2001–02 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C.
2001–02 season
Chairman	Stewart Milne
Manager	Ebbe Skovdahl
SPL	4th
Scottish Cup	Quarter final
League Cup	Round 3
Top goalscorer	League: Robbie Winters 13; All: Robbie Winters 14
Highest home attendance	18,838 vs Rangers 28 July 2001
Lowest home attendance	8,599 vs Livingston 9 October 2001
Average home league attendance	13,970
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Players

Squad

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	DEN	Peter Kjær
2	DF	SCO	Russell Anderson
3	DF	SCO	Derek Whyte (captain)
4	MF	NOR	Cato Guntveit
5	DF	NOR	Thomas Solberg
6	DF	SCO	Jamie McAllister
7	MF	BEL	Roberto Bisconti
8	MF	SCO	Darren Young (vice-captain)
9	FW	SCO	Robbie Winters
10	MF	SCO	Derek Young
11	FW	MAR	Hicham Zerouali
12	MF	ENG	Ben Thornley
13	GK	SCO	Mark Peat
14	DF	SCO	Phil McGuire


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	SCO	David Lilley
16	MF	MAR	Rachid Belabed
17	DF	SCO	Kevin McNaughton
18	MF	SCO	Chris Clark
19	FW	CIV	Eugène Dadi
20	DF	SCO	Kevin Rutkiewicz
21	FW	ENG	Leon Mike
22	FW	SCO	Darren Mackie
23	GK	SCO	Ryan Esson
24	MF	SCO	Ross O'Donoghue
25	MF	SCO	Fergus Tiernan
27	DF	ISL	Calum Bett
28	FW	SCO	Scott Michie
30	GK	ENG	David Preece

Statistics

Top scorers

No.	Player	SPL	SC	LC	Total
1.	Robbie Winters	13	1	0	14
2.	Darren Mackie	8	0	1	9
3.	Hicham Zerouali	8	0	0	8
4.	Eugène Dadi	4	0	1	5
=5.	Derek Young	3	1	0	4
=5.	Ben Thornley	3	1	0	4

Captains

No.	Player	No. games
1.	Derek Whyte	30

Results And Fixtures

Scottish Premier League

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score^[1]	Aberdeen Scorer(s)^[2]	Attendance	Report
1	28 July	Rangers	H	0–3		18,838	BBC Sport
2	4 August	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–1		12,696	BBC Sport
3	11 August	Hibernian	A	0–2		13,150	AFC Heritage
4	18 August	Motherwell	H	4–2	Thornley, Winters, Mackie, Zerouali	10,988	AFC Heritage
5	25 August	St Johnstone	A	1–1	McGuire	5,459	AFC Heritage
6	8 September	Kilmarnock	H	2–0	Thornley (2)	10,735	AFC Heritage
7	15 September	Dundee United	H	2–1	Winters, Zerouali	12,948	AFC Heritage
8	22 September	Celtic	A	0–2		59,197	AFC Heritage
9	29 September	Dundee	A	4–1	Zerouali (3), Mackie	8,359	AFC Heritage
10	13 October	Livingston	A	2–2	Mackie (2)	6,393	AFC Heritage
11	20 October	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–2	Winters (2), Solberg	11,195	AFC Heritage
12	27 October	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–2	Dadi, Winters, Derek Young	13,883	AFC Heritage
13	4 November	Rangers	A	0–2		49,379	AFC Heritage
14	10 November	Motherwell	H	1–0	Dadi	11,490	AFC Heritage
15	17 November	Hibernian	H	2–0	Winters, Zerouali	12,511	AFC Heritage
16	24 November	Motherwell	A	2–3	Winters, Zerouali	7,032	AFC Heritage
17	1 December	St Johnstone	H	1–0	Winters	17,369	AFC Heritage
18	8 December	Kilmarnock	A	1–3	Zerouali	7,611	AFC Heritage
19	15 December	Dundee United	A	1–1	Winters	9,129	AFC Heritage
20	22 December	Celtic	H	2–0	Winters, Mackie	18,610	AFC Heritage
21	29 December	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–1		7,774	AFC Heritage
22	2 January	Livingston	H	0–3		15,709	AFC Heritage
23	12 January	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–3	Bisconti	12,902	AFC Heritage
24	19 January	Rangers	H	0–1		17,846	AFC Heritage
25	23 January	Hibernian	A	4–3	Dadi, Winters, Guntveit, Mackie	10,555	AFC Heritage
26	29 January	Dundee	H	0–0		11,027	AFC Heritage
27	2 February	St Johnstone	A	1–0	Dadi	4,305	AFC Heritage
28	9 February	Kilmarnock	H	1–0	McGuire	13,004	AFC Heritage
29	16 February	Dundee United	H	4–0	Derek Young (2), Winters, Mike	13,612	AFC Heritage
30	2 March	Celtic	A	0–1		59,564	AFC Heritage
31	9 March	Dundee	A	3–2	Darren Young, Anderson, Mackie	8,122	AFC Heritage
32	16 March	Dunfermline Athletic	H	4–1	Stavrum (3), Derek Young	13,764	AFC Heritage
33	23 March	Livingston	A	0–0		9,449	AFC Heritage
34	6 April	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–0		7,339	AFC Heritage
35	13 April	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–3	Rutkiewicz, Winters	12,467	AFC Heritage
36	20 April	Livingston	H	3–0	Mike, McGuire, Mackie	14,109	AFC Heritage
37	27 April	Rangers	A	0–2		48,878	AFC Heritage
38	12 May	Celtic	H	0–1	Stavrum	15,332	AFC Heritage

Final SPL table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic	38	33	4	1	94	18	+76	103	UEFA Champions League 2002-03 Third qualifying round
2	Rangers	38	25	10	3	82	27	+55	85	UEFA Cup 2002-03 First round
3	Livingston	38	16	10	12	50	47	+3	58	UEFA Cup 2002-03 Qualifying round
4	ABERDEEN	38	16	7	15	51	49	+2	55	UEFA Cup 2002-03 Qualifying round
5	Heart of Midlothian	38	14	6	18	52	57	-5	48
6	Dunfermline Athletic	38	12	9	17	41	64	-23	45
7	Kilmarnock	38	13	10	15	44	54	-10	49
8	Dundee United	38	12	10	16	38	59	-21	46
9	Dundee	38	12	8	18	41	55	-14	44
10	Hibernian	38	10	11	17	51	56	-5	41
11	Motherwell	38	11	7	20	49	69	-20	40
12	St Johnstone	38	5	6	27	24	62	-38	21	Relegated to First Division 2002-03

Source: SPL official website

Scottish League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance	Report
R2	25 September	Queen of the South	A	2–1	Dadi, Thornley	3,418	AFC Heritage
R3	9 October	Livingston	H	1–6	Mackie	8,599	AFC Heritage

Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance	Report
R3	8 January	St Johnstone	A	2–0	Darren Young, Thornley	4,070	AFC Heritage
R4	26 January	Livingston	H	2–0	Winters, McAllister	10,261	AFC Heritage
QF	25 February	Celtic	H	0–2		17,082	AFC Heritage

Notes and references

^ Aberdeen's score is shown first.
^ The number(s) in brackets shows the minute the goal(s) was/were scored.

Scottish Football League. Bell's Scottish Football League Review 2001/02. PPL Sport & Leisure 2001. ISBN 1-903381-10-X.
Scottish Football League. Bell's Scottish Football League Review 2002/03. PPL Sport & Leisure 2002. ISBN 1-903381-13-4.
AFC Heritage Trust

[Aberdeen_score-1] Aberdeen's score is shown first.

[scorers-2] The number(s) in brackets shows the minute the goal(s) was/were scored.

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