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2001–02 Aston Villa F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Aston Villa
season	2001–02
manager	John Gregory (until 24 January)
John Deehan and Stuart Gray (caretakers)
Graham Taylor (from 5 February)
chairman	Doug Ellis
stadium	Villa Park
league	Premier League
league result	[8th](2001-02-fa-premier-league)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	[Third round](2001-02-fa-cup-third-round-proper)
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	[Fourth round](2001-02-football-league-cup-fourth-round)
cup3	Intertoto Cup
cup3 result	[Winners](2001-uefa-intertoto-cup)
cup4	UEFA Cup
cup4 result	[First round](2001-02-uefa-cup-first-round)
league topscorer
Darius Vassell and Juan Pablo Ángel (12)
season topscorer
Juan Pablo Ángel (16)
average attendance	35,012
prevseason	[2000–01](2000-01-aston-villa-f-c-season)
nextseason	[2002–03](2002-03-aston-villa-f-c-season)

Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present)

John Deehan and Stuart Gray (caretakers) Graham Taylor (from 5 February) Darius Vassell and Juan Pablo Ángel (12) Juan Pablo Ángel (16)

The 2001–02 English football season was Aston Villa's 10th season in the Premier League and their 14th consecutive season in the top division of English football. The Premier League was 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.

Kit

Kit Supplier	Sponsor
Diadora	NTL

Transfers

Transferred in

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	POR Sporting	Free transfer
19 July 2001	CB	Olof Mellberg	ESP Racing Santander	£5,000,000
24 August 2001	CF	Boško Balaban	CRO Dinamo Zagreb	£5,800,000
27 March 2002	CF	Peter Crouch	Portsmouth	£5,000,000

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	From	Loan End

Transferred out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Fee
1 July 2001	CM	SWE David Curtolo	-	Released
1 July 2001	GK	Neil Cutler	Stoke City	Free transfer
7 July 2001	CF	Julian Joachim	Coventry City	£2,000,000
11 July 2001	GK	David James	West Ham United	£3,500,000
11 July 2001	CB	Gareth Southgate	Middlesbrough	£6,500,000
31 October 2001	CF	SCO Neil Tarrant	SCO Ross County	Free transfer
20 December 2001	CF	Richard Walker	Blackpool	£50,000
8 February 2002	LM	FRA David Ginola	Everton	Free transfer
19 March 2002	AM	Michael Standing	Bradford City	Free transfer

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Loan End
26 July 2001	CF	SCO Neil Tarrant	SCO Motherwell	31 October 2001
14 September 2001	CF	Richard Walker	Wycombe Wanderers	11 December 2001
25 October 2001	LB	TRI Jlloyd Samuel	Gillingham	3 December 2001
26 October 2001	LM	GER Thomas Hitzlsperger	Chesterfield	10 December 2001
9 March 2002	CM	Stephen Cooke	Bournemouth	21 April 2002
28 March 2002	CF	Dion Dublin	Millwall	31 May 2002

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

£20,300,000

Income

£12,050,000

Balance

£8,250,000

Squad

First Team

#	Name	Position	Nationality	Place of birth	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Apps	Gls
1	Peter Schmeichel	GK	DEN	Gladsaxe	POR Sporting	12 July 2000	Free transfer	-	-
12	Peter Enckelman	GK	FIN	Turku	FIN TPS	1 February 1999	£200,000	14	0
13	Boaz Myhill	GK	WAL	USA Modesto, CA	Academy	1 July 2001		-	-
39	Wayne Henderson	GK	IRL	Dublin	Academy	1 July 2001		-	-
2	Mark Delaney	RB	WAL	Haverfordwest	WAL Cardiff City	9 March 1999	£250,000	59	1
3	Alan Wright	LB	ENG	Ashton-under-Lyne	Blackburn Rovers	10 March 1995	£1,000,000	286	5
4	Olof Mellberg	CB	SWE	Gullspång	ESP Racing Santander	19 July 2001	£5,000,000	-	-
5	Alpay Özalan	CB	TUR	İzmir	TUR Fenerbahçe	28 July 2000	£5,600,000	36	0
11	Steve Staunton	LB	IRL	Dundalk	Liverpool	6 December 2000	Free transfer	281	17
15	Gareth Barry	LB	ENG	Hastings	Academy	1 January 1998		121	4
25	Jon Bewers	RB	ENG	Kettering	Academy	1 July 1999		1	0
31	Jlloyd Samuel	LB	TRI	San Fernando	Academy	1 January 1999		17	0
6	George Boateng	CM	NED	GHA Nkawkaw	Coventry City	20 July 1999	£4,500,000	86	4
7	Ian Taylor	CM	ENG	Birmingham	Sheffield Wednesday	21 December 1994	£1,000,000	255	36
10	Paul Merson (c)	AM	ENG	Harlesden	Middlesbrough	8 September 1998	£6,750,000	117	16
14	David Ginola	LM	FRA	Gassin	Tottenham Hotspur	30 July 2000	£3,000,000	28	3
17	Lee Hendrie	RM	ENG	Solihull	Academy	1 July 1995		146	16
18	Steve Stone	RM	ENG	Gateshead	Nottingham Forest	11 March 1999	£5,500,000	88	6
20	Mustapha Hadji	LM	MAR	Ifrane Atlas-Saghir	Coventry City	7 July 2001	£4,500,000	-	-
21	Thomas Hitzlsperger	LM	GER	Munich	GER Bayern Munich	5 August 2000	Free transfer	1	0
24	John McGrath	CM	IRL	Limerick	Academy	1 July 1999		3	0
27	Michael Standing	AM	ENG	Shoreham-by-Sea	Academy	1 July 1998		0	0
28	Gavin Melaugh	CM	NIR	Derry	Academy	1 July 2000		0	0
29	Stephen Cooke	CM	ENG	Walsall	Academy	1 July 2000		1	0
30	Hassan Kachloul	AM	MAR	Agadir	Southampton	1 July 2001		-	-
8	Juan Pablo Ángel	CF	COL	Medellín	ARG River Plate	13 January 2001	£9,500,000	10	1
9	Dion Dublin	CF	ENG	Leicester	Coventry City	5 November 1998	£5,750,000	97	35
16	Peter Crouch	CF	ENG	Macclesfield	Portsmouth	27 March 2002	£5,000,000	-	-
19	Boško Balaban	CF	CRO	Rijeka	CRO Dinamo Zagreb	24 October 2001	£5,800,000	-	-
22	Darius Vassell	CF	ENG	Birmingham	Academy	1 January 1998		58	7
23	Stefan Moore	CF	ENG	Birmingham	Academy	1 July 2001		-	-
26	Richard Walker	CF	ENG	Birmingham	Academy	1 July 1997	Loan	10	2
42	Peter Hynes	CF	IRL	Dublin	Academy	1 July 2001		-	-
44	Neil Tarrant	CF	SCO	ENG Darlington	SCO Ross County	28 April 1998	£250,000	0	0

Note: Stats and ages are correct as of July 1, 2001.

Final league table

Main article: 2001–02 FA Premier League

;Results summary

;Results by matchday

Results

Aston Villa's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

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'

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R3	6 January 2002	Manchester United	H	2–3	38,444	Taylor 51', Neville (own goal) 53'

League Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R3	10 October 2001	Reading	H	1–0	23,431	Dublin 45'
	R4	28 November 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–1	26,526

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3 First Leg	14 July 2001	NK Slaven Belupo CRO	A	[1–2](https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/1436912.stm)	3,000	Ginola 88'
R3 Second Leg	21 July 2001	NK Slaven Belupo CRO	H	[2–0](https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/1448509.stm) (won 3–2 on agg)	27,580	Hendrie 19', 41'
SF First Leg	25 July 2001	Rennes FRA	A	[1–2](https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/1454775.stm)	15,753	Vassell 90'
SF Second Leg	1 August 2001	Rennes FRA	H	[1–0](https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/uefa_cup/1467857.stm) (won on away goals)	30,782	Dublin 5'
F First Leg	7 August 2001	Basel SWI	A	[1–1](https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/uefa_cup/1476447.stm)	25,879	Merson 59'
F Second Leg	21 August 2001	Basel SWI	H	4–1 (won 5–2 on agg)	39,593	Vassell 45', Ángel 55', 79', Ginola 83'

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R1 First Leg	20 September 2001	NK Varteks CRO	H	[2–3](https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/uefa_cup/1552671.stm)	27,132	Ángel 54', 70'
	R1 Second Leg	27 September 2001	NK Varteks CRO	A	[1–0](https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/uefa_cup/1564442.stm) (lost on away goals)	12,100	Hadji 90'

Players

First-team squad

:Squad at end of season

Left club during season

Reserve squad

: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.

U-19 squad

: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.

U-17 squad

: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.

Other players

:The following players did not play for any Aston Villa team this season.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Starting 11

:Considering starts in all competitions

Notes

References

(24 January 2002). "Gregory resigns as Villa boss".
"Aston Villa 2001-2002 Results - statto.com".
"FootballSquads - Aston Villa - 2001/02".
"All Aston Villa players: 2002".

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