The 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup finals were won by Aston Villa, Paris Saint-Germain and Troyes. All three teams advanced to the UEFA Cup.
Universitatea Craiova won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Hapoel Haifa won 5âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Zagà ÂÃÂbie Lubin won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Celje won 7âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Sartid won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Lausanne-Sport won 9âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate. Jazz won on away goals.
Slaven Belupo won 9âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
AIK won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Lokeren won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Tiligul Tiraspol won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
LiepÃÂjas Metalurgs won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Pobeda won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Spartak Varna won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate. Artmedia Petrà ¾alka won 4âÂÂ3 on penalties.
Tatabánya won 5âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate. WIT Georgia won on away goals.
ÃÂelik won 6âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Dinamo Minsk won 7âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
GrindavÃÂk won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Tavriya Simferopol were awarded a 3âÂÂ0 win after Spartak Varna had fielded an ineligible player.
Gent won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
AIK won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Paris Saint-Germain won 7âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Lausanne-Sport won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Heerenveen won 8âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
Slaven Belupo won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Pobeda won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
1860 Munich won 6âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Synot won 5âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
Tatabánya won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Lokeren won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Troyes won 7âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Basel won 5âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Tavriya Simferopol won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Celje won 6âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Minsk won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Newcastle United won 5âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Chmel Blà ¡any won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Rennes won 7âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
Aston Villa won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
1860 Munich won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Wolfsburg won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate. Gent won on away goals.
Brescia won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Troyes won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Paris Saint-Germain won 5âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Basel won 5âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
1âÂÂ1 on aggregate. Lausanne-Sport won on away goals.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate. Aston Villa won on away goals.
Paris Saint-Germain won 7âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Brescia won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Basel won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Newcastle United won 6âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Troyes won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Aston Villa won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
1âÂÂ1 on aggregate. Paris Saint-Germain won on away goals.
4âÂÂ4 on aggregate. Troyes won on away goals.
The three winners (Aston Villa, Paris Saint-Germain and Troyes) entered the competition at the first round, bypassing the qualifying round. The Villa were drawn against Croatian side NK Varteks, but lost 3âÂÂ2 in the first round at Villa Park. Varteks took the lead through Saà ¡a Bjelanoviàjust before half time, but Colombian Juan Pablo ÃÂngel equalised in the second half. Veldin Kariàrestored the away side's lead just after the hour mark, before ÃÂngel equalised again less than five minutes later. A second from Bjelanoviàfive minutes from time remained unanswered, however. In the second leg at the Stadion Varteks, the only goal came in second half stoppage time, from Moroccan Mustapha Hadji, who brought the Villans level in the tie, but the Croatians still progressed on away goals.
Meanwhile, PSG had been drawn against Rapid BucureÃÂti of Romania. The first leg at the Parc des Princes ended goalless, but controversy ensued in the second leg. With scores still level after ninety minutes, the match went to extra time, with les Parisiens taking a lead three minutes into the extra period through Brazilian AloÃÂsio. However, with about five minutes of extra time to play, the lights in the Stadionul GiuleÃÂti-Valentin StÃÂnescu failed, and the match had to be abandoned. As PSG had been leading at the time, they were awarded the match, and therefore progressed to the next round.
Fellow French team Troyes had a first round tie against MFK Ruà ¾omberok of Slovakia. They took a commanding 6âÂÂ1 victory in the first leg the Stade de l'Aube, including a hat-trick by Samuel Boutal and one goal apiece from Patrice Loko and Algerian Mehdi Méniri. They were also helped by an own goal from Tibor Zátek, while Ruà ¾a did manage to get one at the right end through substitute Marián Kurty. The second leg was therefore just a formality, and Ruà ¾omberok's 1âÂÂ0 win, which came thanks to a goal from TomÃ¡à ¡ Oravec, was totally meaningless.
Troyes were then drawn against English side Leeds United in the second round, and had to travel away for the first leg to Elland Road. The Whites got a perfect start, taking the lead after just five minutes through Australian Mark Viduka, and Lee Bowyer added a second less than 20 minutes later. However, Troyes hit back, and Loko scored on the half hour mark. In the second half, Viduka and Bowyer added one more each shortly after half time, but Loko's second ten minutes from the end gave Troyes hope for the second leg. When the game at the Stade de l'Aube arrived, it was the French team's turn to have the perfect start, with Moroccan Gharib Amzine striking after eight minutes. Viduka scored his third goal of the tie on the quarter-hour mark, but David Hamed put Troyes back in the lead on the night before half time. Just before the hour mark, Jérôme Rothen levelled the tie at 5âÂÂ5 on aggregate, but Troyes' two goals at Elland Road meant that they would go through on away goals. However, Irishman Robbie Keane broke French hearts with his goal 12 minutes from time, putting Leeds through 6âÂÂ5 on aggregate.
PSG, meanwhile, had a much easier first leg against Austrian side Rapid Wien. They won comfortably 4âÂÂ0 at the Parc des Princes, with two goals from Brazilian Ronaldinho and one apiece for Bernard Mendy and Nicolas Anelka. Die Grün-WeiÃÂen put up a little more of a fight at the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, taking a 2âÂÂ0 lead thanks to an early brace from Czech forward René Wagner. However, second half goals from Lionel Potillon and, in injury time, Portuguese midfielder Hugo Leal ensured a dominant 6âÂÂ2 aggregate victory.
PSG were therefore the only remaining Intertoto Cup side in the competition at the third round, where they faced Scottish side Rangers. They played out two 0âÂÂ0 draws, first at the Ibrox Stadium, then at the Parc des Princes, leaving les Parisiens with the small advantage of taking penalties on home ground. After five penalties apiece, each side had missed two (Nigerian Jay-Jay Okocha and Argentine Gabriel Heinze for PSG, Dutchman Bert Konterman and Heinze's countryman Claudio Caniggia for the Gers). In the sixth round of penalties, Barry Ferguson put the Blues ahead, meaning that a third Argentine, Mauricio Pochettino, had to score to keep his team in the game. However, the centre back's penalty crashed against the crossbar, and PSG were out.
Aston Villa's attendance of 39,513 versus Basel at Villa Park on 21 August 2001, represented the highest attendance for any Intertoto fixture that season.