2001–02 La Liga

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La Liga
Season2001–02
Dates25 August 2001 – 11 May 2002
ChampionsValencia
5th title
RelegatedLas Palmas
Tenerife
Zaragoza
Champions LeagueReal Madrid (1st group stage) (via UEFA Champions League)
Valencia (1st group stage)
Deportivo (1st group stage)
Barcelona (3rd qualifying round)
UEFA CupCelta Vigo (first round)
Betis (first round)
Alavés (first round)
Intertoto CupMálaga (third round)
Villarreal (second round)
Matches played380
Goals scored961 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorerDiego Tristán
(21 goals)
Biggest home winReal Madrid 7–0 Las Palmas
(10 February 2002)
Biggest away winTenerife 0–6 Barcelona
(2 February 2002)
Highest scoringReal Madrid 7–0 Las Palmas
(10 February 2002)
Athletic Bilbao 1–6 Celta Vigo
(24 March 2002)
Villarreal 5–2 Athletic Bilbao
(31 March 2002)

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

As of 2023, this is the last season that neither Barcelona or Real Madrid placed among the top two in the league table.

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 after 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

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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

(*) Promoted from Segunda División

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 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 38 17 3 18 41 44 −3 54
8 Sevilla 38 14 11 13 51 40 +11 53
9 Athletic Bilbao 38 14 11 13 54 66 −12 53
10 Málaga 38 13 14 11 44 44 0 53 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
14 Espanyol 38 13 8 17 47 56 −9 47
15 Villarreal 38 11 10 17 46 55 −9 43 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
16 Mallorca 38 11 10 17 40 52 −12 43
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) Champions; (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. ^ a b c SEV: 7 pts → SEV 3–3 ATH; ATH: 7 pts → ATH 0–1 SEV; MLG: 3 pts
  4. ^ a b ESP 1–2 RSO; RSO 1–0 ESP
  5. ^ a b 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
Source: LFP (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Overall

Awards

Pichichi Trophy

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

Goalscorers Goals Team
Spain Diego Tristán
21
 Deportivo
Spain Fernando Morientes
18
 Real Madrid
Netherlands Patrick Kluivert
18
 Barcelona
Argentina Javier Saviola
17
 Barcelona
Spain Catanha
17
 Celta de Vigo
Spain 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

Pedro Zaballa award

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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "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). 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.
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