2001–02 Southampton F.C. season

Southampton F.C.
	2001–02 season
Chairman	Rupert Lowe
Manager	Stuart Gray (until 21 October); Gordon Strachan (from 22 October)
Stadium	St Mary's Stadium
Premier League	11th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Pahars (14); All: Pahars (16)
Average home league attendance	30,633
← 2000–01	2002–03 →

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During the 2001–02 English football season, Southampton Football Club competed in the Premier League.

Season summary

The move to St Mary's Stadium was seen as the way forward for Southampton after 103 years at the dilapidated Dell, but a terrible start to the season saw relegation looking certain and cost manager Stuart Gray his job after barely six months in charge. His successor was Gordon Strachan, who had just left Coventry City. Strachan quickly turned Southampton's fortunes round, and they gradually climbed to a secure 11th place in the final table.

At the end of the season, Matthew Le Tissier retired, bringing to an end his 16-year playing career for Southampton. He remained at the club as a coach.

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	2002–03 UEFA Champions League Group stage
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	2002–03 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
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	2002–03 UEFA Cup First round ¹
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
18	Ipswich Town (R)	38	9	9	20	41	64	−23	36	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	Relegation to the 2002–03 Football League First Division

Source:^{[citation needed]}
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

Southampton's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 August 2001	Leeds United	A	0–2	39,715
25 August 2001	Chelsea	H	0–2	31,107
9 September 2001	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–2	33,668
15 September 2001	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–0	24,378	Pahars
24 September 2001	Aston Villa	H	1–3	26,794	Pahars
29 September 2001	Middlesbrough	A	3–1	26,142	Beattie (2), Pahars (pen)
13 October 2001	Arsenal	H	0–2	29,759
20 October 2001	West Ham United	A	0–2	25,842
24 October 2001	Ipswich Town	H	3–3	29,614	Beattie, Pahars, Marsden
27 October 2001	Fulham	A	1–2	18,771	Beattie
3 November 2001	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–2	30,523	Pahars
17 November 2001	Derby County	A	0–1	32,063
24 November 2001	Charlton Athletic	H	1–0	31,198	Pahars
2 December 2001	Everton	A	0–2	28,138
8 December 2001	Leicester City	A	4–0	20,321	Svensson (2), Beattie, Pahars
15 December 2001	Sunderland	H	2–0	29,459	Craddock (own goal), Pahars
22 December 2001	Manchester United	A	1–6	67,638	Pahars
26 December 2001	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–0	31,719	Beattie
29 December 2001	Leeds United	H	0–1	31,622
1 January 2002	Chelsea	A	4–2	35,156	Beattie (2), Pahars, Marsden
9 January 2002	Liverpool	H	2–0	31,527	Beattie, Riise (own goal)
13 January 2002	Manchester United	H	1–3	31,858	Beattie
19 January 2002	Liverpool	A	1–1	43,710	Davies
30 January 2002	West Ham United	H	2–0	31,879	Davies, Fernandes
2 February 2002	Arsenal	A	1–1	38,024	Tessem
9 February 2002	Newcastle United	A	1–3	51,857	Pahars
23 February 2002	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–0	31,380
2 March 2002	Ipswich Town	A	3–1	25,440	Delap, Ormerod, Marsden
6 March 2002	Middlesbrough	H	1–1	28,931	Svensson
16 March 2002	Leicester City	H	2–2	30,012	Pahars (2, 1 pen)
23 March 2002	Sunderland	A	1–1	46,120	Tessem
30 March 2002	Fulham	H	1–1	31,616	Delap
1 April 2002	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–2	28,851
6 April 2002	Derby County	H	2–0	29,263	Oakley, Pahars
13 April 2002	Charlton Athletic	A	1–1	26,557	El Khalej
20 April 2002	Everton	H	0–1	31,785
27 April 2002	Aston Villa	A	1–2	35,255	Beattie
11 May 2002	Newcastle United	H	3–1	31,973	Svensson, Beattie (pen), Telfer

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	16 January 2002	Rotherham United	A	1–2	8,464	Pahars (pen)

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	11 September 2001	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	3–0	6,489	Beattie, Svensson (2)
R3	9 October 2001	Gillingham	A	2–0	7,948	Beattie (pen), Pahars
R4	27 November 2001	Bolton Wanderers	A	2–2 (lost 5-6 on pens)	8,404	Davies, El Khalej

Squad

[1] 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	Paul Jones
2	DF	Jason Dodd
3	DF	Wayne Bridge
4	MF	Chris Marsden
5	DF	Claus Lundekvam
6	DF	Paul Williams
7	MF	Matt Le Tissier (captain)
8	MF	Matt Oakley
9	FW	James Beattie
10	FW	Kevin Davies
11	FW	Eric Hassli (on loan from Metz)
12	MF	Anders Svensson
13	GK	Neil Moss
14	MF	Stuart Ripley
15	DF	Francis Benali
16	MF	Mark Draper

No.	Position	Player
17	FW	Marian Pahars
18	MF	Rory Delap^[2]
19	MF	Dani Rodrigues
20	DF	Tahar El Khalej
21	FW	Jo Tessem
24	DF	Dan Petrescu
25	DF	Garry Monk
26	MF	Imants Bleidelis
29	MF	Fabrice Fernandes
30	FW	Scott McDonald
32	DF	Chris Baird
33	DF	Paul Telfer
34	FW	Agustín Delgado
35	MF	Cléber Chalá
36	FW	Brett Ormerod

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
6	DF	Dean Richards (to Tottenham Hotspur)
11	FW	Uwe Rösler (to Unterhaching)
22	FW	Adrian Caceres (to Hull City)
28	MF	Kevin Gibbens (to Oxford United)

No.	Position	Player
29	MF	Paul Murray (to Oldham Athletic)
31	DF	Ryan Ashford (to Torquay United)
	FW	Mark Peters (to Brentford)
	FW	Adam Wallace (to Southend United)

Reserve squad

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

No.		Position	Player
23		MF	Jacinto Elá^[3]

No.		Position	Player
27		GK	Scott Bevan

Transfers

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[10]^[11]

No.	Pos	Name	MS
1	GK	Paul Jones	40
2	RB	Jason Dodd	29
5	CB	Claus Lundekvam	37
6	CB	Paul Williams	29
3	LB	Wayne Bridge	42
33	RM	Paul Telfer	29
12	CM	Anders Svensson	37
8	CM	Matt Oakley	29
4	LM	Chris Marsden	30
17	CF	Marian Pahars	36
9	CF	James Beattie	27

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/southampton/2001-2002/results
↑ Delap was born in Sutton Coldfield, England.
↑ Elá was born in Equatorial Guinea, and would later represent them at full international level.
↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/1384135.stm
↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/1432893.stm
↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/1466517.stm
↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/1624514.stm
↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/1731148.stm
↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/1535060.stm
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/southampton/tab/players/season/2002
↑ http://www.football-lineups.com/team/Southampton/FA_Premier_League_2001-2002/Fixture/

[1] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/southampton/2001-2002/results

[2] Delap was born in Sutton Coldfield, England.

[3] Elá was born in Equatorial Guinea, and would later represent them at full international level.

[4] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/1384135.stm

[5] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/1432893.stm

[6] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/1466517.stm

[7] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/1624514.stm

[8] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/1731148.stm

[9] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/1535060.stm

[10] ttp://www.11v11.com/teams/southampton/tab/players/season/2002

[11] ttp://www.football-lineups.com/team/Southampton/FA_Premier_League_2001-2002/Fixture/

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2001–02 Southampton F.C. season

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Season summary

Final league table

Results

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