2001–02 FC Barcelona season

Futbol Club Barcelona's 2001–02 season was the second under the presidency of Joan Gaspart and the single full season of management by Carles Rexach (who had replaced Lorenzo Serra Ferrer in the latter part of the previous campaign).

FC Barcelona

2001–02 season
President	Joan Gaspart
Head Coach	Carles Rexach
Stadium	Camp Nou
La Liga	4th
Copa del Rey	First round
UEFA Champions League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Patrick Kluivert (18) All: Patrick Kluivert (25)
Home colours Away colours

The summer of 2001 saw long-serving team captain Josep Guardiola leave the club, while many transfer deals were concluded to give a new face to the squad with the signings of Roberto Bonano, Javier Saviola, Patrik Andersson, Francesco Coco, Geovanni, Philippe Christanval and Fábio Rochemback. This was also the final season at Barcelona of veteran players like Sergi Barjuán, Abelardo and the talismanic Rivaldo.

Barcelona had a mediocre campaign in La Liga, finishing in 4th place, 11 points below eventual champions Valencia; in Europe, on the other hand, they produced some very good performances, reaching the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League, where they were eliminated by fierce rivals (and eventual winners) Real Madrid. Patrick Kluivert was the club's top scorer in all competitions, with 25 goals.

Squad

Correct as of 3 October 2009.[1][2][3] 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 Roberto Bonano 2 DF  NED Michael Reiziger 3 DF  NED Frank de Boer 4 DF  SWE Patrik Andersson 5 DF  ESP Abelardo 6 MF  ESP Xavi 7 FW  ARG Javier Saviola 8 MF  NED Phillip Cocu 9 FW  NED Patrick Kluivert 10 MF  BRA Rivaldo 11 MF  NED Marc Overmars 12 DF  ESP Sergi (captain) 13 GK  ESP Pepe Reina 14 MF  ESP Gerard 15 MF  BRA Fábio Rochemback 17 DF  FRA Philippe Christanval

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  ESP Gabri 19 FW  ESP Dani García 20 FW  ESP Alfonso 21 MF  ESP Luis Enrique 22 MF  BRA Geovanni 23 DF  ITA Francesco Coco 24 DF  ESP Carles Puyol 25 GK  FRA Richard Dutruel 26 DF  ESP Fernando Navarro 27 MF  ESP Roberto Trashorras 28 MF  BRA Thiago Motta 29 DF  ESP Nano 30 DF  ESP Oleguer 31 MF  ESP Jofre 35 GK  ESP Víctor Valdés 37 MF  ESP Dani Tortolero

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
15	MF		Rochemback	19	Non-EU	Internacional	Transfer	Summer	2005	€9M
4	DF		Andersson	29	EU	Bayern Munich	Transfer	Summer	2005	€8M
7	FW		Saviola	19	Non-EU	River Plate	Transfer	Summer	2007	€35.9M
22	FW		Geovanni	21	Non-EU	Cruzeiro	Transfer	Summer	2006	€21M
17	DF		Christanval	22	EU	Monaco	Transfer	Summer	2005	€15M
1	GK		Bonano	31	EU	River Plate	Transfer	Summer	2005	€1.2M
23	DF		Coco	24	EU	Milan	Loan	Summer	2002	N/A

Total spending: €90.1 million

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
4	MF		Guardiola	30	EU	Brescia	Contract Termination N	Summer	Free
15	FW		Litmanen	30	EU	Liverpool	Contract Termination N	Summer	Free
23	MF		Zenden	24	EU	Chelsea	Transfer	Summer	€8M
20	MF		Simão	21	EU	Benfica	Transfer	Summer	€12M
27	DF		Cuadrado	22	EU	Murcia	Transfer	Summer	€0.2M
17	MF		Petit	30	EU	Chelsea	Transfer	Summer	€7.5M
7	FW		Alfonso	28	EU	Marseille	Loan	Summer	N/A

Total income: €31.7 million

Last updated: 3 October

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

GAMES 2001-2002

28-07-2001 FRIENDLY. CHENOIS-BARCELONA 0-3 29-07-2001 FRIENDLY. LUCERN-BARCELONA 0-5 31-07-2001 FRIENDLY. GRASSHOPPER-BARCELONA 2-4 03-08-2001 FRIENDLY. SPORTING LISBON-BARCELONA 1-3 10-08-2001 FRIENDLY. DERBY COUNTY-BARCELONA 0-3 12-08-2001 FRIENDLY. BLACKBURN ROVERS-BARCELONA 3-2 17-08-2001 Joan Gamper Trophy. BARCELONA-PARMA 3-2 29-01-2002 Copa Catalunya (semifinal). LLEIDA-BARCELONA 1-2 07-05-2002 Copa Catalunya (Final). TERRASSA-BARCELONA 1-1 (4-1) PENALTY. 29-05-2002 FRIENDLY. BEC TERO ALL STARS-BARCELONA 0-0 (3-4) PENALTY

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Deportivo La Coruña	38	20	8	10	65	41	+24	68	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Real Madrid[lower-alpha 1]	38	19	9	10	69	44	+25	66
4	Barcelona	38	18	10	10	65	37	+28	64	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
5	Celta Vigo	38	16	12	10	64	46	+18	60	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6	Betis	38	15	14	9	42	34	+8	59

Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
Notes:

1. Real Madrid qualified directly for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League as holders.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	D
Position	9	6	8	5	4	1	2	4	5	2	3	2	3	4	8	7	7	8	7	4	8	7	5	5	3	5	4	5	7	5	6	6	4	4	5	5	4	4

Source: LFP.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

25 August 2001 1	Sevilla	1-2	FC Barcelona	Sevilla
	Nicolás Olivera 49' (pen.)	Report	Kluivert 41' 75'	Stadium: Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan

8 September 2001 2	FC Barcelona	1-1	Rayo Vallecano	Barcelona
	Rochemback 65'	Report	Arteaga 54' (pen.)	Stadium: Camp Nou

15 September 2001 3	Osasuna	0-0	FC Barcelona	Pamplona
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Reyno de Navarra

22 September 2001 4	FC Barcelona	2-0	Tenerife	Barcelona
	Geovanni 33' Saviola 89'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

29 September 2001 5	Real Sociedad	0-2	FC Barcelona	San Sebastian
		Report	Kluivert 30' Xavi 76'	Stadium: Estadio Anoeta

3 October 2001 6	FC Barcelona	3-0	Mallorca	Barcelona
	Luis Enrique 8' 26' Saviola 31'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

6 October 2001 7	Deportivo La Coruña	2-1	FC Barcelona	La Coruña
	Fran 51' 67'	Report	Kluivert 37'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor

14 October 2001 8	FC Barcelona	2-2	Valencia	Barcelona
	Saviola 42' Coco 73'	Report	Ballesta 25' Marchena 72'	Stadium: Camp Nou

21 October 2001 9	Málaga	1-1	FC Barcelona	Málaga
	Silva 74'	Report	Rivaldo 76'

27 October 2001 10	FC Barcelona	3-0	Betis	Barcelona
	Saviola 9' Rivaldo 49' 60'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

4 November 2001 11	Real Madrid	2-0	FC Barcelona	Madrid
	Morientes 23' Luís Figo 92'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabeu

11 November 2001 12	FC Barcelona	4-0	Valladolid	Barcelona
	Saviola 18' 88' Puyol 20' Kluivert 63' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

17 November 2001 13	Las Palmas	0-0	FC Barcelona	Las Palmas
		Report

24 November 2001 14	FC Barcelona	1-2	Athletic Bilbao	Barcelona
	Rivaldo 60'	Report	Urzaiz 10' Ezquerro 83'	Stadium: Camp Nou

1 December 2001 15	Alavés	2-0	FC Barcelona	Vitoria
	Llorens 22' (pen.) Begoña 62'	Report

8 December 2001 16	FC Barcelona	2-2	Celta Vigo	Barcelona
	Gabri 1' Saviola 47'	Report	Sergi Barjuan 72' (o.g.) Edu 84'	Stadium: Camp Nou

15 December 2001 17	Villarreal	0-1	FC Barcelona	Villarreal
		Report	Kluivert 38'	Stadium: Estadio de la Ceramica

22 December 2001 18	Espanyol	2-0	FC Barcelona	Barcelona
	Tamudo 56' 69'	Report		Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

6 January 2002 19	FC Barcelona	2-0	Zaragoza	Barcelona
	Kluivert 45' Saviola 55'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

13 January 2002 20	FC Barcelona	3-1	Sevilla	Barcelona
	Rivaldo 7' 61' Gabri 56'	Report	Tomás 4'	Stadium: Camp Nou

20 January 2002 21	Rayo Vallecano	2-1	FC Barcelona	Madrid
	Bolić 24' de Quintana 60'	Report	Xavi 55'	Stadium: Campo Vallecas

26 January 2002 22	FC Barcelona	0-1	Osasuna	Barcelona
		Report	Alfredo 80'	Stadium: Camp Nou

2 February 2002 23	Tenerife	0-6	FC Barcelona	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
		Report	Puyol 15' Kluivert 45' 49' 66' 70' Charcos 72' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodriguez

6 February 2002 24	FC Barcelona	2-0	Real Sociedad	Barcelona
	Rivaldo 58' Saviola 77'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

9 February 2002 25	Mallorca	0-0	FC Barcelona	Palma de Mallorca
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Son Moix

17 February 2002 26	FC Barcelona	3-2	Deportivo La Coruña	Barcelona
	Martin 16' (o.g.) Saviola 73' Kluivert 88'	Report	Tristan 10' Sergio 66'	Stadium: Camp Nou

24 February 2002 27	Valencia	2-0	FC Barcelona	Valencia
	Rufete 16' Aimar 62'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

3 March 2002 28	FC Barcelona	5-1	Málaga	Barcelona
	Cocu 2' Saviola 24' Kluivert 37' (pen.) 77' (pen.) 88'	Report	Leko 67'	Stadium: Camp Nou

9 March 2002 29	Betis	2-1	FC Barcelona	Sevilla
	Dani 3' 77'	Report	Ito 54' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarin

17 March 2002 30	FC Barcelona	1-1	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Xavi 58'	Report	Zidane 38'	Stadium: Camp Nou

24 March 2002 31	Valladolid	1-2	FC Barcelona	Valladolid
	Luis Garcia 9'	Report	Kluivert 11' Cocu 41'	Stadium: Estadio Jose Zorrilla

30 March 2002 32	FC Barcelona	1-1	Las Palmas	Barcelona
	Luis Enrique 20'	Report	Orlando 53'	Stadium: Camp Nou

7 April 2002 33	Athletic Bilbao	0-2	FC Barcelona	Bilbao
		Report	Saviola 16' 75'	Stadium: Estadio San Mames

14 April 2002 34	FC Barcelona	3-2	Alavés	Barcelona
	Saviola 13' 88' Rochemback 65'	Report	Magno 70' Alonso 92'	Stadium: Camp Nou

20 April 2002 35	Celta Vigo	2-1	FC Barcelona	Vigo
	Mostovoi 24' López 61'	Report	Rivaldo 89'	Stadium: Estadio Balaidos

28 April 2002 36	FC Barcelona	4-1	Villarreal	Barcelona
	Luis Enrique 54' Motta 56' Kluivert 67' Saviola 72'	Report	Victor 16'	Stadium: Camp Nou

5 May 2002 37	FC Barcelona	2-0	Espanyol	Barcelona
	Kluivert 45' Xavi 75'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

12 May 2002 38	Zaragoza	1-1	FC Barcelona	Zaragoza
	Aragón 8'	Report	Saviola 43'	Stadium: Estadio La Romareda

Copa del Rey

Round of 64

7 November 2001	UE Figueres	1-0 aet	FC Barcelona	Figueres
		Report		Stadium: Estadi Municipal De Vilatenim

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

8 August 2001	Wisła Kraków	3–4	Barcelona	Kraków
17:30 CET	Pater  22', 32' Frankowski  38'	Report	Rivaldo  31' (pen.), 34', 73' Kluivert  56'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 7,506 Referee: Rune Pedersen

21 August 2001	Barcelona	1–0	Wisła Kraków	Barcelona
21:15 CET	Luis Enrique  72'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 58,233 Referee: Gilles Veissière

First group stage

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		BAR	BL	OL	FEN
Barcelona	6	5	0	1	12	5	+7	15			2–1	2–0	1–0
Bayer Leverkusen	6	4	0	2	10	9	+1	12		2–1		2–4	2–1
Lyon	6	3	0	3	10	9	+1	9		2–3	0–1		3–1
Fenerbahçe	6	0	0	6	3	12	−9	0		0–3	1–2	0–1

Source:

18 September 2001	Fenerbahçe	0–3	Barcelona	Istanbul
20:45		Report	Kluivert  25' Andersson  28' Saviola  66'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 23,350 Referee: Anders Frisk

25 September 2001	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	Barcelona	Leverkusen
20:45	Yıldıray Baştürk  52' Neuville  69'	Report	Luis Enrique  22'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Hugh Dallas

10 October 2001	Barcelona	2–0	Lyon	Barcelona
20:45	Kluivert  78' Rivaldo  87' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 60,757 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen

17 October 2001	Barcelona	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Barcelona
20:45	Kluivert  12' Luis Enrique  38'	Report	Ramelow  32'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 60,432 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

23 October 2001	Lyon	2–3	Barcelona	Lyon
20:45	Luyindula  66' Carrière  88'	Report	Kluivert  9' Rivaldo  18' G. López  90+4'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 37,800 Referee: Graham Poll

31 October 2001	Barcelona	1–0	Fenerbahçe	Barcelona
20:45	Rivaldo  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 35,233 Referee: Stuart Dougal

Second group stage

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Barcelona	6	2	3	1	7	7	0	9
Liverpool	6	1	4	1	4	4	0	7
Roma	6	1	4	1	6	5	+1	7
Galatasaray	6	0	5	1	5	6	−1	5

Source:

20 November 2001	Liverpool	1–3	Barcelona	Liverpool
20:45	Owen  27'	Report	Kluivert  41' Rochemback  65' Overmars  84'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 41,521 Referee: Hellmut Krug

5 December 2001	Barcelona	2–2	Galatasaray	Barcelona
20:45	Saviola  49', 66'	Report	Ümit Karan  5' Fleurquin  41'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Markus Merk

20 February 2002	Barcelona	1–1	Roma	Barcelona
20:45	Kluivert  82'	Report	Panucci  57'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 90,527 Referee: Gilles Veissière

26 February 2002	Roma	3–0	Barcelona	Rome
20:45	Emerson  61' Montella  74' Tommasi  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 69.900 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen

13 March 2002	Barcelona	0–0	Liverpool	Barcelona
20:45		Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 83,441 Referee: Kyros Vassaras

19 March 2002	Galatasaray	0–1	Barcelona	Istanbul
20:45		Report	Luis Enrique  58'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium Attendance: 21,011 Referee: René Temmink

Quarter-finals

3 April 2002	Panathinaikos	1–0	Barcelona	Athens
20:45	Basinas  79' (pen.)	Report MatchCentre		Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Terje Hauge

9 April 2002	Barcelona	3–1	Panathinaikos	Barcelona
20:45	Luis Enrique  23', 49' Saviola  61'	Report MatchCentre	Konstantinou  8'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 89,200 Referee: Urs Meier

Semifinals

23 April 2002	Barcelona	0–2	Real Madrid	Barcelona
20:45		Report MatchCentre	Zidane  55' McManaman  90+2'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 98,000 Referee: Anders Frisk

1 May 2002	Real Madrid	1–1	Barcelona	Madrid
20:45	Raúl  43'	Report MatchCentre	Helguera  49' (o.g.)	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Statistics

Top scorers

Name	Nationality	Position	PD	CdR	CdC	CL	Total
Patrick Kluivert		Striker	18	0	0	7	25
Javier Saviola		Striker	17	0	0	4	21
Rivaldo		Forward	8	0	0	6	14
Luis Enrique		Midfielder	5	0	0	6	11
Xavi		Midfielder	4	0	1	0	5

See also

• FC Barcelona
• 2001–02 UEFA Champions League
• 2001–02 La Liga
• 2001–02 Copa del Rey

References

1. http://www.eufo.de/football/esp/2001/fc_blona.htm
2. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/spain/2001-2002/laliga/barce.htm
3. http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t2001-021.html

External links

• "FC Barcelona official website". Archived from the original on 2010-08-23. Retrieved 2009-10-03.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
• FCBarcelonaweb.co.uk English Speaking FC Barcelona Supporters
• ESPNsoccernet: Barcelona Team Page
• FC Barcelona (Spain) profile
• uefa.com - UEFA Champions League
• Web Oficial de la Liga de Fútbol Profesional
• "FIFA.com". Archived from the original on 2011-12-25. Retrieved 2009-10-03.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
• "Federació Catalana de Futbol". Archived from the original on 2009-12-23. Retrieved 2009-10-03.