2001–02 Kilmarnock F.C. season

The 2001–02 season was Kilmarnock's fourth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League. Kilmarnock also competed in the Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and the UEFA Cup.

Kilmarnock
2001-02 Season season
ManagerBobby Williamson
(until 25 February 2002)
Jim Jefferies
(from 28 February 2002)
StadiumRugby Park
SPLSeventh place
Scottish CupFourth round, lost to Celtic
League CupThird round, lost to Ayr United
UEFA CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Johnson (7)
All: Dargo (8)
Highest home attendance13,201 v Celtic, SPL, 4 August 1998
Lowest home attendance5,642 v Motherwell, SPL, 27 April 2002
Average home league attendance7,621

Summary

Season

Kilmarnock finished seventh in the Scottish Premier League with 49 points. They reached the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, losing to Celtic.[1] They also reached the third round of the League Cup, losing to rivals Ayr United on penalties,[2] and lost in the first round of the UEFA Cup to Viking FK.[3] Manager Bobby Williamson departed for Hibernian in February 2002[4] and was replaced by former Hearts manager Jim Jefferies.[5]

Results and fixtures

Kilmarnock's score comes first

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Premier League
Main article: 2001–02 Scottish Premier League
MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
128 July 2001HibernianA2–212,717Ngonge 4', Cocard 45'
24 August 2001CelticH0–113,201
312 August 2001MotherwellA2–25,188Ngonge 7', Mitchell 82'
418 August 2001St JohnstoneH2–16,480di Giacomo 12', Pizzo 24'
526 August 2001Dundee UnitedA2–07,404di Giacomo 13', McLaren 63'
68 September 2001AberdeenA0–210,732
716 September 2001Heart of MidlothianH1–07,504Dargo 78'
823 September 2001DundeeH0–17,052
930 September 2001Dunfermline AthleticA2–03,983McLaren 28', Dargo 80'
1013 October 2001RangersA1–349,379Calderón 66'
1120 October 2001LivingstonH1–57,346Santini 4' (o.g.)
1227 October 2001CelticA0–158,897
133 November 2001HibernianH0–07,460
1410 November 2001St JohnstoneH0–16,008
1517 November 2001MotherwellH2–06,008Boyd 40', di Giacomo 77'
1624 November 2001St JohnstoneA0–13,711
171 December 2001Dundee UnitedH2–06,130Mahood 31', Hay 56'
188 December 2001AberdeenH3–17,611Dindeleux 12', Boyd 82', Mahood 88'
1915 December 2001Heart of MidlothianA0–210,027
2022 December 2001DundeeA2–16,342Mitchell 21', Murray 58'
2126 December 2001Dunfermline AthleticH0–06,873
2229 December 2001LivingstonA1–05,214Rubio 35' (o.g.)
2312 January 2002CelticH0–211,689
2419 January 2002HibernianA2–29,592Johnson 65', McGowne 90'
2523 January 2002MotherwellA0–24,342
2630 January 2002RangersH2–211,589Boyd 85', Johnson 90'
272 February 2002Dundee UnitedA2–05,774Dargo 4', McGowne 65'
289 February 2002AberdeenA1–115,004Johnson 51'
2916 February 2002Heart of MidlothianH3–37,138Dargo 46', Johnson 52', Murray 66'
302 March 2002DundeeH3–26,890Dargo 11', McLaren 73', 90'
319 March 2002Dunfermline AthleticA0–25,618
3216 March 2002LivingstonH1–16,936Dargo 36'
3320 March 2002RangersA0–540,768
346 April 2002DundeeA0–25,579
3513 April 2002HibernianH1–06,236Ngonge 18'
3620 April 2002St JohnstoneA3–02,285Johnson 50', 59', Boyd 84'
3727 April 2002MotherwellH1–45,642Johnson 68'
3812 May 2002Dundee UnitedH2–26,142Mitchell 43', Innes 47'

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2001–02 Scottish Cup
MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
R35 January 2002AirdrieoniansH3–06,849Mitchell 12', Sanjuán 20', Canero 33'
R426 January 2002CelticH0–211,269

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2001–02 Scottish League Cup
MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
R39 October 2001Ayr UnitedA0–0 (4–5 pens)7,418

UEFA Cup
Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Cup
MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
QR 1st leg9 August 2001GlenavonA1–03,511Innes 90'
QR 2nd leg23 August 2001GlenavonH1–07,454Mitchell 66'
R1 1st leg20 September 2001VikingH1–18,000Dargo 73'
R1 2nd leg27 September 2001VikingA0–24,599

Final league table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 14 6 18 52 57 −5 48
6 Dunfermline Athletic 38 12 9 17 41 64 −23 45
7 Kilmarnock 38 13 10 15 44 54 −10 49
8 Dundee United 38 12 10 16 38 59 −21 46
9 Dundee 38 12 8 18 41 55 −14 44
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: (1) Points; (2) Goal difference; (3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

Division summary
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAAHHAAHAHHHAHHAAHAHAAHAAHHAHAAHAHH
ResultDLDWWLWLWLLLDLWLWWLWDWLDLDWDDWLDLLWWLD
Position89984645566887855555544456555556777777
Source: [6]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

References
  1. "Results for Kilmarnock for 2001–02". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  2. "Results for Kilmarnock for 2001–02". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  3. "Viking FK 2 0 Kilmarnock". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  4. "Williamson sorry to leave Kilmarnock". theguardian.com. The Guardian. 25 February 2002. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  5. "Kilmarnock call on Jefferies". theguardian.com. The Guardian. 28 February 2002. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  6. "Scottish Premiership 2001/2002". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  7. "Ngonge show for Killie". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 July 2001. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  8. "Merdy checks in with Killie". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 August 2001. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  9. "McCoist takes final bow". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 May 2001. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
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