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2001 UEFA Champions League Final
Champions League Final 2001
Bayern Munich won 5–4 on penalties
Event2000–01 UEFA Champions League
Date23 May 2001
VenueSan Siro, Milan
Player of the MatchOliver Kahn (Bayern Munich)
RefereeDick Jol (Netherlands)
Attendance71,500
WeatherScattered clouds
20 °C (68 °F)
2000
2002

The 2001 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place at San Siro in Milan, Italy, on 23 May 2001, to decide the winner of the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League. The match pitted Bayern Munich against Valencia. The match finished in a 1–1 draw, but Bayern clinched their fourth title by winning 5–4 on penalties. This was also their first European Cup title in a quarter-century, also representing Valencia's second consecutive final defeat (2000 and 2001). Due to all the goals scored by penalties and the penalty shootout needed to decide the winner, this UEFA Champions League match became an "all-penalty" final and the only one ever to happen to this day. The 2001 final saw the two previous seasons losing finalists clash, Bayern Munich lost to Manchester United in the 1999 final and Valencia lost to Real Madrid in the 2000 final.

This was the sixth European Cup final to be decided on penalties, and the second under the Champions League format. This was Héctor Cúper's third consecutive European final defeat (after his Mallorca side lost the 1999 Cup Winners' Cup Final and Valencia lost to Real Madrid in the 2000 Champions League final) while Ottmar Hitzfeld claimed his second Champions League title after he won it with Borussia Dortmund in 1997. He became the second coach in European Cup history, after Ernst Happel, to win the competition with two different clubs.

Route to the final[]

Bayern Munich Round Valencia
Opponent Result Legs Qualifying phase Opponent Result Legs
Third qualifying round Flag of Austria Tirol Innsbruck 4–1 0–0 away, 4–1 home
Main article:2000–01 UEFA Champions League#First group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Germany Bayern Munich 6 3 2 1 9 4 +5 11
Flag of France Paris Saint-Germain 6 3 1 2 14 9 +5 10
Flag of Norway Rosenborg 6 2 1 3 13 15 −2 7
Flag of Sweden Helsingborg 6 1 2 3 6 14 −8 5
Group stage
Main article:2000–01 UEFA Champions League#First group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Spain Valencia 6 4 1 1 7 4 +3 13
Flag of France Lyon 6 3 0 3 8 6 +2 9
Flag of Greece Olympiacos 6 3 0 3 6 5 +1 9
Flag of Netherlands Heerenveen 6 1 1 4 3 9 −6 4
Main article:2000–01 UEFA Champions League#Second group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Germany Bayern Munich 6 4 1 1 8 5 +3 13
Flag of England Arsenal 6 2 2 2 6 8 −2 8
Flag of France Lyon 6 2 2 2 8 4 +4 8
Flag of Russia Spartak Moscow 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4
Second group stage
Main article:2000–01 UEFA Champions League#Second group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Spain Valencia 6 3 3 0 10 2 +8 12
Flag of England Manchester United 6 3 3 0 10 3 +7 12
Flag of Austria Sturm Graz 6 2 0 4 4 13 −9 6
Flag of Greece Panathinaikos 6 0 2 4 4 10 −6 2
Opponent Result Legs Knockout stage Opponent Result Legs
Flag of England Manchester United 3–1 1–0 away; 2–1 home Quarter-finals Flag of England Arsenal 2–2 (a) 1–2 away; 1–0 home
Flag of Spain Real Madrid 3–1 1–0 away; 2–1 home Semi-finals Flag of England Leeds United 3–0 0–0 away; 3–0 home

Match[]

Summary[]

Valencia opened the score early on with a Gaizka Mendieta penalty in the third minute after a prostrate Patrik Andersson was deemed to have handled the ball in the penalty area. Only a few minutes later, Bayern Munich were awarded a penalty after Jocelyn Angloma fouled Stefan Effenberg in the penalty box, but Mehmet Scholl's kick was saved by the legs of Santiago Cañizares. Bayern were awarded another penalty early in the second half, this time after Amedeo Carboni handled the ball while competing for a header with Carsten Jancker. This time, Stefan Effenberg took the penalty kick and sent Cañizares the wrong way to level the scores at 1–1. The scores remained level for the remainder of normal time and throughout the 30 minutes of extra time, so the match went to penalties.

Again, Valencia took the lead early on as Paulo Sérgio put the first kick of the shoot-out over the bar before Mendieta sent Kahn the wrong way. Hasan Salihamidžić, John Carew and Alexander Zickler then traded penalty goals before Kahn saved Zlatko Zahovič's kick to tie the scores at 2–2 after three kicks each. The next kick from Patrik Andersson was also saved by Cañizares, and then Kahn stretched out a hand to tip Amedeo Carboni's shot onto the crossbar. Both Ruben Baraja and Stefan Effenberg then scored to take the shoot-out to sudden death. Bixente Lizarazu and Kily González both scored their teams' sixth kicks of the penalty shoot-out, and then Thomas Linke scored for Bayern to set Mauricio Pellegrino up for the game-deciding kick. Kahn guessed the right direction and saved Pellegrino's kick, winning the cup for Bayern Munich.

Details[]

23 May 2001
20:45 CEST
Bayern Munich Flag of Germany 1–1
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Flag of Spain Valencia San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 71,500
Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)
Effenberg Goal 50' (pen.) Report Mendieta Goal 3' (pen.)
  Penalties  
Paulo Sérgio Missed (over the bar)
Salihamidžić Soccerball shad check
Zickler Soccerball shad check
Andersson Missed (saved)
Effenberg Soccerball shad check
Lizarazu Soccerball shad check
Linke Soccerball shad check
5–4 Soccerball shad check Mendieta
Soccerball shad check Carew
Missed (saved) Zahovič
Missed (tipped onto the bar) Carboni
Soccerball shad check Baraja
Soccerball shad check Kily González
Missed (saved) Pellegrino
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Valencia
GK 1 Flag of Germany Oliver Kahn
CB 4 Flag of Ghana Samuel Kuffour
CB 5 Flag of Sweden Patrik Andersson Booked in the 38th minute 38'
CB 25 Flag of Germany Thomas Linke
RWB 2 Flag of France Willy Sagnol Substituted off in the 46th minute 46'
LWB 3 Flag of France Bixente Lizarazu
CM 23 Flag of England Owen Hargreaves
CM 11 Flag of Germany Stefan Effenberg (c)
AM 7 Flag of Germany Mehmet Scholl Substituted off in the 108th minute 108'
AM 20 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Hasan Salihamidžić
CF 9 Flag of Brazil Giovane Élber Substituted off in the 100th minute 100'
Substitutes:
GK 22 Flag of Germany Bernd Dreher
DF 18 Flag of Germany Michael Tarnat
MF 10 Flag of Switzerland Ciriaco Sforza
FW 13 Flag of Brazil Paulo Sérgio Substituted on in the 108th minute 108'
FW 19 Flag of Germany Carsten Jancker Substituted on in the 46th minute 46'
FW 21 Flag of Germany Alexander Zickler Substituted on in the 100th minute 100'
FW 24 Flag of Paraguay Roque Santa Cruz
Manager:
Flag of Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld
Bayern Munich vs Valencia 2001-05-23
GK 1 Flag of Spain Santiago Cañizares  Booked
RB 20 Flag of France Jocelyn Angloma
CB 12 Flag of Argentina Roberto Ayala Substituted off in the 90th minute 90'
CB 2 Flag of Argentina Mauricio Pellegrino
LB 15 Flag of Italy Amedeo Carboni Booked in the 26th minute 26'
DM 19 Flag of Spain Rubén Baraja
RM 6 Flag of Spain Gaizka Mendieta (c)
LM 18 Flag of Argentina Kily González Booked in the 117th minute 117'
AM 35 Flag of Argentina Pablo Aimar Substituted off in the 46th minute 46'
CF 17 Flag of Spain Juan Sánchez Substituted off in the 66th minute 66'
CF 7 Flag of Norway John Carew
Substitutes:
GK 25 Flag of Spain Andrés Palop
DF 5 Flag of FR Yugoslavia Miroslav Đukić Substituted on in the 90th minute 90'
DF 34 Flag of Brazil Fábio Aurélio
MF 4 Flag of France Didier Deschamps
MF 8 Flag of Slovenia Zlatko Zahovič Substituted on in the 66th minute 66'
MF 14 Flag of Spain Vicente
MF 23 Flag of Spain David Albelda Substituted on in the 46th minute 46'
Manager:
Flag of Argentina Héctor Cúper

Man of the Match:
Flag of Germany Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich)

Assistant referees:
Flag of Netherlands Jaap Pool (Netherlands)
Flag of Netherlands Jan-Willem van Veluwen (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
Flag of Netherlands Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of golden goal extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if no goals occur in extra time.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutes.

Statistics[]

Overall
Bayern Munich Valencia
Goals scored 1 1
Total shots 19 9
Shots on target 5 4
Ball possession 64% 36%
Corner kicks 10 3
Fouls committed 24 23
Offsides 2 6
Yellow cards 1 3
Red cards 0 0

See also[]

  • 2000–01 UEFA Champions League
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