2001–02 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

During the 2001–02 English football season, Charlton Athletic competed in the FA Premier League.

Charlton Athletic

2001–02 season
Chairman	Richard Murray
Manager	Alan Curbishley
Stadium	The Valley
FA Premier League	14th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Jason Euell (11) All: Jason Euell (13)
Highest home attendance	26,614 (vs. Sunderland, 27 April)
Lowest home attendance	7,247 (vs. Port Vale, 12 September)
Average home league attendance	24,165
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Season summary

Despite being without several key players for long periods of time due to injury, Charlton did well in their 11th season under the management of Alan Curbishley. They were in with a real chance of UEFA Cup qualification as late as March, but a failure to win any of their final eight league games dragged them down to 14th.

Dependable centre back Richard Rufus now began to suffer a series of injury setbacks, missing half of the season.

Final league table

Main article: 2001–02 FA Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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
15	Everton	38	11	10	17	45	57	−12	43
16	Bolton Wanderers	38	9	13	16	44	62	−18	40

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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	10	14	14	38	49	−11	44	5	6	8	23	30	−7	5	8	6	15	19	−4

Source: Statto

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	D
Position	14	12	14	16	15	12	11	13	15	16	15	16	16	15	15	10	11	13	12	9	8	10	10	9	8	10	10	9	9	7	8	9	11	12	12	13	13	14

Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Charlton Athletic's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 August 2001	Everton	H	1–2	20,451	Johansson
25 August 2001	Ipswich Town	A	1–0	22,804	Lisbie
9 September 2001	Fulham	H	1–1	20,451	Melville (own goal)
16 September 2001	Leeds United	H	0–2	20,451
22 September 2001	Sunderland	A	2–2	46,825	Quinn (own goal), Brown
29 September 2001	Leicester City	H	2–0	20,451	Johansson, Bartlett
13 October 2001	Middlesbrough	H	0–0	20,451
20 October 2001	Derby County	A	1–1	30,221	Euell
24 October 2001	Aston Villa	A	0–1	27,701
27 October 2001	Liverpool	H	0–2	22,887
4 November 2001	Arsenal	A	4–2	38,010	Brown, Wright (own goal), Jensen, Euell
19 November 2001	West Ham United	H	4–4	23,198	Euell (2), Johansson (2)
24 November 2001	Southampton	A	0–1	31,198
1 December 2001	Newcastle United	H	1–1	24,151	MacDonald
5 December 2001	Chelsea	A	1–0	33,504	Lisbie
8 December 2001	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3–1	25,125	Stuart, Lisbie (2)
15 December 2001	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–0	20,834
22 December 2001	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–2	25,857
26 December 2001	Fulham	A	0–0	17,900
29 December 2001	Everton	A	3–0	31,131	Stuart, Euell, Konchesky
1 January 2002	Ipswich Town	H	3–2	25,893	Robinson, Parker, Euell
12 January 2002	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–4	23,365	Euell
21 January 2002	Aston Villa	H	1–2	25,681	Stuart
29 January 2002	Derby County	H	1–0	25,387	Bart-Williams
3 February 2002	Middlesbrough	A	0–0	24,189
10 February 2002	Manchester United	H	0–2	26,475
24 February 2002	Leeds United	A	0–0	39,374
2 March 2002	Chelsea	H	2–1	26,354	Euell (2)
9 March 2002	Leicester City	A	1–1	18,562	Euell
18 March 2002	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–0	29,602	Powell
23 March 2002	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–2	26,358	Johansson
30 March 2002	Liverpool	A	0–2	44,094
1 April 2002	Arsenal	H	0–3	26,339
6 April 2002	West Ham United	A	0–2	32,389
13 April 2002	Southampton	H	1–1	26,557	Rufus
20 April 2002	Newcastle United	A	0–3	51,360
27 April 2002	Sunderland	H	2–2	26,614	Euell, Lisbie
11 May 2002	Manchester United	A	0–0	67,571

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 2002	Blackpool	H	2–1	17,525	Stuart (pen), Euell
R4	26 January 2002	Walsall	H	1–2	18,573	Stuart

League Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	12 September 2001	Port Vale	H	2–0	7,247	Fortune, Konchesky
R3	9 October 2001	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–0	17,734	Euell (pen)
R4	27 November 2001	Watford	A	2–3 (a.e.t.)	12,621	Brown, Robinson

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IRL Dean Kiely[a] 2 DF  BUL Radostin Kishishev 3 DF  ENG Chris Powell 4 MF  ENG Graham Stuart 5 DF  ENG Richard Rufus 6 DF  ENG Andy Todd 7 DF  ENG Chris Bart-Williams[b] 8 MF  IRL Mark Kinsella (captain) 9 FW  ENG Jason Euell[c] 11 MF  WAL John Robinson[d] 12 DF  ENG Steve Brown 13 GK  SCG Saša Ilić[e] 14 FW  SWE Martin Pringle 15 DF  ENG Eddie Youds 16 DF  SCO Greg Shields

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  ENG Scott Parker 18 DF  ENG Paul Konchesky 19 DF  ENG Luke Young 20 MF  DEN Claus Jensen 21 FW  FIN Jonatan Johansson 22 GK  ENG Ben Roberts 24 DF  ENG Jonathan Fortune 26 FW  SWE Mathias Svensson 27 DF  POR Jorge Costa (on loan from Porto) 29 FW  JAM Kevin Lisbie[f] 30 FW  ENG Charlie MacDonald 33 MF  ENG David Collis 36 DF  RSA Mark Fish 37 FW  RSA Shaun Bartlett

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 MF  ENG Shaun Newton (to Wolverhampton Wanderers) 10 FW  ENG Clive Mendonca (retired) 23 MF  ENG Gavin Peacock (on loan from Queens Park Rangers)

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 MF  ENG John Salako[g] (to Reading) 32 DF  NGA Danny Shittu (to Queens Park Rangers)

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Martin Brennan — DF  ENG Barry Fuller — DF  ENG Paul Robson — DF  ENG Osei Sankofa — DF  ENG Michael Turner

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  JAM Jamal Campbell-Ryce[h] — MF  ENG Stacy Long — MF  ENG Lloyd Sam[i] — MF  IRL Neil McCafferty[3] — FW  ENG Mark DeBolla

Statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Dean Kiely	38	0	2	0	3	0	43	0	2	0
2	DF	Radostin Kishishev	0+3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+4	0	0	0
3	DF	Chris Powell	35+1	1	2	0	3	0	40+1	1	2	0
4	MF	Graham Stuart	31	3	2	2	2	0	35	5	3	1
5	DF	Richard Rufus	10	1	0	0	0	0	10	1	1	0
6	DF	Andy Todd	3+2	0	0	0	2	0	5+2	0	2	0
7	DF	Chris Bart-Williams	10+6	1	2	0	0	0	12+6	1	2	0
8	MF	Mark Kinsella	14+3	0	0	0	1	0	15+3	0	2	0
9	FW	Jason Euell	31+5	11	2	1	2	1	35+5	13	5	0
11	MF	John Robinson	16+12	1	2	0	3	1	21+12	2	5	0
12	DF	Steve Brown	11+3	2	1+1	0	2+1	1	14+5	3	3	1
17	MF	Scott Parker	36+2	1	0	0	3	0	39+2	1	8	1
18	DF	Paul Konchesky	22+12	1	2	0	0+3	1	24+15	2	4	0
19	DF	Luke Young	34	0	1	0	3	0	38	0	6	0
20	MF	Claus Jensen	16+2	1	0	0	2	0	18+2	1	0	0
21	FW	Jonatan Johansson	21+9	5	1+1	0	2	0	24+10	5	2	0
23	MF	Gavin Peacock	1+4	0	0	0	0	0	1+4	0	0	0
24	DF	Jonathan Fortune	14+5	0	2	0	2	1	18+5	1	3	0
26	FW	Mathias Svensson	6+6	0	0+1	0	0	0	6+7	0	2	0
27	DF	Jorge Costa	22+2	0	2	0	0	0	24+2	0	9	0
28	MF	John Salako	2+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	2+2	0	0	0
29	FW	Kevin Lisbie	10+12	5	1+1	0	0+2	0	11+15	5	2	0
30	FW	Charlie MacDonald	0+2	1	0	0	0+1	0	0+3	1	0	0
36	DF	Mark Fish	25	0	0	0	1	0	26	0	3	0
37	FW	Shaun Bartlett	10+4	1	0+1	0	2	0	12+5	1	2	0

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
22 May 2001	FW	Shaun Bartlett	FC Zürich	£2,000,000[4]
4 July 2001	FW	Jason Euell	Wimbledon	£4,750,000[5]
25 July 2001	DF	Luke Young	Tottenham Hotspur	£3,000,000[6]
3 December 2001	MF	Chris Bart-Williams	Nottingham Forest	Free[7]

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
1 June 2001	MF	Karim Bagheri	Al-Sadd	Free
27 July 2001	GK	Tony Caig	Hibernian	Free[8]
30 July 2001	MF	Anthony Allman	Colchester United	Free[9]
7 August 2001	MF	Shaun Newton	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£850,000[10]
7 January 2002	DF	Danny Shittu	Queens Park Rangers	£350,000[11]
26 January 2002	MF	John Salako	Reading	£50,000[12]
1 February 2002	FW	Clive Mendonca	Retired[13]

Transfers in: £9,750,000

Transfers out: £1,250,000

Total spending: £8,500,000

Loan in

Date	Pos	Name	Club	Return	Ref
7 August 2001	MF	Gavin Peacock	Queens Park Rangers	7 December 2001	[14]
3 December 2001	DF	Jorge Costa	FC Porto	11 May 2002	[7]

Loan out

Date	Pos	Name	Club	Return	Ref
7 September 2001	GK	Saša Ilić	Portsmouth	7 October 2001	[15]
17 January 2002	GK	Ben Roberts	Reading	17 February 2002	[16]
18 February 2002	DF	Greg Shields	Walsall	18 March 2002	[17]
21 February 2002	FW	Martin Pringle	Grimsby Town	27 February 2002	[18]
21 February 2002	DF	Andy Todd	Grimsby Town	22 April 2002	[18]

Notes

1. Kiely was born in Salford, England, and represented them at U-15, U-16, and U-18 level, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in November 1999.
2. Bart-Williams was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, but was raised in England and represented them at U-21 and B level.
3. Euell was born in Lambeth, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Jamaica in November 2004.
4. Robinson was born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Wales in 1995.
5. Ilić was born in Melbourne, Australia, but also qualified to represent Serbia and Montenegro internationally and made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in December 1998.
6. Lisbie was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2002.
7. Salako was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, but also qualified to represent England internationally and made his international debut for England in 1991.
8. Campbell-Ryce was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 2003.
9. Sam was born in Leeds, England, and represented them at U-20 level, but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Ghana in October 2015.