2001–02 Club Atlético River Plate season

January 2021 February 2012 River Plate 2001–02 Ramón Díaz Estadio Monumental Manager David PintadoJosé María Aguilar (since December 2001) President Torneo Apertura Runners-up Torneo Clausura Winners Copa Mercosur Group stage Copa Libertadores Round of 16 Martín Cardetti (17, Apertura)Fernando Cavenaghi (15, Clausura) Martín Cardetti (20) _riverplate16h _river0102H _riverplate16h _river0102h _color 3 stripes red FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF _river0102a _river0102A _river0102a _river0102h _color 3 stripes white 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 _river0102t _river0102t2 _river0102t _river0102h _color 3 stripes red FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF River 6–1 Rosario CentralIndependiente 0–5 River Grêmio 4–0 River 2000–01 2002–03 The 2001–02 season is River Plate's 72nd season in the Argentine Primera División. The season was split into two tournaments (format adopted since 1990–91 season) Apertura (Opening) 2001 (from August to December 2001), and Clausura (Closing) 2002 (from February to May 2002). The club's kit was provided by Adidas, and the sponsor was Quilmes beer until December 2001, and Budweiser beer since March 2002.http://edant.ole.com.ar/diario/2002/03/09/c-356232.htm Diario deportivo líder de Argentina | Olé Season events 2001–02 Argentine Primera División After finishing both tournaments of 2000–01 season (Apertura 2000 and Clausura 2001) in second place, River Plate joined eight players to the squad (five before the start of the Apertura tournament and three before the start of Clausura). This season also marked the return of Ramón Díaz as Coach, after he had left in January 2000.Clarín 15-06-2001 On 9 March 2002, River Plate signed a deal with Budweiser to be the main sponsor of the team kit. The 2-year deal was closed for AR$2,400,000 per year (equivalent to US$780,487.80 according to March 2002 exchange rate). On 19 March, River Plate introduced the new kit for the main team. The kit was worn for the first time on 24 March, when River visited Velez Sarsfield.http://edant.ole.com.ar/diario/2002/03/19/c-360743.htm es After finishing vice-champions of Racing Club, in the first half of the season, River Plate won the Clausura Championship, qualifying for the 2002 Copa Sudamericana and 2003 Copa Libertadores. Apertura squad 1 ARG GK Franco Costanzo 2 PAR DF Celso Ayala 3 ARG DF Matías Lequi 4 ARG DF Gustavo Lombardi 5 ARG MF Leonardo Astrada 6 COL DF Mario Yepes 7 ARG FW Maxi López 8 ARG MF Eduardo Coudet 9 ARG FW Martín Cardetti 10 ARG FW Ariel Ortega Vice-Captain 11 ARG MF Andres D'Alessandro 12 ARG GK Ángel Comizzo Captain 14 ARG DF Ariel Garcé 15 ARG MF Guillermo Pereyra 16 PAR DF Pedro Sarabia 18 MEX MF Damian Álvarez 19 ARG MF Esteban Cambiasso 21 PAR DF Ricardo Rojas 22 ARG MF Victor Zapata 23 ARG MF Cristian Ledesma 24 PAR FW Nelson Cuevas 25 CHI DF Alejandro Escalona 26 ARG DF Martin Demichelis 27 ARG MF Marcelo Escudero 30 ARG FW Fernando Cavenaghi 31 ARG GK Germán Lux Clausura Squad 1 ARG GK Franco Costanzo 2 PAR DF Celso Ayala 3 ARG DF Matías Lequi 4 ARG MF Claudio Husain 5 ARG MF Leonardo Astrada 7 ARG FW Maxi López 8 ARG MF Eduardo Coudet 10 ARG FW Ariel Ortega Vice-Captain 11 ARG MF Andres D'Alessandro 12 ARG GK Ángel Comizzo Captain 14 ARG DF Ariel Garcé 15 ARG MF Guillermo Pereyra 16 PAR DF Pedro Sarabia 18 ARG FW Juan Esnáider 19 ARG MF Esteban Cambiasso 20 URU FW Daniel Fonseca 21 PAR DF Ricardo Rojas 22 ARG MF Victor Zapata 23 ARG MF Cristian Ledesma 24 PAR FW Nelson Cuevas 25 CHI DF Alejandro Escalona 26 ARG DF Martin Demichelis 27 ARG MF Marcelo Escudero 30 ARG FW Fernando Cavenaghi 31 ARG GK Germán Lux 35 ARG FW Alejandro Domínguez Transfers In Angel Comizzo July 2001, from Monarcas Morelia http://www.lanacion.com.ar/320771-river-busca-concretar-dos-incorporaciones-mas River busca concretar dos incorporaciones más - 18.07.2001 - lanacion.com La Nación Lanacion.com.ar 2001-07-18 2012-02-14 Esteban Cambiasso July 2001, from Independiente http://www.lanacion.com.ar/321325-elegi-a-river-por-su-historia "Elegí a River por su historia" - 20.07.2001 - lanacion.com La Nación Lanacion.com.ar 2001-07-20 2012-02-14 Matías Lequi August 2001, from Rosario Central http://www.losandes.com.ar/notas/2001/8/17/deportes-19986.asp https://archive.today/20120903143531/http://www.losandes.com.ar/notas/2001/8/17/deportes-19986.asp dead 2012-09-03 Se sumó Matías Lequi – Más Deportes – Diario Los Andes Losandes.com.ar 2012-02-08 2012-02-14 Alejandro Escalona July 2001, from S.L. Benfica http://www.lanacion.com.ar/323653-llega-escalona-el-chileno-sorpresa Llega Escalona, el chileno sorpresa - 30.07.2001 - lanacion.com La Nación Lanacion.com.ar 2001-07-30 2012-07-16 Juan Esnáider January 2002 http://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/2002/01/15/76214/esnaider-nuevo-jugador-de-river-plate.html Esnaider, nuevo jugador de River Plate Emol.com 2002-01-15 2012-02-14 Alejandro Damián Domínguez January 2002 http://old.ole.com.ar/diario/2002/01/19/r-01010e.htm Diario deportivo Olé | "Esto es un sueño para mí" Old.ole.com.ar 2002-01-19 2012-02-14 Daniel Fonseca January 2002 http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2002/01/14/d-00602.htm Llega Fonseca, el primer refuerzo Edant.clarin.com 2002-01-14 2012-02-14 Claudio Husaín January 2002, from S.S.C. Napoli http://www.lanacion.com.ar/370720-ya-esta-en-el-pais-el-nuevo-refuerzo-de-river-claudio-husain Ya está en el país el nuevo refuerzo de River, Claudio Husain – lanacion.com La Nación Lanacion.com.ar 2012-02-14 Out Javier Saviola July 2001 to Barcelona FC http://www.terra.com.ar/canales/deportes/21/21657.html Canal Deportes> Se terminó la novela: Saviola firmó con el Barcelona> 17-7-01 Terra 2012-02-14 Mario Yepes January 2002 to FC Nantes Atlantique http://archivo.lacapital.com.ar/2001/08/28/articulo_160.html La Capital On Line – Sección – - River: Yepes fue vendido a Genoa Archivo.lacapital.com.ar 2001-08-28 2012-02-14 Gustavo Lombardi January 2002 to Deportivo Alavés http://www.lanacion.com.ar/370463-river-vendio-a-lombardi-y-cedio-a-prestamo-a-alvarez River vendió a Lombardi y cedió a préstamo a Alvarez – lanacion.com La Nación Lanacion.com.ar 2012-02-14 Damián Ariel Álvarez January 2002 to Reggina Calcio Competitions Apertura 2001 Fixtures and results Round 1 19 August 2001 Talleres 1–3 Summary River Plate La Paglia 8 Cardetti 25 43Ayala 41 Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Córdoba Ángel Sánchez 25,000 W Round 2 26 August 2001 River Plate 4–1 Summary Huracán Cambiasso 1Moner(o.g.) 12Ortega 63Cardetti 66 Morquio 84 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Horacio Elizondo 26,000 W Round 3 29 August 2001 Unión 1–1 Summary River Plate San Martín 48 Cambiasso 80 Estadio 15 de Abril Santa Fe Horacio Elizondo 16,000 T Round 4 2 September 2001 River Plate 3–0 Summary Estudiantes Cambiasso 2835D'Alessandro 92 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Gabriel Brazenas 20,500 W Round 5 9 September 2001 Nueva Chicago 2–1 Summary River Plate Mandra 42Jesús 77 Cambiasso 81 Estadio José Amalfitani Buenos Aires Jorge Rattalino L Round 6 17 September 2001 River Plate 1–1 Summary Boca Juniors Cambiasso 17 Gaitán 83 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Claudio Martín 55,000 T Round 7 23 September 2001 Banfield 1–1 Summary River Plate Del Río 80 Cavenaghi 8 Estadio Florencio Sola Banfield Héctor Baldassi 25,000 T Round 8 30 September 2001 River Plate 4–2 Summary Vélez Sarsfield Cardetti 3384Hidalgo(o.g.) 76D'Alessandro 92 Husaín 10Buján 69 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Roberto Ruscio 11,000 W Round 9 3 October 2001 Independiente 0–5 Summary River Plate D'Alessandro 15Marchesini(o.g.) 20Cardetti 62(p) 75Cambiasso79 Estadio Libertadores de América Avellaneda Horacio Elizondo 21,000 W Round 10 21 October 2001 River Plate 2–0 Summary Newell's Cardetti 24(p)Coudet 88 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Rafael Furchi 12,300 W Round 11 28 October 2001 Belgrano 0–2 Summary River Plate Ortega 34Cardetti 77 Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Córdoba Gabriel Brazenas 25,000 W Round 12 4 November 2001 River Plate 2–2 Summary San Lorenzo Cardetti 44M.López 77 Acosta 31 50(p) Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Claudio Martín 30,000 T Round 13 11 November 2001 Colón 1–0 Summary River Plate Graf86 Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López Santa Fe Horacio Elizondo 25,000 L Round 14 18 November 2001 River Plate 4–0 Summary Gimnasia (La Plata) Cardetti 1338(p)Ortega 18Coudet 83 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Sergio Pezzotta 14,779 W Round 15 25 November 2001 Chacarita Juniors 1–4 Summary River Plate Carlos Moreno (footballer, born 1973) Moreno es Carlos Alberto Moreno 55(p) Mario Yepes 1Cardetti 28D'Alessandro 3956(f.k.) Estadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry Buenos Aires Roberto Ruscio 22,000 W Round 16 2 December 2001 Racing Club 1–1 Summary River Plate Bedoya86 Cambiasso45 Estadio Presidente Perón Avellaneda Hector Baldassi 48,000 T Round 17 9 November 2001 River Plate 4–0 Summary Lanús D'Alessandro 4(p)Cambiasso6Álvarez 16Cardetti 63(p) Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Roberto Ruscio 10,500 W Round 18 16 December 2001 Argentinos Juniors 1–3 Summary River Plate Yaqué 40 Ortega 27Mario Yepes 72Cavenaghi 90 Estadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry Buenos Aires Héctor Baldassi 22,000 W Round 19 27 December 2001 River Plate 6–1 Summary Rosario Central Cardetti 14955(p)Pereyra 41Ortega59Álvarez 85 De Bruno 20 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Ángel Sánchez 15,000 W League table Torneo Apertura RIV Clausura 2002 Fixtures & results Round 1 10 February 2002 River Plate 3–1 Summary Talleres Cavenaghi 22Ortega87(p.k.) 89 Astudillo 43 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Gabriel Brazenas 20,000 W Round 2 17 February 2002 Huracán 0–4 Summary River Plate Ortega44(p.k.)Cavenaghi 4951D'Alessandro 59 Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó Buenos Aires Horacio Elizondo 20,000 W Round 3 20 February 2002 River Plate 6–0 Summary Unión Ortega273742(p.k.)82Cavenaghi 6271 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Gabriel Brazenas 12,000 W Round 4 24 February 2002 Estudiantes 2–3 Summary River Plate Quatrocchi 30Demichelis(o.g.)89 Cavenaghi 535463 Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi La Plata Sergio Pezzotta 20,000 W Round 5 3 March 2002 River Plate 0–0 Summary Nueva Chicago Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Daniel Giménez 26,000 T Round 6 10 March 2002 Boca Juniors 0–3 Summary River Plate Cambiasso26Coudet 41Rojas 88 Estadio Alberto J. Armando Buenos Aires Héctor Baldassi 51,000 W Round 7 17 March 2002 River Plate 0–0 Summary Banfield Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Gabriel Brazenas 30,000 T Round 8 24 March 2002 Vélez Sársfield 0–1 Summary River Plate D'Alessandro(f.k.)58 Estadio José Amalfitani Buenos Aires Horacio Elizondo 28,000 W Round 9 27 March 2002 River Plate 1–0 Summary Independiente Zelaye(o.g.)11 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Héctor Baldassi 30,000 W Round 10 31 March 2002 Newell's 1–0 Summary River Plate Rodríguez 37 Estadio Marcelo Bielsa Rosario Daniel Gimenez 35,000 L Round 11 3 April 2002 River Plate 2–1 http://old.ole.com.ar/diario/2002/04/04/c-367912.htmSummary Archived copy old.ole.com.ar 26 January 2022 https://archive.today/20120711183211/http://old.ole.com.ar/diario/2002/04/04/c-367912.htmSummary 11 July 2012 dead Belgrano Cambiasso 30D'Alessandro(p) 84 Obolo 4 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Claudio Martín 10,000 W Round 12 7 April 2002 San Lorenzo 0–0 Summary River Plate Estadio Pedro Bidegain Buenos Aires Horacio Elizondo 22,000 T Round 13 14 April 2002 River Plate 4–2 Summary Colón Cavenaghi 1247Ortega5189 J. Delgado 25Castagno Suárez 68 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Claudio Martín 18,660 W Round 14 17 April 2002 Gimnasia (La Plata) 0–1 Summary River Plate Cavenaghi 85 Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo La Plata Ángel Sánchez 29,000 W Round 15 21 April 2002 River Plate 2–2 Summary Chacarita Juniors Husaín 53Coudet72 Ariel Rosada 1786 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Claudio Martín 26,000 T Round 16 28 April 2002 River Plate 1–0 Summary Racing Club Cuevas 92 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Daniel Giménez 42,800 W Round 17 5 May 2002 Lanús 1–0 Summary River Plate Romero 45 Estadio Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez Lanús Héctor Baldassi 28,000 L Round 18 12 May 2002 River Plate 5–1 Summary Argentinos Juniors Cambiasso 22Domínguez 33Cavenaghi 384559 Pisculichi 12 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Horacio Elizondo 60,000 W Round 19 19 May 2002 Rosario Central 2–3 Summary River Plate Arias 41Figueroa 43 Domínguez 1Zapata 31Cavenaghi(p) 70 Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Rosario Rafael Furchi 28,000 W League table Torneo Clausura RIV Copa Mercosur 2001 2001 Copa Mercosur Group E Group E RIV At the 2001 Copa Mercosur, River Plate was eliminated in the group stage. Fixtures and results Round 1 22 July 2001 River Plate ARG 2–4 Summary BRA Grêmio Cambiasso 34Ortega 86 Anderson Lima 8Tinga 54Anderson Polga 80Zinho 89 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Carlos Torres (Paraguay) 18,000 L Round 2 28 July 2001 Palmeiras BRA 2–2 Summary ARG River Plate Muñoz 10Lopes 28 Garcé 53Cardetti 85 Estádio Palestra Itália São Paulo Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) 6,000 T Round 3 13 September 2001 Grêmio BRA 1–0 Summary ARG River Plate Zinho 50 Estádio Olímpico Monumental Porto Alegre Epifanio González (Paraguay) 3,000 L Round 4 20 September 2001 Universidad de Chile CHI 0–3 Summary ARG River Plate Cavenaghi 21 48 Álvarez 51 Estadio Nacional Santiago E. Zambrano (Ecuador) 9,000 W Round 5 26 September 2001 River Plate ARG 3–3 Summary BRA Palmeiras Cardetti 36 38Álvarez 51 Lopes 48(p)Basílio 63Magrão 88 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Carlos Chandía (Chile) T Round 6 16 October 2001 River Plate ARG 3–0 Summary CHI Universidad de Chile Yepes 26 46Álvarez 88 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Saúl Feldman (Uruguay) 3,222 W Copa Libertadores 2002 2002 Copa Libertadores Group 7 Group 7 RIV n Round of 16 River Plate Argentina 1–6 Grêmio Brazil 1–2 0–4 At the 2002 Copa Libertadores, River Plate was eliminated in the Round of 16. Fixture and results Round 1 14 February 2002 River Plate ARG 0–0 Summary ARG Talleres Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina) 7,000 T Round 2 28 February 2002 River Plate ARG 0–1 Summary MEX América Oviedo 21 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Edilson Pereira (Brazil) 12,500 L Round 3 7 March 2002 River Plate ARG 2–0 Report COL Cortuluá Cambiasso 21Esnáider 85 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Wilson Souza (Brazil) 10,000 W Round 4 13 March 2002 América MEX 0–0 Summary ARG River Plate Estadio Azteca Mexico City Oscar Ruiz (Colombia) 95,000 T Round 5 21 March 2002 Cortuluá COL 2–5 October 2025 ARG River Plate Posada 47Ferreira 79 Domínguez 8 60Lequi 37Ortega 55Demichelis 71 Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas Pereira Eduardo Lecca (Peru) 10,000 W Round 6 11 April 2002 Talleres ARG 1–1 Summary ARG River Plate Astudillo 86 Escudero 52 Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Córdoba Fabián Madorrán (Argentina) 2,500 T Round of 16 24 April 2002 River Plate ARG 1–2 Summary BRA Grêmio Coudet 46 Tinga 57Gilberto 90 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Buenos Aires Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) 11,000 L Round of 16 2 May 2002 Grêmio BRA 4–0 Summary ARG River Plate Mendes 40Luizão 45Zinho 69Luís Mário 76 Estádio Olímpico Monumental Porto Alegre Oscar Ruiz (Colombia) 50,000 L Player statistics Appearances and goals 2001–02 Argentine Primera División 2001 Copa Mercosur 2002 Copa Libertadores 12 Angel Comizzo GK ARG 35 0 2 0 7 0 31 Germán Lux GK ARG 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 Franco Costanzo GK ARG 0 0 5 0 0 0 14 Ariel Garcé DF ARG 35 0 3 1 3 0 2 Celso Ayala DF PAR 27 1 5 0 6 0 21 Ricardo Ismael Rojas DF PAR 24 1 4 0 5 0 3 Matías Lequi DF ARG 20 0 0 0 6 1 26 Martín Demichelis DF ARG 17 0 1 0 6 1 6 Mario Yepes DF COL 14 2 3 2 0 0 4 Gustavo Lombardi DF ARG 5 0 4 0 0 0 16 Pedro Sarabia DF PAR 2 0 3 0 4 0 25 Alejandro Escalona DF CHI 1 0 0 0 1 0 19 Esteban Cambiasso MF ARG 37 12 3 1 6 1 11 Andrés D'Alessandro MF ARG 36 9 5 0 6 0 8 Eduardo Coudet MF ARG 32 4 1 0 6 1 10 Ariel Ortega MF ARG 29 14 4 1 6 1 23 Cristian Raúl Ledesma MF ARG 27 0 4 0 7 0 22 Víctor Zapata MF ARG 26 1 3 0 6 0 15 Guillermo Pereyra MF ARG 19 1 3 0 3 0 13 Ariel Franco MF ARG 15 0 3 0 5 0 4 Claudio Husaín MF ARG 12 1 0 0 7 0 18 Damián Ariel Álvarez MF ARG 11 2 4 3 0 0 27 Marcelo Escudero MF ARG 7 0 4 0 2 1 5 Leonardo Astrada MF ARG 5 0 2 0 2 0 20 Juan Pablo Raponi MF ARG 4 0 3 0 0 0 28 Andrés Aimar MF ARG 2 0 0 0 0 0 34 Emiliano Díaz MF ARG 1 0 0 0 0 0 Daniel Ludueña MF ARG 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 Fernando Cavenaghi FW ARG 23 17 2 2 3 0 9 Martín Cardetti FW ARG 19 17 4 3 0 0 7 Maxi López FW ARG 17 1 2 0 0 0 18 Juan Esnáider FW ARG 9 0 0 0 5 1 24 Nelson Cuevas FW PAR 6 1 3 0 0 0 35 Alejandro Damián Domínguez FW ARG 2 2 0 0 7 2 Adrián Roberto Romero FW ARG 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 Daniel Fonseca FW URU 0 0 0 0 2 0 |} References External links Estévez, Diego Ariel; Ciento cinco: historia de un siglo rojo y blanco; 2006 950-754-198-5 Category:Club Atlético River Plate seasons Category:2001–02 in Argentine football River Plate