportivo Alavés 3–0 Rayo VallecanoVitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Azkoitia  30'
Eggen  79'
Vučko  80'		 [ Report] Stadium: Mendizorrotza Stadium
15 March 2001 Rayo Vallecano 2–1 Deportivo AlavésMadrid, Spain
Quevedo  41'
Cembranos  80'		 Cruyff  19'

Semi-final
5 April 2001 (2001-04-05) Alavés 5–1 KaiserslauternVitoria-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)
19 April 2001 (2001-04-19) Kaiserslautern 1–4 AlavésKaiserslautern, 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
16 May 2001 (2001-05-16) Liverpool 5–4 (a.e.t.) AlavésDortmund, 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

References
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/spain/2000-2001/laliga/alaves.htm
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