2001–02 Manchester City F.C. season
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.
2001–02 season | ||||
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First Division | Champions (promoted to Premier League) | |||
League Cup | Fourth round | |||
FA Cup | Fifth round | |||
Top goalscorer | League: All: Shaun Goater (32 goals) | |||
Highest home attendance |
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Lowest home attendance |
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Results summary - all competitions | ||||
Wins | Draws | Losses | Win % | |
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Home | 21 | 3 | 1 | 84.0% |
Away | 14 | 3 | 10 | 51.9% |
Both | 35 | 6 | 11 | 67.3% |
Results summary - First Division | ||||
Wins | Draws | Losses | Win % | |
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Home | 19 | 3 | 1 | 82.6% |
Away | 12 | 3 | 8 | 52.2% |
Both | 31 | 6 | 9 | 67.4% |
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.
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
Position in final standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Manchester City | 46 | 31 | 6 | 9 | 108 | 52 | +56 | 99 | Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League |
2 | West Bromwich Albion | 46 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 61 | 29 | +32 | 89 | Promoted to FA Premier League |
3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 76 | 43 | +33 | 86 | Participated in play-offs |
4 | Millwall | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 69 | 48 | +21 | 77 | |
5 | Birmingham City | 46 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 70 | 49 | +21 | 76 | Promoted to Premier League through play-offs |
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
Results summary
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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
Points breakdownPoints at home: 60
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Biggest & smallestBiggest home wins: 5–1 vs. Burnley, 29 December 2001 & vs. Barnsley, 6 April 2002 |
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Individual match reports
11 August 2001 | Manchester City | 3 – 0 | Manchester, England | |
15:00 | Goater Berkovic Pearce |
(Report) | Robinson |
Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 33,939 Referee: Mike Riley |
18 August 2001 | Norwich City | 2 – 0 | Norwich | |
15:00 | Libbra McVeigh |
(Report) | Wanchope |
Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 18,745 Referee: Paul Taylor |
25 August 2001 | Manchester City | 5 – 2 | Manchester | |
17:15 | Wanchope Pearce Goater |
(Report) | Hulse Little |
Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 32,844 Referee: Howard Webb |
27 August 2001 | Burnley | 2 – 4 | Burnley | |
18:15 | Davis Armstrong Briscoe |
(Report) | Goater Wanchope |
Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 19,602 Referee: Clive Wilkes |
8 September 2001 | West Bromwich Albion | 4 – 0 | West Bromwich | |
15:00 | McInnes Clement Dobie |
(Report) | Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 23,524 Referee: Graham Frankland |
15 September 2001 | Manchester City | 3 – 0 | Manchester | |
12:30 | Goater Dunne |
(Report) | Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 31,714 Referee: Jeff Winter |
19 September 2001 | Coventry City | 4 – 3 | Coventry | |
19:45 | Pearce Konjic Hughes Thompson |
(Report) | Benarbia Horlock Hall |
Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 18,804 Referee: Roger Furnandiz |
22 September 2001 | Sheffield Wednesday | 2 – 6 | Sheffield | |
15:00 | Bonvin Bromby |
(Report) | Benarbia Goater Granville Wanchope |
Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 25,731 Referee: Roy Pearson |
25 September 2001 | Manchester City | 3 – 0 | Manchester | |
19:45 | Benarbia Goater Wanchope |
(Report) | Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 31,525 Referee: Rob Harris |
29 September 2001 | Manchester City | 0 – 4 | Manchester | |
15:00 | (Report) | Connolly Shipperley |
Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 32,989 Referee: John Brandwood |
13 October 2001 | Manchester City | 2 – 2 | Manchester | |
15:00 | Benarbia Goater |
(Report) | Hurst Kuqi |
Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 34,214 Referee: David Pugh |
16 October 2001 | Manchester City | 0 – 0 | Manchester | |
19:45 | Horlock |
(Report) | Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 32,454 Referee: Steve Bennett |
21 October 2001 | Preston North End | 2 – 1 | Preston | |
14:15 | Healy Macken |
(Report) | Huckerby Berkovic |
Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 21,013 Referee: Mike Dean |
23 October 2001 | Manchester City | 4 – 0 | Manchester | |
19:45 | Goater Howey Huckerby |
(Report) | Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 30,797 Referee: Mark Cowburn |
28 October 2001 | Nottingham Forest | 1 – 1 | Nottingham | |
17:15 | Bart-Williams |
(Report) | Goater |
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 28,266 Referee: John Brandwood |
31 October 2001 | Barnsley | 0 – 3 | Barnsley | |
19:45 | (Report) | Goater Pearce Huckerby |
Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 15,159 Referee: Phil Joslin |
3 November 2001 | Manchester City | 4 – 1 | Manchester | |
15:00 | Goater Huckerby |
(Report) | King |
Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 33,067 Referee: Richard Beeby |
17 November 2001 | Portsmouth | 2 – 1 | Portsmouth | |
12:30 | Bradbury Crouch |
(Report) | Huckerby |
Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 19,103 Referee: Paul Alcock |
24 November 2001 | Manchester City | 2 – 1 | Manchester | |
15:00 | Negouai Benarbia |
(Report) | Swailes |
Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 34,223 Referee: Mick Fletcher |
1 December 2001 | Grimsby Town | 0 – 2 | Grimsby | |
15:00 | (Report) | Huckerby Goater |
Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 7,960 Referee: Paul Rejer |
4 December 2001 | Millwall | 2 – 3 | London | |
19:45 | Sadlier Claridge |
(Report) | Goater Huckerby Wright-Phillips |
Stadium: New Den Attendance: 13,026 Referee: Clive Wilkes |
8 December 2001 | Crystal Palace | 2 – 1 | London | |
15:15 | Freedman Kirovski |
(Report) | Goater |
Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 22,080 Referee: Bill Jordan |
11 December 2001 | Manchester City | 1 – 0 | Manchester | |
19.45 | Horlock |
(Report) | Lescott |
Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 33,639 Referee: Mike Riley |
16 December 2001 | Manchester City | 3 – 1 | Manchester | |
14:15 | Mettomo Horlock Wright-Phillips |
(Report) | Dunne |
Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 30,749 Referee: Phil Richards |
26 December 2001 | Manchester City | 0 – 0 | Manchester | |
15:00 | Edghill |
(Report) | Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 34,407 Referee: Roger Furnandiz |
29 December 2001 | Manchester City | 5 – 1 | Manchester | |
12:00 | Wanchope Berkovic Huckerby |
(Report) | Thomas-Moore |
Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 34,250 Referee: Matt Messias |
1 January 2002 | Sheffield United | 1 – 3 | Sheffield | |
15:00 | Brown |
(Report) | Goater Berkovic Wright-Phillips |
Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 26,291 Referee: Alan Wiley |
13 January 2002 | Manchester City | 3 – 1 | Manchester | |
14:15 | Tiatto Berkovic Wanchope |
(Report) | Nielsen |
Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 31,794 Referee: Roy Pearson |
20 January 2002 | Watford | 1 – 2 | Watford | |
18:15 | Wanchope Helguson |
(Report) | Smith |
Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 17,724 Referee: Dermot Gallagher |
30 January 2002 | Manchester City | 2 – 0 | Manchester | |
19:45 | Benarbia Goater |
(Report) | Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 30,238 Referee: Peter Walton |
3 February 2002 | Wimbledon | 2 – 1 | London | |
14:00 | Shipperley |
(Report) | Benarbia Pearce |
Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 10,664 Referee: Phil Dowd |
10 February 2002 | Manchester City | 3 – 2 | Manchester | |
14:15 | Wright-Phillips Howey Wanchope |
(Report) | Macken Anderson |
Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 34,220 Referee: Anthony Bates |
23 February 2002 | Walsall | 0 – 0 | Walsall | |
15:00 | [ (Report)] | Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 7,618 Referee: David Crick |
27 February 2002 | Manchester City | 4 – 0 | Manchester | |
19:45 | Horlock Huckerby Berkovic Goater |
(Report) | Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 33,682 Referee: Paul Durkin |
3 March 2002 | Manchester City | 4 – 2 | Manchester | |
13:00 | Huckerby Tiatto Wright-Phillips |
(Report) | Mills |
Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 33,335 Referee: Mike Pike |
5 March 2002 | Birmingham City | 1 – 2 | Birmingham | |
19:45 | Johnson |
(Report) | Jensen Horlock |
Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 24,160 Referee: Bill Jordan |
8 March 2002 | Bradford City | 0 – 2 | Bradford | |
19:45 | (Report) | Huckerby Macken |
Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 18,168 |
12 March 2002 | Crewe Alexandra | 1 – 3 | Crewe | |
19:45 | Jack |
(Report) | Benarbia Huckerby Goater |
Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 10,092 Referee: Paul Danson |
16 March 2002 | Manchester City | 1 – 0 | Manchester | |
15:00 | Horlock |
(Report) | Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 33,637 Referee: Mark Clattenburg |
19 March 2002 | Stockport County | 2 – 1 | Stockport | |
19:45 | Hardiker |
(Report) | Macken Goater |
Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,537 Referee: Clive Wilkes |
23 March 2002 | Rotherham United | 1 – 1 | Rotherham | |
15:00 | Lee |
(Report) | Benarbia |
Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 11,426 Referee: Dermot Gallagher |
30 March 2002 | Manchester City | 3 – 0 | Manchester | |
15:00 | Huckerby |
(Report) | Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 34,345 Referee: Mike Jones |
1 April 2002 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 – 2 | Wolverhampton | |
13:00 | Butler |
(Report) | Wright-Phillips |
Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 28,015 Referee: Graham Barber |
6 April 2002 | Manchester City | 5 – 1 | Manchester | |
13:00 | Huckerby Macken |
(Report) | Dyer |
Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 33,628 |
13 April 2002 | Gillingham | 1 – 3 | Gillingham | |
15:00 | Onuora |
(Report) | Horlock Goater Huckerby |
Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 9,494 Referee: Matt Messias |
21 April 2002 | Manchester City | 3 – 1 | Manchester | |
15:00 | Howey Goater Macken |
(Report) | Pitt |
Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 34,657 Referee: Roger Furnandiz |
Second round
11 September 2001 | Notts County | 2 – 2 2 – 4 (aet) | Nottingham | |
19:45 | Allsopp Stallard |
(Report) | Shuker Goater Dickov Huckerby |
Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 5,972 Referee: Andy Hall |
Third round
10 October 2001 | Manchester City | 6 – 0 | Manchester | |
19:45 | Huckerby Luntala Goater |
(Report) | Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 13,912 Referee: Rob Styles |
Fourth round
28 November 2001 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 – 0 | Blackburn | |
19:45 | Johansson D. Johnson |
(Report) | Negouai |
Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 17,907 Referee: Uriah Rennie |
Third round
5 January 2002 | Manchester City | 2 – 0 | Manchester | |
13:00 | Wanchope Horlock |
(Report) | Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 21,581 Referee: Chris Foy |
Fourth round
27 January 2002 | Ipswich Town | 1 – 4 | Ipswich | |
19:00 | Bent |
(Report) | Berkovic Goater Huckerby |
Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 21,119 Referee: Graham Poll |
Fifth round
17 February 2002 | Newcastle United | 1 – 0 | Newcastle | |
19:00 | Solano |
(Report) | Dunne |
Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,020 Referee: Alan Wiley |
Playing statistics
Appearances for competitive matches only
No. | Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
1 | GK | 24 | (1)0 | 2 | (0)0 | 2 | (0)0 | 28 | (1)0 | |
2 | DF | 38 | (0)3 | 1 | (1)0 | 3 | (0)0 | 42 | (1)3 | |
3 | DF | 9 (1) | 0 | 1 | (2)0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | (3)0 | |
4 | DF | 21 | (5)0 | 1 | (0)0 | 2 | (0)0 | 24 | (5)0 | |
5 | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | MF | 33 | (9)7 | 3 | (0)1 | 2 | (0)0 | 38 | (9)8 | |
7 | FW | 30 | (8)20 | 3 | (2)1 | 2 | (1)5 | 35(11) | 26 | |
8 | DF | 0 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | (0)0 | 1 (6) | 0 | |
8 | FW | 4 (4) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (4) | 5 | |
9 | FW | 0 (6) | 0 | 0 | (1)0 | 0 | (1)0 | 0 (8) | 1 | |
10 | FW | 42 | (0)28 | 1 | (1)2 | 2 | (0)2 | 45 | (1)32 | |
11 | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | MF | 2 (2) | 1 | 0 | (2)0 | 2 | (0)0 | 4 (4) | 1 | |
14 | MF | 20 | (5)6 | 3 | (0)1 | 2 | (1)0 | 25 | (6)7 | |
15 | DF | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | (1)0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | 0 | |
16 | DF | 0 (7) | 0 | 2 | (1)0 | 0 | (1)0 | 2 (9) | 0 | |
17 | DF | 2 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (5) | 0 | |
18 | MF | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | |
19 | DF | 36 | (1)1 | 1 | (0)0 | 2 | (0)0 | 39 | (1)1 | |
20 | GK | 22 | (1)0 | 1 | (0)0 | 1 | (0)0 | 24 | (1)0 | |
21 | MF | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (1)0 | 0 (2) | 0 | |
22 | DF | 42 | (2)1 | 3 | (0)0 | 3 | (0)0 | 48 | (2)1 | |
23 | FW | 14 | (1)12 | 2 | (0)1 | 1 | (0)0 | 17 | (1)13 | |
24 | DF | 34 | (0)3 | 2 | (0)0 | 2 | (0)0 | 38 | (0)3 | |
25 | DF | 16 | (5)1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | (1)0 | 17 | (6)1 | |
26 | DF | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | |
27 | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
28 | MF | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | (0)0 | 3 (1) | 0 | |
29 | MF | 30 | (4)8 | 3 | (0)0 | 1 | (1)0 | 34 | (5)8 | |
31 | DF | 3 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | |
32 | GK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
32 | FW | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | |
33 | FW | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | (1)0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | |
35 | GK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
36 | DF | 16 | (1)1 | 2 | (1)0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | (2)1 | |
36 | DF | 12 | (4)1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | (1)0 | 13 | (5)1 | |
37 | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
38 | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
39 | MF | 11 | (1)0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | (0)0 | 12 | (1)0 | |
40 | MF | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (1)0 | 0 (3) | 1 | |
44 | MF | 38 | (0)8 | 2 | (0)0 | 2 | (0)0 | 42 | (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
All competitions
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Football League Division 1
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League Cup
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FA Cup
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Information current as of 21 April 2002 (end of season)
See also
- Manchester City F.C. seasons