2000–01 La Liga

La Liga

Season	2000–01
Champions	Real Madrid 28th title
Relegated	Real Oviedo Racing Santander Numancia
Champions League	Real Madrid (1st group stage) Deportivo (1st group stage) Mallorca (3rd qualifying round) Barcelona (3rd qualifying round)
UEFA Cup	Valencia (first round) Celta Vigo (first round) Zaragoza (first round) (via Copa del Rey)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1095 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Raúl (24)
Biggest home win	Barcelona 7–0 Athletic Bilbao (3 February 2001)
Biggest away win	Real Sociedad 0–6 Barcelona (14 October 2000)
Highest scoring	Barcelona 4–4 Zaragoza (14 April 2001) Villarreal 4–4 Barcelona (8 April 2001)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

The 2000–01 La Liga season, the 70th since its establishment, started on 9 September 2000 and finished on 17 June 2001.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 1999–2000 Segunda División

• UD Las Palmas
• CA Osasuna
• Villarreal CF

Teams relegated to 2000–01 Segunda División

• Real Betis
• Atlético Madrid
• Sevilla FC

Team information

Clubs and locations

Athletic  

Barcelona

Alavés   

Celta

Deportivo

Espanyol

Málaga

Mallorca

Numancia        

Osasuna

Oviedo   

Racing

Rayo Vallecano

Real Madrid

Real Sociedad

Valencia

Valladolid         

Villarreal

 Zaragoza

Location of teams in La Liga 2000–01

Las Palmas

Canary Islands

2000-01 season was composed of the following clubs:

• Athletic Bilbao
• FC Barcelona
• Celta de Vigo
• Deportivo Alavés
• Deportivo de La Coruña
• RCD Espanyol
• UD Las Palmas
• Málaga CF
• RCD Mallorca
• CD Numancia
• CA Osasuna
• Racing de Santander
• Rayo Vallecano
• Real Madrid C.F.
• Real Oviedo
• Real Sociedad
• Valencia CF
• Real Valladolid
• Villarreal CF
• Real Zaragoza

League table

2000–01 La Liga Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Real Madrid (C)	38	24	8	6	81	40	+41	80	2001–02 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Deportivo La Coruña	38	22	7	9	73	44	+29	73
3	Mallorca	38	20	11	7	61	43	+18	71
4	Barcelona	38	17	12	9	80	57	+23	63	2001–02 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round	VAL 0–1 BAR BAR 3–2 VAL
5	Valencia	38	18	9	11	55	34	+21	63	2001–02 UEFA Cup First round
6	Celta de Vigo	38	16	11	11	51	49	+2	59
7	Villarreal	38	16	9	13	58	52	+6	57
8	Málaga	38	16	8	14	60	61	−1	56
9	Espanyol	38	14	8	16	46	44	+2	50
10	Alavés	38	14	7	17	58	59	−1	49
11	Las Palmas	38	13	7	18	42	62	−20	46
12	Athletic Bilbao	38	11	10	17	44	60	−16	43		ATH: 9 pts RSO: 6 pts RVA: 3 pts
13	Real Sociedad	38	11	10	17	52	68	−16	43
14	Rayo Vallecano	38	10	13	15	56	68	−12	43
15	Osasuna	38	10	12	16	43	54	−11	42		OSA: 7 pts VLD: 5 pts ZAR: 4 pts
16	Valladolid	38	9	15	14	42	50	−8	42
17	Zaragoza	38	9	15	14	54	57	−3	42	2001–02 UEFA Cup First round 1
18	Oviedo (R)	38	11	8	19	51	67	−16	41	Relegation to Segunda División
19	Racing Santander (R)	38	10	9	19	48	62	−14	39		RAC 4–2 NUM NUM 1–0 RAC
20	Numancia (R)	38	10	9	19	40	64	−24	39

Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points.
¹Zaragoza entered UEFA Cup as winners of 2000–01 Copa del Rey.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Home \ Away

ATH

BAR

CEL

ALA

DEP

ESP

LPA

MLG

MLL

NUM

OSA

RAC

RVA

RMA

ROV

RSO

VAL

VLD

VILL

ZAR

Athletic Bilbao

3–1

2–1

2–0

2–2

0–1

0–3

1–3

2–1

3–1

0–1

3–1

4–2

1–0

4–0

1–3

1–1

1–1

1–1

1–2

Barcelona

7–0

1–1

3–2

2–3

4–2

4–1

2–1

1–1

1–1

2–0

3–1

5–1

2–0

0–1

3–0

3–2

3–1

1–2

4–4

Celta de Vigo

2–1

3–3

1–1

2–1

1–0

0–1

1–0

2–2

1–1

1–0

1–1

1–1

3–0

1–0

4–1

3–2

2–1

1–0

1–1

Deportivo Alavés

2–1

0–1

2–2

3–1

1–0

1–0

1–2

2–4

0–2

2–0

5–1

4–2

1–3

4–0

0–1

1–1

4–2

0–1

1–0

Deportivo La Coruña

2–0

2–0

1–0

2–1

1–0

4–0

4–0

1–1

4–1

2–1

2–1

1–1

2–2

3–0

4–1

2–0

1–2

4–2

2–0

Espanyol

2–1

0–0

0–1

0–0

0–2

3–2

1–2

0–1

2–0

1–2

3–0

0–0

1–2

2–0

1–2

1–0

1–0

2–1

5–0

Las Palmas

0–0

0–1

0–1

0–3

2–0

1–0

2–1

1–0

1–1

3–2

2–1

1–0

0–1

1–0

2–1

0–2

1–1

1–5

2–1

Málaga

2–1

0–0

1–4

3–1

1–3

0–0

2–1

0–1

1–3

3–1

2–1

1–1

3–3

2–2

3–0

3–0

3–1

2–1

2–0

Mallorca

1–0

2–0

2–0

4–3

2–1

3–2

2–1

0–1

2–1

1–1

2–1

4–0

1–0

4–2

1–1

2–2

1–1

2–1

2–1

Numancia

0–0

1–1

4–2

2–1

1–2

2–1

0–1

3–2

0–2

1–0

1–0

0–2

3–1

1–0

3–3

0–3

0–0

1–3

1–1

Osasuna

1–1

3–1

0–2

0–1

1–1

1–3

3–3

3–3

1–0

2–0

1–1

2–2

2–3

0–0

1–1

1–2

2–1

1–0

1–0

Racing Santander

3–0

4–0

3–0

2–1

0–3

1–2

2–1

0–1

2–1

4–2

0–0

1–1

0–0

2–0

1–4

1–1

2–2

3–1

2–1

Rayo Vallecano

1–2

2–2

3–0

0–1

1–1

1–1

1–1

4–2

2–2

2–1

2–1

4–1

0–1

0–2

4–1

1–4

2–1

0–1

0–0

Real Madrid

4–1

2–2

3–0

5–0

3–0

2–2

5–1

4–3

0–2

1–0

1–1

1–0

3–1

4–0

4–0

2–1

2–1

4–0

3–0

Oviedo

5–0

2–3

3–1

3–3

2–3

2–2

2–2

3–2

1–1

3–0

2–3

1–0

4–1

1–1

1–0

0–0

4–1

1–3

2–1

Real Sociedad

0–2

0–6

2–2

1–1

1–1

2–1

1–1

4–0

0–1

4–1

0–1

2–2

2–0

1–4

3–0

1–2

3–1

0–2

1–1

Valencia

1–0

0–1

1–0

1–2

0–1

0–1

5–1

2–0

4–0

3–0

1–0

1–0

2–2

0–1

2–0

2–0

1–0

3–1

1–0

Valladolid

0–0

2–2

1–2

2–1

3–1

1–1

1–0

0–0

2–0

2–0

1–1

1–1

1–3

2–2

1–0

2–1

0–0

0–0

2–0

Villarreal

0–0

4–4

2–0

2–0

3–2

4–0

2–1

1–2

2–2

0–0

2–0

4–2

1–5

0–1

1–0

1–3

1–1

2–1

1–1

Zaragoza

2–2

3–1

1–1

2–2

2–1

1–2

3–1

1–1

1–1

3–1

4–2

2–0

6–1

2–3

5–2

1–1

1–1

0–0

0–0

Source: LFP (Spanish)
^{1 ^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Overall

• Most wins - Real Madrid (24)
• Fewest wins - Valladolid and Zaragoza (9)
• Most draws - Valladolid and Zaragoza (15)
• Fewest draws - Deportivo La Coruña, Alavés and Las Palmas (7)
• Most losses - Real Oviedo, Racing Santander and Numancia (19)
• Fewest losses - Real Madrid (6)
• Most goals scored - Real Madrid (81)
• Fewest goals scored - Numancia (40)
• Most goals conceded - Real Sociedad and Rayo Vallecano (68)
• Fewest goals conceded - Valencia (34)

Awards

Pichichi Trophy

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

Goalscorers	Goal	Team
Raúl	24	Real Madrid
Rivaldo	23	Barcelona
Javi Moreno	22	Deportivo Alavés
Diego Tristán	19	Deportivo
Patrick Kluivert	18	Barcelona

Fair Play award

Real Madrid was the winner of the Fair-play award with 86 points, second was Espanyol and third Zaragoza.

Pedro Zaballa award

Manolo Hidalgo, Atlético Madrid footballer, making the same action as Pedro Zaballa

See also

• 2000–01 Segunda División
• 2000–01 Copa del Rey