2001–02 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City
Season 2001–02
Owner Publicly traded company
Chairmen David Bernstein
Manager Kevin Keegan
Team captain Stuart Pearce
Home stadium Maine Road
First Division Champions
(promoted to Premier League)
League Cup Fourth round
FA Cup Fifth round
Top goalscorer League: Shaun Goater (28 goals)
All comps: Shaun Goater (32 goals)
Highest home
attendance
34,657 v Portsmouth
21 April 2002
Highest away
attendance
51,020 v Newcastle United
17 February 2002
Lowest home
attendance
13,912 v Birmingham City
10 October 2001
Lowest away
attendance
5,972 v Notts County
11 September 2001
2000–01 2002–03
Results summary - all competitions
WinsDrawsLossesWin %
Home213184.0%
Away1431051.9%
Both3561167.3%
Results summary - First Division
WinsDrawsLossesWin %
Home193182.6%
Away123852.2%
Both316967.4%

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 still to be surpassed by any other English team. 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.

Home
Away
Third

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).

Games

Football League First Division

Position in final standings

Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Comments
1Manchester City 46316910852+5699 Promotion to Premier League
2West Bromwich Albion 46278116129+3289
3Wolverhampton Wanderers 462511107643+3386 First Division Play-offs
4Millwall 462211136948+2177
5Birmingham City 462113127049+2176 Promoted to Premier League via Play-offs

Last updated: 21 April 2002 (end of season).
Source: Football League First Division 2001-02

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
46 31 6 9 108 52  +56 99 19 3 1 63 19  +44 12 3 8 45 33  +12

Last updated: 21 April 2002 (end of season).
Source: Football League First Division 2001-02

Results by round

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GroundHAHAAHAAHHHHAHAAHAHAAAHHHHAHAHAHAHHAAAHAAHAHAH
ResultWLWWLWLWWLDDLWDWWLWWWLWWDWWWWWLWDWWWWWWLDWWWWW

Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2002 (end of season). Source: 2001–02 Football League First Division
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Individual match reports

League Cup

Second round

Third round

Fourth round


FA Cup

Third round

Fourth round

Fifth round

Playing statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1GKEngland Nicky Weaver 24(1)02(0)02(0)028(1)0
2DFEngland Stuart Pearce 38(0)31(1)03(0)042(1)3
3DFEngland Richard Edghill 9(1)01(2)00010(3)0
4DFNetherlands Gerard Wiekens 21(5)01(0)02(0)024(5)0
5DFScotland Andy Morrison 00000000
6MFEngland Kevin Horlock 33(9)73(0)12(0)038(9)8
7FWEngland Darren Huckerby 30(8)203(2)12(1)535(11)26
8DFAustralia Simon Colosimo 0(6)0001(0)01(6)0
8FWEngland Jon Macken 4(4)500004(4)5
9FWScotland Paul Dickov 0(6)00(1)00(1)00(8)1
10FWBermuda Shaun Goater 42(0)281(1)22(0)245(1)32
11MFEngland Terry Cooke 00000000
13MFMartinique Christian Negouai 2(2)10(2)02(0)04(4)1
14MFIsrael Eyal Berkovic 20(5)63(0)12(1)025(6)7
15DFNorway Alf-Inge Håland 0(3)00(1)0000(4)0
16DFScotland Paul Ritchie 0(7)02(1)00(1)02(9)0
17DFChina Sun Jihai 2(5)000002(5)0
18MFNorthern Ireland Jeff Whitley 0(2)000000(2)0
19DFAustralia Danny Tiatto 36(1)11(0)02(0)039(1)1
20GKEngland Carlo Nash 22(1)01(0)01(0)024(1)0
21MFFrance Alioune Touré 0(1)0000(1)00(2)0
22DFRepublic of Ireland Richard Dunne 42(2)13(0)03(0)048(2)1
23FWCosta Rica Paulo Wanchope 14(1)122(0)11(0)017(1)13
24DFEngland Steve Howey 34(0)32(0)02(0)038(0)3
25DFCameroon Lucien Mettomo 16(5)1001(1)017(6)1
26DFEngland Tyrone Mears 0(1)000000(1)0
27DFEngland Stephen Jordan 00000000
28MFEngland Tony Grant 2(1)0001(0)03(1)0
29MFEngland Shaun Wright-Phillips 30(4)83(0)01(1)034(5)8
31DFFrance Laurent Charvet 3(0)000003(0)0
32GKEngland Simon Royce 00000000
32FWEngland Leon Mike 1(1)000001(1)0
33FWNew Zealand Chris Killen 0(2)00(1)0000(3)0
35GKRepublic of Ireland Brian Murphy 00000000
36DFDenmark Niclas Jensen 16(1)12(1)00018(2)1
36DFEngland Danny Granville 12(4)1001(1)013(5)1
37MFCanada Terry Dunfield 00000000
38DFWales Rhys Day 00000000
39MFNigeria Dickson Etuhu 11(1)0001(0)012(1)0
40MFEngland Chris Shuker 0(2)0000(1)00(3)1
44MFAlgeria Ali Benarbia 38(0)82(0)02(0)042(0)8

Information current as of 21 April 2002 (end of season)

Last updated: 24 November 2010.
Source: (for appearances, goals and discipline stats.) All match Reports in Games section above

Goal scorers

Information current as of 21 April 2002 (end of season)

See also

References

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