English football club season
| Field | Value |
|---|
| club | Manchester City |
| season | 2001–02 |
| owner | Publicly traded company |
| chairman | David Bernstein |
| manager | Kevin Keegan |
| league | First Division |
| league result | [1st](2001-02-football-league) (promoted) |
| cup1 | FA Cup |
| cup1 result | [Fifth round](2001-02-fa-cup) |
| cup2 | League Cup |
| cup2 result | [Fourth round](2001-02-football-league-cup) |
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| league topscorer | Shaun Goater (28 goals) |
| season topscorer | Shaun Goater (32 goals) |
| highest attendance | {{ubl | |
| lowest attendance | {{ubl | |
| prevseason | [2000–01](2000-01-manchester-city-f-c-season) |
| nextseason | [2002–03](2002-03-manchester-city-f-c-season) |
|Home: 34,657 v Portsmouth
21 April 2002
|Away: 51,069 v Newcastle United
17 February 2002
|Home: 13,912 v Birmingham City
10 October 2001
|Away: 5,972 v Notts County
11 September 2001
| Wins | Draws | Losses | Win % |
|---|
| **Home** | 21 | 3 | 1 |
| **Away** | 14 | 3 | 10 |
| **Both** | 35 | 6 | 11 |
| Wins | Draws | Losses | Win % |
|---|
| **Home** | 19 | 3 | 1 |
| **Away** | 12 | 3 | 8 |
| **Both** | 31 | 6 | 9 |
The 2001–02 season was '''Manchester City Football Club''''s 110th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.
This season was the club's most recent season of second-tier league football, with the team playing in the Football League First Division following its immediate relegation from the Premier League in the previous season after its promotion the season before that. This time around the team was promoted at the first time of asking, with it winning the First Division by a clear 10 points while scoring more than 100 league goals for the first time since the 1957–58 season.
Season review
The team's performance in the First Division this season matched a number of prior club records whilst also setting some new ones. The team equaled the record number of total goals scored (108) in any prior season; set a new club high for total league points accumulated (99) in a single season (since 3 points for a win was introduced into English football); produced the highest number of seasonal wins (31); and equaled the club's prior record for the total number of home wins (19). Additionally, Manchester City's First Division championship title became a record seventh English second-tier title won by the club, a record until Leicester City won their eighth in 2024. Shaun Goater, the club's leading goal scorer this campaign with a tally of 32 goals - making him the first City player since Francis Lee in 1972 to net more than 30 goals in a season - scored 28 of those in the club's pursuit of promotion back to the top flight, which meant that he was also the leading goal scorer in the First Division this season.
Team kit
The team kit was produced by Le Coq Sportif and the shirt sponsor was Eidos Interactive.
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Historical league performance
Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991–92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).
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id:plm value:rgb(0.5,0.8,0.9)
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id:d1p value:rgb(0.0,0.99,0.0)
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id:d1r value:rgb(0.2,0.7,0.2)
id:d2p value:rgb(0.9,0.9,0.2)
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id:rel value:rgb(0.9,0.1,0.1)
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bar:Position width:18 color:white align:center
from:01/07/1991 till:01/07/1992 Shift:(0,-4) text:5
from:01/07/1992 till:01/07/1993 shift:(0,-4) text:9
from:01/07/1993 till:01/07/1994 shift:(0,-4) text:16
from:01/07/1994 till:01/07/1995 shift:(0,-4) text:17
from:01/07/1995 till:01/07/1996 shift:(0,-4) text:18
from:01/07/1996 till:01/07/1997 shift:(0,-4) text:14
from:01/07/1997 till:01/07/1998 shift:(0,-4) text:22
from:01/07/1998 till:01/07/1999 shift:(0,-4) text:3
from:01/07/1999 till:01/07/2000 shift:(0,-4) text:2
from:01/07/2000 till:01/07/2001 shift:(0,-4) text:18
from:01/07/1991 till:01/07/1992 color:fdm shift:(1,15) text: " First Div."
from:01/07/1992 till:01/07/1995 color:plm shift:(25,15) text: "Premier League"
from:01/07/1995 till:01/07/1996 color:plr shift:(0,0)
from:01/07/1996 till:01/07/1997 color:d1m shift:(20,15) text: " Division 1"
from:01/07/1997 till:01/07/1998 color:d1r shift:(0,0)
from:01/07/1998 till:01/07/1999 color:d2p shift:(0,15) text: " Div. 2"
from:01/07/1999 till:01/07/2000 color:d1p shift:(0,15) text: " Div. 1"
from:01/07/2000 till:01/07/2001 color:plr shift:(0,15) text: " PL"
Games
Position in final standings
Results summary
Points breakdown
Points at home: 60
Points away from home: 39
:6 points: Barnsley, Birmingham City, Bradford City, Burnley, Crewe Alexandra,
:::Wolverhampton Wanderers
:**4 points:** Nottingham Forest, Rotherham United, Sheffield United, Walsall
:**3 points:** Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Norwich City, Portsmouth, Preston N. End
:**1 point:** Stockport County, West Bromwich Albion
:**0 points:** Wimbledon
#### Biggest & smallest
Biggest home wins: **5–1** vs. Burnley, 29 December 2001 **&** vs. Barnsley, 6 April 2002
**4–0** vs. Grimsby Town, 23 October 2001 **&** vs. Sheffield Wednesday, 27 Feb. 2002
Biggest home defeat: **0–4** vs. Wimbledon, 1 October 2001
Biggest away win: **2–6** vs. Sheffield Wednesday, 22 September 2001
Biggest away defeat: **4–0** vs. West Bromwich Albion, 8 September 2001
Biggest home attendance: **34,657** vs. Portsmouth, 21 April 2002
Smallest home attendance: **30,238** vs. Millwall, 30 January 2002
Biggest away attendance: **28,266** vs. Nottingham Forest, 28 October 2001
Smallest away attendance: **7,618** vs. Walsall, 23 February 2002
#### Results by round
#### Individual match reports
Berkovic
Pearce
McVeigh
Pearce
Goater ,
Little
Armstrong
Briscoe
Wanchope
Clement ,
Dobie
Dunne
Konjic
Hughes
Thompson
Horlock
Hall
Bromby
Goater ,
Granville
Wanchope ,
Goater
Wanchope
Shipperley ,
Goater
Kuqi
Macken
Berkovic
Howey
Huckerby ,
Pearce
Huckerby
Huckerby
Crouch
Benarbia
Goater
Claridge
Huckerby
Wright-Phillips
Kirovski
Horlock
Wright-Phillips
Berkovic
Huckerby
Berkovic
Wright-Phillips
Berkovic ,
Wanchope
Helguson
Goater ,
Pearce
Howey
Wanchope
Anderson
Huckerby
Berkovic
Goater
Tiatto
Wright-Phillips ,
Horlock
Macken
Huckerby
Goater
Goater
Macken ,
Goater
Huckerby
Goater
Macken
### [[2001–02 Football League Cup|League Cup]]
#### Second round
2 – 4 (aet)
Stallard
Goater
Dickov
Huckerby
#### Third round
Luntala
Goater
#### Fourth round
D. Johnson
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### [[2001–02 FA Cup|FA Cup]]
#### Third round
Horlock
#### Fourth round
Goater ,
Huckerby
#### Fifth round
## Playing statistics
*Appearances for competitive matches only*
::data[format=table]
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | ENG Nicky Weaver | 24(1) | 0 | 2(0) | 0 | 2(0) | 0 | 28(1) | 0 | | | | |
| 2 | DF | ENG Stuart Pearce | 38(0) | 3 | 1(1) | 0 | 3(0) | 0 | 42(1) | 3 | | | | |
| 3 | DF | ENG Richard Edghill | 9(1) | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10(3) | 0 | | | | |
| 4 | DF | NED Gerard Wiekens | 21(5) | 0 | 1(0) | 0 | 2(0) | 0 | 24(5) | 0 | | | | |
| 5 | DF | SCO Andy Morrison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 6 | MF | ENG Kevin Horlock | 33(9) | 7 | 3(0) | 1 | 2(0) | 0 | 38(9) | 8 | | | | |
| 7 | FW | ENG Darren Huckerby | 30(8) | 20 | 3(2) | 1 | 2(1) | 5 | 35(11) | 26 | | | | |
| 8 | DF | AUS Simon Colosimo | 0(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(0) | 0 | 1(6) | 0 | | | | |
| 8 | FW | ENG Jon Macken | 4(4) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(4) | 5 | | | | |
| 9 | FW | SCO Paul Dickov | 0(6) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(8) | 1 | | | | |
| 10 | FW | BER Shaun Goater | 42(0) | 28 | 1(1) | 2 | 2(0) | 2 | 45(1) | 32 | | | | |
| 11 | MF | ENG Terry Cooke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 13 | MF | MTQ Christian Negouai | 2(2) | 1 | 0(2) | 0 | 2(0) | 0 | 4(4) | 1 | | | | |
| 14 | MF | ISR Eyal Berkovic | 20(5) | 6 | 3(0) | 1 | 2(1) | 0 | 25(6) | 7 | | | | |
| 15 | DF | NOR Alfie Haaland | 0(3) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(4) | 0 | | | | |
| 16 | DF | SCO Paul Ritchie | 0(7) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 2(9) | 0 | | | | |
| 17 | DF | PRC Sun Jihai | 2(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(5) | 0 | | | | |
| 18 | MF | NIR Jeff Whitley | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | | | | |
| 19 | DF | AUS Danny Tiatto | 36(1) | 1 | 1(0) | 0 | 2(0) | 0 | 39(1) | 1 | | | | |
| 20 | GK | ENG Carlo Nash | 22(1) | 0 | 1(0) | 0 | 1(0) | 0 | 24(1) | 0 | | | | |
| 21 | MF | FRA Alioune Touré | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | | | | |
| 22 | DF | IRL Richard Dunne | 42(2) | 1 | 3(0) | 0 | 3(0) | 0 | 48(2) | 1 | | | | |
| 23 | FW | CRC Paulo Wanchope | 14(1) | 12 | 2(0) | 1 | 1(0) | 0 | 17(1) | 13 | | | | |
| 24 | DF | ENG Steve Howey | 34(0) | 3 | 2(0) | 0 | 2(0) | 0 | 38(0) | 3 | | | | |
| 25 | DF | CMR Lucien Mettomo | 16(5) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 17(6) | 1 | | | | |
| 26 | DF | ENG Tyrone Mears | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | | | | |
| 27 | DF | ENG Stephen Jordan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 28 | MF | ENG Tony Grant | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(0) | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | | | | |
| 29 | MF | ENG Shaun Wright-Phillips | 30(4) | 8 | 3(0) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 34(5) | 8 | | | | |
| 31 | DF | FRA Laurent Charvet | 3(0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(0) | 0 | | | | |
| 32 | GK | ENG Simon Royce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 32 | FW | ENG Leon Mike | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | | | | |
| 33 | FW | NZL Chris Killen | 0(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | | | | |
| 35 | GK | IRL Brian Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 36 | DF | DEN Niclas Jensen | 16(1) | 1 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18(2) | 1 | | | | |
| 36 | DF | ENG Danny Granville | 12(4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 13(5) | 1 | | | | |
| 37 | MF | CAN Terry Dunfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 38 | DF | WAL Rhys Day | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 39 | MF | NGR Dickson Etuhu | 11(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(0) | 0 | 12(1) | 0 | | | | |
| 40 | MF | ENG Chris Shuker | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 1 | 0(3) | 1 | | | | |
| 44 | MF | ALG Ali Benarbia | 38(0) | 8 | 2(0) | 0 | 2(0) | 0 | 42(0) | 8 | | | | |
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*Information current as of 21 April 2002 (end of season)*
## Goal scorers
### All competitions
::data[format=table]
| Scorer | Goals |
|---|---|
| BER Shaun Goater | 32 |
| ENG Darren Huckerby | 26 |
| CRC Paulo Wanchope | 13 |
| ALG Ali Benarbia | 8 |
| ENG Kevin Horlock | |
| ENG Shaun Wright-Phillips | |
| ISR Eyal Berkovic | 7 |
| ENG Jon Macken | 5 |
| ENG Steve Howey | 3 |
| ENG Stuart Pearce | |
| SCO Paul Dickov | 1 |
| IRL Richard Dunne | |
| ENG Danny Granville | |
| DEN Niclas Jensen | |
| CMR Lucien Mettomo | |
| MTQ Christian Negouai | |
| ENG Chris Shuker | |
| AUS Danny Tiatto | |
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### [[2001–02 Football League#First Division|Football League Division 1]]
::data[format=table]
| Scorer | Goals |
|---|---|
| BER Shaun Goater | 28 |
| ENG Darren Huckerby | 20 |
| CRC Paulo Wanchope | 12 |
| ALG Ali Benarbia | 8 |
| ENG Shaun Wright-Phillips | |
| ENG Kevin Horlock | 7 |
| ISR Eyal Berkovic | 6 |
| ENG Jon Macken | 5 |
| ENG Steve Howey | 3 |
| ENG Stuart Pearce | |
| IRL Richard Dunne | 1 |
| ENG Danny Granville | |
| DEN Niclas Jensen | |
| CMR Lucien Mettomo | |
| MTQ Christian Negouai | |
| AUS Danny Tiatto | |
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### [[2001–02 Football League Cup|League Cup]]
::data[format=table]
| Scorer | Goals |
|---|---|
| ENG Darren Huckerby | 5 |
| BER Shaun Goater | 2 |
| SCO Paul Dickov | 1 |
| ENG Chris Shuker | |
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### [[2001–02 FA Cup|FA Cup]]
::data[format=table]
| Scorer | Goals |
|---|---|
| BER Shaun Goater | 2 |
| ISR Eyal Berkovic | 1 |
| ENG Kevin Horlock | |
| ENG Darren Huckerby | |
| CRC Paulo Wanchope | |
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*Information current as of 21 April 2002 (end of season)*
## References
## References
1. (29 May 2018). ["Manchester City 2001/02 Season – Blues Return to Premier League Again"](https://bitterandblue.sbnation.com/2018/5/29/17404274/manchester-city-2001-02-season-blues-promoted-to-premier-league-again).
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