| Season | 2001–02 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25 August 2001 – 11 May 2002 |
| Champions | Valencia 5th title |
| Relegated | Las Palmas Tenerife Zaragoza |
| Champions League | Real Madrid (asChampions League winners) Valencia Deportivo La Coruña Barcelona |
| UEFA Cup | Celta Vigo Real Betis Alavés |
| Intertoto Cup | Málaga Villarreal |
| Matches | 380 |
| Goals | 961 (2.53 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Diego Tristán (21 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Real Madrid 7–0Las Palmas (10 February 2002)[1] |
| Biggest away win | Tenerife 0–6Barcelona (2 February 2002)[2] |
| Highest scoring | Real Madrid 7–0Las Palmas (10 February 2002)[1] Athletic Bilbao 1–6Celta Vigo (24 March 2002)[3] Villarreal 5–2Athletic Bilbao (31 March 2002)[4] |
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The2001–02La Liga season was the 71st since its establishment. It began on 25 August 2001, and concluded on 11 May 2002.
Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from theSegunda División. The promoted teams wereSevilla,Betis andTenerife. 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 replacedOviedo,Racing Santander andNumancia, ending their top flight spells of thirteen, eight and two-year respectively.
| Sevilla Real Betis Tenerife | Oviedo Racing Santander Numancia |
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 fromSegunda División
| 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 theChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Deportivo La Coruña | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 65 | 41 | +24 | 68 | |
| 3 | Real Madrid[a] | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 69 | 44 | +25 | 66 | |
| 4 | Barcelona | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 65 | 37 | +28 | 64 | Qualification for theChampions League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 64 | 46 | +18 | 60 | Qualification for theUEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Real Betis | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 59 | |
| 7 | Alavés[b] | 38 | 17 | 3 | 18 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 54 | |
| 8 | Sevilla | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 53[c] | |
| 9 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 54 | 66 | −12 | 53[c] | |
| 10 | Málaga | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 53[c] | Qualification for theIntertoto 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[d] | |
| 14 | Espanyol | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 47[d] | |
| 15 | Villarreal | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 43[e] | Qualification for theIntertoto Cup second round |
| 16 | Mallorca | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 43[e] | |
| 17 | Osasuna | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 42 | |
| 18 | Las Palmas(R) | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 40 | Relegation to theSegunda División |
| 19 | Tenerife(R) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 58 | −26 | 38 | |
| 20 | Zaragoza(R) | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 37 |
| 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 |
ThePichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Deportivo La Coruña | 21 | |
2 | Barcelona | 18 | |
| Real Madrid | |||
4 | Celta Vigo | 17 | |
| Barcelona | |||
| Espanyol |
| 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 |
Manuel Pablo (Deportivo de La Coruña) andEverton Giovanella (Celta Vigo) footballers[7]