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

Season	2000–01
Dates	30 September 2000 – 17 June 2001
Champions	Roma 3rd title
Relegated	Reggina Vicenza Napoli Bari
Champions League	Roma Juventus Lazio Parma
UEFA Cup	Internazionale Milan Fiorentina
Intertoto Cup	Brescia
Matches played	306
Goals scored	845 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hernán Crespo (26 goals)
Average attendance	29,441
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

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 Cameroon 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

2000–01 Serie A team distribution

Team	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Atalanta*	Giovanni Vavassori	Asics	Ortobell
Bari	Arcangelo Sciannimanico	Lotto	TELE+
Bologna	Francesco Guidolin	Umbro	Granarolo
Brescia*	Carlo Mazzone	Garman	Ristora
Fiorentina	Roberto Mancini	Diadora	Toyota
Hellas Verona	Attilio Perotti	Lotto	NET Business
Internazionale	Marco Tardelli	Nike	Pirelli
Juventus	Carlo Ancelotti	Lotto[a]	TELE+/sportal.com (in UEFA matches)
Lazio	Dino Zoff	Puma	Siemens Mobile
Lecce	Alberto Cavasin	Asics	Banca 121
Milan	Cesare Maldini	Adidas	Opel
Napoli*	Emiliano Mondonico	Diadora	Peroni
Parma	Renzo Ulivieri	Champion	Mr.Day (Home)/Parmalat (Away)
Perugia	Serse Cosmi	Galex	Daewoo Matiz
Roma	Fabio Capello	Kappa	INA Assitalia
Reggina	Franco Colomba	Asics	Caffè Mauro
Udinese	Luciano Spalletti	Diadora	Telit
Vicenza*	Edoardo Reja	Umbro	Artel Clima

(*) Promoted from Serie B.

1. The CiaoWeb logo was featured instead of the Lotto logo in Serie A and UEFA matches.

Managerial changes

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

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[6]
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[a]
8	Brescia[b]	34	10	14	10	44	42	+2	44[a]	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
9	Fiorentina[c]	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[d]
14	Hellas Verona[e]	34	10	7	17	40	59	−19	37[d]	Relegation tie-breaker
15	Reggina (R)	34	10	7	17	32	49	−17	37[d]	Serie B after tie-breaker
16	Vicenza (R)	34	9	9	16	37	51	−14	36[f]	Relegation to Serie B
17	Napoli (R)	34	8	12	14	35	51	−16	36[f]
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).^[7]
(C) Champions; (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	HEL	INT	JUV	LAZ	LCE	MIL	NAP	PAR	PER	REG	ROM	UDI	VIC
Atalanta		0–0	2–2	2–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–1
Bari	0–2		2–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	3–2	1–3	0–1	0–1	3–4	2–1	1–4	2–1	2–2
Bologna	0–1	4–2		1–0	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–4	2–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1
Brescia	0–3[a]	3–1	0–0		1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	4–0	2–4	3–1	2–1
Fiorentina	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–2		2–0	2–0	1–3	1–4	2–0	4–0	1–2	0–1	3–4	2–1	3–1	2–1	3–2
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
Internazionale	3–0	1–0	2–1[b]	0–0	4–2	2–0		2–2	1–1[c]	0–1	0–6	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1
Juventus	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–3	2–1	3–1		1–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	4–0
Lazio	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	5–3	2–0	4–1		3–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	3–1[d]	2–1
Lecce	0–2	2–0	0–0	0–3	1–1	4–2	1–2	1–4	2–1		3–3	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–4	2–1	3–1
Milan	3–3	4–0	3–3	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	4–1		1–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	3–2	3–0	2–0
Napoli	0–0	1–0	1–5	1–1	1–0[e]	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–4	1–1	0–0		2–2	0–0	6–2	2–2	0–1	1–2
Parma	2–0	4–0	0–0	3–0	2–2	1–2	3–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0		5–0	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–2
Perugia	2–2	4–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–0	2–3	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–1		1–1	0–0	3–1	1–0
Reggina	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–3	1–1	1–1[f]	2–1	0–2	0–2	0–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	0–2		0–0	1–1	1–0
Roma	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	3–2	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	2–2	2–1		2–1	3–1
Udinese	2–4	2–0	3–1	4–2	1–3	2–1	3–0	0–2	3–4	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–3	3–3	3–0	1–3		2–3
Vicenza	1–2	1–0	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–3	1–4	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–2[g]	1–2

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

21 June 2001

Hellas Verona	1–0	Reggina
Laursen 61'

Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi, Verona

Attendance: 24,733

Referee: Graziano Cesari (Genoa)

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24 June 2001

Reggina	2–1	Hellas Verona
Zanchetta 42' Cozza 45+1'	Report	Cossato 86'

Stadio Oreste Granillo, Reggio Calabria

Attendance: 26,049

Referee: Stefano Braschi (Prato)

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

References and sources

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

See also

• Tim Parks, A Season with Verona (London: Vintage, 2002) – A personal account by a celebrated English author and fan of the fortunes of Hellas Verona that season, including the team's narrow avoidance of relegation.