2000–01 Inter Milan season

The 2000–01 season was Inter Milan's 92nd in existence and 85th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

Inter Milan

2000–01 season
Owner	Massimo Moratti
President	Massimo Moratti
Head coach	Marcello Lippi (until 3 October 2000) Marco Tardelli
Serie A	5th
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Cup	Round of 16
Supercoppa Italiana	Runner-up
Top goalscorer	League: Christian Vieri (18) All: Christian Vieri (19)
Highest home attendance	78,054 vs Milan (11 May 2001)
Lowest home attendance	1,000 vs Bologna (17 June 2001)
Average home league attendance	55,582
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Season overview

Inter hoped to improve from past seasons;^[1] goalkeeper Angelo Peruzzi was replaced by Frenchman Sébastien Frey ten years his junior, while Fabio Macellari did the same with Grigorios Georgatos on the left side of defence.^[1] The burden of scoring was given to Hakan Şükür and Robbie Keane,^[1] waiting for Vieri's recovery and Ronaldo's return.^[2] Inter did not pass the Champions League preliminary round: they were defeated by Helsingborg, losing on a 1–0 aggregate.^[3][4] The side then lost the Supercoppa Italiana, defeated 4–3 by Lazio.^[5] Coach Lippi lost instead his job in October, after the 2–1 defeat to Reggina in Serie A.^[6]

His place was taken by Marco Tardelli,^[7] who achieved up and down results.^[8] In the rest of season Inter suffered further blows: a 6–1 defeat to Parma and a second European flop, against Alavés in the UEFA Cup.^[9][10] Inter supporters flew off the handle when, during a match with Atalanta, when they threw a scooter from the stands.^[11] On following matchday, the side lost again: Milan won 6–0 in the Derby della Madonnina.^[12] Inter finished fifth in the league with 51 points, two more than rivals Milan.^[13]

First-team squad

Squad at the end of season^[14]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FRA Sébastien Frey 2 DF  COL Iván Córdoba 3 DF  ITA Fabio Macellari 4 DF  ARG Javier Zanetti (captain) 5 DF  FRA Laurent Blanc 6 DF  ITA Michele Serena 7 FW  URU Antonio Pacheco 8 MF  YUG Vladimir Jugović 9 FW  BRA Ronaldo 10 MF  NED Clarence Seedorf 11 FW  ITA Marco Ferrante 12 GK  ITA Marco Ballotta 13 DF  CRO Dario Šimić

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  ITA Luigi Di Biagio 15 MF  FRA Benoît Cauet 16 GK  ITA Alex Cordaz 17 MF  ITA Nicola Beati 18 MF  FRA Stéphane Dalmat 20 FW  URU Álvaro Recoba 21 DF  ALG Matteo Ferrari 23 MF  ITA Cristian Brocchi 24 DF  SVK Vratislav Gresko 30 DF  ITA Bruno Cirillo 31 MF  ESP Javier Farinós 32 FW  ITA Christian Vieri 36 MF  ITA Carlo Trezzi 54 FW  TUR Hakan Şükür

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Robbie Keane	Coventry City	€19.50 million
MF	Francisco Farinós	Valencia	€16.25 million
FW	Hakan Şükür	Galatasaray	€6.30 million
GK	Marco Ballotta	Lazio	free
DF	Fabio Macellari	Cagliari	released
DF	Bruno Cirillo	Reggina
DF	Michele Serena	Parma
MF	Cristian Brocchi	Hellas Verona
MF	Vampeta	Corinthians
FW	Anselmo Robbiati	Napoli
DF	Zoumana Camara	Bastia	loan ended
MF	Andrea Pirlo	Reggina	loan ended
FW	Nicola Ventola	Bologna	loan ended
FW	Mohammed Kallon	Reggina	loan ended
GK	Sébastien Frey	Hellas Verona	loan ended
GK	Luca Anania	Lecco	loan ended
DF	Matteo Ferrari	Bari	loan ended
MF	Paulo Sousa	Parma	loan ended

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Roberto Baggio	Brescia
GK	Angelo Peruzzi	Lazio
FW	Adrian Mutu	Hellas Verona	U$6,0 million
GK	Fabrizio Ferron	Hellas Verona
DF	Cyril Domoraud	AC Milan
DF	Francesco Colonnese	Lazio
MF	Francesco Moriero	Napoli
DF	Zoumana Camara	Olympique Marseille
MF	Paulo Sousa	Panathinaikos
GK	Luca Anania	Pro Sesto
GK	Giorgio Frezzolini	Chievo Verona	co-ownership
MF	Cristiano Zanetti	Roma	co-ownership renewed
FW	Mohammed Kallon	Vicenza	co-ownership
FW	Nicola Ventola	Atalanta	loan
DF	Christian Panucci	Chelsea	loan
DF	Grigorios Georgatos	Olympiacos	loan
DF	Salvatore Fresi	Napoli	loan
DF	Martín Rivas	Malaga	loan

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Stéphane Dalmat	Paris Saint-Germain	co-ownership
FW	Marco Ferrante	Torino	loan
FW	Antonio Pacheco	Peñarol
FW	Adriano	Flamengo	€13.189 million
DF	Vratislav Greško	Bayer Leverkusen	€5.0 million

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Christian Panucci	AS Monaco	loan
DF	Vampeta	Paris Saint-Germain	co-ownership (€12.2 million)
FW	Robbie Keane	Leeds United	loan
MF	Andrea Pirlo	Brescia	loan
DF	Riccardo Fissore	Lecce	loan
DF	Cyril Domoraud	Bastia	loan
FW	Iván Zamorano	América
MF	Anselmo Robbiati	Perugia	loan
MF	Sixto Peralta	Torino	loan
FW	Corrado Colombo	Torino

Reserve squad

The following players did not appear for the first-team this season.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 GK  ITA Alex Cordaz 26 FW  FRA Stéphane Biakolo 28 MF  ITA Jodi Bertarelli 29 MF  ITA Matteo Bogani 33 DF  ITA Davide Cattaneo 34 DF  ITA Salvatore Ferraro

No. Pos. Nation Player 35 DF  ITA Luca Perfetti 37 DF  ALG Anthar Yahia 38 DF  ITA Roberto Gimelli — DF  ITA Stefano Lombardi — MF  FRA Julien Brellier

Competitions

Supercoppa Italiana

Main article: 2000 Supercoppa Italiana

Lazio v Inter

8 September 2000	Lazio	4–3	Inter	Rome
20:45 CET	López 33', 38' Mihajlović 47' (pen.) Stanković 74'	Report	Keane 2' Farinós 61' Vampeta 75'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 61,446 Referee: Stefano Farina

Serie A

Main article: 2000–01 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Lazio	34	21	6	7	65	36	+29	69	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round[15]
4	Parma	34	16	8	10	51	31	+20	56
5	Internazionale	34	14	9	11	47	47	0	51	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Milan	34	12	13	9	56	46	+10	49
7	Atalanta	34	10	14	10	38	34	+4	44[a]

Source: 2000–01 Serie A, Soccerway, RSSSF.com
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).^[16]
Notes:

1. Atalanta finished ahead of Brescia on head-to-head points: Atalanta 2–0 Brescia, Brescia 0–3 Atalanta.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	W
Position	14	7	12	7	8	11	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	12	12	11	9	8	10	6	8	6	6	5	6	7	5	7	5	6	6	6	6	5

Source: Competitive matches
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

Matches

Reggina v Inter Milan

1 October 2000 1	Reggina	2–1	Inter Milan	Reggio Calabria
15:00 (CEST)	Possanzini 45' Marazzina 50'	Report	Recoba 10'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Referee: Graziano Cesari

Inter Milan v Napoli

14 October 2000 2	Inter Milan	3–1	Napoli	Milan
20:30 (CEST)	Di Biagio 10' Zamorano 37' Blanc 45'	Report	Sesa 59'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Udinese v Inter Milan

21 October 2000 3	Udinese	3–0	Inter Milan	Udine
15:00 (CEST)	Fiore 28' (pen.) Muzzi 63' Iaquinta 90+3' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Inter Milan v Roma

1 November 2000 4	Inter Milan	2–0	Roma	Milan
20:30 (CET)	Şükür 19' Recoba 68'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Referee: Domenico Messina

Verona v Inter Milan

5 November 2000 5	Verona	2–2	Inter Milan	Verona
20:30 (CET)	Bonazzoli 15' Italiano 43'	Report	Farinós 26' Şükür 81'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Inter Milan v Lecce

12 November 2000 6	Inter Milan	0–1	Lecce	Milan
15:00 (CET)		Report	Vugrinec 20'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Massimo De Santis

Inter Milan v Perugia

18 November 2000 7	Inter Milan	2–1	Perugia	Milan
15:00 (CET)	Recoba 9' Vieri 77'	Report	Materazzi 29'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Vicenza v Inter Milan

26 November 2000 8	Vicenza	0–0	Inter Milan	Vicenza
15:00 (CET)		Report	Greško  80'	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Domenico Messina

Inter Milan v Juventus

3 December 2000 9	Inter Milan	2–2	Juventus	Milan
20:30 (CET)	Blanc 14' Di Biagio 66'	Report	Trezeguet 7' Zidane 10'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Stefano Braschi

Fiorentina v Inter Milan

10 December 2000 10	Fiorentina	2–0	Inter Milan	Firenze
20:30 (CET)	Chiesa 49' Costa 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

Inter Milan v Brescia

17 December 2000 11

Inter Milan

0–0

Brescia

Atalanta v Inter Milan

23 December 2000 12	Atalanta	0–1	Inter Milan
			Seedorf 63'

Milan v Inter Milan

7 January 2001 13	Milan	2–2	Inter Milan
	Boban 65' Bierhoff 84'		Şükür 11' Di Biagio 72'

Inter Milan v Parma

14 January 2001 14	Inter Milan	1–1	Parma
	Vieri 69'		Di Vaio 32'

Lazio v Inter Milan

21 January 2001 15	Lazio	2–0	Inter Milan
	Crespo 5' Salas 75'

Inter Milan v Bari

28 January 2001 16	Inter Milan	1–0	Bari
	Vieri 39'

Bologna v Inter Milan

4 February 2001 17	Bologna	0–3	Inter Milan
			Vieri 26' Di Biagio 62' Jugović 63'

Inter Milan v Reggina

10 February 2001 18	Inter Milan	1–1	Reggina
	Vieri 40' (pen.)		Dionigi 22'

Napoli v Inter Milan

18 February 2001 19	Napoli	1–0	Inter Milan
	Matuzalém 54'

Inter Milan v Udinese

25 February 2001 20	Inter Milan	2–1	Udinese
	Blanc 18' Ferrante 89'		Sosa 15'

Roma v Inter Milan

4 March 2001 21	Roma	3–2	Inter Milan
	Assunção 10' Montella 27', 87'		Vieri 8', 45'

Inter Milan v Verona

11 March 2001 22	Inter Milan	2–0	Verona
	Vieri 45' (pen.) Şükür 70'

Lecce v Inter Milan

18 March 2001 23	Lecce	1–2	Inter Milan
	Piangerelli 47'		Recoba 28', 59'

Perugia v Inter Milan

1 April 2001 24	Perugia	2–3	Inter Milan
	Materazzi 44' Vryzas 90'		Vieri 21', 57', 66'

Inter Milan v Vicenza

8 April 2001 25	Inter Milan	1–1	Vicenza
	Recoba 90'		Kallon 30'

Juventus v Inter Milan

14 April 2001 26	Juventus	3–1	Inter Milan
	Tacchinardi 50' F. Inzaghi 54' Del Piero 63'		Vieri 67' (pen.)

Inter Milan v Fiorentina

21 April 2001 27	Inter Milan	4–2	Fiorentina
	Vieri 11', 40' (pen.) Dalmat 44' Şükür 57'		Bressan 64' Chiesa 80'

Brescia v Inter Milan

29 April 2001 28	Brescia	1–0	Inter Milan
	R. Baggio 12' (pen.)

Inter Milan v Atalanta

6 May 2001 29	Inter Milan	3–0	Atalanta
	Vieri 6', 9' Recoba 34'

Inter Milan v Milan

11 May 2001 30	Inter Milan	0–6	Milan
			Comandini 3', 19' Giunti 53' Shevchenko 67', 81' Serginho 81'

Parma v Inter Milan

19 May 2001 31	Parma	3–1	Inter Milan
	Júnior 14', 88' Di Vaio 73'		Vieri 89'

Inter Milan v Lazio

27 May 2001 32	Inter Milan	1–1	Lazio	Bari
	Dalmat 90'		Crespo 41'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola

Bari v Inter Milan

10 June 2001 33	Bari	1–2	Inter Milan	Bari
	D. Andersson 44' (pen.)		Recoba 35' (pen.), 67'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola

Inter Milan v Bologna

17 June 2001 34	Inter Milan	2–1	Bologna	Bari
	Seedorf 35' Vieri 44'		Cipriani 79'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2000–01 UEFA Champions League

Third Preliminary round

Helsingborg v Inter

9 August 2000	Helsingborg	1-0	Inter	Helsingborg
21:00 CEST	Hansson 81'			Attendance: 12.000 Referee: Arsic

Inter v Helsingborg

23 August 2000	Inter	0-0	Helsingborg	Milano
21:00 CEST	Recoba 89'			Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 49,949 Referee: Hrinak

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2000-01 UEFA Cup

First round

Ruch Chorzow v Inter

14 September 2000 1	Ruch Chorzow	0-3	Inter	Chorzów
20:30 CEST		Report	62' Seedorf 66' Recoba 71' Keane	Stadium: Stadion Ruchu Chorzów Attendance: 13 000 Referee: Luinge

Inter v Ruch Chorzow

28 September 2000 2	Inter	4-1	Ruch Chorzow	Milano
20:30 CEST	Recoba 6' Seedorf 41', 87' Colombo 89'	Report	85' Skwara	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 4 771 Referee: Tokat

Second round

Inter v Vitesse

26 October 2000 1	Inter	0-0	Vitesse	Milano
20:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 9 093 Referee: Granat

Vitesse v Inter

9 November 2000 2	Vitesse	1-1	Inter	Arnhem
20:30 CET	Peeters 14'		80' Šimić	Stadium: Gelredome Attendance: 27 500 Referee: Mccurry

Third round

Hertha Berlin v Inter

21 November 2000	Hertha Berlin	0-0	Inter	Berlin
20:30 CET		Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 39 100 Referee: Durkin

Inter v Hertha Berlin

7 December 2000	Inter	2-1	Hertha Berlin	Milano
20:30 CET	Recoba 6' Şükür 89'	Report	54' Tretschok	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 12 693 Referee: Batista

Eightfinals

Deportivo Alaves v Inter

15 February 2001	Deportivo Alaves	3-3	Inter	Vitoria
20:30 CET	Moreno 44' Téllez 70' Alonso 73'	Report	45', 50' Recoba 65' Vieri	Stadium: Estadio Mendizorrotza Attendance: 17 307 Referee: Hamer

Inter v Deportivo Alaves

22 February 2001 2	Inter	0-2	Deportivo Alaves	Milano
20:30 CET		Report	78' Cruijff 83' Tomić	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 9 845 Referee: Barber
Note: Match suspended at 100' due to Inter fans rioting; [17]

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2000-01 Coppa Italia

Eightfinals

Inter v Lecce

18 September 2000	Inter	1-1	Lecce	Milano
20:30 CEST	Di Biagio 20'		42' Vugrinec	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 5 413 Referee: Stefano Cassarà

Lecce v Inter

24 September 2000	Lecce	1-3	Inter	Lecco
20:30 CEST	Lucarelli 10' (pen.)		66' Córdoba 70' Recoba 75' Keane	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 18 785 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Quarterfinals

Parma F.C. v Inter

29 November 2000	Parma F.C.	6-1	Inter	Parma
20:30 CET	Serena 18' (aut.) Micoud 33' Montaño 34' Amoroso 39' Appiah 53' Sartor 59'		44' Recoba	Stadium: Il Tardini Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

Inter v Parma F.C.

14 December 2000	Inter	0-0	Parma F.C.	Milano
20:30 CET				Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Andrea Zaltron

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 31 June 2001^[18]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		Supercoppa Italiana		Champions League		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	FRA	Frey	38	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	0
4	DF	ARG	Zanetti J	34	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2	DF	COL	Cordoba	36	2	23	0	3	1	1	0	2	0	7	1
5	DF	FRA	Blanc	44	3	33	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
21	DF	ALG	Ferrari	27	0	17+2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5+1	0
18	MF	FRA	Dalmat	17	2	16+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ITA	Di Biagio	44	5	31+1	4	2+1	1	0	0	0+1	0	7+1	0
10	MF	NED	Seedorf	36	5	14+10	2	3+1	0	1	0	1+1	0	2+3	3
8	MF	YUG	Jugovic	28	1	18+3	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	0
32	FW	ITA	Vieri	32	19	22+5	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	3+2	1
20	FW	URU	Recoba	41	14	23+6	8	2+1	2	0	0	0+1	0	6+2	4
12	GK	ITA	Ballotta	11	0	6	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
54	FW	TUR	Sukur	35	6	18+6	5	1	0	1	0	2	0	5+2	1
13	DF	CRO	Simic	25	1	15+3	0	1+1	0	0	0	1	0	3+1	1
30	DF	ITA	Cirillo	26	0	14+3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5+2	0
24	DF	SVK	Gresko	20	0	13+5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	ITA	Serena	22	0	12+1	0	3+1	0	1	0	0	0	3+1	0
31	MF	ESP	Farinos	33	2	10+11	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	8	0
23	MF	ITA	Brocchi	18	1	10+5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
15	MF	FRA	Cauet	21	0	7+8	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0+3	0
3	DF	ITA	Macellari	16	0	5+2	0	2+1	0	1	0	1+1	0	2+1	0
7	FW	IRL	Keane	15	3	4+2	0	3	1	1	1	1+1	0	1+2	1
11	FW	ITA	Ferrante	11	1	3+8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	CHI	Zamorano	8	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	1+1	0	2	0
25	MF	BRA	Vampeta	8	1	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	3	0
11	MF	ITA	Pirlo	8	0	0+4	0	0+1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
17	MF	ITA	Beati	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	ITA	Trezzi	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	URU	Pacheco	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
27	FW	ITA	Colombo	5	1	0+1	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	1
16	DF	ITA	Fissore	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	CIV	Domoraud	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
19	MF	ITA	Robbiati	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	ARG	Peralta	3	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0

Last updated: 31 June 2001
Source: Competitions