2001–02 West Ham United F.C. season

West Ham United

2001–02 season
Chairman	Terry Brown
Manager	Glenn Roeder
Stadium	Upton Park
FA Premier League	7th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Frédéric Kanouté (11) All: Jermain Defoe (14)
Average home league attendance	31,359
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

During the 2001–02 English football season, West Ham United F.C. competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Barclaycard Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Kit

West Ham maintained their kit manufacturing agreement with Fila, who introduced a new home kit for the season, featuring all-blue shirt sleeves and white socks. Dr. Martens remained the kit sponsors.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Arsenal (C)	38	26	9	3	79	36	+43	87	2002–03 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Liverpool	38	24	8	6	67	30	+37	80
3	Manchester United	38	24	5	9	87	45	+42	77	2002–03 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Newcastle United	38	21	8	9	74	52	+22	71
5	Leeds United	38	18	12	8	53	37	+16	66	2002–03 UEFA Cup First round ^1
6	Chelsea	38	17	13	8	66	38	+28	64
7	West Ham United	38	15	8	15	48	57	−9	53
8	Aston Villa	38	12	14	12	46	47	−1	50	2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
9	Tottenham Hotspur	38	14	8	16	49	53	−4	50
10	Blackburn Rovers	38	12	10	16	55	51	+4	46	2002–03 UEFA Cup First round ^2
11	Southampton	38	12	9	17	46	54	−8	45
12	Middlesbrough	38	12	9	17	35	47	−12	45
13	Fulham	38	10	14	14	36	44	−8	44	2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
14	Charlton Athletic	38	10	14	14	38	49	−11	44
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	2002–03 UEFA Cup Qualifying round ^3
										Relegation to the 2002–03 Football League First Division
19	Derby County (R)	38	8	6	24	33	63	−30	30	Relegation to the 2002–03 Football League First Division
20	Leicester City (R)	38	5	13	20	30	64	−34	28

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

¹Since Arsenal qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place as FA Cup winners defaulted to Chelsea, the losing finalists.

²Blackburn Rovers qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners

³Despite relegation, Ipswich Town qualified for the 2002–03 UEFA Cup Qualifying Round as Fair Play Award winners

Results

West Ham United's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 August 2001	Liverpool	A	1–2	43,935	Di Canio (pen)
25 August 2001	Leeds United	H	0–0	24,517
8 September 2001	Derby County	A	0–0	27,802
15 September 2001	Middlesbrough	A	0–2	25,445
23 September 2001	Newcastle United	H	3–0	24,810	Hutchison, Di Canio, Kanouté
29 September 2001	Everton	A	0–5	32,049
14 October 2001	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–7	22,712	Carrick
20 October 2001	Southampton	H	2–0	25,842	Kanouté (2)
24 October 2001	Chelsea	H	2–1	26,520	Carrick, Kanouté
28 October 2001	Ipswich Town	A	3–2	22,834	Di Canio, Kanouté, Defoe
3 November 2001	Fulham	H	0–2	26,217
19 November 2001	Charlton Athletic	A	4–4	23,198	Kitson (3), Defoe
24 November 2001	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–1	32,780
1 December 2001	Sunderland	A	0–1	47,437
5 December 2001	Aston Villa	H	1–1	28,377	Defoe
8 December 2001	Manchester United	A	1–0	67,582	Defoe
15 December 2001	Arsenal	H	1–1	34,523	Kanouté
22 December 2001	Leicester City	A	1–1	20,131	Di Canio (pen)
26 December 2001	Derby County	H	4–0	31,397	Schemmel, Di Canio, Sinclair, Defoe
29 December 2001	Liverpool	H	1–1	35,103	Sinclair
1 January 2002	Leeds United	A	0–3	39,320
12 January 2002	Leicester City	H	1–0	34,698	Di Canio
20 January 2002	Chelsea	A	1–5	40,035	Defoe
30 January 2002	Southampton	A	0–2	31,879
2 February 2002	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–0	35,307	Sinclair, Kanouté
9 February 2002	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–1	24,342
23 February 2002	Middlesbrough	H	1–0	35,420	Kanouté
2 March 2002	Aston Villa	A	1–2	37,341	Di Canio (pen)
6 March 2002	Everton	H	1–0	29,883	Sinclair
16 March 2002	Manchester United	H	3–5	35,281	Lomas, Kanouté, Defoe
30 March 2002	Ipswich Town	H	3–1	33,871	Lomas, Di Canio, Defoe
1 April 2002	Fulham	A	1–0	19,416	Kanouté
6 April 2002	Charlton Athletic	H	2–0	32,389	Di Canio (pen), Kanouté
13 April 2002	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	36,083	Pearce
20 April 2002	Sunderland	H	3–0	33,319	Sinclair, Lomas, Defoe
24 April 2002	Arsenal	A	0–2	38,038
27 April 2002	Newcastle United	A	1–3	52,127	Defoe
11 May 2002	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–1	35,546	Lomas, Pearce

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 2002	Macclesfield Town	A	3–0	5,706	Defoe (2), Cole
R4	26 January 2002	Chelsea	A	1–1	33,443	Kanouté
R4R	6 February 2002	Chelsea	H	2–3	27,272	Defoe (2)

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	11 September 2001	Reading	A	0–0 (lost 5-6 on pens)	21,173

Squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK David James 2 DF Tomáš Řepka 3 DF Nigel Winterburn 4 MF Don Hutchison[2] 5 DF Vladimír Labant 6 DF Hayden Foxe 7 DF Christian Dailly 8 MF Trevor Sinclair 10 FW Paolo Di Canio 11 MF Steve Lomas[3] 12 FW Paul Kitson 13 GK Sven Andersson 14 FW Frédéric Kanouté[4] 15 DF Rigobert Song 16 MF John Moncur 17 GK Shaka Hislop[5] 19 DF Ian Pearce 20 DF Scott Minto

No. Position Player 21 MF Michael Carrick 22 GK Craig Forrest 23 DF Steve Potts 24 DF Ragnvald Soma 25 FW Jermain Defoe 26 MF Joe Cole 27 DF Shaun Byrne[6] 28 MF Laurent Courtois 29 FW Titi Camara 30 DF Sébastien Schemmel 31 FW Ömer Rıza[7] 32 GK Stephen Bywater 33 MF Richard Garcia 34 MF Grant McCann 35 DF Gary Charles 37 MF Michael Ferrante 39 DF Izzy Iriekpen 41 GK David Forde

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. Position Player 18 FW Svetoslav Todorov (to Portsmouth) 36 MF Adam Newton[8] (to Peterborough United) 38 MF Steven Clark (to Southend United)

No. Position Player 39 DF Anwar Uddin (to Sheffield Wednesday) 40 DF Steve Laurie (to Peterborough United) MF Emmanuel Cascione (to Pistoiese)

References

1. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/west-ham-united/2001-2002/results
2. Hutchison was born in Gateshead, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father, and made his international debut for Scotland in March 1999.
3. Lomas was born in Hanover, Germany, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1994.
4. Kanouté was born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Mali internationally through his father and made his international debut for Mali in 2004.
5. Hislop was born in Hackney, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but was raised in Trinidad and Tobago and made his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 1999.
6. Byrne was born in Taplow, England, but qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and has represented them at U-16 and U-21 level.
7. Rıza was born in Edmonton, England, but qualified to represent Turkey internationally and has represented them at A2 level.
8. Newton was born in Ascot, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally and made his international debut for Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2004.