2000–01 UEFA Cup
won the 2000–01 UEFA Cup with a golden goal in the final against Alavés for their third title in the competition. It completed a cup treble for the club, as they also won the FA Cup and the League Cup that season. The conclusion of the tournament by a golden goal is the only instance in any of the major European club cup competitions until the abolition of the rule in 2002.
English clubs had been banned from European competitions between 1985 and 1990 as a result of the Heysel disaster, and Liverpool were the first English side of the post-Heysel era to win the trophy. The previous English winners were Tottenham Hotspur in 1984. It was also Liverpool's first European trophy of the post-Heysel era.
Association team allocation
A total of 145 teams from 51 UEFA associations participated in the 2000–01 UEFA Cup. Associations are allocated places according to their 1999 UEFA league coefficient.Below is the qualification scheme for the 2000–01 UEFA Cup:
- Associations 1–6 each enter three teams
- Associations 7–8 each enter four teams
- Associations 9–15 each enter two teams
- Associations 16–21 each enter three teams
- Associations 22–49 each enter two teams, with the exception of Liechtenstein who enter one.
- Associations 50-51 each enter one team
- The top three associations of the 1999–2000 UEFA Fair Play ranking each gain an additional berth
- 16 teams eliminated from the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League are transferred to the UEFA Cup
- 8 teams eliminated from the group stage of the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League are transferred to the UEFA Cup
- 3 winners of the Intertoto Cup
- The winner of the 1999-2000 UEFA Cup
Association ranking
- : Additional fair play berth
- : Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League
- : Additional teams from Intertoto Cup
Distribution
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Qualifying round |
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First round |
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Second round |
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Third round |
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Fourth round |
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Play offs |
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Redistribution rules
A UEFA Cup place is vacated when a team qualify for both the Champions League and the UEFA Cup, or qualify for the UEFA Cup by more than one method. When a place is vacated, it is redistributed within the national association by the following rules:<- When the domestic cup winners also qualify for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place is vacated, and the remaining UEFA Cup qualifiers are moved up one place, with the final place taken by the domestic cup runners-up, provided they do not already qualify for the Champions League or the UEFA Cup. Otherwise, this place is taken by the highest-placed league finisher which do not qualify for the UEFA Cup yet.
- When the domestic cup winners also qualify for the UEFA Cup through league position, their place through the league position is vacated, and the UEFA Cup qualifiers which finish lower in the league are moved up one place, with the final place taken by the highest-placed league finisher which do not qualify for the UEFA Cup yet.
- A place vacated by the League Cup winners is taken by the highest-placed league finisher which do not qualify for the UEFA Cup yet.
- A Fair Play place is taken by the highest-ranked team in the domestic Fair Play table which do not qualify for the Champions League or UEFA Cup yet.
Teams
- CW: Cup winners
- CR: Cup runners-up
- LC: League Cup winners
- Nth: League position
- FP: Fair play
- IC: Intertoto Cup winners
- CL: Relegated from the Champions League
- * GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
- * Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round
Qualifying round
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
First leg
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Second leg
Kaiserslautern won 1–0 on aggregate.----
Celta Vigo won 2–1 on aggregate.
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PSV 4–4 Parma on aggregate. PSV won on away goals rule.
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Barcelona won 6–0 on aggregate.
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Deportivo Alavés won 5–3 on aggregate.
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Porto won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Rayo Vallecano won 6–2 on aggregate.
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Liverpool won 2–1 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
First leg
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Second leg
Barcelona 4–4 Celta Vigo on aggregate. Barcelona won on away goals rule.----
Liverpool won 2–0 on aggregate
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Alavés won 4–2 on aggregate
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Match interrupted for 16 minutes due to supporter disturbances.
Kaiserslautern won 2–0 on aggregate
Semi-finals
First leg
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Alavés won 9–2 on aggregate.----
Liverpool won 1–0 on aggregate.