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2001 UEFA Champions League final
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Association football match
June 2017
2001 UEFA Champions League final Champions League Final 2001.jpg 200 Match programme cover 2000–01 UEFA Champions League Bayern Munich GER 30px 1 Valencia ESP 30px 1 After golden goal extra timeBayern Munich won 5–4 on penalties 23 May 2001 San Siro Milan Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich) Dick Jol (Netherlands)Match officials appointed for Milan final https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/3530.pdf UEFA Union of European Football Associations 21 May 2001 13 July 2012 79,000 Mostly cloudy22 °C °F on64% humidityPeschiera Borromeo, Milan, Italy Weather History https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/LIML/date/2001-5-23 Weather Underground The Weather Channel 1 June 2025 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 German side Bayern Munich against Spanish side 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, while it was Valencia's second consecutive defeat in the only finals they had reached in the competition. Both goals scored in the match were from penalties, with Bayern Munich also missing a penalty in normal time, and a penalty shoot-out was required to decide the winner, with the match being referred to as an "all-penalty" final. The 2001 event was a meeting of the two previous seasons' losing finalists – Bayern Munich lost to Manchester United in 1999 and Valencia lost to Real Madrid in 2000.
This was the sixth European Cup final to be decided on penalties, and the second under the Champions League format. This was Ottmar Hitzfeld's second Champions League title after he won it with Borussia Dortmund in 1997, making him the second coach in European Cup history, after Ernst Happel, to win the competition with two clubs. Meanwhile, it was Héctor Cúper's third consecutive European final defeat; he lost the 1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final with Mallorca before losing the 2000 Champions League final with Valencia.
Teams
In the following table, finals until 1992 were in the European Cup era, since 1993 were in the UEFA Champions League era.
TeamPrevious final appearances (bold indicates winners)GER Bayern Munich6 (1974, 1975, 1976, 1982, 1987, 1999)ESP Valencia1 (2000)
Route to the final
2000–01 UEFA Champions League
GER Bayern MunichRoundESP ValenciaOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legQualifying phaseOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legByeThird qualifying roundAUT Tirol Innsbruck4–10–0 (A)4–1 (H)OpponentResultFirst group stageOpponentResultSWE Helsingborgs IF3–1 (A)Matchday 1GRE Olympiacos2–1 (H)NOR Rosenborg3–1 (H)Matchday 2NED Heerenveen1–0 (A)FRA 1974 Paris Saint-Germain0–1 (A)Matchday 3FRA 1974 Lyon1–0 (H)FRA 1974 Paris Saint-Germain2–0 (H)Matchday 4FRA 1974 Lyon2–1 (A)SWE Helsingborgs IF0–0 (H)Matchday 5GRE Olympiacos0–1 (A)NOR Rosenborg1–1 (A)Matchday 6NED Heerenveen1–1 (H)Group F winners
Group F yes no BAYFinal standingsGroup C winners
Group C yes no VALOpponentResultSecond group stageOpponentResultFRA 1974 Lyon1–0 (H)Matchday 1AUT Sturm Graz2–0 (H)ENG Arsenal2–2 (A)Matchday 2GRE Panathinaikos0–0 (A)RUS Spartak Moscow1–0 (H)Matchday 3ENG Manchester United0–0 (H)RUS Spartak Moscow3–0 (A)Matchday 4ENG Manchester United1–1 (A)FRA 1974 Lyon0–3 (A)Matchday 5AUT Sturm Graz5–0 (A)ENG Arsenal1–0 (H)Matchday 6GRE Panathinaikos2–1 (H)Group C winners
Group C yes no BAYFinal standingsGroup A winners
Group A yes no VALOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnockout phaseOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legENG Manchester United3–11–0 (A)2–1 (H)Quarter-finalsENG Arsenal2–2 (a)1–2 (A)1–0 (H)ESP Real Madrid3–11–0 (A)2–1 (H)Semi-finalsENG Leeds United3–00–0 (A)3–0 (H)
Match
Summary
This final would come to be known for the goalkeeping heroics of Bayern keeper Oliver Kahn.https://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/may/23/minutebyminute.sport Bayern Munich 1-1 Valencia; Bayern won 5-4 on penalties The Guardian Matt Biggs 23 May 2001 2 December 2018
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 Santiago Cañizares saved Mehmet Scholl's kick with his legs. 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, 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 regulalation time and throughout the 30 minutes of extra time, thus sending the match 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 Oliver 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 Andersson was also saved by Cañizares, and then Kahn stretched out his hand to tip Carboni's shot onto the crossbar. Both Rubén Baraja and Effenberg then scored to take the shoot-out to sudden death. Bixente Lizarazu and Kily González both scored their clubs' sixth kicks and then Thomas Linke scored for Bayern to set Mauricio Pellegrino up for the game-deciding kick. Kahn guessed the right direction and saved, winning Bayern the trophy. He also won the UEFA Fair Play Award for consoling his heartbroken rival Cañizares after the penalty shoot-out.Hoskin Rob 2017-06-01 Remember when Olivier Kahn won an award for his actions after 2001 Champions League final https://www.givemesport.com/1067404-remember-when-olivier-kahn-won-an-award-for-his-actions-after-2001-champions-league-final/ 2024-08-09 GiveMeSport en
This match along with the 2001 UEFA Cup final that Alaves lost to Liverpool one week earlier, was the last time a Spanish club lost a UEFA final against a team from another country until 2025 UEFA Conference League final, when Real Betis lost to Chelsea.
Details
2001 5 23 y 20:45 Bayern Munich GER 1–1 yes ESP Valencia Effenberg 50 pen. Mendieta 3 pen. San Siro, Milan 79,0002017 2. Finals https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/competitions/Publications/02/28/56/89/2285689_DOWNLOAD.pdf UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2016/17 Nyon, Switzerland Union of European Football Associations 1 22 April 2017 Dick Jol (Netherlands) Paulo Sérgio
Salihamidžić
Zickler
Andersson
Effenberg
Lizarazu
Linke 5–4 Mendieta
Carew
Zahovič
Carboni
Baraja
Kily
Pellegrino https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/67752/
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GK 1 GER Oliver KahnCB 4 GHA Samuel KuffourCB 5 SWE Patrik Andersson 38CB 25GER Thomas LinkeRWB2 FRA 1974 Willy Sagnol 46LWB3 FRA 1974 Bixente LizarazuDM 23ENG Owen HargreavesRM 20BIH Hasan SalihamidžićCM 11GER Stefan Effenberg (c)LM 7 GER Mehmet Scholl 108CF 9 BRA Giovane Élber 100Substitutes:GK 22GER Bernd DreherDF 18GER Michael TarnatMF 10SUI Ciriaco SforzaFW 13BRA Paulo Sérgio 108FW 19GER Carsten Jancker 46FW 21GER Alexander Zickler 100FW 24PAR 1990 Roque Santa CruzManager:GER Ottmar Hitzfeld300px GK 1 ESP Santiago Cañizares 120RB 20FRA 1974 Jocelyn AnglomaCB 12ARG Roberto Ayala 90CB 2 ARG Mauricio PellegrinoLB 15ITA Amedeo Carboni 26CM 6 ESP Gaizka Mendieta (c)CM 19ESP Rubén BarajaCM 18ARG Kily González 117AM 35ARG Pablo Aimar 46CF 17ESP Juan Ginés Sánchez 66CF 7 NOR John CarewSubstitutes:GK 25ESP Andrés PalopDF 5 FRY Miroslav Đukić 90DF 34BRA Fábio AurélioMF 4 FRA 1974 Didier DeschampsMF 8 SVN Zlatko Zahovič 66MF 14ESP VicenteMF 23ESP David Albelda 46Manager:ARG Héctor Cúper
Man of the Match:
Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich)
Assistant referees:
Jaap Pool (Netherlands)
Jan-Willem van Veluwen (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
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
June 2024Bayern MunichValenciaGoals scored11Total shots199Shots on target54Ball possession64%36%Corner kicks103Fouls committed2423Offsides26Yellow cards13Red cards00
See also
2001 UEFA Cup final
2001 UEFA Super Cup
2001 Intercontinental Cup
2000–01 FC Bayern Munich season
2000–01 Valencia CF season
FC Bayern Munich in international football competitions
Valencia CF in European football
References
2001
European Cup Final 2001
European Cup Final 2001
Final
Champions League Final
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