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2001–02 Argentine Primera División

111th season of top-tier football league in Argentina

Field	Value
competition	Primera División
pixels
season	2001–02
dates	August 17, 2001 – May 19, 2002
winners	{{plainlist
American
continentalcup1	2003 Copa Libertadores
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Racing Club
River Plate
Boca Juniors
Gimnasia y Esgrima LP
continentalcup2	2002 Copa Sudamericana
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Boca Juniors
River Plate
Racing Club
Gimnasia y Esgrima LP
matches	380
prevseason	2000–01
nextseason	2002–03

Apertura: Racing Club (16th title)
Clausura: River Plate (32nd. title) River Plate Boca Juniors Gimnasia y Esgrima LP River Plate
Racing Club
Gimnasia y Esgrima LP 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

Banfield [[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]]
Nueva Chicago [[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] Independiente 0–5 River Plate (3 Oct)

Top scorers

Rank.	Player	Team	Goals
	ARG Martín Cardetti	River Plate
	URU Diego Forlán	Independiente
	ARG Facundo Sava	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)

Torneo Clausura

Argentinos Juniors [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]
Belgrano (C) [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]

Top scorers

Rank.	Player	Team	Goals
	ARG Fernando Cavenaghi	River Plate
	ARG Facundo Sava	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
	ARG Ernesto Farías	Estudiantes (LP)

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

Promotion Playoffs

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

Broadcasting rights

Television

NexTV! and RedeTV! only are broadcast live called El Partido del Viernes on free-to-air TV each Friday at 21:00 (K.O 21:10) with production from the Torneos y Competencias.

Notes

References

[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg02.html Argentina 2001–02] by Javier Roimiser on RSSSF.com

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