Parma Associazione Calcio had a moderately strong season in 2000–01, managing to qualify for the UEFA Champions League, but also losing the final of Coppa Italia and dropping out of the UEFA Cup too early for the board's liking, ultimately leading to coach Alberto Malesani being let go during the season.
Summary 2000–01 also marked the first time in four years that Parma had to make do without star striker Hernán Crespo, who left for 2000 champions Lazio in the early summer. Sérgio Conceição and Matías Almeyda arrived from the Rome club as part of the transfer, but as they were midfielders Parma was staring at a potential striking crisis. Marco Di Vaio hit the back of the net 15 times, but Márcio Amoroso continued his miserable display in the Parma shirt, which saw him offloaded to Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2001.
Still young, superstar goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon played out his final season with the club, along with defender Lilian Thuram. Both were sold to Juventus in the summer, and their absence was clearly felt in the 2001–02 season. 2001 remains the last time Parma qualified for the Champions League.
Players
Squad information Squad at end of season
Left club during season
Transfers In Pos. Name from TypeFW Savo MiloševićReal Zaragoza €25,000,000MFSérgio ConceiçãoSS Lazio€14,696,000MFMatías AlmeydaSS Lazio€14,696,000MFRoberto SensiniSS LazioMFStephen AppiahUdineseFWPatrick MbomaCagliariMFSabri LamouchiMonacoDFJúniorPalmeirasMFJohan MicoudBordeauxFWEmiliano BonazzoliBresciaDFGianluca FalsiniHellas Verona Out Pos. Name To TypeFW Hernán CrespoLazio €25,696,000Equal to £16,000,000 plus Matías Almeyda and Sérgio Conceição (transfer valued at €56,210,000 Equal to £35,000,000) FW Mario StanićChelsea€8,960,000Equal to £5,600,000FW Ariel OrtegaRiver Plate €5,681,029.99Equal to 11 billion lireParma received a further €2,292,000 (equal to $2,500,000) from a sell-on clause when Ortega was sold to Fenerbahçe in May 2002.MF Dino BaggioLazio €5,164,572.72Equal to 10 billion lireMF Roberto BredaGenoaDF Luigi ApolloniHellas VeronaMF Pietro StradaCosenzaMF Ousmane DaboMonacoDF Paolo VanoliFiorentinaMF Johan Walem UdineseDF Michele Serena InternazionaleDF Saliou LassissiFiorentinaloanMF Davide Zoboli BeneventoloanMF Raffaele Longo VicenzaloanFW Emiliano Bonazzoli Hellas Veronaloan
Competitions
Overall Competition Started round Current position Final position First match Last match Serie A Matchday 1 — 4th 1 October 2000 17 June 2001 Coppa Italia Round of 16 —Runners-up 17 September 2000 13 June 2001 UEFA Cup First round — Fourth round 14 September 2000 22 February 2001 Last updated: 17 June 2001
Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
Eightfinals
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
UEFA Cup
First round
Second round
Third round
Eightfinals
Statistics Players statistics
Goalscorers PlacePositionNationNumberNameSerie ACoppa ItaliaUEFA CupTotal1 FW Marco Di Vaio 15 3 2 202 FW Márcio Amoroso 7 4 3 143 FW Savo Milošević 8 2 2 124 MF Sérgio Conceição 5 0 2 7= MF Johan Micoud 4 2 1 76 FW Patrick Mboma 5 0 1 67 MF Sabri Lamouchi 3 0 0 3= MF Júnior 3 0 0 3= MF Johnnier Montaño 0 1 2 310 FW Emiliano Bonazzoli 0 0 2 2= MF Stephen Appiah 0 1 1 212DF Stefano Torrisi 1 0 0 1= Own goal 0 1 0 1= DF Luigi Sartor 0 1 0 1TOTALS51 15 16 82
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