2000–01 Valencia CF season

Valencia CF
2000–01 season
Manager	Héctor Cúper
La Liga	5th
Champions League	Final
Copa del Rey	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	Juan Sánchez (12)
Home colours	Away colours

Valencia CF once again reached the Champions League final. Finishing only 5th in La Liga, Valencia focused most of its resources on the international competition, a late goal from new signing John Carew helping them knock Arsenal out of the tournament in the quarter finals. The semis consisted of going against Leeds United, not present at that level for more than 25 years. Winning 3-0 at home following the goalless draw in the first match, Los Che became one of the relatively few clubs reaching consecutive finals, facing Bayern Munich.

In the final itself, Valencia got a penalty kick straightaway, which was converted by captain Gaizka Mendieta. A few minutes later Mehmet Scholl failed to convert a penalty, which Santiago Cañizares saved, but Stefan Effenberg later scored from a second penalty kick. The penalty taking was not over, since the result was 1-1 after extra time, and Bayern got the upper hand in the shootout, with Valencia coming agonizingly close to becoming the third Spanish club to win the Champions League.

Following the end of the season, Gaizka Mendieta was sold to Lazio for a club-record fee. Coach Héctor Cúper was recruited by Inter to break their title drought, being replaced by surprise choice Rafael Benítez.

Players

Squad information

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	Santiago Cañizares
2	DF	Mauricio Pellegrino
3	DF	Joachim Björklund
4	MF	Didier Deschamps
5	MF	Miroslav Đukić
6	MF	Gaizka Mendieta (captain)
7	FW	John Carew
8	MF	Zlatko Zahovic
9	FW	Diego Alonso
10	MF	Angulo
11	FW	Adrian Ilie
12	DF	Fabián Ayala

No.	Position	Player
14	MF	Vicente
15	DF	Amedeo Carboni
16	DF	Fábio Aurélio
17	FW	Juan Sánchez
18	MF	Kily González
19	MF	Rubén Baraja
20	DF	Jocelyn Angloma
21	MF	Luis Milla
22	MF	Pablo Aimar
23	MF	David Albelda
25	GK	Andrés Palop
29	GK	Jonathan

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
13	GK	Jorge Bartual (to Tenerife)
16	DF	Ángel Amarilla (on loan to Getafe)
22	MF	Líbero Parri (on loan to Elche)

No.		Position	Player
24		MF	Gerardo (on loan to Osasuna)
27		DF	Curro Montoya (to Numancia)

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Mallorca	38	20	11	7	61	43	+18	71	2001–02 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Barcelona	38	17	12	9	80	57	+23	63[lower-alpha 1]	2001–02 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
5	Valencia	38	18	9	11	55	34	+21	63[lower-alpha 1]	2001–02 UEFA Cup First round
6	Celta de Vigo	38	16	11	11	51	49	+2	59	2001–02 UEFA Cup First round
7	Villarreal	38	16	9	13	58	52	+6	57

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:

VAL 0–1 BAR; BAR 3–2 VAL

Matches

8 September 2000 1	Real Madrid	2-1	Valencia	Madrid
	Raúl 78' Luís Figo 85'	Report	Gaizka Mendieta 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabeu

15 September 2000 2	Valencia	4-0	Mallorca	Valencia
	Gaizka Mendieta 30' Gaizka Mendieta 50' Vicente 63' Juan Sánchez 69'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

23 September 2000 3	Numancia	0-3	Valencia	Numancia
		Report	Juan Sánchez 76' Juan Sánchez 83' Vicente 85'

30 September 2000 4	Valencia	5-1	Las Palmas	Valencia
	Juan Sánchez 22' Zlatko Zahovič 25' Juan Sánchez 60' John Carew 64' Vicente 90'	Report	Thordur Gudjonsson 83'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

13 October 2000 5	Villareal	1-1	Valencia	Villarreal
	Moisés 65'	Report	Juan Sánchez 59'	Stadium: Estadio de la Ceramica

20 October 2000 6	Valencia	1-0	Real Zaragoza	Valencia
	Gaizka Mendieta 84'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

28 October 2000 7	Osasuna	1-2	Valencia	Pamplona
	José Manuel Mateo 6'	Report	César Cruchaga 18' (o.g.) John Carew 85'	Stadium: Estadio Reyno de Navarra

31 October 2000 8	Valencia	1-0	Celta Vigo	Valencia
	John Carew 66'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

3 November 2000 9	Espanyol	1-0	Valencia	Barcelona
	José Manuel Serrano 87'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olimpico Lluys Company

11 November 2000 10	Valencia	2-2	Rayo Vallecano	Valencia
	Gaizka Mendieta 62' Diego Alonso 90'	Report	Elvir Bolić 24' Míchel 53'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

17 November 2000 11	Alavés	1-1	Valencia	Vitoria
	Iván Alonso 67'	Report	John Carew 78'

25 November 2000 12	Valencia	2-0	Real Oviedo	Valencia
	Gaizka Mendieta 51' (pen.) Kily González 64'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

1 December 2000 13	Valladolid	0-0	Valencia	Valladolid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Jose Zorrilla

8 December 2000 14	Valencia	2-0	Real Sociedad	Valencia
	John Carew 67' Juan Sánchez 88'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

16 December 2000 15	Valencia	2-0	Málaga	Valencia
	John Carew 42' Rubén Baraja 73'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

19 December 2000 16	Athletic Bilbao	1-1	Valencia	Bilbao
	Josu Urrutia 14'	Report	John Carew 85'	Stadium: Estadio San Mames

6 January 2001 17	Valencia	1-0	Racing Santander	Valencia
	John Carew 45'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

12 January 2001 18	Deportivo	2-0	Valencia	La Coruña
	Walter Pandiani 89' Roy Makaay 90'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Riazor

19 January 2001 19	Valencia	0-1	Barcelona	Valencia
		Report	Frank de Boer 7'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

27 January 2001 20	Valencia	0-1	Real Madrid	Valencia
		Report	Raúl 82'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

3 February 2001 21	Mallorca	2-2	Valencia	Palma de Mallorca
	Samuel Eto'o 17' Albert Luque 90'	Report	Rubén Baraja 68' Gaizka Mendieta 75'	Stadium: Estadio Son Moix

9 February 2001 22	Valencia	3-0	Numancia	Valencia
	Juan Sánchez 17' Gaizka Mendieta 41' Diego Alonso 80'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

16 February 2001 23	Las Palmas	0-2	Valencia	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
		Report	Juan Sánchez 18' Pablo Aimar 88'	Stadium: Estadio Gran Canaria

24 February 2001 24	Valencia	3-1	Villareal	Valencia
	Carew 18' Carew 47' Carew 84'	Report	Quique Álvarez 35'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

2 March 2001 25	Real Zaragoza	1-1	Valencia	Zaragoza
	Esnaider 5'	Report	Mendieta 70' (pen)	Stadium: Estadio La Romareda

9 March 2001 26	Valencia	1-0	Osasuna
	Kily González 78'	Report

17 March 2001 27	Celta Vigo	3-2	Valencia	Vigo
	Valery Karpin 51' (pen.) Valery Karpin 60' (pen.) Valery Karpin 65'	Report	Juan Sánchez 31' Vágner 89' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Balaidos

30 March 2001 28	Valencia	0-1	Espanyol	Valencia
		Report	Raúl Tamudo 52'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

6 April 2001 29	Rayo Vallecano	1-4	Valencia
	Luis Cembranos 77'	Report	Roberto Ayala 43' Kily González 49' Vicente 73' Juan Sánchez 85'

13 April 2001 30	Valencia	1-2	Alavés	Valencia
	Vicente 15'	Report	Gaizka Mendieta 7' (o.g.) Dan Eggen 74'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

21 April 2001 31	Real Oviedo	0-0	Valencia	Oviedo
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere

27 April 2001 32	Valencia	1-0	Valladolid	Valencia
	Juan Sánchez 64'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

4 May 2001 33	Real Sociedad	1-2	Valencia	San Sebastian
	Aranzábal 75' (pen.)	Report	Zlatko Zahovič 67' Pablo Aimar 83'	Stadium: Estadio Anoeta

12 May 2001 34	Málaga	3-0	Valencia	Malaga
	Julio Dely Valdés 22' Julio Dely Valdés 39' Julio Dely Valdés 77' (pen.)	Report

17 May 2001 35	Valencia	1-0	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
	Zlatko Zahovič 90'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

26 May 2001 36	Racing Santander	1-1	Valencia	Santander
	Javier Mazzoni 49'	Report	Gaizka Mendieta 90'	Stadium: Estadio El Sardinero

9 June 2001 37	Valencia	0-1	Deportivo	Valencia
		Report	Roy Makaay 69'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

16 June 2001 38	Barcelona	3-2	Valencia	Barcelona
	Rivaldo 4' Rivaldo 45' Rivaldo 89'	Report	Rubén Baraja 25' Rubén Baraja 47'	Stadium: Camp Nou

Topscorers

Juan Sánchez 12
John Carew 11
Gaizka Mendieta 9
Vicente 5
Rubén Baraja 4

Copa del Rey

Round of 64

12 December 2000	UDA Gramanet	0-1	Valencia	Barcelona[1]
		Report	Angulo 7'	Stadium: Estadio Narcís Sala Attendance: 10 500

Round of 32

3 January 2001	Guadix	4-4 (6-5 p)	Valencia CF	Guadix
	Carlos Pollo 19' Pichi 31' Samuel 40' Samuel 62'	Report	Vicente 45' Ruben Baraja 46' Zahovic 87' Zahovic 92' (pen)	Referee: Carmona Mendez

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying

9 August 2000	Tirol Innsbruck	0–0	Valencia	Tivoli, Innsbruck
20:30 (CET)		Report		Attendance: 6,615 Referee: Mike Riley (England)

23 August 2000	Valencia	4–1	Tirol Innsbruck	Mestalla Stadium, Valencia
22:00 (CET)	Mendieta 23' (pen.), 52' Diego Alonso 44', 62'	Report	Gilewicz 66'	Attendance: 43,700 Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

1st Group Stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Valencia	6	4	1	1	7	4	+3	13	Advance to second group stage
2	Lyon	6	3	0	3	8	6	+2	9	Advance to second group stage
3	Olympiacos	6	3	0	3	6	5	+1	9	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Heerenveen	6	1	1	4	3	9	−6	4

Source:

12 September 2000 1	Valencia	2–1	Olympiacos	Mestalla Stadium, Valencia
20:45	Baraja 36' Diego Alonso 45'	Report	Đorđević 74'	Attendance: 30,725 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

20 September 2000 2	Heerenveen	0–1	Valencia	Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen
20:45		Report	González 38'	Attendance: 14,300 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

27 September 2000 3	Valencia	1–0	Lyon	Mestalla Stadium, Valencia
20:45	Zahovič 78'	Report		Attendance: 30,525 Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

17 October 2000 4	Lyon	1–2	Valencia	Stade de Gerland, Lyon
20:45	Marlet 90'	Report	Juan Sánchez 45+1' Baraja 86'	Attendance: 38,950 Referee: Paul Durkin (England)

25 October 2000 5	Olympiacos	1–0	Valencia	Spiros Louis Olympic Stadium, Athens
20:45	Đorđević 65' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 50,350 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

7 November 2000 6	Valencia	1–1	Heerenveen	Mestalla Stadium, Valencia
20:45	Diego Alonso 10'	Report	Venema 37'	Attendance: 19,075 Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)

2nd Group Stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Valencia	6	3	3	0	10	2	+8	12	Advance to knockout stage
2	Manchester United	6	3	3	0	10	3	+7	12	Advance to knockout stage
3	Sturm Graz	6	2	0	4	4	13	−9	6
4	Panathinaikos	6	0	2	4	4	10	−6	2

Source:

21 November 2000 1	Valencia	2–0	Sturm Graz	Valencia
20:45	Carew 45' Juan Sánchez 47'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 26,150 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen

6 December 2000 2	Panathinaikos	0–0	Valencia	Athens
20:45		Report		Stadium: Spiros Louis Olympic Stadium Attendance: 42,050 Referee: Markus Merk

14 February 2001 3	Valencia	0–0	Manchester United	Valencia
20:45		Report		Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 49,450 Referee: Dick Jol

20 February 2001 4	Manchester United	1–1	Valencia	Manchester
20:45	Cole 12'	Report	Brown 87' (o.g.)	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 66,715 Referee: Hellmut Krug

7 March 2001 5	Sturm Graz	0–5	Valencia	Graz
20:45		Report	Ayala 5' Carew 50' Kily González 60' Diego Alonso 88', 90+1'	Stadium: Arnold-Schwarzenegger-Stadion Attendance: 16,200 Referee: Stefano Braschi

13 March 2001 6	Valencia	2–1	Panathinaikos	Valencia
20:45	Juan Sánchez 39' Angloma 75'	Report	Basinas 28' (pen.)	Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Knud Erik Fisker

Quarter Final

4 April 2001	Arsenal	2–1	Valencia	London
20:45	Henry 58' Parlour 60'	Report	Ayala 41'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 35,104 Referee: Dick Jol

17 April 2001	Valencia	1–0 (2a-2 agg.)	Arsenal	Valencia
20:45	Carew 75'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 47,700 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen

Semi-finals

2 May 2001	Leeds United	0–0	Valencia	Leeds
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 36,437 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

8 May 2001	Valencia	3–0 (3-0 agg.)	Leeds United	Valencia
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Juan Sánchez 16', 47' Mendieta 52'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Stadium, Attendance: 53,200 Referee: Urs Meier

Final

23 May 2001	Bayern Munich	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Valencia	Milan
20:45 CEST	Effenberg 50' (pen.)	Report	Mendieta 3' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 79,000[2] Referee: Dick Jol [3]
	Penalties
	Paulo Sérgio Salihamidžić Zickler Andersson Effenberg Lizarazu Linke		Mendieta Carew Zahovič Carboni Baraja Kily González Pellegrino

Sources

Soccerbase - Valencia CF

References

Spanish Federation did not allowed play the match in Santa Coloma de Gramanet due to artificial grass"Misero Valencia" (PDF). Mundo Deportivo. 13 December 2000. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
"2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2016/17. Nyon, Switzerland: Union of European Football Associations. 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
"Match officials appointed for Milan final" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 21 May 2001. Retrieved 13 July 2012.

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[table_hth_VCF0.10076925954817-1] VAL 0–1 BAR; BAR 3–2 VAL

[2] Spanish Federation did not allowed play the match in Santa Coloma de Gramanet due to artificial grass"Misero Valencia" (PDF). Mundo Deportivo. 13 December 2000. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

[attendance-3] "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2016/17. Nyon, Switzerland: Union of European Football Associations. 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

[referee-4] "Match officials appointed for Milan final" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 21 May 2001. Retrieved 13 July 2012.