# 2001–02 RCD Espanyol season

The 2001–02 season was the 67th season in the existence of RCD Espanyol and the club's eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Espanyol participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey.

## First-team squad

Updated on 18 January 2023
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 | Juan Luis Mora |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Fran |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Pablo Rotchen |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Alberto Lopo |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Toni Soldevilla |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Òscar |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Toni Velamazán |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Ángel Morales |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Manel |
| 10 | FW | PAR | Miguel Ángel Benítez |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Martín Posse |
| 12 | FW | URU | Antonio Pacheco |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Alfred Argensó |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Quique de Lucas |
| 15 | FW | MEX | Francisco Palencia |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Ricardo Cavas |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | ESP | David Aganzo |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Mauro Navas |
| 19 | DF | ESP | David García |
| 20 | MF | ROU | Cătălin Munteanu |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Iván Díaz |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Àlex Fernández |
| 23 | FW | ESP | Raúl Tamudo |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Roger |
| 25 | MF | POR | Paulo Sousa |
| 27 | DF | ESP | David Català |
| 30 | MF | ESP | Raúl Vates |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Marc Bertrán |
| 33 | MF | ESP | Moisés Hurtado |
| — | GK | ESP | Salvador Balbuena |
Left club during the season.
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 |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Bruno Saltor |

## Competitions
### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Valladolid | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 45 | 58 | −13 | 48 | |
| 13 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 48 | 54 | −6 | 47 | |
| 14 | Espanyol | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 47 | |
| 15 | Villarreal | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 43 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round |
| 16 | Mallorca | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 43 | |
* 1 2 ESP 1–2 RSO; RSO 1–0 ESP
* 1 2 MLL 0–1 VIL; VIL 2–1 MLL

#### Matches
### Copa del Rey
## Statistics
### Players statistics

Updated on 18 January 2023
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Juan Luis Mora | 24 | -33 | 22+1 | -32 | 1 | -1 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Alberto Lopo | 33 | 1 | 32+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Toni Soldevilla | 29 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Pablo Rotchen | 28 | 1 | 25+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Ricardo Cavas | 24 | 1 | 22+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Ángel Morales | 36 | 0 | 26+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Quique de Lucas | 34 | 7 | 29+4 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Àlex Fernández | 34 | 2 | 30+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Roger | 24 | 1 | 22+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ESP | Raúl Tamudo | 36 | 17 | 35 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Martín Posse | 29 | 4 | 20+8 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Alfred Argensó | 16 | -24 | 16 | -24 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Mauro Navas | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | MEX | Francisco Palencia | 31 | 6 | 18+12 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Fran | 18 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ESP | David García | 18 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Òscar | 11 | 1 | 4+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Toni Velamazán | 16 | 1 | 13+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | POR | Paulo Sousa | 9 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | URU | Antonio Pacheco | 13 | 3 | 7+6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ROU | Cătălin Munteanu | 13 | 1 | 4+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ESP | David Aganzo | 11 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Iván Díaz | 9 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ESP | Raúl Vates | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ESP | David Català | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Manel | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | PAR | Miguel Ángel Benítez | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Bruno Saltor | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Marc Bertrán | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ESP | Moisés Hurtado | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Salvador Balbuena | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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