Scottish Premier League 2001/02

Scottish Premier League 2001/02
master	Celtic Glasgow
Champions League qualification	Celtic Glasgow
Uefa cup	Glasgow Rangers
UEFA Cup qualification	Livingston FC Aberdeen FC
Cup winners	Glasgow Rangers
Relegated	St. Johnstone FC
Teams	12
Games	228
Gates	617  (ø 2.71 per game)
Top scorer	Henrik Larsson (Celtic Glasgow)
← Premier League 2000/01 Premier League 2002/03 →
First Division 2001/02 ↓

The Scottish Premier League was played for the fourth time in 2001/02 . It was also the 105th edition of the highest soccer division within the Scottish Football League in which the Scottish champions were determined. In the 2001/02 season, 12 clubs competed against each other in a total of 38 matchdays. Each team played once at home and away against every other team in the first round. After that, the league was divided into two halves, in which the teams play against each other again. In the event of a tie, the goal difference counted .

Celtic Glasgow won the Scottish Championship for the 38th time in the club's history. The Bhoys qualified as champions for the 2002/03 Champions League season . The Cup Winners Glasgow Rangers , and the third- and fourth-placed FC Livingston and Aberdeen FC qualified for the UEFA Cup . The FC St. Johnstone rose at the end of the season in the First Division . With 29 goals, Henrik Larsson of Celtic Glasgow was the top scorer.

1 round

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Celtic Glasgow (M, P, L)	33	29	3	1	078:150	+63	90
2.	Glasgow Rangers	33	23	8th	2	075:230	+52	77
3.	Aberdeen FC	33	15th	6th	12	046:430	+3	51
4th	Livingston FC (N)	33	13	10	10	040:350	+5	49
5.	Dunfermline Athletic	33	12	7th	14th	039:520	−13	43
6th	Heart of Midlothian	33	12	6th	15th	044:460	−2	42
7th	FC Kilmarnock	33	11	9	13	037:460	−9	42
8th.	Dundee FC	33	10	7th	16	035:500	−15	37
9.	Dundee United	33	9	8th	16	032:560	−24	35
10.	Hibernian Edinburgh	33	8th	10	15th	043:510	−8	34
11.	Motherwell FC	33	9	6th	18th	042:610	−19	33
12.	St. Johnstone FC	33	5	4th	24	023:560	−33	19th

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

Legend
2000/01 season
	Participation in the championship play-offs
	Participation in the relegation play-offs
At the end of the 2000/01 season
(M)	Champion of the previous year
(P)	Cup winner of the previous year
(L)	League cup winner of the previous year
(N)	Newcomer from the First Division

2nd round

Championship play-offs

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points	bonus	total
1.	Celtic Glasgow (M, P, L)	5	4th	1	0	016: 300	+13	13	90	103
2.	Glasgow Rangers	5	2	2	1	007: 400	+3	08th	77	85
3.	Livingston FC (N)	5	3	0	2	010:120	−2	09	49	58
4th	Aberdeen FC	5	1	1	3	005: 600	−1	04th	51	55
5.	Heart of Midlothian	5	2	0	3	008:110	−3	06th	42	48
6th	Dunfermline Athletic	5	0	2	3	002:140	−12	02	43	45

Legend
2001/02 season
	Scottish champions and participation in the third qualifying round of the 2002/03 UEFA Champions League
	Cup winner and participation in the first round of the 2002/03 UEFA Cup
	Participation in the qualifying round of the 2002/03 UEFA Cup
At the end of the 2000/01 season
(M)	Champion of the previous year
(P)	Cup winner of the previous year
(L)	League cup winner of the previous year
(N)	Newcomer from the First Division

Relegation play-offs

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points	bonus	total
7th	FC Kilmarnock	5	2	1	2	007: 800	−1	07th	42	49
8th.	Dundee United	5	3	2	0	006: 300	+3	11	35	46
9.	Dundee FC	5	2	1	2	006: 500	+1	07th	37	44
10.	Hibernian Edinburgh	5	2	1	2	008: 500	+3	07th	34	41
11.	Motherwell FC	5	2	1	2	007: 800	−1	07th	33	40
12.	St. Johnstone FC	5	0	2	3	001: 600	−5	02	19th	21st

Legend
2001/02 season
	Relegated to the first division

Awards during the season

month	Trainer of the month	Player of the month
August 2001	Martin O'Neill ( Celtic Glasgow )	Marvin Andrews ( Livingston FC )
September 2001	Jim Leishman (Livingston FC)	Stilijan Petrow (Celtic Glasgow)
October 2001	Dick Advocaat ( Glasgow Rangers )	Gavin Rae ( Dundee FC )
November 2001	Jim Leishman (Livingston FC)	Rab Douglas (Celtic Glasgow)
December 2002	Craig Levein ( Heart of Midlothian )	Ricardo Fuller (Heart of Midlothian)
January 2002	Alex Smith ( Dundee United )	Lorenzo Amoruso (Glasgow Rangers)
February 2002	Alex McLeish (Glasgow Rangers)	Barry Ferguson (Glasgow Rangers)
March 2002	Jimmy Calderwood ( Dunfermline Athletic )	Garry O'Connor (Hibernian Edinburgh)
April 2002	Martin O'Neill (Celtic Glasgow)	John Hartson (Celtic Glasgow)

The championship team from Celtic Glasgow

(Players with at least one stake were taken into account; stakes and goals are given in brackets)

1.

Celtic Glasgow

Goal : Rab Douglas (35/0), Dmitri Charin (3/0), Jonathan Gould (1/0) Defense : Dianbobo Baldé (22/2), Tommy Boyd (9/0), Stephen Crainey (15/0), John Kennedy (1/0), Jackie McNamara (20/0), Johan Mjällby (35/3), Olivier Tébily (11/0), Joos Valgaeren (20/2), Midfield : Didier Agathe (20/1), Steve Guppy (16/0), Colin Healy (4/0), Paul Lambert (34/5), Neil Lennon (33/1), Ľubomír Moravčík (23/6), Bobby Petta (18/0), Stilijan Petrow (28/6), Jamie Smith (11/1), Mohammed Sylla (9/1), Alan Thompson (25/6), Morten Wieghorst (3/0) Attack : John Hartson (31/19), Henrik Larsson (33/29), Simon Lynch (1/2), Shaun Maloney (16/5), Chris Sutton (18/4) Trainer : Martin O'Neill

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Scottish Football League & Scottish Premier League Top goalscorers per division. (No longer available online.) Scottish-football-historical-archive.com, archived from the original on September 27, 2012 ; accessed on April 15, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• Scottish Premier League 2001/02 at Statto.com
• Scottish Premier League 2001/02 in the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation database
• Scottish Premier League 2001/02 at www.kicker.de