Manchester United F.C. season 2001-02

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The 2001-02 season was Manchester United's 110th season in the Football League, and their 27th consecutive season in the top division of English football.[1] The second full season of the new Millennium was rather dismal for the Red Devils, in comparison to the previous three years. The club finished in third place in the Premier League, their lowest finish in the history of the Premier League, and they were knocked out of the FA Cup in the fourth round. Worthington Cup success was not expected, and the club duly obliged by playing what was effectively a Reserve team against a strong Arsenal side in the third round. United's only success in the 2001-02 season came in the UEFA Champions League, in which they managed to reach the semi-finals, before being knocked out by Bayer Leverkusen on away goals.

Before the season began, Sir Alex Ferguson had announced his intention to retire from football at the end of the season, and the club began the process of trying to find a successor for the most successful manager in their history. However, Fergie went back on his decision to retire, many people citing his failure to win the Champions League in his home town of Glasgow as the reason for this reversal. The 2001-02 season also celebrated Ryan Giggs' tenth year as a professional at the club, and he was honoured with a testimonial match against Celtic.

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[edit] Pre-season and Friendlies

Date Opponents Home/
Away		 Result
F – A		 Scorers Attendance
2001-07-22 Malaysia All-Stars Bukit Jalil Stadium 6 – 0 van Nistelrooy (2) 7', 36', Beckham 29', Cole (2) 46', 78', Chadwick 71' 100,000
2001-07-24 Team Singapore Kallang Stadium 8 – 1 Solskjær (2) 30', 45', P. Neville 40', Beckham 52', Yorke (2) 65', 71', van Nistelrooy 73', Giggs 90' 44,000
2001-07-29 Thailand Rajamangala Stadium 2 – 1 Giggs 29', Yorke 78' 65,000
2001-08-01 Celtic H 3 – 4 van Nistelrooy (2) 24', 84', Verón 64' 66,957
2001-08-04 Wrexham A 2 – 2 Solskjær 31', Verón 58' 7,614
2001-08-08 Bury A 3 – 0 P. Neville 49', Yorke 62', Solskjær 69' 9,929
2001-08-12 Liverpool Millennium Stadium 1 – 2 van Nistelrooy 51' 70,227

[edit] Premier League

Date Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance League

position
19 August 2001 Fulham H 3 – 2 Beckham 36', van Nistelrooy (2) 51', 53' 67,534
22 August 2001 Blackburn Rovers A 2 – 2 Giggs 20', Beckham 78' 29,836
26 August 2001 Aston Villa A 1 – 1 Alpay 90' (o.g.) 42,632 3rd
8 September 2001 Everton H 4 – 1 Verón 4', Cole 40', Fortune 46', Beckham 90' 67,534
15 September 2001 Newcastle United A 3 – 4 van Nistelrooy 29', Giggs 62', Verón 64' 52,056
22 September 2001 Ipswich Town H 4 – 0 Johnsen 13', Solskjær (2) 20', 90', Cole 89' 67,551
29 September 2001 Tottenham Hotspur A 5 – 3 Cole 46', Blanc 58', van Nistelrooy 72', Verón 76', Beckham 87' 36,038 2nd
13 October 2001 Sunderland A 3 – 1 Varga 35' (o.g.), Giggs 59', Cole 66' 48,305
20 October 2001 Bolton Wanderers H 1 – 2 Verón 25' 67,559
27 October 2001 Leeds United H 1 – 1 Solskjær 89' 67,555 5th
4 November 2001 Liverpool A 1 – 3 Beckham 50' 44,361
17 November 2001 Leicester City H 2 – 0 van Nistelrooy 21', Yorke 50' 67,651
25 November 2001 Arsenal A 1 – 3 Scholes 14' 38,174 6th
1 December 2001 Chelsea H 0 – 3 67,544
8 December 2001 West Ham United H 0 – 1 67,582
12 December 2001 Derby County H 5 – 0 Solskjær (2) 6', 58', Keane 10', van Nistelrooy 63', Scholes 89' 67,577
15 December 2001 Middlesbrough A 1 – 0 van Nistelrooy 76' 34,358
22 December 2001 Southampton H 6 – 1 van Nistelrooy (3) 1', 34', 54', Solskjær 41', Keane 72', Neville 78' 67,638
26 December 2001 Everton A 2 – 0 Giggs 78', van Nistelrooy 85' 39,948
30 December 2001 Fulham A 3 – 2 Giggs (2) 5', 47', van Nistelrooy 45' 21,159 5th
2 January 2002 Newcastle United H 3 – 1 van Nistelrooy 24', Scholes (2) 50', 62' 67,646
13 January 2002 Southampton A 3 – 1 van Nistelrooy 9', Beckham 45', Solskjær 63' 31,858
19 January 2002 Blackburn Rovers H 2 – 1 van Nistelrooy 45' (pen.), Keane 81' 67,552
22 January 2002 Liverpool H 0 – 1 67,599
29 January 2002 Bolton Wanderers A 4 – 0 Solskjær (3) 15', 39', 64', van Nistelrooy 83' 27,350 1st
2 February 2002 Sunderland H 4 – 1 P. Neville 6', Beckham 25', van Nistelrooy (2) 28', 44' (pen.) 67,587
10 February 2002 Charlton Athletic A 2 – 0 Solskjær (2) 33', 74' 26,475
23 February 2002 Aston Villa H 1 – 0 van Nistelrooy 50' 67,592 1st
3 March 2002 Derby County A 2 – 2 Scholes 41', Verón 60' 33,041
6 March 2002 Tottenham Hotspur H 4 – 0 Beckham (2) 15', 64', van Nistelrooy (2) 43' (pen.), 76' 67,599
16 March 2002 West Ham United A 5 – 3 Beckham 17', 89' (pen.), Butt 22', Scholes 55', Solskjær 64' 35,281
23 March 2002 Middlesbrough H 0 – 1 67,683
30 March 2002 Leeds United A 4 – 3 Scholes 9', Solskjær (2) 37', 39', Giggs 54' 40,058 2nd
6 April 2002 Leicester City A 1 – 0 Solskjær 61' 21,447
20 April 2002 Chelsea A 3 – 0 Scholes 15', van Nistelrooy 41', Solskjær 86' 41,725
27 April 2002 Ipswich Town A 1 – 0 van Nistelrooy 45' (pen.) 28,433 2nd
8 May 2002 Arsenal H 0 – 1 67,580
11 May 2002 Charlton Athletic H 0 – 0 67,571 3rd


Pos
Club
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
2
 Liverpool
38
24
8
6
67
30
+37
80
3
 Manchester United
38
24
5
9
87
45
+42
77
4
 Newcastle United
38
21
8
9
74
52
+22
71

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

[edit] FA Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
6 January 2002 Round 3 Aston Villa A 3 – 2 Solskjær 77', van Nistelrooy (2) 80', 82' 38,444
26 January 2002 Round 4 Middlesbrough A 0 – 2 17,624

[edit] Worthington Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
5 November 2001 Round 3 Arsenal A 0 – 4 30,693

[edit] Champions League

[edit] Group stage

Date Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance Group

position
18 September 2001 Lille OSC H 1 – 0 Beckham 90' 64,827 1st
25 September 2001 Deportivo la Coruña A 1 – 2 Scholes 40' 33,108 2nd
10 October 2001 Olympiakos Piraeus A 2 – 0 Beckham 66', Cole 82' 73,537 1st
17 October 2001 Deportivo la Coruña H 2 – 3 van Nistelrooy (2) 7', 40' 65,585 2nd
23 October 2001 Olympiakos Piraeus H 3 – 0 Solskjær 80', Giggs 88', van Nistelrooy 90' 66,769 2nd
31 October 2001 Lille OSC A 1 – 1 Solskjær 6' 37,400 2nd
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Flag of Spain Deportivo la Coruña 6 2 4 0 10 8 +2 10
2 Flag of England Manchester United 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 10
3 Flag of France Lille OSC 6 1 3 2 7 7 0 6
4 Flag of England Olympiakos Piraeus 6 1 2 3 6 12 -6 5

[edit] Second group stage

Date Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance Group

position
20 November 2001 Bayern Munich A 1 – 1 van Nistelrooy 74' 59,000 2nd
5 December 2001 Boavista H 3 – 0 van Nistelrooy (2) 31', 62', Blanc 55' 66,274 1st
20 February 2002 Nantes Atlantique A 1 – 1 van Nistelrooy 90' (pen.) 38,285 1st
26 February 2002 Nantes Atlantique H 5 – 1 Beckham 18', Solskjær (2) 31', 78', Silvestre 38', van Nistelrooy 64' (pen.) 66,492 1st
13 March 2002 Bayern Munich H 0 – 0 66,818 1st
19 March 2002 Boavista A 3 – 0 Blanc 14', Solskjær 29', Beckham 51' (pen.) 13,223 1st
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Flag of England Manchester United 6 3 3 0 13 3 +10 12
2 Flag of Germany Bayern Munich 6 3 3 0 5 2 +3 12
3 Flag of Portugal Boavista 6 1 2 3 2 8 -6 5
4 Flag of France Nantes Atlantique 6 0 2 4 4 11 -7 2

[edit] Knock-out stage

Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
2 April 2002 Quarter-final
First leg		 Deportivo la Coruña A 2 – 0 Beckham 15', van Nistelrooy 41' 32,351
10 April 2002 Quarter-final
Second leg		 Deportivo la Coruña H 3 – 2 Solskjær (2) 23', 56', Giggs 69' 65,875
24 April 2002 Semi-final
First leg		 Bayer 04 Leverkusen H 2 – 2 Živković 29' (o.g.), van Nistelrooy 67' (pen.) 66,534
30 April 2002 Semi-final
Second leg		 Bayer 04 Leverkusen A 1 – 1 Keane 28' 22,500

[edit] Squad statistics

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup Worthington Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Flag of France Fabien Barthez 32 0 1 0 0 0 15 0 48 0
2 DF Flag of England Gary Neville 31(3) 0 2 0 0 0 14 0 47(3) 0
3 DF Flag of Ireland Denis Irwin 10(2) 0 0 0 0 0 8(2) 0 18(4) 0
4 MF Flag of Argentina Juan Sebastián Verón 24(2) 5 1 0 0 0 14 0 38(2) 5
5 DF Flag of Norway Ronny Johnsen 9(1) 1 0 0 0 0 8(1) 0 17(2) 1
6 DF Flag of France Laurent Blanc 29 1 2 0 0 0 15 2 36 3
6 DF Flag of the Netherlands Jaap Stam 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF Flag of England David Beckham 23(5) 11 1 0 0 0 13 5 37(5) 16
8 MF Flag of England Nicky Butt 20(5) 1 2 0 0 0 8(1) 0 30(6) 1
9 FW Flag of England Andrew Cole 7(4) 4 0 0 0 0 1(3) 1 8(7) 5
10 FW Flag of the Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy 29(3) 23 0(2) 2 0 0 14 10 43(5) 35
11 MF Flag of Wales Ryan Giggs 18(7) 7 0(1) 0 0 0 13 2 31(8) 9
12 DF Flag of England Phil Neville 21(7) 2 2 0 1 0 3(4) 0 27(11) 2
13 GK Flag of Northern Ireland Roy Carroll 6(1) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 9(1) 0
14 DF Flag of England David May 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
15 MF Flag of England Luke Chadwick 5(3) 0 1(1) 0 1 0 0 0 7(4) 0
16 MF Flag of Ireland Roy Keane (c) 28 3 2 0 0 0 1(1) 1 31(1) 4
17 GK Flag of England Raimond van der Gouw 0(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0(2) 0
18 MF Flag of England Paul Scholes 30(5) 8 2 0 0 0 13 1 45(5) 9
19 FW Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Dwight Yorke 4(6) 1 0(1) 0 1 0 1(2) 0 6(9) 1
20 FW Flag of Norway Ole Gunnar Solskjær 23(7) 17 2 1 0 0 5(10) 7 30(17) 25
21 FW Flag of Uruguay Diego Forlán 6(7) 0 0 0 0 0 1(4) 0 7(11) 0
22 DF Flag of England Ronnie Wallwork 0(1) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2(1) 0
23 DF Flag of England Michael Clegg 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 22(14) 0
24 DF Flag of England Wes Brown 15(2) 0 0 0 0 0 5(2) 0 20(4) 0
25 MF Flag of South Africa Quinton Fortune 8(6) 1 0 0 0 0 3(2) 0 11(8) 1
27 DF Flag of France Mikaël Silvestre 31(4) 0 2 0 0 0 10(3) 1 43(7) 1
28 MF Flag of Scotland Michael Stewart 2(1) 0 0 0 1 0 0(1) 0 3(2) 0
30 DF Flag of Ireland John O'Shea 4(5) 0 0 0 1 0 0(3) 0 5(8) 0
34 DF Flag of England Lee Roche 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
36 FW Flag of England Jimmy Davis 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
37 FW Flag of England Danny Webber 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
40 FW Flag of Wales Daniel Nardiello 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
2001-07-01 GK Flag of Northern Ireland Roy Carroll Wigan Athletic Undisclosed
2001-07-01 FW Flag of the Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy PSV Eindhoven £19m
2001-07-12 MF Flag of Argentina Juan Sebastián Verón S.S. Lazio £29.1m
2001-08-30 DF Flag of France Laurent Blanc Internazionale £2.5m
2002-01-22 FW Flag of Uruguay Diego Forlán Independiente £7.5m
2002-05-11 GK Flag of England Luke Steele Peterborough United £500k

[edit] Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
2001-08-09 MF Flag of England Jonathan Greening Middlesbrough £2m
2001-08-09 MF Flag of England Mark Wilson Middlesbrough £1.5m
2001-08-27 DF Flag of the Netherlands Jaap Stam Lazio £16.5m
2001-11-08 MF Flag of Sweden Jesper Blomqvist Everton Free
2001-12-29 FW Flag of England Andrew Cole Blackburn Rovers Undisclosed
2002-02-19 DF Flag of England Michael Clegg Oldham Athletic Free
2002-05-20 GK Flag of England Paul Rachubka Charlton Athletic £200k
2002-06-28 GK Flag of the Netherlands Raimond van der Gouw West Ham United Free
2002-06-30 DF Flag of France Laurent Blanc Unattached Free
2002-06-30 DF Flag of Ireland Denis Irwin Unattached Free
2002-06-30 DF Flag of Norway Ronny Johnsen Unattached Free
2002-06-30 DF Flag of England Ronnie Wallwork Unattached Free

[edit] Loan in

Date From Date To Position Name From
2002-03-04 2002-06-30 GK Flag of England Luke Steele Peterborough United

[edit] Loan out

Date From Date To Position Name To
2001-11-23 2001-12-22 FW Flag of England Danny Webber Port Vale
2001-11-23 2002-05-17 GK Flag of England Paul Rachubka Oldham Athletic
2001-12-07 2002-06-30 MF Flag of Sweden Bojan Djordjic Sheffield Wednesday
2002-03-28 2002-04-27 FW Flag of England Danny Webber Watford

[edit] References

  1. ^ Manchester United Season 2001/02. StretfordEnd.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.

[edit] See also

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