2001–02 Club Atlético River Plate season

The 2001–02 season is River Plate's 72nd season in the Argentine Primera División. The season was split into two tournaments (format adopted since 1990–91 season) Apertura (Opening) 2001 (from August to December 2001), and Clausura (Closing) 2002 (from February to May 2002).

River Plate

2001–02 season
President	David Pintado, José María Aguilar (since December 2001)
Manager	Ramón Díaz
Argentine Primera División	Apertura: Runner-up Clausura: Champion
2001 Copa Mercosur	Group Stage
2002 Copa Libertadores	Round of 16
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The club's kit was provided by Adidas, and the sponsor was Quilmes beer until December 2001, and Budweiser beer since March 2002.[1]

Season events

After finishing both tournaments of 2000–01 season(Apertura 2000 and Clausura 2001) in second place, River Plate joined eight players to the squad (five before the start of the Apertura tournament and three before the start of Clausura). This season also marked the return of Ramón Díaz as Coach, after he had left in January 2000.[2]

On 9 March 2002, River Plate signed a deal with Budweiser to be the main sponsor of the team kit. The 2-year deal was closed for AR$2,400,000 per year (equivalent to US$780,487.80 according to March 2002 exchange rate).[1]

On 19 March, River Plate introduced the new kit for the main team. The kit was worn for the first time on 24 March, when River visited Velez Sarsfield.[3]

After finishing vice-champions of Racing Club, in the first half of the season, River Plate won the Clausura Championship, qualifying for the 2002 Copa Sudamericana and 2003 Copa Libertadores.

Apertura Squad

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 Franco Costanzo 2 DF  PAR Celso Ayala 3 DF  ARG Matías Lequi 4 DF  ARG Gustavo Lombardi 5 MF  ARG Leonardo Astrada 6 DF  COL Mario Yepes 7 FW  ARG Maxi López 8 MF  ARG Eduardo Coudet 9 FW  ARG Martín Cardetti 10 FW  ARG Ariel Ortega (Vice-Captain) 11 MF  ARG Andres D'Alessandro 12 GK  ARG Ángel Comizzo (Captain) 14 DF  ARG Ariel Garcé

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  ARG Guillermo Pereyra 16 DF  PAR Pedro Sarabia 18 MF  MEX Damian Alvarez 19 MF  ARG Esteban Cambiasso 21 DF  PAR Ricardo Rojas 22 MF  ARG Victor Zapata 23 MF  ARG Cristian Ledesma 24 FW  PAR Nelson Cuevas 25 DF  CHI Alejandro Escalona 26 DF  ARG Martin Demichelis 27 MF  ARG Marcelo Escudero 30 FW  ARG Fernando Cavenaghi 31 GK  ARG Germán Lux

Clausura Squad

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 Franco Costanzo 2 DF  PAR Celso Ayala 3 DF  ARG Matías Lequi 4 MF  ARG Claudio Husain 5 MF  ARG Leonardo Astrada 7 FW  ARG Maxi López 8 MF  ARG Eduardo Coudet 10 FW  ARG Ariel Ortega (Vice-Captain) 11 MF  ARG Andres D'Alessandro 12 GK  ARG Ángel Comizzo (Captain) 14 DF  ARG Ariel Garcé 15 MF  ARG Guillermo Pereyra 16 DF  PAR Pedro Sarabia

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  ARG Juan Esnaider 19 MF  ARG Esteban Cambiasso 20 FW  URU Daniel Fonseca 21 DF  PAR Ricardo Rojas 22 MF  ARG Victor Zapata 23 MF  ARG Cristian Ledesma 24 FW  PAR Nelson Cuevas 25 DF  CHI Alejandro Escalona 26 DF  ARG Martin Demichelis 27 MF  ARG Marcelo Escudero 30 FW  ARG Fernando Cavenaghi 31 GK  ARG Germán Lux 35 FW  ARG Alejandro Domínguez

Transfers

In

• Angel Comizzo July 2001, from Monarcas Morelia [4]
• Esteban Cambiasso July 2001, from Independiente [5]
• Matías Lequi August 2001, from Rosario Central [6]
• Alejandro Escalona July 2001, from S.L. Benfica [7]
• Juan Esnáider January 2002 [8]
• Alejandro Damián Domínguez January 2002 [9]
• Daniel Fonseca January 2002 [10]
• Claudio Husaín January 2002, from S.S.C. Napoli [11]

Out

• Javier Saviola July 2001 to Barcelona FC [12]
• Mario Yepes January 2002 to FC Nantes Atlantique [13]
• Gustavo Lombardi January 2002 to Deportivo Alavés [14]
• Damián Ariel Álvarez January 2002 to Reggina Calcio [14]

Competitions

Fixtures and results

19 August 2001 Round 1	Talleres	1–3	River Plate	Córdoba
	La Paglia  8'	Summary	Cardetti  25'  43' Ayala  41'	Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Ángel Sánchez

26 August 2001 Round 2	River Plate	4–1	Huracán	Buenos Aires
	Cambiasso  1' Moner(o.g.)  12' Ortega  63' Cardetti  66'	Summary	Morquio  84'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Horacio Elizondo

29 August 2001 Round 3	Unión	1–1	River Plate	Santa Fe
	San Martín  48'	Summary	Cambiasso  80'	Stadium: Estadio 15 de Abril Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Horacio Elizondo

2 September 2001 Round 4	River Plate	3–0	Estudiantes	Buenos Aires
	Cambiasso  28' 35' D'Alessandro  92'	Summary		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Gabriel Brazenas

9 September 2001 Round 5	Nueva Chicago	2–1	River Plate	Buenos Aires
	Mandra  42' Jesús  77'	Summary	Cambiasso  81'	Stadium: Estadio José Amalfitani Referee: Jorge Rattalino

17 September 2001 Round 6	River Plate	1–1	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
	Cambiasso  17'	Summary	Gaitán  83'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Claudio Martín

23 September 2001 Round 7	Banfield	1–1	River Plate	Banfield
	Del Río  80'	Summary	Cavenaghi  8'	Stadium: Estadio Florencio Sola Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Héctor Baldassi

30 September 2001 Round 8	River Plate	4–2	Vélez Sarsfield	Buenos Aires
	Cardetti  33' 84' Hidalgo(o.g.)  76' D'Alessandro  92'	Summary	Husaín  10' Buján  69'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Roberto Ruscio

3 October 2001 Round 9	Independiente	0–5	River Plate	Avellaneda
		Summary	D'Alessandro  15' Marchesini(o.g.)  20' Cardetti  62'(p)  75' Cambiasso 79'	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Horacio Elizondo

21 October 2001 Round 10	River Plate	2–0	Newell's	Buenos Aires
	Cardetti  24'(p) Coudet  88'	Summary		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 12,300 Referee: Rafael Furchi

28 October 2001 Round 11	Belgrano	0–2	River Plate	Córdoba
	Ortega  34' Cardetti  77'	Summary		Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Gabriel Brazenas

4 November 2001 Round 12	River Plate	2–2	San Lorenzo	Buenos Aires
	Cardetti  44' M.López  77'	Summary	Acosta  31'  50'(p)	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Claudio Martín

11 November 2001 Round 13	Colón	1–0	River Plate	Santa Fe
	Graf 86'	Summary		Stadium: Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Horacio Elizondo

18 November 2001 Round 14	River Plate	4–0	Gimnasia (La Plata)	Buenos Aires
	Cardetti  13' 38'(p) Ortega  18' Coudet  83'	Summary		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 14,779 Referee: Sergio Pezzotta

25 November 2001 Round 15	Chacarita Juniors	1–4	River Plate	Buenos Aires
	Moreno  55'(p)	Summary	Mario Yepes  1' Cardetti  28' D'Alessandro  39' 56'(f.k.)	Stadium: Estadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Roberto Ruscio

2 December 2001 Round 16	Racing Club	1–1	River Plate	Avellaneda
	Bedoya 86'	Summary	Cambiasso 45'	Stadium: Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Hector Baldassi

9 November 2001 Round 17	River Plate	4–0	Lanús	Buenos Aires
	D'Alessandro  4'(p) Cambiasso 6' Álvarez  16' Cardetti  63'(p)	Summary		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Roberto Ruscio

16 December 2001 Round 18	Argentinos Juniors	1–3	River Plate	Buenos Aires
	Yaqué  40'	Summary	Ortega  27' Mario Yepes  72' Cavenaghi  90'	Stadium: Estadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Héctor Baldassi

27 December 2001 Round 19	River Plate	6–1	Rosario Central	Buenos Aires
	Cardetti  1' 49' 55'(p) Pereyra  41' Ortega 59' Álvarez  85'	Summary	De Bruno  20'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ángel Sánchez

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Racing	19	12	6	1	34	17	+17	42
2	River Plate	19	12	5	2	51	16	+35	41
3	Boca Juniors	19	9	6	4	41	27	+14	33
4	Colón	19	8	8	3	24	16	+8	32
5	San Lorenzo	19	8	7	4	28	22	+6	31

Source:

Fixtures & results

10 February 2002 Round 1	River Plate	3–1	Talleres	Buenos Aires
	Cavenaghi  22' Ortega 87'(p.k.)  89'	Summary	Astudillo  43'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Gabriel Brazenas

17 February 2002 Round 2	Huracán	0–4	River Plate	Buenos Aires
		Summary	Ortega 44'(p.k.) Cavenaghi  49' 51' D'Alessandro  59'	Stadium: Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Horacio Elizondo

20 February 2002 Round 3	River Plate	6–0	Unión	Buenos Aires
	Ortega 27' 37' 42'(p.k.) 82' Cavenaghi  62' 71'	Summary		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Gabriel Brazenas

24 February 2002 Round 4	Estudiantes	2–3	River Plate	La Plata
	Quatrocchi  30' Demichelis(o.g.) 89'	Summary	Cavenaghi  53' 54' 63'	Stadium: Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Sergio Pezzotta

3 March 2002 Round 5	River Plate	0–0	Nueva Chicago	Buenos Aires
		Summary		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Daniel Giménez

10 March 2002 Round 6	Boca Juniors	0–3	River Plate	Buenos Aires
		Summary	Cambiasso 26' Coudet  41' Rojas  88'	Stadium: Estadio Alberto J. Armando Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Héctor Baldassi

17 March 2002 Round 7	River Plate	0–0	Banfield	Buenos Aires
		Summary		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Gabriel Brazenas

24 March 2002 Round 8	Vélez Sársfield	0–1	River Plate	Buenos Aires
		Summary	D'Alessandro(f.k.) 58'	Stadium: Estadio José Amalfitani Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Horacio Elizondo

27 March 2002 Round 9	River Plate	1–0	Independiente	Buenos Aires
	Zelaye(o.g.) 11'	Summary		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Héctor Baldassi

31 March 2002 Round 10	Newell's	1–0	River Plate	Rosario
	Rodríguez  37'	Summary		Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Bielsa Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Daniel Gimenez

3 April 2002 Round 11	River Plate	2–1	Belgrano	Buenos Aires
	Cambiasso  30' D'Alessandro(p)  84'	[15]	Obolo  4'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Claudio Martín

7 April 2002 Round 12	San Lorenzo	0–0	River Plate	Buenos Aires
		Summary		Stadium: Estadio Pedro Bidegain Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Horacio Elizondo

14 April 2002 Round 13	River Plate	4–2	Colón	Buenos Aires
	Cavenaghi  12' 47' Ortega 51' 89'	Summary	J. Delgado  25' Castagno Suárez  68'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 18,660 Referee: Claudio Martín

17 April 2002 Round 14	Gimnasia (La Plata)	0–1	River Plate	La Plata
		Summary	Cavenaghi  85'	Stadium: Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Ángel Sánchez

21 April 2002 Round 15	River Plate	2–2	Chacarita Juniors	Buenos Aires
	Husaín  53' Coudet 72'	Summary	Ariel Rosada  17' 86'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Claudio Martín

28 April 2002 Round 16	River Plate	1–0	Racing Club	Buenos Aires
	Cuevas  92'	Summary		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 42,800 Referee: Daniel Giménez

5 May 2002 Round 17	Lanús	1–0	River Plate	Lanús
	Romero  45'	Summary		Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Héctor Baldassi

12 May 2002 Round 18	River Plate	5–1	Argentinos Juniors	Buenos Aires
	Cambiasso  22' Domínguez  33' Cavenaghi  38' 45' 59'	Summary	Pisculichi  12'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Horacio Elizondo

19 May 2002 Round 19	Rosario Central	2–3	River Plate	Rosario
	Arias  41' Figueroa  43'	Summary	Domínguez  1' Zapata  31' Cavenaghi(p)  70'	Stadium: Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Rafael Furchi

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	River Plate	19	13	4	2	39	13	+26	43
2	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	19	11	4	4	33	23	+10	37
3	Boca Juniors	19	10	5	4	25	17	+8	35
4	Huracán	19	9	3	7	27	14	+13	30
5	Banfield	19	8	6	5	21	19	+2	30

Source:

Copa Mercosur 2001

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Grêmio	6	4	2	0	11	4	+7	14
River Plate	6	2	2	2	13	10	+3	8
Palmeiras	6	1	3	2	11	10	+1	6
Universidad de Chile	6	1	1	4	3	14	−11	4

Source:

At the 2001 Copa Mercosur, River Plate was eliminated in the group stage.

Fixtures and results

22 July 2001 Round 1	River Plate	2–4	Grêmio	Buenos Aires
	Cambiasso  34' Ortega  86'	Summary	Anderson Lima  8' Tinga  54' Anderson Polga  80' Zinho  89'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

28 July 2001 Round 2	Palmeiras	2–2	River Plate	São Paulo
	Muñoz  10' Lopes  28'	Summary	Garcé  53' Cardetti  85'	Stadium: Estádio Palestra Itália Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

13 September 2001 Round 3	Grêmio	1–0	River Plate	Porto Alegre
	Zinho  50'	Summary		Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Monumental Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay)

20 September 2001 Round 4	Universidad de Chile	0–3	River Plate	Santiago
		Summary	Cavenaghi  21'  48' Álvarez  51'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 9,000 Referee: E. Zambrano (Ecuador)

26 September 2001 Round 5	River Plate	3–3	Palmeiras	Buenos Aires
	Cardetti  36'  38' Álvarez  51'	Summary	Lopes  48'(p) Basílio  63' Magrão  88'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)

16 October 2001 Round 6	River Plate	3–0	Universidad de Chile	Buenos Aires
	Yepes  26'  46' Álvarez  88'	Summary		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 3,222 Referee: Saúl Feldman (Uruguay)

Copa Libertadores 2002

Group 7

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
América	6	5	1	0	9	2	+7	16
River Plate	6	2	3	1	8	4	+4	9
Talleres	6	1	2	3	5	9	−4	5
Tuluá	6	1	0	5	9	16	−7	3

Source:

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
River Plate	1–6	Grêmio	1–2	0–4

At the 2002 Copa Libertadores, River Plate was eliminated in the Round of 16.

Fixture and results

14 February 2002 Round 1	River Plate	0–0	Talleres	Buenos Aires
		Summary		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)

28 February 2002 Round 2	River Plate	0–1	América	Buenos Aires
		Summary	Oviedo  21'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Edilson Pereira (Brazil)

7 March 2002 Round 3	River Plate	2–0	Cortuluá	Buenos Aires
	Cambiasso  21' Esnáider  85'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Wilson Souza (Brazil)

13 March 2002 Round 4	América	0–0	River Plate	Mexico City
		Summary		Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 95,000 Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)

21 March 2002 Round 5	Cortuluá	2–5	River Plate	Pereira
	Posada  47' Ferreira  79'	Summary	Domínguez  8'  60' Lequi  37' Ortega  55' Demichelis  71'	Stadium: Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Eduardo Lecca (Peru)

11 April 2002 Round 6	Talleres	1–1	River Plate	Córdoba
	Astudillo  86'	Summary	Escudero  52'	Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Fabián Madorrán (Argentina)

24 April 2002 Round of 16	River Plate	1–2	Grêmio	Buenos Aires
	Coudet  46'	Summary	Tinga  57' Gilberto  90'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

2 May 2002 Round of 16	Grêmio	4–0	River Plate	Porto Alegre
	Mendes  40' Luizão  45' Zinho  69' Luís Mário  76'	Summary		Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Monumental Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		2001-02 Argentine Primera División		2001 Copa Mercosur		2002 Copa Libertadores
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
12	GK		Angel Comizzo	44	0	35	0	2	0	7	0
31	GK		Germán Lux	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
1	GK		Franco Costanzo	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
14	DF		Ariel Garcé	41	1	35	0	3	1	3	0
2	DF		Celso Ayala	38	1	27	1	5	0	6	0
21	DF		Ricardo Ismael Rojas	33	1	24	1	4	0	5	0
3	DF		Matías Lequi	26	1	20	0	0	0	6	1
26	DF		Martín Demichelis	24	1	17	0	1	0	6	1
6	DF		Mario Yepes	17	4	14	2	3	2	0	0
4	DF		Gustavo Lombardi	9	0	5	0	4	0	0	0
16	DF		Pedro Sarabia	9	0	2	0	3	0	4	0
25	DF		Alejandro Escalona	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
19	MF		Esteban Cambiasso	46	14	37	12	3	1	6	1
11	MF		Andrés D'Alessandro	47	9	36	9	5	0	6	0
8	MF		Eduardo Coudet	39	5	32	4	1	0	6	1
10	MF		Ariel Ortega	39	16	29	14	4	1	6	1
23	MF		Cristian Raúl Ledesma	38	0	27	0	4	0	7	0
22	MF		Víctor Zapata	35	1	26	1	3	0	6	0
15	MF		Guillermo Pereyra	25	1	19	1	3	0	3	0
13	MF		Ariel Franco	23	0	15	0	3	0	5	0
4	MF		Claudio Husaín	19	1	12	1	0	0	7	0
18	MF		Damián Ariel Álvarez	15	5	11	2	4	3	0	0
27	MF		Marcelo Escudero	13	1	7	0	4	0	2	1
5	MF		Leonardo Astrada	9	0	5	0	2	0	2	0
20	MF		Juan Pablo Raponi	7	0	4	0	3	0	0	0
28	MF		Andrés Aimar	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF		Emiliano Díaz	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Daniel Ludueña	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW		Fernando Cavenaghi	28	19	23	17	2	2	3	0
9	FW		Martín Cardetti	23	20	19	17	4	3	0	0
7	FW		Maxi López	19	1	17	1	2	0	0	0
18	FW		Juan Esnáider	14	1	9	0	0	0	5	1
24	FW		Nelson Cuevas	9	1	6	1	3	0	0	0
35	FW		Alejandro Damián Domínguez	9	4	2	2	0	0	7	2
	FW		Adrián Roberto Romero	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
20	FW		Daniel Fonseca	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

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External links

• Estévez, Diego Ariel; Ciento cinco: historia de un siglo rojo y blanco; 2006 ISBN 950-754-198-5