| Jul 2001 |
Mallorca pre-season
Pre-season in
Austria. Matches against Traunstein (23 July, 4-4), Salzburg (26 July , 0-8),
Ismaning (Germany, 28 July 1-5), then Arsenal (Kufstein, 30 July, 0-2, Fatih
OG, Van Bronckhorst). |
| 25 Jul 2001 |
Villarreal 2 - United Arab Emirates 1
Match played in Bulle,
Switzerland. Abdulrahem gave the Arab side the side, but goals from Quique
Martín in the first half and Craioveanu in the second turned the score
around. Villarreal beat Galatasaray in Switzerland 4-3 on 28th and played in
the Aosta tournament on 2nd August: Villarreal 1 (Jorge López) -
Sporting Lisbon 0. |
| 26-28 Jul 2001 |
Amsterdam Tournament
Ajax, Liverpool, AC
Milan and Valencia. Results 26/7: Ajax 0 - Milan 1 (Rui Costa). Liverpool 1
(Litmanen) - Valencia 0. Results 28/7: Valencia 2 (De los Santos, Kily pen)-
Milan 1 (Inzaghi); Ajax vs Liverpool. Valencia were the better side in both
games, but couldn´t score against Liverpool. Two late goals gave them
victory against Milan. Ajax won the tournament with 3-1 victory over Liverpool.
|
| 27 Jul 2001 |
Samaranch testimonial match
Lausanne vs Real Madrid, played in
Switzerland during Real Madrid's warm up . Testimonial match for the retiring
Olympic president Juan Antonio Samaranch. An early goal from Raúl and a
late one from Guti gave Madrid a 1-2 victory over their rivals. Zidane played
his first 45 minutes for his new club. Played Nyonnaise on 29th, winning 1-12;
(Zidane, McManaman, Miñambres, Baljic (2), Congo (4), Rivera, Alvaro
(pen), Munitis). |
| 27 Jul 2001 |
Farense (Por) 2 - 0 Sevilla
Played in Vila Real,
Portugal. Bad tempered match, with Olivera sent off in the first half,
Farense's Pinhal in the second, and Javi Navarro taken off with a suspected
broken arm. The assistant referee was punched in the tunnel by a Sevilla
player. Played Ayamonte, Huelva (28th; 0-4) and Vitoria de Guimaraes, Portugal
(29th; 0-0). |
| 28 Jul 2001 |
Deportivo La Coruña pre-season
28.7. Racing Vilalbés (3rd
division). Won 1 - 2. Second half goals from Pandiani and Iván
Pérez gave them victory.
31.07. Lemos (3rd division). Won 0 - 3 .
Pandiani, Tristán (pen), Makaay. Djalminha was sent off for elbowing an
opponent.
02.08. Viveiro. Won 1-6. Tristán (3), Víctor,
Changui, Iván Pérez.
04.08. Pontevedra. Drew 2-2. Came
backfrom two goals down with goals from Duscher and Donato.
18.08.
Betanzos. Won 0-4. Makaay, Valerón, Tristán (2). |
| 31 Jul 2001 |
Genk 2 - 3 Valencia
Beat the Belgian side with goals from
Carew, Mista and Ilie. Salva injured and didn't play. |
| Jul/Aug 2001 |
Espanyol on tour
Raon Letap (28/7;
0-5). AS Nancy (31/7; 2-4 - Aganzo, Palencia, Tamudo, Rotchen), RSC Charleroi
(3/8; 1-1, Juvenal), Fulham (4/8 in Le Touquet; 1-2, Tamudo, Velamazán),
then returned to Cataluña to beat Lleida on penalties (7/8: 2-2, Aganzo
(2)). |
| Jul/Aug 2001 |
Barcelona pre-season
Pre-season in
Switzerland. Matches against Chenois (28th July: 0-3, Saviola (2), Kluivert),
Lucerne (29th July; 0-5, Kluivert (2), Cocu (2), Geovanni), Grasshopper (31st
July, 2-4, Saviola (2), Geovanni, Rochemback), Sporting Lisbon (3rd Aug; 1-3,
Luis Enrique, Overmars, Gerard). |
| Jul/Aug 2001 |
Real Sociedad pre-season
Tour of
Turkey, Toshack's old hunting ground. Games against Fenerbahce (29/7; 0-0),
Bursaspor (31/7; 3-2; Khokhlov, Jankauskas), Kocaelispor (3/8; 2-1,
Demetradze). |
| Aug 2001 |
Alavés pre-season
Opening
match at Pau (South West France) on 28th July (0-0), then play four friendlies
in UK during first two weeks of August against Sheffield Wednesday (4/8; 1-0),
Bolton (7/8; 0-2, Magno, Rubén Navarro), Bolton again behind closed
doors (9/8; 3-2) and Fulham (11/8; 0-1, Rubén
Navarro). |
| Aug 2001 |
Málaga pre-season
Pre-season
in Holland, with a match against Zaanlandia (0-15) and NEC Nimega (0-1).
Returned to play match against Córdoba, which they lost 1-0 in
bad-tempered game. Sandro sent off for elbowing Soria. |
| Aug 2001 |
Valladolid pre-season
Financial
difficulties mean they stay near to home. Matches against lower division teams,
with visits to Béjar (28/7; 0-1), Cultural (2/8; 2-6), Zamora (5/8;
2-0), Sporting Gijon (9/8; 4-1), Burgos (12/8; 2-0), and then against Salamanca
for Medina del Campo trophy (16/8; 0-0). |
| Aug 2001 |
Athletic Bilbao tour of England
Pre-season tour of England. WBA
(1/8: 0 - 2; Etxeberria, Guerrero), Bolton (3/8: 0 - 1; Yeste), Middlesborough
(5/8: 3 - 0), Blackpool (7/8: 2-2; Alkiza, Del Horno), and Newcastle (11/8:
0-1; Julen Guerrero). |
| Aug 2001 |
Zaragoza pre-season
Warmed up with 0-23
result against Benasque, (Peternac (8), Yordi (4), Camacho (4), Jamelli (3)
etc). Pre-season in Holland and Belgium. Play five games, starting with SV Urk
on 7th Aug (1-4, Juanele, Aguado, Peternac, Pablo), then Halastern (8/8; 0-7,
Jamelli 3, Ferrón, Corona, Garitano, Galletti), Mechelen (Racing Malinas
to French speakers) (10/8; 2-2, Yordi, Vellisca), Heerenveen (11/8; 1-1,
Jamelli) and finally Zuidvogels (13/8; 0-6). |
| Aug 2001 |
Rayo Vallecano pre-season
Tour of Belgium.
Bruges (4/8; 2-2, Luis Cembranos, Bolic), Mouscom (5/8; 0-2, Pablo Sanz,
Peragón). then back to play at Sporting Gijon (11/8; 2-2, Lediakhov,
Villa / Peragón, Cembranos). |
| 1 Aug 2001 |
City of Alicante tournament
Real Madrid's first game in Spain since
the signing of Zidane. Played in the Rico Pérez stadium in Alicante,
just South of Benidorm. Real Madrid 1 (Guti) - Montpellier 0. |
| 3 Aug 2001 |
Valencia presentation
Presented new squad and afterwards played
a friendly match against Groningen from Holland. Won 5-0 with goals from Ilie
(2), Vicente, Aimar and Alieu (Carew's new name). |
| 3 Aug 2001 |
AEK Athens - Bolonia - Sevilla
Old outstanding debt as part of
Tsartas transfer deal last season from Sevilla to AEK. Triangular tournament in
Athens. AEK won both 45 matches, including 1-0 vs Sevilla. Bolonia and Sevilla
drew 1-1 (Tomás pen). |
| 4 Aug 2001 |
Al Ahly 1 - 0 Real Madrid
Were paid around €2 Mio to play
against the Egyptian champions in Cairo. Was billed in Egypt as the match of
the century, and crowd of around 100,000 turned out.. However Madrid were
disappointing, and the home side won with a second half goal from
Sunday. |
| 4 Aug 2001 |
Celta 2 - 0 Las Palmas
The Quinocho memorial trophy started the
pre-season for Celta. The game was played in Compostela as the Balaidos pitch
was badly damaged in a recent pop concert. Celta won with second half goals
from Edu and new signing Maurice. |
| 8 Aug 2001 |
Olympiakos 4 - 3 Celta
Played against Greek side in El Pireo. New
signing Boban scored a brilliant goal on his debut, and Gustavo López
and Mostovoi got the others. Contreras scored an own goal though and Celta lost
in the last minute. |
| 8 Aug 2001 |
Málaga 1 - 1 Tenerife
Presentation of Málaga's new squad.
Eventually played against newly promoted Tenerife rather than international
opposition. Pier gave the visitors the lead and Edgar equalised in the last
minute. |
| 8 Aug 2001 |
Hércules
1 - 1 Villarreal
Hastily arranged game at the Rico Pérez stadium in
Alicante to replace Villarreal's tournament in Italy. Palermo scored early on,
but Villarreal could only draw in the end. |
| 8 Aug 2001 |
Castellón 1 - 0 Valencia
Presentation of Castellón
squad. Salva finally made his debut, but Valencia lost thanks to a goal from
Salillas, Castellón's new signing. |
| 9 Aug 2001 |
Córdoba - Sevilla - Ceuta
Triangular match in
Córdoba, A game of three halves Brian, and all of them crap. All ended
0-0, with the only first division side Sevilla winning by penalty shoot
out. |
| 9 to 11 Aug 2001 |
Teresa Herrera trophy, La
Coruña
Annual competition over 3 days.
9/8.
Depor vs Uruguay's Peñarol. Depor won 2-1, with first half goals from
Makaay and Pandiani.
10/8. Real Madrid vs Mexico's Cruz Azul. Match ended
1-1, with Raúl getting the equaliser after Figo missed a penalty and
Hierro got sent off. Madrid won the penalty shoot out 3-1, with Casillas saving
3 penalties.
11/8. Final: Depor vs Real Madrid. Depor came from behind to
win by 2-1. Figo got the first, with Makaay & Tristán scoring for
Depor.
3rd place play off: Peñarol 1-2 Cruz Azul. |
| 10 Aug 2001 |
Derby County 0 - 3 Barcelona
Played the premier league side on brief
tour of England.Three goals in the first 15 minutes (Kluivert 2, Geovanni)
sentenced the match. |
| 10 to 12 Aug 2001 |
Ceramica trophy, Villarreal
Another summer
competition, this time also over 3 days. Three neighbours played each
other.
10/8: Villarreal 2-1 Castellón (Palermo, Víctor pen /
De Bon),
11/8: Castellón 0-2 Valencia (Salva, Vicente),
12/8:
Villarreal 0-1 Valencia (Nico). Valencia champions. |
| 10 to 11 Aug 2001 |
Ramón de Carranza trophy,
Cádiz
Long standing summer tournament, this
year featuring home side Cádiz from 2B plus three first division
sides.
10/8: Cádiz 0 - Málaga 1 (Cortijo og);
Betis 2
(Casas 2) - Celta 1 (Mostovoi).
11/8; Final: Málaga 1 (Litos) -
Betis 6 (Benjamín 2, Juanito, Capi, Casas pen, Javi).
3rd place:
Cádiz 0 - Celta 4 (Catanha 2, Boban, Navarro og)
|
| 10 Aug 2001 |
Real Sociedad 1 - 1 Feyenoord
Official presentation of John Toshack's
new squad against Dutch first division side. Luiz Alberto opened the scoring in
the first half, but Tomasson equalised for the visitors in the
second. |
| 11 Aug 2001 |
Southampton 3 - 4 Espanyol
Travelled to England to inaugurate the new
St. Mary's stadium. Espanyol were 0-4 up by half time with goals by Posse,
Aganzo, De Lucas and Soldevilla, but the Saints pulled three back in the scond
half through Davies and Rosler (2). |
| 11 Aug 2001 |
Salamanca 0 - 1 Atlético Madrid
Presentation
of the new Salamanca squad against one of their main rivals for promotion this
year. Diego Alonso headed the only goal in the first half. |
| 12 Aug 2001 |
Blackburn 3 - 2 Barcelona
Played the newly promoted side on brief
tour of England. First pre-season defeat for the Catalan side thanks to late
Mark Hughes goal. Cocu and Xavi (pen) scored for Barça. |
| 12 Aug 2001 |
Tenerife 3 - 1 Partizan Belgrade
Presentation of Tenerife squad.
Only match scheduled to be played in Tenerife during the pre-season. Goals from
Hugo Morales, Xisco and Acorán in match which also served as a
testimonial to Toño. |
| 12 Aug 2001 |
Racing Santander 0 - 2 Aston Villa
Presentation of Racing squad.
Match postponed from earlier in the week due to Villa's participation in
Intertoto cup. Villa won with two goals in the first 15 minutes from Pablo
Angel. Staunton and Bodipo shown red cards. |
| 13 Aug 2001 |
Everton 1 - 0 Espanyol
Carried on to Liverpool to play
premiership opposition again. Espanyol had most of the possession but could not
score. Joe Max Moore got the only goal in the first half. |
| 13 Aug 2001 |
Betis 1 - 1 Mallorca
Betis presentation match. After 8
pre-season victories Betis were finally held to a draw. Luque opened the
scoring with a backheel, but Juanito equalised late in the second
half. |
| 14 Aug 2001 |
Real Madrid 1 - 2 Inter Milan
Santiago Bernabeu trophy. Cúper
returns to Spain for Real Madrid's own tournament. With Zidane, Figo and
Roberto Carlos on international duty, Madrid lost the trophy for the first time
in 7 years. Vieri scored in the first half, and although Hierro levelled from a
penalty in the 80th minute, Adriano gave Inter victory in the last
minute. |
| 14 Aug 2001 |
Deportivo La Coruña 1 - 0
Udinese
Juan
Acuña trophy in la Coruña. Depor won by a single first half goal
scored by Diego Tristán. New signing Sergio made his debut for the
side. |
| 14 Aug 2001 |
Valencia 2 - 1 Peñarol
Played the Uruguayan champions in the
trofeo naranja. First half goals from Pellegrino and Mista gave Valencia
victory in their own "Orange trophy" tournament. Cedres pulled one back in the
second half against a Valencia side missing many of their stars. |
| 14 Aug 2001 |
Sevilla presentation match
Finally agreed to
play Italian side Torino, newly promoted to Serie A. Match ended 0-0. Sevilla
also played at Jaén the day after in the Olive trophy with their second
string players. They lost 3-1 |
| 15 Aug 2001 |
Rayo Vallecano 1 - 1 Atlético
Madrid
After
touring Belgium, Rayo returned to Vallecas for their squad presentation against
city rivals Atlético. New signing Arteaga opened the scoring for Rayo
just after the break, but Fernando Torres equalised shortly before the end.
|
| 15 Aug 2001 |
Osasuna 1 - 4 Real Sociedad
Friendly match between neighbours. Osasuna
have Real to thank for staying up last season after they won away in the last
game. Real won this one on merit though, their first preseason win in 7 games.
Goals by Llorente, De Paula, Tayfun and Aranburu, with Gancedo scoring for the
home side. |
| 15 Aug 2001 |
Gimnastica Tarragona 2 - 0 Atlético Portuguesa
Presentation
of newly promoted second division A side Nástic on the Mediterranean
coast. Goals from Pinilla and Herrero. |
| 16 Aug 2001 |
Málaga 1 - 0 Betis
Friendly match against the newly promoted
Andalucian rivals at the Rosaleda stadium. Málaga got their revenge for
the 6-1 thrashing in the Carranza tournament. Zárate got the only goal
in the opening minutes. |
| 16 Aug 2001 |
Athletic Bilbao 2 - 0 Peruggia
"Homeage al socio" (literally
tribute to the members) match which is played every pre-season. Goals from
Urzaiz and Ezquerro as Athletic showed promising form under new manager
Heynckes. |
| 16 Aug 2001 |
Alavés 2 - 1 Logroñes
Friendly against local rivals who
were newly promoted back to second division B. Match abandoned when Mané
took his remaining players in protest after referee Martínez Tomillo
sent off four of his men, Jordi Cruyff, Téllez, Karmona and Turiel.
Goals by Iván Alonso and Magno for Alavés and Jordi (not Cruyff)
for Logroñes. |
| 16 Aug 2001 |
Elche 2 - 2 Villarreal
Festa d'Elx trophy between neighbours.
Villarreal won on penalties. Craioveanu and Xavi Gracia got Villarreal's goals
in the second half after Benja and Nino had given the home side a two goal lead
by half time. |
| 17 Aug 2001 |
Gamper tournament, Barcelona
FC Barcelona in-house trophy. Rivals were
Italian club Parma. Barça won 3-2. Saviola and Christanval scored in the
first half and substitute Alfonso gave them a three goal lead in what may be
his last game at the club. However two defensive errors let Parma back in the
game towards the end, with goals from Di Vaio and Cannavarro. Saviola dedicated
his goal to his late father, who died two weeks ago. |
| 17 Aug 2001 |
Numancia 1 - 2 Rayo Vallecano
Trofeo Caja Duero. A big crowd, even
though Numancia relegated last season. Goals from Glaucio and Roy for Rayo, and
Alberto in between for the home side. |
| 17 to 18 Aug 2001 |
Colombino trophy, Huelva
Once again
Recreativo hosted this tournament, the 37th time the competition has been
played.
17/8: Tenerife 2 (Xisco, Martí) - Osasuna 1 (Gancedo
pen)
Recreativo 1 (Soriano) - Celta 1 (Catanha), Celta win 4-2 on
penalties.
18/8: Final: Celta 3 (Maurice, G López, Jesuli) - Tenerife
1 (Pier) |
| 18 Aug 2001 |
Málaga 1 - 2 Sevilla
Ciudad de la Línea trophy, played
in the town on the border with Gibraltar. Alfaro and Olivera gave Sevilla the
lead in the first half, with Zárate pulling one back after the break.
|
| 18 Aug 2001 |
Espanyol presentation match
Cuitat de Barcelona trophy at the Montjuic
stadium. Espanyol 3-0 Olympiakos. Goals from Rotchen and Tamudo in the first
half and Munteanu in the last minute. Mora saved a penalty in the second half.
|
| 18 Aug 2001 |
Valladolid 3 - 2 Peruggia
City of Valladolid trophy at home against
Italian club ended Valladolid's pre-season preparation.Ricchetti gave the home
side victory near the end after Luis García and Fernando (pen) had
scored earlier on. |
| 18 Aug 2001 |
Burgos 1 - 2 Real Sociedad
Real trying out against newly promoted 2A
team. Isailovic gave the home side the lead, but Khokhlov and Demetradze turned
it round in the second half. Xavi Alonso broke a toe and will be out for two
months. |
| 19 Aug 2001 |
Udinese 3 - 0 Villarreal
Inter Milan game postponed so
played at Udine. Three goals in a five minute period in the first half finished
off the East coast side. |
| 21 Aug 2001 |
Celta 0 - 0 Sporting Lisbon
Ciudad de Vigo trophy. Presentation of
squad the day before. Boban was the star, but the game ended goal-less and
Sporting won on penalties. |
| 28 Aug 2001 |
Pontevedra 1 - 1 Celta
City of Pontevedra trophy in Gallicia.
Benni McCarthy saved the day in his last match, scoring a late equaliser and
then the winning penalty in the shoot out. |
| 29 Aug 2001 |
Lleida 1 - 3 Villarreal
Friendly against Catalan team, recently
relegated to 2B. Lleida took the lead through Barbarín, but goals from
Palermo and Gracia in the first half and a 35 metre shot from Galca near the
end turned the score around. |
| 29 Aug 2001 |
Xerez 1 - 1 Málaga
Match played in the Nuevo Mirador stadium,
Algeciras. Xerez took the lead with a Viqueira penalty but Zárate
equalised. |
| 30 Aug 2001 |
Cartagonova 1 - 5 Real Madrid
Game played in Cartagena on South
East coast of Spain against second division B side. Chance for non-regular
players to get a game. Goals from Munitis (2), Geremi (2) and Congo. Artigas
got one back for the home side. |
| 30 Aug 2001 |
Zaragoza 5 - 0 Twente
Carlos Lapetra trophy. Late friendly after
league has started. Parma pulled out so played Dutch cup winners instead.
Chainho and Komljenovic made their debuts. Boring first half but introduction
of Juanele for Jordi at half time made the difference. Five goals after the
break from Juanele (2), Chainho, Ferrón and Aragón. |
| 30 Aug 2001 |
Numancia 1 - 3 Osasuna
Local friendly to try out non-regular
players. Kick off at unusual time of 11:30. Osasuna won with a Palacios
hat-trick. Parri scored for the home side. |
| 30 Aug 2001 |
Getafe vs Rayo Vallecano
Local Madrid friendly
overshadowed by the killing of Getafe player Sebas, accidentally shot by a
policeman in the early hours of Saturday morning after a fight broke out on a
beach. Game ended 0-2 to Rayo. |
| 31 Aug 2001 |
Triangular tournament, Sevilla
A game of three halves played
between Sevilla, Betis and Athletic Bilbao at the Olympic stadium in Sevilla.
Betis won the tournament thanks to a 1-0 victory over Bilbao, with a goal from
new boy Joao Tomas. Sevilla and Bilbao drew 0-0, as did Betis and Sevilla in
the last game, played in the early hours of the morning. |
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