2001–02 La Liga

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 →

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

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2000–01 Segunda División

Teams relegated to 2001–02 Segunda División

Team information

Clubs and locations

Alavés

Valladolid

Location of teams in La Liga 2001–02

2001-02 season was composed of the following clubs:

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Valencia !Valencia (C)	38	21	12	5	51	27	+24	75	2002–03 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Deportivo La Coruña !Deportivo La Coruña	38	20	8	10	65	41	+24	68
3	Real Madrid !Real Madrid	38	19	9	10	69	44	+25	066¹
4	Barcelona !Barcelona	38	18	10	10	65	37	+28	64	2002–03 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
5	Celta de Vigo !Celta de Vigo	38	16	12	10	64	46	+18	60	2002–03 UEFA Cup First round
6	Betis !Betis	38	15	14	9	42	34	+8	59
7	Alavés !Alavés	38	17	3	18	41	44	−3	054²
8	Sevilla !Sevilla	38	14	11	13	51	40	+11	53		SEV: 7 pts → SEV 3–3 ATH ATH: 7 pts → ATH 0–1 SEV MLG: 3 pts
9	Athletic Bilbao !Athletic Bilbao	38	14	11	13	54	66	−12	53
10	Málaga !Málaga	38	13	14	11	44	44	0	53	2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
11	Rayo Vallecano !Rayo Vallecano	38	13	10	15	46	52	−6	49
12	Valladolid !Valladolid	38	13	9	16	45	58	−13	48
13	Real Sociedad !Real Sociedad	38	13	8	17	48	54	−6	47		ESP 1–2 RSO RSO 1–0 ESP
14	Espanyol !Espanyol	38	13	8	17	47	56	−9	47		ESP 1–2 RSO RSO 1–0 ESP
15	Villarreal !Villarreal	38	11	10	17	46	55	−9	43	2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round	MLL 0–1 VILL VILL 2–1 MLL
16	Mallorca !Mallorca	38	11	10	17	40	52	−12	43		MLL 0–1 VILL VILL 2–1 MLL
17	Osasuna !Osasuna	38	10	12	16	36	49	−13	42
18	Las Palmas !Las Palmas (R)	38	9	13	16	40	50	−10	40	Relegation to Segunda División
19	Tenerife !Tenerife (R)	38	10	8	20	32	58	−26	38
20	Zaragoza !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
¹Real Madrid qualified directly for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League as holders.

²Since 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)
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

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

Source: LFP (Spanish)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

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
8	Zaragoza	125
10	Espanyol	131
11	Rayo Vallecano	148
12	Celta Vigo	153
13	Tenerife	155
14	Alavés	159
15	Betis	162
15	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) Sergio González (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 Presas (Gramenet)	Geovanni Deiberson (Cruzeiro) Fábio Rochemback (Internacional PA) 0 0	Javier Saviola (River Plate) 0 0 0
Celta		Sylvinho Campos (Arsenal) Pablo Contreras (Monaco) Sebastián Méndez (Vélez Sarsfield)	Zvonimir Boban (Milan) Peter Luccin (PSG) 0	Florian Maurice (Olymp. 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 (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 (Argeş) 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) 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 Barbosa (Cádiz) Gerardo García (Valencia) Ivan Leko (Hajduk Split) Miguel Ángel Lozano (Levante) Marcelo Romero (Peñarol) Manu Sánchez (Real Madrid B)	Pablo Calandria (Olymp. Marseille) Álex Geijo (Neuchâtel) 0 0 0 0
Rayo Vallecano	Imanol Etxeberría (Athletic Bilbao) 0 0 0	Jordi Ferrón (Zaragoza) Patricio Graff (Sporting Gijón) Jean-Fr. Hernandez (Atlético Madrid) Sergio Korino (Real Sociedad)	Moisés Arteaga (Espanyol) Jorge Azkoitia (Alavés) Éric Roy (Troyes) Ángel Vivar Dorado (Rac. 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 (Dep. La Coruña) Luis García (Barcelona B) Tote López (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 Fernánbdez (Sporting Gijón) Veljko Paunović (Atlético Madrid)	Roberto Losada (Oviedo) 0
Osasuna	Juan Carlos Unzué (Oviedo) 0 0 0 0	Pablo Contreras (Celta) Rafael Olarra (Univers. Chile) 0 0 0	David Cano (Sporting Gijón) Daniel Montenegro (Olymp. Marseille) Gerardo Rivero (Almagro) Fernando Sánchez (Dep. La Coruña) Manolo Sánchez (Celta)	John Aloisi (Coventry) 0 0 0 0
Las Palmas		Jaime Quesada (Betis)	Juan José Jayo (Celta)	Luis Tevenet (Atlético Madrid)
Tenerife		Javi Venta (Villarreal)0 0 0 0 0 0 0	Iván Ania (Oviedo) Christian Bassedas (Newcastle) David Bermudo (Barcelona B) Rubén Estévez (Compostela) Manel Menéndez (Dep. La Coruña) Bino Morim (Sporting Portugal) Javier Mustafá (Rosario Central) Jaime Sánchez (Dep. La Coruña)	Esteban Fuertes (Lens) Xisco Muñoz (Valencia) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zaragoza		Esquerdinha Araújo (Porto) Slobodan Komljenović (Kaiserslaut.) 0 0	Carlos Chaínho (Porto) 0 0 0	Mate Bilić (Hajduk Split) Goran Drulić (Crvena Zvezda) Luciano Galletti (Estudiantes LP) Savo Milošević (Parma)

References

1 2 "Real Madrid 7-0 Las Palmas". LFP. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
↑ "Tenerife 0-6 Barcelona". LFP. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
↑ "Athletic Bilbao 1-6 Celta Vigo". LFP. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
↑ "Villarreal 5-2 Athletic Bilbao". LFP. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
↑ "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.
↑ "Premio Juego Limpio de la Liga 2001-2002" [Fair Play Award of La Liga 2001-2002] (in Spanish). CanalDeportivo. June 2002. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
↑ "Ganadores del Trofeo Pedro Zaballa" [Pedro Zaballa award Winners] (in Spanish). RFEF. Retrieved 5 September 2010.

La Liga

2016–17 clubs	Alavés Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid Barcelona Betis Celta Vigo Deportivo La Coruña Eibar Espanyol Granada Las Palmas Leganés Málaga Osasuna Real Madrid Real Sociedad Sevilla Sporting Gijón Valencia Villarreal

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