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:
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Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundTeams transferred from Champions League
Qualifying round

  • 31 domestic cup winners from associations 19–49
  • 33 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–49
  • 13 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 9–21
  • 3 teams from the Fair Play rankings
  • 2 domestic league champions teams from Andorra and San Marino
First round
  • 18 domestic cup winners from associations 1–18
  • 2 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–8
  • 5 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 4–8
  • 8 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–8
  • 3 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–3
  • 3 winners of the Intertoto Cup
  • 41 winners from the qualifying round
  • 16 losing teams from Champions League qualifying
    • Second round
    • 48 winners from the first round
    Third round
    • 24 winners from the second round
  • 8 third placed teams from the Champions League first group stage
    • Fourth round
    • 16 winners from the third round
    Play offs

    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:<
    The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

    First round

    Second round

    Third round

    Fourth round

    First leg

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    Second leg

    Kaiserslautern won 1–0 on aggregate.
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    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.
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    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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    Second leg

    Alavés won 9–2 on aggregate.
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    Liverpool won 1–0 on aggregate.

    Final