2001 UEFA Champions League final

Teams

In the following table, finals until 1992 were in the European Cup era, since 1993 were in the UEFA Champions League era.

Route to the final

Match

Summary

This final would come to be known for the goalkeeping heroics of Bayern keeper Oliver Kahn.

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.

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

• Effenberg
• Mendieta
• Paulo Sérgio
• Salihamidžić
• Zickler
• Andersson
• Effenberg
• Lizarazu
• Linke
• Mendieta
• Carew
• Zahovič
• Carboni
• Baraja
• Kily
• Pellegrino

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Statistics

References

References

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