| 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.
During the summer, with Paulo Futre as director of football, appointed club legend Luis Aragonés as the new head coach on 31 May 2001.[1] Previously, the former player acted as coach during 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 Mallorca, and now had the mission of saving Atletico from the Segunda División. Owing to financial troubles, Futre transferred several players out the squad, including top goalscorer Salva to Valencia in exchange for Uruguayan striker Diego Alonso[2], and young playmaker Hugo Leal to Paris Saint-Germain, as well as an additional 14 players.[3] The squad was reinforced with four players from Mallorca and more Spanish players in contrast to previous 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 in the Segunda División. Also, in Copa del Rey, the club was eliminated early by Rayo Vallecano in Round of 64.[5]
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| DF | |||||||
| MF | |||||||
| MF | Jesús Muñoz | ||||||
| DF | José Antonio García Calvo | ||||||
| FW | Diego Alonso | ||||||
| MF | Gonzalo Colsa | ||||||
| MF | Juanma Ortiz | ||||||
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| width=3% | Pos. | width=32% | Name | width=30% | To | width=35% | Type |
| FW | Salva | ||||||
| MF | Hugo Leal | ||||||
| DF | Juanma | ||||||
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| 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 | ||||||
See main article: 2001–02 Segunda División.
See main article: 2001–02 Copa del Rey.
| width=60 | Rank | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Number | width=150 | Player | width=80 | Segunda División | width=80 | Copa del Rey | width=80 | Total |
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| 1 | FW | 22 | Diego Alonso | 22 | 0 | 22 | |||||||
| 2 | FW | 10 | Fernando Correa | 13 | 0 | 13 | |||||||
| 3 | DF | 15 |  Aguilera | 8 | 0 | 8 | |||||||
| 4 | FW | 9 | Fernando Torres | 6 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| 5 | FW | 14 | Dani | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 6 | DF | 2 | Nagore | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| 7 | DF | 4 |  Mirsad Hibić | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| DF | 17 | Lluís Carreras | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 9 | DF | 6 | Santi Denia | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| MF | 7 | Movilla | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| MF | 11 | Jovan Stanković | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| MF | 16 | José Juan Luque | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| MF | 21 | García Calvo | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 68 | 1 | 69 | ||||||||||
| Competition | Points | Total | GD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 59 | 39 | +20 | ||
| 2001–02 Copa del Rey | – | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | |
| Total | 74 | 50 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 72 | 45 | +27 | |