# 2001–02 FC Barcelona season

FC 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).
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.
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 | 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 |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 15 | MF | Rochemback | 19 | Non-EU | Internacional | Transfer Y | Summer | 2005 | €9M |
| 4 | DF | Andersson | 29 | EU | Bayern Munich | Transfer Y | Summer | 2005 | €8M |
| 7 | FW | Saviola | 19 | Non-EU | River Plate | Transfer Y | Summer | 2007 | €35.9M |
| 22 | FW | Geovanni | 21 | Non-EU | Cruzeiro | Transfer Y | Summer | 2006 | €21M |
| 17 | DF | Christanval | 22 | EU | Monaco | Transfer Y | Summer | 2005 | €15M |
| 1 | GK | Bonano | 31 | EU | River Plate | Transfer Y | Summer | 2005 | €1.2M |
| 23 | DF | Coco | 24 | EU | Milan | Loan → | Summer | 2002 | N/A |
Total spending: €90.1 million

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 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 Y | Summer | €8M |
| 20 | MF | Simão | 21 | EU | Benfica | Transfer Y | Summer | €12M |
| 27 | DF | Cuadrado | 22 | EU | Murcia | Transfer Y | Summer | €0.2M |
| 17 | MF | Petit | 30 | EU | Chelsea | Transfer Y | Summer | €7.5M |
| 20 | FW | Alfonso | 28 | EU | Marseille | Loan → | Winter | N/A |
Total income: €31.7 million
Last updated: 3 October

## Competitions
### Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

#### Copa Catalunya
### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 69 | 44 | +25 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 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 | Real Betis | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 59 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ 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 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Third qualifying round
#### 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 | |

#### 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 |

#### Quarter-finals
##### Semifinals
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ARG | Bonano | 42 | -42 | 27 | -26 | 0 | 0 | 15 | -16 |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Gabri | 42 | 2 | 20+9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NED | de Boer | 47 | 0 | 30+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Christanval | 39 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Puyol | 51 | 2 | 33+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Luis Enrique | 38 | 10 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14+1 | 6 |
| 8 | MF | NED | Cocu | 50 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Xavi | 52 | 4 | 31+4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Coco | 33 | 1 | 17+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NED | Kluivert | 50 | 25 | 33 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 16+1 | 7 |
| 7 | FW | ARG | Saviola | 49 | 21 | 27+9 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 9+3 | 4 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Reina | 16 | -16 | 11 | -11 | 1 | -1 | 3+1 | -4 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Rivaldo | 33 | 14 | 19+1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12+1 | 6 |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Rochemback | 38 | 3 | 16+8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9+4 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Sergi | 25 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | NED | Overmars | 32 | 1 | 14+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+5 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | SWE | Andersson | 19 | 1 | 11+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Geovanni | 32 | 1 | 8+13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Motta | 26 | 1 | 7+11 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NED | Reiziger | 21 | 0 | 6+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Abelardo | 12 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Gerard | 23 | 1 | 3+12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+5 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Alfonso | 6 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Navarro | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Roberto | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Dani García | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Jofre | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | FRA | Dutruel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ESP | Oleguer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | ESP | Valdes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ESP | Tortolero | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Nano |
* Source:

### Top scorers

| Name | 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 |