2001–02 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
2001–02 season
Chairman Brian Quinn
Manager Martin O'Neill
Ground Celtic Park
Scottish Premier League 1st
Scottish Cup Runners-up
Scottish League Cup Semi-finals
Champions League Group stage
UEFA Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League:
Henrik Larsson (29)
All:
Henrik Larsson (35)
Home colours

Celtic started the 2001–02 season looking to retain the Scottish Premier League, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup. They entered the UEFA Champions League at the Third Qualifying Round. They finished the season as league champions for the second season in succession.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Position Player
1 Scotland GK Jonathan Gould
2 Scotland DF Tom Boyd
3 Ivory Coast DF Mohammed Sylla[2]
4 Scotland DF Jackie McNamara
5 Belgium DF Joos Valgaeren
6 France DF Bobo Baldé[3]
7 Sweden FW Henrik Larsson
8 England MF Alan Thompson
9 England FW Chris Sutton
10 Wales FW John Hartson
11 Denmark MF Morten Wieghorst
14 Scotland MF Paul Lambert
15 Netherlands MF Bobby Petta
17 France DF Didier Agathe
18 Northern Ireland MF Neil Lennon
19 Bulgaria MF Stilian Petrov
20 Scotland GK Rab Douglas
23 Russia GK Dmitri Kharine
No. Position Player
24 Republic of Ireland MF Colin Healy
25 Slovakia DF Ľubomír Moravčík
26 Scotland FW Paul Shields
28 Scotland MF Ryan McCann
29 Scotland FW Shaun Maloney
30 England MF Steve Guppy
31 Brazil DF Rafael Scheidt
32 Canada FW Simon Lynch
34 Scotland MF Mark Fotheringham
35 Sweden DF Johan Mjallby
37 Scotland FW Liam Keogh
39 Scotland MF Jamie Smith
40 Scotland DF Stephen Crainey
41 Scotland DF John Kennedy
42 Republic of Ireland DF James Goodwin
43 Republic of Ireland MF Liam Miller
46 Scotland MF Brian McColligan

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player
3 France DF Stéphane Mahé (to Hearts)
12 England FW Tommy Johnson (to Sheffield Wednesday)
16 Ivory Coast DF Olivier Tébily (to Birmingham City)
No. Position Player
21 Scotland GK Stewart Kerr (to Wigan Athletic)
27 Scotland FW Mark Burchill (to Portsmouth)

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player
22 France MF Stéphane Bonnes
33 Northern Ireland DF John Convery
No. Position Player
38 Scotland GK Barry-John Corr

Competitions

Results for Celtic F.C. for season 2001–02.

NOTE: scores are written Celtic first

Date Venue Opponents Score Competition Celtic scorers Match Report
July 28, 2001 Celtic Park St. Johnstone 3 – 0 SPL Mjallby, Lambert (2) BBC Sport
August 4, 2001 Rugby Park Kilmarnock 1 – 0 SPL Larsson BBC Sport
August 8, 2001 Amsterdam Arena Ajax 3 – 1 CLQ Petta, Agathe, Sutton Telegraph
August 11, 2001 Celtic Park Heart of Midlothian 2 – 0 SPL Larsson (2) BBC Sport
August 18, 2001 Almondvale Stadium Livingston 0 – 0 SPL BBC Sport
August 22, 2001 Celtic Park Ajax 0 – 1 CLQ Telegraph
August 25, 2001 Easter Road Hibernian 4 – 1 SPL Moravcik, Sutton (2), Larsson BBC Sport
September 8, 2001 Celtic Park Dunfermline 3 – 1 SPL Moravcik (2), Sutton BBC Sport
September 15, 2001 Dens Park Dundee 4 – 0 SPL Larsson (2), Petrov, Maloney BBC Sport
September 18, 2001 Stadio delle Alpi Juventus 2 – 3 CL Petrov, Larsson BBC Sport
September 22, 2001 Celtic Park Aberdeen 2 – 0 SPL Larsson, Petrov BBC Sport
September 25, 2001 Celtic Park Porto 1 – 0 CL Larsson BBC Sport
September 30, 2001 Ibrox Stadium Rangers 2 – 0 SPL Petrov, Thompson BBC Sport
October 10, 2001 Celtic Park Rosenborg 1 – 0 CL Thompson BBC Sport
October 13, 2001 Fir Park Motherwell 2 – 1 SPL Moravcik, Larsson BBC Sport
October 17, 2001 Estádio das Antas Porto 0 – 3 CL Telegraph
October 20, 2001 Celtic Park Dundee United 5 – 1 SPL Hartson (3), Balde, Maloney BBC Sport
October 23, 2001 Lerkendal Stadion Rosenborg 0 – 2 CL BBC Sport
October 27, 2001 Celtic Park Kilmarnock 1 – 0 SPL Valgaeren BBC Sport
October 31, 2001 Celtic Park Juventus 4 – 3 CL Valgaeren, Sutton (2), Larsson BBC Sport
November 3, 2001 McDiarmid Park St. Johnstone 2 – 1 SPL Dods (OG), Larsson BBC Sport
November 8, 2001 Celtic Park Stirling Albion 8 – 0 SLC Hartson (2), Maloney (4), Tebily, Healy BBC Sport
November 17, 2001 Tynecastle Stadium Heart of Midlothian 1 – 0 SPL Larsson BBC Sport
November 22, 2001 Estadio Mestalla Valencia 0 – 1 UC BBC Sport
November 25, 2001 Celtic Park Rangers 2 – 1 SPL Valgaeren, Larsson BBC Sport
December 1, 2001 Celtic Park Hibernian 3 – 0 SPL Hartson (2), Lennon BBC Sport
December 6, 2001 Celtic Park Valencia 1 – 0 UC Larsson BBC Sport
December 9, 2001 East End Park Dunfermline 4 – 0 SPL Balde, Hartson (2), Thompson BBC Sport
December 15, 2001 Celtic Park Dundee 3 – 1 SPL Sutton, Larsson, Hartson BBC Sport
December 18, 2001 Almondvale Stadium Livingston 2 – 0 SLC Balde, Hartson Telegraph
December 22, 2001 Pittodrie Stadium Aberdeen 0 – 2 SPL BBC Sport
December 26, 2001 Celtic Park Livingston 3 – 2 SPL Moravcik, Larsson (2) BBC Sport
December 28, 2001 Tannadice Park Dundee United 4 – 0 SPL Hartson, Petrov, Thompson, Larsson BBC Sport
January 2, 2002 Celtic Park Motherwell 2 – 0 SPL Larsson, Hartson BBC Sport
January 8, 2002 Brockville Park Alloa 5 – 0 SC Balde, Wieghorst, Maloney, Petta, Sylla BBC Sport
January 12, 2002 Rugby Park Kilmarnock 2 – 0 SPL Hartson, Lambert BBC Sport
January 19, 2002 Celtic Park St. Johnstone 2 – 1 SPL Larsson, Thompson BBC Sport
January 23, 2002 Celtic Park Heart of Midlothian 2 – 0 SPL Larsson (2) BBC Sport
January 31, 2002 Almondvale Stadium Livingston 3 – 1 SPL Moravcik, Larsson, Hartson BBC Sport
February 2, 2002 Easter Road Hibernian 1 – 1 SPL Hartson BBC Sport
February 5, 2002 Hampden Park Rangers 1 – 2 SLC Balde BBC Sport
February 9, 2002 Celtic Park Dunfermline 5 – 0 SPL Larsson (3), Hartson, Agathe BBC Sport
February 16, 2002 Dens Park Dundee 3 – 0 SPL Larsson, Mjallby, Hartson BBC Sport
February 25, 2002 Pittodrie Stadium Aberdeen 2 – 0 SC Hartson, Petrov BBC Sport
March 2, 2002 Celtic Park Aberdeen 1 – 0 SPL Thompson BBC Sport
March 9, 2002 Ibrox Stadium Rangers 1 – 1 SPL Petrov BBC Sport
March 16, 2002 Celtic Park Dundee United 1 – 0 SPL Petrov BBC Sport
March 19, 2002 Fir Park Motherwell 4 – 0 SPL Lambert, Larsson (2), Mjallby BBC Sport
March 23, 2002 Hampden Park Ayr United 3 – 0 SC Larsson, Thompson (2) BBC Sport
April 6, 2002 Celtic Park Livingston 5 – 1 SPL Larsson (3), Hartson (2) BBC Sport
April 13, 2002 Celtic Park Dunfermline 5 – 0 SPL Hartson (2), Lambert, Smith, Sylla BBC Sport
April 21, 2002 Celtic Park Rangers 1 – 1 SPL Thompson BBC Sport
April 28, 2002 Tynecastle Stadium Heart of Midlothian 4 – 1 SPL Lynch (2), Maloney (2) BBC Sport
May 4, 2002 Hampden Park Rangers 2 – 3 SC Hartson, Balde BBC Sport
May 12, 2002 Pittodrie Stadium Aberdeen 1 – 0 SPL Maloney BBC Sport

Key:

Player details

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier League FA Cup League Cup Europe
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland Jonathan Gould 3 0 1 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
2 DF Scotland Tom Boyd 12 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
3 MF Guinea Mohammed Sylla 15 2 7+2 1 1+1 1 1 0 0+3 0
4 DF Scotland Jackie McNamara 30 0 9+11 0 2+2 0 2 0 3+1 0
5 DF Belgium Joos Valgaeren 32 3 20 2 1 0 2 0 9 1
6 DF Guinea Dianbobo Balde 38 6 22 2 5 2 3 2 8 0
7 FW Sweden Henrik Larsson 47 35 33 29 3 2 1 0 10 4
8 MF England Alan Thompson 36 9 22+3 6 3+1 2 1 0 4+2 1
9 FW England Chris Sutton 30 7 18 4 2 0 1+1 0 8 3
10 FW Wales John Hartson 43 24 26+5 19 4 2 3 3 2+3 0
11 MF Denmark Morten Wieghorst 5 1 2+1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
14 MF Scotland Paul Lambert 49 5 33+1 5 4 0 1 0 10 0
15 MF Netherlands Bobby Petta 27 2 12+6 0 1+1 1 0+1 0 4+2 1
16 DF France Olivier Tebily 13 1 8+3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
17 MF France Didier Agathe 32 2 20 1 3 0 1 0 8 1
18 MF Northern Ireland Neil Lennon 49 1 32+1 1 4 0 1+1 0 10 0
19 MF Bulgaria Stilian Petrov 44 8 26+2 6 5 1 2+1 0 7+1 1
20 GK Scotland Rab Douglas 52 0 35 0 4 0 3 0 10 0
23 GK Russia Dmitri Kharine 4 0 2+1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
24 MF Republic of Ireland Colin Healy 6 1 2+2 0 0+1 0 1 1 0 0
25 MF Slovakia Lubomir Moravcik 33 6 16+7 6 1 0 2+1 0 3+3 0
27 MF Scotland Jon Paul McGovern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW Scotland Shaun Maloney 20 10 3+13 5 1+1 1 1 4 0+1 0
30 MF England Steve Guppy 23 0 16 0 2 0 2 0 3 0
32 FW Canada Simon Lynch 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF Scotland Ross Wallace 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 MF Scotland Mark Fotheringham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF Sweden Johan Mjallby 51 3 35 3 4 0 2 0 10 0
39 MF Scotland Jamie Smith 13 1 3+8 1 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
40 DF Scotland Stephen Crainey 19 0 10+5 0 1+1 0 1 0 1 0
41 DF Scotland John Kennedy 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NB: Players with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes

Transfers

Players in

In:

Player From Fee
Wales John Hartson Coventry City £6M
Guinea Dianbobo Balde Toulouse Free
Guinea Momo Sylla St. Johnstone £400K
England Steve Guppy Leicester City £700K

Players out

Out:

Player To Fee
England Alan Stubbs Everton Free
England Tommy Johnson Sheffield Wednesday Free
France Stephane Mahe Heart of Midlothian Free
Scotland Mark Burchill Portsmouth £1M
Israel Eyal Berkovic Man City £1.5M

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/scots/2001-2002/scotprm/celtic.htm
  2. ↑ Sylla was born in Bouaké, Cote d'Ivoire, but also qualified to represent Guinea internationally.
  3. ↑ Baldé was born in Marseille, France.