The 2000 UEFA Champions League Final was a
football match that took place on 24 May 2000. The match was played at
Stade de France in
Saint-Denis, France, to determine the winner of the
1999–2000 UEFA Champions League
The 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League was the 45th season of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA's premier European club football tournament, and the eighth season since its rebranding from the "European Champion Clubs' Cup" or "European Cup". The com ...
. The final pitted
Spanish
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**Spanish cuisine
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* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
teams
Real Madrid and
Valencia
Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...
. It was the first time in the Champions League or the European Cup that two clubs from the same country competed in the final.
Route to the final
Match
Summary
The match saw a headed goal from
Fernando Morientes
Fernando Morientes Sánchez (; born 5 April 1976) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker, currently a manager.
He played for a number of clubs during his career, including Real Madrid, Monaco, Liverpool and Valenci ...
and a spectacular
Steve McManaman volley put Real Madrid 2–0 ahead, before
Raúl
Raul, Raúl and Raül are the Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician, Asturian, Basque, Aragonese, and Catalan forms of the Anglo-Germanic given name Ralph or Rudolph. They are cognates of the French Raoul.
Raul, Raúl or Raül may re ...
sealed the win with a breakaway third goal, rounding
Santiago Cañizares
José Santiago Cañizares Ruiz (; born 18 December 1969) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper, currently a rally driver.
A product of Real Madrid's youth academies, he eventually joined the first team but proved unable to ...
after Real had cleared a Valencia corner.
The win was Real's eighth European Cup Championship overall and their second in three years, and was notable for being
Vicente del Bosque
Vicente del Bosque González, 1st Marquess of Del Bosque (; born 23 December 1950) is a Spanish retired football manager and former player. He is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time and is to date the only football manager to ha ...
's first title as manager. It was also a landmark for being the first final played between two teams from the same nation. Upon this win, McManaman became the first
English
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* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
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player to win the tournament with a non-English club.
Details
Statistics
Source
UEFA Champions League Final 2000 Full-Time Report
See also
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1999–2000 UEFA Champions League
The 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League was the 45th season of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA's premier European club football tournament, and the eighth season since its rebranding from the "European Champion Clubs' Cup" or "European Cup". The com ...
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1999–2000 Real Madrid CF season
The 1999–2000 season was Real Madrid C.F.'s 69th season in La Liga. This article lists all matches that the club played in the 1999–2000 season, and also shows statistics of the club's players.
Summary
John Toshack was sacked by Real Madrid ...
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1999–2000 Valencia CF season
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Real Madrid CF in international football competitions
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club first participated in a European competition in 1955. The first international cup they took part in was the Latin Cup in which they participated as cham ...
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Spanish football clubs in international competitions
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Valencia CF in European football
These are the matches that Valencia CF have played in European football competitions.
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
European Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
Intertoto Cup
European Super Cup/UEFA Super Cup
...
References
External links
1999–2000 UEFA Champions Leagueat UEFA.com
{{Valencia CF matches
European Cup Final 2000
UEFA Champions League Finals
European Cup Final 2000
2000
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Final
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* Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event
** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of con ...
Champions
A champion (from the late Latin ''campio'') is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition. There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, a ...
Champions
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UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...
UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...