2001–02 Leeds United A.F.C. season

Leeds United

2001-02 season

Chairman

Peter Ridsdale

Manager

David O'Leary

Barclaycard Premiership

Top goalscorer

Fowler (12)

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2002–03 →

During the 2001–02 English football season, Leeds United A.F.C. competed in the FA Premier League (known as the Barclaycard Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

1 Season summary
2 Squad
- 2.1 First-team squad
- 2.2 On loan
3 Starting 11
4 Premier League
- 4.1 Matches
- 4.2 Top Scorers
5 References

Season summary

Leeds topped the Premiership for much of the first half of the season, but they gradually fell out of touch during the final weeks and ended up finishing fifth - having to settle for another UEFA Cup campaign. This came despite the wealth of options available to manager David O'Leary, who, at several points in the season, had several international class players on the bench or in the stands - for example Robbie Keane, who, despite his talent in front of goal, was used sparingly. Some contribute their downfall to their FA Cup third tound exit at Ninian Park; table-topping Leeds played mid-table Division 2 side Cardiff City but suffered a 2–1 defeat with goals from Graham Kavanagh and Scott Young. Leeds did not look like the same team after this. After the end of the season, chairman Peter Ridsdale decided that enough was enough and sacked O'Leary after four years and tens of millions of pounds in new signings had failed to translate into silverware. Many also link the infamous book "Leeds United: On Trial", written by O'Leary himself, as destroying morale in the dressing-room and accelerating his departure from the club. In came former England manager Terry Venables as his successor. Harry Kewell scored and assisted in some crucial games of the season.

Plans were unveiled on 5 September for a new 50 000-seat stadium at Skelton to replace Elland Road, with Ridsdale hoping to have it ready by the summer of 2004. In fact, Ridsdale was aware that millions of pounds had been staked on Champions League qualification - by not qualifying in successive years, the club was heading for financial meltdown.

Squad

First-team squad

^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Nigel Martyn
2	DF	Gary Kelly
3	DF	Ian Harte
4	MF	Olivier Dacourt
5	DF	Lucas Radebe
6	DF	Jonathan Woodgate
7	FW	Robbie Keane
8	FW	Michael Bridges
9	FW	Mark Viduka
10	FW	Harry Kewell
11	MF	Lee Bowyer
13	GK	Paul Robinson
16	MF	Jason Wilcox
17	FW	Alan Smith
18	DF	Danny Mills

No.	Position	Player
19	MF	Eirik Bakke
20	MF	Seth Johnson
21	DF	Dominic Matteo
22	DF	Michael Duberry
23	MF	David Batty
24	DF	Danny Hay
25	MF	Jacob Burns
27	FW	Robbie Fowler
28	MF	Jamie McMaster
29	DF	Rio Ferdinand (captain)
32	MF	Harpal Singh
34	DF	Frazer Richardson
35	DF	Shane Cansdell-Sherriff
50	GK	Shaun Allaway

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
14		MF	Stephen McPhail (at Millwall)
26		GK	Danny Milosevic (at Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Starting 11

Last updated on 8 December 2010.

Only considering Premiership starts.

No.	Pos.	Name	Starts
1	GK	Nigel Martyn	38
18	RB	Danny Mills	28
29	CB	Rio Ferdinand	31
21	CB	Dominic Matteo	32
3	LB	Ian Harte	34
11	RM	Lee Bowyer	24
23	CM	David Batty	30
19	CM	Eirik Bakke	20
10	LM	Harry Kewell	26
9	CF	Mark Viduka	33
27	CF	Robbie Fowler	22

Premier League

Matches

1 18 August 2001	Leeds United	2–0	Southampton	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Viduka 67' Smith 81'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Referee: C Wilkes

2 21 August 2001	Arsenal	1–2	Leeds United	Highbury, London
	Wiltord 32'	Report	Harte 29' Viduka 53' Bowyer Mills	Stadium: Highbury Referee: Jeff Winter

3	West Ham United	0–0	Leeds United

4 8 September 2001	Leeds United	0–0	Bolton Wanderers	Leeds, West Yorkshire
		Report		Stadium: Elland Road Referee: Steve Bennett

5 16 September 2001	Charlton Athletic	0–2	Leeds United	London
		Report	Keane 21' Mills 62'	Stadium: The Valley Referee: Mark Halsey

6 23 September 2001	Leeds United	3–0	Derby County	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Bakke 9' Kewell 74', 78'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Referee: Alan Wiley

7 30 September 2001	Ipswich Town	1–2	Leeds United	Ipswich, Suffolk
	Stewart 22'	Report	Keane 70' Venus 86' (o.g.)	Stadium: Portman Road Referee: Andy D'Urso

8	Liverpool	1–1	Leeds United
	Murphy 69'		Kewell 27'

9	Leeds United	0–0	Chelsea

10	Manchester United	1–1	Leeds United	Trafford, Greater Manchester
	Solskjær 89'		Viduka 77'	Stadium: Old Trafford

11 4 November 2001	Leeds United	2–1	Tottenham	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Harte 61' Kewell 82'	Report	Poyet 52'	Stadium: Elland Road Referee: Steve Bennett

12 18 November 2001	Sunderland	2–0	Leeds United	Sunderland, Wearside
	Arca 48' Phillips 55'	Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Referee: Graham Barber

13 25 November 2001	Leeds United	1–1	Aston Villa	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Smith 18' , 32'	Report	Kachloul 35'	Stadium: Elland Road Referee: Neale Barry

14 2 December 2001	Fulham	0–0	Leeds United	Fulham, London
		Report		Referee: Graham Poll

15 9 December 2001	Blackburn Rovers	1–2	Leeds United	Blackburn, Lancashire
	Berg 83'	Report	Kewell 55', 62'	Stadium: Ewood Park Referee: Andy D'Urso

16 16 December 2001	Leeds United	2–2	Leicester City	Leeds, Yorkshire
	Kewell 7' Viduka 58'		Deane 78' Scowcroft 88'	Stadium: Elland Road Referee: Rob Styles

17 19 December 2001	Leeds United	3–2	Everton	Leeds, Yorkshire
	Viduka 18' Fowler 26', 70'	Report	Moore 86' Weir 90'	Stadium: Elland Road Referee: P Jones

18	Leeds United	3–4	Newcastle United	Leeds, Yorkshire
	Bowyer 39' Viduka 50' Harte 56'		Bellamy 38' Elliott 59' Shearer 71' (pen.) Solano 90'	Stadium: Elland Road

19 26 December 2001	Bolton Wanderers	0–3	Leeds United	Bolton, Greater Manchester
		Report	Fowler 2', 16', 89'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 27,060 Referee: Alan Wiley

20 29 December 2001	Southampton	0–1	Leeds	Southampton, Hampshire
		Report	Bowyer 89'	Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,622 Referee: Mark Halsey

21	Leeds United	3–0	West Ham United
	Viduka 4', 7' Fowler 50'

22 12 January 2002	Newcastle United	3–1	Leeds United	Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyneside
	Duberry 44' (o.g.) Dyer 60' Bellamy 87'	Report	Smith 1' Mills , 70'	Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 52,130 Referee: Graham Barber

23	Leeds	1–1	Arsenal
	Fowler 6'		Pirès 47'

24	Chelsea	2–0	Leeds
	Guðjohnsen 2' Dalla Bona 31'

25	Leeds	0–4	Liverpool
			Ferdinand 16' (o.g.) Heskey 61', 63' Owen 90'

26	Middlesbrough	2–2	Leeds
	Ince 51' Windass 88'		Bakke 19' Fowler 54'

27	Leeds	0–0	Charlton

28	Everton	0–0	Leeds

29	Leeds	2–0	Ipswich
	Fowler 46' Harte 78' (pen.)

30 17 March 2002	Leeds United	3–1	Blackburn Rovers	Leeds, Yorkshire
	Fowler 5', 8' Kewell 71'	Report	Jansen 49'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 39,857 Referee: Graham Poll

31	Leicester	0–2	Leeds
			Viduka 18' Fowler 31'

32 30 March 2002	Leeds United	3–4	Manchester United	Leeds, Yorkshire
	Viduka 20' Harte 62' Bowyer 80'	Report	Scholes 8' Solskjær 37', 39' Giggs 55'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 40,058 Referee: D Elleray

33	Tottenham	2–1	Leeds
	Iversen 10' Sheringham 29'		Viduka 52'

34	Leeds	2–0	Sunderland
	Craddock 8' (o.g.) Keane 83'

35	Aston Villa	0–1	Leeds
			Viduka 29'

36	Leeds	0–1	Fulham
			Malbranque 52'

37	Derby	0–1	Leeds
			Bowyer 16'

38	Leeds	1–0	Middlesbrough
	Smith 63'

Top Scorers

References

^ "Leeds United - 2001/02". FootballSquads. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2001-2002/faprem/leeds.htm. Retrieved 2010-09-16.

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