2000–01 UEFA Cup

The 2000–01 UEFA Cup was the 30th edition of the UEFA Cup competition. Liverpool won the final with a golden goal in extra-time against Alavés for their third title in the competition. It completed a cup treble for the club, as they also won the FA Cup and the League Cup that season. The conclusion of the tournament by a golden goal is the only instance in any of the major European club cup competitions until the abolition of the rule in 2002.

Galatasaray could not defend their title as they automatically qualified for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League and also reached the knockout stage.

English clubs had been banned from European competitions between 1985 and 1990 as a result of the Heysel disaster, and Liverpool were the first English side of the post-Heysel era to win the trophy. The previous English winners were Tottenham Hotspur in 1984. It was also Liverpool's first European trophy of the post-Heysel era.

Association team allocation

A total of 145 teams from 51 UEFA associations participated in the 2000–01 UEFA Cup. Associations are allocated places according to their 1999 UEFA league coefficient.

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2000–01 UEFA Cup:

• Associations 1–6 each enter three teams
• Associations 7–8 each enter four teams
• Associations 9–15 each enter two teams
• Associations 16–21 each enter three teams
• Associations 22–49 each enter two teams, with the exception of Liechtenstein who enter one.
• Associations 50-51 each enter one team
• The top three associations of the 1999–2000 UEFA Fair Play ranking each gain an additional berth
• 16 teams eliminated from the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League are transferred to the UEFA Cup
• 8 teams eliminated from the group stage of the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League are transferred to the UEFA Cup
• 3 winners of the Intertoto Cup
• The winner of the 1999-2000 UEFA Cup (not used due to Galatasaray's qualification to Champions League)

Association ranking

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 1 Template:Fba 57.212 3 +1(UCL) +1(IT) 2 Template:Fba 49.628 +1(UCL) +1(FP) +1(IT) 3 Template:Fba 45.498 +3(UCL) +1(IT) 4 Template:Fba 41.442 5 Template:Fba 37.816 +2(UCL) 6 Template:Fba 34.288 7 Template:Fba 27.825 4 +1(UCL) 8 Template:Fba 26.950 +1(UCL) 9 Template:Fba 24.716 2 +1(UCL) 10 Template:Fba 23.624 +1(UCL) 11 Template:Fba 22.375 +1(UCL) 12 Template:Fba 21.050 +2(UCL) 13 Template:Fba 20.374 +1(UCL) 14 Template:Fba 20.350 15 Template:Fba 20.291 +1(UCL) 16 Template:Fba 20.000 3 +1(UCL) 17 Template:Fba 19.733 +1(UCL) 18 Template:Fba 19.600 +1(FP)

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 19 Template:Fba 17.325 3 +1(FP) 20 Template:Fba 17.250 +1(UCL) 21 Template:Fba 16.625 +1(UCL) 22 Template:Fba 16.200 2 23 Template:Fba 15.666 +1(UCL) 24 Template:Fba 14.332 +1(UCL) 25 Template:Fba 12.665 26 Template:Fba 12.166 27 Template:Fba 11.541 28 Template:Fba 10.831 29 Template:Fba 9.083 30 Template:Fba 9.041 31 Template:Fba 8.249 +1(UCL) 32 Template:Fba 7.582 33 Template:Fba 6.582 34 Template:Fba 6.332 35 Template:Fba 4.915 36 Template:Fba 4.832

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 37 Template:Fba 4.333 2 +1(UCL) 38 Template:Fba 2.582 39 Template:Fba 2.416 40 Template:Fba 1.998 41 Template:Fba 1.832 42 Template:Fba 1.832 43 Template:Fba 1.498 44 Template:Fba 1.249 45 Template:Fba 1.166 46 Template:Fba 1.166 47 Template:Fba 1.000 1 48 Template:Fba 0.916 2 49 Template:Fba 0.500 50 Template:Fba 0.000 1 51 Template:Fba 0.000

Notes

• (FP): Additional fair play berth (Norway, Denmark, Scotland)
• (UCL): Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League
• (IT): Additional teams from Intertoto Cup

Distribution

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round	Teams transferred from Champions League
Qualifying round (82 teams)	31 domestic cup winners from associations 19–49 33 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–49 13 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 9–21 3 teams from the Fair Play rankings 2 domestic league champions teams from Andorra and San Marino
First round (96 teams)	18 domestic cup winners from associations 1–18 2 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–8 5 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 4–8 8 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–8 3 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–3 3 winners of the Intertoto Cup	41 winners from the qualifying round	16 losing teams from Champions League qualifying
Second round (48 teams)		48 winners from the first round
Third round (32 teams)		24 winners from the second round	8 third placed teams from the Champions League first group stage
Fourth round (16 teams)		16 winners from the third round
Play-offs (8 teams)		8 winners from the fourth round play the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final

Redistribution rules

A UEFA Cup place is vacated when a team qualify for both the Champions League and the UEFA Cup, or qualify for the UEFA Cup by more than one method. When a place is vacated, it is redistributed within the national association by the following rules:

• When the domestic cup winners (considered as the "highest-placed" qualifier within the national association) also qualify for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place is vacated, and the remaining UEFA Cup qualifiers are moved up one place, with the final place (with the earliest starting round) taken by the domestic cup runners-up, provided they do not already qualify for the Champions League or the UEFA Cup. Otherwise, this place is taken by the highest-placed league finisher which do not qualify for the UEFA Cup yet.
• When the domestic cup winners also qualify for the UEFA Cup through league position, their place through the league position is vacated, and the UEFA Cup qualifiers which finish lower in the league are moved up one place, with the final place taken by the highest-placed league finisher which do not qualify for the UEFA Cup yet.
• A place vacated by the League Cup winners is taken by the highest-placed league finisher which do not qualify for the UEFA Cup yet.
• A Fair Play place is taken by the highest-ranked team in the domestic Fair Play table which do not qualify for the Champions League or UEFA Cup yet.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

• CW: Cup winners
• CR: Cup runners-up
• LC: League Cup winners
• Nth: League position
• FP: Fair play
• IC: Intertoto Cup winners
• CL: Relegated from the Champions League
  • GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
  • Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round

Third round
Template:Fbaicon Barcelona (CL GS)	Template:Fbaicon Hamburger SV (CL GS)	Template:Fbaicon Olympiacos (CL GS)	Template:Fbaicon Rosenborg (CL GS)
Template:Fbaicon Bayer Leverkusen (CL GS)	Template:Fbaicon PSV Eindhoven (CL GS)	Template:Fbaicon Shakhtar Donetsk (CL GS)	Template:Fbaicon Rangers (CL GS)
First round
Template:Fbaicon Parma (5th)	Template:Fbaicon Ajax (5th)	Template:Fbaicon GAK (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Tirol Innsbruck (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Roma (6th)	Template:Fbaicon Chelsea (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Viborg (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Herfølge (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Fiorentina (7th)	Template:Fbaicon Liverpool (4th)	Template:Fbaicon Osijek (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Brøndby (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Espanyol (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Leicester City (LC)	Template:Fbaicon Gaziantepspor (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Dinamo Zagreb (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Zaragoza (4th)	Template:Fbaicon CSKA Moscow (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon St. Gallen (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Alavés (6th)	Template:Fbaicon Torpedo Moscow (4th)	Template:Fbaicon Zürich (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Polonia Warsaw (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon 1. FC Kaiserslautern (5th)	Template:Fbaicon Dynamo Moscow (5th)	Template:Fbaicon Molde (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Dunaferr (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Hertha BSC (6th)	Template:Fbaicon Alania Vladikavkaz (6th)	Template:Fbaicon Genk (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Inter Bratislava (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Werder Bremen (CR)	Template:Fbaicon AEK Athens (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Internazionale (CL Q3)	Template:Fbaicon Red Star Belgrade (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Nantes (CW)	Template:Fbaicon OFI (4th)	Template:Fbaicon 1860 Munich (CL Q3)	Template:Fbaicon Zimbru Chișinău (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Bordeaux (4th)	Template:Fbaicon PAOK (5th)	Template:Fbaicon Feyenoord (CL Q3)	Template:Fbaicon Udinese (IC)
Template:Fbaicon Gueugnon (LC)	Template:Fbaicon Iraklis (6th)	Template:Fbaicon Lokomotiv Moscow (CL Q3)	Template:Fbaicon Celta Vigo (IC)
Template:Fbaicon Roda JC (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Benfica (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Porto (CL Q3)	Template:Fbaicon VfB Stuttgart (IC)
Template:Fbaicon Vitesse (4th)	Template:Fbaicon Slovan Liberec (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Slavia Prague (CL Q3)
Qualifying round
Template:Fbaicon Boavista (4th)	Template:Fbaicon Aberdeen (CR)	Template:Fbaicon CSKA Sofia (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Bangor City (CW)
Template:Fbaicon Drnovice (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Rapid București (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Neftochimic Burgas (CR)	Template:Fbaicon Barry Town (2nd)
Template:Fbaicon Rapid Wien (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Universitatea Craiova (CR)	Template:Fbaicon Liepājas Metalurgs (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Sliema Wanderers (CW)
Template:Fbaicon AB (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon MTK Hungária (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Ventspils (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Valletta (3rd)
Template:Fbaicon Rijeka (4th)	Template:Fbaicon Vasas (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon ÍBV (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon GÍ (2nd)
Template:Fbaicon Antalyaspor (CR)	Template:Fbaicon Košice (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon ÍA (CR)	Template:Fbaicon B36 (CR)
Template:Fbaicon Vorskla Poltava (4th)	Template:Fbaicon Slovan Bratislava (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Pobeda (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Teuta (CW)
Template:Fbaicon Lausanne-Sports (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Omonia (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Rabotnicki (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Tomori (2nd)
Template:Fbaicon Basel (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon APOEL (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Ekranas (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Jeunesse Esch (CW)
Template:Fbaicon Brann (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Locomotive Tbilisi (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Žalgiris (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Grevenmacher (2nd)
Template:Fbaicon Lillestrøm (4th)	Template:Fbaicon WIT Georgia (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Constructorul Chișinău (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Vaduz (CW)
Template:Fbaicon Club Brugge (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Maccabi Haifa (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Sheriff Tiraspol (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Kapaz (CW)
Template:Fbaicon Gent (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Beitar Jerusalem (CR)	Template:Fbaicon Viljandi Tulevik (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Neftçi (3rd)
Template:Fbaicon Örgryte IS (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Olimpija Ljubljana (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Flora (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Željezničar (CW)
Template:Fbaicon AIK (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon HIT Gorica (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Mika (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Budućnost Banovići (2nd)
Template:Fbaicon Halmstads BK (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Slavia Mozyr (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Ararat Yerevan (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Constel·lació (1st)
Template:Fbaicon Amica Wronki (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Gomel (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Glentoran (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Folgore (1st)
Template:Fbaicon Wisła Kraków (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Jokerit (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Coleraine (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon IFK Norrköping (FP)
Template:Fbaicon Ruch Chorzów (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon HJK (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Cork City (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Rayo Vallecano (FP)
Template:Fbaicon Celtic (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Partizan (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Bohemians (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Lierse (FP)
Template:Fbaicon Heart of Midlothian (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Napredak Kruševac (CR)

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were generally scheduled for Thursdays apart from the final, which took place on a Wednesday, though exceptionally could take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts.

Schedule for 2000–01 UEFA Cup

Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying round	23 June 2000	10 August 2000	24 August 2000
First round	25 August 2000	14 September 2000	28 September 2000
Second round	29 September 2000	26 October 2000	9 November 2000
Third round	10 November 2000	23 November 2000	7 December 2000
Fourth round	13 December 2000	15 February 2001	22 February 2001
Quarter-finals		8 March 2001	15 March 2001
Semi-finals	16 March 2001	5 April 2001	19 April 2001
Final		16 May 2001 at Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

Qualifying round

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First round

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Second round

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Final phase

In the final phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

• In the draws for the third and fourth rounds, teams were seeded and divided into groups containing an equal number of seeded and unseeded teams. In each group, the seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the first team drawn hosting the first leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
• In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings and teams from the same association could be drawn against each other.

Bracket

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Third round

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Fourth round

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

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Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying round.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Template:Flagicon Goran Drulić	Template:Fbaicon Red Star Belgrade	6	340
	Template:Flagicon Marcin Kuźba	Template:Fbaicon Lausanne-Sports		527
	Template:Flagicon Javi Moreno	Template:Fbaicon Alavés		530
	Template:Flagicon Demis Nikolaidis	Template:Fbaicon AEK Athens		703
5	Template:Flagicon Viorel Moldovan	Template:Fbaicon Nantes	5	391
	Template:Flagicon Álvaro Recoba	Template:Fbaicon Internazionale		575
	Template:Flagicon Marco Delvecchio	Template:Fbaicon Roma		586
	Template:Flagicon Rivaldo	Template:Fbaicon Barcelona		595
	Template:Flagicon Iván Alonso	Template:Fbaicon Alavés		774
	Template:Flagicon Pena	Template:Fbaicon Porto		888

See also

• 2000–01 UEFA Champions League
• 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup

External links

• 2000–01 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website
• Official website
• Results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• All scorers 2000–01 UEFA Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA
• 2000/01 UEFA Cup – results and line-ups (archive)