2000–01 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season explained

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

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

Transfers

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January

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Competitions

See main article: 2000–01 Argentine Primera División.

Torneo Apertura

Position by round

Torneo Clausura

Position by round

Copa Mercosur

See main article: 2000 Copa Mercosur.

Group stage

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Boca Juniors	12	6	3	3	0	15	8	+7
Nacional	9	6	2	3	1	8	8	+0
Olimpia	9	6		3	0	3	9	10	-1
Corinthians	2	6	0	2	4	7	13	-6

Final stage

Copa Libertadores

See main article: 2001 Copa Libertadores.

Final stage

Intercontinental Cup

See main article: 2000 Intercontinental Cup.

Statistics

Players statistics

External links

• Club Atlético Boca Juniors official web site

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Palermo Second Goal against Real Madrid. ole.com.ar. 8 March 2016. 20 November 2020. Spanish.
2. News: Presentaron el auto que recibirá el mejor jugador de la fin. 19 June 2007. 21 February 2015.
3. News: Conoce a los jugadores más valiosos de la Libertadores. 10 October 2012. 22 February 2015. 24 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924065154/http://www.pasionlibertadores.com/noticias/Conoce-a-los-jugadores-mas-valiosos-de-la-Libertadores--20121010-0006.html. dead.
4. Web site: Boca last Libertadores back-to-back Champion. ole.com.ar. 30 November 2020. 1 December 2020. Spanish.
5. Web site: Pasados por agua: Independiente-Boca, un clásico frustrado por la lluvia . 12 November 2000 . 7 October 2020 . lanacion.com.ar. Spanish.
6. https://www.abc.es/archivo/periodicos/abc-madrid-20001230-61.html Futre consigue la cesión del lateral zurdo Fagíaní con coste cero