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2001–02 Middlesbrough F.C. season

During the 2001–02 season, Middlesbrough participated in the FA Premier League.

Middlesbrough
2001–02 season
ChairmanSteve Gibson
ManagerSteve McClaren
Premier League12th
FA CupSemi-final
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Alen Bokšić (8)
All: Alen Bokšić (8)
Highest home attendance34,358 v Manchester United (Premier League)
Away: 67,683 v Manchester United (Premier League)
Lowest home attendance3,918 v Northampton Town (League Cup)
Away: 6,885 v Wimbledon (F.A. Cup)
Average home league attendance28,459

Kit edit

Middlesbrough were again sponsored by BT Cellnet for the 2001–02 season. The team's strip was produced by Errea. The home shirt consisted of a plain red shirt, red shorts and red socks with white trim. The away strip consisted of blue and black striped shirts, plain black shorts and black socks.[1]

Final league table edit

Main article: 2001–02 FA Premier League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
10 Blackburn Rovers 38 12 10 16 55 51 +4 46 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
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 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
14 Charlton Athletic 38 10 14 14 38 49 −11 44
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Blackburn Rovers qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.
Results summary
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 12 9 17 35 47  −12 45 7 5 7 23 26  −3 5 4 10 12 21  −9

Source: Statto

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHHAHA
ResultLLLLWWDLDWLWDDWLLLLWLDWDDWLWDLWDWWLLLL
Position1919192019111214141314131314121516161616171814161611121213131011109991012
Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Notable events edit

  • Steve McClaren's first season in charge of Boro.
  • Boro lost their first four matches in the league but then recover to only lose 2 in 11 games.
  • 1–0 win away at Manchester United one of the high points of the league campaign.
  • Strong FA Cup run ended in the semi-finals with a 1–0 loss to Arsenal at Old Trafford. A Gianluca Festa own goal is the difference between the two sides.

Squad edit

Squad at end of season[2]

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   AUS Mark Schwarzer
3 DF   ENG Dean Gordon
5 DF   ITA Gianluca Festa
6 DF   ENG Gareth Southgate
7 MF   ENG Robbie Mustoe
8 FW   SVK Szilárd Németh
9 MF   ENG Paul Ince (captain)
10 FW   ITA Benito Carbone (on loan from Bradford City)
11 FW   CRO Alen Bokšić
12 MF   ENG Jonathan Greening
14 MF   FRA Mickaël Debève
15 GK   ENG Marlon Beresford
16 FW   CMR Joseph-Désiré Job[a]
17 DF   ENG Ugo Ehiogu
20 FW   ENG Dean Windass
21 MF   ENG Mark Wilson
22 MF   ENG Mark Summerbell
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF   ARG Carlos Marinelli
24 MF   ENG Phil Stamp
25 GK   WAL Mark Crossley
26 FW   ENG Noel Whelan
27 DF   SCO Robbie Stockdale[b]
28 DF   ENG Colin Cooper
29 DF   IRL Jason Gavin
30 DF   ENG Stuart Parnaby
31 MF   AUS Luke Wilkshire
32 MF   SCO Allan Johnston
33 DF   ENG David Murphy
34 MF   ENG Stewart Downing
36 MF   ENG Mark Hudson
37 DF   FRA Franck Queudrue (on loan from Lens)
38 GK   ENG Sam Russell
39 GK   AUS Brad Jones
— MF   ENG Anthony Ormerod

Left club during season edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   IRL Curtis Fleming[c] (to Crystal Palace)
4 DF   ENG Steve Vickers (to Birmingham City)
10 FW   ENG Brian Deane (to Leicester City)
12 MF   IRL Keith O'Neill (to Coventry City)
14 MF   AUS Paul Okon (on loan to Watford)
18 FW   ENG Andy Campbell (to Cardiff City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW   COL Hamilton Ricard (on loan to CSKA Sofia)
32 DF   ENG Steve Baker (to Scarborough)
34 GK   SCO Chris Bennion (Scunthorpe United)
35 MF   SCO Sean Kilgannon (Dunfermline Athletic)
— MF   ENG Stephen Brackstone (to York City)

Transfers edit

In edit

Date Player Previous Club Fee Ref
1 July 2001   Szilárd Németh   Inter Bratislava Free [3]
11 July 2001   Gareth Southgate Aston Villa £6.5 million [4]
9 August 2001   Mark Wilson Manchester United £1.5 million [5]
9 August 2001   Jonathan Greening Manchester United £2 million [6]
9 September 2001   Allan Johnston   Rangers £600,000 [7]
12 October 2001   Franck Queudrue   Lens Loan [8]
7 February 2002   Benito Carbone Bradford City Loan [9]
27 February 2002   Mickael Debeve   Lens Loan [10]

Out edit

For departures of players out of contract at the end of 2000–01 see 2000-01 Middlesbrough F.C. season.

Date Player New Club Fee Ref
31 May 2001   Neil Maddison Darlington Free [11]
19 July 2001   Christian Karembeu   Olympiacos £2 million [12]
7 August 2001   Alan Moore Burnley Free [13]
8 August 2001   Keith O'Neill Coventry Free [14]
29 November 2001   Brian Deane Leicester £150,000 [15]
14 December 2001   Steve Vickers Birmingham £400,000 [16]
31 December 2001   Curtis Fleming Crystal Palace £150,000 [17]
23 March 2002   Sean Kilgannon   Dunfermline Free [18]
1 June 2002   Hamilton Ricard Released - [19]
23 March 2002   Andy Campbell Released - [20]
1 June 2002   Dean Gordon Coventry Free [21]

Results edit

Premier League edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Note: Results are given with Middlesbrough score listed first.

Game Date Opponent Venue Result
F–A 		Attendance Scorers
1 18 August 2001 Arsenal H 0–4 31,557
2 21 August 2001 Bolton Wanderers A 0–1 20,747
3 25 August 2001 Everton A 0–2 32,829
4 8 September 2001 Newcastle United H 1–4 30,004 Cooper 4'
5 15 September 2001 West Ham United H 2–1 25,455 Deane 31', Johnston 41'
6 17 September 2001 Leicester City A 2–1 15,412 Ince 85', Greening 88'
7 23 September 2001 Chelsea A 2–2 36,767 Stockdale 61', Bokšić 90'(pen)
8 29 September 2001 Southampton H 1–3 26,142 Bokšić 75'(pen)
9 13 October 2001 Charlton Athletic A 0–0 20,451
10 22 October 2001 Sunderland H 2–0 28,432 Queudrue 2', Bokšić 21'
11 27 October 2001 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–2 36,062 Boksic 9'
12 3 November 2001 Derby County H 5–1 28,117 Németh 49', Marinelli 57', 82', Bokšić 61, Mustoe 73'
13 17 November 2001 Aston Villa A 0–0 35,424
14 25 November 2001 Ipswich Town H 0–0 32,586
15 1 December 2001 Blackburn Rovers A 1–0 23,849 Bokšić 45'
16 8 December 2001 Liverpool A 0–2 43,674
17 15 December 2001 Manchester United H 0–1 34,358
18 26 December 2001 Newcastle United A 0–3 52,127
19 29 December 2001 Arsenal A 1–2 37,948 Whelan 22'
20 1 January 2002 Everton H 1–0 27,463 Festa 50'
21 12 January 2002 Fulham A 1–2 18,975 Cooper 8'
22 19 January 2002 Bolton Wanderers H 1–1 26,104 Whelan 38'
23 29 January 2002 Sunderland A 1–0 44,579 Whelan 14'
24 3 February 2002 Charlton Athletic H 0–0 24,189
25 9 February 2002 Leeds United H 2–2 30,221 Ince 51', Windass 88'
26 19 February 2002 Fulham H 2–1 26,235 Bokšić 27', Németh 77'
27 23 February 2002 West Ham United A 0–1 35,420
28 2 March 2002 Leicester City H 1–0 25,734 Frank Sinclair (o.g.)
29 6 March 2002 Southampton A 1–1 28,931 Whelan 57'
30 16 March 2002 Liverpool H 1–2 31,253 Southgate 89'
31 23 March 2002 Manchester United A 1–0 67,683 Bokšić 9'
32 30 March 2002 Tottenham Hotspur H 1–1 31,258 Queudrue 69'
33 1 April 2002 Derby County A 1–0 30,822 Mustoe 12'
34 14 April 2002 Aston Villa H 2–1 26,003 Carbone 39', Ehiogu 65'
35 20 April 2002 Blackburn Rovers H 1–3 26,932 Németh 90'
36 28 April 2002 Ipswich Town A 0–1 25,979
37 27 April 2002 Chelsea H 0–2 28,686
38 11 May 2002 Leeds United A 0–1 40,218

FA Cup edit

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 8 January 2002 Wimbledon A 0–0 6,885
R3 replay 15 January 2002 Wimbledon H 2–0 9,687 Whelan, Cunningham (og)
R4 26 January 2002 Manchester United H 2–0 17,624 Whelan, Campbell
R5 16 February 2002 Blackburn Rovers H 1–0 20,921 Ehiogu
Quarter-final 10 March 2002 Everton H 3–0 26,950 Whelan, Nemeth, Ince
Semi-final 14 April 2002 Arsenal N 0–1 -

League Cup edit

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 11 September 2001 Northampton Town H 3–1 3,918 Murphy, Nemeth, Wilson
R3 10 October 2001 Blackburn Rovers A 1–2 (a.e.t.) 9,536 Nemeth

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   AUS Mark Schwarzer 25 0 21 0 3 0 1 0
15 GK   ENG Marlon Beresford 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
25 GK   WAL Mark Crossley 22 0 17+1 0 3 0 1 0
Defenders
3 DF   ENG Dean Gordon 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF   ITA Gianluca Festa 12 1 8 1 3+1 0 0 0
6 DF   ENG Gareth Southgate 44 1 37 1 6 0 1 0
17 DF   ENG Ugo Ehiogu 33 2 29 1 2 1 2 0
27 DF   SCO Robbie Stockdale 36 1 26+2 1 6 0 2 0
28 DF   ENG Colin Cooper 21 2 14+4 2 1 0 1+1 0
33 DF   ENG David Murphy 8 1 0+5 0 0+1 0 2 1
37 DF   FRA Franck Queudrue 34 2 28 2 6 0 0 0
Midfielders
7 MF   ENG Robbie Mustoe 44 2 31+5 2 6 0 1+1 0
9 MF   ENG Paul Ince 36 3 31 2 4 1 1 0
10 MF   ITA Benito Carbone 13 1 13 1 0 0 0 0
12 MF   ENG Jonathan Greening 41 1 36 1 3+1 0 1 0
14 MF   FRA Mickaël Debève 6 0 1+3 0 1+1 0 0 0
21 MF   ENG Mark Wilson 14 1 2+8 0 1+1 0 2 1
23 MF   ARG Carlos Marinelli 27 0 12+8 0 3+2 0 1+1 0
24 MF   ENG Phil Stamp 9 0 3+3 0 1+2 0 0 0
29 MF   IRL Jason Gavin 13 0 5+4 0 1+1 0 1+1 0
31 MF   AUS Luke Wilkshire 8 0 6+1 0 1 0 0 0
32 MF   SCO Allan Johnston 21 1 13+4 1 2+1 0 1 0
34 MF   ENG Stewart Downing 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0
36 MF   ENG Mark Hudson 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
8 FW   SVK Szilárd Németh 27 6 11+10 3 2+2 1 2 2
11 FW   CRO Alen Bokšić 26 8 20+2 8 2+1 0 1 0
16 FW   CMR Joseph-Désiré Job 5 0 3+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
20 FW   ENG Dean Windass 34 1 8+19 1 3+3 0 1 0
26 FW   ENG Noel Whelan 27 7 18+4 4 5 3 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
2 DF   IRL Curtis Fleming 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF   ENG Steve Vickers 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW   ENG Brian Deane 7 1 6+1 1 0 0 0 0
14 MF   AUS Paul Okon 4 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0
18 FW   ENG Andy Campbell 5 1 0+4 0 0+1 1 0 0
19 FW   COL Hamilton Ricard 11 0 6+3 0 1 0 0+1 0

Last updated: 30 May 2002
Source: [22]

Goalscorers edit

Goalscoring statistics for 2001-02.[23]

Name League FA Cup League Cup Total
  Bokšić 8 0 0 8
  Whelan 4 3 0 7
  Németh 3 1 2 6
  Ince 2 1 0 3
  Cooper 2 0 0 2
  Queudrue 2 0 0 2
  Marinelli 2 0 0 2
  Mustoe 2 0 0 2
  Deane 1 0 0 1
  Johnston 1 0 0 1
  Greening 1 0 0 1
  Stockdale 1 0 0 1
  Festa 1 0 0 1
  Windass 1 0 0 1
  Southgate 1 0 0 1
  Carbone 1 0 0 1
  Ehiogu 1 0 0 1
  Murphy 0 0 1 1
  Wilson 0 0 1 1
  Campbell 0 1 0 1
Own Goals 1 1 0 2

Starting 11 edit

Considering starts in all competitions[24][25]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Job was born in Vénissieux, France, but also qualified to represent Cameroon internationally and made his international debut for Cameroon in November 1997.
  2. ^ Stockdale was born in Redcar, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and made his international debut for Scotland in April 2002.
  3. ^ Fleming was born in Manchester, England, but was raised in Dublin, the Republic of Ireland, and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in April 1996.

References edit

  1. ^ "1980 to 2006 Kits". kitclassics.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 October 2010.
  2. ^ "FootballSquads - Middlesbrough - 2001/02". www.footballsquads.co.uk.
  3. ^ "Players - Szilard Nemeth". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 20 September 2004.
  4. ^ "Players - Gareth Southgate". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 11 December 2004.
  5. ^ "Players - Mark Wilson". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 20 September 2004.
  6. ^ "Players - Jonathan Greening". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 28 December 2004.
  7. ^ "Players - Allan Johnston". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2004.
  8. ^ "Players - Franck Queudrue". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2004.
  9. ^ "Players - Benito Carbone". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2004.
  10. ^ "Players - Mickael Debeve". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 21 January 2005.
  11. ^ "Players - Neil Maddison". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2004.
  12. ^ "Players - Christian Karembeu". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2004.
  13. ^ "Players - Alan Moore". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2004.
  14. ^ "Players - Keith O'Neill". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2005.
  15. ^ "Players - Brian Deane". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2004.
  16. ^ "Players - Steve Vickers". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2005.
  17. ^ "Players - Curtis Fleming". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2004.
  18. ^ "Players - Sean Kilgannon". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2004.
  19. ^ "Players - Hamilton Ricard". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 21 January 2005.
  20. ^ "Players - Andy Campbell". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2004.
  21. ^ "Players - Dean Gordon". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2004.
  22. ^ "Middlesbrough players: Premier League 2002". www.11v11.com.
  23. ^ "BORO 2004-05 Premiership". boroscoreforecast.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 August 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2007.
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  25. ^ "Middlesbrough in FA Premier League 2001/2002 fixture". Football-Lineups.
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