| 2000–01 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | Vittorio Cecchi Gori | |||
| Manager | Fatih Terim (until 25 February 2001) Luciano Chiarugi (until 5 March 2001) Roberto Mancini | |||
| Stadium | Stadio Artemio Franchi | |||
| Serie A | 9th | |||
| Coppa Italia | Winners | |||
| UEFA Cup | First round | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Enrico Chiesa (22) All: Enrico Chiesa (27) | |||
| Average home league attendance | 29,644[1] | |||
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During the 2000–01 season Fiorentina competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and UEFA Cup.
Summary
Associazione Calcio Fiorentina fell a couple of steps back in its first season following striker Gabriel Batistuta's departure. While Batistuta finally won a long overdue Serie A title with Roma, Fiorentina had a struggling season, where coach Fatih Terim suddenly resigned and accepted the same job in Milan instead, and the club sensationally opted for recently retired Roberto Mancini to take over.
Although respectability in the league was upheld by goalkeeper Francesco Toldo, playmaker Rui Costa and striker Enrico Chiesa, both Toldo and Rui Costa departed for the Milanese clubs in the summer of 2001, as president Vittorio Cecchi Gori desperately tried to save a collapsing economy. Even though the top players of the club held very high standards, the depth in the squad was not at a very strong level, which would ensure 2001-02 to be a testing time for the Florence faithful.
The cup title was some consolation for the worries, with Paolo Vanoli scoring the winner against Parma in the first final, then drawing 1–1 at home, when Portuguese international Nuno Gomes scored the all-important equaliser.
Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
| In | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | from | Type | 
| FW | Nuno Gomes | Benfica | |
| MF | Domenico Morfeo | Cagliari Calcio | loan ended | 
| MF | Leandro | Portuguesa | |
| MF | Amaral | Benfica | |
| MF | Giovanni Bartolucci | ||
| DF | Paolo Vanoli | Parma F.C. | |
| DF | Saliou Lassissi | Parma F.C. | loan | 
| FW | Marco Rossi | Salernitana | |
Competitions
Serie A
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Atalanta | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 44[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 8 | Brescia[lower-alpha 2] | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 44[lower-alpha 1] | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round | 
| 9 | Fiorentina[lower-alpha 3] | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 43 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round | 
| 10 | Bologna | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 43 | |
| 11 | Perugia | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 42 | 
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[2]
Notes:
- 1 2 Atalanta finished ahead of Brescia on head-to-head points: Atalanta 2–0 Brescia, Brescia 0–3 Atalanta.
- ↑ Brescia gained entry to the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Atalanta declined.
- ↑ Fiorentina gained entry to the 2001–02 UEFA Cup as the 2000–01 Coppa Italia champions.
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | 
| 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 43 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 
Last updated: 17 June 2001.
Source: Competitive matches
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed; = Leader, 2001–02 UEFA Champions League Group stage; = 2001–02 UEFA Champions League Group stage; = 2001–02 UEFA Champions League Qualifying round; = 2001–02 UEFA Cup First round; = Qualification to Intertoto Cup; = 2001–02 Serie B; C = 2001–02 UEFA Cup First round
Matches
| 1 October 2000 1 | Parma | 2–2 | Fiorentina | Parma | 
| M. Amoroso  5', 92' | Report |  64' Pierini  82' C. Amoroso | Stadium: Il Tardini Attendance: 17,187 | 
| 15 October 2000 2 | Fiorentina | 2–1 | Reggina | Florence | 
| Nuno Gomes  86' Leandro  91' | Report |  68' Marazzina | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 26,868 | 
| 22 October 2000 3 | Brescia | 1–1 | Fiorentina | Brescia | 
| Hübner  50' | Report |  70' Leandro | Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 16,208 | 
| 1 November 2000 4 | Fiorentina | 2–2 | Bari | Florence | 
| Rui Costa  32' Nuno Gomes  88' | Report | Masinga  72' Cassano  80' | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 27,580 | 
| 4 November 2000 5 | Fiorentina | 3–4 | Perugia | Florence | 
| Di Livio  22' Leandro  45+3', 77' | Vryzas  39', 50', 65' Saudati  42' (pen.) | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 25,671 | 
| 12 November 2000 6 | Bologna | 1–1 | Fiorentina | Bologna | 
| Cruz  38' | Leandro  64' (pen.) | Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 24,756 | 
| 19 November 2000 7 | Fiorentina | 3–2 | Vicenza | Florence | 
| Nuno Gomes  10', 51' Adani  75' | Toni  44' Comotto  45+1' | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 26,740 | 
| 26 November 2000 8 | Roma | 1–0 | Fiorentina | Rome | 
| Batistuta  82' | Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 65,787 | 
| 3 December 2000 9 | Lecce | 1–1 | Fiorentina | Lecce | 
| Conticchio  11' | Chiesa  54' (pen.) | Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 12,238 | 
| 10 December 2000 10 | Fiorentina | 2–0 | Internazionale | Florence | 
| Rui Costa  49' Chiesa  90' | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 34,239 | 
| 17 December 2000 11 | Udinese | 1–3 | Fiorentina | Udine | 
| Jørgensen  8' | Chiesa  38' Sottil  65' (o.g.) Rui Costa  67' | Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 18,843 | 
| 23 December 2000 12 | Fiorentina | 2–0 | Hellas Verona | Florence | 
| Chiesa  22' (pen.), 50' | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 28,672 | 
| 6 January 2001 13 | Juventus | 3–3 | Fiorentina | Turin | 
| Conte  33' Inzaghi  49' (pen.), 57' | Chiesa  5', 64' Nuno Gomes  18' | Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 41,933 | 
| 13 January 2001 14 | Fiorentina | 4–0 | Milan | Florence | 
| Nuno Gomes  15' Cois  47' Chiesa  72' Rui Costa  87' | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 39,241 | 
| 21 January 2001 15 | Atalanta | 0–0 | Fiorentina | Bergamo | 
| Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 18,264 | 
| 28 January 2001 16 | Fiorentina | 1–4 | Lazio | Florence | 
| Chiesa  82' (pen.) | Nedvěd  33' Crespo  58', 74' Salas  85' | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 33,590 | 
| 4 February 2001 17 | Napoli | 1–0 | Fiorentina | Palermo | 
| Pecchia  90' | Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 28,000 | 
| 11 February 2001 18 | Fiorentina | 0–1 | Parma | Florence | 
| Report | Conceição  6' | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 27,494 Referee: Roberto Rosetti | 
| 18 February 2001 19 | Reggina | 1–1 | Fiorentina | Reggio Calabria | 
| Zanchetta  45' | Report | Chiesa  11' | Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 23,642 Referee: Stefano Farina | 
| 25 February 2001 20 | Fiorentina | 2–2 | Brescia | Florence | 
| Chiesa  23' Nuno Gomes  62' | Report | R. Baggio  4', 66' | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 25,720 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi | 
| 4 March 2001 21 | Bari | 2–1 | Fiorentina | Bari | 
| Cassano  43' Andersson  87' (pen.) | Report | Rui Costa  40' | Stadium: Stadio Nicola Attendance: 9,916 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino | 
| 11 March 2001 22 | Perugia | 2–2 | Fiorentina | Perugia | 
| Di Loreto  23' Liverani  45+2' | Report | Chiesa  57' Lassissi  66' | Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 9,898 Referee: Massimo De Santis | 
| 18 March 2001 23 | Fiorentina | 1–1 | Bologna | Florence | 
| Mijatović  54' | Report | Cipriani  14' | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 28,331 Referee: Stefano Farina | 
| 31 March 2001 24 | Vicenza | 1–1 | Fiorentina | Vicenza | 
| Řepka  10' (o.g.) | Report | Rui Costa  76' | Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 15,628 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange | 
| 9 April 2001 25 | Fiorentina | 3–1 | Roma | Florence | 
| Chiesa  12', 82' Candela  57' (o.g.) | Report | Emerson  30' | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 34,140 Referee: Stefano Farina | 
| 14 April 2001 26 | Fiorentina | 2–0 | Lecce | Florence | 
| Chiesa  6', 82' | Report | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 26,860 Referee: Domenico Messina | 
| 21 April 2001 27 | Internazionale | 4–2 | Fiorentina | Milan | 
| Vieri  11', 40' (pen.) Dalmat  43' Şükür  57' | Report | Bressan  64' Chiesa  79' | Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 51,662 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange | 
| 29 April 2001 28 | Fiorentina | 2–1 | Udinese | Florence | 
| Chiesa  52', 56' | Report | Muzzi  12' | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 28,077 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto | 
| 6 May 2001 29 | Hellas Verona | 2–1 | Fiorentina | Verona | 
| Salvetti  63' Italiano  72' | Report | Chiesa  90' | Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 17,677 Referee: Massimo De Santis | 
| 11 May 2001 30 | Fiorentina | 1–3 | Juventus | Florence | 
| Rossi  40' | Report | Zidane  24' Tudor  28' Trezeguet  89' | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 36,714 Referee: Graziano Cesari | 
| 17 May 2001 31 | Milan | 1–2 | Fiorentina | Milan | 
| Shevchenko  28' | Report | Chiesa  11', 18' | Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 44,699 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti | 
| 27 May 2001 32 | Fiorentina | 1–1 | Atalanta | Florence | 
| Nuno Gomes  13' | Report | Doni  20' (pen.) | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 25,683 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange | 
| 10 June 2001 33 | Lazio | 3–0 | Fiorentina | Rome | 
| Pierini  34' (o.g.) Crespo  44' Negro  55' | Report | Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 42,052 Referee: Pierluigi Collina | 
| 17 June 2001 34 | Fiorentina | 1–2 | Napoli | Florence | 
| Nuno Gomes  83' | Report | Amoruso  48' Edmundo  90+4' | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 28,321 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange | 
Coppa Italia
Round of 32
Bye.
Eightfinals
| 17 September 2000 1 | Salernitana | 0–5 | Fiorentina | Salerno | 
| 24 September 2000 2 | Fiorentina | 3–1 | Salerno Calcio | Firenze | 
| Stadium: Artemio Franchi | 
Quarterfinals
| 29 November 2000 1 | Fiorentina | 6–0 | Brescia Calcio | Firenze | 
| Leandro  28' Bressan  35' Chiesa  39' Chiesa  57' Leandro  64' Rui Costa  72' | Stadium: Artemio Franchi Referee: Emilio Pellegrino | 
| 13 December 2000 2 | Brescia Calcio | 3–1 | Fiorentina | Brescia | 
| Yllana  45' Orlandini  70' (rig) Correa  82' |  53' Leandro | Stadium: Mario Rigamonti Referee: Zaltron | 
Semifinals
| 25 January 2001 1 | A.C. Milan | 2-2 | Fiorentina | Milano | 
| Ambrosini  66' Giunti  92' | Report |  17' Chiesa  75' Bressan | Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 7 000 Referee: Gennaro Borriello | 
| 7 February 2001 2 | Fiorentina | 2-0 | A.C. Milan | Firenze | 
| Chiesa  42' Rui Costa  82' | Report | Stadium: Artemio Franchi Attendance: 25 000 Referee: Gennaro Borriello | 
Finals
First leg
| 24 May 2001 21:00 | Parma | 0–1 | Fiorentina | Parma | 
| Vanoli  87' | Stadium: Il Tardini Attendance: 17,685 Referee: Gennaro Borriello | 
Second leg
| 13 June 2001 21:00 | Fiorentina | 1–1 | Parma | Firenze | 
| Nuno Gomes  65' | Milošević  38' | Stadium: Artemio Franchi Attendance: 37,664 Referee: Massimo De Santis | 
UEFA Cup
First round
| 14 September 2000 First leg | Tirol Innsbruck   | 3–1 |  Fiorentina | Innsbruck, Austria | 
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Gilewicz  28', 49',  55' Kogler  34' Baur  45' (pen.) Mair  60' Kirchler  74' Brzęczek  78' | Report | Di Livio  12' Adani  46' Mijatović  53' | Stadium: Tivoli Neu Attendance: 13,190 Referee: Jorge Emanuel Monteiro Coroado (Portugal) | 
| 28 September 2000 Second leg | Fiorentina   | 2–2 (3–5 agg.) |  Tirol Innsbruck | Florence, Italy | 
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Rossitto  18' Mijatović  25',  30' Di Livio  30' Torricelli  59' Leandro  61',  62' Vanoli  72' | Report | Mair  8' Hörtnagl  31' Marasek  39' Scharrer  48' Brzęczek  74' Gilewicz  87',  88'  | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Orhan Erdemir (Turkey) | 
Statistics
Players statistics
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Serie A | Coppa | UEFA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK |  ITA | Toldo | 40 | -56 | 32 | -48 | 6 | -3 | 2 | -5 | 
| 4 | DF |  ITA | Adani | 34 | 1 | 22+3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 
| 23 | DF |  ITA | Pierini | 35 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 
| 2 | DF |  CZE | Repka | 36 | 0 | 24+4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| 14 | DF |  ITA | Vanoli | 37 | 2 | 25+2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 
| 7 | MF |  ITA | Di Livio | 43 | 1 | 32+1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 
| 24 | MF |  ITA | Amoroso | 29 | 1 | 23+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| 30 | MF |  ITA | Bressan | 38 | 3 | 19+10 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 
| 10 | MF |  POR | Rui Costa | 38 | 8 | 28+1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 
| 20 | FW |  ITA | Chiesa | 38 | 27 | 24+6 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 
| 21 | FW |  POR | Nuno Gomes | 35 | 13 | 27+3 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 
| 33 | GK |  ITA | Taglialatela | 5 | -8 | 2+1 | -4 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 
| 3 | DF |  ITA | Torricelli | 31 | 0 | 18+6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 
| 19 | FW |  ITA | Rossi | 27 | 2 | 14+7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 
| 18 | MF |  ITA | Cois | 15 | 1 | 11+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 11 | MF |  ITA | Rossitto | 23 | 0 | 10+8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| 5 | DF |  CIV | Lassissi | 18 | 1 | 9+5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| 9 | MF |  BRA | Leandro | 24 | 9 | 9+10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 
| 35 | DF |  ITA | Moretti | 13 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 8 | FW | .svg.png.webp) YUG | Mijatovic | 19 | 5 | 4+9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 
| 15 | MF |  BRA | Amaral | 10 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 27 | DF |  ITA | Tarozzi | 8 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| 26 | DF |  ITA | Bartolucci | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 29 | MF |  ITA | Massaro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 36 | DF |  ITA | Bonora | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 6 | DF |  ITA | Firicano | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 16 | MF |  ITA | Morfeo | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 31 | FW |  ITA | Taddei | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 25 | DF |  ITA | Ficagna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 38 | MF |  ITA | Francesco Sorbino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 39 | DF |  ITA | Nicola Guzzo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 12 | GK |  ITA | Mareggini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 17 | MF |  ITA | Palombo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 37 | FW |  GRE | Vakouftsis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
Goalscorers
 Enrico Chiesa 22 (3) Enrico Chiesa 22 (3)
 Nuno Gomes 9 Nuno Gomes 9
 Rui Costa 6 Rui Costa 6
 Leandro 5 (1) Leandro 5 (1)
References
- ↑ "Attendance Statistics of Serie A 2000-2001" (PDF). stadiapostcards.com.
- ↑ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.









