2000–01 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League featured the eight teams that had finished in the top two of each of the four groups in the second group stage and lasted from 3 April to 23 May 2001. The knockout stage followed a simple, single-elimination format, with the ties in each round (except for the final) being played over two legs, with whichever team scored the most goals over the course of the two legs progressing to the next round. In the case of both teams scoring the same number of goals over the two legs, the winner would be determined by whichever team scored more goals in their away leg. If the teams could still not be separated, a period of golden goal extra time lasting 30 minutes (split into two 15-minute halves) would be played. If no goals are scored after extra time, the winner would be decided by a penalty shoot-out. As in every season of the competition, the final was played as a single match at a neutral venue, which in 2001 was the San Siro in Milan, Italy.

The final pitted three-time winners Bayern Munich of Germany against Spanish club Valencia, who were appearing in their second consecutive final, with Bayern winning 5–4 on penalties after the two teams could not be separated through 90 minutes and extra time.^[1] Bayern reached the final by knocking out the competition's last two champions – Manchester United (who had beaten Bayern in the 1999 final)^[2] and Real Madrid, who beat Valencia in 2000.^[3] Valencia, meanwhile, had to play two English sides en route to the final, first beating Arsenal^[4] then Leeds United.^[5] The other teams involved in the knockout stage were Galatasaray of Turkey and Deportivo La Coruña of Spain.

Times are CEST, as listed by UEFA.

Qualified teams

The knockout staged involved the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the second group stage.

Group	Winners (seeded in round of 16 draw)	Runners-up (unseeded in round of 16 draw)
A	Valencia	Manchester United
B	Deportivo La Coruña	Galatasaray
C	Bayern Munich	Arsenal
D	Real Madrid	Leeds United

Bracket

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	Galatasaray		3	0	3
	Real Madrid		2	3	5
								Real Madrid		0	1	1
								Bayern Munich		1	2	3
	Manchester United		0	1	1
															23 May – Milan
	Bayern Munich		1	2	3
															Bayern Munich (p)		1 (5)
															Valencia		1 (4)
	Leeds United		3	0	3
	Deportivo La Coruña		0	2	2
								Leeds United		0	0	0
								Valencia		0	3	3
	Arsenal		2	0	2
	Valencia (a)		1	1	2

Quarter-finals

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Leeds United	3–2	Deportivo La Coruña	3–0	0–2
Arsenal	2–2 (a)	Valencia	2–1	0–1
Galatasaray	3–5	Real Madrid	3–2	0–3
Manchester United	1–3	Bayern Munich	0–1	1–2

Matches

Galatasaray	3–2	Real Madrid
Ümit 47' (pen.) Hasan Şaş 66' Jardel 75'	Report	Helguera 33' Makélélé 43'

3 April 2001

20:45^{[note 1]}

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Real Madrid	3–0	Galatasaray
Raúl 15', 37' Helguera 28'	Report

18 April 2001

20:45

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 74,922

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Real Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Manchester United	0–1	Bayern Munich
	Report	Paulo Sérgio 86'

3 April 2001

20:45

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 66,584

Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)

Bayern Munich	2–1	Manchester United
Élber 5' Scholl 40'	Report	Giggs 49'

18 April 2001

20:45

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Bayern Munich won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Leeds United	3–0	Deportivo La Coruña
Harte 26' Smith 51' Ferdinand 66'	Report

4 April 2001

20:45

Elland Road, Leeds

Attendance: 35,508

Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

Deportivo La Coruña	2–0	Leeds United
Djalminha 9' (pen.) Tristán 73'	Report

17 April 2001

20:45

Estadio Riazor, A Coruña

Attendance: 27,364

Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

Leeds United won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Arsenal	2–1	Valencia
Henry 58' Parlour 60'	Report	Ayala 41'

4 April 2001

20:45

Highbury, London

Attendance: 35,104

Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Valencia	1–0	Arsenal
Carew 75'	Report

17 April 2001

20:45

Mestalla, Valencia

Attendance: 41,341

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

2–2 on aggregate; Valencia won on away goals.

Semi-finals

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Leeds United	0–3	Valencia	0–0	0–3
Real Madrid	1–3	Bayern Munich	0–1	1–2

Matches

Real Madrid	0–1	Bayern Munich
	Report	Élber 55'

1 May 2001

20:45

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 74,112

Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Bayern Munich	2–1	Real Madrid
Élber 8' Jeremies 34'	Report	Figo 18'

9 May 2001

20:45

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 62,500

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Bayern Munich won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Leeds United	0–0	Valencia
	Report

2 May 2001

20:45

Elland Road, Leeds

Attendance: 36,437

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Valencia	3–0	Leeds United
Juan Sánchez 16', 47' Mendieta 52'	Report

8 May 2001

20:45

Mestalla, Valencia

Attendance: 51,100

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Valencia won 3–0 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2001 UEFA Champions League final

The final was played on 23 May 2001 at the San Siro in Milan, Italy.

Bayern Munich	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Valencia
Effenberg 50' (pen.)	Report	Mendieta 3' (pen.)
Penalties
Paulo Sérgio Salihamidžić Zickler Andersson Effenberg Lizarazu Linke	5–4	Mendieta Carew Zahovič Carboni Baraja Kily Pellegrino

23 May 2001

20:45

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 79,000^[6]

Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Notes

1. The match was interrupted for three minutes after Galatasaray's third goal due to floodlight failure in the stadium.

References

1. "Bayern crowned European champions". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 23 May 2001. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
2. Lacey, David (19 April 2001). "Avenging Bayern destroy red dream". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
3. Tremlett, Giles (2 May 2001). "Bayern put champions on back foot". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
4. "Valencia oust Arsenal". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 17 April 2001. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
5. "Leeds' luck runs out in Valencia". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 8 May 2001. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
6. "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2016/17. Nyon, Switzerland: Union of European Football Associations. 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

External links

• 2000–01 knockout stage matches at UEFA.com