2001–02 FC Barcelona season

FC Barcelona's 2001–02 season was the second under the presidency of Joan Gaspart and the single full season of management by Carles Rexach (who had replaced Lorenzo Serra Ferrer in the latter part of the previous campaign).

FC Barcelona
2001–02 season
PresidentJoan Gaspart
Head CoachCarles Rexach
StadiumCamp Nou
La Liga4th
Copa del ReyFirst round
UEFA Champions LeagueSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Patrick Kluivert (18)

All:
Patrick Kluivert (25)

The summer of 2001 saw long-serving team captain Josep Guardiola leave the club, while many transfer deals were concluded to give a new face to the squad with the signings of Roberto Bonano, Javier Saviola, Patrik Andersson, Francesco Coco, Geovanni, Philippe Christanval and Fábio Rochemback. This was also the final season at Barcelona of veteran players like Sergi Barjuán, Abelardo and the talismanic Rivaldo.

Barcelona had a mediocre campaign in La Liga, finishing in 4th place, 11 points below eventual champions Valencia; in Europe, on the other hand, they produced some very good performances, reaching the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League, where they were eliminated by fierce rivals (and eventual winners) Real Madrid. Patrick Kluivert was the club's top scorer in all competitions, with 25 goals.

Squad

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Correct as of 3 October 2009.[1][2][3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ARG Roberto Bonano
2 DF   NED Michael Reiziger
3 DF   NED Frank de Boer
4 DF   SWE Patrik Andersson
5 DF   ESP Abelardo
6 MF   ESP Xavi
7 FW   ARG Javier Saviola
8 MF   NED Phillip Cocu
9 FW   NED Patrick Kluivert
10 MF   BRA Rivaldo
11 MF   NED Marc Overmars
12 DF   ESP Sergi (captain)
13 GK   ESP Pepe Reina
14 MF   ESP Gerard
15 MF   BRA Fábio Rochemback
17 DF   FRA Philippe Christanval
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF   ESP Gabri
19 FW   ESP Dani García
20 FW   ESP Alfonso
21 MF   ESP Luis Enrique
22 MF   BRA Geovanni
23 DF   ITA Francesco Coco
24 DF   ESP Carles Puyol
25 GK   FRA Richard Dutruel
26 DF   ESP Fernando Navarro
27 MF   ESP Roberto Trashorras
28 MF   BRA Thiago Motta
29 DF   ESP Nano
30 DF   ESP Oleguer
31 MF   ESP Jofre
35 GK   ESP Víctor Valdés
37 MF   ESP Dani Tortolero

Transfers

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No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
15 MF   Rochemback 19 Non-EU Internacional   Transfer  Y Summer 2005 €9M [1]
4 DF   Andersson 29 EU Bayern Munich   Transfer  Y Summer 2005 €8M [2]
7 FW   Saviola 19 Non-EU River Plate   Transfer  Y Summer 2007 €35.9M [3]
22 FW   Geovanni 21 Non-EU Cruzeiro   Transfer  Y Summer 2006 €21M [4]
17 DF   Christanval 22 EU Monaco   Transfer  Y Summer 2005 €15M [5]
1 GK   Bonano 31 EU River Plate   Transfer  Y Summer 2005 €1.2M [6]
23 DF   Coco 24 EU Milan   Loan → Summer 2002 N/A [7]

Total spending:   €90.1 million

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Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
4 MF   Guardiola 30 EU Brescia   Contract Termination  N Summer Free [8]
15 FW   Litmanen 30 EU Liverpool   Contract Termination  N Summer Free [9]
23 MF   Zenden 24 EU Chelsea   Transfer  Y Summer €8M [10]
20 MF   Simão 21 EU Benfica   Transfer  Y Summer €12M [11]
27 DF   Cuadrado 22 EU Murcia Transfer  Y Summer €0.2M [12]
17 MF   Petit 30 EU Chelsea   Transfer  Y Summer €7.5M [13]
20 FW   Alfonso 28 EU Marseille   Loan → Winter N/A [14]

Total income:   €31.7 million

Last updated: 3 October

Competitions

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Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

28 July 2001 Friendly Chênois   0–3   Barcelona Switzerland
Report
29 July 2001 Friendly Luzern   0–5   Barcelona Lucerne, Switzerland
Report
Stadium: Stadion Allmend
Attendance: c. 12,000
Referee: Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland)
31 July 2001 Friendly Grasshopper   2–4   Barcelona Switzerland
Report
Referee: Nicole Pehgnat
3 August 2001 Friendly Sporting   1–3   Barcelona Geneva, Switzerland
Report
Referee: Dieter Schhoch (Switzerland)
10 August 2001 Friendly Derby County   0–3   Barcelona England
Report
Referee: Dermot Gallagher (Ireland)
12 August 2001 Friendly Blackburn Rovers   3–2   Barcelona England
Report
17 August 2001 Joan Gamper Trophy Barcelona   3–2   Parma Barcelona, Spain
Report
Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: c. 50,000
Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)
29 May 2002 Invitation Cup BEC-Tero All Stars   0–0
(3–4 p)
  Barcelona Bangkok, Thailand
Report Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium
Attendance: c. 40,000
29 January 2002 Semi-final Lleida 1–2 Barcelona Lleida
Report
7 May 2002 Final Terrassa 1–1
(4–1 p)
Barcelona Terrassa
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Report
Stadium: Estadi Olímpic

La Liga

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Deportivo La Coruña 38 20 8 10 65 41 +24 68 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
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
6 Real Betis 38 15 14 9 42 34 +8 59
Source: LFP
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
Notes:
  1. ^ Real Madrid qualified directly for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League as holders.

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
ResultWDDWWWLDDWLWDLLDWLWWLLWWDWLWLDWDWWLWWD
Position96854124523234877874875535457566445544
Updated to match(es) played on 2008-07-16. Source: LFP.com
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

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22 September 2001 4 FC Barcelona 2–0 Tenerife Barcelona
21:00 CEST Geovanni  33'
Saviola  89'
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
3 October 2001 6 FC Barcelona 3–0 Mallorca Barcelona
20:45 CEST Luis Enrique  8'  26'
Saviola  31'
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
14 October 2001 8 FC Barcelona 2–2 Valencia Barcelona
19:00 CEST Saviola  42'
Coco  73'
Report Ballesta  25'
Marchena  72'
Stadium: Camp Nou
21 October 2001 9 Málaga 1–1 FC Barcelona Málaga
19:00 CEST Silva  74' Report Rivaldo  76'
27 October 2001 10 FC Barcelona 3–0 Betis Barcelona
21:30 CEST Saviola  9'
Rivaldo  49'  60'
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
11 November 2001 12 FC Barcelona 4–0 Valladolid Barcelona
20:00 CET Saviola  18'  88'
Puyol  20'
Kluivert  63' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
24 November 2001 14 FC Barcelona 1–2 Athletic Bilbao Barcelona
21:30 CET Rivaldo  60' Report Urzaiz  10'
Ezquerro  83'
Stadium: Camp Nou
1 December 2001 15 Alavés 2–0 FC Barcelona Vitoria
21:30 CET Llorens  22' (pen.)
Begoña  62'
Report
8 December 2001 16 FC Barcelona 2–2 Celta Vigo Barcelona
Gabri  1'
Saviola  47'
Report Sergi Barjuan  72' (o.g.)
Edu  84'
Stadium: Camp Nou
6 January 2002 19 FC Barcelona 2–0 Zaragoza Barcelona
20:00 CET Kluivert  45'
Saviola  55'
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
13 January 2002 20 FC Barcelona 3–1 Sevilla Barcelona
17:00 CET Rivaldo  7'  61'
Gabri  56'
Report Tomás  4' Stadium: Camp Nou
20 January 2002 21 Rayo Vallecano 2–1 FC Barcelona Madrid
17:00 CET Bolić  24'
de Quintana  60'
Report Xavi  55' Stadium: Campo Vallecas
26 January 2002 22 FC Barcelona 0–1 Osasuna Barcelona
17:00 CET Report Alfredo  80' Stadium: Camp Nou
2 February 2002 23 Tenerife 0–6 FC Barcelona Santa Cruz de Tenerife
21:00 WET Report Puyol  15'
Kluivert  45'  49'  66'  70'
Charcos  72' (o.g.)
Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodriguez
6 February 2002 24 FC Barcelona 2–0 Real Sociedad Barcelona
21:00 CET Rivaldo  58'
Saviola  77'
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
24 February 2002 27 Valencia 2–0 FC Barcelona Valencia
21:30 CET Rufete  16'
Aimar  62'
Report Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
3 March 2002 28 FC Barcelona 5–1 Málaga Barcelona
17:00 CET Cocu  2'
Saviola  24'
Kluivert  37' (pen.)  77' (pen.)  88'
Report Leko  67' Stadium: Camp Nou
9 March 2002 29 Betis 2–1 FC Barcelona Sevilla
20:30 CET Dani  3'  77' Report Ito  54' (o.g.) Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarin
17 March 2002 30 FC Barcelona 1–1 Real Madrid Barcelona
21:30 CET Xavi  58' Report Zidane  38' Stadium: Camp Nou
30 March 2002 32 FC Barcelona 1–1 Las Palmas Barcelona
21:00 CET Luis Enrique  20' Report Orlando  53' Stadium: Camp Nou
14 April 2002 34 FC Barcelona 3–2 Alavés Barcelona
18:30 CEST Saviola  13'  88'
Rochemback  65'
Report Magno  70'
Alonso  92'
Stadium: Camp Nou
20 April 2002 35 Celta Vigo 2–1 FC Barcelona Vigo
20:45 CEST Mostovoi  24'
López  61'
Report Rivaldo  89' Stadium: Estadio Balaídos
28 April 2002 36 FC Barcelona 4–1 Villarreal Barcelona
21:00 CEST Luis Enrique  54'
Motta  56'
Kluivert  67'
Saviola  72'
Report Victor  16' Stadium: Camp Nou
5 May 2002 37 FC Barcelona 2–0 Espanyol Barcelona
20:00 CEST Kluivert  45'
Xavi  75'
Report Stadium: Camp Nou

Copa del Rey

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Round of 64

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UEFA Champions League

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Third qualifying round

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8 August 2001 Wisła Kraków   3–4   Barcelona Kraków
17:30 CET Pater   22', 32'
Frankowski   38'
Report Rivaldo   31' (pen.), 34', 73'
Kluivert   56'
Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 7,506
Referee:  Rune Pedersen
21 August 2001 Barcelona   1–0   Wisła Kraków Barcelona
21:15 CET Luis Enrique   72' Report Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 58,233
Referee:  Gilles Veissière

First group stage

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Group F
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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts BAR BL OL FEN
  Barcelona 6 5 0 1 12 5 +7 15 2–1 2–0 1–0
  Bayer Leverkusen 6 4 0 2 10 9 +1 12 2–1 2–4 2–1
  Lyon 6 3 0 3 10 9 +1 9 2–3 0–1 3–1
  Fenerbahçe 6 0 0 6 3 12 −9 0 0–3 1–2 0–1
Source: [citation needed]
18 September 2001 Fenerbahçe   0–3   Barcelona Istanbul
20:45 Report Kluivert   25'
Andersson   28'
Saviola   66'
Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 23,350
Referee:  Anders Frisk
25 September 2001 Bayer Leverkusen   2–1   Barcelona Leverkusen
20:45 Yıldıray Baştürk   52'
Neuville   69'
Report Luis Enrique   22' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,000
Referee:  Hugh Dallas
10 October 2001 Barcelona   2–0   Lyon Barcelona
20:45 Kluivert   78'
Rivaldo   87' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 60,757
Referee:  Kim Milton Nielsen
17 October 2001 Barcelona   2–1   Bayer Leverkusen Barcelona
20:45 Kluivert   12'
Luis Enrique   38'
Report Ramelow   32' Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 60,432
Referee:  Pierluigi Collina
23 October 2001 Lyon   2–3   Barcelona Lyon
20:45 Luyindula   66'
Carrière   88'
Report Kluivert   9'
Rivaldo   18'
G. López   90+4'
Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 37,800
Referee:  Graham Poll
31 October 2001 Barcelona   1–0   Fenerbahçe Barcelona
20:45 Rivaldo   90+2' Report Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 35,233
Referee:  Stuart Dougal

Second group stage

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Group B
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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Barcelona 6 2 3 1 7 7 0 9
  Liverpool 6 1 4 1 4 4 0 7
  Roma 6 1 4 1 6 5 +1 7
  Galatasaray 6 0 5 1 5 6 −1 5
Source: [citation needed]
20 November 2001 Liverpool   1–3   Barcelona Liverpool
20:45 Owen   27' Report Kluivert   41'
Rochemback   65'
Overmars   84'
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 41,521
Referee:  Hellmut Krug
5 December 2001 Barcelona   2–2   Galatasaray Barcelona
20:45 Saviola   49', 66' Report Ümit Karan   5'
Fleurquin   41'
Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 45,000
Referee:  Markus Merk
20 February 2002 Barcelona   1–1   Roma Barcelona
20:45 Kluivert   82' Report Panucci   57' Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 90,527
Referee:  Gilles Veissière
26 February 2002 Roma   3–0   Barcelona Rome
20:45 Emerson   61'
Montella   74'
Tommasi   90+2'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 69.900
Referee:  Kim Milton Nielsen
13 March 2002 Barcelona   0–0   Liverpool Barcelona
20:45 Report Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 83,441
Referee:  Kyros Vassaras
19 March 2002 Galatasaray   0–1   Barcelona Istanbul
20:45 Report Luis Enrique   58' Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium
Attendance: 21,011
Referee:  René Temmink

Quarter-finals

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3 April 2002 Panathinaikos   1–0   Barcelona Athens
20:45 Basinas   79' (pen.) Report MatchCentre Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 16,000
Referee:  Terje Hauge
9 April 2002 Barcelona   3–1   Panathinaikos Barcelona
20:45 Luis Enrique   23', 49'
Saviola   61'
Report MatchCentre Konstantinou   8' Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 89,200
Referee:  Urs Meier
Semifinals
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23 April 2002 Barcelona   0–2   Real Madrid Barcelona
20:45 Report MatchCentre Zidane   55'
McManaman   90+2'
Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 98,000
Referee:  Anders Frisk
1 May 2002 Real Madrid   1–1   Barcelona Madrid
20:45 Raúl   43' Report MatchCentre Helguera   49' (o.g.) Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Attendance: 75,000
Referee:  Pierluigi Collina

Statistics

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Players statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total La Liga Copa del Rey Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ARG Bonano 42 -42 27 -26 0 0 15 -16
18 DF   ESP Gabri 42 2 20+9 2 0 0 7+6 0
3 DF   NED de Boer 47 0 30+4 0 0 0 12+1 0
17 DF   FRA Christanval 39 0 26 0 0 0 12+1 0
24 DF   ESP Puyol 51 2 33+2 2 1 0 15 0
21 MF   ESP Luis Enrique 38 10 23 4 0 0 14+1 6
8 MF   NED Cocu 50 2 34 2 0 0 15+1 0
6 MF   ESP Xavi 52 4 31+4 4 1 0 13+3 0
23 MF   ITA Coco 33 1 17+6 1 0 0 10 0
9 FW   NED Kluivert 50 25 33 18 0 0 16+1 7
7 FW   ARG Saviola 49 21 27+9 17 1 0 9+3 4
13 GK   ESP Reina 16 -16 11 -11 1 -1 3+1 -4
10 FW   BRA Rivaldo 33 14 19+1 8 0 0 12+1 6
15 MF   BRA Rochemback 38 3 16+8 2 1 0 9+4 1
12 DF   ESP Sergi 25 0 15+3 0 0 0 6+1 0
11 MF   NED Overmars 32 1 14+6 0 1 0 6+5 1
4 DF   SWE Andersson 19 1 11+1 0 1 0 6 1
22 MF   BRA Geovanni 32 1 8+13 1 1 0 4+6 0
28 MF   BRA Motta 26 1 7+11 1 0+1 0 5+2 0
2 DF   NED Reiziger 21 0 6+7 0 0 0 2+6 0
5 DF   ESP Abelardo 12 0 6+1 0 0 0 5 0
14 MF   ESP Gerard 23 1 3+12 0 1 0 2+5 1
20 FW   ESP Alfonso 6 0 1+3 0 1 0 0+1 0
26 DF   ESP Navarro 4 0 0+3 0 1 0 0 0
27 MF   ESP Roberto 3 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
19 FW   ESP Dani García 3 0 0+1 0 1 0 0+1 0
31 MF   ESP Jofre 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
25 GK   FRA Dutruel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 DF   ESP Oleguer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 GK   ESP Valdes 0 0 0 0
37 MF   ESP Tortolero 0 0 0 0
29 DF   ESP Nano

Top scorers

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Name Nationality Position PD CdR CdC CL Total
Patrick Kluivert   Striker 18 0 0 7 25
Javier Saviola   Striker 17 0 0 4 21
Rivaldo   Forward 8 0 0 6 14
Luis Enrique   Midfielder 5 0 0 6 11
Xavi   Midfielder 4 0 1 0 5

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FC Barcelona 2001-02".
  2. ^ "FootballSquads - Barcelona - 2001/02".
  3. ^ "Squad of Barcelona 2001-02 First Division".
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