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[1]

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

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

Win Draw Loss

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	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[lower-alpha 1]
8	Brescia[lower-alpha 2]	34	10	14	10	44	42	+2	44[lower-alpha 1]	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).[3]
Notes:

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.

Matches

1	Milan	2–0	Vicenza
	Bierhoff 16' Shevchenko 84'

2	Bologna	2–1	Milan
	Bia 19' Piacentini 90'		Shevchenko 66'

3	Milan	2–2	Juventus
	Ambrosini 59' Shevchenko 61'		Trezeguet 67' Conte 90'

4	Parma	2–0	Milan
	Mboma 5', 66'

5	Milan	3–3	Atalanta
	Serginho 23' Bierhoff 49' Shevchenko 64' (pen.)		Doni 21', 44' (pen.) Rossini 45'

6	Bari	1–3	Milan
	Madsen 71'		Bierhoff 67' Shevchenko 74' (pen.), 86'

7	Lazio	1–1	Milan
	D. Baggio 3'		Shevchenko 54'

8	Milan	1–0	Napoli
	Ambrosini 43'

9	Udinese	0–1	Milan
			Shevchenko 51'

10	Milan	4–1	Lecce
	Leonardo 20' Shevchenko 27', 30' (pen.) José Mari 87'		Conticchio 22'

11	Hellas Verona	1–1	Milan
	Bonazzoli 4'		Ambrosini 22'

12	Milan	1–2	Perugia
	Shevchenko 24'		Saudati 21' Vryzas 58'

13	Milan	2–2	Internazionale
	Boban 65' Bierhoff 84'		Şükür 11' Di Biagio 72'

14	Fiorentina	4–0	Milan
	Nuno Gomes 15' Cois 47' Chiesa 72' Rui Costa 87'

15	Milan	3–2	Roma
	Leonardo 3' Shevchenko 21', 44'		Totti 40', 86' (pen.)

16	Brescia	1–1	Milan
	Hübner 47'		Bierhoff 26'

17	Milan	1–0	Reggina
	Leonardo 79'

18	Vicenza	2–0	Milan
	Dabo 7' Toni 72'

19	Milan	3–3	Bologna
	Shevchenko 23', 32' Sala 90'		Cipriani 55', 73' Signori 81'

20	Juventus	3–0	Milan
	Tudor 9' Trezeguet 67' Zidane 90'

21	Milan	2–2	Parma
	Maldini 22' Guly 50'		Milošević 24' Amoroso 80'

22	Atalanta	1–1	Milan
	Ganz 63'		Lorenzi 24' (o.g.)

23	Milan	4–0	Bari
	Coco 8' Shevchenko 45' (pen.), 90' Serginho 75'

24	Milan	1–0	Lazio
	Boban 59'

25

Napoli

0–0

Milan

26	Milan	3–0	Udinese
	Kaladze 9' Serginho 31' Shevchenko 71'

27	Lecce	3–3	Milan
	Lucarelli 35' (pen.) Vugrinec 46' Savino 67'		Bierhoff 37' Shevchenko 41' Kaladze 90'

28	Milan	1–0	Hellas Verona
	Shevchenko 69' (pen.)

29	Perugia	2–1	Milan
	Vryzas 5', 50'		Shevchenko 31' (pen.)

30	Internazionale	0–6	Milan
			Comandini 3', 19' Giunti 51' Shevchenko 57', 68' Serginho 81'

31	Milan	1–2	Fiorentina
	Shevchenko 29'		Chiesa 11', 18'

32	Roma	1–1	Milan
	Montella 64'		Coco 45'

33	Milan	1–1	Brescia
	José Mari 68'		Bachini 70'

34	Reggina	2–1	Milan
	Morabito 77' Paulo Costa 82'		Kaladze 69'

Coppa Italia

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team	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

Second group stage

Pos	Team	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

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

"Attendance Statistics of Serie A 2000–2001". StadiaPostcards.com.
On This Day: Inter 0-6 Milan football-italia.net, May 11, 2017
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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[table_hth_ATA0.59173945225391-3] Atalanta finished ahead of Brescia on head-to-head points: Atalanta 2–0 Brescia, Brescia 0–3 Atalanta.

[table_note_BRE0.59173945225391-4] 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

[5] 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.