Premier League 2001/02

Premier League 2001/02
master	Arsenal FC
Champions League	Arsenal FC, Liverpool FC ,
Champions League qualification	Manchester United , Newcastle United
Uefa cup	Leeds United , Chelsea FC , Blackburn Rovers
UI cup	Aston Villa , Fulham FC
Cup winners	Arsenal FC
Relegated	Ipswich Town , Derby County , Leicester City
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	1,001  (ø 2.63 per game)
Top scorer	Thierry Henry (Arsenal FC)
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Football League First Division 2001/02 ↓

The Premier League 2001/02 was the tenth season of the Premier League , which was hosted by the FA and was named FA Barclaycard Premiership from this season due to the new sponsor Barclays . At the same time, this was the 103rd first division season in English football. It started on August 18, 2001 and ended on May 11, 2002.

Arsenal FC won the championship. After winning the FA Cup five days earlier, they had their third double in club history and Thierry Henry was also the top scorer. For the first time in the history of the league, all 3 newly promoted Fulham FC , Bolton Wanderers and Blackburn Rovers were able to hold onto the class. Ipswich Town , Derby County and Leicester City had to relegate to the First Division .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Arsenal FC	38	26th	9	3	079:360	+43	87
2.	Liverpool FC (P, L)	38	24	8th	6th	067:300	+37	80
3.	Manchester United (M)	38	24	5	9	087:450	+42	77
4th	Newcastle United	38	21st	8th	9	074:520	+22	71
5.	Leeds United	38	18th	12	8th	053:370	+16	66
6th	Chelsea FC	38	17th	13	8th	066:380	+28	64
7th	West Ham United	38	15th	8th	15th	048:570	−9	53
8th.	Aston Villa	38	12	14th	12	046:470	−1	50
9.	Tottenham Hotspur	38	14th	8th	16	049:530	−4	50
10.	Blackburn Rovers (N)	38	12	10	16	055:510	+4	46
11.	Southampton FC	38	12	9	17th	046:540	−8	45
12.	Middlesbrough FC	38	12	9	17th	035:470	−12	45
13.	Fulham FC (N)	38	10	14th	14th	036:440	−8	44
14th	Charlton Athletic	38	10	14th	14th	038:490	−11	44
15th	Everton FC	38	11	10	17th	045:570	−12	43
16.	Bolton Wanderers (N)	38	9	13	16	044:620	−18	40
17th	Sunderland AFC	38	10	10	18th	029:510	−22	40
18th	Ipswich Town	38	9	9	20th	041:640	−23	36
19th	Derby County	38	8th	6th	24	033:630	−30	30th
20th	Leicester City	38	5	13	20th	030:640	−34	28

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

English champion and participation in the group stage of the 2002/03 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the group stage of the 2002/03 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2002/03 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 2002/03 UEFA Cup

Participation in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2002

Participation in the 2002/03 UEFA Cup as a league cup winner

Relegation to the Football League First Division and participation in the 2002/03 UEFA Cup via fair play

Relegation to the Football League First Division

(M)	reigning English champion
(P)	reigning FA Cup winner
(L)	reigning league cup winner
(N)	Newcomers last season

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

-	ARS	AST	BLA	BOL	CHA	CHE	OF THE	EVE	FUL	IPS	LEE	LEI	LIV	MNU	MID	NEW	SOT	SUN	DEAD	WHU
Arsenal FC		3: 2	3: 3	1: 1	2: 4	2: 1	1-0	4: 3	4: 1	2-0	1: 2	4-0	1: 1	3: 1	2: 1	1: 3	1: 1	3-0	2: 1	2-0
Aston Villa	1: 2		2-0	3: 2	1-0	1: 1	2: 1	0-0	2-0	2: 1	0: 1	0: 2	1: 2	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	2: 1	0-0	1: 1	2: 1
Blackburn Rovers	2: 3	3-0		1: 1	4: 1	0-0	0: 1	1-0	3-0	2: 1	1: 2	0-0	1: 1	2: 2	0: 1	2: 2	2-0	0: 3	2: 1	7: 1
Bolton Wanderers	0: 2	3: 2	1: 1		0-0	2: 2	1: 3	2: 2	0-0	4: 1	0: 3	2: 2	2: 1	0: 4	1: 1	0: 4	0: 1	0: 2	1: 1	1-0
Charlton Athletic	0: 3	1: 2	0: 2	1: 2		2: 1	1-0	1: 2	1: 1	3: 2	0: 2	2-0	0: 2	0: 2	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	2: 2	3: 1	4: 4
Chelsea FC	1: 1	1: 3	0-0	5: 1	0: 1		2: 1	1: 1	3: 2	2: 1	2-0	2-0	4-0	0: 3	2: 2	1: 1	2: 4	4-0	4-0	5: 1
Derby County	0: 2	3: 1	2-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 1		3: 4	0: 1	1: 3	0: 1	2: 3	0: 1	2: 2	0: 1	2: 3	1-0	0: 1	1-0	0-0
Everton FC	0: 1	3: 2	1: 2	3: 1	0: 3	0-0	1-0		2: 1	1: 2	0-0	2: 2	1: 3	0: 2	2-0	1: 3	2-0	1-0	1: 1	5-0
Fulham FC	1: 3	0-0	2-0	3-0	0-0	1: 1	0-0	2-0		1: 1	0-0	0-0	0: 2	2: 3	2: 1	3: 1	2: 1	2-0	0: 2	0: 1
Ipswich Town	0: 2	0-0	0: 1	1: 2	0: 1	0-0	3: 1	0-0	1-0		1: 2	2-0	0: 6	0: 1	1-0	0: 1	1: 3	5-0	2: 1	3-0
Leeds United	1: 1	1: 1	3: 1	0-0	0-0	0-0	3-0	3: 2	0: 1	2-0		2: 2	0: 4	3: 4	1-0	3: 4	2-0	2-0	2: 1	3-0
Leicester City	1: 3	2: 2	2: 1	0: 5	1: 1	2: 3	0: 3	0-0	0-0	0: 1	0: 2		1: 4	0: 1	1: 2	0-0	0: 4	1-0	2: 1	1: 1
Liverpool FC	1: 2	1: 3	4: 3	1: 1	2-0	1-0	2-0	1: 1	0-0	5-0	1: 1	1-0		3: 1	2-0	3-0	1: 1	1-0	1-0	2: 1
Manchester United	0: 1	1-0	2: 1	1: 2	0-0	0: 3	5-0	4: 1	3: 2	4-0	1: 1	2-0	0: 1		0: 1	3: 1	6: 1	4: 1	4-0	0: 1
Middlesbrough FC	0: 4	2: 1	1: 3	1: 1	0-0	0: 2	5: 1	1-0	2: 1	0-0	2: 2	1-0	1: 2	0: 1		1: 4	1: 3	2-0	1: 1	2-0
Newcastle United	0: 2	3-0	2: 1	3: 2	3-0	1: 2	1-0	6: 2	1: 1	2: 2	3: 1	1-0	0: 2	4: 3	3-0		3: 1	1: 1	0: 2	3: 1
Southampton FC	0: 2	1: 3	1: 2	0-0	1-0	0: 2	2-0	0: 1	1: 1	3: 3	0: 1	2: 2	2-0	1: 3	1: 1	3: 1		2-0	1-0	2-0
Sunderland AFC	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	1-0	2: 2	0-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	1-0	2-0	2: 1	0: 1	1: 3	0: 1	0: 1	1: 1		1: 1	1-0
Tottenham Hotspur	1: 1	0-0	1-0	3: 2	0: 1	2: 3	3: 1	1: 1	4-0	1: 2	2: 1	2: 1	1-0	3: 5	2: 1	1: 3	2-0	2: 1		1: 1
West Ham United	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	2-0	2: 1	4-0	1-0	0: 2	3: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 1	3: 5	1-0	3-0	2-0	3-0	0: 1

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	Thierry Henry	Arsenal FC	24
2	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Chelsea FC	23
=	Alan Shearer	Newcastle United	=
=	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Manchester United	=
5	Michael Owen	Liverpool FC	19th
6th	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer	Manchester United	17th
7th	Robbie Fowler	Leeds United	15th
8th	Eiður Guðjohnsen	Chelsea FC	14th
=	Marian's Pahars	Southampton FC	=
10	Andrew Cole	Manchester United	13

Awards during the season

month	Trainer of the month	Player of the month
August 2001	Sam Allardyce (Bolton Wanderers)	Louis Saha (Fulham FC)
September 2001	John Gregory (Aston Villa)	Juan Sebastián Verón (Manchester United)
October 2001	Glenn Hoddle (Tottenham Hotspur)	Rio Ferdinand (Leeds United)
November 2001	Phil Thompson (Liverpool FC)	Danny Murphy (Liverpool FC)
December 2001	Bobby Robson (Newcastle United)	Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United)
January 2002	Gordon Strachan (Southampton FC)	Marcus Bent (Ipswich Town)
February 2002	Bobby Robson (Newcastle United)	Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United)
March 2002	Gérard Houllier (Liverpool FC) Phil Thompson (Liverpool FC)	Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal FC)
April 2002	Arsène Wenger (Arsenal FC)	Freddie Ljungberg (Arsenal FC)

The Arsenal FC championship team

According to the rules of the Premier League, a player receives an official winner's medal if he completes at least 10 Premier League games for the master club. With this in mind, the following players count as English champions of the 2001/02 season. The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.

1.

Arsenal FC

Goal: David Seaman (17 / -); Richard Wright (12/0); Stuart Taylor (10 / -) Defense: Sol Campbell (31/2); Ashley Cole (29/2); Lauren (27/2); Martin Keown (22 / -); Oleh Luzhny (18 / -); Matthew Upson (14 / -); Lee Dixon (13 / -); Tony Adams (10 / -) Midfield: Patrick Vieira (36/2); Robert Pires (28/9); Ray Parlor (27 / -); Gilles Grimandi (26 / -); Freddie Ljungberg (25/12); Giovanni van Bronckhorst (21/1); Edu (14/1) Forward: Thierry Henry (33/24); Dennis Bergkamp (33/9); Sylvain Wiltord (33/10); Nwankwo canoe (23/3) Coach: Arsène Wenger