2000–01 La Liga

The 2000–01 La Liga season, the 70th since its establishment, started on 9 September 2000 and finished on 17 June 2001.

La Liga
Season2000–01
Dates9 September 2000 – 17 June 2001
ChampionsReal Madrid
28th title
RelegatedReal Oviedo
Racing Santander
Numancia
Champions LeagueReal Madrid (1st group stage)
Deportivo (1st group stage)
Mallorca (3rd qualifying round)
Barcelona (3rd qualifying round)
UEFA CupValencia (first round)
Celta Vigo (first round)
Zaragoza (first round) (via Copa del Rey)
Matches played380
Goals scored1,095 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorerRaúl
(24 goals)
Biggest home winBarcelona 7–0 Athletic Bilbao
(3 February 2001)[1]
Biggest away winReal Sociedad 0–6 Barcelona
(14 October 2000)[2]
Highest scoringBarcelona 4–4 Zaragoza
(14 April 2001)[3]
Villarreal 4–4 Barcelona
(8 April 2001)[4]

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Las Palmas, Osasuna and Villarreal, returning to the top flight after an absence of twelve, six and one years respectively. They replaced Betis, Atlético Madrid and Sevilla, ending their top flight spells of six, sixty six and one year respectively. For the first time in 26 years, there was no team from the Seville.

Team information

Clubs and locations

2000–01 season was composed of the following clubs:

TeamStadiumCapacity
BarcelonaCamp Nou98,772
Real MadridSantiago Bernabéu80,354
EspanyolEstadi Olímpic de Montjuïc55,926
ValenciaMestalla55,000
Athletic BilbaoSan Mamés39,750
Deportivo de La CoruñaRiazor34,600
Real ZaragozaLa Romareda34,596
Celta de VigoEstadio Balaídos32,500
Real SociedadAnoeta32,200
Real OviedoCarlos Tartiere30,500
MálagaLa Rosaleda30,044
ValladolidJosé Zorrilla27,846
MallorcaSon Moix23,142
Villarreal*El Madrigal23,000
Racing de SantanderEl Sardinero22,222
Las Palmas*Insular21,000
AlavésMendizorrotza19,840
Osasuna*El Sadar19,553
Rayo VallecanoCampo de Fútbol de Vallecas14,505
NumanciaLos Pajaritos8,261

(*) Promoted from Segunda División

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Real Madrid (C)3824868140+4180Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2Deportivo La Coruña3822797344+2973
3Mallorca38201176143+1871Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4Barcelona38171298057+2363[a]
5Valencia38189115534+2163[a]Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6Celta de Vigo381611115149+259
7Villarreal38169135852+657
8Málaga38168146061−156
9Espanyol38148164644+250
10Alavés38147175859−149
11Las Palmas38137184262−2046
12Athletic Bilbao381110174460−1643[b]
13Real Sociedad381110175268−1643[b]
14Rayo Vallecano381013155668−1243[b]
15Osasuna381012164354−1142[c]
16Valladolid38915144250−842[c]
17Zaragoza38915145457−342[c]Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[d]
18Oviedo (R)38118195167−1641Relegation to the Segunda División
19Racing Santander (R)38109194862−1439[e]
20Numancia (R)38109194064−2439[e]
Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayATHFCBCELALVRCDESPLPAMCFMLLNUMOSARACRVARMAROVRSOVCFVLDVILZAR
Athletic Bilbao3–12–12–02–20–10–31–32–13–10–13–14–21–04–01–31–11–11–11–2
Barcelona7–01–13–22–34–24–12–11–11–12–03–15–12–00–13–03–23–11–24–4
Celta de Vigo2–13–31–12–11–00–11–02–21–11–01–11–13–01–04–13–22–11–01–1
Alavés2–10–12–23–11–01–01–22–40–22–05–14–21–34–00–11–14–20–11–0
Deportivo La Coruña2–02–01–02–11–04–04–01–14–12–12–11–12–23–04–12–01–24–22–0
Espanyol2–10–00–10–00–23–21–20–12–01–23–00–01–22–01–21–01–02–15–0
Las Palmas0–00–10–10–32–01–02–11–01–13–22–11–00–11–02–10–21–11–52–1
Málaga2–10–01–43–11–30–02–10–11–33–12–11–13–32–23–03–03–12–12–0
Mallorca1–02–02–04–32–13–22–10–12–11–12–14–01–04–21–12–21–12–12–1
Numancia0–01–14–22–11–22–10–13–20–21–01–00–23–11–03–30–30–01–31–1
Osasuna1–13–10–20–11–11–33–33–31–02–01–12–22–30–01–11–22–11–01–0
Racing Santander3–04–03–02–10–31–22–10–12–14–20–01–10–02–01–41–12–23–12–1
Rayo Vallecano1–22–23–00–11–11–11–14–22–22–12–14–10–10–24–11–42–10–10–0
Real Madrid4–12–23–05–03–02–25–14–30–21–01–11–03–14–04–02–12–14–03–0
Oviedo5–02–33–13–32–32–22–23–21–13–02–31–04–11–11–00–04–11–32–1
Real Sociedad0–20–62–21–11–12–11–14–00–14–10–12–22–01–43–01–23–10–21–1
Valencia1–00–11–01–20–10–15–12–04–03–01–01–02–20–12–02–01–03–11–0
Valladolid0–02–21–22–13–11–11–00–02–02–01–11–11–32–21–02–10–00–02–0
Villarreal0–04–42–02–03–24–02–11–22–20–02–04–21–50–11–01–31–12–11–1
Zaragoza2–23–11–12–22–11–23–11–11–13–14–22–06–12–35–21–11–10–00–0
Source: LFP (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Overall

Awards

Pichichi Trophy

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

GoalscorersGoalTeam
Raúl24Real Madrid
Rivaldo23Barcelona
Javi Moreno22Alavés
Diego Tristán19Deportivo
Patrick Kluivert18Barcelona

Fair Play award

Real Madrid was the winner of the Fair-play award with 86 points, second was Espanyol and third Zaragoza.[5][6]

Pedro Zaballa award

Manolo Hidalgo, Atlético Madrid footballer, making the same action as Pedro Zaballa[7]

See also

References