UEFA Cup 2000-01
(From 8-08-2000 to 16-05-2001)
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COMPETITION
SYSTEM
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145 teams (best qualified clubs
in domestic Leagues, domestic Cup winners,
title holder, and extra participants) playing knock-out rounds
on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decides
the winner. Ties are resolved with: 1) the “away goals double value”
rule; 2) a 30 minutes extra-time after regulation; 3) a penalty shoot-out
(pk).
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On a first stage, the participants
access the competition in different rounds depending basically on how
their country is ranked in UCR (direct berths) or other factors
(extra berths). From Fourth Round on, only the survivors of previous
rounds advance. · A final game is played at a predetermined venue. Should an extra-time be necessary, the “Golden Goal” applies: the first team to score a goal in extra-time will be the winner, with no need to play the remaining time. |
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| PARTICIPANTS AND BERTH ASSIGNMENT 115
entrants as a result of UEFA Country Ranking (UCR) for the period 1995-99
and 30 more entrants depending on different factors. The berth assignment
is as follows: Direct berths (115): 2
countries (places 7-8 in UCR) with 4 teams; 12 countries (places 1-6
and 16-21 in UCR) with 3 teams; 34 countries (places 9-15 and 22-50
in UCR, except Extra berths (30): 3 teams qualified via Intertoto Cup 2000 (IC). 3 teams qualified via Fair Play (ranking of countries whose teams receive the fewest number of yellow and red cards). 24 teams qualified via Champions League 2000-01 (16 losers of Third Qualifying Round and 8 third-placed teams after First Group-Match Stage). |
| QUALIFYING
ROUND |
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| 82 TEAMS. Third-placed teams in Leagues of countries
ranked 9-21 in UCR 1995-99.
Runners-up in Leagues of countries
ranked 16-50 in UCR (except
Liechtenstein and Andorra).
League champions of Andorra
and San Marino. Cup champions
of countries ranked 17-50 in
UCR (in green), except Andorra. 3 teams qualified via Fair Play (in pink). |
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ÍA (Akranes)
(ICE) - KAA Gent (BEL) |
0-3 (a) |
2-3 |
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Kəpəz PFK (AZE) - Antalyaspor
Kulübü (TUR) |
0-2 (b) |
0-5 |
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FC Sheriff (MOL) - NK SCT Olimpija (SVN) |
0-0 |
0-3 |
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ŠK Slovan Bratislava
(SVK) - SK Lokomotivi (GEO) |
2-0 |
2-0 |
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FK Ekranas (LIT) - Koninklijke Lierse SK (BEL) |
0-3 |
0-4 (c) |
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FK Napredak (YUG) - JK Tulevik (EST) |
5-1 |
1-1 (d) |
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KS Tomori (ALB) - APOEL (Levkosía) (CYP) |
2-3 (e) |
0-2 |
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FK Žalgiris (Vilnius) (LIT)
- KS Ruch Chorzów (POL) |
2-1 |
0-6 |
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FC Constructorul (MOL) - CSKA (Sofija) (BUL) |
2-3 (f) |
0-8 |
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FK Drnovice (CZE) - NK Budućnost (BOS) |
3-0 |
1-0 |
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HJK (Helsinki) (FIN) - CS Grevenmacher (LUX) |
4-1 (g) |
0-2 (h) |
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FK Liepājas Metalurgs (LAT) - SK Brann (NOR) |
1-1 |
0-1 |
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Neftçi PFK (AZE) - ND HIT Gorica
(SVN) |
1-0 |
1-3 |
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SK Rapid (AUT) - KS Teuta (ALB) |
2-0 |
4-0 (i) |
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FK Slavija (BLR) - Maccabi Haifa MK (ISR) |
1-1 |
0-0 |
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Sliema Wanderers FC (MAL) - FK Partizan (YUG) |
2-1 (j) |
1-4 |
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FC
Universitatea Craiova (ROM) - FK
Pobeda (MAC) |
1-1 |
0-1 |
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FK Ventspils (LAT) - Vasas SC
(HUN) |
2-1 |
1-3 |
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FA Ararat (ARM) - 1. FC Košice
(SVK) |
2-3 (k) |
1-1 |
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AIK (Solna) (SWE) - FK Gomel' (BLR) |
1-0 |
2-0 (l) |
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GÍ (Gøta) (FAR)
- IFK Norrköping
(SWE) |
0-2 (m) |
1-2 |
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ÍBV (Vestmannaeyjar)
(ICE) - Heart
of Midlothian FC (SCO) |
0-2 (n) |
0-3 |
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FK Vorskla (UKR) - FK Rabotnički
(MAC) |
2-0 |
2-0 |
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Bangor City FC (WAL) - Halmstads BK (SWE) |
0-7 (o) |
0-4 |
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Coleraine FC (NIR) - Örgryte IS (SWE) |
1-2 |
0-1 |
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Glentoran FC (NIR) - Lillestrøm SK (NOR) |
0-3 |
0-1 |
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Lausanne-Sports (SWI) - Cork City
FC (IRL) |
1-0 |
1-0 |
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Aberdeen FC (SCO) - Bohemian FC (IRL) |
1-2 |
1-0 |
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KS Amica Wronki (POL) - FC Vaduz (LIE) |
3-0 |
3-3 |
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Club Brugge KV (BEL) - FC Flora (EST) |
4-1 |
2-0 |
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SS Folgore (SMR) - FC Basel (SWI) |
1-5 (p) |
0-7 (q) |
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AS Omónia Levkosías (CYP) - FK Neftokhimik (BUL) |
0-0 |
1-2 |
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UFC Rapid (ROM) - FA Mika (ARM) |
3-0 |
0-1 (r) |
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SK WIT Georgia (GEO) - Beitar Yerushalayim MK (ISR) |
0-3 |
1-1 |
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Akademisk BK (DEN) - B36 (Tórshavn)
(FAR) |
8-0 |
1-0 |
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MTK-Hungária
FC (HUN) - FC Jokerit (FIN) |
1-0 |
4-2 |
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NK Željezničar (BOS) - TS
Wisła (POL) |
0-0 |
1-3 |
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Constel·lació Esportiva (AND) - Rayo Vallecano (SPA) |
0-10 |
0-6 |
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AS La Jeunesse d'Esch (LUX) - Celtic FC (SCO) |
0-4 (s) |
0-7 |
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HNK Rijeka (CRO) - Valletta
FC (MAL) |
3-2 |
5-4 (t) |
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Boavista FC (POR) - Barry Town
AFC (WAL) |
2-0 |
3-0 |
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| BYES: AC Fiorentina (ITA),
Parma AC (ITA), AS Roma (ITA), Real Zaragoza CD (SPA), CD
Alavés (SPA), RCD
Espanyol (SPA), 1. FC Kaiserslautern
(GER), Hertha
BSC (GER), SV
Werder Bremen (GER), FC
Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA),
FC Gueugnon (FRA), FC Nantes Atlantique (FRA), AFC Ajax (NED), Roda JC (NED),
SBV
Vitesse (NED), Chelsea FC (ENG), Liverpool FC (ENG), Leicester City FC (ENG), CSKA (Moskva)
(RUS), FK
Alanija (RUS), FK Dynamo (RUS), FK Torpedo-Luzhniki Moskva (RUS), AEK (Athína) (GRE), AO Iraklís (GRE), OFI (Êrákleion)
(GRE), PAOK
(Thessaloníkê) (GRE), SL
Benfica (POR),
FC Slovan Liberec (CZE), Grazer AK (AUT),
Viborg
FF (DEN), NK Osijek (CRO), Gaziantepspor Kulübü (TUR), FK
Kryvbas (UKR), FC
Zürich (SWI), Molde
FK (NOR), KRC Genk (BEL). |
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| (a) Played in Reykjavík.
(b) Played in Baku.
(c) Played in Westerlo. (d) Played in Valga. (e) Played in Tiranë.
(f) Played in Speia.
(g) Played in Vantaa. (h) Played in Luxembourg
City.
(i) Played in Tiranë.
(j)
Played in Ta'Qali. (k) Played in Gjumri.
(l) Played in Minsk.
(m) Played in Tórshavn. (n) Played in Reykjavík.
(o) Played in Wrexham.
(p) Played in Serravalle. (q) Played in Zürich.
(r) Played in Gjumri.
(s) Played in Luxembourg
City. (t) Played in Ta'Qali. |
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| FIRST
ROUND |
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| 96 TEAMS. 41 winners of Qualifying Round. Sixth-placed
teams in Leagues of countries
ranked 1-3 in UCR
1995-99. Fifth-placed teams in Leagues of countries
ranked 1-8 in UCR. Fourth-placed
teams in Leagues of countries
ranked 4-8 in UCR. Third-placed
teams in Leagues of countries
ranked 7-8 in UCR. Cup champions
of countries ranked 1-16 in
UCR (in green). 3 teams qualified via Intertoto
Cup 2000 (in blue). 16 losers of Third Qualifying
Round of Champions League 2000-01
(in red). |
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Bohemian FC - 1.
FC Kaiserslautern (GER) |
1-3 |
1-0 |
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1. FC Košice - Grazer AK (AUT) |
2-3 |
0-0 |
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IFK Norrköping - FC Slovan Liberec (CZE) |
2-2 |
1-2 |
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FC Basel - SK Brann |
3-2 (a) |
4-4 |
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FK Drnovice - TSV München 1860 (GER) |
0-0 |
0-1 |
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KAA Gent - AFC
Ajax (NED) |
0-6 |
0-3 |
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Koninklijke Lierse SK - FC
Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA) |
0-0 |
1-5 |
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SK Rapid
- Örgryte IS |
3-0 |
1-1 |
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Vasas SC - AEK (Athína) (GRE) |
2-2 |
0-2 |
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ND HIT Gorica - AS
Roma (ITA) |
1-4 |
0-7 |
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FK Napredak - OFI
(Êrákleion)
(GRE) |
0-0 |
0-6 |
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FC Zimbru (MOL) - Hertha BSC (GER) |
1-2 |
0-2 |
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Lillestrøm
SK
- FK
Dynamo (RUS) |
3-1 |
1-2 |
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NK
SCT Olimpija - RCD Espanyol (SPA) |
2-1 |
0-2 |
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FK Alanija (RUS) - KS Amica Wronki |
0-3 |
0-2 |
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FC Gueugnon (FRA) - AO Iraklís
(GRE) |
0-0 |
0-1 |
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ŠK Slovan Bratislava - NK Dinamo (CRO) |
0-3 |
1-1 |
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Lausanne-Sports
- FK
Torpedo-Luzhniki Moskva (RUS) |
3-2 |
2-0 |
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KP Polonia (POL) - Udinese Calcio (ITA) |
0-1 (b) |
0-2 |
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Roda JC (NED) - AŠK Inter Slovnaft (SVK) |
0-2 |
1-2 |
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AIK (Solna)
- Herfølge BK (DEN) |
0-1 |
1-1 |
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CSKA (Sofija)
- MTK-Hungária
FC |
1-2 |
1-0 |
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FK Lokomotiv (Moskva) (RUS) - FK Neftokhimik |
4-2 |
0-0 |
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SBV Vitesse (NED) - Maccabi Haifa MK |
3-0 |
1-2 |
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FK
Vorskla - Boavista
FC |
1-2 |
1-2 |
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Antalyaspor
Kulübü - SV Werder Bremen (GER) |
2-0 |
0-6 |
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Molde
FK (NOR) - Rayo Vallecano |
0-1 |
1-1 |
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FC Zürich (SWI) - KRC Genk (BEL) |
1-2 |
0-2 |
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Celtic FC
- HJK (Helsinki) |
2-0 |
1-2 |
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Chelsea FC (ENG) - FC St. Gallen (SWI) |
1-0 |
0-2 |
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Leicester City FC (ENG) - FK Crvena Zvezda (YUG) |
1-1 |
1-3 (c) |
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Club Brugge
KV - APOEL (Levkosía) |
2-0 |
1-0 |
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CSKA
(Moskva) (RUS) - Viborg FF (DEN) |
0-0 |
0-1
(d) |
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Halmstads BK - SL Benfica (POR) |
2-1 |
2-2 |
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Brøndby
IF (DEN) - NK
Osijek (CRO) |
1-2 |
0-0 |
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CD Alavés (SPA) - Gaziantepspor Kulübü (TUR) |
0-0 |
4-3 |
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VfB Stuttgart
(GER) - Heart of Midlothian FC |
1-0 |
2-3 |
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FC Tirol Innsbruck (AUT) - AC Fiorentina (ITA) |
3-1 |
2-2 |
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Dunaferr SE (HUN) - SC
Feyenoord (NED) |
0-1 (e) |
1-3 |
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FK
Partizan - FC Porto (POR) |
1-1 |
0-1 |
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FK
Pobeda - Parma AC (ITA) |
0-2
(f) |
0-4 |
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FK
Kryvbas (UKR)
- FC Nantes Atlantique (FRA) |
0-1 |
0-5 |
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PAOK (Thessaloníkê) (GRE) - Beitar Yerushalayim MK |
3-1 |
3-3 |
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UFC Rapid - Liverpool
FC (ENG) |
0-1 |
0-0 |
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KS Ruch Chorzów - Internazionale FC (ITA) |
0-3 |
1-4 |
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SK Slavia Praha (CZE) - Akademisk BK |
3-0 |
2-0 |
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RC Celta (SPA) - HNK
Rijeka |
0-0 |
1-0 |
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Real Zaragoza CD (SPA) - TS Wisła |
4-1 |
1-4 |
pk:3-4 |
| (a) Played in Zürich. (b) Played in Płock. (c) Played in Wien
(Austria) because of the difficult
socio-political situation in
Yugoslavia during the presidential
election. (d) Played in Silkeborg.
(e) Played in Győr. (f) Played in Skopje. |
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| SECOND
ROUND |
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| 48 TEAMS. Winners of First Round. |
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AO Iraklís - 1.
FC Kaiserslautern |
1-3 |
3-2 |
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Udinese Calcio
- PAOK
(Thessaloníkê) |
1-0 |
0-3 |
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NK Osijek - SK Rapid |
2-1 |
2-0 |
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SV Werder Bremen - KRC Genk |
4-1 |
5-2 |
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TS Wisła - FC
Porto |
0-0 |
0-3 |
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FC Tirol Innsbruck
- VfB
Stuttgart |
1-0 |
1-3 |
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Lillestrøm
SK - CD
Alavés |
1-3
(a) |
2-2 |
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Hertha BSC
- KS Amica Wronki |
3-1 |
1-1 |
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FC Nantes Atlantique - MTK-Hungária FC |
2-1 |
1-0 |
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Lausanne-Sports - AFC Ajax |
1-0 |
2-2 |
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FK Lokomotiv (Moskva)
- AŠK Inter Slovnaft |
1-0 |
2-1 |
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Parma AC - NK Dinamo |
2-0 |
0-1 |
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AEK (Athína) - Herfølge
BK |
5-0 |
1-2 |
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Liverpool FC
- FC Slovan Liberec |
1-0 |
3-2 |
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Club Brugge
KV - FC St. Gallen |
2-1 |
1-1 (b) |
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FK
Crvena Zvezda - RC
Celta |
1-0 |
0-3 (*) |
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Halmstads BK - TSV
München 1860 |
3-2 |
1-3 |
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FC Girondins
de Bordeaux - Celtic FC |
1-1 |
2-1 |
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Internazionale
FC - SBV Vitesse |
0-0 |
1-1 |
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FC Basel - SC
Feyenoord |
1-2 (c) |
0-1 |
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OFI (Êrákleion)
- SK
Slavia Praha |
2-2 |
1-4 |
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Rayo Vallecano - Viborg FF |
1-0 |
1-2
(d) |
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RCD Espanyol - Grazer AK |
4-0 |
0-1 |
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Boavista
FC - AS
Roma |
0-1 |
1-1 |
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| * The original game ended 5-3 for RC Celta.
Later, UEFA decided a
3-0 w.o. for the Spanish team
because FK Crvena Zvezda had
fielded two suspended players
(Nenad Lalatović and Stevo
Glogovac). (a) Played in Drammen. (b) Played in Zürich.
(c) Played in Zürich.
(d) Played in Silkeborg. |
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| THIRD
ROUND |
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| 32 TEAMS. 24 winners of Second Round. 8 third-placed
teams after First Group-Match
Stage of Champions League 2000-01
(in red). |
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Hertha BSC - Internazionale
FC |
0-0 |
1-2 |
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NK Osijek - SK Slavia Praha |
2-0 |
1-5 |
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Parma AC
- TSV München 1860 |
2-2 |
2-0 |
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FK Lokomotiv
(Moskva)
- Rayo Vallecano |
0-0 |
0-2 |
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TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER)
- AEK
(Athína) |
4-4 |
0-2 |
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FC Nantes Atlantique - Lausanne-Sports |
4-3 |
3-1 |
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PSV (Eindhoven) (NED)
- PAOK (Thessaloníkê) |
3-0 |
1-0 |
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FK Shakhtar (UKR) - RC Celta |
0-0 |
0-1 |
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SC Feyenoord - VfB
Stuttgart |
2-2 |
1-2 |
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CD Alavés
- Rosenborg BK (NOR) |
1-1 |
3-1 |
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Club Brugge KV - FC Barcelona (SPA) |
0-2 |
1-1 |
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AS Roma
- Hamburger SV (GER) |
1-0 |
3-0 |
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FC Girondins
de Bordeaux - SV Werder Bremen |
4-1 |
0-0 |
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Olympiakós SFP (GRE) - Liverpool FC |
2-2 |
0-2 |
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RCD
Espanyol - FC
Porto |
0-2 |
0-0 |
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Rangers FC (SCO) - 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
1-0 |
0-3 |
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| FOURTH ROUND |
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SK Slavia Praha
- 1.
FC Kaiserslautern |
0-0 |
0-1 |
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CD Alavés - Internazionale
FC |
3-3 |
2-0 |
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PSV (Eindhoven) - Parma AC |
2-1 |
2-3 |
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VfB Stuttgart - RC
Celta |
0-0 |
1-2 |
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Rayo Vallecano - FC Girondins
de Bordeaux |
4-1 |
2-1 |
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AS Roma - Liverpool
FC |
0-2 |
1-0 |
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AEK (Athína)
- FC
Barcelona |
0-1 |
0-5 |
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FC Porto - FC Nantes
Atlantique |
3-1 |
1-2 |
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| 1/4 FINALS |
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FC Porto - Liverpool
FC |
0-0 |
0-2 |
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1. FC Kaiserslautern - PSV (Eindhoven) |
1-0 |
1-0 |
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CD Alavés - Rayo Vallecano |
3-0 |
1-2 |
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FC Barcelona - RC Celta |
2-1 |
2-3 |
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| 1/2 FINALS |
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CD Alavés
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
5-1 |
4-1 |
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FC Barcelona - Liverpool FC |
0-0 |
0-1 |
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| TOP SCORER: Dimităr Berbatov (CSKA [Sofija])
- 7 goals |
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ROSTERS (FINALISTS) |
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| Liverpool FC |
CD Alavés* |
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Goalkeepers 1.
Sander Westerveld (23-10-1974) 19.
Pegguy Arphexad (18-05-1973) 26. Jørgen Nielsen (6-05-1971) Brad Friedel (18-05-1971) Defenders 2. Stéphane Henchoz (7-09-1974) 4. Rigobert Song (1-07-1976) 5. Steve Staunton (19-01-1969) 6.
Markus Babbel
(8-09-1972) 12. Sami Hyypiä (7-10-1973) 14.
Vegard Heggem (13-07-1975) 23. Jamie Carragher (28-01-1978) 27.
Grégory Vignal (19-07-1981) 29.
Stephen Wright (8-02-1980) 30. Djimi Traoré (1-03-1980) 31.
Frode Kippe (17-01-1978) Kevin Doherty (18-04-1980) Midfielders 3. Christian Ziege (1-02-1972) 7. Vladimír Šmicer (24-05-1973) 11.
Jamie Redknapp (25-06-1973) 13. Danny Murphy (18-03-1977) 15. Patrik Berger
(10-11-1973) 16. Dietmar Hamann (27-08-1973) 17. Steven Gerrard (30-05-1980) 20.
Nick Barmby (11-02-1974) 21. Gary McAllister (25-12-1964) 24.
Bernard Diomède (23-01-1974) 25. Igor Bišćan (4-05-1978) 28.
Richie Partridge (12-09-1980) 33.
Alan Navarro (31-05-1981) Leyton
Maxwell (3-10-1979) Forwards 8. Emile Heskey
(11-01-1978) 9. Robbie Fowler
(9-04-1975) 10.
Michael Owen (14-12-1979) 18. Erik Meijer (2-08-1969) 22. Aboubacar “Titi” Camara (17-11-1972) 32.
Jon Newby (28-11-1978) 34.
Daniel Sjölund (22-04-1983) 37. Jari Litmanen
(20-02-1971) Haukur Ingi Guðnason (8-09-1978) COACH: Gérard Houllier (3-09-1947) |
Goalkeepers 1. Martín Horacio
Herrera (13-09-1970) 25. Enrique Burgos Carrasco “Kike”
(20-01-1971) Rubén García Ruiz “Martín”
(12-05-1980) Defenders 2. Cosmin Marius Contra
(15-12-1975) 3. Ibon Begoña Zubiaurre
(17-11-1973) 4.
Dan Eggen (13-01-1970) 5. Antonio Karmona Herrera (24-03-1968) 6. Óscar Téllez Gómez (2-04-1975) 7. Delfí Geli Roura (22-04-1969) 8. Vlatko Đolonga
(30-09-1976) 17. Raúl Gañán Bermúdez
(20-12-1974) 22.
José Tomás Valdominos “Josete” (12-03-1970) 24. Pablo Daniel Brandán
(5-03-1983) 28. Josu Sarriegi Zumárraga
(19-01-1979) 32. José Javier Etxarri
Sanz (12-05-1978) Midfielders 10. Pablo Gómez Ortiz de Guzmán (21-05-1970) 14. Johan Jordi Cruijff (9-02-1974) 15. Ivan Tomić (5-01-1976) 16. Hermes Aldo Desio (20-01-1970) 18. Martín Mauricio Astudillo (10-07-1977) 20. Jorge Azkoitia Gabiola
(27-04-1974) 21.
Mario Alberto Rosas Montero (22-05-1980) 26. Ignacio “Nacho” Zaragoza Moreno (24-02-1979) 27. Asier Salcedo Borrega (9-04-1980) Forwards 9. Javier “Javi” Moreno Varela (10-09-1974) 11. Magno Mocelin
(26-02-1974) 19. Iván Daniel Alonso Vallejo (10-04-1979) 23. Jurica Vučko (8-10-1976) 30. Juan Ramón Epitié-Dyowe Roig
(12-10-1976) COACH:
José Manuel Esnal Pardo “Mané”
(25-03-1950) * NOTE: Although the usual official name of this team is “Deportivo Alavés” (as in its badge), notice that the word “Deportivo” (Sporting) is an adjective, which can never function by itself as the head of a Noun Phrase. Therefore, either implicitly or explicitly, the noun “Club” has to be added to complete this NP (thus the name “CD Alavés”). |
| RESUMEN
DEL PARTIDO (GAME SUMMARY) |
En una de las
finales más emocionantes y con mayor número de
goles de la historia de las copas de Europa (tan
sólo superada por el 7-3 del Real Madrid-Eintracht
en 1960), el Liverpool conquistó la Copa de la
UEFA tras un intenso partido que se resolvió con
un “gol de oro” en la prórroga, marcado en propia
puerta por Geli. El “Glorioso” Alavés fue un dignísimo
finalista, ya que en ningún momento dio por perdido
el encuentro, pese a que siempre estuvo por detrás
en el marcador y acabó con tan sólo nueve jugadores
sobre el campo. El equipo vitoriano
salió asustado al terreno de juego, como impresionado
por el ambiente y la entidad del rival. El Alavés
regaló los primeros quince minutos al Liverpool
y acabó pagándolo caro. A los reds
les bastaron cuatro minutos para adelantarse en
el marcador por mediación de Babbel, al cabecear
un balón a placer en el segundo palo. Apenas doce
minutos más tarde Gerrard se aprovechaba de un
magnífico pase de Owen para plantarse solo ante
Martín Herrera y batirle por bajo. La final pareció
quedar casi sentenciada con este tempranero 2-0.
Mané tomó entonces la decisión de corregir su
esquema inicial de tres centrales por un más ofensivo
4-4-2 con la entrada al terreno de juego de Iván
Alonso, que apenas cinco minutos más tarde lograba
recortar las diferencias. El gol del delantero
alavesista pareció dar nuevos ánimos a los vitorianos,
pero un nuevo despiste defensivo antes del descanso
permitió a Owen forzar un claro penalti que McAllister
no desaprovechó para establecer un claro 3-1. Tras el descanso, el Alavés salió decidido a remontar el encuentro, y en apenas cinco minutos logró igualar el partido gracias a dos goles del pichichi de la Liga, Javi Moreno, el primero de cabeza y el segundo de libre directo. El sueño de la victoria parecía más cercano para los vitorianos, pero entonces apareció Robbie Fowler para culminar una jugada personal y lograr el 4-3. El partido era un carrusel de goles, y Jordi Cruijff logró empatarlo de nuevo en las postrimerías del tiempo reglamentario al cabecear un balón a la salida de un córner. El Alavés había realizado un encomiable esfuerzo, y en la prórroga quedó debilitado, más aún tras la expulsión de Magno. Cuando parecía que los penaltis iban a ser el mal menor para los alavesistas (tras una nueva expulsión, esta vez de Karmona), se produjo la desgraciada jugada en la que Geli marcó en su propia meta al desviar el balón en una falta botada por McAllister desde la izquierda. El partido acabó en ese momento con el “gol de oro” que suponía el 5-4 final, y mientras los jugadores del Liverpool celebraban por todo lo alto el título, los vitorianos quedaron tendidos sobre la hierba llorando su desgracia. La grandeza y la miseria del fútbol fueron una vez más de la mano en el Westfalenstadion. |
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