| Competition: | Divizia A |
| Season: | 2001–02 |
| Winners: | Dinamo București[1] |
| Relegated: | Petrolul Ploiești UM Timișoara |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Dinamo București |
| Continentalcup2: | UEFA Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Național București Rapid București |
| Continentalcup3: | Intertoto Cup |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Gloria Bistrița |
| League Topscorer: | Cătălin Cursaru (17) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Rapid 6–0 UMT |
| Biggest Away Win: | Bacău 1–5 Național Argeș 0–4 Național Argeș 0–4 Steaua |
| Highest Scoring: | Farul 5–3 Universitatea |
| Matches: | 240 |
| Total Goals: | 607 |
| Longest Wins: | Rapid, Național, Steaua, Bacău, Dinamo, Argeș, Oțelul (4) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | Dinamo (16) |
| Longest Losses: | Farul (6) |
| Prevseason: | 2000–01 |
| Nextseason: | 2002–03 |
The 2001–02 Divizia A was the eighty-fourth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began in August 2001 and ended in May 2002. Dinamo București was crowned as champion for the 16th time.
The teams that were relegated to Divizia B at the end of the previous season (note that although FCM Bacău lost the relegation play–off, it remained in the Divizia A, after it bought the first division place from the promoted team FC Baia Mare):
The teams that were promoted from Divizia B at the start of the season:
| Steaua București | FC U Craiova | Rapid București | FCM Bacău | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steaua | Ion Oblemenco | Giulești-Valentin Stănescu | Dumitru Sechelariu | |
| Capacity: 28,365 | Capacity: 25,252 | Capacity: 19,100 | Capacity: 17,500 | |
| Farul Constanța | Dinamo București | Argeș Pitești | Sportul Studențesc | |
| Gheorghe Hagi | Dinamo | Municipal | Regie | |
| Capacity: 15,520 | Capacity: 15,032 | Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 15,000 | |
| Național București | Petrolul Ploiești | |||
| Cotroceni | Ilie Oană | |||
| Capacity: 14,542 | Capacity: 14,000 | |||
| Oțelul Galați | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | |||
| Oțelul | Ceahlăul | |||
| Capacity: 13,500 | Capacity: 12,500 | |||
| FC Brașov | UM Timișoara | Gloria Bistrița | Astra Ploiești | |
| Tineretului | UMT | Gloria | Astra | |
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 9,900 | Capacity: 7,800 | Capacity: 7,000 | |
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt Sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argeș Pitești |  | Cristian Bălașa | Erreà | Dacia | |
| Astra Ploiești | | Marin Dună | Valsport | Kronos | |
| Brașov | | Cosmin Bodea | Valsport | Prescon | |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | | Florin Axinia | Ancada | Rifil | |
| Dinamo București | | Ioan Lupescu / Giani Kiriță | Lotto | Cosmorom | |
| Farul Constanța | | Vasilică Cristocea | Erreà | Cuget Liber | |
| FC U Craiova | | Flavius Stoican | Erreà | Vincon | |
| FCM Bacău | | Radu Ciobanu | Legea | Sonoma | |
| Gloria Bistrița | | Vasile Popa | Umbro | Darimex | |
| Național București | | Ovidiu Petre | Kappa | — | |
| Oțelul Galați | | Bogdan Andone | Adidas | Sidex | |
| Petrolul Ploiești | | Dinu Todoran | Adidas | Petrom | |
| Rapid București | | Adrian Iencsi | Erreà | Connex | |
| Sportul Studențesc | | Romeo Pădureț | Valsport | Omniasig | |
| Steaua București | | Marius Baciu | Adidas | BCR | |
| UM Timișoara | | Florian Călin | Valsport | UMT |
The teams placed on the 13th and 14th place in the Divizia A faced the 2nd placed teams from both groups of the Divizia B. Sportul Studențesc and Farul Constanța won the relegation play-offs, thus, they've kept their places in the Liga I, while Cimentul Fieni and FC Baia Mare will still play in Liga II in the 2002–03 season.[2]
| Position[3] | Player | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cătălin Cursaru | Bacău | 17 | |
| 2 | Claudiu Niculescu | Dinamo București | 15 | |
| Daniel Pancu | Rapid București | |||
| 4 | Claudiu Răducanu | Steaua București | 14 | |
| 5 | Gheorghe Bucur | Sportul Studențesc | 13 |