2000–01 Valencia CF season

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Manager Héctor Cúper Champions League Final Top goalscorer Juan Sánchez (12)		La Liga 5th Copa del Rey 2nd Round

Valencia CF once again reached the Champions League final. Finishing only 5th in La Liga, Valencia focused most of its resources on the international competition, a late goal from new signing John Carew helping them knock Arsenal out of the tournament in the quarter finals. The semis consisted of going against Leeds 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, facing Bayern Munich.

In the final itself, Valencia got a penalty kick straightaway, which was converted by captain Gaizka Mendieta. A few minutes later Mehmet Scholl failed to convert a penalty, which Santiago Cañizares saved, but Stefan 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 to Lazio for a club-record fee. Coach Héctor Cúper was recruited by Inter to break their title drought, being replaced by surprise choice Rafael Benítez.

Goalkeepers

Santiago Cañizares

Andrés Palop

Defenders

Roberto Amarilla

Fábio Aurélio

Alain Roche

Amedeo Carboni

Mauricio Pellegrino

Miroslav Đukić

Roberto Ayala

Jocelyn Angloma

Gerardo

Midfielders

Gaizka Mendieta

Líbero Parri

David Albelda

Kily González

Rubén Baraja

Luis Milla

Didier Deschamps

Angulo

Pablo Aimar

Vicente

Zlatko Zahovič

Attackers

Diego Alonso

John Carew

Juan Sánchez

Adrian Ilie

Matches

Real Madrid-Valencia 2-1

0-1 Gaizka Mendieta 76' (pen.)

1-1 Raúl 78'

2-1 Luís Figo 85'

Valencia-Mallorca 4-0

1-0 Gaizka Mendieta 30'

2-0 Gaizka Mendieta 50'

3-0 Vicente 63'

4-0 Juan Sánchez 69'

Numancia-Valencia 0-3

0-1 Juan Sánchez 76'

0-2 Juan Sánchez 83'

0-3 Vicente 85'

Valencia-Las Palmas 5-1

1-0 Juan Sánchez 22'

2-0 Zlatko Zahovič 25'

3-0 Juan Sánchez 60'

4-0 John Carew 64'

4-1 Thordur Gudjonsson 83'

5-1 Vicente 90'

Villareal-Valencia 1-1

0-1 Juan Sánchez 59'

1-1 Moisés 65'

Valencia-Real Zaragoza 1-0

1-0 Gaizka Mendieta 84'

Osasuna-Valencia 1-2

1-0 José Manuel Mateo 6'

1-1 César Cruchaga 18' (o.g.)

1-2 John Carew 85'

Valencia-Celta Vigo 1-0

1-0 John Carew 66'

Espanyol-Valencia 1-0

1-0 José Manuel Serrano 87'

Valencia-Rayo Vallecano 2-2

0-1 Elvir Bolić 24'

0-2 Míchel 53'

1-2 Gaizka Mendieta 62'

2-2 Diego Alonso 90'

Alavés-Valencia 1-1

1-0 Iván Alonso 67'

1-1 John Carew 78'

Valencia-Real Oviedo 2-0

1-0 Gaizka Mendieta 51' (pen.)

2-0 Kily González 64'

Valladolid-Valencia 0-0

Valencia-Real Sociedad 2-0

1-0 John Carew 67'

2-0 Juan Sánchez 88'

Valencia-Málaga 2-0

1-0 John Carew 42'

2-0 Rubén Baraja 73'

Athletic Bilbao-Valencia 1-1

1-0 Josu Urrutia 14'

1-1 John Carew 85'

Valencia-Racing Santander 1-0

1-0 John Carew 45'

Deportivo-Valencia 2-0

1-0 Walter Pandiani 89'

2-0 Roy Makaay 90'

Valencia-Barcelona 0-1

0-1 Frank de Boer 7'

Valencia-Real Madrid 0-1

0-1 Raúl 82'

Mallorca-Valencia 2-2

1-0 Samuel Eto'o 17'

1-1 Rubén Baraja 68'

1-2 Gaizka Mendieta 75'

2-2 Albert Luque 90'

Valencia-Numancia 3-0

1-0 Juan Sánchez 17'

2-0 Gaizka Mendieta 41'

3-0 Diego Alonso 80'

Las Palmas-Valencia 0-2

0-1 Juan Sánchez 18'

0-2 Pablo Aimar 88'

Valencia-Villareal 3-1

1-0 John Carew 18'

1-1 Quique Álvarez 35'

2-1 John Carew 47'

3-1 John Carew 84'

Valencia-Osasuna 1-0

1-0 Kily González 78'

Celta Vigo-Valencia 3-2

0-1 Juan Sánchez 31'

1-1 Valery Karpin 51' (pen.)

2-1 Valery Karpin 60' (pen.)

3-1 Valery Karpin 65'

3-2 Vágner 89' (o.g.)

Valencia-Espanyol 0-1

0-1 Raúl Tamudo 52'

Rayo Vallecano-Valencia 1-4

0-1 Roberto Ayala 43'

0-2 Kily González 49'

0-3 Vicente 73'

1-3 Luis Cembranos 77'

1-4 Juan Sánchez 85'

Valencia-Alavés 1-2

0-1 Gaizka Mendieta 7' (o.g.)

1-1 Vicente 15'

1-2 Dan Eggen 74'

Real Oviedo-Valencia 0-0

Valencia-Valladolid 1-0

1-0 Juan Sánchez 64'

Real Sociedad-Valencia 1-2

0-1 Zlatko Zahovič 67'

1-1 Aranzábal 75' (pen.)

1-2 Pablo Aimar 83'

Málaga-Valencia 3-0

1-0 Julio Dely Valdés 22'

2-0 Julio Dely Valdés 39'

3-0 Julio Dely Valdés 77' (pen.)

Valencia-Athletic Bilbao 1-0

1-0 Zlatko Zahovič 90'

Racing Santander-Valencia 1-1

1-0 Javier Mazzoni 49'

1-1 Gaizka Mendieta 90'

Valencia-Deportivo 0-1

0-1 Roy Makaay 69'

Barcelona-Valencia 3-2

1-0 Rivaldo 4'

1-1 Rubén Baraja 25'

2-1 Rivaldo 45'

2-2 Rubén Baraja 47'

3-2 Rivaldo 89'

Topscorers

Juan Sánchez 12

John Carew 11

Gaizka Mendieta 9

Vicente 5

Rubén Baraja 4

Qualifying

Tirol Innsbruck-Valencia 0-0

Valencia-Tirol Innsbruck 4-1

1-0 Gaizka Mendieta 22'

2-0 Diego Alonso 45'

3-0 Gaizka Mendieta 53' (pen.)

4-0 Diego Alonso 63'

4-1 Radosław Gilewicz 66'

1st Group Stage

Valencia-Olympiacos 2-1

1-0 Rubén Baraja 36'

2-0 Diego Alonso 45'

2-1 Predrag Đorđević 74'

Heerenveen-Valencia 0-1

0-1 Kily González 38'

Valencia-Lyon 1-0

1-0 Zlatko Zahovič 79'

Lyon-Valencia 1-2

0-1 Juan Sánchez 45'

0-2 Rubén Baraja 86'

1-2 Steve Marlet 90'

Olympiacos-Valencia 1-0

1-0 Predrag Đorđević 65' (pen.)

Valencia-Heerenveen 1-1

1-0 Diego Alonso 10'

1-1 Ronnie Venema 37'

2nd Group Stage

Valencia-Sturm Graz 2-0

1-0 John Carew 45'

2-0 Juan Sánchez 47'

Panathinaikos-Valencia 0-0

Valencia-Manchester United 0-0

Manchester United-Valencia 1-1

1-0 Andy Cole 12'

1-1 Wes Brown 88' (o.g.)

Sturm Graz-Valencia 0-5

0-1 Roberto Ayala 5'

0-2 John Carew 50'

0-3 Kily González 60'

0-4 Diego Alonso 87'

0-5 Diego Alonso 90'

Valencia-Panathinaikos 2-1

0-1 Angelos Basinas 27' (pen.)

1-1 Juan Sánchez 39'

2-1 Jocelyn Angloma 74'

Quarter Final

Arsenal-Valencia 2-1

0-1 Roberto Ayala 41'

1-1 Thierry Henry 58'

2-1 Ray Parlour 60'

Valencia-Arsenal 1-0

1-0 John Carew 75'

Semi Final

Leeds-Valencia 0-0

Valencia-Leeds 3-0

1-0 Juan Sánchez 15'

2-0 Juan Sánchez 46'

3-0 Gaizka Mendieta 52'

Final

Bayern Munich-Valencia 1-1, 5-4 pen

0-1 Gaizka Mendieta 3' (pen.)

1-1 Stefan Effenberg 50' (pen.)

References

2000–01 Valencia CF season Wikipedia

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