2001–02 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season

Boca Juniors
2001-02 season
President	Mauricio Macri
Manager	Carlos Bianchi ; (until 20 December 2001); Oscar Tabarez
Stadium	Estadio Camilo Cichero (La Bombonera)
Primera Division	Apertura:3th; Clausura:3th
Copa Libertadores	Quarterfinals
Intercontinental Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Apertura:Riquelme (7); Clausura:Bracamonte (7); All: Riquelme (10); Schelotto (10)
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season was the 72nd consecutive Primera División season played by the senior squad.

Summary[]

During summer several players left the club included right back defender Hugo Ibarra, Colombian full back Jorge Bermudez and midfielder Anibal Matellan. Also, Colombian Goalkeeper Oscar Cordoba almost was signed by Tottenham Hotspur prompting Mauricio Macri to block the transfer,^[1] however, Cordoba got the transfer out during January towards Serie A team Perugia .

Macri reinforced the squad with central defender Rolando Schiavi from Argentinos Juniors, right back defender Jorge Daniel Martinez, Brazilian defender Jorginho Paulista on loan from Udinese Calcio and purely for Japanese football supporters Naohiro Takahara. With the exception of Schiavi the arrivals were a total failure and most of them were transferred out during December.

In the Apertura Tournament the team finished on 3rd spot, eleven points below of Champions Racing. Meanwhile, in 2001 Intercontinental Cup the squad was defeated by German side Bayern München after extra time.^[2]

Head coach Carlos Bianchi started negotiations for a renewal after two years of contract (the last renovation was in December 1999) and after several rumors Bianchi chose to not accept the Board conditions.^[3] Then, Macri appointed during December Uruguayan coach Oscar Tabarez former manager of Boca Juniors during 1992 Apertura Tournament which the team won and ended eleven years of League drought.^[4]

Owing to government economic measures known as Corralito in the Clausura Tournament, Macri reinforced the team with a few players included forward Héctor Bracamonte, defender Diego Crosa and Jonathan Fabbro the squad finished on 3rd spot again, eight points below of Champions River Plate.

Meanwhile, in 2002 Copa Libertadores the squad reached the Quarterfinals stage and was eliminated by future Champions Paraguayan side Olimpia after a 0–1 defeat in the second leg of the series.

The season is best remembered by League debut of future club legend forward 16-yr-old Carlos Tevez against Talleres de Cordoba on 21 October 2000 .

Squad[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ARG	Roberto Abbondanzieri
—	GK	COL	Oscar Cordoba
—	GK	ARG	Willy Caballero
—	GK	ARG
—	DF	ARG	Nicolas Burdisso
—	DF	ARG	Clemente Rodriguez
—	DF	ARG	Omar Sebastián Pérez
—	DF	ARG	Gustavo Pinto
—	DF	ARG	Javier Alejandro Villarreal
—	DF	ARG	José María Calvo
—	DF	ARG	Rolando Schiavi
—	DF	BRA	Jorginho Paulista
—	DF	ARG	Nahuel Fioretto
—	DF	ARG	Cesar Alberto Gonzalez
—	DF	ARG	Juan Forchetti
—	DF	ARG	Jonathan Fabbro


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	COL	Mauricio Serna
—	MF	ARG	Christian Traverso
—	MF	ARG	Juan Roman Riquelme
—	MF	ARG	Sebastian Battaglia
—	MF	ARG	Julio Marchant
—	MF	ARG
—	MF	ARG	Roberto Colautti
—	MF	ARG	Ariel Carreño
—	MF	ARG	Jorge Daniel Martinez
—	MF	ARG	Diego Crosa
—	FW	ARG	Guillermo Barros Schelotto
—	FW	ARG	Marcelo Delgado
—	FW	ARG	Antonio Barijho
—	FW	ARG	Christian Giménez
—	FW	ARG	Walter Gaitán
—	FW	JPN	Naohiro Takahara
—	FW	ARG	Alfredo Moreno
—	FW	ARG	Carlos Tevez
—	FW	ARG	Héctor Bracamonte
—	FW	ARG	Abel Balbo

Transfers[]

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
DF	Rolando Schiavi	Argentinos Juniors
MF	Jorge Daniel Martinez
DF	Jorginho Paulista	Udinese Calcio	loan
DF	Juan Forchetti
FW	Naohiro Takahara	Júbilo Iwata
DF	Nahuel Fioretto
GK	Willy Caballero
DF	Cesar Alberto Gonzalez
FW	Carlos Tevez

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Hugo Ibarra	FC Porto
DF	Jorge Bermudez	Olympiakos FC
MF	Anibal Matellan	Schalke 04
MF	Fernando Pandolfi	Velez Sarsfield
DF	Emanuel Ruiz
DF	Facundo Imboden
DF	Esteban José Herrera		loan
DF	Cesar Osvaldo La Paglia
DF	Elías Bazzi

January[]

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Héctor Bracamonte	CD Badajoz
DF	Diego Crosa	Real Betis
DF	Jonathan Fabbro	RCD Mallorca B
MF	Abel Balbo	AS Roma

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
GK	Oscar Cordoba	AC Perugia
MF	Roberto Colautti
MF	Nahuel Fioretto
FW	Naohiro Takahara
MF	Antonio Barijho
DF	Jorginho Paulista

Competitions[]

Torneo Apertura[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Racing	19	12	6	1	34	17	+17	42
2	River Plate	19	12	5	2	51	16	+35	41
3	Boca Juniors	19	9	6	4	41	27	+14	33
4	Colón	19	8	8	3	24	16	+8	32
5	San Lorenzo	19	8	7	4	28	22	+6	31

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Position by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	D
Position	16	17	15	14	13	13	12	10	9	10	5	3 ^[5]	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Source: www.afa.com.ar
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

19 August 2001 1	Boca Juniors	1-3	Belgrano (C)	showLa Boca
		Report		Stadium: La Bombonera

26 August 2001 2	San Lorenzo	1-0	Boca Juniors	showAlmagro
				Stadium: Nuevo Gasometro

29 August 2001 3	Boca Juniors	0-0	Colon	showLa Boca
				Stadium: La Bombonera

2 September 2001 4	Gimnasia (LP)	2-2	Boca Juniors	showLa Plata
				Stadium: El Bosque

9 September 2001 5	Boca Juniors	3-1	Chacarita Juniors	showLa Boca
				Stadium: La Bombonera

16 September 2001 6	River Plate	1-1	Boca Juniors	showNuñez
				Stadium: Monumental

23 September 2001 7	Boca Juniors	6-1	Lanus	showLa Boca
				Stadium: La Bombonera

30 September 2001 8	Argentinos Juniors	1-3	Boca Juniors	showCaballito
				Stadium: Ricardo Etcheverri

3 October 2001 9	Boca Juniors	3-1	Rosario Central	showLa Boca
				Stadium: La Bombonera

21 October 2001 10	Talleres	1-0	Boca Juniors	showCordoba
				Stadium: Olimpico

28 October 2001 11	Boca Juniors	2-1	Huracan	showLa Boca
				Stadium: La Bombonera

1 November 2001 15	Boca Juniors	3-1	Racing	showLa Boca
				Stadium: La Bombonera

4 November 2001 12	Union (SF)	2-2	Boca Juniors	showSanta Fe
				Stadium: 15 de Abril

11 November 2001 13	Boca Juniors	4-2	Estudiantes LP	showLa Boca
				Stadium: La Bombonera

18 November 2001 14	Nueva Chicago	1-2	Boca Juniors	showLiniers
				Stadium: Jose Amalfitani

2 December 2001 16	Boca Juniors	0-1	Banfield	showLa Boca
				Stadium: La Bombonera

9 December 2001 17	Velez Sarsfield	2-2	Boca Juniors	showLiniers
				Stadium: Jose Amalfitani

16 December 2001 18	Boca Juniors	5-3	Independiente	showLa Boca
				Stadium: La Bombonera

5 February 2002 19	Newell's Old Boys	2-2	Boca Juniors	showRosario
				Stadium: Marcelo Bielsa

Torneo Clausura[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	River Plate	19	13	4	2	39	13	+26	43
2	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	19	11	4	4	33	23	+10	37
3	Boca Juniors	19	10	5	4	25	17	+8	35
4	Huracán	19	9	3	7	27	14	+13	30
5	Banfield	19	8	6	5	21	19	+2	30

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Position by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	W
Position	7	4	3	2	3	7	10	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3

Source: www.afa.com.ar
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

10 February 2002 1	Belgrano (C)	2-3	Boca Juniors	showCordoba
		Report		Stadium: Olimpico

17 February 2002 2	Boca Juniors	0-0	San Lorenzo	showLa Boca
				Stadium: La Bombonera

20 February 2002 3	Colon	1-3	Boca Juniors	showSanta Fe
				Stadium: Cementerio de los Elefantes

24 February 2002 4	Boca Juniors	1-1	Gimnasia (LP)	showLa Boca
				Stadium: La Bombonera

3 March 2002 5	Chacarita Juniors	1-1	Boca Juniors	showAlmagro
				Stadium: Nuevo Gasometro

10 March 2002 6	Boca Juniors	0-3	River Plate	showLa Boca
				Stadium: La Bombonera

17 March 2002 7	Lanus	1-0	Boca Juniors	showLanus
				Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de Lanús

24 March 2002 8	Boca Juniors	3-2	Argentinos Juniors	showLa Boca
				Stadium: La Bombonera

27 March 2002 9	Rosario Central	1-3	Boca Juniors	showRosario
				Stadium: Gigante de Arroyito

31 March 2002 10	Boca Juniors	1-0	Talleres	showLa Boca
				Stadium: La Bombonera

3 April 2002 11	Huracan	0-2	Boca Juniors	showParque Patricios
				Stadium: El Palacio

7 April 2002 12	Boca Juniors	3-0	Union (SF)	showLa Boca
				Stadium: La Bombonera

14 April 2002 13	Estudiantes LP	0-1	Boca Juniors	showLa Plata
				Stadium: Jorge Luis Hirschi

17 April 2002 14	Boca Juniors	0-0	Nueva Chicago	showLa Boca
				Stadium: La Bombonera

21 April 2002 15	Racing	2-0	Boca Juniors	showAvellaneda
				Stadium: Presidente Peron

28 April 2002 16	Banfield	1-0	Boca Juniors	showBanfield
				Stadium: Florencio Sola

5 May 2002 17	Boca Juniors	2-1	Velez Sarsfield	showLa Boca
				Stadium: La Bombonera

12 May 2002 18	Independiente	1-1	Boca Juniors	showAvellaneda
				Stadium: La Doble Visera

19 May 2002 19	Boca Juniors	1-0	Newell's Old Boys	showLa Boca
				Stadium: La Bombonera

Copa Libertadores[]

Eightfinals[]

25 April 2002	El Nacional	0:0	Boca Juniors	showQuito
				Stadium: Atahualpa Referee: Óscar Ruiz

1 May 2002	Boca Juniors	2:0 (2:0)	El Nacional	showLa Boca
	Calvo 27' Delgado 36'			Stadium: Estadio La Bombonera Referee:

Quarterfinals[]

8 May 2002	Boca Juniors	1:1 (1:0)	Olimpia	showLa Boca
	Tévez 18'	Report	Traverso 67' (own goal)	Stadium: Estadio La Bombonera Referee: Gilberto Hidalgo

16 May 2002	Olimpia	1:0 (0:0)	Boca Juniors	showAsunción
	Isasi 67'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva

Intercontinental Cup[]

27 November 2001 (2001-11-27)	Bayern München	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Boca Juniors	showTokyo
19:20 JST	Kuffour 109'	Report		Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 51,360 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen^[6]

Statistics[]

Players statistics[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Apertura 2001^[7]		Clausura 2002^[8]		Libertadores^[9]		Mercosur 2001
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Roberto Abbondanzieri	37	0	5	0	17	0	10	0	5	0
	DF		José María Calvo	29	2	6	1	10	0	10	1	3	0
	DF		Nicolas Burdisso	37	2	16	1	10	0	7	1	4	0
	DF		Rolando Schiavi	37	4	18	1	11	2	6	0	2	1
	DF		Clemente Rodriguez	35	0	12	0	14	0	6	0	3	0
	MF		Christian Traverso	40	1	17	0	11	0	9	1	3	0
	MF		Mauricio Serna	28	0	12	0	7	0	5	0	4	0
	MF		Sebastian Battaglia	29	3	3	0	15	3	9	0	2	0
	MF		Juan Roman Riquelme	27	10	13	7	9	3	4	0	1	0
	FW		Guillermo Barros Schelotto	32	10	14	6	8	2	6	2	4	0
	FW		Marcelo Delgado	36	8	14	5	11	2	8	1	3	0
	DF		Julio Marchant	13	0	5	0	4	0	1	0	3	0
	FW		Christian Giménez	32	5	6	1	16	2	7	1	3	1
	DF		Omar Sebastián Pérez	30	2	8	0	10	0	7	0	5	2
	DF		Gustavo Pinto	28	0	12	0	10	0	3	0	3	0
	FW		Walter Gaitán	31	9	12	8	10	0	6	1	3	0
	DF		Jorge Daniel Martinez	26	2	11	2	8	0	4	0	3	0
	MF		Ariel Carreño	24	7	9	3	6	2	5	0	4	2
	DF		Cesar Alberto Gonzalez	9	1	1	0	7	1	1	0
	FW		Carlos Tevez	15	2	1	0	10	1	4	1
	MF		Diego Crosa	12	1	0	0	8	1	4	0
	FW		Abel Balbo	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	FW		Héctor Bracamonte	18	8	0	0	13	7	5	1
	DF		Javier Alejandro Villarreal	10	0	6	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
	MF			13	1	7	0	2	0	0	0	4	1
	GK		Willy Caballero	4	0	1	0	3	0
	FW		Alfredo Moreno	2	0	1	0	1	0
	DF		Juan Forchetti	8	0	7	0	1	0
	DF		Jonathan Fabbro	2	0	0	0	2	0
	GK		Oscar Cordoba	15	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		Antonio Barijho	8	3	6	2	0	0	0	0	2	1
	MF		Roberto Colautti	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
	DF		Jorginho Paulista	15	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	FW		Naohiro Takahara	7	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Nahuel Fioretto	7	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	MF		José Antonio Pereda	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	DF		Miguel Alejandro Portillo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ "Oscar Cordoba reveals Why Left Boca". co.marca.com. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ "Full Time Report – Bayern Munich – Boca Juniors". Japan Football Association. 27 November 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2003. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
^ "Another disgrace, Bianchi Quits Boca" (in Spanish). elpais.com. 22 December 2001. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ "New Head Coach. Tabarez signed with Boca" (in Spanish). lanacion.com.ar. 27 December 2001. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ Match of 15th round was rescheduled to the 12th round due to the team Match on 2001 Intercontinental Cup.
^ "Kim Milton dømmer Intercontinental Cup-finale". Ekstrabladet (in Danish). 1 November 2001. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
^ "Plantel Boca Torneo Apertura 2001". historiadeboca.com.ar. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ "Plantel Boca Torneo Clausura 2002". historiadeboca.com.ar. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ "Plantel Libertadores 2002". historiadeboca.com.ar. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

External links[]

Club Atlético Boca Juniors official web site (in Spanish)

[1] "Oscar Cordoba reveals Why Left Boca". co.marca.com. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[2] "Full Time Report – Bayern Munich – Boca Juniors". Japan Football Association. 27 November 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2003. Retrieved 25 April 2013.

[3] "Another disgrace, Bianchi Quits Boca" (in Spanish). elpais.com. 22 December 2001. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[4] "New Head Coach. Tabarez signed with Boca" (in Spanish). lanacion.com.ar. 27 December 2001. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[5] Match of 15th round was rescheduled to the 12th round due to the team Match on 2001 Intercontinental Cup.

[6] "Kim Milton dømmer Intercontinental Cup-finale". Ekstrabladet (in Danish). 1 November 2001. Retrieved 10 May 2012.

[7] "Plantel Boca Torneo Apertura 2001". historiadeboca.com.ar. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[8] "Plantel Boca Torneo Clausura 2002". historiadeboca.com.ar. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[9] "Plantel Libertadores 2002". historiadeboca.com.ar. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

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