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
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
Results
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.
RankPlayerClubGoals Diego TristánDeportivo La Coruña Patrick KluivertBarcelona Fernando MorientesReal Madrid CatanhaCelta Vigo Javier SaviolaBarcelona 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) and CanalDeportivo
Pedro Zaballa award Manuel Pablo (Deportivo de La Coruña) and Everton Giovanella (Celta Vigo) footballers
See also 2001–02 Segunda División 2001–02 Copa del Rey
Attendances Source:
# 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
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