The 2001–02 season was Real Madrid's 71st season in La Liga. This article lists all matches that the club played in the 2001–02 season, and also shows statistics of the club's players. Although German home appliance giant Teka appeared as a shirt sponsor earlier in the season, Realmadrid.com replaced it as the primary shirt sponsor later in 2001, and there was no shirt sponsor for the second half of the season. The club introduced new grey and black third kits as well.
Summary
Real Madrid endured its worst domestic league performance under Vicente del Bosque's management, finishing only third in the league standings (with 66 points), as well as losing the Copa del Rey final at the Bernabéu to unheralded Deportivo La Coruña, despite the club's world record signing of Zinedine Zidane from Juventus. On a brighter note, del Bosque delivered La Novena's UEFA Champions League title as a consolation prize, following a 2–1 victory against Bayer Leverkusen in the final thanks to Zidane's volley goal.
Centennial kit
The club wore a special kit throughout the 2002 year.
Centennial
First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Last updated: 2008-07-17 Source: Temporada 2001–02 1Real Madrid goals come first. Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Real Madrid. Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference
As winners of the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid was one of the 12 teams that were invited to the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship, which was scheduled to be hosted in Spain from 28 July to 12 August 2001. However, the tournament was cancelled, primarily due to the collapse of ISL, which was the marketing partner of FIFA at the time.
Since the fixtures were already released prior to the tournament's cancellation, it is known that Real Madrid would have played its group stage matches at the Bernabéu.
