2000–01 Valencia CF season

Valencia CF

2000–01 season
Manager	Héctor Cúper
La Liga	5th
Champions League	Final
Copa del Rey	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	Juan Sánchez (12)
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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.

Squad

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

La Liga

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

Champions League

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.)

Sources

Soccerbase - Valencia CF