UEFA Cup format 2000/2001
UEFA European Cup Football
by Bert Kassies
This page shows the format of the 2000/2001 season for the UEFA Cup.
For the first time, a losing national cup finalist that qualifies
for the UEFA Cup because the cup winner already qualified for the
Champions League, does not get the UEFA Cup cup-winner spot. This
spot goes to highest league entrant. In 2000 this rule only affects
countries ranked 9-18, because for these countries the cup winner
qualifies directly for the first round, while the other teams have
to play in the qualification round. So, this year the cup-winner
spot of Norway goes to Molde FK, and the cup-winner spot of Turkey
goes to Gaziantepspor, while Brann Bergen and Antalyaspor have to play
in the qualification round.
In 2000 the place for the defending cup holder is not used, because
Galatasaray qualified for the Champions League. This leads to the
following specific format for the UEFA Cup of 2000/2001:
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UEFA CUP 2000/2001 |
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Qualifying Round |
August |
involving 82 teams:
31 Cup Winners from countries ranked 19-49
(Zeljeznicar Sarajevo, Kapaz Ganja, FC Vaduz, Jeunesse d'Esch,
Teuta Durrës, B36 Torshavn, Sliema Wanderers, Bangor City,
Bohemians Dublin, Glentoran, Mika Ashtarak, Tulevik Viljandi,
Constructorul Chisinau, Ekranas Panevezys, Probeda Prilep, IA Akranes,
Metalurgs Liepaja, Neftochimik Burgas, Napredak Krusevac,
Jokerit Helsinki, Slavia Mozyr, Olimpija Ljubljana, Beitar Jerusalem,
Lokomotivi Tbilisi, Omonia Nicosia, 1.FC Kosice, MTK Budapest,
Universitatea Craiova, Aberdeen, Amica Wronki, Örgryte Göteborg)
33 second-placed teams from countries ranked 16-49
(Buducnost Banovic, Neftchi Baku, CS Grevenmacher, Tomori Berat,
GI Gotu, Valletta, Barry Town, Cork City,
Coleraine, Ararat Yerevan, Flora Tallinn, Serif Tiraspol,
Zalgiris Vilnius, Rabotnicki Skopje, IBV Vestmannaeyjar, FK Ventspils,
CSKA Sofia, Partizan Belgrade, HJK Helsinki, FC Gomel,
Nova Gorica, Maccabi Haifa, Georgia Tbilisi, Apoel Nicosia,
Slovan Bratislava, Vasas Budapest, Rapid Bucuresti, Celtic,
Wisla Krakow, AIK Stockholm, Club Brugge, SK Brann Bergen,
Lausanne Sports)
13 third-placed teams from countries ranked 9-21
(Heart of Midlothian, Ruch Chorzow, Halmstads BK, AA Gent,
Lillestrom SK, FC Basel, Vorskla Poltava, Antalyaspor AS,
NK Rijeka, AB København, Rapid Wien, Petra Drnovice,
Boavista)
3 teams of the Fair Play competition
(IFK Norrköping, Rayo Vallecano, Lierse SK)
2 champions of Andorra and San Marino
(Constelacio Sportiva, Folgore)
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Round 1 |
September |
involving 96 teams:
41 winners from the qualifying round
18 Cup Winners from countries ranked 1-18
(Racing Genk, Molde FK, FC Zürich,
Kryvbas Kryviy Rih, Gaziantepspor, NK Osijek, Viborg FF,
Grazer AK, Slovan Liberec, Benfica, AEK Athens,
CSKA Moscow, Chelsea, Roda JC Kerkrade, FC Nantes Atlantique,
Werder Bremen, Espanyol, AC Parma)
2 third-placed teams from countries ranked 7-8
(OFI Heraklion, Torpedo Moscow)
5 fourth-placed teams from countries ranked 4-8
(PAOK Thessaloniki, Dinamo Moscow, Liverpool, Vitesse Arnhem,
Girondins Bordeaux)
8 fifth-placed teams from countries ranked 1-8
(Iraklis Thessaloniki, Alania Vladikavkaz, Leicester City, Ajax,
FC Gueugnon, 1.FC Kaiserslautern, Real Zaragoza, AS Roma)
3 sixth-placed teams from countries ranked 1-3
(Hertha BSC, CD Alavés, Fiorentina)
16 teams eliminated from the 3rd qualifying round
of the Champions League
(FC Tirol Innsbruck, Zimbru Chisinau, Brøndby IF, Internazionale,
Lokomotiv Moscow, Inter Bratislava, FC Porto, Herfølge BK,
Red Star Belgrade, Feyenoord, Dunaferr Dunaujvaros, FC Sankt Gallen,
Dinamo Zagreb, Slavia Praha, Polonia Warsaw, TSV 1860 München)
3 Intertoto teams
(Celta de Vigo, VfB Stuttgart, Udinese)
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Round 2 |
October |
involving 48 teams:
48 winners of the first round |
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Round 3 |
November |
involving 32 teams:
24 winners of the second round
8 third-placed teams from the 1st league stage
of the Champions League |
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Round 4 |
March |
involving 16 teams:
16 winners of the third round |
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Play-offs |
March-May |
involving 8 teams:
8 winners of the fourth round play the quarter finals,
the semi finals, and the final
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