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| 2001–02 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | Jaime Ortí | |||
| Manager | Rafael Benítez | |||
| Stadium | Mestalla | |||
| La Liga | 1st (In 2002–03 UEFA Champions League) | |||
| UEFA Cup | Quarter-final | |||
| Copa del Rey | First round | |||
| Top goalscorer | Rubén Baraja (7) | |||
During the 2001-02 season Valencia competed in La Liga, Copa del Rey and UEFA Cup.
Valencia CF won their first La Liga title since 1970–71 season, in the first campaign of new trainer Rafael Benítez. The Tenerife recruit had a tough start to his job, with several dropped points and a midfield slot in the beginning of the season, culminating in a disqualification from Copa del Rey for fielding too many non-EU players. Benítez was reported to be near the sack before an away game against Espanyol. With Valencia trailing 2–0 at halftime, the resurgence of the team in the second half allowed the inexperienced coach to keep the job, and it got to be a starting point for a winning streak that eventually saw Valencia claiming the entire league, despite taking only 75 points and scoring a mere 51 goals.
With the attacking play not flowing as previously, the all-conquering defence improved further, conceding only 29 goals, much thanks to keeper Santiago Cañizares and centre halves Mauricio Pellegrino and Roberto Ayala. Defensively minded midfielder Rubén Baraja happened to be the club top scorer with a mere seven goals, forming an effective protecting block with David Albelda.
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| In | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Salva | Atletico Madrid | €10.80 million |
| DF | Curro Torres | CD Tenerife | loan ended |
| DF | Carlos Marchena | Benfica | Free |
| DF | David Navarro | Valencia CF Mestalla | |
| MF | Francisco Rufete | Malaga CF | €7.75 million |
| MF | Gonzalo de los Santos | Malaga CF | €15.00 million |
| MF | Dennis Șerban | Elche CF | |
| FW | Mista | CD Tenerife | loan ended |
| Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Gaizka Mendieta | SS Lazio | €48.0 million [1] |
| MF | Didier Deschamps | retired [2] | |
| DF | Joachim Björklund | Venezia F.C. | €4.0 million |
| MF | Luis Milla | retired [3] | |
| MF | Zlatko Zahovic | Benfica | Free |
| FW | Diego Alonso | Atletico Madrid | loan |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valencia (C) | 38 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 75 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Deportivo La Coruña | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 65 | 41 | +24 | 68 | |
| 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 |
| 25 August 20011 | Valencia | 1–0 | Real Madrid | |
Angulo  8' |
| 9 September 20012 | Valladolid | 1–1 | Valencia | |
| Caminero 30' | Salva 90' |
| 16 September 20013 | Valencia | 1–0 | Las Palmas | |
| Albelda 62' |
| 23 September 20014 | Athletic | 2–2 | Valencia | |
| Etxeberría 64' Carlos García 90' | Ayala 44' Aimar 47' |
| 4 October 20016 | Celta | 1–1 | Valencia | |
| Maurice 48' | Juan Sánchez 6' |
| 7 October 20017 | Valencia | 1–0 | Villarreal | |
| Salva 45' |
| 25 November 200114 | Real Sociedad | 2–0 | Valencia | |
| Jankauskas 38', 65' (pen.) |
| 13 January 200220 | Real Madrid | 1–0 | Valencia | |
| Morientes 72' |
| 20 January 200221 | Valencia | 1–2 | Valladolid | |
| Pellegrino 26' | Luis García 20' Sales 35' |
| 26 January 200222 | Las Palmas | 0–1 | Valencia | |
| Mista 7' |
| 3 February 200223 | Valencia | 2–1 | Athletic | |
| Mista 14' Rufete 66' | Etxeberría 73' |
| 6 February 200224 | Alavés | 1–2 | Valencia | |
| Astudillo 2' | de los Santos 3' Carew 27' |
| 16 February 200226 | Villarreal | 1–1 | Valencia | |
| Arruabarrena 54' | Aimar 83' |
| 10 March 200229 | Valencia | 2–0 | Sevilla | |
| Juan Sánchez 66' Angulo 89' |
| 24 March 200231 | Valencia | 2–1 | Osasuna | |
| Juan Sánchez 78' Baraja 90' | Aloisi 85' |
| 5 May 200237 | Málaga | 0–2 | Valencia | |
| Ayala 35' Fábio Aurélio 45' |
| 14 March 2002 | Internazionale  | 1–1 |  Valencia | San Siro, Milan |
| 21:00 | Materazzi 50' | Report | Rufete 66' | Attendance: 24,184 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany) |
| 21 March 2002 | Valencia | 0–1 | Internazionale | Estadio Mestalla, Valencia |
| 21:45 | Report | Ventola 4' | Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Claude Colombo (France) |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | La Liga | Copa del Rey | UEFA Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | ESP | Cañizares | 40 | -26 | 32 | -23 | 1 | 0 | 7 | -3 |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Curro Torres | 45 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | DF |  ARG | Pellegrino | 38 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Ayala | 37 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Carboni | 43 | 0 | 32+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ARG | Aimar | 40 | 6 | 23+10 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Rufete | 41 | 8 | 27+6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6+1 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Albelda | 39 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Vicente | 40 | 3 | 22+9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5+3 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Angulo | 31 | 6 | 21+5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Salva | 26 | 7 | 19+3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 2 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Palop | 10 | -8 | 6+1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -4 |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Kily González | 32 | 3 | 15+11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Baraja | 18 | 7 | 15+2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF |  SCG | Djukic | 26 | 1 | 14+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7+2 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | ESP | Sánchez | 33 | 8 | 12+13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5+3 | 4 |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Marchena | 22 | 1 | 12+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF |  URU | De los Santos | 21 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Mista | 34 | 6 | 10+16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3+5 | 1 |
| 3 | DF |  BRA | Fábio Aurélio | 19 | 1 | 6+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW |  NOR | Carew | 24 | 1 | 6+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW |  ROU | Ilie | 13 | 5 | 6+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | DF |  FRA | Angloma | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ESP | Navarro | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ROU | Serban | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
| 26 | MF | ESP | Jandro | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | GK | ESP | David Rángel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| DF |  PAR | Amarilla | |||||||||
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