Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

continued the frustrating run of league title drought, finishing just fourth in La Liga, despite having bought

Marc Overmars Marc Overmars (; born 29 March 1973) is a Dutch former professional association football, footballer and former director of football at Belgian First Division A, Belgian Pro League side Royal Antwerp F.C. He was previously director of football a ...

and

Emmanuel Petit Emmanuel Laurent Petit (; born 22 September 1970) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder at club level for Arsenal, Barcelona, Monaco, and Chelsea. He represented France at international level in two FI ...

for a total of £54m in transfer fees in the summer of 2000.

also controversially sold

Luís Figo Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo (; born 4 November 1972) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a winger for Sporting CP, Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Inter Milan. He won 127 caps for the Portugal national team, a one-t ...

to arch-rivals

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...

in July 2000 and thus creating several furious fan reactions, accusing

of being a traitor. New coach

Lorenzo Serra Ferrer Lorenzo Serra Ferrer (; ; born 5 March 1953) is a Spanish football manager. His career was mainly associated with Mallorca and Betis, and he also served the former in various other capacities. Playing career Born in Sa Pobla, Mallorca, Balea ...

was not finding consistent form with the team and was being put under increasing pressure, and when Barcelona looked to be missing out on Champions League qualification, he was sacked in late April 2001. Barcelona dramatically sealed Champions League 3rd qualifying spot in the season finale, thanks to a

Rivaldo Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira (; born 19 April 1972), known simply as Rivaldo, is a Brazilian former footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder but also as a second striker, and on occasion deployed as a wide midfielder or as ...

hat-trick which included a bicycle kick goal against

Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...

Squad

First team squad

''Correct as of 3 October 2009.''

Reserve squad

Transfers

In

Total spending: €78.5 million

Out

Total income: €69.9 million {,

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

{, class="wikitable collapsed" , - ! GAMES 2000–200

, - , 29-07-2000 FRIENDLY. WHC Wezep, WHC-BARCELONA 0–14 31-07-2000 FRIENDLY. QUICK 1890-BARCELONA 0–10 03-08-2000

Amsterdam Tournament The Amsterdam Tournament () was a pre-season association football competition, held in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The competition was hosted by Eredivisie club AFC Ajax, Ajax at the Amsterdam Arena. It was inaugurated in 1975 as the Amsterdam 700 T ...

ARSENAL An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly ...

-BARCELONA 1–2 05-08-2000

LAZIO Lazio ( , ; ) or Latium ( , ; from Latium, the original Latin name, ) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy, administrative regions of Italy. Situated in the Central Italy, central peninsular section of the country, it has 5,714,882 inhabitants an ...

-BARCELONA 3–3 08-08-2000 FRIENDLY.

NEC is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered at the NEC Supertower in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It provides IT and network solutions, including cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), Inte ...

-BARCELONA 2–5 22-08-2000

Joan Gamper Trophy The Joan Gamper Trophy (, or simply TJG) or Joan Gamper Cup is an annual association football exhibition match held in August, before the start of Barcelona's La Liga season, where top division clubs from the world compete against them. The compe ...

. BARCELONA-

PSV EINDHOVEN Philips Sport Vereniging (; ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football, football department, which has pla ...

2–1 26-08-2000 Trofeo Balompédica Linense. MÀLAGA-BARCELONA 1–1 /3–5/ PENALTY. 29-11-2000 FRIENDLY. BARCELONA-SELECT LA LIGA 1–2 26-04-2001

Copa Catalunya The Copa Catalunya () is a knockout competition organised by the Catalan Football Federation for football clubs in the Catalonia autonomous community of Spain. History Between 1903 and 1940, it was known as the ''Catalan football championship ...

(semifinal). GRAMENET-BARCELONA 0–3 22-05-2001 FRIENDLY.

-BARCELONA 0–2 04-06-2001 FRIENDLY. BARCELONA-REAL SOCIEDAD 0–0 04-06-2001 FRIENDLY. BARCELONA-ESPANYOL 1–0 13-06-2001

(Final). BARCELONA-BALAGUER 2–2 /3–4/ PENALTY.

La Liga

League table

Results by round

Matches

UEFA Champions League

First Group stage

Group H

UEFA Cup

Third round

Eightfinals

Quarter-finals

Semifinals

Copa del Rey

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Statistics

Players statistics

References

External links

*
FCBarcelonaweb.co.uk
English Speaking FC Barcelona Supporters
ESPNsoccernet: Barcelona Team Page

FC Barcelona (Spain) profile

uefa.com - UEFA Champions League

Web Oficial de la Liga de Fútbol Profesional
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:2000-01 Fc Barcelona Season FC Barcelona seasons

2000 in Catalan sport 2001 in Catalan sport

Squad

First team squad

Reserve squad

Transfers

In

Out

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

La Liga

League table

Results by round

Matches

UEFA Champions League

First Group stage

UEFA Cup

Third round

Eightfinals

Quarter-finals

Semifinals

Copa del Rey

Semifinals

Statistics

Players statistics

See also

References

External links