2001–02 Sunderland A.F.C. season

During the 2001–02 season, Sunderland competed in the FA Premier League.

Sunderland

2001–02 season
Chairman	Bob Murray
Manager	Peter Reid
Stadium	Stadium of Light
FA Premier League	17th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Kevin Phillips (11) All: Kevin Phillips (13)
Average home league attendance	44,108
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Season summary

In the 2001–02 season, despite standing 9th on Boxing Day 2001, Sunderland narrowly avoided relegation. They were the lowest scoring team in the Premier League,^[1] with 29 goals, ending the season in 17th place and being knocked out of both English Cup competitions in their first rounds.^[1]

Results

Sunderland's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Main article: 2001–02 FA Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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	UEFA Cup QR and relegation to the First Division[a]
19	Derby County (R)	38	8	6	24	33	63	−30	30	Relegation to the Football League First Division

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

1. Ipswich Town qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying as the winners of Premiership Fair Play League by The Football Association, and as one of the UEFA Fair Play ranking winners.

Results per matchday

Matchday	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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	D
Position	7	10	10	6	7	8	7	5	9	12	12	15	13	13	11	13	13	11	9	10	10	12	11	11	15	11	14	14	13	14	15	16	14	15	15	17	17	17

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

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 August 2001	Ipswich Town	H	1–0	47,370	Phillips (pen)
22 August 2001	Fulham	A	0–2	20,197
26 August 2001	Newcastle United	A	1–1	52,021	Phillips
8 September 2001	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–0	45,103	Quinn
16 September 2001	Aston Villa	A	0–0	31,668
19 September 2001	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–2	47,310	Phillips
22 September 2001	Charlton Athletic	H	2–2	46,825	Quinn (2)
29 September 2001	Bolton Wanderers	A	2–0	24,520	Phillips, Craddock
13 October 2001	Manchester United	H	1–3	48,305	Phillips
22 October 2001	Middlesbrough	A	0–2	28,432
27 October 2001	Arsenal	H	1–1	48,029	Schwarz
3 November 2001	Leicester City	A	0–1	20,573
18 November 2001	Leeds United	H	2–0	48,005	Arca, Phillips
25 November 2001	Liverpool	A	0–1	43,537
1 December 2001	West Ham United	H	1–0	47,437	Phillips
9 December 2001	Chelsea	H	0–0	48,017
15 December 2001	Southampton	A	0–2	29,459
22 December 2001	Everton	H	1–0	48,013	Reyna
26 December 2001	Blackburn Rovers	A	3–0	29,869	Quinn (2), Kilbane
29 December 2001	Ipswich Town	A	0–5	24,517
1 January 2002	Aston Villa	H	1–1	45,324	Thome
12 January 2002	Everton	A	0–1	30,736
19 January 2002	Fulham	H	1–1	45,124	Phillips
29 January 2002	Middlesbrough	H	0–1	44,579
2 February 2002	Manchester United	A	1–4	67,587	Phillips
9 February 2002	Derby County	A	1–0	31,771	Quinn
24 February 2002	Newcastle United	H	0–1	48,290
2 March 2002	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–2	36,062	M'Boma
5 March 2002	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–0	43,011	McAteer
16 March 2002	Chelsea	A	0–4	40,218
23 March 2002	Southampton	H	1–1	46,120	McAteer
30 March 2002	Arsenal	A	0–3	38,047
1 April 2002	Leicester City	H	2–1	44,950	Reyna (2)
7 April 2002	Leeds United	A	0–2	39,195
13 April 2002	Liverpool	H	0–1	48,355
20 April 2002	West Ham United	A	0–3	33,319
27 April 2002	Charlton Athletic	A	2–2	26,614	Kilbane, Phillips
11 May 2002	Derby County	H	1–1	47,989	Phillips

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 2002	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–2	29,133	Phillips

League Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	12 September 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–4 (a.e.t.)	12,074	Phillips, Laslandes

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[3]

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  DEN Thomas Sorensen 2 DF  SUI Bernt Haas[notes 1] 3 DF  ENG Michael Gray (captain) 4 MF  USA Claudio Reyna 5 DF  SVK Stanislav Varga 6 DF  BRA Emerson Thome 7 FW  CMR Patrick M'Boma (on loan from Parma) 8 MF  ENG Gavin McCann 9 FW  IRL Niall Quinn 10 FW  ENG Kevin Phillips 11 MF  IRL Kevin Kilbane[notes 2] 12 DF  SWE Joachim Björklund

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK  NIR Michael Ingham[notes 3] 15 FW  FRA David Bellion 16 MF  IRL Jason McAteer[notes 4] 17 DF  ENG Jody Craddock 18 DF  ENG Darren Williams 19 FW  SCO Kevin Kyle 20 MF  SWE Stefan Schwarz 21 MF  ENG Paul Thirlwell 24 DF  NIR George McCartney 26 MF  IRL Thomas Butler 30 GK  AUT Jürgen Macho 33 DF  ARG Julio Arca

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 4 MF  SCO Don Hutchison[notes 5] (to West Ham United) 7 FW  FRA Lilian Laslandes (on loan to Köln) 12 FW  ENG Danny Dichio (to West Bromwich Albion)

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  SCO Alex Rae (to Wolverhampton Wanderers) 23 MF  ENG Chris Lumsdon (to Barnsley) 37 MF  ENG Neil Wainwright (to Darlington)

Reserves

The following players did not appear for the first team this 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 14 MF  ARG Nicolás Medina 22 DF  ENG Simon Ramsden 25 DF  ENG Mark Maley 27 FW  IRL Michael Reddy 28 MF  WAL John Oster[notes 6] 29 MF  BEL Tom Peeters 31 DF  ENG Ben Clark 32 DF  NED Baki Mercimek[notes 7] 34 FW  ENG Michael Proctor 35 MF  IRL Brendan McGill 36 DF  IRL Cliff Byrne 40 GK  ENG John Kennedy — GK  ENG Adam Dowell — DF  ENG Patrick Collins

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ENG Steve Harrison — DF  ENG Craig James — DF  ENG Gareth Mordey — DF  IRL Stephen Capper — DF  IRL Mark Rossiter — MF  ENG Jonjo Dickman — MF  ENG Marc Hand — MF  ENG Carl Shippen — MF  NIR Chris Kingsberry — MF  IRL Glenn Lacey — MF  IRL Richie Ryan — FW  SCO Dene Shields — FW  NIR Neil Teggart — FW  IRL Keith Graydon

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
18 May 2001	MF	Nicolas Medina	Argentinos Juniors	£3,500,000[4]
13 June 2001	DF	Baki Mercimek	Haarlem	Free[5]
28 June 2001	FW	Lilian Laslandes	Bordeaux	£3,600,000[6]
3 July 2001	FW	David Bellion	Cannes	Free[7]
3 August 2001	DF	Bernt Haas	Grasshopper	£750,000[8]
19 October 2001	MF	Jason McAteer	Blackburn Rovers	£1 million
7 December 2001	MF	Claudio Reyna	Rangers	£4 million
28 January 2002	DF	Joachim Björklund	Venezia	£1.5 million

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2001	MF	Carsten Fredgaard	FC Copenhagen	£500,000[9]
18 August 2001	MF	Neil Wainwright	Darlington	£50,000
30 August 2001	MF	Don Hutchison	West Ham United	£5 million[10]
19 September 2001	MF	Alex Rae	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£1.2 million
30 November 2001	FW	Danny Dichio	West Bromwich Albion	£1.25 million
11 December 2001	MF	Chris Lumsdon	Barnsley	£350,000

Loan in

Date	Pos	Name	Club	Return	Ref
14 February 2002	FW	Patrick M'Boma	Parma	11 May 2002	[11]

Loan out

Date	Pos	Name	Club	Return	Ref
9 August 2001	FW	Michael Proctor	York City	21 April 2002
22 August 2001	FW	Danny Dichio	West Bromwich Albion	22 September 2001	[12]
7 September 2001	MF	Brendan McGill	Carlisle United	21 April 2002
21 September 2001	FW	Michael Reddy	Hull City	21 October 2001	[13]
27 September 2001	DF	Mark Maley	York City	21 April 2002	[14][15]
5 October 2001	MF	Chris Lumsdon	Barnsley	11 December 2001
19 October 2001	MF	John Oster	Barnsley	19 November 2001
7 January 2002	FW	Lilian Laslandes	Köln	9 March 2002
25 March 2002	DF	Stanislav Varga	West Bromwich Albion	25 April 2002
28 March 2002	FW	Michael Reddy	Barnsley	22 April 2002

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of end of season^[16]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	DEN	Thomas Sørensen	35	0	34	0	1	0	0	0
13	GK	NIR	Michael Ingham	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	GK	AUT	Jurgen Macho	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	SUI	Bernt Haas	29	0	27	0	1	0	0+1	0
3	DF	ENG	Michael Gray	36	0	35	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF	SVK	Stanislav Varga	11	0	9	0	1	0	1	0
6	DF	BRA	Emerson Thome	12	1	12	1	0	0	0	0
12	DF	SWE	Joachim Björklund	12	0	11+1	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	ENG	Jody Craddock	31	1	30	1	0+1	0	0	0
18	DF	ENG	Darren Williams	30	0	23+5	0	1	0	1	0
24	DF	NIR	George McCartney	20	0	12+6	0	1	0	1	0
Midfielders:
4	MF	USA	Claudio Reyna	17	3	17	3	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Gavin McCann	31	0	29	0	1	0	1	0
11	MF	IRL	Kevin Kilbane	30	2	24+4	2	0+1	0	1	0
16	MF	IRL	Jason McAteer	27	2	26	2	1	0	0	0
20	MF	SWE	Stefan Schwarz	20	1	18+2	1	0	0	0	0
21	MF	ENG	Paul Thirlwell	16	0	11+3	0	1	0	1	0
26	MF	IRL	Thomas Butler	7	0	2+5	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	ARG	Julio Arca	24	1	20+2	1	1	0	1	0
Forwards:
7	FW	CMR	Patrick M'Boma	9	1	5+4	1	0	0	0	0
9	FW	IRL	Niall Quinn	39	6	24+14	6	1	0	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Kevin Phillips	39	13	37	11	1	1	1	1
15	FW	FRA	David Bellion	10	0	0+9	0	0	0	1	0
19	FW	SCO	Kevin Kyle	8	0	0+6	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
Players no longer with club:
4	MF	SCO	Don Hutchison	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	FRA	Lilian Laslandes	13	1	5+7	0	0	0	0+1	1
16	MF	SCO	Alex Rae	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0

Notes

1. Haas was born in Vienna, Austria, but also qualified to represent Switzerland internationally and made his international debut for Switzerland in 1996.
2. Kilbane was born in Preston, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Republic of Ireland in September 1997.
3. Ingham was born in Preston, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and represented them at U-18 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in June 2005.
4. McAteer was born in Tranmere, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in March 1994.
5. Hutchison was born in Gateshead, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and represented them at B level before making his international debut for Scotland in March 1999.
6. Oster was born in Boston, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented them at U-18 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Wales in 1997.
7. Mercimek was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and would represent them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2006.

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