2001–02 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season
# 2001–02 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season

The 2001–02 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season was the 72nd consecutive Primera División season played by the senior squad.

## Summary

During summer several players left the club included right back defender Hugo Ibarra, Colombian full back Jorge Bermudez and midfielder Anibal Matellan. Also, Colombian Goalkeeper Oscar Cordoba almost was signed by Tottenham Hotspur prompting Mauricio Macri to block the transfer, however, Cordoba got the transfer out during January towards Serie A team Perugia .

Macri reinforced the squad with central defender Rolando Schiavi from Argentinos Juniors, right back defender Jorge Daniel Martinez, Brazilian defender Jorginho Paulista on loan from Udinese Calcio and purely for Japanese football supporters Naohiro Takahara. With the exception of Schiavi the arrivals were a total failure and most of them were transferred out during December.

In the Apertura Tournament the team finished on 3rd spot, eleven points below of Champions Racing. Meanwhile, in 2001 Intercontinental Cup the squad was defeated by German side Bayern München after extra time.

Head coach Carlos Bianchi started negotiations for a renewal after two years of contract (the last renovation was in December 1999) and after several rumors Bianchi chose to not accept the Board conditions. Then, Macri appointed during December Uruguayan coach Oscar Tabarez former manager of Boca Juniors during 1992 Apertura Tournament which the team won and ended eleven years of League drought.

Owing to government economic measures known as Corralito in the Clausura Tournament, Macri reinforced the team with a few players included forward Héctor Bracamonte, defender Diego Crosa and Jonathan Fabbro the squad finished on 3rd spot again, eight points below of Champions River Plate.

Meanwhile, in 2002 Copa Libertadores the squad reached the quarterfinals stage and was eliminated by future Champions Paraguayan side Olimpia after a 0–1 defeat in the second leg of the series.

The season is best remembered by League debut of future club legend forward 16-yr-old Carlos Tevez against Talleres de Cordoba on 21 October 2000 .

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| — | GK | ARG | Roberto Abbondanzieri |
| — | GK | COL | Oscar Cordoba |
| — | GK | ARG | Willy Caballero |
| — | GK | ARG | Christian Muñoz |
| — | DF | ARG | Nicolas Burdisso |
| — | DF | ARG | Clemente Rodriguez |
| — | DF | ARG | Omar Sebastián Pérez |
| — | DF | ARG | Gustavo Pinto |
| — | DF | ARG | Javier Alejandro Villarreal |
| — | DF | ARG | José María Calvo |
| — | DF | ARG | Rolando Schiavi |
| — | DF | BRA | Jorginho Paulista |
| — | DF | ARG | Nahuel Fioretto |
| — | DF | ARG | Cesar Alberto Gonzalez |
| — | DF | ARG | Juan Forchetti |
| — | DF | ARG | Jonathan Fabbro |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | COL | Mauricio Serna |
| — | MF | ARG | Christian Traverso |
| — | MF | ARG | Juan Roman Riquelme |
| — | MF | ARG | Sebastian Battaglia |
| — | MF | ARG | Julio Marchant |
| — | MF | ARG | Joel Enrique Barbosa |
| — | MF | ARG | Roberto Colautti |
| — | MF | ARG | Ariel Carreño |
| — | MF | ARG | Jorge Daniel Martinez |
| — | MF | ARG | Diego Crosa |
| — | FW | ARG | Guillermo Barros Schelotto |
| — | FW | ARG | Marcelo Delgado |
| — | FW | ARG | Antonio Barijho |
| — | FW | ARG | Christian Giménez |
| — | FW | ARG | Walter Gaitán |
| — | FW | JPN | Naohiro Takahara |
| — | FW | ARG | Alfredo Moreno |
| — | FW | ARG | Carlos Tevez |
| — | FW | ARG | Héctor Bracamonte |
| — | FW | ARG | Abel Balbo |

### Transfers

In :

| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| - | - | - | - |
| DF | Rolando Schiavi | Argentinos Juniors | |
| MF | Jorge Daniel Martinez | | |
| DF | Jorginho Paulista | Udinese Calcio | loan |
| DF | Juan Forchetti | | |
| FW | Naohiro Takahara | Júbilo Iwata | |
| DF | Nahuel Fioretto | | |
| GK | Willy Caballero | | |
| DF | Cesar Alberto Gonzalez | | |
| FW | Carlos Tevez | | |

Out :

| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| - | - | - | - |
| DF | Hugo Ibarra | FC Porto | |
| DF | Jorge Bermudez | Olympiakos FC | |
| MF | Anibal Matellan | Schalke 04 | |
| MF | Fernando Pandolfi | Velez Sarsfield | |
| DF | Emanuel Ruiz | | |
| DF | Facundo Imboden | | |
| DF | Esteban José Herrera | | loan |
| DF | Cesar Osvaldo La Paglia | | |
| DF | Elías Bazzi | | |

**January**

In :

| Pos. | Name | from |
| - | - | - |
| FW | Héctor Bracamonte | CD Badajoz |
| DF | Diego Crosa | Real Betis |
| DF | Jonathan Fabbro | RCD Mallorca B |
| MF | Abel Balbo | AS Roma |

Out :

| Pos. | Name | To |
| - | - | - |
| GK | Oscar Cordoba | AC Perugia |
| MF | Roberto Colautti | |
| MF | Nahuel Fioretto | |
| FW | Naohiro Takahara | |
| MF | Antonio Barijho | |
| DF | Jorginho Paulista | |

## Competitions

### Torneo Apertura

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

**Position by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | D |
| Position | 16 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

### Torneo Clausura

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

**Position by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

### Copa Mercosur

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CER | UCA | VAS | BOC |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cerro Porteño | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 | Advance to Quarter-finals | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Universidad Católica | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 9 | Advance to Quarter-finals | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Vasco da Gama | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 8 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | Boca Juniors | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 6 | | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | — |
| Pos | Grp | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | B | San Lorenzo | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 10 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 2 | C | Independiente | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 3 | A | Universidad Católica | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 9 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 4 | E | River Plate | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 8 | |
| 5 | D | Vélez Sársfield | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 8 | |

### Copa Libertadores

**Group stage**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | BOC | MON | SAN | EME |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Boca Juniors | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 13 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Montevideo Wanderers | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | 0–2 | | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Santiago Wanderers | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Emelec | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |

### FIFA Club World Championship

As winners of the 2000 Copa Libertadores, Boca Juniors was one of the 12 teams that were invited to the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship, which would be hosted in Spain from 28 July to 12 August 2001. However, the tournament was canceled, primarily due to the collapse of ISL, which was a marketing partner of FIFA at the time.

## Statistics

### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Apertura 2001 | Apertura 2001 | Clausura 2002 | Clausura 2002 | Libertadores | Libertadores | Mercosur 2001 | Mercosur 2001 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ARG | Abbondanzieri | 37 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Calvo | 29 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Burdisso | 37 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Schiavi | 37 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | DF | ARG | Clemente Rodriguez | 35 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Christian Traverso | 40 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | COL | Mauricio Serna | 28 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Sebastian Battaglia | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Juan Roman Riquelme | 27 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Guillermo Barros Schelotto | 32 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Marcelo Delgado | 36 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Julio Marchant | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Christian Giménez | 32 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| | DF | ARG | Omar Sebastián Pérez | 30 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| | DF | ARG | Gustavo Pinto | 28 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Walter Gaitán | 31 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Jorge Daniel Martinez | 26 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Ariel Carreño | 24 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| | DF | ARG | Cesar Alberto Gonzalez | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Carlos Tevez | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| | MF | ARG | Diego Crosa | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Abel Balbo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Héctor Bracamonte | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| | DF | ARG | Javier Alejandro Villarreal | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Joel Enrique Barbosa | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | GK | ARG | Willy Caballero | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Alfredo Moreno | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Juan Forchetti | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Jonathan Fabbro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | COL | Oscar Cordoba | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Antonio Barijho | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | ARG | Roberto Colautti | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | DF | BRA | Jorginho Paulista | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | JPN | Naohiro Takahara | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Nahuel Fioretto | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | José Antonio Pereda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Miguel Alejandro Portillo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

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