2000–01 A.C. Milan season

Milan
2000–01 season
President	Silvio Berlusconi
Manager	Alberto Zaccheroni (until 14 March 2001); Cesare Maldini (caretaker); Mauro Tassotti (caretaker's assistant)
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	6th
Coppa Italia	Semi-finals
UEFA Champions League	Second group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Andriy Shevchenko (24); All: ; Andriy Shevchenko (34)
Average home league attendance	52,304
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Associazione Calcio Milan had a poor season in 2000–01, finishing 6th in Serie A with 49 points, and only the scoring touch of Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko (24 goals in the league and 34 in all competitions) saved them from complete humiliation.

In the Champions League, Milan started brightly, topping their group after some convincing performances, including a 0–2 win at the Camp Nou against Barcelona; however, they were eventually eliminated in the second group stage when they only managed a draw (while needing a win) in the group's last match against Spanish champions Deportivo La Coruña. With the 2001 Champions League final due to take place at the San Siro, the disappointment was immense, and resulted in the sacking of their 1998–99 title-winning coach Alberto Zaccheroni on 14 March 2001, one day after the draw with Deportivo, with Silvio Berlusconi appointing Milan legend Cesare Maldini as caretaker manager until the end of the season.

Cesare Maldini's brief caretaker tenure included a memorable 0–6 thumping of cross-city rivals Inter, and this victory would be the high point of the 2000–01 season for Milan.^[2]

Players[]

Transfers[]

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Fernando Redondo	Real Madrid	(U$ 30,0 million )^[3]
GK	Dida	SC Corinthians	loan ended
DF	Samir Beloufa	A.C. Monza	loan ended
DF	Francesco Coco	Torino F.C.	loan ended
DF	Daniele Daino	Perugia Calcio	loan ended
DF	Júlio César	Real Madrid
DF	Bruno N'Gotty	Venezia F.C.	loan ended
DF	Roque Júnior	Palmeiras
DF	Mirco Sadotti	U.S. Lecce	loan ended
DF	Max Tonetto	Bologna F.C.	loan ended
MF	Ibrahim Ba	Perugia Calcio	loan ended
MF	Dražen Brnčić	A.C. Monza	-
MF	Pierluigi Orlandini	Venezia F.C.	loan ended
FW	Gianni Comandini	Vicenza Calcio
FW	Maurizio Ganz	Venezia F.C.	loan ended
FW	Alessandro Ianuzzi	Reggina Calcio	loan ended
FW	Luca Saudati	Empoli F.C.	loan ended
FW	George Weah	Chelsea F.C.	loan ended

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
GK	Gabriele Aldegani	A.C. Monza	loan
GK	Roberto Colombo	Calcio Padova
GK	Giorgio Frezzolini	Inter	co-ownership released
DF	Samir Beloufa	Germinal Beerschot	loan
DF	Bruno N'Gotty	Olympique Marseille
DF	Mirco Sadotti	Pescara	co-ownership
DF	Carlo Teodorani	Ternana
DF	Max Tonetto	U.S. Lecce	com-ownership
DF	Taribo West		released
MF	Diego De Ascentis	Torino F.C.
MF	Pierluigi Orlandini	Brescia Calcio
FW	Mohammed Aliyu Datti	A.C. Monza	loan
FW	Maurizio Ganz	Atalanta B.C.
FW	Mattia Graffiedi	Ternana	loan
FW	Alessandro Ianuzzi	A.C. Monza	loan
FW	Luca Saudati	Perugia Calcio	co-ownership
FW	George Weah		released

Winter[]

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
DF	Kakhaber Kaladze	Dinamo Kyiv	-
MF	Pablo García	Atletico Madrid	-

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Roberto Ayala	Valencia CF
GK	Gabriele Aldegani	Treviso	loan ended
DF	Júlio César	Real Sociedad
DF	Fabricio Coloccini	Club Atletico San Lorenzo	loan
MF	Dražen Brnčić	Vicenza Calcio	loan

Squad information[]

Squad no.	Name	Position
Goalkeepers
12	Christian Abbiati	GK
1	Sebastiano Rossi	GK
32	Dida	GK
40	Valerio Fiori	GK
Defenders
3	Paolo Maldini (Captain)	CB / LB
5	Alessandro Costacurta	CB / SW / LB / RB
13	Kakha Kaladze	LB / CB / DM / LM
25	Roque Júnior	CB / RB
2	Thomas Helveg	RB / RM
19	José Chamot	LB / RB / CB
26	Luigi Sala	CB
77	Francesco Coco	LB / LM
27	Serginho	LB / LM / LW
79	Daniele Daino	RB
36	Michele Ferri	CB / RB
Midfielders
4	Demetrio Albertini	CM / DM
18	Leonardo	AM / LW
10	Zvonimir Boban	AM / CM / LW / RW
24	Guly	LM / RM / AM
23	Massimo Ambrosini	CM / DM
8	Gennaro Gattuso	CM / DM / RM
33	Ibrahim Ba	RM / LM
21	Federico Giunti	CM / AM / DM
16	Fernando Redondo	DM / CM
55	Pablo García	DM / CM
29	Marco Donadel	DM / CM
31	Lorenzo Rossetti	RM
Forwards
20	Oliver Bierhoff	CF
7	Andriy Shevchenko	CF
11	José Mari	CF / SS
9	Gianni Comandini	CF

Left club during the season[]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	DF	BRA	Júlio César
15	MF	ITA	Diego De Ascentis
17	MF	CRO	Dražen Brnčić
22	DF	ARG	Fabricio Coloccini
33	FW	NGA	Mohammed Aliyu Datti
41	FW	ITA	Luca Saudati

Competitions[]

Serie A[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Parma	34	16	8	10	51	31	+20	56	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
5	Internazionale	34	14	9	11	47	47	0	51	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Milan	34	12	13	9	56	46	+10	49	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
7	Atalanta	34	10	14	10	38	34	+4	44^[a]
8	Brescia^[b]	34	10	14	10	44	42	+2	44^[a]	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round

Source: 2000–01 Serie A, Soccerway, RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[4]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Atalanta finished ahead of Brescia on head-to-head points: Atalanta 2–0 Brescia, Brescia 0–3 Atalanta.
^ Brescia gained entry to the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Atalanta declined.

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	L
Position	1	7	8	12	13	8	11	7	7	4	4	6	6	6	5	6	5	5	6	6	6	8	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed; = Leader, 2001–02 UEFA Champions League Group stage; = 2001–02 UEFA Champions League Group stage; = 2001–02 UEFA Champions League Qualifying round; = 2001–02 UEFA Cup First round; = Qualification to Intertoto Cup; = 2001–02 Serie B

Matches[]

1 October 2000 1	Milan	2–0	Vicenza	Milan
15:00 CEST	Bierhoff 16' Shevchenko 84'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 46 036

15 October 2000 2	Bologna	2–1	Milan
15:00 CEST	Bia 19' Piacentini 90'	Report	Shevchenko 66'	Attendance: 34 641

21 October 2000 3	Milan	2–2	Juventus	Milan
20:30 CEST	Ambrosini 59' Shevchenko 61'	Report	Trezeguet 67' Conte 90'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 81 706

1 November 2000 4	Parma	2–0	Milan
20:30 CEST	Mboma 5', 66'	Report		Attendance: 21 572

5 November 2000 5	Milan	3–3	Atalanta	Milan
15:00 CET	Serginho 23' Bierhoff 49' Shevchenko 64' (pen.)	Report	Doni 21', 44' (pen.) Rossini 45'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 54 641

12 November 2000 6	Bari	1–3	Milan
15:00 CET	Madsen 71'	Report	Bierhoff 67' Shevchenko 74' (pen.), 86'	Attendance: 27 353

18 November 2000 7	Lazio	1–1	Milan
20:30 CET	D. Baggio 3'	Report	Shevchenko 54'	Attendance: 57 562

25 November 2000 8	Milan	1–0	Napoli	Milan
20:30 CET	Ambrosini 43'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 49 346

3 December 2000 9	Udinese	0–1	Milan
15:00 CET		Report	Shevchenko 51'	Attendance: 27 379

10 December 2000 10	Milan	4–1	Lecce	Milan
15:00 CET	Leonardo 20' Shevchenko 27', 30' (pen.) José Mari 87'	Report	Conticchio 22'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 46 581

17 December 2000 11	Hellas Verona	1–1	Milan
15:00 CET	Bonazzoli 4'	Report	Ambrosini 22'	Attendance: 23 658

23 December 2000 12	Milan	1–2	Perugia	Milan
15:00 CET	Shevchenko 24'	Report	Saudati 21' Vryzas 58'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 44 325

7 January 2001 13	Milan	2–2	Internazionale	Milan
20:30 CET	Boban 65' Bierhoff 84'	Report	Şükür 11' Di Biagio 72'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 80 287

13 January 2001 14	Fiorentina	4–0	Milan
20:30 CET	Nuno Gomes 15' Cois 47' Chiesa 72' Rui Costa 87'	Report		Attendance: 39 231

21 January 2001 15	Milan	3–2	Roma	Milan
20:30 CET	Leonardo 3' Shevchenko 21', 44'	Report	Totti 40', 86' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 61 820

28 January 2001 16	Brescia	1–1	Milan
15:00 CET	Hübner 47'	Report	Bierhoff 26'	Attendance: 31 619

4 February 2001 17	Milan	1–0	Reggina	Milan
15:00 CET	Leonardo 79'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 47 348

11 February 2001 18	Vicenza	2–0	Milan
15:00 CET	Dabo 7' Toni 72'	Report		Attendance: 17 151

17 February 2001 19	Milan	3–3	Bologna	Milan
20:30 CET	Shevchenko 23', 32' Sala 90'	Report	Cipriani 55', 73' Signori 81'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 48 140

25 February 2001 20	Juventus	3–0	Milan
20:30 CET	Tudor 9' Trezeguet 67' Zidane 90'	Report		Attendance: 48 140

4 March 2001 21	Milan	2–2	Parma	Milan
15:00 CET	Maldini 22' Guly 50'	Report	Milošević 24' Amoroso 80'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 45 269

10 March 2001 22	Atalanta	1–1	Milan
20:30 CET	Ganz 63'	Report	Lorenzi 24' (o.g.)	Attendance: 21 311

18 March 2001 23	Milan	4–0	Bari	Milan
15:00 CET	Coco 8' Shevchenko 45' (pen.), 90' Serginho 75'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 49 781

1 April 2001 24	Milan	1–0	Lazio	Milan
20:30 CEST	Boban 59'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 52 010

8 April 2001 25	Napoli	0–0	Milan	Napoli
15:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 39 400

14 April 2001 26	Milan	3–0	Udinese	Milan
15:00 CEST	Kaladze 9' Serginho 31' Shevchenko 71'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 45 922

22 April 2001 27	Lecce	3–3	Milan	Lecce
15:00 CEST	Lucarelli 35' (pen.) Vugrinec 46' Savino 67'	Report	Bierhoff 37' Shevchenko 41' Kaladze 90'	Stadium: Via del Mare Attendance: 20 600 Referee: Borriello

29 April 2001 28	Milan	1–0	Hellas Verona	Milan
15:00 CEST	Shevchenko 69' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 44 665 Referee: Paparesta

6 May 2001 29	Perugia	2–1	Milan	Perugia
15:00 CEST	Vryzas 5', 50'	Report	Shevchenko 31' (pen.)	Stadium: Renato Curi Attendance: 12 781

11 May 2001 30	Internazionale	0–6	Milan	Milan
20:30 CEST		Report	Comandini 3', 19' Giunti 51' Shevchenko 57', 68' Serginho 81'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 78 054 Referee: Collina

17 May 2001 31	Milan	1–2	Fiorentina	Milan
20:30 CEST	Shevchenko 29'	Report	Chiesa 11', 18'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 44 699 Referee: Rodomonti

27 May 2001 32	Roma	1–1	Milan	Roma
20:30 CEST	Montella 64'	Report	Coco 45'	Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 71 407 Referee: Cesari

10 June 2001 33	Milan	1–1	Brescia	Milan
15:00 CEST	José Mari 68'	Report	Bachini 70'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 56 754 Referee: Rosetti

17 June 2001 34	Reggina	2–1	Milan
15:00 CEST	Morabito 77' Paulo Costa 82'	Report	Kaladze 69'	Attendance: 25 912

Coppa Italia[]

Eightfinals[]

16 September 2000 1	Torino F.C.	1-3	Milan	Torino
	Pinga 74'	Report	42', 89' Guglielminpietro 60' Bierhoff	Stadium: Delle Alpi Attendance: 9,878 Referee: Gennaro Borriello

23 September 2000	Milan	0-1	Torino
			14' (pen.) Schwoch

Quarterfinals[]

28 November 2000	Milan	4-2	Atalanta B.C.	Milan
	Leonardo 30', 65' José Mari 54' (pen) Ševčenko 88'	Report	20' Ganz 47' (rig.) Nappi	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 6,112 Referee: Stefano Farina

13 December 2000 2	Atalanta B.C.	2-1	Milan	Bergamo
	Nappi 14' Doni 90'	Report	20' Boban	Stadium: Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

Semifinals[]

25 January 2001 1	Milan	2-2	Fiorentina	Milan
21:00 CET	Ambrosini 66' Giunti 90+2'		17' Chiesa 75' Bressan	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Gennaro Borriello

7 February 2001 2	Fiorentina	2-0	Milan	Firenze
21:00 CET	Chiesa 42' Rui Costa 82'			Stadium: Artemio Franchi Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

UEFA Champions League[]

Group stage[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Milan	6	3	2	1	12	6	+6	11	Advance to second group stage
2	Leeds United	6	2	3	1	9	6	+3	9	Advance to second group stage
3	Barcelona	6	2	2	2	13	9	+4	8	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Beşiktaş	6	1	1	4	4	17	−13	4

Source: UEFA

13 September 2000 1	Milan	4–1	Beşiktaş	Milan
20:45	Coco 36' Bierhoff 44' Shevchenko 45+2' (pen.), 77'	Report	Tayfur 20' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 53,436 Referee: Ryszard Wójcik

19 September 2000 2	Leeds United	1–0	Milan	Leeds
20:45	Bowyer 89'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 35,398 Referee: Günter Benkö

26 September 2000 3	Barcelona	0–2	Milan	Barcelona
20:45		Report	Coco 45+1' Bierhoff 71'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 98,000 Referee: Hellmut Krug

18 October 2000 4	Milan	3–3	Barcelona	Milan
20:45	Albertini 26', 39' José Mari 45'	Report	Rivaldo 19', 43', 68'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 79,945 Referee: Hugh Dallas

24 October 2000 5	Beşiktaş	0–2	Milan	Istanbul
20:45		Report	Shevchenko 38' José Mari 43'	Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Hartmut Strampe

8 November 2000 6	Milan	1–1	Leeds United	Milan
20:45	Serginho 68'	Report	Matteo 45'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 52,289 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen

Second group stage[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportivo La Coruña	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10	Advance to knockout stage
2	Galatasaray	6	3	1	2	6	6	0	10	Advance to knockout stage
3	Milan	6	1	4	1	6	7	−1	7
4	Paris Saint-Germain	6	1	2	3	8	10	−2	5

Source: UEFA

21 November 2000	Milan	2–2	Galatasaray	Milan
20:45	José Mari 47' Shevchenko 73' (pen.)	Report	Jardel 39' Hasan Şaş 41'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 46,325 Referee: Urs Meier

6 December 2000	Deportivo La Coruña	0–1	Milan	A Coruña
20:45		Report	Helveg 45+1'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 34,775 Referee: Graham Poll

14 February 2001	Milan	1–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Milan
20:45	Leonardo 27'	Report	Anelka 30'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 50,050 Referee: Anders Frisk

20 February 2001	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	Milan	Paris
20:45	Robert 75'	Report	José Mari 90+1'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 41,450 Referee: Jan Wegereef

7 March 2001	Galatasaray	2–0	Milan	Istanbul
20:45	Hagi 20' Jardel 86'	Report		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Hellmut Krug

13 March 2001	Milan	1–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Milan
20:45	Shevchenko 86' (pen.)	Report	Djalminha 74' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 70,103 Referee: Hugh Dallas

Statistics[]

Players statistics[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Champions League		Coppa Italia
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
12	GK	ITA	Abbiati	32	-47	20+1	-31	7	-8	4	-8
2	DF	DEN	Helveg	42	1	24+4	0	7+2	1	5	0
25	DF	BRA	Roque Júnior	35	0	22	0	7+1	0	5	0
3	DF	ITA	Maldini	49	1	31	1	14	0	4	0
13	DF	GEO	Kaladze	17	3	17	3
21	MF	ITA	Giunti	37	2	17+7	1	6+1	0	6	1
23	MF	ITA	Ambrosini	26	4	16	3	6+1	0	3	1
8	MF	ITA	Gattuso	34	0	19+5	0	10	0
77	MF	ITA	Coco	44	4	28+2	2	10+1	2	3	0
20	FW	GER	Bierhoff	42	9	21+6	6	8+2	2	5	1
7	FW	UKR	Shevchenko	51	34	33+1	24	14	9	3	1
1	GK	ITA	Rossi	15	-14	13+1	-13	1	-1
5	DF	ITA	Costacurta	29	0	17+1	0	9	0	2	0
19	DF	ARG	Chamot	25	0	12+2	0	8+1	0	2	0
26	DF	ITA	Sala	17	1	7+6	1	3+1	0
27	DF	BRA	Serginho	37	5	16+5	4	5+6	1	5	0
18	MF	BRA	Leonardo	32	6	14+8	3	5	1	5	2
4	MF	ITA	Albertini	26	2	11+2	0	11	2	2	0
10	MF	CRO	Boban	26	3	6+10	2	3+4	0	3	1
24	MF	ARG	Guly	22	3	5+8	1	2+4	0	3	2
33	MF	FRA	Ba	11	0	2+3	0	2+2	0	2	0
11	FW	ESP	José Mari	34	8	10+11	2	7+2	5	4	1
9	FW	ITA	Comandini	17	3	7+6	2	1+3	1
32	GK	BRA	Dida	7	-7	1	-2	6	-5
79	DF	ITA	Daino	1	0	0+1	0
	DF	BRA	Julio Cesar	4	0	2+2	0
55	MF	URU	Pablo García	6	0	3+2	0	1	0
29	MF	ITA	Donadel	1	0	0+1	0
	MF	CRO	Brncic	5	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	3	0
41	FW	ITA	Saudati	2	0	0	0	1+1	0
16	MF	ARG	Redondo
40	GK	ITA	Fiori
36	DF	ITA	Ferri

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/2000/1182/

Goalscorers[]

Andriy Shevchenko 24
Oliver Bierhoff 6
Serginho 4
Zvonimir Boban 3
Massimo Ambrosini 3

References[]

^ "Attendance Statistics of Serie A 2000–2001". StadiaPostcards.com.
^ On This Day: Inter 0-6 Milan football-italia.net, May 11, 2017
^ Gianluca Mercuri (28 July 2000). "Milan, Redondo said Yes". gazzetta.it. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
^ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

[table_hth_ATA0.12112177448399-4] Atalanta finished ahead of Brescia on head-to-head points: Atalanta 2–0 Brescia, Brescia 0–3 Atalanta.

[table_note_BRE0.12112177448399-5] Brescia gained entry to the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Atalanta declined.

[1] "Attendance Statistics of Serie A 2000–2001". StadiaPostcards.com.

[2] On This Day: Inter 0-6 Milan football-italia.net, May 11, 2017

[3] Gianluca Mercuri (28 July 2000). "Milan, Redondo said Yes". gazzetta.it. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

[6] Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

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