2000–01 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season

Boca Juniors

2000-01 season
President	Mauricio Macri
Manager	Carlos Bianchi
Stadium	Estadio Camilo Cichero (La Bombonera)
Apertura Tournament	Winners
Clausura Tournament	3th
Copa Libertadores	Winners
Intercontinental Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Martin Palermo (11) All: Juan Roman Riquelme (13)
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The 2000–01 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season was the 71st consecutive Primera División season played by the senior squad.

Summary[]

The season is best remembered due to the clinching of 2000 Intercontinental Cup against heavily favourites and 1999-2000 UEFA Champions League Champions Real Madrid thanks to 2 goals of Martin Palermo.^[1] In the second half of the season, the club won the 2001 Copa Libertadores for the second consecutive year ^[2] aimed by the talent of Juan Roman Riquelme^[3] and a superb performance in the Finals of Cordoba. As of December 2020, the Back-to-back Boca title was the last time a team could reach that performance in Copa Libertadores.^[4] Also, the squad won the Apertura Tournament finishing 4 points ahead of River Plate and Gimnasia La Plata.^[5]

Squad[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  COL Oscar Cordoba — GK  ARG Roberto Abbondanzieri — DF  ARG Hugo Ibarra — DF  COL Jorge Bermudez — DF  ARG Walter Samuel — DF  ARG Julio Marchant — DF  ARG Cesar Osvaldo La Paglia — DF  ARG — DF  ARG Emanuel Ruiz — DF  ARG Rodolfo Arruabarrena — DF  ARG Anibal Matellan — DF  ARG José María Calvo — DF  ARG Omar Sebastián Pérez

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ARG Gustavo Pinto — MF  ARG Diego Cagna — MF  ARG Juan Roman Riquelme — MF  ARG Gustavo Barros Schelotto — MF  ARG Christian Traverso — MF  COL Mauricio Serna — MF  ARG José Horacio Basualdo — MF  ARG Sebastian Battaglia — MF  ARG Nicolas Burdisso — FW  ARG Martin Palermo — FW  ARG Guillermo Barros Schelotto — FW  ARG Marcelo Delgado — FW  ARG Antonio Barijho — FW  ARG Alfredo Moreno — FW  ARG Christian Giménez — FW  ARG — DF  ARG Fernando Navas — MF  ARG Facundo Imboden — DF  ARG Elías Bazzi

Transfers[]

January[]

Competitions[]

Torneo Apertura[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Boca Juniors	19	12	5	2	35	19	+16	41
2	River Plate	19	10	7	2	41	24	+17	37
3	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	19	11	4	4	36	29	+7	37
4	Talleres (C)	19	11	3	5	31	21	+10	36
5	San Lorenzo	19	10	4	5	33	18	+15	34

Position by round[]

Torneo Clausura[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	San Lorenzo	19	15	2	2	43	17	+26	47	Qualification for Copa Libertadores
2	River Plate	19	13	2	4	48	27	+21	41
3	Boca Juniors	19	8	6	5	29	26	+3	30
4	Argentinos Juniors	19	8	5	6	27	22	+5	29
5	Racing	19	7	8	4	21	20	+1	29

Position by round[]

Copa Libertadores[]

Final[]

First leg[]

Second leg[]

Intercontinental Cup[]

Statistics[]

Players statistics[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Apertura 2000[7]		Clausura 2001[8]		Libertadores[9]
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Oscar Cordoba	34	0	18	0	3	0	13	0
	DF		Hugo Ibarra	41	2	19	1	10	1	12	0
	DF		Jorge Bermudez	39	5	16	2	10	2	13	1
	DF		Nicolas Burdisso	27	2	4	0	13	2	10	0
	DF		Clemente Rodriguez	24	1	1	0	13	1	10	0
	MF		Anibal Matellan	40	1	17	0	11	0	12	1
	MF		Mauricio Serna	32	1	12	1	9	0	11	0
	MF		Christian Traverso	27	0	9	0	8	0	10	0
	MF		Juan Roman Riquelme	39	13	16	5	11	5	12	3
	FW		Guillermo Barros Schelotto	26	11	6	1	11	5	9	5
	FW		Marcelo Delgado	36	12	14	6	10	1	12	5
	GK		Roberto Abbondanzieri	18	0	1	0	15	0	2	0
	MF		Sebastian Battaglia	21	0	16	0	3	0	2	0
	DF		Julio Marchant	26	0	11	0	11	0	4	0
	FW		Antonio Barijho	26	8	11	4	12	3	3	1
	DF			18	0	5	0	8	0	5	0
	FW		Christian Giménez	13	1	1	1	6	0	6	0
	DF		Omar Sebastián Pérez	24	4	1	0	16	3	7	1
	DF		Gustavo Pinto	20	1	1	0	10	0	9	1
	MF		Fernando Pandolfi	17	1	4	0	7	0	6	1
	FW		Walter Gaitán	20	5	0	0	10	4	10	1
	DF		Javier Alejandro Villarreal	12	0	0	0	5	0	7	0
	GK			1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Emanuel Ruiz	11	0	7	0	4	0
	FW			7	1	2	1	5	0
	DF		José María Calvo	8	0	1	0	7	0
	MF		Facundo Imboden	8	0	0	0	8	0
	DF		Esteban José Herrera	7	1	0	0	7	1
	MF			7	0	0	0	7	0
	DF		Cesar Osvaldo La Paglia	6	1	0	0	6	1
	MF		Roberto Colautti	3	0	0	0	3	0
	DF		Elías Bazzi	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Ariel Carreño	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Gustavo Barros Schelotto	13	2	13	2
	FW		Martin Palermo	18	11	18	11
	MF		José Horacio Basualdo	8	0	8	0
	DF		Daniel Fagiani	17	0	17	0
	MF		Hernán Medina	7	0	7	0
	DF		Julio Alcorsé	1	0	1	0
	DF		Martin Andrizzi	1	0	1	0
	MF			1	0	1	0
	DF			1	0	1	0

References[]

External links[]

• Club Atlético Boca Juniors official web site (in Spanish)