2000–01 Atalanta BC season

Atalanta B.C. returned to Serie A following a two-year absence, and immediately established itself on the top half of the table, finishing in 7th place. Coach Giovanni Vavassori was hailed as the main contributor to the success, having come from the youth side a couple of years before, first promoting the club, and then having such a successful inaugural Serie A campaign. Inter-owned Nicola Ventola scored ten league goals, enough to persuade Inter to take him back, and playmaker Cristiano Doni got his proper breakthrough as well. Experienced Massimo Carrera held the defence together, and was also widely praised, while goalkeeper Ivan Pelizzoli was signed by champions Roma.

Atalanta

2000–01 season
Chairman	Ivan Ruggeri
Manager	Giovanni Vavassori
Stadium	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Serie A	7th
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Nicola Ventola (10) All: Nicola Ventola (11)
Average home league attendance	18,663^[1]
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Players

First-team squad

As of 22 April 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF   ITA Fabio Rustico 3 MF   ITA Domenico Morfeo (on loan from Fiorentina) 4 DF   ITA Massimo Paganin 5 MF   SRB Ljubisa Dundjerski 6 DF   ITA Fabio Gallo 7 FW   ITA Marco Nappi 8 DF   ITA Luciano Zauri 9 FW   ITA Fausto Rossini 10 FW   ITA Nicola Ventola (on loan from Inter) 11 FW   ITA Maurizio Ganz (on loan from Milan) 12 GK   ITA Davide Pinato 15 DF   ITA Stefano Lorenzi 16 FW   DOM José Espinal 17 DF   ITA Mauro Minelli 18 MF   DOM Vinicio Espinal 19 DF   ITA Damiano Zenoni

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF   ITA Massimo Carrera (captain) 21 MF   ITA Alex Pinardi 22 GK   ITA Ivan Pelizzoli 24 DF   ITA Sebastiano Siviglia 25 FW   BRA Piá 26 DF   ITA Cristian Zenoni 27 MF   ITA Cristiano Doni 28 MF   ITA Daniele Berretta 30 DF   ITA Gianpaolo Bellini 31 DF   ITA Sergio Carnesalini 32 GK   ITA Matteo Gritti 33 MF   ITA Roberto Previtali 36 DF   AUS Adrian Madaschi 37 FW   ITA Biagio Pagano 38 FW   ITA Rolando Bianchi

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
11	FW		Maurizio Ganz	31	Milan	Loan	Summer	July 1, 2001		[
4	DF		Massimo Paganin	29	Bologna	Transfer	Summer		free
10	FW		Nicola Ventola	22	Inter	Loan	Summer	June 30, 2001
28	MF		Daniele Berretta	28	Cagliari	Transfer	Winter		Undisclosed

Last updated: 7 June 2019

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
11	FW		Claudio Caniggia	33	Dundee	Transfer	Summer	free
10	FW		Nicola Caccia	30	Piacenza	Transfer	Summer	free

Last updated: 30 January 2020

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie A	1 September 2000	16 June 2001	Matchday 1	Matchday 34	34	10	14	10	38	34	+4	029.41
Coppa Italia	12 August 2000	13 December 2000	Group stage	Quarter-finals	9	6	2	1	17	10	+7	066.67
Total					43	16	16	11	55	44	+11	037.21

Last updated: 22 April 2021
Source:^{[citation needed]}

Serie A

Main article: 2000–01 Serie A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Internazionale	34	14	9	11	47	47	0	51	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Milan	34	12	13	9	56	46	+10	49
7	Atalanta	34	10	14	10	38	34	+4	44^[a]
8	Brescia^[b]	34	10	14	10	44	42	+2	44^[a]	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
9	Fiorentina^[c]	34	10	13	11	53	52	+1	43	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round

Source: 2000–01 Serie A, Soccerway, RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[2]
Notes:

1. Atalanta finished ahead of Brescia on head-to-head points: Atalanta 2–0 Brescia, Brescia 0–3 Atalanta.
2. Brescia gained entry to the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Atalanta declined.
3. Fiorentina gained entry to the 2001–02 UEFA Cup as the 2000–01 Coppa Italia champions.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	D	L	L
Position	9	6	4	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 18 April 2021. Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Atalanta v Lazio

1 October 2000 1	Atalanta	2–2	Lazio	Bergamo
2:30 p.m.	Pancaro   21' (o.g.) Zenoni   66'		Mihajlović   3' Inzaghi   73'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 18,443 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

Vicenza v Atalanta

15 October 2000 2	Vicenza	1–2	Atalanta	Vicenza
9:00 a.m.	Toni   52'		Doni   67' Rossini   80'	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 13,937 Referee: Stefano Farina

Bari v Atalanta

22 October 2000 3	Bari	0–2	Atalanta	Bari
9:00 a.m.	Andersson   72'   84' Osmanovski   90+3'		Rossini   50' Ventola   55'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 11,154 Referee: Stefano Cassarà

Atalanta v Verona

1 November 2000 4	Atalanta	3–0	Verona	Bergamo
9:00 a.m.	Rossini   38' Zenoni   44' Ventola   90+2'			Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 19,824 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Milan v Atalanta

5 November 2000 5	Milan	3–3	Atalanta	Milan
9:00 a.m.	Serginho   23' Bierhoff   49' Shevchenko   64' (pen.)		Doni   23', 44' (pen.) Rossini   45'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 54,641 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Atalanta v Brescia

11 November 2000 6	Atalanta	2–0	Brescia	Bergamo
9:00 a.m.	Donati   16' Ventola   90+3'			Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 21,255 Referee: Graziano Cesari

Napoli v Atalanta

19 November 2000 7	Napoli	0–0	Atalanta	Naples
9:00 a.m.				Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 29,495 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Atalanta v Lecce

25 November 2000 8	Atalanta	1–0	Lecce	Bergamo
9:00 a.m.	Ganz   45'   85'			Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

Parma v Atalanta

2 December 2000 9	Parma	2–0	Atalanta	Parma
2:30 p.m.	Lamouchi   19' Conçeicão   83'			Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 18,600 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

Atalanta v Perugia

10 December 2000 10	Atalanta	0–0	Perugia	Bergamo
9:00 a.m.				Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Stefano Cassarà

Bologna v Atalanta

17 December 2000 11	Bologna	0–1	Atalanta	Bologna
9:00 a.m.			Ganz   84'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

Atalanta v Inter

23 December 2000 12	Atalanta	0–1	Inter	Bergamo
9:00 a.m.			Seedorf   65'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Stefano Farina

Atalanta v Roma

7 January 2001 13	Atalanta	0–2	Roma	Bergamo
9:00 a.m.			Delvecchio   1' Tommasi   41' Zanetti   ?'   67'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Reggina v Atalanta

14 January 2001 14	Reggina	1–0	Atalanta	Reggio Calabria
9:00 a.m.	Dionigi   22'			Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 23,679 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Atalanta v Fiorentina

21 January 2001 15	Atalanta	0–0	Fiorentina	Bergamo
9:00 a.m.				Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Diego Preschern

Udinese v Atalanta

28 January 2001 16	Udinese	2–4	Atalanta	Udine
2:30 p.m.	Sottil   33' Gargo   76'		Ventola   2', 20' Morfeo   4', 41'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Atalanta v Juventus

3 February 2001 17	Atalanta	2–1	Juventus	Bergamo
2:30 p.m.	Lorenzi   75' Ventola   82'		Paganin   73' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Massimo De Santis

Lazio v Atalanta

10 February 2001 18	Lazio	0–0	Atalanta	Rome
9:00 a.m.				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Atalanta v Vicenza

18 February 2001 19	Atalanta	1–1	Vicenza	Bergamo
9:00 a.m.	Ventola   41'		Sommese   73'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

Atalanta v Bari

24 February 2001 20	Atalanta	0–0	Bari	Bergamo
2:30 p.m.				Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

Verona v Atalanta

4 March 2001 21	Verona	2–1	Atalanta	Verona
9:00 a.m.	Salvetti   11', 90' Mutu   90+1'		Doni   42'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 13,700

Atalanta v Milan

10 March 2001 22	Atalanta	1–1	Milan	Bergamo
2:30 p.m.	Ganz   63'		Lorenzi   24' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Brescia v Atalanta

19 March 2001 23	Brescia	0–3	Atalanta	Brescia
9:00 a.m.			Ganz   11', 63' Hübner   44' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Stefano Braschi

Atalanta v Napoli

1 April 2001 24	Atalanta	1–1	Napoli	Bergamo
9:00 a.m.	Doni   69' (pen.)		Pecchia   38'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Lecce v Atalanta

8 April 2001 25	Lecce	0–2	Atalanta	Leece
9:00 a.m.			Ventola   69' Morfeo   79'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 12,324 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

Atalanta v Parma

14 April 2001 26	Atalanta	0–1	Parma	Bergamo
9:00 a.m.			Milošević   28'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

Perugia v Atalanta

22 April 2001 27	Perugia	2–2	Atalanta	Perugia
9:00 a.m.	Tedesco   34' Ahn   90+5'		Ventola   25' Doni   70' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Atalanta v Bologna

29 April 2001 28	Atalanta	2–2	Bologna	Bergamo
9:00 a.m.	Ventola   48' Morfeo   67'		Signori   58', 75'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Paolo Bertini

Inter v Atalanta

6 May 2001 29	Inter	3–0	Atalanta	Milan
9:00 a.m.	Vieri   6', 10' Recoba   35'			Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Graziano Cesari

Roma v Atalanta

12 May 2001 30	Roma	1–0	Atalanta	Rome
9:00 a.m.	Montella   63'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 64,013 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Atalanta v Reggina

19 May 2001 31	Atalanta	1–1	Reggina	Bergamo
6:00 p.m.	Zauri   11' Nappi   90+5'		Zanchetta   16'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Massimo De Santis

Fiorentina v Atalanta

27 May 2001 32	Fiorentina	1–1	Atalanta	Florence
2:30 p.m.	Gomes   13'		Doni   20' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 25,686 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

Atalanta v Udinese

9 June 2001 33	Atalanta	0–1	Udinese	Bergamo
6:00 p.m.			Muzzi   31'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

Juventus v Atalanta

16 June 2001 34	Juventus	2–1	Atalanta	Turin
6:00 p.m.	Trezeguet   6' Tacchinardi   64'		Nappi   78'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2000–01 Coppa Italia

Group stage

Main article: 2000–01 Coppa Italia § Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atalanta	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advance to knockout phase
2	Pistoiese	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
3	Ravenna	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
4	Avellino	3	1	0	2	7	8	−1	3

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Avellino v Atalanta

12 August 2000 1	Avellino	1–3	Atalanta	Avellino
6:00 p.m.	Piccioni   46' Cardinale   68'		Ganz   14' Ventola   38' Paganin   42' Doni   71'	Stadium: Stadio Partenio-Adriano Lombardi Attendance: 5,566 Referee: Stefano Cassarà

Atalanta v Ravenna

16 August 2000 2	Atalanta	1–0	Ravenna	Bergamo
2:00 p.m.	Doni   31' (pen.)			Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 5,746 Referee: Diego Preschern

Atalanta v Pistoiese

20 August 2000 3	Atalanta	1–1	Pistoiese	Bergamo
1:45 p.m.	Zauri   45'		Bizzarri   87'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 6,194 Referee: Angelo Bonfrisco

Knockout stage

Main article: 2000–01 Coppa Italia § Knockout stage

Round of 32

Atalanta v Reggina

27 August 2000 First leg	Atalanta	2–0	Reggina	Bergamo
2:45 p.m.	Rossini   41' Donati   63'			Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Tarcisio Serena

Reggina v Atalanta

6 September 2000 Second leg	Reggina	0–1 (0–3 agg.)	Atalanta	Reggio Calabria
2:45 p.m.	Franceschini   87'		Zenoni   79'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 15,405 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

Round of 16

Roma v Atalanta

17 September 2000 First leg	Roma	1–1	Atalanta	Rome
3:00 p.m.	Montella   25'		Bellini   48'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 21,671 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Atalanta v Roma

22 September 2000 Second leg	Atalanta	4–2 (5–3 agg.)	Roma	Bergamo
3:00 p.m.	Ganz   9', 56' Bellini   63' Pinardi   90+3'		Montella   20' Totti   90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 10,891 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Quarter-finals

Milan v Atalanta

28 November 2000 First leg	Milan	4–2	Atalanta	Milan
3:00 p.m.	Leonardo   31', 65' Mari   55' (pen.) Shevchenko   88'		Ganz   20' Nappi   46' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 6,112 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Atalanta v Milan

13 December 2000 Second leg	Atalanta	2–1 (4–5 agg.)	Milan	Bergamo
3:00 p.m.	Nappi   14' Doni   29'   90' Ventola   83'		Boban   20' Roque Júnior   87'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 10,891 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
22	GK	ITA	Pelizzoli	38	-31	30+1	-31	7	0
4	DF	ITA	Paganin	32	0	25	0	7	0
20	DF	ITA	Carrera	40	0	32	0	8	0
26	DF	ITA	Zenoni	44	2	34	1	9+1	1
24	DF	ITA	Siviglia	36	0	26	0	7+3	0
19	MF	ITA	Zenoni	35	1	27	1	7+1	0
8	MF	ITA	Zauri	35	2	27	1	8	1
29	MF	ITA	Donati	34	1	21+5	0	7+1	1
27	MF	ITA	Doni	34	10	27	7	7	3
3	AM	ITA	Morfeo	17	5	17	5	0	0
10	FW	ITA	Ventola	32	11	22+6	10	4	1
12	GK	ITA	Pinato	6	-1	4	-1	2	0
9	FW	ITA	Rossini	25	5	15+3	4	6+1	1
11	FW	ITA	Ganz	33	9	14+10	5	7+2	4
28	MF	ITA	Berretta	16	1	13+3	1	0	0
30	DF	ITA	Bellini	29	2	12+11	0	6	2
15	DF	ITA	Lorenzi	21	1	8+8	1	3+2	0
5	MF	SRB	Dundjerski	18	0	6+6	0	4+2	0
7	FW	ITA	Nappi	24	3	2+13	1	6+3	2
21	MF	ITA	Pinardi	24	1	5+6	0	8+5	1
2	DF	ITA	Rustico	6	0	2+1	0	2+1	0
6	MF	ITA	Gallo	11	0	1+1	0	7+2	0
16	FW	DOM	Espinal	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
18	MF	DOM	Espinal	4	0	2	0	1+1	0
37	FW	ITA	Pagano	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
38	FW	ITA	Bianchi	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
33	MF	ITA	Previtali	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	DF	ITA	Natali	1	0	0	0	1	0
32	GK	ITA	Gritti	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF	ITA	Regonesi	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	ITA	Minelli	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	ITA	Carnesalini	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	ITA	Raimondi	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW	BRA	Piá	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
1	GK	ITA	Alberto Fontana	1	-2	1	-2	0	0
3	DF	ITA	Zini	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	ITA	Pontarolla	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	ITA	Banchelli	1	0	0+1	0	0	0

Last updated: 18 April 2021
Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/2000/1178/

Goalscorers

As of 18 April 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	10	FW		Nicola Ventola	10	1	11
2	27	MF		Cristiano Doni	7	3	10
3	11	FW		Maurizio Ganz	5	4	9
4	9	FW		Fausto Rossini	4	1	5
	3	MF		Domenico Morfeo	5	0	5
6	7	FW		Marco Nappi	1	2	3
7	26	DF		Cristian Zenoni	1	1	2
	30	DF		Gianpaolo Bellini	0	2	2
	8	DF		Luciano Zauri	1	1	2
	29	MF		Massimo Donati	1	1	2
11	15	DF		Stefano Lorenzi	1	0	1
	21	MF		Alex Pinardi	0	1	1
	19	DF		Damiano Zenoni	1	0	1
Totals					37	17	54

Notes

References

1. "Attendance Statistics of Serie A 2000-2001" (PDF). stadiapostcards.com.
2. Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.