2001–02 La Liga
The 2001–02 La Liga season, the 71st since its establishment, started on 25 August 2001 and finished on 11 May 2002.
Teams
Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Sevilla, Betis and Tenerife. Sevilla and Betis returned to the top flight after an absence of one year while Tenerife returned to the top fight afer an absence of two years. They replaced Oviedo, Racing Santander and Numancia, ending their top flight spells of thirteen, eight and two year respectively.Team information
Clubs and locations
2001–02 season was composed of the following clubs:| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| Barcelona | Camp Nou | 98,772 |
| Real Madrid | Santiago Bernabéu | 80,354 |
| Espanyol | Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys | 55,926 |
| Valencia | Mestalla | 55,000 |
| Real Betis | Manuel Ruiz de Lopera | 52,132 |
| Sevilla | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán | 45,500 |
| Athletic Bilbao | San Mamés | 39,750 |
| Deportivo de La Coruña | Riazor | 34,600 |
| Real Zaragoza | La Romareda | 34,596 |
| Celta de Vigo | Estadio Balaídos | 32,500 |
| Real Sociedad | Anoeta | 32,200 |
| Málaga | La Rosaleda | 30,044 |
| Valladolid | José Zorrilla | 27,846 |
| Mallorca | Son Moix | 23,142 |
| Villarreal | El Madrigal | 23,000 |
| Tenerife | Heliodoro Rodríguez López | 22,824 |
| Las Palmas | Insular | 21,000 |
| Alavés | Mendizorrotza | 19,840 |
| Osasuna | El Sadar | 19,553 |
| Rayo Vallecano | Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas | 14,505 |
League table
Results
Overall
- Most wins - Valencia
- Fewest wins - UD Las Palmas and Real Zaragoza
- Most draws - Málaga CF and Real Betis
- Fewest draws - Deportivo Alavés
- Most losses - Tenerife
- Fewest losses - Valencia
- Most goals scored - Real Madrid
- Fewest goals scored - Tenerife
- Most goals conceded - Athletic Bilbao
- Fewest goals conceded - Valencia
Awards
Pichichi Trophy
The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.| Goalscorers | Goals | Team |
 Diego Tristán | Deportivo | |
| Fernando Morientes | Real Madrid | |
 Patrick Kluivert | Barcelona | |
 Javier Saviola | Barcelona | |
| Catanha | Celta de Vigo | |
| Raúl Tamudo | Espanyol |
Fair Play award
| Rank | Club | Points |
| 1 | Deportivo La Coruña | 88 |
| 2 | Real Sociedad | 97 |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 99 |
| 4 | Barcelona | 100 |
| 5 | Valladolid | 104 |
| 6 | Mallorca | 107 |
| 7 | Valencia | 121 |
| 8 | Athletic Bilbao | 125 |
| 8 | Zaragoza | 125 |
| 10 | Espanyol | 131 |
| 11 | Rayo Vallecano | 148 |
| 12 | Celta Vigo | 153 |
| 13 | Tenerife | 155 |
| 14 | Alavés | 159 |
| 15 | Betis | 162 |
| 15 | Villarreal | 162 |
| 17 | Las Palmas | 171 |
| 18 | Málaga | 173 |
| 19 | Sevilla | 175 |
| 20 | Osasuna | 180 |
- Source: El Mundo Deportivo and CanalDeportivo
Pedro Zaballa award
Signings
Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/es/t/t2001-02.htmlPlayers on loan are marked on italics.
| Team | Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| Valencia |  Carlos Marchena ' Curro Torres ' | Francisco Rufete ' Gonzalo de los Santos ' | Salva Ballesta ' Mista Ferrer ' | |
| Deportivo La Coruña | Héctor Berenguel ' |  Goran Đorović ' Sergio ' David Pirri ' | Emilio Amavisca ' | |
| Real Madrid |  Zinedine Zidane ' | |||
| Barcelona |  Roberto Bonano ' |  Patrik Andersson ' Philippe Christanval ' Francesco Coco Oleguer ' |  Geovanni ' Fábio Rochemback ' | Javier Saviola ' |
| Celta Vigo | Sylvinho ' Pablo Contreras ' Sebastián Méndez ' |  Zvonimir Boban Peter Luccin ' | Florian Maurice ' | |
| Betis |  Ronny Gaspercic ' | Diego Crosa ' Carles Mingo ' Washington Tais ' |  José Calado ' Joey Guðjónsson ' |  Victor Ikpeba João Tomás ' |
| Alavés | Fabricio Coloccini Carlos Llorens ' Gustavo Lombardi ' Cruz Ochoa ' |  Bogdan Mara ' Jesús Turiel ' Richard Witschge | Christopher Kanu Rubén Navarro ' | |
| Sevilla | Juanmi Gelabert ' Javi Navarro ' | Mario Cotelo ' Tomás Hervás ' Zoran Njeguš ' Gerardo Torrado ' Alfonso Vera ' | Moisés García ' Luis Gil ' Mariano Toedtli ' | |
| Athletic Bilbao | Aitor Ocio ' | |||
| Málaga | Francesc Arnau ' | Litos de Oliveira ' | Duda ' Gerardo García ' Ivan Leko ' Miguel Ángel Lozano ' Marcelo Romero ' Manu Sánchez Manu Sánchez ' | Pablo Calandria ' Álex Geijo ' |
| Rayo Vallecano | Imanol Etxeberria ' | Jordi Ferrón Patricio Graff ' Jean-François Hernandez ' Sergio Korino ' | Moisés Arteaga ' Jorge Azkoitia ' Éric Roy ' Ángel Vivar Dorado ' |  Elvir Baljić Emir Granov ' Roberto Peragón ' Bruno Rodriguez |
| Valladolid |  José Veiga | Mario Álvarez ' Gaspar Gálvez ' | Javi Jiménez ' | Turu Flores ' Luis García Tote |
| Real Sociedad | Sander Westerveld ' |  Bjørn Kvarme ' |  Nihat Kahveci ' Darko Kovačević ' | |
| Espanyol | Ricardo Cavas ' Fran Figueroa ' | Àlex Fernández ' Cătălin Munteanu Paulo Sousa ' | Antonio Pacheco Francisco Palencia ' | |
| Villarreal | Sergio Ballesteros ' | Constantin Gâlcă ' | Antonio Guayre ' Quique Martín ' Juan Antonio Pizzi ' | |
| Mallorca | Fatih Akyel ' Christian Díaz ' | Vicente Fernández Pujante ' Veljko Paunović | Roberto Losada | |
| Osasuna | Juan Carlos Unzué ' | Pablo Contreras Rafael Olarra ' | David Cano ' Daniel Montenegro Gerardo Rivero ' Fernando Sánchez Manolo Sánchez |  John Aloisi ' |
| Las Palmas | Jaime Quesada ' |  Juan José Jayo ' | Luis Tevenet ' | |
| Tenerife | Javi Venta | Iván Ania ' Christian Bassedas David Bermudo ' Rubén Estévez ' Manel Menéndez ' Bino ' Javier Muñoz ' Jaime Sánchez | Esteban Fuertes ' Xisco | |
| Zaragoza | Esquerdinha Araújo ' Slobodan Komljenović ' | Carlos Chaínho ' | Mate Bilić ' Goran Drulić ' Luciano Galletti ' Savo Milošević |