# 2001–02 Atlético Madrid season

The 2001–02 campaign was the 96th season in Atlético Madrid's history and their 2nd season in Segunda División of Spanish football. Also the club competed in Copa del Rey.

## Summary

During the summer, with Paulo Futre as director of football, appointed club legend Luis Aragonés as the new head coach on 31 May 2001. Previously, the former player acted as coach during several seasons in the past: 1974–80, 1982–87 and 1991–93. The main reason for his arrival was clinching the last season a UEFA Champions League spot for underdogs Mallorca, and now had the mission of saving Atletico from the Segunda División. Owing to financial troubles, Futre transferred several players out the squad, including top goalscorer Salva to Valencia in exchange for Uruguayan striker Diego Alonso, and young playmaker Hugo Leal to Paris Saint-Germain, as well as an additional 14 players. The squad was reinforced with four players from Mallorca and more Spanish players in contrast to previous seasons, where the club bought a lot of foreign players.
Finally, on 27 April 2002, the team clinched the promotion to La Liga after two years in the Segunda División. Also, in Copa del Rey, the club was eliminated early by Rayo Vallecano in Round of 64.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Sergio |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Txomin Nagore |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Jorge Otero |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Mirsad Hibić |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Iván Amaya |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Santi Denia |
| 7 | MF | ESP | José María Movilla |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Fernando Torres |
| 10 | FW | URU | Fernando Correa |
| 11 | MF | YUG | Jovan Stanković |
| 12 | FW | ESP | Armando Álvarez |
| 13 | GK | ARG | Germán Burgos |
| 14 | MF | POR | Dani |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Carlos Aguilera |
| 16 | MF | ESP | José Juan Luque |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Lluís Carreras |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Roberto Fresnedoso |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Jesús Muñoz |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Juan Carlos |
| 21 | DF | ESP | José Antonio García Calvo |
| 22 | FW | URU | Diego Alonso |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Gonzalo Colsa |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Toni Jiménez |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Juanma Ortiz |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| DF | Txomin Nagore | Numancia |
| DF | Jorge Otero | Real Betis |
| MF | José María Movilla | Málaga |
| GK | Germán Burgos | Mallorca |
| MF | Jovan Stanković | Marseille |
| DF | Armando Álvarez | Mallorca |
| MF | Lluís Carreras | Mallorca |
| MF | Jesús Muñoz | Albacete |
| DF | José Antonio García Calvo | Real Valladolid |
| FW | Diego Alonso | Valencia |
| MF | Gonzalo Colsa | Racing Santander |
| MF | Juanma Ortiz | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To |
| FW | Salva | Valencia |
| MF | Hugo Leal | Paris Saint-Germain |
| DF | Juanma | |
| DF | Toni | |
| DF | Raphaël Wicky | Hamburg SV |
| MF | Óscar Mena | Racing Santander |
| FW | Jordi Lardín | Alavés |
| FW | Abass Lawal | |
| MF | Sergio Sánchez Sánchez | Sevilla |
| DF | Zoran Njeguš | Sevilla |
| DF | Jean-François Hernandez | Rayo Vallecano |
| FW | Kiko | Extremadura |
| FW | Juan Gomez | |
| DF | Daniel Fagiani | |
| MF | David Cubillo | |

## Competitions
### Segunda División
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |

#### 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | D |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### Copa del Rey
#### Round of 64
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Segunda División | Segunda División | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 13 | GK | ARG | Burgos | 35 | -34 | 35 | -34 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Carlos Aguilera | 40 | 8 | 37+2 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Garcia Calvo | 36 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Hibic | 33 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Carreras | 28 | 2 | 27+1 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | ESP | Armando | 34 | 0 | 32+2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Movilla | 38 | 1 | 38 | 1 |
| 2 | MF | ESP | Nagore | 41 | 3 | 36+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | YUG | Stankovic | 35 | 1 | 28+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | URU | Diego Alonso | 39 | 22 | 32+6 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Fernando Torres | 37 | 7 | 26+10 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Toni | 6 | -6 | 5+1 | -6 |
| 10 | FW | URU | Correa | 34 | 13 | 21+13 | 13 |
| 14 | MF | POR | Dani | 37 | 6 | 17+20 | 6 |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Santi | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Antonio Lopez | 21 | 0 | 13+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Otero | 17 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Colsa | 19 | 0 | 8+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Luque | 20 | 1 | 6+13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Sergio | 4 | -7 | 2+1 | -4 | 1 | -3 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Amaya | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Roberto | 13 | 0 | 1+12 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Jesus Muñoz | 13 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ESP | Loren | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Juanma Ortiz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Carcedo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source:

### Squad statistics

| Competition | Points | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | GD |
| Competition | Points | G | W | D | L | GS | GR | GD |
| 2001–02 Segunda División | 74 | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 59 | 39 | +20 |
| 2001–02 Copa del Rey | – | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 |
| Total | 74 | 50 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 72 | 45 | +27 |