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.

RCD Espanyol

2001–02 season
Head coach	Paco Flores
Stadium	Estadi Olímpic
La Liga	14th
Copa del Rey	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	Raúl Tamudo (17)
Average home league attendance	19,984[1]
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

First-team squad

Updated on 18 January 2023^[2]

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

Overall Record

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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[a]
14	Espanyol	38	13	8	17	47	56	−9	47[a]
15	Villarreal	38	11	10	17	46	55	−9	43[b]	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
16	Mallorca	38	11	10	17	40	52	−12	43[b]

Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
Notes:

1. ESP 1–2 RSO; RSO 1–0 ESP
2. MLL 0–1 VIL; VIL 2–1 MLL

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2001-02 Copa del Rey

Statistics

Players statistics

Updated on 18 January 2023^[3]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
				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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