Season 2001-2002 Details

In the close season United had taken up the option on Robbie Keane and he officially parted company with Inter-Milan and joined United. This was O�Leary�s only move in the incoming transfer market, but he allowed several young players to leave. Warren Feeney joined Bournemouth; Kevin Dixon went to Barnsley, Danny Hay to Walsall and Gareth Evans to Huddersfield Town, all on free transfers. Damien Lynch and Wesley Boyle were both also released, while there was �120,000 from Notts County for Tony Hackworth and �150,000 for Alan Maybury from Hearts. With Michael Bridges and Lucas Radebe out for the season, those players apart, United hoped to pick from strength. They started well favoured to give Arsenal and Manchester United a run for their money for the championship and certainly favourites to gain at least one of the four ECL places now on offer.

Read more about the 2001-2002 season in the European Adventures section of our Leeds United history timeline. For player appearances, goals, red cards and transfers for the 2001-2002 season click here.

	Season Record	GP	W	D	L	F	A	GD	P	Pos
Premier League		38	18	12	8	53	37	16	66	5
FA Cup		1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	-	R3
League Cup		2	1	0	1	6	2	4	-	R4
Europe		8	3	2	3	13	10	3	-	UC (R4)
TOTAL		49	22	14	13	73	51	22	-	-

	Managers	First Game	P	W	D	L	Win%
	David O'Leary	Southampton (H) - 18/08/2001	18/08/2001	49	22	14	13	44.90%

	Premier League		Venue	Date		Score
	Southampton	H	Elland Road	18/08/2001		2 : 0	W
	Arsenal	A	Highbury	21/08/2001		2 : 1	W
	West Ham United	A	Upton Park	25/08/2001		0 : 0	D
	Bolton Wanderers	H	Elland Road	08/09/2001		0 : 0	D
	Charlton Athletic	A	The Valley	16/09/2001		2 : 0	W
	Derby County	H	Elland Road	23/09/2001		3 : 0	W
	Ipswich Town	A	Portman Road	30/09/2001		2 : 1	W
	Liverpool	A	Anfield	13/10/2001		1 : 1	D
	Chelsea	H	Elland Road	21/10/2001		0 : 0	D
	Manchester United	A	Old Trafford	27/10/2001		1 : 1	D
	Tottenham Hotspur	H	Elland Road	04/11/2001		2 : 1	W
	Sunderland	A	Stadium Of Light	18/11/2001		0 : 2	L
	Aston Villa	H	Elland Road	25/11/2001		1 : 1	D
	Fulham	A	Craven Cottage	02/12/2001		0 : 0	D
	Blackburn Rovers	A	Ewood Park	09/12/2001		2 : 1	W
	Leicester City	H	Elland Road	16/12/2001		2 : 2	D
	Everton	H	Elland Road	19/12/2001		3 : 2	W
	Newcastle United	H	Elland Road	22/12/2001		3 : 4	L
	Bolton Wanderers	A	Reebok Stadium	26/12/2001		3 : 0	W
	Southampton	A	St Marys Stadium	29/12/2001		1 : 0	W
	West Ham United	H	Elland Road	01/01/2002		3 : 0	W
	Newcastle United	A	St James Park	12/01/2002		1 : 3	L
	Arsenal	H	Elland Road	20/01/2002		1 : 1	D
	Chelsea	A	Stamford Bridge	30/01/2002		0 : 2	L
	Liverpool	H	Elland Road	03/02/2002		0 : 4	L
	Middlesbrough	A	Riverside Stadium	09/02/2002		2 : 2	D
	Charlton Athletic	H	Elland Road	24/02/2002		0 : 0	D
	Everton	A	Goodison Park	03/03/2002		0 : 0	D
	Ipswich Town	H	Elland Road	06/03/2002		2 : 0	W
	Blackburn Rovers	H	Elland Road	17/03/2002		3 : 1	W
	Leicester City	A	Filbert Street	23/03/2002		2 : 0	W
	Manchester United	H	Elland Road	30/03/2002		3 : 4	L
	Tottenham Hotspur	A	White Hart Lane	01/04/2002		1 : 2	L
	Sunderland	H	Elland Road	07/04/2002		2 : 0	W
	Aston Villa	A	Villa Park	13/04/2002		1 : 0	W
	Fulham	H	Elland Road	20/04/2002		0 : 1	L
	Derby County	A	Pride Park	27/04/2002		1 : 0	W
	Middlesbrough	H	Elland Road	11/05/2002		1 : 0	W

	FA Cup		Venue	Date		Score
	Cardiff City FA Cup 3rd Round	A	Ninian Park	06/01/2002		1 : 2	L

	League Cup		Venue	Date		Score
	Leicester City Worthington Cup 3rd Round	A	Filbert Street	09/10/2001		6 : 0	W
	Chelsea Worthington Cup 4th Round	H	Elland Road	28/11/2001		0 : 2	L

	Europe		Venue	Date		Score
	Maritimo UEFA Cup 1st Round 1st Leg	A	Estadio Dos Barreiros	20/09/2001		0 : 1	L
	Maritimo UEFA Cup 1st Round 2nd Leg	H	Elland Road	27/09/2001		3 : 0	W
	Troyes UEFA Cup 2nd Round 1st Leg	H	Elland Road	18/10/2001		4 : 2	W
	Troyes UEFA Cup 2nd Round 2nd Leg	A	Stade De L�Aube	01/11/2001		2 : 3	L
	Grasshoppers UEFA Cup 3rd Round 1st Leg	A	Hardtrum Stadium	22/11/2001		2 : 1	W
	Grasshoppers UEFA Cup 3rd Round 2nd Leg	H	Elland Road	06/12/2001		2 : 2	D
	PSV Eindhoven UEFA Cup 4th Round 1st Leg	A	Phillips Stadion	21/02/2002		0 : 0	D
	PSV Eindhoven UEFA Cup 4th Round 2nd Leg	H	Elland Road	28/02/2002		0 : 1	L

	Premier League Table		Pld	Pts	GD	W	D	L	F	A
1		Arsenal	38	87	43	26	9	3	79	36
2		Liverpool	38	80	37	24	8	6	67	30
3		Manchester United	38	77	42	24	5	9	87	45
4		Newcastle United	38	71	22	21	8	9	74	52
5		Leeds United	38	66	16	18	12	8	53	37
6		Chelsea	38	64	28	17	13	8	66	38
7		West Ham United	38	53	-9	15	8	15	48	57
8		Aston Villa	38	50	-1	12	14	12	46	47
9		Tottenham Hotspur	38	50	-4	14	8	16	49	53
10		Blackburn Rovers	38	46	4	12	10	16	55	51
11		Southampton	38	45	-8	12	9	17	46	54
12		Middlesbrough	38	45	-12	12	9	17	35	47
13		Fulham	38	44	-8	10	14	14	36	44
14		Charlton Athletic	38	44	-11	10	14	14	38	49
15		Everton	38	43	-12	11	10	17	45	57
16		Bolton Wanderers	38	40	-18	9	13	16	44	62
17		Sunderland	38	40	-22	10	10	18	29	51
18		Ipswich Town	38	36	-23	9	9	20	41	64
19		Derby County	38	30	-30	8	6	24	33	63
20		Leicester City	38	28	-34	5	13	20	30	64

	References
	Sheridan Dictates: Season Statistics 2001-02
	OzWhite: Leeds United Season Statistics and Teamsheets 2001-02
	Leeds United Programme Guide: Season 2001/02
	Leeds-Fans.org.uk: Season 2001 - 2002