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, despite standing 9th on Boxing Day 2001, Sunderland narrowly avoided relegation. They were the lowest scoring team in the Premier League,^[1] with 29 goals, ending the season in 17th place and being knocked out of both English Cup competitions in their first rounds.^[1]

Results

Sunderland's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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	UEFA Cup QR and relegation to the First Division^[a]
19	Derby County (R)	38	8	6	24	33	63	−30	30	Relegation to the Football League First Division

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Ipswich Town qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying as the winners of Premiership Fair Play League by The Football Association, and as one of the UEFA Fair Play ranking winners.

Results per matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	D
Position	7	10	10	6	7	8	7	5	9	12	12	15	13	13	11	13	13	11	9	10	10	12	11	11	15	11	14	14	13	14	15	16	14	15	15	17	17	17

Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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


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

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

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[3]

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	Thomas Sorensen
2	DF	SUI	Bernt Haas^{[notes 1]}
3	DF	ENG	Michael Gray (captain)
4	MF	USA	Claudio Reyna
5	DF	SVK	Stanislav Varga
6	DF	BRA	Emerson Thome
7	FW	CMR	Patrick M'Boma (on loan from Parma)
8	MF	ENG	Gavin McCann
9	FW	IRL	Niall Quinn
10	FW	ENG	Kevin Phillips
11	MF	IRL	Kevin Kilbane^{[notes 2]}
12	DF	SWE	Joachim Björklund


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	GK	NIR	Michael Ingham^{[notes 3]}
15	FW	FRA	David Bellion
16	MF	IRL	Jason McAteer^{[notes 4]}
17	DF	ENG	Jody Craddock
18	DF	ENG	Darren Williams
19	FW	SCO	Kevin Kyle
20	MF	SWE	Stefan Schwarz
21	MF	ENG	Paul Thirlwell
24	DF	NIR	George McCartney
26	MF	IRL	Thomas Butler
30	GK	AUT	Jürgen Macho
33	DF	ARG	Julio Arca

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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	MF	SCO	Don Hutchison^{[notes 5]} (to West Ham United)
7	FW	FRA	Lilian Laslandes (on loan to Köln)
12	FW	ENG	Danny Dichio (to West Bromwich Albion)


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

Reserves

The following players did not appear for the first team this season.

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	ARG	Nicolás Medina
22	DF	ENG	Simon Ramsden
25	DF	ENG	Mark Maley
27	FW	IRL	Michael Reddy
28	MF	WAL	John Oster^{[notes 6]}
29	MF	BEL	Tom Peeters
31	DF	ENG	Ben Clark
32	DF	NED	Baki Mercimek^{[notes 7]}
34	FW	ENG	Michael Proctor
35	MF	IRL	Brendan McGill
36	DF	IRL	Cliff Byrne
40	GK	ENG	John Kennedy
—	GK	ENG	Adam Dowell
—	DF	ENG	Patrick Collins


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ENG	Steve Harrison
—	DF	ENG	Craig James
—	DF	ENG	Gareth Mordey
—	DF	IRL	Stephen Capper
—	DF	IRL	Mark Rossiter
—	MF	ENG	Jonjo Dickman
—	MF	ENG	Marc Hand
—	MF	ENG	Carl Shippen
—	MF	NIR	Chris Kingsberry
—	MF	IRL	Glenn Lacey
—	MF	IRL	Richie Ryan
—	FW	SCO	Dene Shields
—	FW	NIR	Neil Teggart
—	FW	IRL	Keith Graydon

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
18 May 2001	MF	Nicolas Medina	Argentinos Juniors	£3,500,000^[4]
13 June 2001	DF	Baki Mercimek	Haarlem	Free^[5]
28 June 2001	FW	Lilian Laslandes	Bordeaux	£3,600,000^[6]
3 July 2001	FW	David Bellion	Cannes	Free^[7]
3 August 2001	DF	Bernt Haas	Grasshopper	£750,000^[8]
19 October 2001	MF	Jason McAteer	Blackburn Rovers	£1 million
7 December 2001	MF	Claudio Reyna	Rangers	£4 million
28 January 2002	DF	Joachim Björklund	Venezia	£1.5 million

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2001	MF	Carsten Fredgaard	FC Copenhagen	£500,000^[9]
18 August 2001	MF	Neil Wainwright	Darlington	£50,000
30 August 2001	MF	Don Hutchison	West Ham United	£5 million^[10]
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	£350,000

Loan in

Date	Pos	Name	Club	Return	Ref
14 February 2002	FW	Patrick M'Boma	Parma	11 May 2002	^[11]

Loan out

Date	Pos	Name	Club	Return	Ref
9 August 2001	FW	Michael Proctor	York City	21 April 2002
22 August 2001	FW	Danny Dichio	West Bromwich Albion	22 September 2001	^[12]
7 September 2001	MF	Brendan McGill	Carlisle United	21 April 2002
21 September 2001	FW	Michael Reddy	Hull City	21 October 2001	^[13]
27 September 2001	DF	Mark Maley	York City	21 April 2002	^[14]^[15]
5 October 2001	MF	Chris Lumsdon	Barnsley	11 December 2001
19 October 2001	MF	John Oster	Barnsley	19 November 2001
7 January 2002	FW	Lilian Laslandes	Köln	9 March 2002
25 March 2002	DF	Stanislav Varga	West Bromwich Albion	25 April 2002
28 March 2002	FW	Michael Reddy	Barnsley	22 April 2002

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of end of season^[16]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	DEN	Thomas Sørensen	35	0	34	0	1	0	0	0
13	GK	NIR	Michael Ingham	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	GK	AUT	Jurgen Macho	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	SUI	Bernt Haas	29	0	27	0	1	0	0+1	0
3	DF	ENG	Michael Gray	36	0	35	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF	SVK	Stanislav Varga	11	0	9	0	1	0	1	0
6	DF	BRA	Emerson Thome	12	1	12	1	0	0	0	0
12	DF	SWE	Joachim Björklund	12	0	11+1	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	ENG	Jody Craddock	31	1	30	1	0+1	0	0	0
18	DF	ENG	Darren Williams	30	0	23+5	0	1	0	1	0
24	DF	NIR	George McCartney	20	0	12+6	0	1	0	1	0
Midfielders:
4	MF	USA	Claudio Reyna	17	3	17	3	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Gavin McCann	31	0	29	0	1	0	1	0
11	MF	IRL	Kevin Kilbane	30	2	24+4	2	0+1	0	1	0
16	MF	IRL	Jason McAteer	27	2	26	2	1	0	0	0
20	MF	SWE	Stefan Schwarz	20	1	18+2	1	0	0	0	0
21	MF	ENG	Paul Thirlwell	16	0	11+3	0	1	0	1	0
26	MF	IRL	Thomas Butler	7	0	2+5	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	ARG	Julio Arca	24	1	20+2	1	1	0	1	0
Forwards:
7	FW	CMR	Patrick M'Boma	9	1	5+4	1	0	0	0	0
9	FW	IRL	Niall Quinn	39	6	24+14	6	1	0	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Kevin Phillips	39	13	37	11	1	1	1	1
15	FW	FRA	David Bellion	10	0	0+9	0	0	0	1	0
19	FW	SCO	Kevin Kyle	8	0	0+6	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
Players no longer with club:
4	MF	SCO	Don Hutchison	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	FRA	Lilian Laslandes	13	1	5+7	0	0	0	0+1	1
16	MF	SCO	Alex Rae	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0

Notes

^ Haas was born in Vienna, Austria, but also qualified to represent Switzerland internationally and made his international debut for Switzerland in 1996.
^ Kilbane was born in Preston, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Republic of Ireland in September 1997.
^ Ingham was born in Preston, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and represented them at U-18 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in June 2005.
^ McAteer was born in Tranmere, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in March 1994.
^ Hutchison was born in Gateshead, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and represented them at B level before making his international debut for Scotland in March 1999.
^ Oster was born in Boston, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented them at U-18 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Wales in 1997.
^ Mercimek was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and would represent them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2006.

References

^ ^a ^b Richard Rundle. "2001–02 FA Premier League". Football Club History Database. Archived from the original on 12 June 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
^ "Sunderland 2001-2002 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^ "FootballSquads - Sunderland - 2001/02".
^ "Sunderland snap up Argentine". BBC Sport. 18 May 2001. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
^ "Sunderland sign Mercimek". BBC Sport. 13 June 2001. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
^ "Sunderland grab Laslandes". BBC Sport. 28 June 2001. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
^ "Reid signs teenage striker". BBC Sport. 3 July 2001. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
^ "Black Cats sign Swiss defender". BBC Sport. 3 August 2001. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
^ "Fredgaard leaves Sunderland". BBC Sport. 15 May 2001. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
^ "Roeder signs Hutchison". BBC Sport. 30 August 2001. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
^ "Mboma signs for Sunderland". BBC Sport. 13 February 2002. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
^ "Baggies snap up Dichio". BBC Sport. 23 August 2001. Archived from the original on 27 August 2001. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
^ "Hull sign Reddy". BBC Sport. 22 September 2001. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
^ "York sign Maley". BBC Sport. 27 September 2001. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
^ "Maley stays on". BBC Sport. 22 November 2001. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
^ "All Sunderland players: 2002".

[table_note_res_IPS0.32985404568252-3] Ipswich Town qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying as the winners of Premiership Fair Play League by The Football Association, and as one of the UEFA Fair Play ranking winners.

[5] Haas was born in Vienna, Austria, but also qualified to represent Switzerland internationally and made his international debut for Switzerland in 1996.

[6] Kilbane was born in Preston, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Republic of Ireland in September 1997.

[7] Ingham was born in Preston, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and represented them at U-18 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in June 2005.

[8] McAteer was born in Tranmere, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in March 1994.

[9] Hutchison was born in Gateshead, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and represented them at B level before making his international debut for Scotland in March 1999.

[10] Oster was born in Boston, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented them at U-18 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Wales in 1997.

[11] Mercimek was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and would represent them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2006.

[season01-02-1] Richard Rundle. "2001–02 FA Premier League". Football Club History Database. Archived from the original on 12 June 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2008.

[2] "Sunderland 2001-2002 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.

[4] "FootballSquads - Sunderland - 2001/02".

[12] "Sunderland snap up Argentine". BBC Sport. 18 May 2001. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

[13] "Sunderland sign Mercimek". BBC Sport. 13 June 2001. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

[14] "Sunderland grab Laslandes". BBC Sport. 28 June 2001. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

[15] "Reid signs teenage striker". BBC Sport. 3 July 2001. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

[16] "Black Cats sign Swiss defender". BBC Sport. 3 August 2001. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

[17] "Fredgaard leaves Sunderland". BBC Sport. 15 May 2001. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

[18] "Roeder signs Hutchison". BBC Sport. 30 August 2001. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

[19] "Mboma signs for Sunderland". BBC Sport. 13 February 2002. Retrieved 24 May 2020.

[20] "Baggies snap up Dichio". BBC Sport. 23 August 2001. Archived from the original on 27 August 2001. Retrieved 24 May 2020.

[21] "Hull sign Reddy". BBC Sport. 22 September 2001. Retrieved 24 May 2020.

[22] "York sign Maley". BBC Sport. 27 September 2001. Retrieved 24 May 2020.

[23] "Maley stays on". BBC Sport. 22 November 2001. Retrieved 24 May 2020.

[24] "All Sunderland players: 2002".

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