2001–02 La Liga

71st season of La Liga March 2021 La Liga 2001–02 25 August 2001 – 11 May 2002 Valencia5th title Las PalmasTenerifeZaragoza Champions League Real Madrid (as Champions League winners)ValenciaDeportivo La CoruñaBarcelona UEFA Cup Celta VigoReal BetisAlavés Intertoto Cup MálagaVillarreal Diego Tristán(21 goals) Real Madrid 7–0 Las Palmas(10 February 2002)Real Madrid 7-0 Las Palmas http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=101&j=25&el=15&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 9 September 2010 Tenerife 0–6 Barcelona(2 February 2002)Tenerife 0-6 Barcelona http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=101&j=23&el=13&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 9 September 2010 Real Madrid 7–0 Las Palmas(10 February 2002)Athletic Bilbao 1–6 Celta Vigo(24 March 2002)Athletic Bilbao 1-6 Celta Vigo http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=101&j=31&el=2&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 9 September 2010Villarreal 5–2 Athletic Bilbao(31 March 2002)Villarreal 5-2 Athletic Bilbao http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=101&j=32&el=20&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 9 September 2010 380 961 2000–01 2002–03 The 2001–02 La Liga season was the 71st since its establishment. It began on 25 August 2001, and concluded on 11 May 2002. 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. Both Sevilla and Betis returned to the top flight after a year absence while Tenerife returned to the top fight after a two-year absence. They replaced Oviedo, Racing Santander and Numancia, ending their top flight spells of thirteen, eight and two-year respectively. Promoted to 2001–02 La Liga Relegated from 2000–01 La Liga SevillaReal BetisTenerife OviedoRacing SantanderNumancia Team information Clubs and locations Spain with Canary Islands 600 right Location of teams in La Liga 2001–02 Spain with Canary Islands 43.263472 -2.948150 Athletic left Spain with Canary Islands 41.380889 2.1228167 Barcelona left Spain with Canary Islands 37.356419 -5.981750 Betis bottom Spain with Canary Islands 42.837078 -2.688250 Alavés    bottom Spain with Canary Islands 42.211842 -8.739706 Celta right Spain with Canary Islands 43.368717 -8.417514 Deportivo top Spain with Canary Islands 41.364794 2.1557139 Espanyol right Spain with Canary Islands 36.734217 -4.426603 Málaga top Spain with Canary Islands 39.589936 2.6300778 Mallorca bottom Spain with Canary Islands 42.796675 -1.637128 Osasuna right Spain with Canary Islands 40.325728 -3.714950 Rayo Vallecano bottom Spain with Canary Islands 40.453053 -3.688356 Real Madrid top Spain with Canary Islands 43.301364 -1.973536 Real Sociedad right Spain with Canary Islands 37.384064 -5.9705 Sevilla top Spain with Canary Islands 39.474616 -0.358219 Valencia bottom Spain with Canary Islands 41.644583 -4.761256 Valladolid          top Spain with Canary Islands 39.944128 -0.103472 Villarreal Spain with Canary Islands 41.636472 -0.901828 Zaragoza top Spain with Canary Islands 28.100367 -15.456714 LasPalmas right Spain with Canary Islands 28.463289 -16.260528 Tenerife top 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 main WDL QR 5 VCF Valencia RCD Deportivo La Coruña RMA Real Madrid FCB Barcelona CEL Celta Vigo BET Real Betis ALV Alavés SFC Sevilla ATH Athletic Bilbao MCF Málaga RVA Rayo Vallecano VLD Valladolid RSO Real Sociedad ESP Espanyol VIL Villarreal MLL Mallorca OSA Osasuna LPA Las Palmas TEN Tenerife ZAR Zaragoza 21 12 5 51 27 C 20 8 10 65 41 19 9 10 69 44 18 10 10 65 37 16 12 10 64 46 15 14 9 42 34 17 3 18 41 44 14 11 13 51 40 14 11 13 54 66 13 14 11 44 44 13 10 15 46 52 13 9 16 45 58 13 8 17 48 54 13 8 17 47 56 11 10 17 46 55 11 10 17 40 52 10 12 16 36 49 9 13 16 40 50 R 10 8 20 32 58 R 9 10 19 35 54 R Real Madrid qualified directly for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League as holders. 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) SEV: 7 pts → SEV 3–3 ATH; ATH: 7 pts → ATH 0–1 SEV; MLG: 3 pts SFC SFC ESP 1–2 RSO; RSO 1–0 ESP ESP MLL 0–1 VIL; VIL 2–1 MLL MLL green1 Qualification for the Champions League group stage CLGS CLGS CLGS green2 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round CL3 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round UC1 UC1 UC1 #CCCCFF Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round IC3 #DDDDFF Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round IC2 red1 Relegation to the Segunda División R R R 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 complete LFP Results main FBR grey 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 complete LFP es 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. RankPlayerClubGoals1Spain Diego TristánDeportivo La Coruña212Netherlands Patrick KluivertBarcelona18Spain Fernando MorientesReal Madrid4Spain CatanhaCelta Vigo17Argentina Javier SaviolaBarcelonaSpain Raúl TamudoEspanyol Fair Play award RankClubPoints1Deportivo La Coruña 882Real Sociedad 973Real Madrid 994Barcelona 1005Valladolid 1046Mallorca 1077Valencia 1218Athletic Bilbao 125Zaragoza 12510Espanyol 13111Rayo Vallecano 14812Celta Vigo 15313Tenerife 15514Alavés 15915Betis 162Villarreal 16217Las Palmas 17118Málaga 17319Sevilla 17520Osasuna 180 Source: Mundo Deportivo (newspaper archive, web)Segunda en el fair play, la Real podría jugar la UEFA Second in fair play, Real would play UEFA Cup http://hemeroteca-paginas.elmundodeportivo.es/EMD03/PUB/2002/05/18/EMD20020518006MDG.pdf Mundo Deportivo 18 May 2002 6 September 2010 es and CanalDeportivoPremio Juego Limpio de la Liga 2001-2002 Fair Play Award of La Liga 2001-2002 http://www.canaldeportivo.com/revista/revista5/articulo19/pagina19 CanalDeportivo June 2002 6 September 2010 es https://web.archive.org/web/20110211103136/http://www.canaldeportivo.com/revista/revista5/articulo19/pagina19 11 February 2011 dead Pedro Zaballa award Manuel Pablo (Deportivo de La Coruña) and Everton Giovanella (Celta Vigo) footballersGanadores del Trofeo Pedro Zaballa Pedro Zaballa award Winners http://www.rfef.es/index.jsp?nodo=298#ancla8 RFEF 5 September 2010 es dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100407195555/http://www.rfef.es/index.jsp?nodo=298 7 April 2010 See also 2001–02 Segunda División 2001–02 Copa del Rey Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/esp/aveesp02.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk 18 July 2026 # Club Avg. attendance % change Highest 1 Real Madrid 63,645 -1.3% 71,529 2 FC Barcelona 54,211 -13.4% 95,000 3 Valencia CF 45,211 5.8% 54,000 4 Real Betis 36,842 25.4% 50,000 5 Athletic Club 33,211 3.4% 39,000 6 Sevilla FC 33,158 10.5% 45,000 7 Deportivo de La Coruña 29,368 1.5% 34,000 8 Real Zaragoza 25,013 -0.2% 34,000 9 Real Sociedad 24,885 -0.5% 30,000 10 Celta de Vigo 21,553 -0.6% 31,500 11 RCD Espanyol 19,984 8.0% 47,900 12 CA Osasuna 16,861 -2.3% 18,870 13 RCD Mallorca 16,726 0.5% 22,000 14 CD Tenerife 16,684 32.0% 24,000 15 UD Las Palmas 16,456 -4.5% 22,000 16 Villarreal CF 16,137 5.0% 22,700 17 Málaga CF 16,000 1.3% 30,000 18 Deportivo Alavés 13,740 -1.7% 16,124 19 Real Valladolid 13,116 -1.0% 18,000 20 Rayo Vallecano 11,061 21.8% 16,000 References 2001–02 1 Spain