The 2001–02 campaign was the 96th season in

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's history and their 2nd season in

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of Spanish football. Also the club competed in

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Summary

During the summer, with

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as director of football, appointed club legend

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as the new head coach on 31 May 2001. Previously, the former player acted as coach during several seasons in the past: 1974–80, 1982–87 and 1991–93. The main reason for his arrival was clinching the last season a

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spot for underdogs

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, and now had the mission of saving Atletico from the

. Owing to financial troubles, Futre transferred several players out the squad, including top goalscorer Salva to

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in exchange for Uruguayan striker

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, and young playmaker Hugo Leal to

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, as well as an additional 14 players. The squad was reinforced with four players from

and more Spanish players in contrast to previous seasons, where the club bought a lot of foreign players. Finally, on 27 April 2002, the team clinched the promotion to

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after two years in the

. Also, in

, the club was eliminated early by

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in Round of 64.

Squad

Transfers

Competitions

Segunda División

League table

Results by round

Matches

Copa del Rey

Round of 64

Statistics

Players statistics

Squad statistics

References

External links

Campaign
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