2000–01 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season

The 2000–01 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season was the 71st consecutive Primera División season played by the senior squad.

Boca Juniors

2000-01 season
President	Mauricio Macri
Manager	Carlos Bianchi
Stadium	Estadio Camilo Cichero (La Bombonera)
Apertura Tournament	Winners
Clausura Tournament	3th
Copa Libertadores	Winners
Intercontinental Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Martin Palermo (11) All: Juan Roman Riquelme (13)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Summary

The season is best remembered due to the clinching of 2000 Intercontinental Cup against heavily favourites and 1999-2000 UEFA Champions League Champions Real Madrid thanks to 2 goals of Martin Palermo.[1] In the second half of the season, the club won the 2001 Copa Libertadores for the second consecutive year [2]aimed by the talent of Juan Roman Riquelme[3] and a superb performance in the Finals of Cordoba. As of December 2020, the Back-to-back Boca title was the last time a team could reach that performance in Copa Libertadores.[4] Also, the squad won the Apertura Tournament finishing 4 points ahead of River Plate and Gimnasia La Plata.[5]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  COL Oscar Cordoba — GK  ARG Roberto Abbondanzieri — DF  ARG Hugo Ibarra — DF  COL Jorge Bermudez — DF  ARG Walter Samuel — DF  ARG Julio Marchant — DF  ARG Cesar Osvaldo La Paglia — DF  ARG José Antonio Pereda — DF  ARG Emanuel Ruiz — DF  ARG Rodolfo Arruabarrena — DF  ARG Anibal Matellan — DF  ARG José María Calvo — DF  ARG Omar Sebastián Pérez

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ARG Gustavo Pinto — MF  ARG Diego Cagna — MF  ARG Juan Roman Riquelme — MF  ARG Gustavo Barros Schelotto — MF  ARG Christian Traverso — MF  COL Mauricio Serna — MF  ARG José Horacio Basualdo — MF  ARG Sebastian Battaglia — MF  ARG Nicolas Burdisso — FW  ARG Martin Palermo — FW  ARG Guillermo Barros Schelotto — FW  ARG Marcelo Delgado — FW  ARG Antonio Barijho — FW  ARG Alfredo Moreno — FW  ARG Christian Giménez — FW  ARG Matías Sebastián Arce — DF  ARG Fernando Navas — MF  ARG Facundo Imboden — DF  ARG Elías Bazzi

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Daniel Fagiani
DF	Hernán Medina
FW	Fernando Pandolfi
DF	Julio Alcorsé
DF	Martin Andrizzi
DF	Sergio Guillermo
DF	Carlos Augusto Quiñones
DF	Clemente Rodriguez

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Alfredo Moreno
DF	Walter Samuel	A.S. Roma
DF	Rodolfo Arruabarrena	Villarreal CF
MF	Diego Cagna	Villarreal CF
DF	Cesar Osvaldo La Paglia
DF	Fernando Navas
DF	Facundo Imboden		loan
DF	Elías Bazzi

January

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Walter Gaitán	Villarreal CF
MF	Facundo Imboden
MF	Esteban José Herrera
DF	Joel Barbosa
DF	Cesar Osvaldo La Paglia
MF	Javier Alejandro Villarreal
MF	Roberto Colautti
DF	Elías Bazzi
DF	Ariel Carreño

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Martin Palermo	Villarreal CF
MF	Gustavo Barros Schelotto	Villarreal CF
MF	José Horacio Basualdo	CF Extremadura
DF	Daniel Fagiani	Atlético Madrid [6]
MF	Hernán Medina	AEK Athens F.C.

Competitions

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Boca Juniors	19	12	5	2	35	19	+16	41
2	River Plate	19	10	7	2	41	24	+17	37
3	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	19	11	4	4	36	29	+7	37
4	Talleres (C)	19	11	3	5	31	21	+10	36
5	San Lorenzo	19	10	4	5	33	18	+15	34

Source:

Position by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	D
Position	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: www.afa.com.ar
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	San Lorenzo	19	15	2	2	43	17	+26	47	Qualification for Copa Libertadores
2	River Plate	19	13	2	4	48	27	+21	41
3	Boca Juniors	19	8	6	5	29	26	+3	30
4	Argentinos Juniors	19	8	5	6	27	22	+5	29
5	Racing	19	7	8	4	21	20	+1	29

Source:

Position by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	D
Position	7	15	11	10	15	16	18	14	8	5	8	6	3	3	4	4	4	4	3

Source: www.afa.com.ar
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Copa Libertadores

Final

First leg

2001-06-20	Cruz Azul	0–1	Boca Juniors	Mexico City
19:40 (UTC-5)		Report	Delgado  85'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 115,000 Referee: Márcio Rezende

Second leg

2001-06-28	Boca Juniors	0–1 (3– 1 p)	Cruz Azul	La Boca
21:30 (UTC-3)		Report	Palencia  42'	Stadium: La Bombonera, Referee: Gilberto Hidalgo
	Penalties
	Riquelme Serna Delgado Bermúdez		Palencia Galdames Hernández Pinheiro

Intercontinental Cup

28 November 2000	Real Madrid	1–2	Boca Juniors	Tokyo
19:10 JST	Roberto Carlos  12'	Report	Palermo  3', 6'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 52,511 Referee: Óscar Ruiz

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Apertura 2000[7]		Clausura 2001[8]		Libertadores [9]
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Oscar Cordoba	34	0	18	0	3	0	13	0
	DF		Hugo Ibarra	41	2	19	1	10	1	12	0
	DF		Jorge Bermudez	39	5	16	2	10	2	13	1
	DF		Nicolas Burdisso	27	2	4	0	13	2	10	0
	DF		Clemente Rodriguez	24	1	1	0	13	1	10	0
	MF		Anibal Matellan	40	1	17	0	11	0	12	1
	MF		Mauricio Serna	32	1	12	1	9	0	11	0
	MF		Christian Traverso	27	0	9	0	8	0	10	0
	MF		Juan Roman Riquelme	39	13	16	5	11	5	12	3
	FW		Guillermo Barros Schelotto	26	11	6	1	11	5	9	5
	FW		Marcelo Delgado	36	12	14	6	10	1	12	5
	GK		Roberto Abbondanzieri	18	0	1	0	15	0	2	0
	MF		Sebastian Battaglia	21	0	16	0	3	0	2	0
	DF		Julio Marchant	26	0	11	0	11	0	4	0
	FW		Antonio Barijho	26	8	11	4	12	3	3	1
	DF		José Antonio Pereda	18	0	5	0	8	0	5	0
	FW		Christian Giménez	13	1	1	1	6	0	6	0
	DF		Omar Sebastián Pérez	24	4	1	0	16	3	7	1
	DF		Gustavo Pinto	20	1	1	0	10	0	9	1
	MF		Fernando Pandolfi	17	1	4	0	7	0	6	1
	FW		Walter Gaitán	20	5	0	0	10	4	10	1
	DF		Javier Alejandro Villarreal	12	0	0	0	5	0	7	0
	GK		Christian Muñoz	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Emanuel Ruiz	11	0	7	0	4	0
	FW		Matías Sebastián Arce	7	1	2	1	5	0
	DF		José María Calvo	8	0	1	0	7	0
	MF		Facundo Imboden	8	0	0	0	8	0
	DF		Esteban José Herrera	7	1	0	0	7	1
	MF		Joel Enrique Barbosa	7	0	0	0	7	0
	DF		Cesar Osvaldo La Paglia	6	1	0	0	6	1
	MF		Roberto Colautti	3	0	0	0	3	0
	DF		Elías Bazzi	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Ariel Carreño	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Gustavo Barros Schelotto	13	2	13	2
	FW		Martin Palermo	18	11	18	11
	MF		José Horacio Basualdo	8	0	8	0
	DF		Daniel Fagiani	17	0	17	0
	MF		Hernán Medina	7	0	7	0
	DF		Julio Alcorsé	1	0	1	0
	DF		Martin Andrizzi	1	0	1	0
	MF		Sergio Adrian Guillermo	1	0	1	0
	DF		Carlos Augusto Quiñonez	1	0	1	0

• Source:

References

1. "The Palermo Second Goal against Real Madrid" (in Spanish). ole.com.ar. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
2. "Presentaron el auto que recibirá el mejor jugador de la fin". 19 June 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
3. "Conoce a los jugadores más valiosos de la Libertadores". 10 October 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
4. "Boca last Libertadores back-to-back Champion" (in Spanish). ole.com.ar. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
5. "Pasados por agua: Independiente-Boca, un clásico frustrado por la lluvia" (in Spanish). lanacion.com.ar. 12 November 2000. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
6. Futre consigue la cesión del lateral zurdo Fagíaní con coste cero Archivo ABC
7. "Plantel Boca Torneo Apertura 2000". historiadeboca.com.ar. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
8. "Plantel Boca Torneo Clausura 2001". historiadeboca.com.ar. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
9. "Plantel Libertadores 2001". historiadeboca.com.ar. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

External links

• Club Atlético Boca Juniors official web site (in Spanish)