2000–01 Serie A

The 2000–01 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 99th season of top-tier Italian football, the 69th in a round-robin tournament. It was contested by 18 teams, for the 13th consecutive season since 1988–89.

Serie A
Season2000–01
ChampionsRoma
3rd title
RelegatedReggina
Vicenza
Napoli
Bari
Champions LeagueRoma
Juventus
Lazio
Parma
UEFA CupInternazionale
Milan
Fiorentina
Matches played306
Goals scored845 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorerHernán Crespo
(26 goals)
Average attendance29,441
2000–01 Serie A team distribution

Roma won its first Scudetto since 1982–83, its third title overall. Juventus finished second, and these two teams automatically qualified for the first group stage of the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League. Lazio, the defending champions, and Parma finished third and fourth respectively, to enter the third qualifying round of the same competition. Internazionale and Milan finished fifth and sixth respectively, and qualified for the 2001–02 UEFA Cup along with Fiorentina, the winners of the Coppa Italia. Brescia gained entry into the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup.

Vicenza, Napoli and Bari were automatically relegated to Serie B. Reggina and Hellas Verona were forced to contest a relegation tie-breaker after finishing level on points, with Verona winning on away goals to relegate Reggina.

Rule changes

In the middle of the season, the old quota system was abolished, meaning that each team was no longer limited to having no more than five non-EU players and using no more than three in each match.[1][2]

Passport scandal

Concurrent with the abolition of the quota system, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) investigated footballers from South America and Africa who had used fake passports in order to enable their teams to field them as Europeans. Alberto, Warley, Alejandro Da Silva and Jorginho of Udinese,[3] Fábio Júnior and Gustavo Bartelt of Roma,[4] Dida of Milan, Álvaro Recoba of Inter, Thomas Job, Francis Zé and Jean Ondoa of Sampdoria, and Jeda and André Leone of Vicenza were all handed bans in July 2001, ranging from six months to one year.[5] However, most of these bans were subsequently reduced.

Personnels and sponsoring
Team Head coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Atalanta* Giovanni Vavassori Asics Ortobell
Bari Eugenio Fascetti
Arcangelo Sciannimanico		 Lotto TELE +
Bologna Francesco Guidolin Macron Granarolo
Brescia* Carlo Mazzone Garman Ristora
Fiorentina Fatih Terim
Roberto Mancini		 Diadora Toyota
Hellas Verona Attilio Perotti Lotto Amica Chips
Internazionale Marcello Lippi
Marco Tardelli		 Nike Pirelli
Juventus Carlo Ancelotti Lotto TELE +
Lazio Sven-Göran Eriksson
Dino Zoff		 Puma Siemens Mobile
Lecce Alberto Cavasin Asics Banca 121 (Banca del Salento)
Milan Alberto Zaccheroni
Cesare Maldini		 Adidas Opel
Napoli* Zdeněk Zeman
Emiliano Mondonico		 Diadora Peroni
Parma Alberto Malesani
Arrigo Sacchi
Renzo Ulivieri		 Champion Parmalat
Perugia Serse Cosmi Galex Daewoo
Roma Fabio Capello Kappa INA Assitalia
Reggina Franco Colomba Asics Caffe Mauro
Udinese Luigi De Canio
Luciano Spalletti		 Diadora Telit
Vicenza* Edoardo Reja Umbro ARTEL

(*) Promoted from Serie B.

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment Position in table
Fiorentina Giovanni Trapattoni End of contract 30 June 2000 Fatih Terim 1 July 2000 Pre-season
Perugia Carlo Mazzone End of contract 30 June 2000 Serse Cosmi 1 July 2000 Pre-season
Brescia Nedo Sonetti End of contract 30 June 2000 Carlo Mazzone 1 July 2000 Pre-season
Napoli Walter Novellino End of contract 30 June 2000 Zdeněk Zeman 1 July 2000 Pre-season
Internazionale Marcello Lippi Sacked 10 October 2000 Marco Tardelli 11 October 2000 15th
Napoli Zdeněk Zeman Sacked 14 November 2000 Emiliano Mondonico 15 November 2000 18th
Lazio Sven-Göran Eriksson Resigned 9 January 2001 Dino Zoff 10 January 2001 5th
Parma Alberto Malesani Sacked 10 January 2001 Arrigo Sacchi (caretaker) 10 January 2001 10th
Parma Arrigo Sacchi End of caretaker spell 29 January 2001 Renzo Ulivieri 30 January 2001 8th
Fiorentina Fatih Terim Sacked 27 February 2001 Luciano Chiarugi (caretaker) 28 February 2001 10th
Fiorentina Luciano Chiarugi End of caretaker spell 6 March 2001 Roberto Mancini 7 March 2001 11th
Milan Alberto Zaccheroni Sacked 12 March 2001 Cesare Maldini 13 March 2001 9th
Udinese Luigi De Canio Sacked 20 March 2001 Luciano Spalletti 21 March 2001 12th
Bari Eugenio Fascetti Sacked 8 May 2001 Arcangelo Sciannimanico 9 May 2001 18th

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Roma (C) 34 22 9 3 68 33 +35 75 Qualification to Champions League first group stage
2 Juventus 34 21 10 3 61 27 +34 73
3 Lazio 34 21 6 7 65 36 +29 69 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Parma 34 16 8 10 51 31 +20 56
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
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
9 Fiorentina[lower-alpha 3] 34 10 13 11 53 52 +1 43 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
10 Bologna 34 11 10 13 49 53 −4 43
11 Perugia 34 10 12 12 49 53 −4 42
12 Udinese 34 11 5 18 49 59 −10 38
13 Lecce 34 8 13 13 40 54 −14 37[lower-alpha 4]
14 Hellas Verona[lower-alpha 5] 34 10 7 17 40 59 −19 37[lower-alpha 4] Relegation tie-breaker
15 Reggina (R) 34 10 7 17 32 49 −17 37[lower-alpha 4] Serie B after tie-breaker
16 Vicenza (R) 34 9 9 16 37 51 −14 36[lower-alpha 6] Relegation to Serie B
17 Napoli (R) 34 8 12 14 35 51 −16 36[lower-alpha 6]
18 Bari (R) 34 5 5 24 31 68 −37 20
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).[6]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Atalanta finished ahead of Brescia on head-to-head points: Atalanta 2–0 Brescia, Brescia 0–3 Atalanta.
  2. Brescia gained entry to the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Atalanta declined.
  3. Fiorentina gained entry to the 2001–02 UEFA Cup as the 2000–01 Coppa Italia champions.
  4. Lecce finished ahead of Reggina and Hellas Verona on head-to-head points: Lecce: 10 pts, Reggina: 4 pts, Hellas Verona: 2 pts.
  5. Hellas Verona winner of 2000–01 Relegation tie-breaker against Reggina.
  6. Vicenza finished ahead of Napoli on head-to-head points: Vicenza 2–0 Napoli, Napoli 1–2 Vicenza.

Results
Home \ Away ATA BAR BOL BRE FIO INT JUV LAZ LCE MIL NAP PAR PER REG ROM UDI HEL VIC
Atalanta 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 3–0 1–1
Bari 0–2 2–0 1–3 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 3–2 1–3 0–1 0–1 3–4 2–1 1–4 2–1 1–1 2–2
Bologna 0–1 4–2 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–4 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1
Brescia 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 4–0 2–4 3–1 1–0 2–1
Fiorentina 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–3 1–4 2–0 4–0 1–2 0–1 3–4 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 3–2
Internazionale 3–0 1–0 2–1[lower-alpha 2] 0–0 4–2 2–2 1–1[lower-alpha 3] 0–1 0–6 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1
Juventus 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 2–1 4–0
Lazio 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 4–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 3–1[lower-alpha 4] 5–3 2–1
Lecce 0–2 2–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–4 2–1 3–3 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–4 2–1 4–2 3–1
Milan 3–3 4–0 3–3 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–2 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 3–2 3–0 1–0 2–0
Napoli 0–0 1–0 1–5 1–1 1–0[lower-alpha 5] 1–0 1–2 2–4 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 6–2 2–2 0–1 2–0 1–2
Parma 2–0 4–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 5–0 0–2 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–2
Perugia 2–2 4–1 1–3 2–2 2–2 2–3 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0
Reggina 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–3 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1[lower-alpha 6] 1–0
Roma 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 3–1
Udinese 2–4 2–0 3–1 4–2 1–3 3–0 0–2 3–4 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–3 3–3 3–0 1–3 2–1 2–3
Hellas Verona 2–1 3–2 5–4 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–3 1–4 1–1 1–0
Vicenza 1–2 1–0 4–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–3 1–4 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–2[lower-alpha 7] 1–2 2–2
Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The match was played at Stadio Giglio.
  2. The match was played at Stadio San Nicola.
  3. The match was played at Stadio San Nicola.
  4. The match was played at Stadio Artemio Franchi.
  5. The match was played at Stadio La Favorita.
  6. The match was played at Stadio Cibali.
  7. The match was played at Stadio Friuli.

Overall records
  • Highest number of wins: Roma (22)
  • Lowest number of losses: Juventus, Roma (3 each)
  • Highest number of draws: Atalanta, Brescia (15 each)
  • Lowest number of wins: Bari (5)
  • Highest number of losses: Bari (24)
  • Lowest number of draws: Bari, Udinese (5 each)
  • Highest number of goals for: Roma (68)
  • Lowest number of goals against: Juventus (27)
  • Lowest number of goals for: Bari (31)
  • Highest number of goals against: Bari (68)
  • Best goal difference: Roma (35)
  • Worst goal difference: Bari (−37)

Relegation tie-breaker
Hellas Verona1–0Reggina
Laursen  61'
Attendance: 24,733
Reggina2–1Hellas Verona
Zanchetta  42'
Cozza  45+1'		 Report Cossato  86'
Attendance: 26,049

Reggina relegated to Serie B.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Hernán Crespo Lazio 26
2 Andriy Shevchenko Milan 24
3 Enrico Chiesa Fiorentina 22
4 Gabriel Batistuta Roma 20
5 Christian Vieri Internazionale 18
6 Dario Hübner Brescia 17
7 Marco Di Vaio Parma 15
Giuseppe Signori Bologna
Roberto Sosa Udinese
10 David Trezeguet Juventus 14
11 Francesco Totti Roma 13
Vincenzo Montella Roma
13 Cristiano Lucarelli Lecce 12
Marco Materazzi Perugia
15 Filippo Inzaghi Juventus 11
Davor Vugrinec Lecce

Number of teams by region
Region Number of teams Teams
1  Lombardy4Atalanta, Brescia, Internazionale and Milan
2  Apulia2Bari and Lecce
 Emilia-Romagna2Bologna and Parma
 Lazio2Lazio and Roma
 Veneto2Hellas Verona and Vicenza
6  Calabria1Reggina
 Campania1Napoli
 Friuli-Venezia Giulia1Udinese
 Piedmont1Juventus
 Tuscany1Fiorentna
 Umbria1Perugia

References and sources
  • Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005

Footnotes
  1. "Italians bar non-EU imports". UEFA.com. 2002-07-17. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
  2. "Milan challenge non-EU rule". BBC Sport. 2000-11-03. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
  3. "Fake passport scandal hits Serie A". BBC News. 2000-10-08. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  4. "Lazio hit with passport charges". BBC News. 2001-05-08. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  5. Kennedy, Frances (2001-06-28). "Players banned over false passport scandal". The Independent. London. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  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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