2001–02 Scottish Premier League

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Scottish Premier League
Season	2001–02
Champions	Celtic
Relegated	St Johnstone
Champions League	Celtic
UEFA Cup	Rangers Livingston Aberdeen
Top goalscorer	Henrik Larsson (29)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 Scottish Premier League was won by Celtic.

As league champions, Celtic qualified for the UEFA Champions League. Runners-up Rangers and third-placed Livingston (in the Scottish top flight for the first time) qualified for the UEFA Cup, as did fourth-placed Aberdeen, who took the final UEFA Cup place due to Rangers beating Celtic in the Scottish Cup final.

St Johnstone were relegated, and Scottish First Division winners Partick Thistle were promoted.

Henrik Larsson was the top scorer with 29 goals for Celtic.

Promotion and relegation from 2000–01

Promoted from First Division to Premier League

Livingston

Relegated from Premier League to First Division

St Mirren

League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic	38	33	4	1	94	18	+76	103	2002–03 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2	Rangers	38	25	10	3	82	27	+55	85	2002–03 UEFA Cup First round
3	Livingston	38	16	10	12	50	47	+3	58	2002–03 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
4	Aberdeen	38	16	7	15	51	49	+2	55	2002–03 UEFA Cup 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 2002–03 First Division

Source: SPL official website

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Henrik Larsson	Celtic	29
2	John Hartson	Celtic	19
3	Tore André Flo	Rangers	18
4	Robbie Winters	Aberdeen	13
5	Juan Sara	Dundee	11
5	Shota Arveladze	Rangers	11
7	Stuart Elliot	Motherwell	10
7	James McFadden	Motherwell	10
9	Garry O'Connor	Hibernian	9
9	Kevin McKenna	Heart of Midlothian	9
11	Darren Mackie	Aberdeen	8
11	Hicham Zerouali	Aberdeen	8

Source: SPL official website

Attendances

The average attendances for SPL clubs during the 2001–02 season are shown below:

Team	Average
Celtic	58,511
Rangers	47,879
Aberdeen	14,035
Heart of Midlothian	12,080
Hibernian	11,587
Dundee United	8,007
Dundee	7,958
Kilmarnock	7,621
Livingston	7,477
Dunfermline Athletic	6,363
Motherwell	5,878
St Johnstone	4,580

Source: SPL official website

Monthly awards

Month	Manager	Player	Young Player
August	Martin O'Neill (Celtic)	Marvin Andrews (Livingston)	Stephen Hughes (Rangers)
September	Jim Leishman (Livingston)	Stiliyan Petrov (Celtic)	Peter MacDonald (St Johnstone)
October	Dick Advocaat (Rangers)	Gavin Rae (Dundee)	Ian Murray (Hibernian)
November	Jim Leishman (Livingston)	Robert Douglas (Celtic)	Kevin McNaughton (Aberdeen)
December	Craig Levein (Heart of Midlothian)	Ricardo Fuller (Heart of Midlothian)	Stephen Murray (Kilmarnock)
January	Alex Smith (Dundee United)	Lorenzo Amoruso (Rangers)	James McFadden (Motherwell)
February	Alex McLeish (Rangers)	Barry Ferguson (Rangers)	Kevin McNaughton (Aberdeen)
March	Jimmy Calderwood (Dunfermline Athletic)	Garry O'Connor (Hibernian)	Stephen Crainey (Celtic)
April	Martin O'Neill (Celtic)	John Hartson (Celtic)	Stuart Duff (Dundee United)

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Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League
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Third Division	Albion Rovers Brechin City Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Peterhead Queen's Park Stirling Albion

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