# 2001–02 Segunda División

The 2001–02 Segunda División season saw 22 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. The teams that promoted to La Liga were Atlético Madrid, Racing de Santander and Recreativo de Huelva. The teams that relegated to Segunda División B were Burgos CF, Gimnàstic de Tarragona, CF Extremadura and Real Jaén.

## Teams

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Albacete | Albacete | Carlos Belmonte | 18,000 |
| Atlético de Madrid | Madrid | Vicente Calderón | 54,907 |
| Badajoz | Badajoz | Nuevo Vivero | 15,198 |
| Burgos | Burgos | El Plantío | 12,642 |
| Córdoba | Córdoba | Nuevo Arcángel | 21,822 |
| Eibar | Eibar | Ipurua | 5,000 |
| Elche | Elche | Martínez Valero | 36,017 |
| Extremadura | Almendralejo | Francisco de la Hera | 11,580 |
| Gimnàstic de Tarragona | Tarragona | Nou Estadi | 14,543 |
| Leganés | Leganés | Butarque | 8,138 |
| Levante | Valencia | Ciutat de València | 26,354 |
| Real Jaén | Jaén | Nuevo La Victoria | 12,569 |
| Real Murcia | Murcia | La Condomina | 16,000 |
| Numancia | Soria | Los Pajaritos | 8,261 |
| Real Oviedo | Oviedo | Carlos Tartiere | 30,500 |
| Polideportivo Ejido | El Ejido | Santo Domingo | 7,870 |
| Racing Ferrol | Ferrol | A Malata | 12,024 |
| Racing de Santander | Santander | El Sardinero | 30,000 |
| Recreativo de Huelva | Huelva | Nuevo Colombino | 21,670 |
| Salamanca | Villares de la Reina | Helmántico | 17,341 |
| Sporting de Gijón | Gijón | El Molinón | 25,885 |
| Xerez | Jerez de la Frontera | Chapín | 20,523 |
* Racing Ferrol played some of their matches at Lugo's Anxo Carro Stadium.
* Xerez played some of their matches at El Palmar and Juventud.
* Polideportivo Ejdio played the match against Numancia at Almeria's Juan Rojas Stadium on 27 October 2001.
* Recreativo de Huelva played their first six home matches at the Estadio Colombino before permanently moving to the Estadio Nuevo Colombino.

### Teams by Autonomous Community

| | Autonomous community | Number of teams | Teams |
| 1 | Andalusia | 5 | Córdoba, Poli Ejido, Real Jaén, Recreativo, Xerez |
| 2 | Castile and León | 3 | Burgos, Numancia, Salamanca |
| 3 | Asturias | 2 | Oviedo, Sporting |
| 3 | Extremadura | 2 | Badajoz, Extremadura |
| 3 | Madrid | 2 | Atlético Madrid, Leganés |
| 3 | Valencia | 2 | Elche, Levante |
| 7 | Basque Country | 1 | Eibar |
| 7 | Cantabria | 1 | Racing de Santander |
| 7 | Castile-La Mancha | 1 | Albacete |
| 7 | Catalonia | 1 | Gimnàstic |
| 7 | Galicia | 1 | Racing de Ferrol |
| 7 | Murcia | 1 | Murcia |

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Atlético Madrid (C, P) | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 68 | 44 | +24 | 79 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 2 | Racing Santander (P) | 42 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 58 | 37 | +21 | 71 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 3 | Recreativo (P) | 42 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 69 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 4 | Xerez | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 66 | |
| 5 | Elche | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 65 | |
| 6 | Sporting Gijón | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 57 | 47 | +10 | 64 | |
| 7 | Oviedo | 42 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 58 | |
| 8 | Eibar | 42 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 41 | 27 | +14 | 58 | |
| 9 | Racing Ferrol | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 58 | 60 | −2 | 56 | |
| 10 | Albacete | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 56 | |
| 11 | Salamanca | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 54 | |
| 12 | Badajoz | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 53 | |
| 13 | Córdoba | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 53 | |
| 14 | Leganés | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 53 | |
| 15 | Murcia | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 52 | |
| 16 | Burgos (R) | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 52 | Relegation to Segunda División B |
| 17 | Numancia | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 51 | |
| 18 | Poli Ejido | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 50 | |
| 19 | Levante | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 50 | Spared from relegation |
| 20 | Gimnàstic (R) | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 49 | Relegation to Segunda División B |
| 21 | Extremadura (R) | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 43 | Relegation to Segunda División B |
| 22 | Real Jaén (R) | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 42 | Relegation to Segunda División B |
* 1 2 OVI 1–0 EIB; EIB 1–1 OVI
* 1 2 ALB 2–1 RFE; RFE 2–0 ALB
* 1 2 3 BAD: 6 pts; CÓR: 5 pts → LEG 1–1 CÓR; LEG: 5 pts → CÓR 1–1 LEG
* ↑ MUR 1–2 BUR; BUR 0–1 MUR
* 1 2 Burgos was relegated to Segunda División B because it did not become a Sociedad Anónima Deportiva. Levante was readmitted into Segunda División.
* 1 2 LEV 0–0 EJI; EJI 1–0 LEV

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALB | ATM | BAD | BUR | CÓR | EIB | ELC | EXT | GIM | LEG | LEV | RJA | MUR | NUM | OVI | EJI | RFE | RAC | REC | SAL | SPG | XER |
| Albacete | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Atlético | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Badajoz | 2–3 | 0–1 | — | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Burgos | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Córdoba | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Eibar | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Elche | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Extremadura | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Gimnàstic | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Leganés | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Levante | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 0–1 |
| Real Jaén | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 |
| Murcia | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Numancia | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Oviedo | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–6 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Poli Ejido | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 3–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Racing Ferrol | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Racing San. | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–5 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Recreativo | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Salamanca | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Sporting | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 |
| Xerez | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — |