2001–02 Argentine Primera División

Primera División

Season	2001–02
Dates	August 17, 2001 – May 19, 2002
Champions	Apertura: Racing Club (16th title) Clausura: River Plate (32nd. title)
2003 Copa Libertadores	Racing Club River Plate Boca Juniors Gimnasia y Esgrima LP
2002 Copa Sudamericana	Boca Juniors River Plate Racing Club Gimnasia y Esgrima LP
Matches played	380
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 Argentine Primera División was the 111th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season ran from August 17, 2001 to May 19, 2002.

Racing Club de Avellaneda won the Apertura (its 16th league title, after 35 years with no domestic championships) and River Plate the Clausura (32nd title) championships, while Belgrano (C) and Argentinos Juniors were relegated to the second division.

In continental cups, Copa Sudamericana replaced Copa Mercosur, last held in 2001.

Torneo Apertura

Apertura

Season	2001
Dates	17 August 2001 – 5 February 2002
Champions	Racing (16th. title)
Promoted	Banfield Nueva Chicago
Top goalscorer	Martín Cardetti (17)
Biggest home win	Boca Juniors 6–1 Lanús (23 Sep)
Biggest away win	Banfield 0–5 Newell's (19 Aug) Independiente 0–5 River Plate (3 Oct)
Highest scoring	Boca Juniors 5–3 Independiente (16 Dec)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Racing	19	12	6	1	34	17	+17	42
2	River Plate	19	12	5	2	51	16	+35	41
3	Boca Juniors	19	9	6	4	41	27	+14	33
4	Colón	19	8	8	3	24	16	+8	32
5	San Lorenzo	19	8	7	4	28	22	+6	31
6	Estudiantes (LP)	19	7	6	6	27	28	−1	27
7	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	19	7	6	6	30	35	−5	27
8	Chacarita Juniors	19	6	8	5	28	24	+4	26
9	Belgrano	19	6	8	5	17	18	−1	26
10	Independiente	19	7	5	7	26	28	−2	26
11	Argentinos Juniors	19	7	4	8	22	27	−5	25
12	Lanús	19	7	4	8	21	28	−7	25
13	Nueva Chicago	19	7	3	9	26	33	−7	24
14	Newell's Old Boys	19	6	5	8	29	28	+1	23
15	Vélez Sársfield	19	5	7	7	27	30	−3	22
16	Rosario Central	19	5	5	9	18	26	−8	20
17	Unión	19	3	9	7	23	25	−2	18
18	Banfield	19	4	6	9	16	24	−8	18
19	Huracán	19	3	5	11	22	39	−17	14
20	Talleres (C)	19	4	1	14	18	37	−19	13

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Top scorers

Rank.	Player	Team	Goals
1	Martín Cardetti	River Plate	17
2	Diego Forlán	Independiente	12
3	Facundo Sava	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	11

Torneo Clausura

Clausura

Season	2002
Dates	8 February – 19 May
Champions	River Plate (32nd. title)
Relegated	Argentinos Juniors Belgrano (C)
Top goalscorer	Fernando Cavenaghi (15)
Biggest home win	River Plate 6–0 Unión (19 Feb)
Biggest away win	Huracán 1–6 Estudiantes (LP) (28 Mar)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	River Plate	19	13	4	2	39	13	+26	43
2	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	19	11	4	4	33	23	+10	37
3	Boca Juniors	19	10	5	4	25	17	+8	35
4	Huracán	19	9	3	7	27	14	+13	30
5	Banfield	19	8	6	5	21	19	+2	30
6	Racing	19	8	5	6	19	17	+2	29
7	Newell's Old Boys	19	8	4	7	26	25	+1	28
8	Estudiantes (LP)	19	7	6	6	34	27	+7	27
9	Vélez Sársfield	19	7	5	7	27	20	+7	26
10	Lanús	19	6	8	5	20	18	+2	26
11	San Lorenzo	19	6	8	5	24	23	+1	26
12	Colón	19	6	6	7	24	23	+1	24
13	Nueva Chicago	19	6	6	7	16	21	−5	24
14	Chacarita Juniors	20	4	9	7	23	24	−1	21
15	Unión	19	5	6	8	20	27	−7	21
16	Rosario Central	19	5	5	9	20	26	−6	20
17	Argentinos Juniors	19	5	5	9	20	32	−12	20
18	Belgrano	19	5	3	11	16	24	−8	18
19	Talleres (C)	19	5	2	12	14	31	−17	17
20	Independiente	19	3	6	10	14	28	−14	15

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Top scorers

Rank.	Player	Team	Goals
1	Fernando Cavenaghi	River Plate	15
2	Facundo Sava	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	12
3	Ernesto Farías	Estudiantes (LP)	11

Relegation

Relegation table

Team	Average	Points	Played	1999–00	2000–01	2001-02
River Plate	2.175	248	114	86	78	84
Boca Juniors	1.877	214	114	74	71	68
San Lorenzo	1.815	207	114	69	81	57
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	1.473	168	114	49	55	64
Vélez Sársfield	1.447	165	114	61	56	48
Colón	1.421	162	114	55	49	56
Racing	1.368	156	114	45	40	71
Newell's Old Boys	1.350	154	114	55	48	51
Estudiantes (LP)	1.307	149	114	39	56	54
Talleres (C)	1.307	149	114	58	61	30
Huracán	1.303	99	76	N/A	55	44
Chacarita Juniors	1.298	148	114	45	56	47
Rosario Central	1.289	147	114	66	41	40
Banfield	1.263	96	76	N/A	N/A	48
Independiente	1.263	144	114	61	42	41
Nueva Chicago	1.263	48	38	N/A	N/A	48
Lanús	1.245	142	114	48	43	51
Unión (SF)	1.184	135	114	50	46	38
Argentinos Juniors	1.114	127	114	39	43	45
Belgrano	1.052	120	114	39	37	44

•   Played the relegation playoff
•   Relegated to Primera B Nacional

Promotion Playoffs

*   Winner of the series; teams currently playing in Primera División are listed first

Series	Team 1 (1st div)	Team 2 (2nd div)	1st. leg	Venue 1	City 1	2nd. leg	Venue 2	City 2	Agg.
1	Lanús	Huracán (TA)	2–1	Ciudad de V. López	Florida	1–1	Ciudad de Lanús	Lanús	3–2
2	Unión (SF)	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CU)	1–3	Manuel y Ramón Núñez	Conc. del Uruguay	3–0	15 de Abril	Santa Fe	4–3

Broadcasting rights

Television

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See also

• 2001–02 in Argentine football