2001–02 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland

2001–02 season
Chairman	Bob Murray
Manager	Peter Reid
Stadium	Stadium of Light
FA Premier League	17th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Kevin Phillips (11) All: Kevin Phillips (13)
Average home league attendance	44,108
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

During the 2001–02 season, Sunderland competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

In the 2001–02 season, Sunderland narrowly avoided relegation. They were the lowest scoring team in the Premier League, with 29 goals, ending the season in 17th place and being knocked out of both English Cup competitions in their first rounds.

Final league table

Main article: 2001–02 FA Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Arsenal (C)	38	26	9	3	79	36	+43	87	2002–03 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Liverpool	38	24	8	6	67	30	+37	80
3	Manchester United	38	24	5	9	87	45	+42	77	2002–03 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Newcastle United	38	21	8	9	74	52	+22	71
5	Leeds United	38	18	12	8	53	37	+16	66	2002–03 UEFA Cup First round 1
6	Chelsea	38	17	13	8	66	38	+28	64
7	West Ham United	38	15	8	15	48	57	−9	53
8	Aston Villa	38	12	14	12	46	47	−1	50	2002 UEFA 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	2002–03 UEFA Cup First round 2
11	Southampton	38	12	9	17	46	54	−8	45
12	Middlesbrough	38	12	9	17	35	47	−12	45
13	Fulham	38	10	14	14	36	44	−8	44	2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
14	Charlton Athletic	38	10	14	14	38	49	−11	44
15	Everton	38	11	10	17	45	57	−12	43
16	Bolton Wanderers	38	9	13	16	44	62	−18	40
17	Sunderland	38	10	10	18	29	51	−22	40
18	Ipswich Town (R)	38	9	9	20	41	64	−23	36	2002–03 UEFA Cup Qualifying round 3
										Relegation to the 2002–03 Football League First Division
19	Derby County (R)	38	8	6	24	33	63	−30	30	Relegation to the 2002–03 Football League First Division
20	Leicester City (R)	38	5	13	20	30	64	−34	28

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

¹Since Arsenal qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place as FA Cup winners defaulted to Chelsea, the losing finalists.

²Blackburn Rovers qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners

³Despite relegation, Ipswich Town qualified for the 2002–03 UEFA Cup Qualifying Round as Fair Play Award winners

Results

Sunderland's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 August 2001	Ipswich Town	H	1–0	47,370	Phillips (pen)
22 August 2001	Fulham	A	0–2	20,197
26 August 2001	Newcastle United	A	1–1	52,021	Phillips
8 September 2001	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–0	45,103	Quinn
16 September 2001	Aston Villa	A	0–0	31,668
19 September 2001	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–2	47,310	Phillips
22 September 2001	Charlton Athletic	H	2–2	46,825	Quinn (2)
29 September 2001	Bolton Wanderers	A	2–0	24,520	Phillips, Craddock
13 October 2001	Manchester United	H	1–3	48,305	Phillips
22 October 2001	Middlesbrough	A	0–2	28,432
27 October 2001	Arsenal	H	1–1	48,029	Schwarz
3 November 2001	Leicester City	A	0–1	20,573
18 November 2001	Leeds United	H	2–0	48,005	Arca, Phillips
25 November 2001	Liverpool	A	0–1	43,537
1 December 2001	West Ham United	H	1–0	47,437	Phillips
9 December 2001	Chelsea	H	0–0	48,017
15 December 2001	Southampton	A	0–2	29,459
22 December 2001	Everton	H	1–0	48,013	Reyna
26 December 2001	Blackburn Rovers	A	3–0	29,869	Quinn (2), Kilbane
29 December 2001	Ipswich Town	A	0–5	24,517
1 January 2002	Aston Villa	H	1–1	45,324	Thome
12 January 2002	Everton	A	0–1	30,736
19 January 2002	Fulham	H	1–1	45,124	Phillips
29 January 2002	Middlesbrough	H	0–1	44,579
2 February 2002	Manchester United	A	1–4	67,587	Phillips
9 February 2002	Derby County	A	1–0	31,771	Quinn
24 February 2002	Newcastle United	H	0–1	48,290
2 March 2002	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–2	36,062	M'Boma
5 March 2002	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–0	43,011	McAteer
16 March 2002	Chelsea	A	0–4	40,218
23 March 2002	Southampton	H	1–1	46,120	McAteer
30 March 2002	Arsenal	A	0–3	38,047
1 April 2002	Leicester City	H	2–1	44,950	Reyna (2)
7 April 2002	Leeds United	A	0–2	39,195
13 April 2002	Liverpool	H	0–1	48,355
20 April 2002	West Ham United	A	0–3	33,319
27 April 2002	Charlton Athletic	A	2–2	26,614	Kilbane, Phillips
11 May 2002	Derby County	H	1–1	47,989	Phillips

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 2002	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–2	29,133	Phillips

League Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	12 September 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–4 (a.e.t)	12,074	Phillips, Laslandes

Squad

[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Thomas Sorensen 2 DF Bernt Haas 3 DF Michael Gray (captain) 4 MF Claudio Reyna 5 DF Stanislav Varga 6 DF Emerson Thome 7 FW Patrick M'Boma (on loan from Parma) 8 MF Gavin McCann 9 FW Niall Quinn 10 FW Kevin Phillips 11 MF Kevin Kilbane 12 DF Joachim Björklund 13 GK Michael Ingham 14 MF Nicolás Medina 15 FW David Bellion 16 MF Jason McAteer 17 DF Jody Craddock 18 DF Darren Williams

No. Position Player 19 FW Kevin Kyle 20 MF Stefan Schwarz 21 MF Paul Thirlwell 22 DF Simon Ramsden 24 DF George McCartney 25 DF Mark Maley 26 MF Thomas Butler 27 FW Michael Reddy 28 MF John Oster 29 MF Tom Peeters 30 GK Jürgen Macho 31 DF Ben Clark 32 DF Baki Mercimek 33 DF Julio Arca 34 FW Michael Proctor 35 MF Brendan McGill 36 DF Cliff Byrne 40 GK John Kennedy

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 4 MF Don Hutchison (to West Ham United) 7 FW Lilian Laslandes (on loan to Köln) 12 FW Danny Dichio (to West Bromwich Albion)

No. Position Player 16 MF Alex Rae (to Wolverhampton Wanderers) 23 MF Chris Lumsdon (to Barnsley) 37 MF Neil Wainwright (to Darlington)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
18 May 2001	MF	Nicolas Medina	Argentinos Juniors	£3.5 million
13 June 2001	DF	Baki Mercimek	Haarlem	Free
28 June 2001	FW	Lilian Laslandes	Bordeaux	£3.6 million
3 July 2001	FW	David Bellion	Cannes	Free
3 August 2001	DF	Bernt Haas	Grasshopper	£750,000
7 December 2001	MF	Claudio Reyna	Rangers	£4 million

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
18 August 2001	MF	Neil Wainwright	Darlington	£50,000
30 August 2001	MF	Don Hutchison	West Ham United	£5 million
19 September 2001	MF	Alex Rae	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£1.2 million
30 November 2001	FW	Danny Dichio	West Bromwich Albion	£1.25 million
11 December 2001	MF	Chris Lumsdon	Barnsley	Undisclosed