2000–01 Valencia CF season

Valencia CF
2000–01 season
Manager	Héctor Cúper
La Liga	5th
Copa del Rey	Second round
Champions League	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	Juan Sánchez (12)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ESP	Santiago Cañizares
2	DF	ARG	Mauricio Pellegrino
3	DF	SWE	Joachim Björklund
4	MF	FRA	Didier Deschamps
5	MF	SRB	Miroslav Đukić
6	MF	ESP	Gaizka Mendieta (captain)
7	FW	NOR	John Carew
8	MF	SVN	Zlatko Zahovic
9	FW	URU	Diego Alonso
10	MF	ESP	Angulo
11	FW	ROU	Adrian Ilie
12	DF	ARG	Roberto Ayala
13	DF	ESP
14	MF	ESP	Vicente
15	DF	ITA	Amedeo Carboni


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	BRA	Fábio Aurélio
17	FW	ESP	Juan Sánchez
18	MF	ARG	Kily González
19	MF	ESP	Rubén Baraja
20	DF	FRA	Jocelyn Angloma
21	MF	ESP	Luis Milla
22	MF	ARG	Pablo Aimar
23	MF	ESP	David Albelda
24	MF	ESP
25	GK	ESP	Andrés Palop
26	FW	ESP
27	DF	ESP
28	DF	ESP
29	GK	ESP	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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	GK	ESP	Jorge Bartual (to Tenerife)
16	DF	PAR	Ángel Amarilla (on loan to Getafe)
22	MF	ESP	Líbero Parri (on loan to Elche)


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

Competitions[]

La Liga[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Mallorca	38	20	11	7	61	43	+18	71	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Barcelona	38	17	12	9	80	57	+23	63^[a]
5	Valencia	38	18	9	11	55	34	+21	63^[a]	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6	Celta de Vigo	38	16	11	11	51	49	+2	59	Qualification for the 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:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b VAL 0–1 BAR; BAR 3–2 VAL

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	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	L	L
Position	15	6	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5

Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = 2001-02 UEFA Champions League group stage; = 2001-02 UEFA Champions League qualifying round; = 2001-02 UEFA Cup; = 2001-02 Segunda Division

Matches[]

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

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

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

30 September 2000 4	Valencia	5-1	Las Palmas	showValencia
	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	Villarreal	1-1	Valencia	showVillarreal
	Moisés 65'	Report	Juan Sánchez 59'	Stadium:

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

28 October 2000 7	Osasuna	1-2	Valencia	showPamplona
	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	showValencia
	John Carew 66'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

3 November 2000 9	Espanyol	1-0	Valencia	showBarcelona
	José Manuel Serrano 87'	Report		Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

3 February 2001 21	Mallorca	2-2	Valencia	showPalma 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	showValencia
	Juan Sánchez 17' Gaizka Mendieta 41' Diego Alonso 80'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Topscorers[]

Copa del Rey[]

Round of 64[]

12 December 2000	UDA Gramanet	0-1	Valencia	showBarcelona^[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	showGuadix
	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	showTivoli, Innsbruck
20:30 (CET)		Report		Attendance: 6,615 Referee: Mike Riley (England)

23 August 2000	Valencia	4–1	Tirol Innsbruck	showMestalla 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 v t	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: UEFA

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

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

17 October 2000 4	Lyon	1–2	Valencia	showStade 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	showSpiros 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	showMestalla Stadium, Valencia
20:45	Diego Alonso 10'	Report	Venema 37'	Attendance: 19,075 Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)

2nd Group Stage[]

Pos	Team v t	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: UEFA

21 November 2000 1	Valencia	2–0	Sturm Graz	showValencia
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	showAthens
20:45		Report		Stadium: Spiros Louis Olympic Stadium Attendance: 42,050 Referee: Markus Merk

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

20 February 2001 4	Manchester United	1–1	Valencia	showManchester
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	showGraz
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	showValencia
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	showLondon
20:45	Henry 58' Parlour 60'	Report	Ayala 41'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 35,104 Referee: Dick Jol

17 April 2001	Valencia	1–0 (2 (a) –2 agg.)	Arsenal	showValencia
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	showLeeds
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	showValencia
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	showMilan
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

Statistics[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Santiago Cañizares	55	-43	37	-34	0	0	18	-9
20	DF		Jocelyn Angloma	46	1	27	0	1	0	17+1	1
5	DF		Miroslav Đukić	47	0	29+5	0	1	0	10+2	0
12	DF		Roberto Ayala	39	3	27+1	1	2	0	9	2
2	DF		Mauricio Pellegrino	46	0	24+3	0	1	0	18	0
15	DF		Amedeo Carboni	39	0	24	0	1	0	14	0
19	MF		Rubén Baraja	52	7	34+1	4	2	1	15	2
14	MF		Vicente	49	6	20+13	5	2	1	5+9	0
6	AM		Gaizka Mendieta	47	14	31	10	0	0	16	4
7	FW		John Carew	57	14	32+5	11	2	0	11+7	3
17	FW		Juan Sánchez	49	17	26+6	12	2	0	11+4	5
25	GK		Andrés Palop	4	-5	1	0	2	-4	1	-1
3	DF		Joachim Björklund	16	0	9+1	0	1	0	4+1	0
4	MF		Didier Deschamps	21	0	7+6	0	1	0	6+1	0
8	MF		Zlatko Zahovic	31	6	8+12	3	1	2	5+5	1
9	FW		Diego Alonso	33	8	6+14	2	1	0	8+4	6
10	MF		Angulo	40	1	20+8	0	2	1	7+3	0
11	FW		Adrian Ilie	13	0	4+6	0	1	0	1+1	0
13	GK		Jorge Bartual	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Fábio Aurélio	9	0	7	0	1	0	1	0
18	MF		Kily González	36	5	19+3	3	0	0	14	2
21	MF		Luis Milla	12	0	3+3	0	2	0	1+3	0
22	MF		Pablo Aimar	18	2	8+2	2	0	0	6+2	0
23	MF		David Albelda	34	0	15+6	0	0	0	8+5	0
24	MF		Gerardo	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
26	FW
27	DF
28	DF
29	GK		Jonathan

Source:^{[citation needed]}

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. 21 May 2001. Retrieved 13 July 2012.

[table_hth_VCF0.37244801007791-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b 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. 21 May 2001. Retrieved 13 July 2012.

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