2001–02 season of Aston Villa
Aston Villa 2001–02 football season
During 2001–02 , Aston Villa competed in the Premier League (known as the FA Barclaycard Premiership for sponsorship reasons). Aston Villa's early season form was good and the Midlanders even went top briefly at the end of October, but followed that with a run of eleven games with only one win, falling out of the title race.
John Gregory announced his surprise resignation after four years as Villa manager on 24 January. A host of names were linked with the vacancy, but in the end it was Graham Taylor , who took Villa to promotion in 1988 and second place in the league in 1990, who was appointed manager. Taylor was unable to improve Villa's form, but two wins against Southampton and Chelsea at the end of the season where enough to see Villa finish eighth thus finishing in the top 10 for the seventh year in succession.
Transfers [ edit ] Transferred in [ edit ] Date Pos Player From Fee 20 June 2001 AM Hassan Kachloul Southampton Free transfer 7 July 2001 LM Mustapha Hadji Coventry City £4,500,000 12 July 2001 GK Peter Schmeichel Sporting Free transfer 19 July 2001 CB Olof Mellberg Racing Santander £5,000,000 24 August 2001 CF Boško Balaban Dinamo Zagreb £5,800,000 27 March 2002 CF Peter Crouch Portsmouth £5,000,000 £20,300,000
Loaned in [ edit ] Date Pos Player From Loan End
Transferred out [ edit ] Loaned out [ edit ] Overall transfer activity [ edit ] Expenditure [ edit ]
Balance [ edit ]
First Team [ edit ] # Name Position Nationality Place of birth Date of birth (Age) Signed from Date signed Fee Apps Gls Goalkeepers 1 Peter Schmeichel GK Gladsaxe (1963-11-18 ) 18 November 1963 (aged 37) Sporting 12 July 2000 Free transfer - - 12 Peter Enckelman GK Turku (1977-03-10 ) 10 March 1977 (aged 24)TPS 1 February 1999 £200,000 14 0 13 Boaz Myhill GK Modesto, CA (1982-11-09 ) 9 November 1982 (aged 18)Academy 1 July 2001 — - - 39 Wayne Henderson GK Dublin (1983-09-16 ) 16 September 1983 (aged 17)Academy 1 July 2001 — - - Defenders 2 Mark Delaney RB Haverfordwest (1976-05-13 ) 13 May 1976 (aged 25)Cardiff City 9 March 1999 £250,000 59 1 3 Alan Wright LB Ashton-under-Lyne (1971-09-28 ) 28 September 1971 (aged 29)Blackburn Rovers 10 March 1995 £1,000,000 286 5 4 Olof Mellberg CB Gullspång (1977-09-03 ) 3 September 1977 (aged 23)Racing Santander 19 July 2001 £5,000,000 - - 5 Alpay Özalan CB İzmir (1973-05-30 ) 30 May 1973 (aged 28)Fenerbahçe 28 July 2000 £5,600,000 36 0 11 Steve Staunton LB Dundalk (1969-01-19 ) 19 January 1969 (aged 32)Liverpool 6 December 2000 Free transfer 281 17 15 Gareth Barry LB Hastings (1981-02-23 ) 23 February 1981 (aged 20)Academy 1 January 1998 — 121 4 25 Jon Bewers RB Kettering (1982-09-10 ) 10 September 1982 (aged 18)Academy 1 July 1999 — 1 0 31 Jlloyd Samuel LB San Fernando (1981-03-29 ) 29 March 1981 (aged 20)Academy 1 January 1999 — 17 0 Midfielders 6 George Boateng CM Nkawkaw (1975-09-05 ) 5 September 1975 (aged 25)Coventry City 20 July 1999 £4,500,000 86 4 7 Ian Taylor CM Birmingham (1968-06-04 ) 4 June 1968 (aged 33)Sheffield Wednesday 21 December 1994 £1,000,000 255 36 10 Paul Merson (c ) AM Harlesden (1968-03-20 ) 20 March 1968 (aged 33)Middlesbrough 8 September 1998 £6,750,000 117 16 14 David Ginola LM Gassin (1967-01-25 ) 25 January 1967 (aged 34)Tottenham Hotspur 30 July 2000 £3,000,000 28 3 17 Lee Hendrie RM Solihull (1977-05-18 ) 18 May 1977 (aged 24)Academy 1 July 1995 — 146 16 18 Steve Stone RM Gateshead (1971-08-20 ) 20 August 1971 (aged 29)Nottingham Forest 11 March 1999 £5,500,000 88 6 20 Mustapha Hadji LM Ifrane Atlas-Saghir (1971-11-16 ) 16 November 1971 (aged 29)Coventry City 7 July 2001 £4,500,000 - - 21 Thomas Hitzlsperger LM Munich (1982-04-05 ) 5 April 1982 (aged 19)Bayern Munich 5 August 2000 Free transfer 1 0 24 John McGrath CM Limerick (1980-03-27 ) 27 March 1980 (aged 21)Academy 1 July 1999 — 3 0 27 Michael Standing AM Shoreham-by-Sea (1981-03-20 ) 20 March 1981 (aged 20)Academy 1 July 1998 — 0 0 28 Gavin Melaugh CM Derry (1981-07-09 ) 9 July 1981 (aged 19)Academy 1 July 2000 — 0 0 29 Stephen Cooke CM Walsall (1983-02-15 ) 15 February 1983 (aged 18)Academy 1 July 2000 — 1 0 30 Hassan Kachloul AM Agadir (1973-02-19 ) 19 February 1973 (aged 28)Southampton 1 July 2001 — - - Forwards 8 Juan Pablo Ángel CF Medellín (1975-10-24 ) 24 October 1975 (aged 25)River Plate 13 January 2001 £9,500,000 10 1 9 Dion Dublin CF Leicester (1969-04-22 ) 22 April 1969 (aged 32)Coventry City 5 November 1998 £5,750,000 97 35 16 Peter Crouch CF Macclesfield (1981-01-30 ) 30 January 1981 (aged 20)Portsmouth 27 March 2002 £5,000,000 - - 19 Boško Balaban CF Rijeka (1978-10-15 ) 15 October 1978 (aged 22)Dinamo Zagreb 24 October 2001 £5,800,000 - - 22 Darius Vassell CF Birmingham (1980-06-13 ) 13 June 1980 (aged 21)Academy 1 January 1998 — 58 7 23 Stefan Moore CF Birmingham (1983-09-28 ) 28 September 1983 (aged 17)Academy 1 July 2001 — - - 26 Richard Walker CF Birmingham (1977-11-08 ) 8 November 1977 (aged 23)Academy 1 July 1997 Loan 10 2 42 Peter Hynes CF Dublin (1983-11-28 ) 28 November 1983 (aged 17)Academy 1 July 2001 — - - 44 Neil Tarrant CF Darlington (1979-06-24 ) 24 June 1979 (aged 22)Ross County 28 April 1998 £250,000 0 0
Note: Stats and ages are correct as of July 1, 2001.
Final league table [ edit ] Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
^ Since Arsenal qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place as FA Cup winners defaulted to Chelsea, the losing finalists . ^ Blackburn Rovers qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners . Results summary Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD 38 12 14 12 46 47 −1 50 8 7 4 22 17 +5 4 7 8 24 30 −6
Results by matchday Match 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Ground A H A H A H H A H H A H A H A A H A H H A H A H A H A H A H A A H A H A H A Result D D W D W W W L W W L D D L D L W L L D D W W D D D L W L L D L D L L D W W Position 14 15 8 10 6 4 4 5 3 1 3 3 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 10 10 10 10 9 8
Results [ edit ] Aston Villa's score comes first [2]
FA Premier League [ edit ] Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 18 August 2001 Tottenham Hotspur A 0–0 36,059 26 August 2001 Manchester United H 1–1 42,632 Vassell 4' 8 September 2001 Liverpool A 3–1 44,102 Dublin 31', Hendrie 55', Vassell 86' 16 September 2001 Sunderland H 0–0 31,668 24 September 2001 Southampton A 3–1 26,794 Boateng 9', Ángel 15', Hadji 79' 30 September 2001 Blackburn Rovers H 2–0 27,732 Ángel 46', Vassell 72' 14 October 2001 Fulham H 2–0 28,579 Vassell 50', Taylor 61' 20 October 2001 Everton A 2–3 33,352 Hadji 71', Schmeichel 90' 24 October 2001 Charlton Athletic H 1–0 27,701 Kachloul 9' 27 October 2001 Bolton Wanderers H 3–2 33,599 Ángel 13', (pen) 47', Vassell 43' 3 November 2001 Newcastle United A 0–3 51,057 17 November 2001 Middlesbrough H 0–0 35,424 25 November 2001 Leeds United A 1–1 40,159 Kachloul 35' 1 December 2001 Leicester City H 0–2 30,711 5 December 2001 West Ham United A 1–1 28,377 Dublin 1' 9 December 2001 Arsenal A 2–3 38,074 Merson 21', Stone 34' 17 December 2001 Ipswich Town H 2–1 29,320 Ángel 44', 70' 22 December 2001 Derby County A 1–3 28,001 Ángel 45' 26 December 2001 Liverpool H 1–2 42,602 Hendrie 21' 29 December 2001 Tottenham Hotspur H 1–1 41,134 Ángel (pen) 90' 1 January 2002 Sunderland A 1–1 45,324 Taylor 59' 12 January 2002 Derby County H 2–1 28,881 Vassell 12', Ángel 26' 21 January 2002 Charlton Athletic A 2–1 25,681 Vassell 8', Ángel 42' 30 January 2002 Everton H 0–0 32,460 2 February 2002 Fulham A 0–0 20,041 9 February 2002 Chelsea H 1–1 41,137 Merson 28' 23 February 2002 Manchester United A 0–1 67,592 2 March 2002 West Ham United H 2–1 37,341 Ángel 23', Vassell 90' 5 March 2002 Blackburn Rovers A 0–3 21,988 17 March 2002 Arsenal H 1–2 41,520 Dublin 69' 23 March 2002 Ipswich Town A 0–0 25,247 30 March 2002 Bolton Wanderers A 2–3 24,600 Warhurst (own goal) 15', Taylor 17' 2 April 2002 Newcastle United H 1–1 36,597 Crouch 26' 6 April 2002 Middlesbrough A 1–2 26,003 Ángel 60' 13 April 2002 Leeds United H 0–1 40,039 20 April 2002 Leicester City A 2–2 18,125 Vassell 22', Hitzlsperger 27' 27 April 2002 Southampton H 2–1 35,255 Vassell 8', 42' 11 May 2002 Chelsea A 3–1 40,709 Crouch 21', Vassell 63', Dublin 88'
League Cup [ edit ] Intertoto Cup [ edit ] Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers R3 First Leg 14 July 2001 NK Slaven Belupo A 1–2 3,000 Ginola 88' R3 Second Leg 21 July 2001 NK Slaven Belupo H 2–0 (won 3–2 on agg)27,580 Hendrie 19', 41' SF First Leg 25 July 2001 Rennes A 1–2 15,753 Vassell 90' SF Second Leg 1 August 2001 Rennes H 1–0 (won on away goals)30,782 Dublin 5' F First Leg 7 August 2001 Basel A 1–1 25,879 Merson 59' F Second Leg 21 August 2001 Basel H 4–1 (won 5–2 on agg) 39,593 Vassell 45', Ángel 55', 79', Ginola 83'
UEFA Cup [ edit ] Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers R1 First Leg 20 September 2001 NK Varteks H 2–3 27,132 Ángel 54', 70' R1 Second Leg 27 September 2001 NK Varteks A 1–0 (lost on away goals)12,100 Hadji 90'
Players [ edit ] First-team squad [ edit ] Squad at end of season [3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve squad [ edit ] The following players made most of their appearances for the reserves this season, but may have also appeared for the reserves or the U-17s, or may have appeared for the first team in a friendly. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
U-19 squad [ edit ] The following players made most of their appearances for the U-19s this season, but may have also appeared for the reserves or the U-17s. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
U-17 squad [ edit ] The following players made most of their appearances for the U-17s this season, but may have also appeared for the reserves or the U-19s. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Other players [ edit ] The following players did not play for any Aston Villa team this season. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Statistics [ edit ] Appearances and goals [ edit ] Starting 11 [ edit ] Considering starts in all competitions [4] Transfers [ edit ] ^ Boateng was born in Nkawkaw , Ghana , but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Netherlands in November 2001. ^ Samuel was born in San Fernando , Trinidad and Tobago , but also qualified to represent England internationally and would represent them at U-21 level and be called up to the senior team before switching his international allegiance to Trinidad and Tobago and making his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in September 2009. ^ Tarrant was born in Darlington , England , but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level. ^ Myhill was born in Modesto , California , United States , but was raised in England from the age of 1, qualifying to represent any of the home nations. He represented England at U-17, U-18, and U-20 level before making his international debut for Wales in March 2008. ^ Speranza was born in Giessen , West Germany (now Germany ), and later represented Italy internationally in futsal. ^ Kandaurov was born in Zheleznogorsk , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union (now Russia ), but also qualified to represent Ukraine internationally and made his international debut for Ukraine in August 1992. ^ Edwards was born in Madeley , England , and represented them at U-16 level, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Wales in March 2003. ^ Nicolas was born in Westminster , England , but also qualified to represent Cyprus internationally and represented them at U-21 level. ^ Eremenko was born in Rostov-on-Don , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union (now Russia ), but was raised in Finland from the age of 7, gained Finnish citizenship in 2003, and would make his international debut for Finland in October 2003. ^ Ward was born in Birmingham , England , but also qualifies to represent Northern Ireland internationally through his grandfather and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in August 2011. References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
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