2001–02 Club Atlético River Plate season

The 2001–02 season is River Plate's 72nd season in the Argentine Primera División. The season was split into two tournaments (format adopted since 1990–91 season) Apertura (Opening) 2001 (from August to December 2001), and Clausura (Closing) 2002 (from February to May 2002).

River Plate
2001–02 season
PresidentDavid Pintado, José María Aguilar (since December 2001)
ManagerRamón Díaz
Argentine Primera DivisiónApertura: Runner-up
Clausura: Champion
2001 Copa MercosurGroup Stage
2002 Copa LibertadoresRound of 16

The club's kit was provided by Adidas, and the sponsor was Quilmes beer until December 2001, and Budweiser beer since March 2002.[1]

Season events

After finishing both tournaments of 2000–01 season(Apertura 2000 and Clausura 2001) in second place, River Plate joined eight players to the squad (five before the start of the Apertura tournament and three before the start of Clausura). This season also marked the return of Ramón Díaz as Coach, after he had left in January 2000.[2]

On 9 March 2002, River Plate signed a deal with Budweiser to be the main sponsor of the team kit. The 2-year deal was closed for AR$2,400,000 per year (equivalent to US$780,487.80 according to March 2002 exchange rate).[1]

On 19 March, River Plate introduced the new kit for the main team. The kit was worn for the first time on 24 March, when River visited Velez Sarsfield.[3]

After finishing vice-champions of Racing Club, in the first half of the season, River Plate won the Clausura Championship, qualifying for the 2002 Copa Sudamericana and 2003 Copa Libertadores.

Apertura Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ARG Franco Costanzo
2 DF  PAR Celso Ayala
3 DF  ARG Matías Lequi
4 DF  ARG Gustavo Lombardi
5 MF  ARG Leonardo Astrada
6 DF  COL Mario Yepes
7 FW  ARG Maxi López
8 MF  ARG Eduardo Coudet
9 FW  ARG Martín Cardetti
10 FW  ARG Ariel Ortega (Vice-Captain)
11 MF  ARG Andres D'Alessandro
12 GK  ARG Ángel Comizzo (Captain)
14 DF  ARG Ariel Garcé
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF  ARG Guillermo Pereyra
16 DF  PAR Pedro Sarabia
18 MF  MEX Damian Alvarez
19 MF  ARG Esteban Cambiasso
21 DF  PAR Ricardo Rojas
22 MF  ARG Victor Zapata
23 MF  ARG Cristian Ledesma
24 FW  PAR Nelson Cuevas
25 DF  CHI Alejandro Escalona
26 DF  ARG Martin Demichelis
27 MF  ARG Marcelo Escudero
30 FW  ARG Fernando Cavenaghi
31 GK  ARG Germán Lux

Clausura Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ARG Franco Costanzo
2 DF  PAR Celso Ayala
3 DF  ARG Matías Lequi
4 MF  ARG Claudio Husain
5 MF  ARG Leonardo Astrada
7 FW  ARG Maxi López
8 MF  ARG Eduardo Coudet
10 FW  ARG Ariel Ortega (Vice-Captain)
11 MF  ARG Andres D'Alessandro
12 GK  ARG Ángel Comizzo (Captain)
14 DF  ARG Ariel Garcé
15 MF  ARG Guillermo Pereyra
16 DF  PAR Pedro Sarabia
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW  ARG Juan Esnaider
19 MF  ARG Esteban Cambiasso
20 FW  URU Daniel Fonseca
21 DF  PAR Ricardo Rojas
22 MF  ARG Victor Zapata
23 MF  ARG Cristian Ledesma
24 FW  PAR Nelson Cuevas
25 DF  CHI Alejandro Escalona
26 DF  ARG Martin Demichelis
27 MF  ARG Marcelo Escudero
30 FW  ARG Fernando Cavenaghi
31 GK  ARG Germán Lux
35 FW  ARG Alejandro Domínguez

Transfers

In

Out

Competitions

Fixtures and results

19 August 2001 Round 1 Talleres 1–3 River Plate Córdoba
La Paglia  8' Summary Cardetti  25'  43'
Ayala  41'
Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ángel Sánchez
26 August 2001 Round 2 River Plate 4–1 Huracán Buenos Aires
Cambiasso  1'
Moner(o.g.)  12'
Ortega  63'
Cardetti  66'
Summary Morquio  84' Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Horacio Elizondo
29 August 2001 Round 3 Unión 1–1 River Plate Santa Fe
San Martín  48' Summary Cambiasso  80' Stadium: Estadio 15 de Abril
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Horacio Elizondo
2 September 2001 Round 4 River Plate 3–0 Estudiantes Buenos Aires
Cambiasso  28' 35'
D'Alessandro  92'
Summary Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: Gabriel Brazenas
9 September 2001 Round 5 Nueva Chicago 2–1 River Plate Buenos Aires
Mandra  42'
Jesús  77'
Summary Cambiasso  81' Stadium: Estadio José Amalfitani
Referee: Jorge Rattalino
17 September 2001 Round 6 River Plate 1–1 Boca Juniors Buenos Aires
Cambiasso  17' Summary Gaitán  83' Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Claudio Martín
23 September 2001 Round 7 Banfield 1–1 River Plate Banfield
Del Río  80' Summary Cavenaghi  8' Stadium: Estadio Florencio Sola
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Héctor Baldassi
30 September 2001 Round 8 River Plate 4–2 Vélez Sarsfield Buenos Aires
Cardetti  33' 84'
Hidalgo(o.g.)  76'
D'Alessandro  92'
Summary Husaín  10'
Buján  69'
Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Roberto Ruscio
3 October 2001 Round 9 Independiente 0–5 River Plate Avellaneda
Summary D'Alessandro  15'
Marchesini(o.g.)  20'
Cardetti  62'(p)  75'
Cambiasso 79'
Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Horacio Elizondo
21 October 2001 Round 10 River Plate 2–0 Newell's Buenos Aires
Cardetti  24'(p)
Coudet  88'
Summary Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 12,300
Referee: Rafael Furchi
28 October 2001 Round 11 Belgrano 0–2 River Plate Córdoba
Ortega  34'
Cardetti  77'
Summary Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Gabriel Brazenas
4 November 2001 Round 12 River Plate 2–2 San Lorenzo Buenos Aires
Cardetti  44'
M.López  77'
Summary Acosta  31'  50'(p) Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Claudio Martín
11 November 2001 Round 13 Colón 1–0 River Plate Santa Fe
Graf 86' Summary Stadium: Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Horacio Elizondo
18 November 2001 Round 14 River Plate 4–0 Gimnasia (La Plata) Buenos Aires
Cardetti  13' 38'(p)
Ortega  18'
Coudet  83'
Summary Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 14,779
Referee: Sergio Pezzotta
25 November 2001 Round 15 Chacarita Juniors 1–4 River Plate Buenos Aires
Moreno  55'(p) Summary Mario Yepes  1'
Cardetti  28'
D'Alessandro  39' 56'(f.k.)
Stadium: Estadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Roberto Ruscio
2 December 2001 Round 16 Racing Club 1–1 River Plate Avellaneda
Bedoya 86' Summary Cambiasso 45' Stadium: Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Hector Baldassi
9 November 2001 Round 17 River Plate 4–0 Lanús Buenos Aires
D'Alessandro  4'(p)
Cambiasso 6'
Álvarez  16'
Cardetti  63'(p)
Summary Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Roberto Ruscio
16 December 2001 Round 18 Argentinos Juniors 1–3 River Plate Buenos Aires
Yaqué  40' Summary Ortega  27'
Mario Yepes  72'
Cavenaghi  90'
Stadium: Estadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Héctor Baldassi
27 December 2001 Round 19 River Plate 6–1 Rosario Central Buenos Aires
Cardetti  1' 49' 55'(p)
Pereyra  41'
Ortega 59'
Álvarez  85'
Summary De Bruno  20' Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ángel Sánchez

League table

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
Source:

Fixtures & results

10 February 2002 Round 1 River Plate 3–1 Talleres Buenos Aires
Cavenaghi  22'
Ortega 87'(p.k.)  89'
Summary Astudillo  43' Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Gabriel Brazenas
17 February 2002 Round 2 Huracán 0–4 River Plate Buenos Aires
Summary Ortega 44'(p.k.)
Cavenaghi  49' 51'
D'Alessandro  59'
Stadium: Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Horacio Elizondo
20 February 2002 Round 3 River Plate 6–0 Unión Buenos Aires
Ortega 27' 37' 42'(p.k.) 82'
Cavenaghi  62' 71'
Summary Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Gabriel Brazenas
24 February 2002 Round 4 Estudiantes 2–3 River Plate La Plata
Quatrocchi  30'
Demichelis(o.g.) 89'
Summary Cavenaghi  53' 54' 63' Stadium: Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Sergio Pezzotta
3 March 2002 Round 5 River Plate 0–0 Nueva Chicago Buenos Aires
Summary Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Daniel Giménez
10 March 2002 Round 6 Boca Juniors 0–3 River Plate Buenos Aires
Summary Cambiasso 26'
Coudet  41'
Rojas  88'
Stadium: Estadio Alberto J. Armando
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Héctor Baldassi
17 March 2002 Round 7 River Plate 0–0 Banfield Buenos Aires
Summary Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Gabriel Brazenas
24 March 2002 Round 8 Vélez Sársfield 0–1 River Plate Buenos Aires
Summary D'Alessandro(f.k.) 58' Stadium: Estadio José Amalfitani
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Horacio Elizondo
27 March 2002 Round 9 River Plate 1–0 Independiente Buenos Aires
Zelaye(o.g.) 11' Summary Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Héctor Baldassi
31 March 2002 Round 10 Newell's 1–0 River Plate Rosario
Rodríguez  37' Summary Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Bielsa
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Daniel Gimenez
3 April 2002 Round 11 River Plate 2–1 Belgrano Buenos Aires
Cambiasso  30'
D'Alessandro(p)  84'
[15] Obolo  4' Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Claudio Martín
7 April 2002 Round 12 San Lorenzo 0–0 River Plate Buenos Aires
Summary Stadium: Estadio Pedro Bidegain
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Horacio Elizondo
14 April 2002 Round 13 River Plate 4–2 Colón Buenos Aires
Cavenaghi  12' 47'
Ortega 51' 89'
Summary J. Delgado  25'
Castagno Suárez  68'
Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 18,660
Referee: Claudio Martín
17 April 2002 Round 14 Gimnasia (La Plata) 0–1 River Plate La Plata
Summary Cavenaghi  85' Stadium: Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Ángel Sánchez
21 April 2002 Round 15 River Plate 2–2 Chacarita Juniors Buenos Aires
Husaín  53'
Coudet 72'
Summary Ariel Rosada  17' 86' Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Claudio Martín
28 April 2002 Round 16 River Plate 1–0 Racing Club Buenos Aires
Cuevas  92' Summary Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 42,800
Referee: Daniel Giménez
5 May 2002 Round 17 Lanús 1–0 River Plate Lanús
Romero  45' Summary Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Héctor Baldassi
12 May 2002 Round 18 River Plate 5–1 Argentinos Juniors Buenos Aires
Cambiasso  22'
Domínguez  33'
Cavenaghi  38' 45' 59'
Summary Pisculichi  12' Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Horacio Elizondo
19 May 2002 Round 19 Rosario Central 2–3 River Plate Rosario
Arias  41'
Figueroa  43'
Summary Domínguez  1'
Zapata  31'
Cavenaghi(p)  70'
Stadium: Estadio Gigante de Arroyito
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Rafael Furchi

League table

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
Source:

Copa Mercosur 2001

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Grêmio 6 4 2 0 11 4 +7 14
River Plate 6 2 2 2 13 10 +3 8
Palmeiras 6 1 3 2 11 10 +1 6
Universidad de Chile 6 1 1 4 3 14 11 4
Source:

At the 2001 Copa Mercosur, River Plate was eliminated in the group stage.

Fixtures and results

22 July 2001 Round 1 River Plate 2–4 Grêmio Buenos Aires
Cambiasso  34'
Ortega  86'
Summary Anderson Lima  8'
Tinga  54'
Anderson Polga  80'
Zinho  89'
Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)
28 July 2001 Round 2 Palmeiras 2–2 River Plate São Paulo
Muñoz  10'
Lopes  28'
Summary Garcé  53'
Cardetti  85'
Stadium: Estádio Palestra Itália
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
13 September 2001 Round 3 Grêmio 1–0 River Plate Porto Alegre
Zinho  50' Summary Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Monumental
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay)
20 September 2001 Round 4 Universidad de Chile 0–3 River Plate Santiago
Summary Cavenaghi  21'  48'
Álvarez  51'
Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: E. Zambrano (Ecuador)
26 September 2001 Round 5 River Plate 3–3 Palmeiras Buenos Aires
Cardetti  36'  38'
Álvarez  51'
Summary Lopes  48'(p)
Basílio  63'
Magrão  88'
Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)
16 October 2001 Round 6 River Plate 3–0 Universidad de Chile Buenos Aires
Yepes  26'  46'
Álvarez  88'
Summary Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 3,222
Referee: Saúl Feldman (Uruguay)

Copa Libertadores 2002

Group 7

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
América 6 5 1 0 9 2 +7 16
River Plate 6 2 3 1 8 4 +4 9
Talleres 6 1 2 3 5 9 4 5
Tuluá 6 1 0 5 9 16 7 3
Source:

Round of 16

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
River Plate 1–6 Grêmio 1–2 0–4

At the 2002 Copa Libertadores, River Plate was eliminated in the Round of 16.

Fixture and results

14 February 2002 Round 1 River Plate 0–0 Talleres Buenos Aires
Summary Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)
28 February 2002 Round 2 River Plate 0–1 América Buenos Aires
Summary Oviedo  21' Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Edilson Pereira (Brazil)
7 March 2002 Round 3 River Plate 2–0 Cortuluá Buenos Aires
Cambiasso  21'
Esnáider  85'
Report Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Wilson Souza (Brazil)
13 March 2002 Round 4 América 0–0 River Plate Mexico City
Summary Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 95,000
Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)
21 March 2002 Round 5 Cortuluá 2–5 River Plate Pereira
Posada  47'
Ferreira  79'
Summary Domínguez  8'  60'
Lequi  37'
Ortega  55'
Demichelis  71'
Stadium: Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Eduardo Lecca (Peru)
11 April 2002 Round 6 Talleres 1–1 River Plate Córdoba
Astudillo  86' Summary Escudero  52' Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Fabián Madorrán (Argentina)
24 April 2002 Round of 16 River Plate 1–2 Grêmio Buenos Aires
Coudet  46' Summary Tinga  57'
Gilberto  90'
Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
2 May 2002 Round of 16 Grêmio 4–0 River Plate Porto Alegre
Mendes  40'
Luizão  45'
Zinho  69'
Luís Mário  76'
Summary Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Monumental
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total2001-02 Argentine Primera División2001 Copa Mercosur2002 Copa Libertadores
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
12 GK Angel Comizzo 4403502070
31 GK Germán Lux 40300010
1 GK Franco Costanzo 50005000
14 DF Ariel Garcé 4113503130
2 DF Celso Ayala 3812715060
21 DF Ricardo Ismael Rojas 3312414050
3 DF Matías Lequi 2612000061
26 DF Martín Demichelis 2411701061
6 DF Mario Yepes 1741423200
4 DF Gustavo Lombardi 90504000
16 DF Pedro Sarabia 90203040
25 DF Alejandro Escalona 20100010
19 MF Esteban Cambiasso 461437123161
11 MF Andrés D'Alessandro 4793695060
8 MF Eduardo Coudet 3953241061
10 MF Ariel Ortega 391629144161
23 MF Cristian Raúl Ledesma 3802704070
22 MF Víctor Zapata 3512613060
15 MF Guillermo Pereyra 2511913030
13 MF Ariel Franco 2301503050
4 MF Claudio Husaín 1911210070
18 MF Damián Ariel Álvarez 1551124300
27 MF Marcelo Escudero 131704021
5 MF Leonardo Astrada 90502020
20 MF Juan Pablo Raponi 70403000
28 MF Andrés Aimar 20200000
34 MF Emiliano Díaz 10100000
MF Daniel Ludueña 10100000
30 FW Fernando Cavenaghi 281923172230
9 FW Martín Cardetti 232019174300
7 FW Maxi López 1911712000
18 FW Juan Esnáider 141900051
24 FW Nelson Cuevas 91613000
35 FW Alejandro Damián Domínguez 94220072
FW Adrián Roberto Romero 10001000
20 FW Daniel Fonseca 20000020

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