2001 UEFA Champions League final

The 2001 UEFA Champions League final was a football match that took place at San Siro in Milan, Italy, on 23 May 2001, to decide the winner of the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League. The match pitted German side Bayern Munich against Spanish side Valencia. The match finished in a 1–1 draw, but Bayern clinched their fourth title by winning 5–4 on penalties. This was also their first European Cup title in a quarter-century, while it was Valencia's second consecutive defeat in the only finals they had reached in the competition. Both goals scored in the match were from penalties, with Bayern Munich also missing a penalty in normal time, and a penalty shoot-out was required to decide the winner, with the match being referred to as an "all-penalty" final. The 2001 event was a meeting of the two previous seasons' losing finalists – Bayern Munich lost to Manchester United in 1999 and Valencia lost to Real Madrid in 2000.

2001 UEFA Champions League final

Match programme cover
Event	2000–01 UEFA Champions League
Bayern Munich Valencia 1 1
After golden goal extra time Bayern Munich won 5–4 on penalties
Date	23 May 2001
Venue	San Siro, Milan
Man of the Match	Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich)[1]
Referee	Dick Jol (Netherlands)[2]
Attendance	79,000[1]
Weather	Mostly cloudy 22 °C (72 °F) 64% humidity[3]
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This was the sixth European Cup final to be decided on penalties, and the second under the Champions League format. This was Ottmar Hitzfeld's second Champions League title after he won it with Borussia Dortmund in 1997, making him the second coach in European Cup history, after Ernst Happel, to win the competition with two clubs. Meanwhile, it was Héctor Cúper's third consecutive European final defeat; he lost the 1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final with Mallorca before losing the 2000 Champions League final with Valencia.

Teams

In the following table, finals until 1992 were in the European Cup era, since 1993 were in the UEFA Champions League era.

Team	Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
Bayern Munich	6 (1974, 1975, 1976, 1982, 1987, 1999)
Valencia	1 (2000)

Route to the final

Further information: 2000–01 UEFA Champions League

Bayern Munich				Round	Valencia
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Qualifying phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Bye				Third qualifying round	Tirol Innsbruck	4–1	0–0 (A)	4–1 (H)
Opponent	Result			First group stage	Opponent	Result
Helsingborgs IF	3–1 (A)			Matchday 1	Olympiacos	2–1 (H)
Rosenborg	3–1 (H)			Matchday 2	Heerenveen	1–0 (A)
Paris Saint-Germain	0–1 (A)			Matchday 3	Lyon	1–0 (H)
Paris Saint-Germain	2–0 (H)			Matchday 4	Lyon	2–1 (A)
Helsingborgs IF	0–0 (H)			Matchday 5	Olympiacos	0–1 (A)
Rosenborg	1–1 (A)			Matchday 6	Heerenveen	1–1 (H)
Group F winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Bayern Munich 6 11 2 Paris Saint-Germain 6 10 3 Rosenborg 6 7 4 Helsingborgs IF 6 5 Source: UEFA				Final standings	Group C winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Valencia 6 13 2 Lyon 6 9 3 Olympiacos 6 9 4 Heerenveen 6 4 Source: UEFA
Opponent	Result			Second group stage	Opponent	Result
Lyon	1–0 (H)			Matchday 1	Sturm Graz	2–0 (H)
Arsenal	2–2 (A)			Matchday 2	Panathinaikos	0–0 (A)
Spartak Moscow	1–0 (H)			Matchday 3	Manchester United	0–0 (H)
Spartak Moscow	3–0 (A)			Matchday 4	Manchester United	1–1 (A)
Lyon	0–3 (A)			Matchday 5	Sturm Graz	5–0 (A)
Arsenal	1–0 (H)			Matchday 6	Panathinaikos	2–1 (H)
Group C winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Bayern Munich 6 13 2 Arsenal 6 8 3 Lyon 6 8 4 Spartak Moscow 6 4 Source: UEFA				Final standings	Group A winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Valencia 6 12 2 Manchester United 6 12 3 Sturm Graz 6 6 4 Panathinaikos 6 2 Source: UEFA
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Manchester United	3–1	1–0 (A)	2–1 (H)	Quarter-finals	Arsenal	2–2 (a)	1–2 (A)	1–0 (H)
Real Madrid	3–1	1–0 (A)	2–1 (H)	Semi-finals	Leeds United	3–0	0–0 (A)	3–0 (H)

Match

Summary

This final would come to be known for the goalkeeping heroics of Bayern keeper Oliver Kahn.^[4]

Valencia opened the score early on with a Gaizka Mendieta penalty in the third minute after a prostrate Patrik Andersson was deemed to have handled the ball in the penalty area. Only a few minutes later, Bayern Munich were awarded a penalty after Jocelyn Angloma fouled Stefan Effenberg in the penalty box, but Santiago Cañizares saved Mehmet Scholl's kick with his legs. Bayern were awarded another penalty early in the second half, this time after Amedeo Carboni handled the ball while competing for a header with Carsten Jancker. This time, Stefan Effenberg took the penalty kick and sent Cañizares the wrong way to level the scores at 1–1. The scores remained level for the remainder of normal time and throughout the 30 minutes of extra time, so the match went to penalties.^[4]

Again, Valencia took the lead early on as Paulo Sérgio put the first kick of the shoot-out over the bar before Mendieta sent Oliver Kahn the wrong way. Hasan Salihamidžić, John Carew and Alexander Zickler then traded penalty goals before Kahn saved Zlatko Zahovič's kick to tie the scores at 2–2 after three kicks each. The next kick from Patrik Andersson was also saved by Cañizares, and then Kahn stretched out a hand to tip Amedeo Carboni's shot onto the crossbar. Both Rubén Baraja and Stefan Effenberg then scored to take the shoot-out to sudden death. Bixente Lizarazu and Kily González both scored their clubs' sixth kicks of the penalty shoot-out, and then Thomas Linke scored for Bayern to set Mauricio Pellegrino up for the game-deciding kick. Kahn guessed the right direction and saved Pellegrino's kick, winning the cup for Bayern Munich.^[4]

Kahn also won the UEFA Fair Play Award for consoling his heartbroken rival, Valencia's Santiago Cañizares after the penalty shoot-out.^[5]

This match along with the 2001 UEFA Cup final that Alaves lost to Liverpool one week earlier, was the last time a Spanish club lost a UEFA final against a team from another country until 2025 UEFA Conference League final, when Real Betis lost to Chelsea.

Details

23 May 2001 (2001-05-23)

20:45 UTC+2

Bayern Munich	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Valencia
Effenberg 50' (pen.)	Report	Mendieta 3' (pen.)
Penalties
Paulo Sérgio Salihamidžić Zickler Andersson Effenberg Lizarazu Linke	5–4	Mendieta Carew Zahovič Carboni Baraja Kily Pellegrino

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 79,000^[1]

Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Bayern Munich

Valencia

GK 1 Oliver Kahn CB 4 Samuel Kuffour CB 5 Patrik Andersson  38' CB 25 Thomas Linke RWB 2 Willy Sagnol  46' LWB 3 Bixente Lizarazu CM 23 Owen Hargreaves CM 11 Stefan Effenberg (c) AM 7 Mehmet Scholl  108' AM 20 Hasan Salihamidžić CF 9 Giovane Élber  100' Substitutes: GK 22 Bernd Dreher DF 18 Michael Tarnat MF 10 Ciriaco Sforza FW 13 Paulo Sérgio  108' FW 19 Carsten Jancker  46' FW 21 Alexander Zickler  100' FW 24 Roque Santa Cruz Manager: Ottmar Hitzfeld

GK 1 Santiago Cañizares  120' RB 20 Jocelyn Angloma CB 12 Roberto Ayala  90' CB 2 Mauricio Pellegrino LB 15 Amedeo Carboni  26' DM 19 Rubén Baraja RM 6 Gaizka Mendieta (c) LM 18 Kily González  117' AM 35 Pablo Aimar  46' CF 17 Juan Sánchez  66' CF 7 John Carew Substitutes: GK 25 Andrés Palop DF 5 Miroslav Đukić  90' DF 34 Fábio Aurélio MF 4 Didier Deschamps MF 8 Zlatko Zahovič  66' MF 14 Vicente MF 23 David Albelda  46' Manager: Héctor Cúper

Man of the Match: Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich)[1] Assistant referees:[2] Jaap Pool (Netherlands) Jan-Willem van Veluwen (Netherlands) Fourth official:[2] Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of golden goal extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if no goals occur in extra time. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutes.

Statistics

[citation needed]	Bayern Munich	Valencia
Goals scored	1	1
Total shots	19	9
Shots on target	5	4
Ball possession	64%	36%
Corner kicks	10	3
Fouls committed	24	23
Offsides	2	6
Yellow cards	1	3
Red cards	0	0

See also

• 2001 UEFA Cup final
• 2001 UEFA Super Cup
• 2001 Intercontinental Cup
• 2000–01 FC Bayern Munich season
• 2000–01 Valencia CF season
• FC Bayern Munich in international football competitions
• Valencia CF in European football