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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.
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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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
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
editIn | |||
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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[1] |
MF | Didier Deschamps | retired[2] | |
DF | Joachim Björklund | Venezia F.C. | €4.0 million |
MF | Luis Milla | retired[3] | |
MF | Zlatko Zahovic | Benfica | Free |
FW | Diego Alonso | Atletico Madrid | loan |
Competitions
editLa Liga
editLeague table
editPos | 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) Champions
Notes:
- ^ Real Madrid qualified directly for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League as holders.
Results by round
editA = 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
edit25 August 2001 1 | Valencia | 1–0 | Real Madrid | |
Angulo 8' |
9 September 2001 2 | Valladolid | 1–1 | Valencia | |
Caminero 30' | Salva 90' |
16 September 2001 3 | Valencia | 1–0 | Las Palmas | |
Albelda 62' |
23 September 2001 4 | Athletic | 2–2 | Valencia | |
Etxeberría 64' Carlos García 90' |
Ayala 44' Aimar 47' |
4 October 2001 6 | Celta | 1–1 | Valencia | |
Maurice 48' | Juan Sánchez 6' |
7 October 2001 7 | Valencia | 1–0 | Villarreal | |
Salva 45' |
25 November 2001 14 | Real Sociedad | 2–0 | Valencia | |
Jankauskas 38', 65' (pen.) |
13 January 2002 20 | Real Madrid | 1–0 | Valencia | |
Morientes 72' |
20 January 2002 21 | Valencia | 1–2 | Valladolid | |
Pellegrino 26' | Luis García 20' Sales 35' |
26 January 2002 22 | Las Palmas | 0–1 | Valencia | |
Mista 7' |
3 February 2002 23 | Valencia | 2–1 | Athletic | |
Mista 14' Rufete 66' |
Etxeberría 73' |
6 February 2002 24 | Alavés | 1–2 | Valencia | |
Astudillo 2' | de los Santos 3' Carew 27' |
16 February 2002 26 | Villarreal | 1–1 | Valencia | |
Arruabarrena 54' | Aimar 83' |
10 March 2002 29 | Valencia | 2–0 | Sevilla | |
Juan Sánchez 66' Angulo 89' |
24 March 2002 31 | Valencia | 2–1 | Osasuna | |
Juan Sánchez 78' Baraja 90' |
Aloisi 85' |
5 May 2002 37 | Málaga | 0–2 | Valencia | |
Ayala 35' Fábio Aurélio 45' |
UEFA Cup
editQuarter-finals
edit14 March 2002 | Internazionale | 1–1 | Valencia | San Siro, Milan |
21:00 | Materazzi 50' | Report | Rufete 66' | Attendance: 24,184 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany) |
21 March 2002 | Valencia | 0–1 | Internazionale | Estadio Mestalla, Valencia |
21:45 | Report | Ventola 4' | Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Claude Colombo (France) |
Statistics
editPlayers statistics
editNo. | 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 | ESP | Cañizares | 40 | -26 | 32 | -23 | 1 | 0 | 7 | -3 |
23 | DF | ESP | Curro Torres | 45 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
2 | DF | ARG | Pellegrino | 38 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
4 | DF | ARG | Ayala | 37 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
15 | DF | ITA | Carboni | 43 | 0 | 32+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
21 | MF | ARG | Aimar | 40 | 6 | 23+10 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
19 | MF | ESP | Rufete | 41 | 8 | 27+6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6+1 | 2 |
6 | MF | ESP | Albelda | 39 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 |
14 | MF | ESP | Vicente | 40 | 3 | 22+9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5+3 | 1 |
10 | FW | ESP | Angulo | 31 | 6 | 21+5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 2 |
9 | FW | ESP | Salva | 26 | 7 | 19+3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 2 |
13 | GK | ESP | Palop | 10 | -8 | 6+1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -4 |
5 | DF | SCG | Djukic | 26 | 1 | 14+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7+2 | 1 |
12 | DF | ESP | Marchena | 22 | 1 | 12+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
18 | MF | ARG | Kily González | 32 | 3 | 15+11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
8 | MF | ESP | Baraja | 18 | 7 | 15+2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
17 | FW | ESP | Sánchez | 33 | 8 | 12+13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5+3 | 4 |
24 | FW | ESP | Mista | 34 | 6 | 10+16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3+5 | 1 |
22 | MF | URU | De los Santos | 21 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
3 | DF | BRA | Fábio Aurélio | 19 | 1 | 6+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
7 | FW | NOR | Carew | 24 | 1 | 6+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 |
11 | FW | ROU | Ilie | 13 | 5 | 6+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
20 | DF | FRA | Angloma | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
16 | MF | ROU | Serban | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
31 | DF | ESP | Navarro | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
26 | MF | ESP | Jandro | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||
25 | GK | ESP | David Rángel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
DF | PAR | Amarilla |
Topscorers
edit- Rubén Baraja 7
- Salva 5
- Francisco Rufete 5
- Angulo 4
- Pablo Aimar 4
- Mista 4
References
edit- ^ Acedo, Francisco (4 November 2016). "Mendieta to retire". Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ "Factbox: New France coach Didier Deschamps". Reuters. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ Casado, Edu (17 November 2008). "Qué fue de… Luis Milla". 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 February 2024.