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 goals)
Average attendance 29,441
2000–01 Serie A team distribution

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

A.S. Roma won its first Scudetto since the 1982–83 season, 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, and qualified for the 2001–02 UEFA Cup along with A.C. Fiorentina, the winners of the Coppa Italia. Brescia Calcio gained entry into the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup.

Vicenza, Napoli and Bari were automatically relegated to Serie B. Reggina and 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 Paulista of Udinese Calcio,[3] Fábio Júnior and Gustavo Bartelt of Roma,[4] Dida of Milan, Álvaro Recoba of Inter, Thomas Job, Francis Zé and Jean Ondoa of U.C. Sampdoria, and Jeda and Dede 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
Inter Italy Marco Tardelli Nike Pirelli
Juventus Italy Carlo Ancelotti Lotto TELE +
Lazio Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson Puma Siemens
Lecce Italy Alberto Cavasin Asics Banca 121 (Banca del Salento)
Milan Italy Cesare Maldini Adidas Opel
Napoli Czech Republic Zdenek 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
Verona Italy Alberto Malesani Lotto NET Business
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 47 470 51 2001–02 UEFA Cup First round
6 Milan 34 12 13 9 56 46+10 49
7 Atalanta 34 10 14 10 38 34+4 44
8 Brescia 34 10 14 10 44 42+2 0441 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2001Third round
9 Fiorentina 34 10 13 11 53 52+1 0432 2001–02 UEFA Cup First round
10 Bologna 34 11 10 13 49 534 43
11 Perugia 34 10 12 12 49 534 42
12 Udinese 34 11 5 18 49 5910 38
13 Lecce 34 8 13 13 40 5414 0373
14 Reggina (R) 34 10 7 17 32 4917 37 Qualification to Relegation tie-breaker
15 Hellas Verona 34 10 7 17 40 5919 37
16 Vicenza (R) 34 9 9 16 37 5114 36 Relegation to Serie B
17 Napoli (R) 34 8 12 14 35 5116 36
18 Bari (R) 34 5 5 24 31 6837 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
1 Brescia gained entry to the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Atalanta declined to take part.
2 Fiorentina gained entry to the 2001–02 UEFA Cup as the 2000–01 Coppa Italia champions.
3 Lecce were placed above Reggina on goal difference.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away ATA BAR BOLBREFIOINTJUVLAZLCEMILNAPPARPERREGROMUDIHELVIC
Atalanta 00 22 20 00 01 21 22 10 11 11 01 00 11 02 01 30 11
Bari 02 20 13 21 12 01 12 32 13 01 01 34 21 14 21 11 22
Bologna 01 42 10 11 03 14 20 22 21 21 21 32 20 12 11 10 11
Brescia 03 31 00 11 10 00 01 22 11 11 00 10 40 24 31 10 21
Fiorentina 11 22 11 22 20 13 14 20 40 12 01 34 21 31 21 20 32
Internazionale 30 10 21 00 42 22 11 01 06 31 11 21 11 20 21 20 11
Juventus 21 20 10 11 33 31 11 11 30 30 10 10 10 22 12 21 40
Lazio 00 20 20 21 30 20 41 32 11 12 10 30 20 01 31 53 21
Lecce 02 20 00 03 11 12 14 21 33 11 12 22 21 04 21 42 31
Milan 33 40 33 11 12 22 22 10 41 10 22 12 10 32 30 10 20
Napoli 00 10 15 11 10 10 12 24 11 00 22 00 62 22 01 20 12
Parma 20 40 00 30 22 31 00 20 11 20 40 50 02 12 20 12 02
Perugia 22 41 13 22 22 23 01 01 11 21 11 31 11 00 31 10 10
Reggina 10 10 21 03 11 21 02 02 01 21 31 20 02 00 11 11 10
Roma 10 11 20 31 10 32 00 22 10 11 30 31 22 21 21 31 31
Udinese 24 20 31 42 13 30 02 34 20 01 00 13 33 30 13 21 23
Hellas Verona 21 32 54 21 21 22 01 20 00 11 21 02 21 03 14 11 10
Vicenza 12 10 42 11 11 00 03 14 00 20 20 01 10 21 02 12 22

Source: lega-calcio.it (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

Relegation tie-breaker

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Verona 2-2 Reggina 1-0 1-2

Reggina Calcio 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

External links

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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