2000–01 Serie A

Juventus finished second, and these two teams automatically qualified for the first group stage of the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League.

Lazio, the defending champions, and Parma finished third and fourth respectively, to enter the third qualifying round of the same competition.

Internazionale and Milan finished fifth and sixth respectively, and qualified for the 2001–02 UEFA Cup along with Fiorentina, the winners of the Coppa Italia.

In the middle of the season, the old quota system was abolished, meaning that each team was no longer limited to having no more than five non-EU players and using no more than three in each match.

Alberto, Warley, Alejandro Da Silva and Jorginho of Udinese,[3] Fábio Júnior and Gustavo Bartelt of Roma,[4] Dida of Milan, Álvaro Recoba of Inter, Thomas Job, Francis Zé and Jean Ondoa of Sampdoria, and Jeda and André Leone of Vicenza were all handed bans in July 2001, ranging from six months to one year.