2001–02 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur
2001–02 season
Chairman	Daniel Levy
Manager	Glenn Hoddle
Stadium	White Hart Lane
Premiership	9th
FA Cup	Sixth round
League Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Teddy Sheringham; Gustavo Poyet (10 each); All: ; Les Ferdinand; (15 goals)
Average home league attendance	34,878
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

During the 2001–02 season, Tottenham Hotspur participated in the English Premier League.

Season summary[edit]

Glenn Hoddle's return to White Hart Lane as manager was seen by many as the revival of Tottenham after many seasons of mediocrity. Spurs reached the Worthington Cup final with Spurs fans hopeful that Hoddle's comeback would result in instant success. However Blackburn Rovers won 2–1, and Tottenham's silverware bid was over. Unremarkable Premiership form ended their UEFA Cup hopes, and they had to settle for ninth place in the final table.^[1]

Season squad[edit]

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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SCO	Neil Sullivan
2	DF	IRL	Stephen Carr
3	DF	ARG	Mauricio Taricco
4	MF	GER	Steffen Freund
5	DF	SCG	Goran Bunjevčević
6	DF	ENG	Chris Perry
7	MF	ENG	Darren Anderton
8	MF	ENG	Tim Sherwood (Vice-captain)
9	FW	ENG	Les Ferdinand (3rd captain)
10	FW	ENG	Teddy Sheringham (captain)
11	FW	UKR	Serhii Rebrov
12	DF	IRL	Gary Doherty
13	GK	USA	Kasey Keller
14	MF	URU	Gustavo Poyet
16	FW	NOR	Steffen Iversen
17	MF	NOR	Øyvind Leonhardsen
18	DF	ENG	Ben Thatcher


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	ENG	Chris Armstrong
20	MF	ENG	Johnnie Jackson
23	MF	GER	Christian Ziege
24	GK	CAN	Lars Hirschfeld
25	MF	ENG	Stephen Clemence
26	DF	ENG	Ledley King
27	FW	SCO	Steven Ferguson
28	MF	ENG	Matthew Etherington
29	MF	WAL	Simon Davies
30	DF	ENG	Anthony Gardner
31	DF	ENG	Alton Thelwell
32	GK	ENG	Gavin Kelly
33	MF	NIR	Ciaran Toner
34	FW	ENG	John Piercy
36	DF	ENG	Dean Richards
37	FW	FRA	Yannick Kamanan

Transfers and loans[edit]

Released[edit]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Notes	Ref.
3 October 2001	MF		Willem Korsten	Free agent	Retired	^[3]
2001	GK		Hans Segers	Free agent	Released

Transfers out[edit]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
3 July 2001	DF		Sol Campbell	Arsenal	Free
7 November 2001	DF		Ian Hillier	Luton Town	Undisclosed	^[4]

Loans in[edit]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
16 November 2001	GK		Dave Beasant	Portsmouth	31 January 2002	^[5]

Final league table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	West Ham United	38	15	8	15	48	57	−9	53
8	Aston Villa	38	12	14	12	46	47	−1	50	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
9	Tottenham Hotspur	38	14	8	16	49	53	−4	50
10	Blackburn Rovers	38	12	10	16	55	51	+4	46	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round^[a]
11	Southampton	38	12	9	17	46	54	−8	45

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ 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	14	8	16	49	53	−4	50	10	4	5	32	24	+8	4	4	11	17	29	−12

Source: Statto

Results by round

Round	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	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	L
Position	8	9	14	11	11	7	10	13	12	9	7	9	9	6	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	7	8	8	8	7	9

Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results[edit]

Tottenham Hotspur's score comes first^[6]

Legend[edit]

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League[edit]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 August 2001	Aston Villa	H	0–0	36,059
20 August 2001	Everton	A	1–1	29,503	Anderton
25 August 2001	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–2	24,992	Ziege
9 September 2001	Southampton	H	2–0	33,668	Ziege, Davies
16 September 2001	Chelsea	H	2–3	36,037	Sheringham (2)
19 September 2001	Sunderland	A	2–1	47,310	Ziege, Sheringham
22 September 2001	Liverpool	A	0–1	44,116
29 September 2001	Manchester United	H	3–5	36,038	Richards, Ferdinand, Ziege
15 October 2001	Derby County	H	3–1	30,148	Ferdinand, Ziege, Poyet
21 October 2001	Newcastle United	A	2–0	50,593	Anderton, Poyet
27 October 2001	Middlesbrough	H	2–1	36,062	Sheringham (pen), Ferdinand
4 November 2001	Leeds United	A	1–2	40,203	Poyet
17 November 2001	Arsenal	H	1–1	36,049	Poyet
24 November 2001	West Ham United	A	1–0	32,780	Ferdinand
3 December 2001	Bolton Wanderers	H	3–2	32,971	Poyet, Ferdinand, Sheringham
8 December 2001	Charlton Athletic	A	1–3	25,125	Poyet
15 December 2001	Fulham	H	4–0	36,054	Ferdinand, Anderton, Davies, Rebrov
22 December 2001	Ipswich Town	H	1–2	36,040	Davies
26 December 2001	Southampton	A	0–1	31,719
29 December 2001	Aston Villa	A	1–1	41,134	Ferdinand
1 January 2002	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–0	35,131	Richards
12 January 2002	Ipswich Town	A	1–2	25,077	Poyet
19 January 2002	Everton	H	1–1	36,056	Ferdinand
30 January 2002	Newcastle United	H	1–3	35,798	Iversen
2 February 2002	Derby County	A	0–1	27,721
9 February 2002	Leicester City	H	2–1	35,973	Anderton, Davies
2 March 2002	Sunderland	H	2–1	36,062	Poyet, Ferdinand
6 March 2002	Manchester United	A	0–4	67,059
13 March 2002	Chelsea	A	0–4	39,652
18 March 2002	Charlton Athletic	H	0–1	29,602
24 March 2002	Fulham	A	2–0	15,885	Sheringham, Poyet
30 March 2002	Middlesbrough	A	1–1	31,258	Iversen
1 April 2002	Leeds United	H	2–1	35,167	Iversen, Sheringham
6 April 2002	Arsenal	A	1–2	38,186	Sheringham (pen)
13 April 2002	West Ham United	H	1–1	36,083	Sheringham
20 April 2002	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–1	25,817	Iversen
27 April 2002	Liverpool	H	1–0	36,017	Poyet
11 May 2002	Leicester City	A	1–2	21,716	Sheringham (pen)

FA Cup[edit]


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	16 January 2002	Coventry City	A	2–0	20,758	Poyet, Ferdinand
R4	5 February 2002	Bolton Wanderers	H	4–0	27,093	Anderton (pen), Iversen, Etherington, Barness (own goal)
R5	17 February 2002	Tranmere Rovers	H	4–0	30,696	Ziege, Poyet (2), Sheringham
QF	10 March 2002	Chelsea	H	0–4	32,896

League Cup[edit]


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	13 September 2001	Torquay United	H	2–0	20,347	King, Ferdinand
R3	9 October 2001	Tranmere Rovers	A	4–0	12,386	Sheringham (pen), Anderton, Poyet, Rebrov
R4	29 November 2001	Fulham	A	2–1	17,006	Rebrov, Davies
R5	11 December 2001	Bolton Wanderers	H	6–0	28,430	Davies, Ferdinand (3), Barness (own goal), Iversen
SF First Leg	9 January 2002	Chelsea	A	1–2	37,264	Ferdinand
SF Second Leg	23 January 2002	Chelsea	H	5–1 (won 6–3 on agg)	36,100	Iversen, Sherwood, Sheringham, Davies, Rebrov
F	24 February 2002	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–2	72,500	Ziege

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	SCO	Neil Sullivan	38	0	29	0	4	0	5	0
13	GK	USA	Kasey Keller	11	0	9	0	0	0	2	0
Defenders
3	DF	ARG	Mauricio Taricco	40	0	30	0	3+1	0	6	0
5	DF	SCG	Goran Bunjevcevic	8	0	5+1	0	0	0	1+1	0
6	DF	ENG	Chris Perry	42	0	30+3	0	2	0	7	0
12	DF	IRL	Gary Doherty	8	0	4+3	0	0	0	1	0
18	DF	ENG	Ben Thatcher	17	0	11+1	0	2	0	2+1	0
26	DF	ENG	Ledley King	42	1	32	0	3	0	7	1
30	DF	ENG	Anthony Gardner	19	0	11+4	0	1	0	3	0
31	DF	ENG	Alton Thelwell	3	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
36	DF	ENG	Dean Richards	28	2	24	2	4	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	GER	Steffen Freund	25	0	19+1	0	0	0	5	0
7	MF	ENG	Darren Anderton	44	6	33+2	4	3	1	6	1
8	MF	ENG	Tim Sherwood	28	1	15+4	0	4	0	2+3	1
14	MF	URU	Gus Poyet	43	14	32+2	10	4	3	5	1
17	MF	NOR	Øyvind Leonhardsen	13	0	2+5	0	0+2	0	2+2	0
23	MF	GER	Christian Ziege	33	7	27	5	2	1	4	1
25	MF	ENG	Stephen Clemence	6	0	4+2	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	ENG	Matthew Etherington	14	1	3+8	0	1+1	1	0+1	0
29	MF	WAL	Simon Davies	41	7	22+9	4	3	0	6+1	3
Forwards
9	FW	ENG	Les Ferdinand	33	15	22+3	9	3	1	5	5
10	FW	ENG	Teddy Sheringham	42	13	33+1	10	2	1	5+1	2
11	FW	UKR	Serhii Rebrov	39	4	9+21	1	2+1	0	2+4	3
16	FW	NOR	Steffen Iversen	24	7	12+6	4	1+2	1	1+2	2

Last updated: 30 May 2002
Source: soccerbase.com

Goal scorers[edit]

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	FW	9	Les Ferdinand	9	1	5	15
2	MF	14	Gus Poyet	10	3	1	14
3	FW	10	Teddy Sheringham	10	1	2	13
4	FW	16	Steffen Iversen	4	1	2	7
	MF	23	Christian Ziege	5	1	1	7
	MF	29	Simon Davies	4	0	3	7
7	MF	7	Darren Anderton	4	1	1	6
8	FW	11	Serhii Rebrov	1	0	3	4
9	DF	36	Dean Richards	2	0	0	2
10	MF	8	Tim Sherwood	0	0	1	1
	DF	26	Ledley King	0	0	1	1
	MF	28	Matthew Etherington	0	1	0	1
TOTALS				49	9	20	78

Clean sheets[edit]

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

Rnk	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	1	Neil Sullivan	6	3	2	11
2	13	Kasey Keller	2	0	1	3
TOTALS			8	3	3	14

References[edit]

^ "Cole strike stuns Spurs". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 24 February 2002. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ "Tottenham Hotspur". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
^ "Korsten forced to retire". BBC Sport. 3 October 2001. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
^ "Hillier's a Hatter". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 7 November 2001. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
^ "Big Dave's a Spur!". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 16 November 2001. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
^ "Tottenham Hotspur results for the 2001-2002 season - Statto.com". www.statto.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[table_note_res_BLB0.66259738554368-6] Blackburn Rovers qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.

[BBC-report-1] "Cole strike stuns Spurs". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 24 February 2002. Retrieved 8 May 2012.

[2] "Tottenham Hotspur". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 16 October 2019.

[3] "Korsten forced to retire". BBC Sport. 3 October 2001. Retrieved 16 October 2019.

[4] "Hillier's a Hatter". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 7 November 2001. Retrieved 16 October 2019.

[5] "Big Dave's a Spur!". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 16 November 2001. Retrieved 16 October 2019.

[7] "Tottenham Hotspur results for the 2001-2002 season - Statto.com". www.statto.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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