2000–01 UEFA Cup

2000–01 UEFA Cup
Westfalenstadion, in Dortmund, hosted the final.
Dates8 August 2000 – 16 May 2001
Final positions
Champions Liverpool (3rd title)
Runners-up Alavés
Tournament statistics
Matches played205
Goals scored566 (2.76 per match)
Top scorer(s)Goran Drulić (Red Star Belgrade)
Javi Moreno (Alavés)
Marcin Kuźba (Lausanne-Sports)
Demis Nikolaidis (AEK Athens)
6 goals each

The 2000–01 UEFA Cup was the 30th edition of the UEFA Cup competition. Liverpool won the final with a golden goal in extra-time against Alavés for their third title in the competition. It completed a cup treble for the club, as they also won the FA Cup and the League Cup that season. The conclusion of the tournament by a golden goal is the only instance in any of the major European club cup competitions until the abolition of the rule in 2002.

Galatasaray could not defend their title as they automatically qualified for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League and also reached the knockout stage.

English clubs had been banned from European competitions between 1985 and 1990 as a result of the Heysel disaster, and Liverpool were the first English side of the post-Heysel era to win the trophy. The previous English winners were Tottenham Hotspur in 1984. It was also Liverpool's first European trophy of the post-Heysel era.

Association team allocation

A total of 145 teams from 51 UEFA associations participated in the 2000–01 UEFA Cup. Associations are allocated places according to their 1999 UEFA league coefficient.[1]

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2000–01 UEFA Cup:

  • Associations 1–6 each enter three teams
  • Associations 7–8 each enter four teams
  • Associations 9–15 each enter two teams
  • Associations 16–21 each enter three teams
  • Associations 22–49 each enter two teams, with the exception of Liechtenstein who enter one.
  • Associations 50-51 each enter one team
  • The top three associations of the 1999–2000 UEFA Fair Play ranking each gain an additional berth
  • 16 teams eliminated from the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League are transferred to the UEFA Cup
  • 8 teams eliminated from the group stage of the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League are transferred to the UEFA Cup
  • 3 winners of the Intertoto Cup
  • The winner of the 1999-2000 UEFA Cup (not used due to Galatasaray's qualification to Champions League)

Association ranking

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1  Italy 57.212 3 +1(UCL)
+1(IT)
2  Spain 49.628 +1(UCL)
+1(FP)
+1(IT)
3  Germany 45.498 +3(UCL)
+1(IT)
4  France 41.442
5  Netherlands 37.816 +2(UCL)
6  England 34.288
7  Russia 27.825 4 +1(UCL)
8  Greece 26.950 +1(UCL)
9  Portugal 24.716 2 +1(UCL)
10  Czech Republic 23.624 +1(UCL)
11  Austria 22.375 +1(UCL)
12  Denmark 21.050 +2(UCL)
13  Croatia 20.374 +1(UCL)
14  Turkey 20.350
15  Ukraine 20.291 +1(UCL)
16  Switzerland 20.000 3 +1(UCL)
17  Norway 19.733 +1(UCL)
18  Belgium 19.600 +1(FP)
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
19  Sweden 17.325 3 +1(FP)
20  Poland 17.250 +1(UCL)
21  Scotland 16.625 +1(UCL)
22  Romania 16.200 2
23  Hungary 15.666 +1(UCL)
24  Slovakia 14.332 +1(UCL)
25  Cyprus 12.665
26  Georgia 12.166
27  Israel 11.541
28  Slovenia 10.831
29  Belarus 9.083
30  Finland 9.041
31  FR Yugoslavia 8.249 +1(UCL)
32  Bulgaria 7.582
33  Latvia 6.582
34  Iceland 6.332
35  Macedonia 4.915
36  Lithuania 4.832
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
37  Moldova 4.333 2 +1(UCL)
38  Estonia 2.582
39  Armenia 2.416
40  Northern Ireland 1.998
41  Republic of Ireland 1.832
42  Wales 1.832
43  Malta 1.498
44  Faroe Islands 1.249
45  Albania 1.166
46  Luxembourg 1.166
47  Liechtenstein 1.000 1
48  Azerbaijan 0.916 2
49  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.500
50  Andorra 0.000 1
51  San Marino 0.000
Notes
  • (FP): Additional fair play berth (Norway, Denmark, Scotland)
  • (UCL): Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League
  • (IT): Additional teams from Intertoto Cup

Distribution

Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round Teams transferred from Champions League
Qualifying round
(82 teams)
  • 31 domestic cup winners from associations 19–49
  • 33 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–49
  • 13 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 9–21
  • 3 teams from the Fair Play rankings
  • 2 domestic league champions teams from Andorra and San Marino
First round
(96 teams)
  • 18 domestic cup winners from associations 1–18
  • 2 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–8
  • 5 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 4–8
  • 8 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–8
  • 3 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–3
  • 3 winners of the Intertoto Cup
  • 41 winners from the qualifying round
  • 16 losing teams from Champions League qualifying
Second round
(48 teams)
  • 48 winners from the first round
Third round
(32 teams)
  • 24 winners from the second round
  • 8 third placed teams from the Champions League first group stage
Fourth round
(16 teams)
  • 16 winners from the third round
Play-offs
(8 teams)
  • 8 winners from the fourth round play the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final

Redistribution rules

A UEFA Cup place is vacated when a team qualify for both the Champions League and the UEFA Cup, or qualify for the UEFA Cup by more than one method. When a place is vacated, it is redistributed within the national association by the following rules:

  • When the domestic cup winners (considered as the "highest-placed" qualifier within the national association) also qualify for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place is vacated, and the remaining UEFA Cup qualifiers are moved up one place, with the final place (with the earliest starting round) taken by the domestic cup runners-up, provided they do not already qualify for the Champions League or the UEFA Cup. Otherwise, this place is taken by the highest-placed league finisher which do not qualify for the UEFA Cup yet.
  • When the domestic cup winners also qualify for the UEFA Cup through league position, their place through the league position is vacated, and the UEFA Cup qualifiers which finish lower in the league are moved up one place, with the final place taken by the highest-placed league finisher which do not qualify for the UEFA Cup yet.
  • A place vacated by the League Cup winners is taken by the highest-placed league finisher which do not qualify for the UEFA Cup yet.
  • A Fair Play place is taken by the highest-ranked team in the domestic Fair Play table which do not qualify for the Champions League or UEFA Cup yet.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • CW: Cup winners
  • CR: Cup runners-up
  • LC: League Cup winners
  • Nth: League position
  • FP: Fair play
  • IC: Intertoto Cup winners
  • CL: Relegated from the Champions League
    • GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
    • Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round
Third round
Barcelona (CL GS) Hamburger SV (CL GS) Olympiacos (CL GS) Rosenborg (CL GS)
Bayer Leverkusen (CL GS) PSV Eindhoven (CL GS) Shakhtar Donetsk (CL GS) Rangers (CL GS)
First round
Parma (5th) Ajax (5th) GAK (CW) Tirol Innsbruck (CL Q3)
Roma (6th) Chelsea (CW) Viborg (CW) Herfølge (CL Q3)
Fiorentina (7th) Liverpool (4th) Osijek (3rd) Brøndby (CL Q3)
Espanyol (CW) Leicester City (LC) Gaziantepspor (3rd) Dinamo Zagreb (CL Q3)
Zaragoza (4th) CSKA Moscow (3rd) Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (3rd) St. Gallen (CL Q3)
Alavés (6th) Torpedo Moscow (4th) Zürich (CW) Polonia Warsaw (CL Q3)
1. FC Kaiserslautern (5th) Dynamo Moscow (5th) Molde (2nd) Dunaferr (CL Q3)
Hertha BSC (6th) Alania Vladikavkaz (6th) Genk (CW) Inter Bratislava (CL Q3)
Werder Bremen (CR) AEK Athens (CW) Internazionale (CL Q3) Red Star Belgrade (CL Q3)
Nantes (CW) OFI (4th) 1860 Munich (CL Q3) Zimbru Chișinău (CL Q3)
Bordeaux (4th) PAOK (5th) Feyenoord (CL Q3) Udinese (IC)
Gueugnon (LC) Iraklis (6th) Lokomotiv Moscow (CL Q3) Celta Vigo (IC)
Roda JC (CW) Benfica (3rd) Porto (CL Q3) VfB Stuttgart (IC)
Vitesse (4th) Slovan Liberec (CW) Slavia Prague (CL Q3)
Qualifying round
Boavista (4th) Aberdeen (CR) CSKA Sofia (2nd) Bangor City (CW)
Drnovice (3rd) Rapid București (2nd) Neftochimic Burgas (CR) Barry Town (2nd)
Rapid Wien (3rd) Universitatea Craiova (CR) Liepājas Metalurgs (2nd) Sliema Wanderers (CW)
AB (3rd) MTK Hungária (CW) Ventspils (3rd) Valletta (3rd)
Rijeka (4th) Vasas (3rd) ÍBV (2nd) (2nd)
Antalyaspor (CR) Košice (2nd) ÍA (CR) B36 (CR)
Vorskla Poltava (4th) Slovan Bratislava (3rd) Pobeda (2nd) Teuta (CW)
Lausanne-Sports (2nd) Omonia (CW) Rabotnicki (3rd) Tomori (2nd)
Basel (3rd) APOEL (3rd) Ekranas (CW) Jeunesse Esch (CW)
Brann (3rd) Locomotive Tbilisi (CW) Žalgiris (2nd) Grevenmacher (2nd)
Lillestrøm (4th) WIT Georgia (2nd) Constructorul Chișinău (CW) Vaduz (CW)
Club Brugge (2nd) Maccabi Haifa (2nd) Sheriff Tiraspol (2nd) Kapaz (CW)
Gent (3rd) Beitar Jerusalem (CR) Viljandi Tulevik (2nd) Neftçi (3rd)
Örgryte IS (CW) Olimpija Ljubljana (CW) Flora (3rd) Željezničar (CW)
AIK (2nd) HIT Gorica (2nd) Mika (CW) Budućnost Banovići (2nd)
Halmstads BK (3rd) Slavia Mozyr (CW) Ararat Yerevan (2nd) Constel·lació (1st)
Amica Wronki (CW) Gomel (3rd) Glentoran (CW) Folgore (1st)
Wisła Kraków (2nd) Jokerit (CW) Coleraine (2nd) IFK Norrköping (FP)
Ruch Chorzów (3rd) HJK (2nd) Cork City (2nd) Rayo Vallecano (FP)
Celtic (2nd) Partizan (2nd) Bohemians (3rd) Lierse (FP)
Heart of Midlothian (3rd) Napredak Kruševac (CR)

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows.[2] Matches were generally scheduled for Thursdays apart from the final, which took place on a Wednesday, though exceptionally could take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts.

Schedule for 2000–01 UEFA Cup
Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying round 23 June 2000 10 August 2000 24 August 2000
First round 25 August 2000 14 September 2000 28 September 2000
Second round 29 September 2000 26 October 2000 9 November 2000
Third round 10 November 2000 23 November 2000 7 December 2000
Fourth round 13 December 2000 15 February 2001 22 February 2001
Quarter-finals 8 March 2001 15 March 2001
Semi-finals 16 March 2001 5 April 2001 19 April 2001
Final 16 May 2001 at Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

Qualifying round

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Universitatea Craiova 1–2 Pobeda1–10–1
Folgore 1–12 Basel1–50–7
Neftçi 2–3 HIT Gorica1–01–3
Rapid Wien 6–0 Teuta2–04–0
Club Brugge 6–1 Flora4–12–0
ÍBV 0–5 Heart of Midlothian0–20–3
AB 9–0 B368–01–0
Coleraine 1–3 Örgryte IS1–20–1
Ararat Yerevan 3–4 Košice2–31–1
Napredak Kruševac 6–2 Viljandi Tulevik5–11–1
MTK Hungária 5–2 Jokerit1–04–2
Vorskla Poltava 4–0 Rabotnicki2–02–0
ÍA 2–6 Gent2–30–3
Bangor City 0–11 Halmstads BK0–70–4
Ventspils 3–4 Vasas2–11–3 (a.e.t.)
Jeunesse Esch 0–11 Celtic0–40–7
Drnovice 4–0 Budućnost Banovići3–01–0
Tomori 2–5 APOEL2–30–2
Rapid București 3–1 Mika3–00–1
WIT Georgia 1–4 Beitar Jerusalem0–31–1
Omonia 1–2 Neftochimic Burgas0–01–2
Željezničar 1–3 Wisła Kraków0–01–3
Sheriff Tiraspol 0–3 Olimpija Ljubljana0–00–3
Kapaz 0–7 Antalyaspor0–20–5
Žalgiris 2–7 Ruch Chorzów2–10–6
Aberdeen 2–2 (a) Bohemians1–21–0
 1–4 IFK Norrköping0–21–2
Liepājas Metalurgs 1–2 Brann1–10–1
Slavia Mozyr 1–1 (a) Maccabi Haifa1–10–0
Slovan Bratislava 4–0 Locomotive Tbilisi2–02–0
Sliema Wanderers 3–5 Partizan2–11–4
Constructorul Chișinău 2–11 CSKA Sofia2–30–8
AIK 3–0 Gomel1–02–0
HJK 4–3 Grevenmacher4–10–2
Glentoran 0–4 Lillestrøm0–30–1
Ekranas 0–7 Lierse0–30–4
Boavista 5–0 Barry Town2–03–0
Constel·lació 0–16 Rayo Vallecano0–100–6
Lausanne-Sports 2–0 Cork City1–01–0
Rijeka 8–6 Valletta3–25–4 (a.e.t.)
Amica Wronki 6–3 Vaduz3–03–3

First round

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Zimbru Chișinău 1–4 Hertha BSC1–20–2
Antalyaspor 2–6 Werder Bremen2–00–6
Bohemians 2–3 1. FC Kaiserslautern1–31–0
VfB Stuttgart 3–3 (a) Heart of Midlothian1–02–3
Drnovice 0–1 1860 Munich0–00–1
Lokomotiv Moscow 4–2 Neftochimic Burgas4–20–0
IFK Norrköping 3–4 Slovan Liberec2–21–2
Rapid București 0–1 Liverpool0–10–0
Zürich 1–4 Genk1–20–2
Olimpija Ljubljana 2–3 Espanyol2–10–2
Vorskla Poltava 2–4 Boavista1–21–2
Brøndby 1–2 Osijek1–20–0
Ruch Chorzów 1–7 Internazionale0–31–4
Pobeda 0–6 Parma0–20–4
Lausanne-Sports 5–2 Torpedo Moscow3–22–0
Celta Vigo 1–0 Rijeka0–01–0 (a.e.t.)
Leicester City 2–4 Red Star Belgrade1–11–3
Roda JC 1–4 Inter Bratislava0–21–2
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 0–6 Nantes0–10–5
PAOK 6–4 Beitar Jerusalem3–13–3
Slavia Prague 5–0 AB3–02–0
Rapid Wien 4–1 Örgryte IS3–01–1
Gent 0–9 Ajax0–60–3
Lillestrøm 4–3 Dynamo Moscow3–11–2
Košice 2–3 GAK2–30–0
CSKA Sofia 2–2 (a) MTK Hungária1–21–0
Alavés 4–3 Gaziantepspor0–04–3
Tirol Innsbruck 5–3 Fiorentina3–12–2
Club Brugge 3–0 APOEL2–01–0
CSKA Moscow 0–1 Viborg0–00–1 (a.e.t.)
Celtic 3–2 HJK2–01–2 (a.e.t.)
Gueugnon 0–1 Iraklis0–00–1
Chelsea 1–2 St. Gallen1–00–2
Zaragoza 5–5 (3–4 p) Wisła Kraków4–11–4 (a.e.t.)
Molde 1–2 Rayo Vallecano0–11–1
HIT Gorica 1–11 Roma1–40–7
AIK 1–2 Herfølge0–11–1 (a.e.t.)
Vitesse 4–2 Maccabi Haifa3–01–2
Vasas 2–4 AEK Athens2–20–2
Partizan 1–2 Porto1–10–1
Alania Vladikavkaz 0–5 Amica Wronki0–30–2
Halmstads BK 4–3 Benfica2–12–2
Dunaferr 1–4 Feyenoord0–11–3
Lierse 1–5 Bordeaux0–01–5
Polonia Warsaw 0–3 Udinese0–10–2
Basel 7–6 Brann3–24–4
Napredak Kruševac 0–6 OFI0–00–6
Slovan Bratislava 1–4 Dinamo Zagreb0–31–1

Second round

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Iraklis 4–5 1. FC Kaiserslautern1–33–2
Osijek 4–1 Rapid Wien2–12–0
Udinese 1–3 PAOK1–00–3 (a.e.t.)
Werder Bremen 9–3 Genk4–15–2
Halmstads BK 4–5 1860 Munich3–21–3
AEK Athens 6–2 Herfølge5–01–2
Hertha BSC 4–2 Amica Wronki3–11–1
Lillestrøm 3–5 Alavés1–32–2
Internazionale 1–1 (a) Vitesse0–01–1
Bordeaux 3–2 Celtic1–12–1 (a.e.t.)
Espanyol 4–1 GAK4–00–1
Boavista 1–2 Roma0–11–1
Tirol Innsbruck 2–3 VfB Stuttgart1–01–3
Red Star Belgrade 1–3 Celta Vigo1–00–3[a]
Lokomotiv Moscow 3–1 Inter Bratislava1–02–1
Basel 1–3 Feyenoord1–20–1
Liverpool 4–2 Slovan Liberec1–03–2
Rayo Vallecano 2–2 (a) Viborg1–01–2
Lausanne-Sports 3–2 Ajax1–02–2
Nantes 3–1 MTK Hungária2–11–0
Club Brugge 3–2 St. Gallen2–11–1
Parma 2–1 Dinamo Zagreb2–00–1
OFI 3–6 Slavia Prague2–21–4
Wisła Kraków 0–3 Porto0–00–3
Notes:
  1. ^ This 2nd leg match in Vigo actually ended with the score 5–3 for the hosts Celta, but was later awarded as 3–0 win for Celta Vigo since it was discovered that Red Star fielded two suspended players.

Final phase

In the final phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

  • In the draws for the third and fourth rounds, teams were seeded and divided into groups containing an equal number of seeded and unseeded teams. In each group, the seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the first team drawn hosting the first leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings and teams from the same association could be drawn against each other.

Bracket

Third roundFourth roundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Bayer Leverkusen404
AEK Athens426 AEK Athens000
Club Brugge011 Barcelona156
Barcelona213 Barcelona (a)224
Feyenoord213 Celta Vigo134
VfB Stuttgart224 VfB Stuttgart011
Shakhtar Donetsk000 Celta Vigo022
Celta Vigo011 Barcelona000
Espanyol000 Liverpool011
Porto202 Porto314
Nantes437 Nantes123
Lausanne-Sports314 Porto000
Roma134 Liverpool022
Hamburger SV000 Roma011
Olympiacos202 Liverpool202 16 May – Dortmund
Liverpool224 Liverpool (g.g.)5
Alavés134 Alavés4
Rosenborg112 Alavés325
Hertha BSC011 Internazionale303
Internazionale022 Alavés314
Lokomotiv Moscow000 Rayo Vallecano022
Rayo Vallecano022 Rayo Vallecano426
Bordeaux404 Bordeaux112
Werder Bremen101 Alavés549
Osijek213 1. FC Kaiserslautern112
Slavia Prague055 Slavia Prague000
Rangers101 1. FC Kaiserslautern011
1. FC Kaiserslautern033 1. FC Kaiserslautern112
PSV Eindhoven314 PSV Eindhoven000
PAOK000 PSV Eindhoven (a)224
Parma224 Parma134
1860 Munich202

Third round

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Hertha BSC 1–2 Internazionale0–01–2
Parma 4–2 1860 Munich2–22–0
Feyenoord 3–4 VfB Stuttgart2–21–2
Lokomotiv Moscow 0–2 Rayo Vallecano0–00–2
PSV Eindhoven 4–0 PAOK3–01–0
Roma 4–0 Hamburger SV1–03–0
Nantes 7–4 Lausanne-Sports4–33–1
Bordeaux 4–1 Werder Bremen4–10–0
Olympiacos 2–4 Liverpool2–20–2
Bayer Leverkusen 4–6 AEK Athens4–40–2
Shakhtar Donetsk 0–1 Celta Vigo0–00–1
Alavés 4–2 Rosenborg1–13–1
Espanyol 0–2 Porto0–20–0
Osijek 3–5 Slavia Prague2–01–5
Club Brugge 1–3 Barcelona0–21–1
Rangers 1–3 1. FC Kaiserslautern1–00–3

Fourth round

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Slavia Prague 0–1 1. FC Kaiserslautern0–00–1
VfB Stuttgart 1–2 Celta Vigo0–01–2
PSV Eindhoven 4–4 (a) Parma2–12–3
AEK Athens 0–6 Barcelona0–10–5
Alavés 5–3 Internazionale3–32–0
Porto 4–3 Nantes3–11–2
Rayo Vallecano 6–2 Bordeaux4–12–1
Roma 1–2 Liverpool0–21–0

Quarter-finals

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Barcelona 4–4 (a) Celta Vigo2–12–3
Porto 0–2 Liverpool0–00–2
Alavés 4–2 Rayo Vallecano3–01–2
1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–0 PSV Eindhoven1–01–0

Semi-finals

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Alavés 9–2 1. FC Kaiserslautern5–14–1
Barcelona 0–1 Liverpool0–00–1

Final

The final was played on 16 May 2001 at the Westfalenstadion in Dortmund, Germany.

Liverpool 5–4 (a.e.t./g.g.) Alavés
Report

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying round.

Top goalscorers

Rank[4] Player Team Goals Minutes played
1 Goran Drulić Red Star Belgrade 6 340
Marcin Kuźba Lausanne-Sports 527
Javi Moreno Alavés 530
Demis Nikolaidis AEK Athens 703
5 Viorel Moldovan Nantes 5 391
Álvaro Recoba Internazionale 575
Marco Delvecchio Roma 586
Rivaldo Barcelona 595
Iván Alonso Alavés 774
Pena Porto 888

See also

References

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