The 2001–02 season was Deportivo de La Coruña's 31st season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. They also competed in the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League.
Season summary
Javier Irureta's fourth season in charge of Deportivo was another successful one, as they finished as La Liga runners-up for the second consecutive year, seven points behind champions Valencia. Diego Tristán's 20 league goals saw him become the first Depor player to win the Pichichi Trophy since Bebeto in 1992–93. Deportivo also tasted success in the Copa del Rey, beating Real Madrid in the final to lift the trophy for the second time in their history, and the first since 1994–95.
In the UEFA Champions League, they progressed as group winners from the first group stage. They were undefeated in their six matches, which included a fine 3–2 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford. They received a tough draw in the second group stage, where they faced Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen and Juventus. Despite two defeats by the German side, they progressed as runners-up, level on points with group winners Leverkusen. They once again faced Manchester United in the quarter-finals, but couldn't repeat the success of the group stages as the English side won 5–2 on aggregate. Depor'''s quarter-final exit matched their performance from the previous year.
Players Squad
Left club during season
Out on loan for the full season
(January)
Transfers
In # Pos Player From Notes Summer 11 MF José Amavisca Racing Santander 300 million Pta 13 GK Nuno Espírito Santo Osasuna Loan return 16 MF Sergio Espanyol 19 DF Goran Đorović Celta Vigo 24 DF Héctor Sevilla Free 25 MF José Manuel Numancia Loan return DF Manel Numancia Loan return DF Luis Miguel Ramis Racing Santander Loan return MF Jaime Racing Santander Loan return FW Changui Elche Loan return FW Iván Pérez Numancia Loan return MF Cesar Sampaio Palmeiras
Out # Pos Player To Notes Summer 1 GK Jacques Songo'o Metz 11 FW Turu Flores Real Valladolid Loan 19 FW Salaheddine Bassir Lille 25 MF Fernando Osasuna Loan 31 GK Petr Kouba Jablonec DF Manel Tenerife Loan DF Luis Miguel Ramis Gimnàstic de Tarragona MF Jaime Tenerife Loan FW Iván Pérez Leganés Loan Winter MF César Sampaio Corinthians FW Changui Polideportivo Ejido Loan
Squad stats Appearances and goalsLast updated on 7 April 2021.|- |colspan="14"|Players who have left the club after the start of the season:|}
Goal scorers
PlacePositionNationNumberNameLa LigaCopa del ReyChamp LeagueTotal1 FW9 Diego Tristán2056312 FW7 Roy Makaay1211143 FW17 Walter Pandiani52184 MF16 Sergio4116MF21 Juan Carlos Valerón30366 MF10 Fran40157 DF4 Noureddine Naybet2024MF18 Víctor Sánchez31049 MF8 Djalminha1023MF11 José Amavisca300311 MF12 Lionel Scaloni2002DF15 Joan Capdevila0112MF20 Donato200214 DF5 César Martín0101MF25 José Manuel0101 Own goals4015TOTALS65131997
Disciplinary recordUpdated on 7 April 2021'' NumberNationPositionNameLa LigaCopa del ReyChamp LeagueTotal 12 MF Lionel Scaloni 7 0 2 0 3 1 12 1 23 MF Aldo Duscher 10 0 1 0 1 1 12 1 5 DF César Martín 5 2 2 0 0 0 7 2 6 MF Mauro Silva 5 1 1 0 1 0 7 1 18 MF Víctor Sánchez 4 0 1 0 3 0 8 0 4 DF Noureddine Naybet 5 1 1 0 0 0 6 1 9 FW Diego Tristán 5 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 15 DF Joan Capdevila 4 0 1 0 2 0 7 0 16 MF Sergio 4 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 24 DF Héctor 3 0 1 0 2 0 6 0 17 FW Walter Pandiani 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 14 MF Emerson 2 0 2 0 1 0 5 0 3 DF Enrique Romero 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 1 1 GK José Francisco Molina 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 11 MF José Amavisca 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 20 MF Donato 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 8 MF Djalminha 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 10 MF Fran 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 21 MF Juan Carlos Valerón 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 25 MF José Manuel 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 19 DF Goran Đorović 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 22 DF Hélder 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0TOTALS7441922121148
Competitions La Liga
League table
Matches
Copa del Rey
RoundOpponentVenueResultGoalsRefRound of 64 Marino A 4–1 0–1 Benéitez1–1 Martín2–1 Pandiani3–1 Víctor Sánchez4–1 Pandiani Round of 32 Cultural Leonesa A 2–1 0–1 Ibáñez1–1 Tristán2–1 Tristán RoundOpponentAggregateFirst legSecond legVenueResultGoalsRefVenueResultGoalsRefRound of 16 L'Hospitalet – N – H – Quarter-finals Real Valladolid 3–2 H 2–0 1–0 Capdevila2–0 Makaay A 1–2 (a.e.t.) 0–1 Fernando0–2 Mario Abrante1–2 Tristán Semi-finals Figueres 2–1 A 1–0 1–0 Tristán H 1–1 1–0 José Manuel1–1 Piti 1. Deportivo La Coruña successfully appealed against the first leg of their round of 16 tie being played at Estadi Municipal in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat due to its artificial pitch. When told to move the match to Mini Estadi in Barcelona, L'Hospitalet forfeited the tie.
Final
UEFA Champions League
First group stage
Second group stage
Knockout stage
FIFA Club World Championship As winners of the 1999–2000 La Liga, Deportivo La Coruña was one of the 12 teams that were invited to the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship, which would be hosted in Spain from 28 July to 12 August 2001. However, the tournament was cancelled, primarily due to the collapse of ISL, which was marketing partner of FIFA at the time.
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