2001–02 Middlesbrough F.C. season

Middlesbrough
2001-02 season
Chairman	Steve Gibson
Manager	Steve McClaren
FA Premier League	12th
FA Cup	Semi Final
League Cup	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: Alen Bokšić (8) All: Alen Bokšić (8)
Highest home attendance	34,358 v Manchester United (Premier League) Away: 67,683 v Manchester United (Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	3,918 v Northampton Town (League Cup) Away: 6,885 v Wimbledon (F.A. Cup)

During the 2001-02 season, Middlesbrough participated in the FA Premier League.

Kit

Middlesbrough were again sponsored by BT Cellnet for the 2001-02 season. The team's strip was produced by Errea. The home shirt consisted of a plain red shirt, red shorts and red socks with white trim. The away strip consisted of blue and black striped shirts, plain black shorts and black socks.^[1]

Home colours

Away colours

Notable events

Steve McClaren's first season in charge of Boro.

Boro lost their first four matches in the league but then recover to only lose 2 in 11 games.

1-0 win away at Manchester United one of the high points of the league campaign.

Strong FA Cup run ended in the semi finals with a 1-0 loss to Arsenal at Old Trafford. A Gianluca Festa own goal is the difference between the two sides.

Squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Mark Schwarzer
3	DF	Dean Gordon
5	DF	Gianluca Festa
6	DF	Gareth Southgate
7	MF	Robbie Mustoe
8	FW	Szilárd Németh
9	MF	Paul Ince
10	FW	Benito Carbone (on loan from Bradford City)
11	FW	Alen Bokšić
12	MF	Jonathan Greening
14	MF	Mickaël Debève
15	GK	Marlon Beresford
16	FW	Joseph-Désiré Job^[3]
17	DF	Ugo Ehiogu
20	FW	Dean Windass
21	DF	Mark Wilson
22	MF	Mark Summerbell

No.	Position	Player
23	MF	Carlos Marinelli
24	MF	Phil Stamp
25	GK	Mark Crossley
26	FW	Noel Whelan
27	DF	Robbie Stockdale^[4]
28	DF	Colin Cooper
29	DF	Jason Gavin
30	DF	Stuart Parnaby
31	MF	Luke Wilkshire
32	MF	Allan Johnston
33	DF	David Murphy
34	MF	Stewart Downing
36	MF	Mark Hudson
37	DF	Franck Queudrue (on loan from Lens)
38	GK	Sam Russell
39	GK	Brad Jones
	MF	Anthony Ormerod

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
2	DF	Curtis Fleming^[5] (to Crystal Palace)
4	DF	Steve Vickers (to Birmingham City)
10	FW	Brian Deane (to Leicester City)
12	MF	Keith O'Neill (to Coventry City)
14	MF	Paul Okon (on loan to Watford)
18	FW	Andy Campbell (to Cardiff City)

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Hamilton Ricard (on loan to CSKA Sofia)
32	DF	Steve Baker (to Scarborough)
34	GK	Chris Bennion (Scunthorpe United)
35	MF	Sean Kilgannon (Dunfermline Athletic)
	MF	Stephen Brackstone (to York City)

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Previous Club	Fee	Ref
1 July 2001	Szilárd Németh	Inter Bratislava	Free	^[6]
11 July 2001	Gareth Southgate	Aston Villa	£6.5 million	^[7]
9 August 2001	Mark Wilson	Manchester United	£1.5 million	^[8]
9 August 2001	Jonathan Greening	Manchester United	£2 million	^[9]
9 September 2001	Allan Johnston	Rangers	£600,000	^[10]
12 October 2001	Franck Queudrue	Lens	Loan	^[11]
7 February 2002	Benito Carbone	Bradford City	Loan	^[12]
27 February 2002	Mickael Debeve	Lens	Loan	^[13]

Out

For departures of players out of contract at the end of 2000-01 see 2000-01 Middlesbrough F.C. season.

Date	Player	New Club	Fee	Ref
31 May 2001	Neil Maddison	Darlington	Free	^[14]
19 July 2001	Christian Karembeu	Olympiacos	£2 million	^[15]
7 August 2001	Alan Moore	Burnley	Free	^[16]
8 August 2001	Keith O'Neill	Coventry	Free	^[17]
29 November 2001	Brian Deane	Leicester	£150,000	^[18]
14 December 2001	Steve Vickers	Birmingham	£400,000	^[19]
31 December 2001	Curtis Fleming	Crystal Palace	£150,000	^[20]
23 March 2002	Sean Kilgannon	Dunfermline	Free	^[21]
1 June 2002	Hamilton Ricard	Released	-	^[22]
23 March 2002	Andy Campbell	Released	-	^[23]
1 June 2002	Dean Gordon	Coventry	Free	^[24]

Results

Premier League

Win Draw Loss

Note: Results are given with Middlesbrough score listed first. Man of the Match is according to mfc.co.uk.

Game	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result F–A	Attendance	Boro Goalscorers
1	18 August 2001	H	Arsenal	0–4	31,557
2	21 August 2001	A	Bolton Wanderers	0–1	20,747
3	25 August 2001	A	Everton	0–2	32,829
4	8 September 2001	H	Newcastle United	1–4	30,004	Cooper 4'
5	15 September 2001	H	West Ham United	2–1	25,455	Deane 31', Johnston 41'
6	17 September 2001	A	Leicester City	2–1	15,412	Ince 85', Greening 88'
7	23 September 2001	A	Chelsea	2–2	36,767	Stockdale 61', Bokšić 90'(pen)
8	29 September 2001	H	Southampton	1–3	26,142	Bokšić 75'(pen)
9	13 October 2001	A	Charlton Athletic	0–0	20,451
10	22 October 2001	H	Sunderland	2–0	28,432	Queudrue 2', Bokšić 21'
11	27 October 2001	A	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	36,062	Boksic 9'
12	3 November 2001	H	Derby County	5–1	28,117	Németh 49', Marinelli 57', 82', Bokšić 61, Mustoe 73'
13	17 November 2001	A	Aston Villa	0–0	35,424
14	25 November 2001	H	Ipswich Town	0–0	32,586
15	1 December 2001	A	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	23,849	Bokšić 45'
16	8 December 2001	A	Liverpool	0–2	43,674
17	15 December 2001	H	Manchester United	0–1	34,358
18	26 December 2001	A	Newcastle United	0–3	52,127
19	29 December 2001	A	Arsenal	1–2	37,948	Whelan 22'
20	1 January 2002	H	Everton	1–0	27,463	Festa 50'
21	12 January 2002	A	Fulham	1–2	18,975	Cooper 8'
22	19 January 2002	H	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	26,104	Whelan 38'
23	29 January 2002	A	Sunderland	1–0	44,579	Whelan 14'
24	3 February 2002	H	Charlton Athletic	0–0	24,189
25	9 February 2002	H	Leeds United	2–2	30,221	Ince 51', Windass 88'
26	19 February 2002	H	Fulham	2–1	26,235	Bokšić 27', Németh 77'
27	23 February 2002	A	West Ham United	0–1	35,420
28	2 March 2002	H	Leicester City	1–0	25,734	Frank Sinclair (o.g.)
29	6 March 2002	A	Southampton	1–1	28,931	Whelan 57'
30	16 March 2002	H	Liverpool	1–2	31,253	Southgate 89'
31	23 March 2002	A	Manchester United	1–0	67,683	Bokšić 9'
32	30 March 2002	H	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	31,258	Queudrue 69'
33	1 April 2002	A	Derby County	1–0	30,822	Mustoe 12'
34	14 April 2002	H	Aston Villa	2–1	26,003	Carbone 39', Ehiogu 65'
35	20 April 2002	H	Blackburn Rovers	1–3	26,932	Németh 90'
36	28 April 2002	A	Ipswich Town	0–1	25,979
37	27 April 2002	H	Chelsea	0–2	28,686
38	11 May 2002	A	Leeds United	0–1	40,218

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
2	11 September 2001	Northampton Town	Home	Won 3-1	3,918	Murphy, Nemeth, Wilson
3	10 October 2001	Blackburn	Away	Lost 2-1 (AET)	9,536	Nemeth

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
3	8 January 2002	Wimbledon	Away	Drew 0-0	6,885
3R	15 January 2002	Wimbledon	Home	Won 2-0	9,687	Whelan, Cunningham (og)
4	26 January 2002	Manchester United	Home	Won 2-0	17,624	Whelan, Campbell
3	16 February 2002	Blackburn	Home	Won 1-0	20,921	Ehiogu
QF	10 March 2002	Everton	Home	Won 3-0	26,950	Whelan, Nemeth, Ince
SF	14 April 2002	Arsenal	Old Trafford	Lost 1-0	-

Statistics

Goalscorers

Goalscoring statistics for 2001-02.^[25]


Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
Bokšić	8	0	0	8
Whelan	4	3	0	7
Németh	3	1	2	6
Ince	2	1	0	3
Cooper	2	0	0	2
Queudrue	2	0	0	2
Marinelli	2	0	0	2
Mustoe	2	0	0	2
Deane	1	0	0	1
Johnston	1	0	0	1
Greening	1	0	0	1
Stockdale	1	0	0	1
Festa	1	0	0	1
Windass	1	0	0	1
Southgate	1	0	0	1
Carbone	1	0	0	1
Ehiogu	1	0	0	1
Murphy	0	0	1	1
Wilson	0	0	1	1
Campbell	0	1	0	1
Own Goals	1	1	0	2

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[26]^[27]

GK: #1, Mark Schwarzer, 25
RB: #27, Robbie Stockdale, 34
CB: #6, Gareth Southgate, 48
CB: #17, Ugo Ehiogu, 33
LB: #37, Franck Queudrue, 34
RM: #23, Carlos Marinelli, 16
CM: #9, Paul Ince, 36
CM: #7, Robbie Mustoe, 38
LM: #12, Jonathan Greening, 40
CF: #11, Alen Boksic, 23
CF: #26, Noel Whelan, 23

References and notes

↑ http://www.kitclassics.co.uk/kits/Middlesbro.png
↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2001-2002/faprem/middles.htm
↑ Job was born in Vénissieux, France, but also qualified to represent Cameroon internationally and made his international debut for Cameroon in November 1997.
↑ Stockdale was born in Redcar, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and made his international debut for Scotland in April 2002.
↑ Fleming was born in Manchester, England, but was raised in Dublin, the Republic of Ireland, and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in April 1996.
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↑ http://www.boroscoreforecast.co.uk/200405.htm
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/middlesbrough/tab/players/season/2002
↑ http://www.football-lineups.com/team/Middlesbrough/FA_Premier_League_2001-2002/Fixture/

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