2001–02 Valencia CF season
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2001–02 season | |||
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President | Jaime Ortí | ||
Manager | Rafael Benítez | ||
Stadium | Mestalla | ||
La Liga | 1st | ||
UEFA Cup | Quarter-final | ||
Copa del Rey | First round | ||
Top goalscorer | Rubén Baraja (7) | ||
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Valencia CF won their first La Liga title since 1970-71 season, in the first campaign of new trainer Rafael Benítez. The Tenerife recruit had a tough start to his job, with several dropped points and a midfield slot in the beginning of the season, culminating in a disqualification from Copa del Rey for fielding too many non-EU players. Benítez was reported to be near the sack before an away game against Espanyol. With Valencia trailing 2-0 at halftime, the resurgence of the team in the second half allowed the inexperienced coach to keep the job, and it got to be a starting point for a winning streak that eventually saw Valencia claiming the entire league, despite taking only 75 points and scoring a mere 51 goals.
With the attacking play not flowing as previously, the all-conquering defence improved further, conceding only 29 goals, much thanks to keeper Santiago Cañizares and centre halves Mauricio Pellegrino and Roberto Ayala. Defensively minded midfielder Rubén Baraja happened to be the club top scorer with a mere seven goals, forming an effective protecting block with David Albelda.
Squad[]
Goalkeepers[]
Santiago Cañizares
Andrés Palop
David Rángel
Defenders[]
Ángel Amarilla
Fábio Aurélio
Amedeo Carboni
Mauricio Pellegrino
Miroslav Đukić
Roberto Ayala
Jocelyn Angloma
Carlos Marchena
Curro Torres
David Navarro
Midfielders[]
Francisco Rufete
Gonzalo de los Santos
David Albelda
Kily González
Rubén Baraja
Dennis Şerban
Angulo
Pablo Aimar
Vicente
Jandro
Attackers[]
Transfers[]
In | |||
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Pos. | Name | from | Type |
FW | Salva | Atletico Madrid | €10.80 million |
DF | Curro Torres | CD Tenerife | loan ended |
DF | Carlos Marchena | Benfica | Free |
DF | David Navarro | Valencia CF Mestalla | |
MF | Francisco Rufete | Malaga CF | €7.75 million |
MF | Gonzalo de los Santos | Malaga CF | €15.00 million |
MF | Dennis Șerban | Elche CF | |
FW | Mista | CD Tenerife | loan ended |
Out | |||
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Pos. | Name | To | Type |
MF | Gaizka Mendieta | SS Lazio | €48.0 million |
MF | Didier Deschamps | retired | |
DF | Joachim Björklund | Venezia F.C. | €4.0 million |
MF | Luis Milla | retired | |
MF | Zlatko Zahovic | Benfica | Free |
FW | Diego Alonso | Atletico Madrid | loan |
Competitions[]
La Liga[]
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Valencia (C) | 38 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 75 | Qualification for the Champions 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 the Champions League third qualifying round |
5 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 64 | 46 | +18 | 60 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
Rules for classification: 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
(C) Champion
Notes:
- ^ Real Madrid qualified directly for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League as holders.
Results by round[]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 2002-03 UEFA Champions League group stage; = 2002-03 UEFA Champions League group stage; = 2002-03 UEFA Champions League qualifying round; = 2002-03 UEFA Cup; = 2002-03 Segunda Division
Matches[]
25 August 2001 1 | Valencia | 1–0 | Real Madrid | |
Angulo ![]() |
9 September 2001 2 | Valladolid | 1–1 | Valencia | |
Caminero ![]() |
Salva ![]() |
16 September 2001 3 | Valencia | 1–0 | Las Palmas | |
David Albelda ![]() |
23 September 2001 4 | Athletic | 2–2 | Valencia | |
Joseba Etxeberría ![]()
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Roberto Ayala ![]()
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4 October 2001 6 | Celta | 1–1 | Valencia | |
Florian Maurice ![]() |
Juan Sánchez ![]() |
7 October 2001 7 | Valencia | 1–0 | Villarreal | |
Salva ![]() |
14 October 2001 8 | Barcelona | 2–2 | Valencia | |
Javier Saviola ![]() Gabri ![]() |
Salva ![]() Carlos Marchena ![]() |
21 October 2001 9 | Valencia | 2–0 | Zaragoza | |
Kily González ![]()
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28 October 2001 10 | Sevilla | 1–1 | Valencia | |
Moisés ![]() |
David Albelda ![]() |
4 November 2001 11 | Valencia | 2–1 | Rayo | |
Salva ![]() ![]() |
Roberto Peragón ![]() |
25 November 2001 14 | Real Sociedad | 2–0 | Valencia | |
Edgaras Jankauskas ![]()
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1 December 2001 15 | Valencia | 1–1 | Mallorca | |
Mista ![]() |
Albert Luque ![]() |
9 December 2001 16 | Deportivo | 1–0 | Valencia | |
Diego Tristán ![]() |
15 December 2001 17 | Espanyol | 2–3 | Valencia | |
Francisco Palencia ![]()
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Francisco Rufete ![]()
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22 December 2001 18 | Valencia | 2–1 | Málaga | |
Vicente ![]()
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Darío Silva ![]() |
6 January 2002 19 | Betis | 1–3 | Valencia | |
Capi ![]() |
Salva ![]()
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13 January 2002 20 | Real Madrid | 1–0 | Valencia | |
Fernando Morientes ![]() |
20 January 2002 21 | Valencia | 1–2 | Valladolid | |
Mauricio Pellegrino ![]() |
Luis García ![]() Fernando Sales ![]() |
26 January 2002 22 | Las Palmas | 0–1 | Valencia | |
Mista ![]() |
3 February 2002 23 | Valencia | 2–1 | Athletic | |
Mista ![]() Francisco Rufete ![]() |
Joseba Etxeberría ![]() |
6 February 2002 24 | Alavés | 1–2 | Valencia | |
Martín Astudillo ![]() |
Gonzalo de los Santos ![]() John Carew ![]() |
9 February 2002 25 | Valencia | 0–0 | Celta |
16 February 2002 26 | Villarreal | 1–1 | Valencia | |
Rodolfo Arruabarrena ![]() |
Pablo Aimar ![]() |
23 February 2002 27 | Valencia | 2–0 | Barcelona | |
Francisco Rufete ![]() Pablo Aimar ![]() |
3 March 2002 28 | Zaragoza | 0–1 | Valencia | |
Francisco Rufete ![]() |
10 March 2002 29 | Valencia | 2–0 | Sevilla | |
Juan Sánchez ![]()
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17 March 2002 30 | Rayo | 2–1 | Valencia | |
Mauricio Pellegrino ![]() Sergio Corino ![]() |
Angulo ![]() |
24 March 2002 31 | Valencia | 2–1 | Osasuna | |
Juan Sánchez ![]() Rubén Baraja ![]() |
John Aloisi ![]() |
30 March 2002 32 | Tenerife | 0–1 | Valencia | |
Pablo Aimar ![]() |
7 April 2002 33 | Valencia | 4–0 | Real Sociedad | |
Rubén Baraja ![]() Kily González ![]() Angulo ![]() Mista ![]() |
13 April 2002 34 | Mallorca | 1–1 | Valencia | |
Albert Luque ![]() |
Rubén Baraja ![]() |
21 April 2002 35 | Valencia | 1–0 | Deportivo | |
Aldo Duscher![]() |
27 April 2002 36 | Valencia | 2–1 | Espanyol | |
Rubén Baraja ![]()
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Raúl Tamudo ![]() |
5 May 2002 37 | Málaga | 0–2 | Valencia | |
Roberto Ayala ![]()
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11 May 2002 38 | Valencia | 2–0 | Betis | |
Rubén Baraja ![]()
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UEFA Cup[]
Quarter-finals[]
14 March 2002 | Internazionale ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | San Siro, Milan |
21:00 | Materazzi ![]() |
Report | Rufete ![]() |
Attendance: 24,184 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany) |
21 March 2002 | Valencia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Estadio Mestalla, Valencia |
21:45 | Report | Ventola ![]() |
Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Claude Colombo (France) |
Statistics[]
Players statistics[]
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | La Liga | Copa del Rey | UEFA Cup | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | ![]() |
Cañizares | 40 | -26 | 32 | -23 | 1 | 0 | 7 | -3 |
23 | DF | ![]() |
Curro Torres | 45 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
2 | DF | ![]() |
Pellegrino | 38 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
4 | DF | ![]() |
Ayala | 37 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
15 | DF | ![]() |
Carboni | 43 | 0 | 32+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
21 | MF | ![]() |
Aimar | 40 | 6 | 23+10 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
19 | MF | ![]() |
Rufete | 41 | 8 | 27+6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6+1 | 2 |
6 | MF | ![]() |
Albelda | 39 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 |
14 | MF | ![]() |
Vicente | 40 | 2 | 22+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5+3 | 1 |
10 | FW | ![]() |
Angulo | 31 | 6 | 21+5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 2 |
9 | FW | ![]() |
Salva | 26 | 7 | 19+3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 2 |
13 | GK | ![]() |
Palop | 10 | -8 | 6+1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -4 |
5 | DF | ![]() |
Djukic | 26 | 1 | 14+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7+2 | 1 |
12 | DF | ![]() |
Marchena | 22 | 1 | 12+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
18 | MF | ![]() |
Kily González | 32 | 3 | 15+11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
8 | MF | ![]() |
Baraja | 18 | 7 | 15+2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
17 | FW | ![]() |
Sánchez | 33 | 8 | 12+13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5+3 | 4 |
24 | FW | ![]() |
Mista | 34 | 6 | 10+16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3+5 | 1 |
22 | MF | ![]() |
De los Santos | 21 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
3 | DF | ![]() |
Fábio Aurélio | 19 | 1 | 6+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
7 | FW | ![]() |
Carew | 24 | 1 | 6+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 |
11 | FW | ![]() |
Ilie | 13 | 5 | 6+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
20 | DF | ![]() |
Angloma | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
16 | MF | ![]() |
Serban | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
31 | DF | ![]() |
Navarro | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
26 | MF | ![]() |
Jandro | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||
GK | ![]() |
David Rángel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
DF | ![]() |
Amarilla |
Topscorers[]
Rubén Baraja 7
Salva 5
Francisco Rufete 5
Angulo 4
Pablo Aimar 4
Mista 4
References[]
- Valencia CF seasons
- Spanish football clubs 2001–02 season
- Spanish football championship-winning seasons