2001–02 La Liga

The 2001–02 La Liga season, the 71st since its establishment, started on 25 August 2001 and finished on 11 May 2002.

La Liga

Season	2001–02
Champions	Valencia 5th title
Relegated	Las Palmas Tenerife Zaragoza
Champions League	Real Madrid (1st group stage) (via UEFA Champions League) Valencia (1st group stage) Deportivo (1st group stage) Barcelona (3rd qualifying round)
UEFA Cup	Celta Vigo (first round) Betis (first round) Alavés (first round)
Intertoto Cup	Málaga (third round) Villarreal (second round)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	961 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Diego Tristán (21)
Biggest home win	Real Madrid 7–0 Las Palmas (10 February 2002)[1]
Biggest away win	Tenerife 0–6 Barcelona (2 February 2002)[2]
Highest scoring	Real Madrid 7–0 Las Palmas (10 February 2002)[1] Athletic Bilbao 1–6 Celta Vigo (24 March 2002)[3] Villarreal 5–2 Athletic Bilbao (31 March 2002)[4]
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Sevilla, Betis and Tenerife. Sevilla and Betis returned to the top flight after an absence of one year while Tenerife returned to the top fight afer an absence of two years. They replaced Oviedo, Racing Santander and Numancia, ending their top flight spells of thirteen, eight and two year respectively.

Team information

Clubs and locations

Athletic

Barcelona

Betis

Alavés   

Celta

Deportivo

Espanyol

Málaga

Mallorca

Osasuna

Rayo Vallecano

Real Madrid

Real Sociedad

Sevilla

Valencia

Valladolid         

Villarreal

Zaragoza

LasPalmas

Tenerife

Location of teams in La Liga 2001–02

2001–02 season was composed of the following clubs:

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Barcelona	Camp Nou	98,772
Real Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu	80,354
Espanyol	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys	55,926
Valencia	Mestalla	55,000
Real Betis	Manuel Ruiz de Lopera	52,132
Sevilla	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	45,500
Athletic Bilbao	San Mamés	39,750
Deportivo de La Coruña	Riazor	34,600
Real Zaragoza	La Romareda	34,596
Celta de Vigo	Estadio Balaídos	32,500
Real Sociedad	Anoeta	32,200
Málaga	La Rosaleda	30,044
Valladolid	José Zorrilla	27,846
Mallorca	Son Moix	23,142
Villarreal	El Madrigal	23,000
Tenerife	Heliodoro Rodríguez López	22,824
Las Palmas	Insular	21,000
Alavés	Mendizorrotza	19,840
Osasuna	El Sadar	19,553
Rayo Vallecano	Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas	14,505

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Valencia (C)	38	21	12	5	51	27	+24	75	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Deportivo La Coruña	38	20	8	10	65	41	+24	68
3	Real Madrid[lower-alpha 1]	38	19	9	10	69	44	+25	66
4	Barcelona	38	18	10	10	65	37	+28	64	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
5	Celta Vigo	38	16	12	10	64	46	+18	60	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6	Betis	38	15	14	9	42	34	+8	59
7	Alavés[lower-alpha 2]	38	17	3	18	41	44	−3	54
8	Sevilla	38	14	11	13	51	40	+11	53[lower-alpha 3]
9	Athletic Bilbao	38	14	11	13	54	66	−12	53[lower-alpha 3]
10	Málaga	38	13	14	11	44	44	0	53[lower-alpha 3]	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
11	Rayo Vallecano	38	13	10	15	46	52	−6	49
12	Valladolid	38	13	9	16	45	58	−13	48
13	Real Sociedad	38	13	8	17	48	54	−6	47[lower-alpha 4]
14	Espanyol	38	13	8	17	47	56	−9	47[lower-alpha 4]
15	Villarreal	38	11	10	17	46	55	−9	43[lower-alpha 5]	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
16	Mallorca	38	11	10	17	40	52	−12	43[lower-alpha 5]
17	Osasuna	38	10	12	16	36	49	−13	42
18	Las Palmas (R)	38	9	13	16	40	50	−10	40	Relegation to the Segunda División
19	Tenerife (R)	38	10	8	20	32	58	−26	38
20	Zaragoza (R)	38	9	10	19	35	54	−19	37

Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Real Madrid qualified directly for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League as holders.
2. Since Deportivo and Real Madrid, finalists of 2001–02 Copa del Rey, were qualified for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League, Alavés entered UEFA Cup as best qualified in no european places (7th placed)
3. SEV: 7 pts → SEV 3–3 ATH; ATH: 7 pts → ATH 0–1 SEV; MLG: 3 pts
4. ESP 1–2 RSO; RSO 1–0 ESP
5. MLL 0–1 VIL; VIL 2–1 MLL

Results

Home \ Away	ATH	FCB	BET	CEL	ALV	RCD	ESP	MCF	MLL	OSA	RVA	RMA	RSO	SFC	TEN	LPA	VCF	VLD	VIL	ZAR
Athletic Bilbao		0–2	0–0	1–6	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	3–1	2–2	1–4	0–0	2–1
Barcelona	1–2		3–0	2–2	3–2	3–2	2–0	5–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	4–0	4–1	2–0
Betis	1–1	2–1		4–1	1–0	0–3	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–1
Celta de Vigo	2–3	2–1	3–1		3–1	0–2	4–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	3–1	1–2	3–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0
Alavés	2–3	2–0	0–1	1–0		2–3	2–1	1–0	0–4	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	2–1
Deportivo La Coruña	1–2	2–1	2–0	2–2	0–1		3–1	2–2	5–0	5–1	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	4–0	0–0	1–0
Espanyol	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0		1–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	2–3	2–0	3–1	2–3	1–0	3–1	2–1
Málaga	1–2	1–1	3–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–0		0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	2–1
Mallorca	3–0	0–0	1–3	0–1	0–0	4–1	2–1	1–1		4–2	3–0	1–1	0–2	0–4	2–0	0–3	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–1
Osasuna	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–3	0–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	4–0		1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	3–2	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–0
Rayo Vallecano	4–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	0–2	0–1		0–3	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–2
Real Madrid	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	5–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–1		3–1	2–1	4–1	7–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	3–1
Real Sociedad	1–3	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	3–0		3–3	0–2	1–1	2–0	6–0	2–1	3–1
Sevilla	3–3	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	0–2	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–1		2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–0	4–2
Tenerife	2–3	0–6	2–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	0–2	0–1	1–1		1–3	0–1	1–5	2–0	0–0
Las Palmas	1–1	0–0	0–0	4–2	2–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	4–2	0–0	1–0	0–1		0–1	1–1	3–2	1–1
Valencia	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	2–0	0–0	1–0		1–2	1–0	2–0
Valladolid	2–0	1–2	0–2	2–4	1–3	3–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1		1–0	2–0
Villarreal	5–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–3	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–2		2–1
Zaragoza	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	3–2	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	3–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: LFP (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Overall

• Most wins - Valencia (21)
• Fewest wins - UD Las Palmas and Real Zaragoza (9)
• Most draws - Málaga CF and Real Betis (14)
• Fewest draws - Deportivo Alavés (3)
• Most losses - Tenerife (20)
• Fewest losses - Valencia (5)
• Most goals scored - Real Madrid (69)
• Fewest goals scored - Tenerife (32)
• Most goals conceded - Athletic Bilbao (66)
• Fewest goals conceded - Valencia (27)

Awards

Pichichi Trophy

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Diego Tristán	21	Deportivo
Fernando Morientes	18	Real Madrid
Patrick Kluivert	18	Barcelona
Javier Saviola	17	Barcelona
Catanha	17	Celta de Vigo
Raúl Tamudo	17	Espanyol

Fair Play award

Rank	Club	Points
1	Deportivo La Coruña	88
2	Real Sociedad	97
3	Real Madrid	99
4	Barcelona	100
5	Valladolid	104
6	Mallorca	107
7	Valencia	121
8	Athletic Bilbao	125
	Zaragoza	125
10	Espanyol	131
11	Rayo Vallecano	148
12	Celta Vigo	153
13	Tenerife	155
14	Alavés	159
15	Betis	162
	Villarreal	162
17	Las Palmas	171
18	Málaga	173
19	Sevilla	175
20	Osasuna	180

• Source: El Mundo Deportivo (newspaper archive, web)[5] and CanalDeportivo[6]

Pedro Zaballa award

Manuel Pablo (Deportivo de La Coruña) and Everton Giovanella (Celta Vigo) footballers[7]

Signings

Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/es/t/t2001-02.html
Players on loan are marked on italics.

Team	Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Valencia		Carlos Marchena (Benfica) Curro Torres (Tenerife)	Francisco Rufete (Málaga) Gonzalo de los Santos (Málaga)	Salva Ballesta (Atlético Madrid) Mista Ferrer (Tenerife)
Deportivo La Coruña		Héctor Berenguel (Sevilla) 0 0	Goran Đorović (Celta Vigo) Sergio (Espanyol) David Pirri (Numancia)	Emilio Amavisca (Racing Santander) 0 0
Real Madrid			Zinedine Zidane (Juventus)
Barcelona	Roberto Bonano (River Plate) 0 0 0	Patrik Andersson (Bayern) Philippe Christanval (Monaco) Francesco Coco (Milan) Oleguer (Gramenet)	Geovanni (Cruzeiro) Fábio Rochemback (Internacional) 0 0	Javier Saviola (River Plate) 0 0 0
Celta Vigo		Sylvinho (Arsenal) Pablo Contreras (Monaco) Sebastián Méndez (Vélez Sarsfield)	Zvonimir Boban (Milan) Peter Luccin (Paris Saint-Germain) 0	Florian Maurice (Marseille) 0 0
Betis	Ronny Gaspercic (Extremadura) 0 0	Diego Crosa (Vélez Sarsfield) Carles Mingo (Rayo Vallecano) Washington Tais (Racing Santander)	José Calado (Benfica) Joey Guðjónsson (RKC Waalwijk) 0	Victor Ikpeba (Borussia Dortmund) João Tomás (Benfica) 0
Alavés		Fabricio Coloccini (Milan) Carlos Llorens (Osasuna) Gustavo Lombardi (River Plate) Cruz Ochoa (Calahorra)	Bogdan Mara (Argeș Pitești) Jesús Turiel (Valladolid) Richard Witschge (Ajax) 0	Christopher Kanu (Ajax) Rubén Navarro (Numancia) 0 0
Sevilla		Juanmi Gelabert (Hércules) Javi Navarro (Elche) 0 0 0	Mario Cotelo (Sporting Gijón) Tomás Hervás (Celta Vigo) Zoran Njeguš (Atlético Madrid) Gerardo Torrado (Poli Ejido) Alfonso Vera (Osasuna)	Moisés García (Villarreal) Luis Gil (Murcia) Mariano Toedtli (Salamanca) 0 0
Athletic Bilbao		Aitor Ocio (Osasuna)
Málaga	Francesc Arnau (Barcelona) 0 0 0 0 0	Litos de Oliveira (Boavista) 0 0 0 0 0	Duda (Cádiz) Gerardo García (Valencia) Ivan Leko (Hajduk Split) Miguel Ángel Lozano (Levante) Marcelo Romero (Peñarol) [[Manu Sánchez (footballer, born 1979) Manu Sánchez]] (Real Madrid B)	Pablo Calandria (Marseille) Álex Geijo (Neuchâtel Xamax) 0 0 0 0
Rayo Vallecano	Imanol Etxeberria (Athletic Bilbao) 0 0 0	Jordi Ferrón (Zaragoza) Patricio Graff (Sporting Gijón) Jean-François Hernandez (Atlético Madrid) Sergio Korino (Real Sociedad)	Moisés Arteaga (Espanyol) Jorge Azkoitia (Alavés) Éric Roy (Troyes) Ángel Vivar Dorado (Racing Santander)	Elvir Baljić (Real Madrid) Emir Granov (Újpest) Roberto Peragón (Levante) Bruno Rodriguez (Lens)
Valladolid	José Veiga (Levante) 0 0	Mario Álvarez (Atlético Madrid B) Gaspar Gálvez (Oviedo) 0	Javi Jiménez (Getafe) 0 0	Turu Flores (Deportivo La Coruña) Luis García (Barcelona B) Tote (Real Madrid)
Real Sociedad	Sander Westerveld (Liverpool) 0	Bjørn Kvarme (Saint-Étienne) 0		Nihat Kahveci (Beşiktaş) Darko Kovačević (Lazio)
Espanyol		Ricardo Cavas (Badajoz) Fran Figueroa (Lleida) 0	Àlex Fernández (Osasuna) Cătălin Munteanu (Atlético Madrid) Paulo Sousa (Panathinaikos)	Antonio Pacheco (Internazionale) Francisco Palencia (Cruz Azul) 0
Villarreal		Sergio Ballesteros (Tenerife) 0 0	Constantin Gâlcă (Espanyol) 0 0	Antonio Guayre (Las Palmas) Quique Martín (Salamanca) Juan Antonio Pizzi (Rosario Central)
Mallorca		Fatih Akyel (Galatasaray) Christian Díaz (Udinese)	Vicente Fernández Pujante (Sporting Gijón) Veljko Paunović (Atlético Madrid)	Roberto Losada (Oviedo) 0
Osasuna	Juan Carlos Unzué (Oviedo) 0 0 0 0	Pablo Contreras (Celta Vigo) Rafael Olarra (Univers. Chile) 0 0 0	David Cano (Sporting Gijón) Daniel Montenegro (Olymp. Marseille) Gerardo Rivero (Almagro) Fernando Sánchez (Deportivo La Coruña) Manolo Sánchez (Celta Vigo)	John Aloisi (Coventry City) 0 0 0 0
Las Palmas		Jaime Quesada (Betis)	Juan José Jayo (Celta Vigo)	Luis Tevenet (Atlético Madrid)
Tenerife		Javi Venta (Villarreal)0 0 0 0 0 0 0	Iván Ania (Oviedo) Christian Bassedas (Newcastle United) David Bermudo (Barcelona B) Rubén Estévez (Compostela) Manel Menéndez (Deportivo La Coruña) Bino (Sporting CP) Javier Muñoz (Rosario Central) Jaime Sánchez (Deportivo La Coruña)	Esteban Fuertes (Lens) Xisco (Valencia) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zaragoza		Esquerdinha Araújo (Porto) Slobodan Komljenović (1. FC Kaiserslautern) 0 0	Carlos Chaínho (Porto) 0 0 0	Mate Bilić (Hajduk Split) Goran Drulić (Red Star Belgrade) Luciano Galletti (Estudiantes La Plata) Savo Milošević (Parma)

See also

• 2001–02 Segunda División
• 2001–02 Copa del Rey

References

1. "Real Madrid 7-0 Las Palmas". LFP. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
2. "Tenerife 0-6 Barcelona". LFP. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
3. "Athletic Bilbao 1-6 Celta Vigo". LFP. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
4. "Villarreal 5-2 Athletic Bilbao". LFP. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
5. "Segunda en el fair play, la Real podría jugar la UEFA" [Second in fair play, Real would play UEFA Cup] (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 18 May 2002. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
6. "Premio Juego Limpio de la Liga 2001-2002" [Fair Play Award of La Liga 2001-2002] (in Spanish). CanalDeportivo. June 2002. Archived from the original on 11 February 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
7. "Ganadores del Trofeo Pedro Zaballa" [Pedro Zaballa award Winners] (in Spanish). RFEF. Archived from the original on 7 April 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2010.