2001–02 Club Atlético River Plate season

River Plate

2001-02 season
President	David Pintado, José María Aguilar (since December 2001)
Manager	Ramón Díaz
Argentine Primera División	Apertura: Runner-up Clausura: Champion
2001 Copa Mercosur	Group Stage
2002 Copa Libertadores	Round of 16
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2000-01 2002-03 →

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).

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

Season review

See also 2001-02 Argentine Primera División

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.^[1]

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.

Competitions

Apertura 2001

Fixtures and results

Talleres v River Plate

19/08/01 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

River Plate v Huracán

26/08/01 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

Unión v River Plate

29/08/01 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

River Plate v Estudiantes

02/09/01 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

Nueva Chicago v River Plate

09/09/01 Round 5	Nueva Chicago	2 - 1	River Plate	Buenos Aires
	Mandra  42' Jesús  77'	Summary	Cambiasso  81'	Stadium: Estadio José Amalfitani Referee: Jorge Rattalino

River Plate v Boca Juniors

17/09/01 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

Banfield v River Plate

23/09/01 Round 7	Banfield	1 - 1	River Plate	Banfield
	Del Río  80'	Summary	Cavenaghi  8'	Stadium: Estadio Florencio Sola Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Héctor Baldassi

River Plate v Vélez Sarsfield

30/09/01 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

Independiente v River Plate

03/10/01 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

River Plate v Newell's

21/10/01 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

Belgrano v River Plate

28/10/01 Round 11	Belgrano	0 - 2	River Plate	Córdoba
	Ortega  34' Cardetti  77'	Summary		Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Gabriel Brazenas

River Plate v San Lorenzo

04/11/01 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

Colón v River Plate

11/11/01 Round 13	Colón	1 - 0	River Plate	Santa Fe
	Graf 86'	Summary		Stadium: Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Horacio Elizondo

River Plate v Gimnasia (La Plata)

18/11/01 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

Chacarita Juniors v River Plate

25/11/01 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

Racing Club v River Plate

02/12/01 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

River Plate v Lanús

09/11/01 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

Argentinos Juniors v River Plate

16/12/01 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

River Plate v Rosario Central

27/12/01 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	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Racing Club (C)	42	19	12	6	1	34	17	+17
2	River Plate	41	19	12	5	2	51	16	+35
3	Boca Juniors	33	19	9	6	4	41	27	+14

Clausura 2002

Fixtures & results

River Plate v Talleres

10/02/02 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

Huracán v River Plate

17/02/02 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

River Plate v Unión

20/02/02 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

Estudiantes v River Plate

24/02/02 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

River Plate v Nueva Chicago

03/03/02 Round 5	River Plate	0 - 0	Nueva Chicago	Buenos Aires
		Summary		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Daniel Giménez

Boca Juniors v River Plate

10/03/02 Round 4	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

River Plate v Banfield

17/03/02 Round 7	River Plate	0 - 0	Banfield	Buenos Aires
		Summary		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Gabriel Brazenas

Vélez Sársfield v River Plate

24/03/02 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

River Plate v Independiente

27/03/02 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

Newell's v River Plate

31/03/02 Round 10	Newell's	1 - 0	River Plate	Rosario
	Rodríguez  37'	Summary		Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Bielsa Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Daniel Gimenez

River Plate v Belgrano

03/04/02 Round 11	River Plate	2 - 1	Belgrano	Buenos Aires
	Cambiasso  30' D'Alessandro(p)  84'	[2]	Obolo  4'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Claudio Martín

San Lorenzo v River Plate

07/04/02 Round 12	San Lorenzo	0 - 0	River Plate	Buenos Aires
		Summary		Stadium: Estadio Pedro Bidegain Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Horacio Elizondo

River Plate v Colón

14/04/02 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

Gimnasia (La Plata) v River Plate

17/04/02 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

River Plate v Chacarita Juniors

21/04/02 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

River Plate v Racing Club

28/04/02 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

Lanús v River Plate

05/05/02 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

River Plate v Argentinos Juniors

12/05/02 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

Rosario Central v River Plate

19/05/02 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	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	River Plate (C)	43	19	13	4	2	39	13	+26
2	Gimnasia y Esgrima	37	19	11	4	4	33	23	+10
3	Boca Juniors	35	19	10	5	4	25	17	+8

Copa Mercosur 2001

Main Article 2001 Copa Mercosur

Group E

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

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

Fixtures & results

River Plate v Grêmio

22/07/01 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)

Palmeiras v River Plate

28/07/01 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)

Grêmio v River Plate

13/09/01 Round 3	Grêmio	1 - 0	River Plate	Porto Alegre
	Zinho  50'	Summary		Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Monumental Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay)

Universidad de Chile v River Plate

20/09/01 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)

River Plate v Palmeiras

26/09/01 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)

River Plate v Universidad de Chile

16/10/01 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

Main Article 2002 Copa Libertadores

Group 7

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

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 & results

River Plate v Talleres

14/02/02 Round 1	River Plate	0 - 0	Talleres	Buenos Aires
		Summary		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)

River Plate v América

28/02/02 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)

River Plate v Cortuluá

07/03/02 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)

América v River Plate

13/03/02 Round 4	América	0 - 0	River Plate	Mexico City
		Summary		Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 95,000 Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Cortuluá v River Plate

21/03/02 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)

Talleres v River Plate

11/04/02 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)

River Plate v Grêmio

24/04/02 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)

Grêmio v River Plate

02/05/02 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 Details

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		2001-02 Argentine Primera División		2001 Copa Mercosur		2002 Copa Libertadores
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
12	GK		Angel Comizzo	44	0	35	0	2	0	7	0
31	GK		Germán Lux	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
1	GK		Franco Costanzo	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
14	DF		Ariel Garcé	41	1	35	0	3	1	3	0
2	DF		Celso Ayala	38	1	27	1	5	0	6	0
21	DF		Ricardo Ismael Rojas	33	1	24	1	4	0	5	0
3	DF		Matías Lequi	26	1	20	0	0	0	6	1
26	DF		Martín Demichelis	24	1	17	0	1	0	6	1
6	DF		Mario Yepes	17	4	14	2	3	2	0	0
4	DF		Gustavo Lombardi	9	0	5	0	4	0	0	0
16	DF		Pedro Sarabia	9	0	2	0	3	0	4	0
25	DF		Alejandro Escalona	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
19	MF		Esteban Cambiasso	46	14	37	12	3	1	6	1
11	MF		Andrés D'Alessandro	47	9	36	9	5	0	6	0
8	MF		Eduardo Coudet	39	5	32	4	1	0	6	1
10	MF		Ariel Ortega	39	6	29	4	4	1	6	1
23	MF		Cristian Raúl Ledesma	38	0	27	0	4	0	7	0
22	MF		Víctor Zapata	35	1	26	1	3	0	6	0
15	MF		Guillermo Pereyra	25	1	19	1	3	0	3	0
13	MF		Ariel Franco	23	0	15	0	3	0	5	0
4	MF		Claudio Husaín	19	1	12	1	0	0	7	0
18	MF		Damián Ariel Álvarez	15	5	11	2	4	3	0	0
27	MF		Marcelo Escudero	13	1	7	0	4	0	2	1
5	MF		Leonardo Astrada	9	0	5	0	2	0	2	0
20	MF		Juan Pablo Raponi	7	0	4	0	3	0	0	0
28	MF		Andrés Aimar	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF		Emiliano Díaz	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Daniel Ludueña	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW		Fernando Cavenaghi	28	19	23	17	2	2	3	0
9	FW		Martín Cardetti	23	20	19	17	4	3	0	0
7	FW		Maxi López	19	1	17	1	2	0	0	0
18	FW		Juan Esnáider	14	1	9	0	0	0	5	1
24	FW		Nelson Cuevas	9	1	6	1	3	0	0	0
35	FW		Alejandro Damián Domínguez	9	4	2	2	0	0	7	2
	FW		Adrián Roberto Romero	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
20	FW		Daniel Fonseca	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Transfers

In

• Angel Comizzo July 2001, from Monarcas Morelia ^[3]
• Esteban Cambiasso July 2001, from Independiente ^[4]
• Matías Lequi August 2001, from Rosario Central ^[5]
• Alejandro Escalona July 2001, from S.L. Benfica ^[6]
• Juan Esnáider January 2002 ^[7]
• Alejandro Damián Domínguez January 2002 ^[8]
• Daniel Fonseca January 2002 ^[9]
• Claudio Husaín January 2002, from S.S.C. Napoli ^[10]

Out

• Javier Saviola July 2001 to Barcelona FC ^[11]
• Mario Yepes January 2002 to FC Nantes Atlantique ^[12]
• Gustavo Lombardi January 2002 to Deportivo Alavés ^[13]
• Damián Ariel Álvarez January 2002 to Reggina Calcio ^[13]

References

1. Clarín 15-06-2001
3. "River busca concretar dos incorporaciones más - 18.07.2001 - lanacion.com". Lanacion.com.ar. 2001-07-18. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
4. ""Elegí a River por su historia" - 20.07.2001 - lanacion.com". Lanacion.com.ar. 2001-07-20. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
5. "Se sumó Matías Lequi - Más Deportes - Diario Los Andes". Losandes.com.ar. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
6. "Llega Escalona, el chileno sorpresa - 30.07.2001 - lanacion.com". Lanacion.com.ar. 2001-07-30. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
7. "Esnaider, nuevo jugador de River Plate". Emol.com. 2002-01-15. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
8. "Diario deportivo Olé | "Esto es un sueño para mí"". Old.ole.com.ar. 2002-01-19. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
9. "Llega Fonseca, el primer refuerzo". Edant.clarin.com. 2002-01-14. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
10. "Ya está en el país el nuevo refuerzo de River, Claudio Husain - lanacion.com". Lanacion.com.ar. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
11. "Canal Deportes> Se terminó la novela: Saviola firmó con el Barcelona> 17-7-01". Terra. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
12. "La Capital On Line - Sección - - River: Yepes fue vendido a Genoa". Archivo.lacapital.com.ar. 2001-08-28. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
13. "River vendió a Lombardi y cedió a préstamo a Alvarez - lanacion.com". Lanacion.com.ar. Retrieved 2012-02-14.

External links

• Estévez, Diego Ariel; Ciento cinco: historia de un siglo rojo y blanco; 2006 ISBN 950-754-198-5