2001–02 Segunda División

Segunda División

Season	2001-02
Champions	Atlético Madrid
Promoted	Atlético Madrid Racing de Santander Recreativo de Huelva
Relegated	Burgos CF Gimnàstic de Tarragona CF Extremadura Real Jaén
Matches played	462
Goals scored	996 (2.16 per match)
Top goalscorer	Diego Alonso
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 Segunda División season saw 22 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. The teams that promoted to La Liga were Atlético Madrid, Racing de Santander and Recreativo de Huelva. The teams that relegated to Segunda División B were Burgos CF, Gimnàstic de Tarragona, CF Extremadura and Real Jaén.

Final table

2001–02 Segunda División Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Atlético Madrid (C) (P)	42	23	10	9	68	44	+24	79	Promotion to La Liga
2	Racing Santander (P)	42	19	14	9	58	37	+21	71
3	Recreativo (P)	42	18	15	9	47	35	+12	69
4	Xerez	42	19	9	14	43	42	+1	66
5	Elche	42	17	14	11	52	39	+13	65
6	Sporting de Gijón	42	17	13	12	57	47	+10	64
7	Oviedo	42	13	19	10	41	40	+1	58		OVI 1–0 EIB EIB 1–1 OVI
8	Eibar	42	14	16	12	41	27	+14	58
9	Racing de Ferrol	42	16	8	18	58	60	−2	56		ALB 2–1 RFE RFE 2–0 ALB
10	Albacete	42	15	11	16	43	42	+1	56
11	Salamanca	42	13	15	14	52	53	−1	54
12	Badajoz	42	15	8	19	43	52	−9	53		BAD: 6 pts CÓR: 5 pts → LEG 1–1 CÓR LEG: 5 pts → CÓR 1–1 LEG
13	Córdoba	42	14	11	17	46	51	−5	53
14	Leganés	42	13	14	15	40	46	−6	53
15	Murcia	42	12	16	14	37	38	−1	52		MUR 1–2 BUR BUR 0–1 MUR
16	Burgos (R)	42	12	16	14	31	37	−6	0521	Relegation to Segunda División B
17	Numancia	42	13	12	17	45	53	−8	51
18	Poli Ejido	42	12	14	16	41	48	−7	50		LEV 0–0 EJI EJI 1–0 LEV
19	Levante	42	12	14	16	41	54	−13	50
20	Gimnàstic (R)	42	12	13	17	45	49	−4	49	Relegation to Segunda División B
21	Extremadura (R)	42	10	13	19	37	50	−13	43
22	Real Jaén (R)	42	11	9	22	30	52	−22	42

Source: LFP - Liga Adelante
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
¹ Burgos was relegated to Segunda División B because it did not become a public limited company. Levante was readmitted into Segunda División.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Teams by Autonomous Community

	Autonomous community	Number of teams	Teams
1	Andalusia	5	Córdoba, Poli Ejido, Real Jaén, Recreativo, Xerez
2	Castile and León	3	Burgos, Numancia, Salamanca
3	Asturias	2	Oviedo, Sporting
	Extremadura	2	Badajoz, Extremadura
	Madrid	2	Atlético Madrid, Leganés
	Valencia	2	Elche, Levante
7	Basque Country	1	Eibar
	Cantabria	1	Racing de Santander
	Castile-La Mancha	1	Albacete
	Catalonia	1	Gimnàstic
	Galicia	1	Racing de Ferrol
	Murcia	1	Murcia