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.

1 Pre-season and Friendlies
2 Premier League
3 FA Cup
4 Worthington Cup
5 Champions League
6 Squad statistics
7 Transfers
8 References
9 See also

[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	Deportivo la Coruña	6	2	4	0	10	8	+2	10
2	Manchester United	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4	10
3	Lille OSC	6	1	3	2	7	7	0	6
4	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	Manchester United	6	3	3	0	13	3	+10	12
2	Bayern Munich	6	3	3	0	5	2	+3	12
3	Boavista	6	1	2	3	2	8	-6	5
4	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
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Fabien Barthez	32	0	1	0	0	0	15	0	48	0
2	DF	Gary Neville	31(3)	0	2	0	0	0	14	0	47(3)	0
3	DF	Denis Irwin	10(2)	0	0	0	0	0	8(2)	0	18(4)	0
4	MF	Juan Sebastián Verón	24(2)	5	1	0	0	0	14	0	38(2)	5
5	DF	Ronny Johnsen	9(1)	1	0	0	0	0	8(1)	0	17(2)	1
6	DF	Laurent Blanc	29	1	2	0	0	0	15	2	36	3
6	DF	Jaap Stam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	David Beckham	23(5)	11	1	0	0	0	13	5	37(5)	16
8	MF	Nicky Butt	20(5)	1	2	0	0	0	8(1)	0	30(6)	1
9	FW	Andrew Cole	7(4)	4	0	0	0	0	1(3)	1	8(7)	5
10	FW	Ruud van Nistelrooy	29(3)	23	0(2)	2	0	0	14	10	43(5)	35
11	MF	Ryan Giggs	18(7)	7	0(1)	0	0	0	13	2	31(8)	9
12	DF	Phil Neville	21(7)	2	2	0	1	0	3(4)	0	27(11)	2
13	GK	Roy Carroll	6(1)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	9(1)	0
14	DF	David May	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
15	MF	Luke Chadwick	5(3)	0	1(1)	0	1	0	0	0	7(4)	0
16	MF	Roy Keane (c)	28	3	2	0	0	0	1(1)	1	31(1)	4
17	GK	Raimond van der Gouw	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(2)	0
18	MF	Paul Scholes	30(5)	8	2	0	0	0	13	1	45(5)	9
19	FW	Dwight Yorke	4(6)	1	0(1)	0	1	0	1(2)	0	6(9)	1
20	FW	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	23(7)	17	2	1	0	0	5(10)	7	30(17)	25
21	FW	Diego Forlán	6(7)	0	0	0	0	0	1(4)	0	7(11)	0
22	DF	Ronnie Wallwork	0(1)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2(1)	0
23	DF	Michael Clegg	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	22(14)	0
24	DF	Wes Brown	15(2)	0	0	0	0	0	5(2)	0	20(4)	0
25	MF	Quinton Fortune	8(6)	1	0	0	0	0	3(2)	0	11(8)	1
27	DF	Mikaël Silvestre	31(4)	0	2	0	0	0	10(3)	1	43(7)	1
28	MF	Michael Stewart	2(1)	0	0	0	1	0	0(1)	0	3(2)	0
30	DF	John O'Shea	4(5)	0	0	0	1	0	0(3)	0	5(8)	0
34	DF	Lee Roche	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
36	FW	Jimmy Davis	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
37	FW	Danny Webber	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
40	FW	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	Roy Carroll	Wigan Athletic	Undisclosed
2001-07-01	FW	Ruud van Nistelrooy	PSV Eindhoven	£19m
2001-07-12	MF	Juan Sebastián Verón	S.S. Lazio	£29.1m
2001-08-30	DF	Laurent Blanc	Internazionale	£2.5m
2002-01-22	FW	Diego Forlán	Independiente	£7.5m
2002-05-11	GK	Luke Steele	Peterborough United	£500k

[edit] Out

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

[edit] Loan in

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

[edit] Loan out

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

[edit] References

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

[edit] See also

Manchester United F.C. seasons

Manchester United F.C. seasons

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