The first round of the 2000–01 UEFA Cup began on 14 September 2000. The round included 41 winners from the qualifying round, 16 losing teams from the Champions League 3rd qualifying round, 3 winners of the Intertoto Cup and 36 new entrants. This narrowed the clubs from 96, down to 48 teams in preparation for the second round.
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First round
1 This match was played at Prater Stadium in Vienna instead of at Red Star's home ground in Belgrade because Leicester City club leadership managed to convince UEFA that playing in FR Yugoslavia posed a security risk to them due to the then political situation in the country. The UEFA's decision came on September 12, 2000 – only nine days before the game's originally scheduled date (September 21, 2000). UEFA's decision to not only move the tie to a neutral location, but to also postpone it for a week was a highly controversial precedent since no other team that was drawn to play Yugoslav teams that season (including F.C. Porto and Celta de Vigo among others) got similar treatment.[1]
Second leg
Hertha BSC won 4–1 on aggregate.
Werder Bremen won 6–2 on aggregate.
Kaiserslautern won 3–2 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate, Stuttgart win on away goals.
1860 München win 1–0 on aggregate.
Lokomotiv Moscow win 4–2 on aggregate.
Slovan Liberec win 4–3 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 1–0 on aggregate.
Genk won 4–1 on aggregate.
Espanyol won 3–2 on aggregate.
Boavista won 4–2 on aggregate.
Osijek won 2–1 on aggregate.
Internazionale won 7–1 on aggregate.
Parma won 6–0 on aggregate.
Lausanne won 5–2 on aggregate.
Celta Vigo won 1–0 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 4–2 on aggregate.
Inter Bratislava won 4–1 on aggregate.
Nantes won 6–0 on aggregate.
PAOK won 6–4 on aggregate.
Slavia Prague won 5–0 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.
Ajax won 9–0 on aggregate.
Lillestrøm won 4–3 on aggregate.
Grazer AK won 3–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate, MTK Budapest win on away goals.
Alavés won 4–3 on aggregate.
Tirol Innsbruck won 5–3 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 3–0 on aggregate.
Viborg won 1–0 on aggregate.
Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.
Iraklis won 1–0 on aggregate.
St. Gallen won 2–1 on aggregate.
5–5 on aggregate after extra time, Wisła Kraków won 4-3 on penalties.
Rayo Vallecano won 2–1 on aggregate.
Roma won 11–1 on aggregate.
Herfølge won 2–1 on aggregate.
Vitesse won 4–2 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 4–2 on aggregate.
Porto won 2–1 on aggregate.
Amica Wronki won 5–0 on aggregate.
Halmstad won 4–3 on aggregate.
Feyenoord won 4–1 on aggregate.
Bordeaux won 5–1 on aggregate.
Udinese won 3–0 on aggregate.
Basel won 7–6 on aggregate.
OFI Crete won 6–0 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 4–1 on aggregate.