2001–02 Atlético Madrid season explained

Club:Club Atlético de Madrid
Season:2001–02
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Chairman:Jesús Gil
Chrtitle:President
Stadium:Vicente Calderón
League:Segunda División
League Result:1st (promoted to La Liga)
Cup1:Copa del Rey
Cup1 Result:Round of 64
League Topscorer:Diego Alonso (22)
Season Topscorer:Diego Alonso (22)
Highest Attendance: vs Gimnàstic
(28 April 2002)
Lowest Attendance: vs Rayo Vallecano
(10 October 2001)
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Prevseason:2000–01
Nextseason:2002–03

The 2001–02 campaign was the 96th season in Atlético Madrid's history and their 2nd season in Segunda División of Spanish football. Also the club competed in Copa del Rey.

Summary

During summer the club with Paulo Futre as Manager appointed club legend Luis Aragonés as new coach on 31 May 2001.[1] Previously, the former player acted as coach several seasons in the past: 1974–80, 1982–87 and 1991–93. The main reason for his arrival was clinching the last season a UEFA Champions League spot for underdogs RCD Mallorca and now has the mission of save Atletico from Segunda División. Owing to financial troubles, Futre transferred several players out the squad included top goalscorer Salva to Valencia CF in exchange for Uruguayan striker Diego Alonso[2] young playmaker Hugo Leal to Paris Saint-Germain and another 14 players.[3] The squad was reinforced with 4 players from RCD Mallorca and more Spanish players on the contrary of last seasons where the club bought a lot of foreign players.

Finally, on 27 April 2002 the team clinched the promotion to La Liga[4] after two years on Segunda División. Also, in Copa del Rey the club was early eliminated by Rayo Vallecano in Round of 64.[5]

Squad

Transfers

In
width=3% Pos.width=32% Namewidth=30% fromwidth=35% Type
DFTxomin Nagore
DF
MF
GK
MF
DF
MF
MF Jesús Muñoz
DF José Antonio García Calvo
FW Diego Alonso
MF Gonzalo Colsa
MF Juanma Ortiz
Out
width=3% Pos.width=32% Namewidth=30% Towidth=35% Type
FW Salva
MF Hugo Leal
DF Juanma
DF
DF Raphaël Wicky
MF Óscar Mena
FW Jordi Lardín
FW Abass Lawal
MF Sergio Sánchez Sánchez
DF Zoran Njeguš
DF Jean-François Hernandez
FW Kiko
FW Juan Gomez
DF Daniel Fagiani
MF David Cubillo

Competitions

Segunda División

See main article: 2001–02 Segunda División.

Matches

Copa del Rey

See main article: 2001–02 Copa del Rey.

Round of 64

Statistics

Top scorers

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1FW22 Diego Alonso22022
2FW10 Fernando Correa13013
3DF15 Aguilera808
4FW9 Fernando Torres617
5FW14 Dani606
6DF2 Nagore303
7DF4 Mirsad Hibić202
DF17 Lluís Carreras202
9DF6 Santi Denia101
MF7 Movilla101
MF11 Jovan Stanković101
MF16 José Juan Luque101
MF21 García Calvo101
Own goals101
Totals68169

Squad statistics

CompetitionPointsTotalGD
74 42 21 11 10 59 39 +20
2001–02 Copa del Rey8 6 1 1 13 6 +7
Total 74 50 27 12 11 72 45 +27

References

  1. Web site: Aragones admits he will be the next coach of Atletico. 31 May 2001. 20 January 2021. es. elpais.com. Oscar Sanz.
  2. Web site: I accept Futre decision to sell Salva. elpais.com. 3 July 2001. 20 January 2021. es. Oscar Sanz.
  3. Web site: Atletico transferred out 16 players and bought 10. elpais.com. 3 August 2001. 20 January 2021. es. Daniel Borasteros and Aritz Elizondo.
  4. Web site: Today, Atletico belongs La Liga. elpais.com. 27 April 2002. 20 January 2021. es.
  5. Web site: Rayo defeats Atletico. 5 June 2016. 20 January 2021. as.com. es.

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