2001–02 West Ham United F.C. season

West Ham United
2001–02 season
Chairman Terry Brown
Manager Glenn Roeder
Stadium Upton Park
FA Premier League 7th
FA Cup Fourth round
League Cup Second round
Top goalscorer League:
Frédéric Kanouté (11)

All:
Jermain Defoe (14)
Average home league attendance 31,359

During the 2001–02 English football season, West Ham United F.C. competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Barclaycard Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Kit

West Ham maintained their kit manufacturing agreement with Fila, who introduced a new home kit for the season, featuring all-blue shirt sleeves and white socks. Dr. Martens remained the kit sponsors.

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 48 579 53
8 Aston Villa 38 12 14 12 46 471 50 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
9 Tottenham Hotspur 38 14 8 16 49 534 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 46 548 45
12 Middlesbrough 38 12 9 17 35 4712 45
13 Fulham 38 10 14 14 36 448 44 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
14 Charlton Athletic 38 10 14 14 38 4911 44
15 Everton 38 11 10 17 45 5712 43
16 Bolton Wanderers 38 9 13 16 44 6218 40
17 Sunderland 38 10 10 18 29 5122 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

West Ham United's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

FA Premier League

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
18 August 2001 LiverpoolA1–243,935Di Canio (pen)
25 August 2001 Leeds UnitedH0–024,517
8 September 2001 Derby CountyA0–027,802
15 September 2001 MiddlesbroughA0–225,445
23 September 2001 Newcastle UnitedH3–024,810Hutchison, Di Canio, Kanouté
29 September 2001 EvertonA0–532,049
14 October 2001 Blackburn RoversA1–722,712Carrick
20 October 2001 SouthamptonH2–025,842Kanouté (2)
24 October 2001 ChelseaH2–126,520Carrick, Kanouté
28 October 2001 Ipswich TownA3–222,834Di Canio, Kanouté, Defoe
3 November 2001 FulhamH0–226,217
19 November 2001 Charlton AthleticA4–423,198Kitson (3), Defoe
24 November 2001 Tottenham HotspurH0–132,780
1 December 2001 SunderlandA0–147,437
5 December 2001 Aston VillaH1–128,377Defoe
8 December 2001 Manchester UnitedA1–067,582Defoe
15 December 2001 ArsenalH1–134,523Kanouté
22 December 2001 Leicester CityA1–120,131Di Canio (pen)
26 December 2001 Derby CountyH4–031,397Schemmel, Di Canio, Sinclair, Defoe
29 December 2001 LiverpoolH1–135,103Sinclair
1 January 2002 Leeds UnitedA0–339,320
12 January 2002 Leicester CityH1–034,698Di Canio
20 January 2002 ChelseaA1–540,035Defoe
30 January 2002 SouthamptonA0–231,879
2 February 2002 Blackburn RoversH2–035,307Sinclair, Kanouté
9 February 2002 Bolton WanderersA0–124,342
23 February 2002 MiddlesbroughH1–035,420Kanouté
2 March 2002 Aston VillaA1–237,341Di Canio (pen)
6 March 2002 EvertonH1–029,883Sinclair
16 March 2002 Manchester UnitedH3–535,281Lomas, Kanouté, Defoe
30 March 2002 Ipswich TownH3–133,871Lomas, Di Canio, Defoe
1 April 2002 FulhamA1–019,416Kanouté
6 April 2002 Charlton AthleticH2–032,389Di Canio (pen), Kanouté
13 April 2002 Tottenham HotspurA1–136,083Pearce
20 April 2002 SunderlandH3–033,319Sinclair, Lomas, Defoe
24 April 2002 ArsenalA0–238,038
27 April 2002 Newcastle UnitedA1–352,127Defoe
11 May 2002 Bolton WanderersH2–135,546Lomas, Pearce

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R35 January 2002 Macclesfield TownA3–05,706Defoe (2), Cole
R426 January 2002 ChelseaA1–133,443Kanouté
R4R6 February 2002 ChelseaH2–327,272Defoe (2)

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R211 September 2001 ReadingA0–0 (lost 5-6 on pens)21,173

First-team 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 England GK David James
2 Czech Republic DF Tomáš Řepka
3 England DF Nigel Winterburn
4 Scotland MF Don Hutchison[3]
5 Slovakia DF Vladimír Labant
6 Australia DF Hayden Foxe
7 Scotland DF Christian Dailly
8 England MF Trevor Sinclair
10 Italy FW Paolo Di Canio
11 Northern Ireland MF Steve Lomas[4]
12 England FW Paul Kitson
14 France FW Frédéric Kanouté[5]
15 Cameroon DF Rigobert Song
16 England MF John Moncur
No. Position Player
17 Trinidad and Tobago GK Shaka Hislop[6]
19 England DF Ian Pearce
20 England DF Scott Minto
21 England MF Michael Carrick
24 Norway DF Ragnvald Soma
25 England FW Jermain Defoe
26 England MF Joe Cole
27 Republic of Ireland DF Shaun Byrne[7]
28 France MF Laurent Courtois
29 Guinea FW Titi Camara
30 France DF Sébastien Schemmel
33 Australia MF Richard Garcia
34 Northern Ireland MF Grant McCann

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
18 Bulgaria FW Svetoslav Todorov (to Portsmouth)
36 England MF Adam Newton[8] (to Peterborough United)
38 England MF Steven Clark (to Southend United)
No. Position Player
39 England DF Anwar Uddin (to Sheffield Wednesday)
40 Australia DF Steve Laurie (to Peterborough United)
Italy MF Emmanuel Cascione (to Pistoiese)

Reserve squad

The following players did not appear for the first time this season.

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

No. Position Player
13 Sweden GK Sven Andersson
22 Canada GK Craig Forrest
23 England DF Steve Potts
31 Turkey FW Ömer Rıza[9]
32 England GK Stephen Bywater
No. Position Player
35 England DF Gary Charles
37 Australia MF Michael Ferrante
39 England DF Izzy Iriekpen
41 Republic of Ireland GK David Forde

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK England David James 29 0 26 0 3 0 0 0
17 GK Trinidad and Tobago Shaka Hislop 13 0 12 0 0 0 1 0
Defenders
2 DF Czech Republic Tomáš Řepka 34 0 31 0 3 0 0 0
3 DF England Nigel Winterburn 34 0 29+2 0 3 0 0 0
5 DF Slovakia Vladimír Labant 14 0 7+5 0 0+2 0 0 0
6 DF Australia Hayden Foxe 7 0 4+2 0 0+1 0 0 0
7 DF Scotland Christian Dailly 42 0 38 0 3 0 1 0
15 DF Cameroon Rigobert Song 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 0
19 DF England Ian Pearce 9 2 8+1 2 0 0 0 0
20 DF England Scott Minto 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 0
24 DF Norway Ragnvald Soma 4 0 1+2 0 1 0 0 0
27 DF Republic of Ireland Shaun Byrne 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
30 DF France Sebastian Schemmel 39 1 35 1 3 0 1 0
Midfielders
4 MF Scotland Don Hutchison 28 1 24 1 3 0 1 0
8 MF England Trevor Sinclair 37 5 34 5 2 0 1 0
11 MF Northern Ireland Steve Lomas 17 4 14+1 4 1+1 0 0 0
16 MF England John Moncur 21 0 7+12 0 1 0 1 0
21 MF England Michael Carrick 32 2 30 2 1 0 1 0
26 MF England Joe Cole 33 1 29+1 0 3 1 0 0
28 MF France Laurent Courtois 8 0 5+2 0 0 0 0+1 0
33 MF Australia Richard Garcia 9 0 2+6 0 0 0 0+1 0
34 MF Northern Ireland Grant McCann 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
10 FW Italy Paolo Di Canio 27 9 26 9 1 0 0 0
12 FW England Paul Kitson 9 3 3+4 3 2 0 0 0
14 FW France Frédéric Kanouté 28 12 27 11 1 1 0 0
25 FW England Jermain Defoe 39 13 14+21 10 2+1 3 1 0
29 FW Guinea Titi Camara 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
18 FW Bulgaria Svetoslav Todorov 8 0 2+4 0 0+1 0 1 0

Last updated: 11 May 2002
Source: Competitions

References

  1. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/west-ham-united/2001-2002/results
  2. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2001-2002/faprem/westham.htm
  3. Hutchison was born in Gateshead, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father, and made his international debut for Scotland in March 1999.
  4. Lomas was born in Hanover, Germany, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1994.
  5. Kanouté was born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Mali internationally through his father and made his international debut for Mali in 2004.
  6. Hislop was born in Hackney, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but was raised in Trinidad and Tobago and made his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 1999.
  7. Byrne was born in Taplow, England, but qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and has represented them at U-16 and U-21 level.
  8. Newton was born in Ascot, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally and made his international debut for Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2004.
  9. Rıza was born in Edmonton, England, but qualified to represent Turkey internationally and has represented them at A2 level.
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