2001–02 Southampton F.C. season

Southampton F.C.
2001–02 season
Chairman Rupert Lowe
Manager Stuart Gray (until 21 October)
Gordon Strachan (from 22 October)
Stadium St Mary's Stadium
Premier League 11th
FA Cup Third round
League Cup Fourth round
Top goalscorer League: Pahars (14)
All: Pahars (16)
Average home league attendance 30,633
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

During the 2001–02 English football season, Southampton Football Club competed in the Premier League.

Season summary

The move to St Mary's Stadium was seen as the way forward for Southampton after 103 years at the dilapidated Dell, but a terrible start to the season saw relegation looking certain and cost manager Stuart Gray his job after barely six months in charge. His successor was Gordon Strachan, who had just left Coventry City. Strachan quickly turned Southampton's fortunes round, and they gradually climbed to a secure 11th place in the final table.

At the end of the season, Matthew Le Tissier retired, bringing to an end his 16-year playing career for Southampton. He remained at the club as a coach.

Final league table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Arsenal (C) 38 26 9 3 79 36+43 87 2002–03 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Liverpool 38 24 8 6 67 30+37 80
3 Manchester United 38 24 5 9 87 45+42 77 2002–03 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Newcastle United 38 21 8 9 74 52+22 71
5 Leeds United 38 18 12 8 53 37+16 66 2002–03 UEFA Cup First round 1
6 Chelsea 38 17 13 8 66 38+28 64
7 West Ham United 38 15 8 15 48 57−9 53
8 Aston Villa 38 12 14 12 46 47−1 50 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
9 Tottenham Hotspur 38 14 8 16 49 53−4 50
10 Blackburn Rovers 38 12 10 16 55 51+4 46 2002–03 UEFA Cup First round 2
11 Southampton 38 12 9 17 46 54−8 45
12 Middlesbrough 38 12 9 17 35 47−12 45
13 Fulham 38 10 14 14 36 44−8 44 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
14 Charlton Athletic 38 10 14 14 38 49−11 44
15 Everton 38 11 10 17 45 57−12 43
16 Bolton Wanderers 38 9 13 16 44 62−18 40
17 Sunderland 38 10 10 18 29 51−22 40
18 Ipswich Town (R) 38 9 9 20 41 64 −23 36 2002–03 UEFA Cup Qualifying round 3
Relegation to the 2002–03 Football League First Division
19 Derby County (R) 38 8 6 24 33 63 −30 30 Relegation to the 2002–03 Football League First Division
20 Leicester City (R) 38 5 13 20 30 64 −34 28

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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

1Since Arsenal qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place as FA Cup winners defaulted to Chelsea, the losing finalists.

2Blackburn Rovers qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners

3Despite relegation, Ipswich Town qualified for the 2002–03 UEFA Cup Qualifying Round as Fair Play Award winners

Results

Southampton's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

FA Premier League

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
18 August 2001 Leeds UnitedA0–239,715
25 August 2001 ChelseaH0–231,107
9 September 2001 Tottenham HotspurA0–233,668
15 September 2001 Bolton WanderersA1–024,378Pahars
24 September 2001 Aston VillaH1–326,794Pahars
29 September 2001 MiddlesbroughA3–126,142Beattie (2), Pahars (pen)
13 October 2001 ArsenalH0–229,759
20 October 2001 West Ham UnitedA0–225,842
24 October 2001 Ipswich TownH3–329,614Beattie, Pahars, Marsden
27 October 2001 FulhamA1–218,771Beattie
3 November 2001 Blackburn RoversH1–230,523Pahars
17 November 2001 Derby CountyA0–132,063
24 November 2001 Charlton AthleticH1–031,198Pahars
2 December 2001 EvertonA0–228,138
8 December 2001 Leicester CityA4–020,321Svensson (2), Beattie, Pahars
15 December 2001 SunderlandH2–029,459Craddock (own goal), Pahars
22 December 2001 Manchester UnitedA1–667,638Pahars
26 December 2001 Tottenham HotspurH1–031,719Beattie
29 December 2001 Leeds UnitedH0–131,622
1 January 2002 ChelseaA4–235,156Beattie (2), Pahars, Marsden
9 January 2002 LiverpoolH2–031,527Beattie, Riise (own goal)
13 January 2002 Manchester UnitedH1–331,858Beattie
19 January 2002 LiverpoolA1–143,710Davies
30 January 2002 West Ham UnitedH2–031,879Davies, Fernandes
2 February 2002 ArsenalA1–138,024Tessem
9 February 2002 Newcastle UnitedA1–351,857Pahars
23 February 2002 Bolton WanderersH0–031,380
2 March 2002 Ipswich TownA3–125,440Delap, Ormerod, Marsden
6 March 2002 MiddlesbroughH1–128,931Svensson
16 March 2002 Leicester CityH2–230,012Pahars (2, 1 pen)
23 March 2002 SunderlandA1–146,120Tessem
30 March 2002 FulhamH1–131,616Delap
1 April 2002 Blackburn RoversA0–228,851
6 April 2002 Derby CountyH2–029,263Oakley, Pahars
13 April 2002 Charlton AthleticA1–126,557El Khalej
20 April 2002 EvertonH0–131,785
27 April 2002 Aston VillaA1–235,255Beattie
11 May 2002 Newcastle UnitedH3–131,973Svensson, Beattie (pen), Telfer

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R316 January 2002 Rotherham UnitedA1–28,464Pahars (pen)

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R211 September 2001 Brighton & Hove AlbionA3–06,489Beattie, Svensson (2)
R39 October 2001 GillinghamA2–07,948Beattie (pen), Pahars
R427 November 2001 Bolton WanderersA2–2 (lost 5-6 on pens)8,404Davies, El Khalej

Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Wales GK Paul Jones
2 England DF Jason Dodd
3 England DF Wayne Bridge
4 England MF Chris Marsden
5 Norway DF Claus Lundekvam
6 England DF Paul Williams
7 England MF Matt Le Tissier (captain)
8 England MF Matt Oakley
9 England FW James Beattie
10 England FW Kevin Davies
11 France FW Eric Hassli (on loan from Metz)
12 Sweden MF Anders Svensson
13 England GK Neil Moss
14 England MF Stuart Ripley
15 England DF Francis Benali
16 England MF Mark Draper
No. Position Player
17 Latvia FW Marian Pahars
18 Republic of Ireland MF Rory Delap[2]
19 Portugal MF Dani Rodrigues
20 Morocco DF Tahar El Khalej
21 Norway FW Jo Tessem
24 Romania DF Dan Petrescu
25 England DF Garry Monk
26 Latvia MF Imants Bleidelis
29 France MF Fabrice Fernandes
30 Australia FW Scott McDonald
32 Northern Ireland DF Chris Baird
33 Scotland DF Paul Telfer
34 Ecuador FW Agustín Delgado
35 Ecuador MF Cléber Chalá
36 England FW Brett 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
6 England DF Dean Richards (to Tottenham Hotspur)
11 Germany FW Uwe Rösler (to Unterhaching)
22 Argentina FW Adrian Caceres (to Hull City)
28 England MF Kevin Gibbens (to Oxford United)
No. Position Player
29 England MF Paul Murray (to Oldham Athletic)
31 England DF Ryan Ashford (to Torquay United)
England FW Mark Peters (to Brentford)
England FW Adam Wallace (to Southend United)

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
23 Spain MF Jacinto Elá[3]
No. Position Player
27 England GK Scott Bevan

Transfers

In

Out

Loan out

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions[10][11]
No.
 Pos
 Nat
 Name
 MS Notes
1 GK Wales Paul Jones 40
2 RB England Jason Dodd 29
5 CB Norway Claus Lundekvam 37
6 CB England Paul Williams 29
3 LB England Wayne Bridge 42
33 RM Scotland Paul Telfer 29
12 CM Sweden Anders Svensson 37
8 CM England Matt Oakley 29
4 LM England Chris Marsden 30
17 CF Latvia Marian Pahars 36
9 CF England James Beattie 27

References

  1. ↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/southampton/2001-2002/results
  2. ↑ Delap was born in Sutton Coldfield, England.
  3. ↑ Elá was born in Equatorial Guinea, and would later represent them at full international level.
  4. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/1384135.stm
  5. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/1432893.stm
  6. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/1466517.stm
  7. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/1624514.stm
  8. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/1731148.stm
  9. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/1535060.stm
  10. ↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/southampton/tab/players/season/2002
  11. ↑ http://www.football-lineups.com/team/Southampton/FA_Premier_League_2001-2002/Fixture/
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