Valencia CF

2000–01 season
President	Pedro Cortés
Manager	Héctor Cúper
Stadium	Mestalla
La Liga	5th
Copa del Rey	Second round
Champions League	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	Juan Sánchez (12)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Valencia CF once again reached theChampions Leaguefinal. Finishing only 5th inLa Liga, Valencia focused most of its resources on the international competition, a late goal from new signingJohn Carew helping them knockArsenal out of the tournament in the quarter finals. The semis consisted of going againstLeeds United, not present at that level for more than 25 years. Winning 3–0 at home following the goalless draw in the first match,Los Che became one of the relatively few clubs reaching consecutive finals, facingBayern Munich.

In the final itself, Valencia got apenalty kick straightaway, which was converted bycaptainGaizka Mendieta. A few minutes laterMehmet Scholl failed to convert a penalty, whichSantiago Cañizares saved, butStefan Effenberg later scored from a second penalty kick. The penalty taking was not over, since the result was 1-1 after extra time, and Bayern got the upper hand in the shootout, with Valencia coming agonizingly close to becoming the third Spanish club to win the Champions League.

Following the end of the season,Gaizka Mendieta was sold toLazio for a club-record fee. CoachHéctor Cúper was recruited byInter to break their title drought, being replaced by surprise choiceRafael Benítez.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Santiago Cañizares 2 DF  ARG Mauricio Pellegrino 3 DF  SWE Joachim Björklund 4 MF  FRA Didier Deschamps 5 MF  YUG Miroslav Đukić 6 MF  ESP Gaizka Mendieta(captain) 7 FW  NOR John Carew 8 MF  SVN Zlatko Zahovic 9 FW  URU Diego Alonso 10 MF  ESP Angulo 11 FW  ROU Adrian Ilie 12 DF  ARG Roberto Ayala 13 GK  ESP Jorge Bartual

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  ESP Vicente 15 DF  ITA Amedeo Carboni 16 DF  BRA Fábio Aurélio 17 FW  ESP Juan Sánchez 18 MF  ARG Kily González 19 MF  ESP Rubén Baraja 20 DF  FRA Jocelyn Angloma 21 MF  ESP Luis Milla 22 MF  ARG Pablo Aimar 23 MF  ESP David Albelda 25 GK  ESP Andrés Palop 29 GK  ESP Jonathan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK  ESP Jorge Bartual(toTenerife) 16 DF  PAR Ángel Amarilla(on loan toGetafe) 22 MF  ESP Líbero Parri(on loan toElche)

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 MF  ESP Gerardo(on loan toOsasuna) 27 DF  ESP Curro Montoya(toNumancia)

Real Madrid vValencia

8 September 20001	Real Madrid	2–1	Valencia	Madrid
	Raúl 78' Luís Figo 85'	Report	Gaizka Mendieta 76' (pen.)	Stadium:Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

Valencia vMallorca

15 September 20002	Valencia	4–0	Mallorca	Valencia
	Gaizka Mendieta 30' Gaizka Mendieta 50' Vicente 63' Juan Sánchez 69'	Report		Stadium:Estadio Mestalla

Numancia vValencia

23 September 20003	Numancia	0–3	Valencia	Soria
		Report	Juan Sánchez 76' Juan Sánchez 83' Vicente 85'	Stadium:Los Pajaritos

Valencia vLas Palmas

30 September 20004	Valencia	5–1	Las Palmas	Valencia
	Juan Sánchez 22' Zlatko Zahovič 25' Juan Sánchez 60' John Carew 64' Vicente 90'	Report	Thordur Gudjonsson 83'	Stadium:Estadio Mestalla

Villarreal vValencia

13 October 20005	Villarreal	1–1	Valencia	Villarreal
	Moisés 65'	Report	Juan Sánchez 59'	Stadium:El Madrigal

Valencia vReal Zaragoza

20 October 20006	Valencia	1–0	Real Zaragoza	Valencia
	Gaizka Mendieta 84'	Report		Stadium:Estadio Mestalla

Osasuna vValencia

28 October 20007	Osasuna	1–2	Valencia	Pamplona
	José Manuel Mateo 6'	Report	César Cruchaga 18' (o.g.) John Carew 85'	Stadium:El Sadar

Valencia vCelta Vigo

31 October 20008	Valencia	1–0	Celta Vigo	Valencia
	John Carew 66'	Report		Stadium:Estadio Mestalla

Espanyol vValencia

3 November 20009	Espanyol	1–0	Valencia	Barcelona
	José Manuel Serrano 87'	Report		Stadium:Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

Valencia vRayo Vallecano

11 November 200010	Valencia	2–2	Rayo Vallecano	Valencia
	Gaizka Mendieta 62' Diego Alonso 90'	Report	Elvir Bolić 24' Míchel 53'	Stadium:Estadio Mestalla

Alavés vValencia

17 November 200011	Alavés	1–1	Valencia	Vitoria
	Iván Alonso 67'	Report	John Carew 78'	Stadium:Mendizorroza

Valencia vReal Oviedo

25 November 200012	Valencia	2–0	Real Oviedo	Valencia
	Gaizka Mendieta 51' (pen.) Kily González 64'	Report		Stadium:Estadio Mestalla

Valencia vReal Sociedad

8 December 200014	Valencia	2–0	Real Sociedad	Valencia
	John Carew 67' Juan Sánchez 88'	Report		Stadium:Estadio Mestalla

Valencia vMálaga

16 December 200015	Valencia	2–0	Málaga	Valencia
	John Carew 42' Rubén Baraja 73'	Report		Stadium:Estadio Mestalla

Athletic Bilbao vValencia

19 December 200016	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Valencia	Bilbao
	Josu Urrutia 14'	Report	John Carew 85'	Stadium:San Mamés

Valencia vRacing Santander

6 January 200117	Valencia	1–0	Racing Santander	Valencia
	John Carew 45'	Report		Stadium:Estadio Mestalla

Deportivo vValencia

12 January 200118	Deportivo	2–0	Valencia	La Coruña
	Walter Pandiani 89' Roy Makaay 90'	Report		Stadium:Estadio Riazor

Valencia vBarcelona

19 January 200119	Valencia	0–1	Barcelona	Valencia
		Report	Frank de Boer 7'	Stadium:Estadio Mestalla

Valencia vReal Madrid

27 January 200120	Valencia	0–1	Real Madrid	Valencia
		Report	Raúl 82'	Stadium:Estadio Mestalla

Mallorca vValencia

3 February 200121	Mallorca	2–2	Valencia	Palma de Mallorca
	Samuel Eto'o 17' Albert Luque 90'	Report	Rubén Baraja 68' Gaizka Mendieta 75'	Stadium:Estadio Son Moix

Valencia vNumancia

9 February 200122	Valencia	3–0	Numancia	Valencia
	Juan Sánchez 17' Gaizka Mendieta 41' Diego Alonso 80'	Report		Stadium:Estadio Mestalla

Las Palmas vValencia

16 February 200123	Las Palmas	0–2	Valencia	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
		Report	Juan Sánchez 18' Pablo Aimar 88'	Stadium:Estadio Insular

Valencia vVillarreal

24 February 200124	Valencia	3–1	Villarreal	Valencia
	Carew 18' Carew 47' Carew 84'	Report	Quique Álvarez 35'	Stadium:Estadio Mestalla

Real Zaragoza vValencia

2 March 200125	Real Zaragoza	1–1	Valencia	Zaragoza
	Esnaider 5'	Report	Mendieta 70' (pen.)	Stadium:La Romareda

Valencia vOsasuna

9 March 200126	Valencia	1–0	Osasuna	Valencia
	Kily González 78'	Report		Stadium:Mestalla

Celta Vigo vValencia

17 March 200127	Celta Vigo	3–2	Valencia	Vigo
	Valery Karpin 51' (pen.) Valery Karpin 60' (pen.) Valery Karpin 65'	Report	Juan Sánchez 31' Vágner 89' (o.g.)	Stadium:Estadio Balaídos

Valencia vEspanyol

30 March 200128	Valencia	0–1	Espanyol	Valencia
		Report	Raúl Tamudo 52'	Stadium:Estadio Mestalla

Rayo Vallecano vValencia

6 April 200129	Rayo Vallecano	1–4	Valencia	Madrid
	Luis Cembranos 77'	Report	Roberto Ayala 43' Kily González 49' Vicente 73' Juan Sánchez 85'	Stadium:Vallecas

Valencia vAlavés

13 April 200130	Valencia	1–2	Alavés	Valencia
	Vicente 15'	Report	Gaizka Mendieta 7' (o.g.) Dan Eggen 74'	Stadium:Estadio Mestalla

Valencia vValladolid

27 April 200132	Valencia	1–0	Valladolid	Valencia
	Juan Sánchez 64'	Report		Stadium:Estadio Mestalla

Real Sociedad vValencia

4 May 200133	Real Sociedad	1–2	Valencia	San Sebastián
	Aranzábal 75' (pen.)	Report	Zlatko Zahovič 67' Pablo Aimar 83'	Stadium:Estadio Anoeta

Málaga vValencia

12 May 200134	Málaga	3–0	Valencia	Málaga
	Julio Dely Valdés 22' Julio Dely Valdés 39' Julio Dely Valdés 77' (pen.)	Report		Stadium:La Rosaleda

Valencia vAthletic Bilbao

17 May 200135	Valencia	1–0	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
	Zlatko Zahovič 90'	Report		Stadium:Estadio Mestalla

Racing Santander vValencia

26 May 200136	Racing Santander	1–1	Valencia	Santander
	Javier Mazzoni 49'	Report	Gaizka Mendieta 90'	Stadium:Estadio El Sardinero

Valencia vDeportivo

9 June 200137	Valencia	0–1	Deportivo	Valencia
		Report	Roy Makaay 69'	Stadium:Estadio Mestalla

Barcelona vValencia

16 June 200138	Barcelona	3–2	Valencia	Barcelona
	Rivaldo 4' Rivaldo 45' Rivaldo 89'	Report	Rubén Baraja 25' Rubén Baraja 47'	Stadium:Camp Nou

UDA Gramenet vValencia

12 December 2000	UDA Gramenet	0–1	Valencia	Barcelona[1]
		Report	Angulo 7'	Stadium:Estadio Narcís Sala Attendance: 10 500

Guadix CF vValencia CF

3 January 2001	Guadix CF	4–4 (6-5p)	Valencia CF	Guadix
	Carlos Pollo 19' Pichi 31' Samuel 40' Samuel 62'	Report	Vicente 45' Ruben Baraja 46' Zahovic 87' Zahovic 92' (pen.)	Stadium:Municipal de Guadix Referee: Carmona Mendez

Tirol Innsbruck vValencia

9 August 2000	Tirol Innsbruck	0–0	Valencia	Tivoli,Innsbruck
20:30 (CET)		Report		Attendance: 6,615 Referee:Mike Riley (England)

Valencia vTirol Innsbruck

23 August 2000	Valencia	4–1	Tirol Innsbruck	Mestalla Stadium,Valencia
22:00 (CET)	Mendieta 23' (pen.),52' Diego Alonso 44',62'	Report	Gilewicz 66'	Attendance: 43,700 Referee:Domenico Messina (Italy)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VAL	LYO	OLY	HVN
1	Valencia	6	4	1	1	7	4	+3	13	Advance tosecond group stage		—	1–0	2–1	1–1
2	Lyon	6	3	0	3	8	6	+2	9			1–2	—	1–0	3–1
3	Olympiacos	6	3	0	3	6	5	+1	9	Transfer toUEFA Cup		1–0	2–1	—	2–0
4	Heerenveen	6	1	1	4	3	9	−6	4			0–1	0–2	1–0	—

Valencia vOlympiacos

12 September 20001	Valencia	2–1	Olympiacos	Mestalla Stadium,Valencia
20:45	Baraja 36' Diego Alonso 45'	Report	Đorđević 74'	Attendance: 30,725 Referee:Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Heerenveen vValencia

20 September 20002	Heerenveen	0–1	Valencia	Abe Lenstra Stadion,Heerenveen
20:45		Report	González 38'	Attendance: 14,300 Referee:Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Valencia vLyon

27 September 20003	Valencia	1–0	Lyon	Mestalla Stadium,Valencia
20:45	Zahovič 78'	Report		Attendance: 30,525 Referee:Stefano Braschi (Italy)

Lyon vValencia

17 October 20004	Lyon	1–2	Valencia	Stade de Gerland,Lyon
20:45	Marlet 90'	Report	Juan Sánchez 45+1' Baraja 86'	Attendance: 38,950 Referee:Paul Durkin (England)

Olympiacos vValencia

25 October 20005	Olympiacos	1–0	Valencia	Spiros Louis Olympic Stadium,Athens
20:45	Đorđević 65' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 50,350 Referee:Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

Valencia vHeerenveen

7 November 20006	Valencia	1–1	Heerenveen	Mestalla Stadium,Valencia
20:45	Diego Alonso 10'	Report	Venema 37'	Attendance: 19,075 Referee:Michel Piraux (Belgium)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VAL	MUN	STM	PAN
1	Valencia	6	3	3	0	10	2	+8	12	Advance toknockout stage		—	0–0	2–0	2–1
2	Manchester United	6	3	3	0	10	3	+7	12			1–1	—	3–0	3–1
3	Sturm Graz	6	2	0	4	4	13	−9	6			0–5	0–2	—	2–0
4	Panathinaikos	6	0	2	4	4	10	−6	2			0–0	1–1	1–2	—

Valencia vSturm Graz

21 November 20001	Valencia	2–0	Sturm Graz	Valencia
20:45	Carew 45' Juan Sánchez 47'	Report		Stadium:Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 26,150 Referee:Kim Milton Nielsen

Panathinaikos vValencia

6 December 20002	Panathinaikos	0–0	Valencia	Athens
20:45		Report		Stadium:Spiros Louis Olympic Stadium Attendance: 42,050 Referee:Markus Merk

Valencia vManchester United

14 February 20013	Valencia	0–0	Manchester United	Valencia
20:45		Report		Stadium:Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 49,450 Referee:Dick Jol

Manchester United vValencia

20 February 20014	Manchester United	1–1	Valencia	Manchester
20:45	Cole 12'	Report	Brown 87' (o.g.)	Stadium:Old Trafford Attendance: 66,715 Referee:Hellmut Krug

Sturm Graz vValencia

7 March 20015	Sturm Graz	0–5	Valencia	Graz
20:45		Report	Ayala 5' Carew 50' Kily González 60' Diego Alonso 88',90+1'	Stadium:Arnold-Schwarzenegger-Stadion Attendance: 16,200 Referee:Stefano Braschi

Valencia vPanathinaikos

13 March 20016	Valencia	2–1	Panathinaikos	Valencia
20:45	Juan Sánchez 39' Angloma 75'	Report	Basinas 28' (pen.)	Stadium:Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee:Knud Erik Fisker

Arsenal vValencia

4 April 2001	Arsenal	2–1	Valencia	London
20:45	Henry 58' Parlour 60'	Report	Ayala 41'	Stadium:Highbury Attendance: 35,104 Referee:Dick Jol

Valencia vArsenal

17 April 2001	Valencia	1–0 (2 (a) –2agg.)	Arsenal	Valencia
20:45	Carew 75'	Report		Stadium:Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 47,700 Referee:Kim Milton Nielsen

Leeds United vValencia

2 May 2001	Leeds United	0–0	Valencia	Leeds
20:45CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium:Elland Road Attendance: 36,437 Referee:Pierluigi Collina

Valencia vLeeds United

8 May 2001	Valencia	3–0 (3–0agg.)	Leeds United	Valencia
20:45CET (UTC+1)	Juan Sánchez 16',47' Mendieta 52'	Report		Stadium:Mestalla Stadium, Attendance: 53,200 Referee:Urs Meier

Bayern Munich vValencia

23 May 2001	Bayern Munich	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4p)	Valencia	Milan
20:45CEST	Effenberg 50' (pen.)	Report	Mendieta 3' (pen.)	Stadium:San Siro Attendance: 79,000[2] Referee:Dick Jol[3]
	Penalties
	Paulo Sérgio Salihamidžić Zickler Andersson Effenberg Lizarazu Linke		Mendieta Carew Zahovič Carboni Baraja Kily González Pellegrino

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ESP	Cañizares	55	-43	37	-34	0	0	18	-9
20	DF	FRA	Angloma	46	1	27	0	1	0	17+1	1
5	DF	YUG	Djukic	47	0	29+5	0	1	0	10+2	0
12	DF	ARG	Ayala	39	3	27+1	1	2	0	9	2
2	DF	ARG	Pellegrino	46	0	24+3	0	1	0	18	0
15	DF	ITA	Carboni	39	0	24	0	1	0	14	0
6	MF	ESP	Mendieta	47	14	31	10	0	0	16	4
19	MF	ESP	Baraja	52	7	34+1	4	2	1	15	2
14	MF	ESP	Vicente	49	6	20+13	5	2	1	5+9	0
7	FW	NOR	Carew	57	14	32+5	11	2	0	11+7	3
17	FW	ESP	Sánchez	49	17	26+6	12	2	0	11+4	5
25	GK	ESP	Palop	4	-5	1	0	2	-4	1	-1
10	MF	ESP	Angulo	40	1	20+8	0	2	1	7+3	0
18	MF	ARG	Kily González	36	5	19+3	3	0	0	14	2
23	MF	ESP	Albelda	34	0	15+6	0	0	0	8+5	0
3	DF	SWE	Björklund	16	0	9+1	0	1	0	4+1	0
8	MF	SVN	Zahovic	31	6	8+12	3	1	2	5+5	1
22	MF	ARG	Aimar	18	2	8+2	2	0	0	6+2	0
4	MF	FRA	Deschamps	21	0	7+6	0	1	0	6+1	0
16	DF	BRA	Fábio Aurélio	9	0	7	0	1	0	1	0
9	FW	URU	Alonso	33	8	6+14	2	1	0	8+4	6
11	FW	ROU	Ilie	13	0	4+6	0	1	0	1+1	0
21	MF	ESP	Milla	12	0	3+3	0	2	0	1+3	0
24	DF	ESP	Gerardo	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
13	GK	ESP	Bartual	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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