2001–02 Chelsea F.C. season

The 2001–02 season was Chelsea's 88th competitive season, 10th consecutive season in the Premier League and 96th year as a club.

Chelsea

2001–02 season
Chairman	Ken Bates
Manager	Claudio Ranieri
FA Premier League	6th
FA Cup	Runners-up
League Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (23) All: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (29)
Average home league attendance	League: 39,030
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Season summary

The 2001–02 campaign was the first full season under Italian manager Claudio Ranieri, who had replaced his compatriot Gianluca Vialli after five matches of the previous season.[1] He made his first signing in the shape of French defender William Gallas for £6.2 million from Marseille, before signing Frank Lampard from West Ham United for £11 million on 14 June.[2] Lampard went on to become Chelsea's highest goal scorer of all time. The signing of Lampard allowed Chelsea to part company with their captain Dennis Wise, who ended his successful 12-season spell at the club by joining Leicester City for £1.6 million.[3] The third and final signing of the window was of French midfielder and 1998 FIFA World Cup winner Emmanuel Petit, who joined from Barcelona for £7.5 million on 26 June.[4]

Chelsea players encountered controversy in the second round of the UEFA Cup, when they were due to face Hapoel Tel Aviv on 18 October 2001. Six Chelsea first-team players—Albert Ferrer, William Gallas, Emmanuel Petit, Graeme Le Saux, Eiður Guðjohnsen and captain Marcel Desailly—did not fly to Israel due to fears since the September 11 attacks in the previous month and recent Palestinian insurgency. Chelsea lost the match 2–0, with Desailly's replacement, the Ugandan teenager Joel Kitamirike, making mistakes in his only match for Chelsea.[5] The six players returned for the second leg at Stamford Bridge, but a 1–1 draw saw Chelsea eliminated by an underdog for the second consecutive season.[6]

The club came sixth in the Premier League, as they had done the previous season, and reached their third FA Cup final in six seasons. In the final against London rivals and Premier League champions Arsenal at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 4 May 2002, Chelsea lost 2–0 with both goals in the last twenty minutes of the match.[7] Chelsea were led out into the final by Roberto Di Matteo, who had announced his retirement earlier in the season due to a long-term absence with a leg fracture.[8]

First team squad

Squad at end of season[9]

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  NED Ed de Goey 3 DF  NGA Celestine Babayaro 6 DF  FRA Marcel Desailly 8 MF  ENG Frank Lampard 9 FW  NED Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 10 MF  SCG Slaviša Jokanović 11 MF  NED Boudewijn Zenden 12 FW  CRO Mario Stanić 13 DF  FRA William Gallas 14 DF  ENG Graeme Le Saux 15 DF  NED Mario Melchiot 17 MF  FRA Emmanuel Petit 18 MF  ESP Albert Ferrer 20 MF  ENG Jody Morris

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 FW  ISL Eiður Guðjohnsen 23 GK  ITA Carlo Cudicini 24 MF  ITA Samuele Dalla Bona 25 FW  ITA Gianfranco Zola 26 DF  ENG John Terry 28 FW  ENG Leon Knight 29 DF  GER Robert Huth 30 FW  DEN Jesper Grønkjær 31 GK  AUS Mark Bosnich 32 FW  FIN Mikael Forssell 33 DF  ENG Joel Kitamirike 36 MF  ENG Joe Keenan 39 FW  ENG Carlton Cole

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. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  ITA Roberto Di Matteo (retired) 18 MF  ITA Gabriele Ambrosetti (on loan to Piacenza)

No. Pos. Nation Player 34 DF  ENG Jon Harley (to Fulham)

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 DF  NED Winston Bogarde 19 DF  ITA Valerio Di Cesare 27 FW  GEO Rati Aleksidze 34 DF  ENG Pat Baldwin 35 GK  ENG Rhys Evans 37 DF  WAL Danny Slatter 38 DF  ENG Scott Cousins — GK  ENG Lenny Pidgeley

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ENG Sam Tillen — DF  SCO Warren Cummings — DF  ENG Danny Hollands — MF  ENG Rob Wolleaston — MF  NED Mbark Boussoufa — MF  SCO Ryan Stevenson — FW  GER Sebastian Kneißl

Team kit

The team kit was produced by Umbro and the shirt sponsor was Emirates Airline and bore the "Fly Emirates" logo. Chelsea's home kit was all blue with a white trimmed collar. Their new away kit was all white with blue socks. The club's third kit for this season was orange with blue shorts and accents.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		UEFA Cup		FA Cup		Football League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Ed de Goeij	8	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Celestine Babayaro	28	0	18	0	2	0	4	0	4	0
6	DF		Marcel Desailly	37	1	24	1	2	0	8	0	3	0
8	MF		Frank Lampard	53	7	34+3	5	4	1	8	1	4	0
9	FW		Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	48	29	35	23	2	0	7	3	4	3
10	MF		Slaviša Jokanović	31	0	12+8	0	3	0	5	0	3	0
11	MF		Boudewijn Zenden	32	3	13+9	3	3	0	3	0	4	0
12	FW		Mario Stanić	35	2	18+9	1	2	0	4	1	2	0
13	DF		William Gallas	41	2	27+3	1	3	0	4	1	4	0
14	DF		Graeme Le Saux	40	2	26+1	1	2	0	8	1	3	0
15	DF		Mario Melchiot	50	2	35+2	2	3	0	6	0	4	0
17	MF		Emmanuel Petit	38	1	26+1	1	3	0	6	0	2	0
18	DF		Albert Ferrer	10	0	2+2	0	0	0	4	0	2	0
20	MF		Jody Morris	10	0	2+3	0	1	0	2	0	2	0
22	FW		Eiður Guðjohnsen	47	23	26+6	14	3	3	7	3	5	3
23	GK		Carlo Cudicini	41	0	27+1	0	0	0	8	0	5	0
24	MF		Samuele Dalla Bona	38	4	16+8	4	3	0	6	0	5	0
25	FW		Gianfranco Zola	50	5	19+16	3	4	1	6	1	5	0
26	DF		John Terry	43	4	32+1	1	2	1	5	2	3	0
29	DF		Robert Huth	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW		Jesper Grønkjær	16	0	11+2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
31	GK		Mark Bosnich	7	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW		Mikael Forssell	35	9	2+20	4	3	0	6	3	4	2
33	DF		Joel Kitamirike	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF		Joe Keenan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW		Carlton Cole	3	1	2+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
13	DF	William Gallas	Marseille	£6,200,000	18-05-2001
8	MF	Frank Lampard	West Ham United	£11,000,000[10]	11-06-2001
17	MF	Emmanuel Petit	Barcelona	£7,500,000[11]	26-06-2001
11	MF	Boudewijn Zenden	Barcelona	£7,500,000	02-08-2001

Out

#	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
8	MF	Gustavo Poyet	Tottenham Hotspur	£2,250,000[12]	10-06-2001
11	MF	Dennis Wise	Leicester City	£2,000,000[13]	25-06-2001
21	DF	Bernard Lambourde	Bastia	Free	29-06-2001
N/A	MF	Jay Richardson	Exeter City	Free	04-07-2001
5	DF	Frank Leboeuf	Marseille	£1,200,000[14]	25-07-2001
34	DF	Jon Harley	Fulham	£3,500,000[15]	08-08-2001

Premier League

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Newcastle United	38	21	8	9	74	52	+22	71	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
5	Leeds United	38	18	12	8	53	37	+16	66	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 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	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round

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

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

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	17	13	8	66	38	+28	64	11	4	4	43	21	+22	6	9	4	23	17	+6

Matches

19 August 2001 1	Chelsea	1–1	Newcastle	Stamford Bridge, London
14:00	Zenden  8'	Report	Acuña  77'	Attendance: 40,124 Referee: Andy D'Urso

25 August 2001 2	Southampton	0–2	Chelsea	St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
15:00			Hasselbaink  33' Stanić  90'	Attendance: 31,107 Referee: David Elleray

8 September 2001 3	Chelsea	1–1	Arsenal	Stamford Bridge, London
15:00	Hasselbaink  31' (pen.)	Report	Henry  17'	Attendance: 40,855 Referee: Mike Riley

16 September 2001 4	Tottenham	2–3	Chelsea	White Hart Lane, London
15:00	Sheringham  66', 90'	Report	Hasselbaink  45', 81' (pen.) Desailly  90'	Attendance: 36,037 Referee: Steve Dunn

23 September 2001 5	Chelsea	2–2	Middlesbrough	Stamford Bridge, London
14:00	Hasselbaink  3', 37'	Report	Stockdale  61' Bokšić  90' (pen.)	Attendance: 36,767 Referee: Rob Styles

30 September 2001 6	Fulham	1–1	Chelsea	Craven Cottage, London
12:00	Hayles  56'	Report	Hasselbaink  32'	Attendance: 21,159 Referee: Graham Poll

13 October 2001 7	Chelsea	2–0	Leicester	Stamford Bridge, London
15:00	Hasselbaink  20' (pen.) Guðjohnsen  45'	Report		Attendance: 40,370 Referee: Jeff Winter

21 October 2001 8	Leeds	0–0	Chelsea	Elland Road, Leeds
16:00		Report		Attendance: 40,171 Referee: Paul Durkin

24 October 2001 9	West Ham	2–1	Chelsea	Upton Park, London
19:45	Carrick  5' Kanouté  13'	Report	Hasselbaink  22'	Attendance: 26,520 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

28 October 2001 10	Derby	1–1	Chelsea	Pride Park, Derby
16:00	Ravanelli  7'	Report	Hasselbaink  48'	Attendance: 28,910 Referee: Steve Bennett

4 November 2001 11	Chelsea	2–1	Ipswich	Stamford Bridge, London
14:00	Zola  36' Dalla Bona  90+1'	Report	Stewart  63' (pen.)	Attendance: 40,497 Referee: Rob Styles

18 November 2001 12	Everton	0–0	Chelsea	Goodison Park, Liverpool
15:00		Report		Attendance: 30,555 Referee: Mark Halsey

24 November 2001 13	Chelsea	0–0	Blackburn	Stamford Bridge, London
15:00		Report		Attendance: 37,978 Referee: Graham Poll

1 December 2001 14	Manchester United	0–3	Chelsea	Old Trafford, Manchester
15:00		Report	Melchiot  6' Hasselbaink  64' Guðjohnsen  84'	Attendance: 67,544 Referee: Alan Wiley

5 December 2001 15	Chelsea	0–1	Charlton	Stamford Bridge, London
20:00		Report	Lisbie  90'	Attendance: 33,504 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

9 December 2001 16	Sunderland	0–0	Chelsea	Stadium of Light, Sunderland
15:00		Report		Attendance: 48,017 Referee: Neale Barry

16 December 2001 17	Chelsea	4–0	Liverpool	Stamford Bridge, London
16:00	Le Saux  3' Hasselbaink  28' Dalla Bona  71' Guðjohnsen  90'	Report		Attendance: 41,174 Referee: Mark Halsey

23 December 2001 18	Chelsea	5–1	Bolton Wanderers	Stamford Bridge, London
13:30	Guðjohnsen  41' Zenden  45' Hasselbaink  46' Hendry  76' (o.g.) Lampard  87'	Report	Nolan  3'	Attendance: 34,063 Referee: Uriah Rennie

26 December 2001 19	Arsenal	2–1	Chelsea	Arsenal Stadium, London
19:45	Campbell  49' Wiltord  71'	Report	Lampard  31'	Attendance: 38,079 Referee: Graham Barber

29 December 2001 20	Newcastle	1–2	Chelsea	St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Shearer  37'	Report	Guðjohnsen  35', 45'	Attendance: 52,123 Referee: Steve Bennett

1 January 2002 21	Chelsea	2–4	Southampton	Stamford Bridge, London
19:45	Guðjohnsen  20' Hasselbaink  45'	Report	Beattie  7', 73' Pahars  55' Marsden  64'	Attendance: 35,156 Referee: Eddie Wolstenholme

12 January 2002 22	Bolton	2–2	Chelsea	Reebok Stadium, Horwich
19:45	Ricketts  56' Nolan  79'	Report	Guðjohnsen  53' Forssell  65'	Attendance: 23,891 Referee: Jeff Winter

20 January 2002 23	Chelsea	5–1	West Ham United	Stamford Bridge, London
14:00	Hasselbaink  45', 60' Guðjohnsen  51', 87' Forssell  90'	Report	Defoe  88'	Attendance: 40,035 Referee: Andy D'Urso

30 January 2002 24	Chelsea	2–0	Leeds	Stamford Bridge, London
19:45	Guðjohnsen  2' Dalla Bona  31'	Report		Attendance: 40,614 Referee: Steve Bennett

2 February 2002 25	Leicester	2–3	Chelsea	Filbert Street, Leicester
15:00	Scowcroft  24', 68'	Report	Hasselbaink  62', 90' Zola  79'	Attendance: 19,950 Referee: Graham Barber

9 February 2002 26	Aston Villa	1–1	Chelsea	Villa Park, Birmingham
15:00	Merson  28'	Report	Lampard  66'	Attendance: 41,137 Referee: Paul Durkin

2 March 2002 27	Charlton	2–1	Chelsea	The Valley, London
15:00	Euell  72', 89'	Report	Lampard  23'	Attendance: 26,354 Referee: Graham Poll

6 March 2002 28	Chelsea	3–2	Fulham	Stamford Bridge, London
19:45	Melchiot  18' Guðjohnsen  29' Forssell  82'	Report	Saha  20' (pen.), 73'	Attendance: 39,744 Referee: Peter Jones

13 March 2002 29	Chelsea	4–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Stamford Bridge, London
15:00	Hasselbaink  24', 69', 81' Lampard  90'	Report	Taricco	Attendance: 39,652 Referee: Alan Wiley

15 March 2002 30	Chelsea	4–0	Sunderland	Stamford Bridge, London
15:00	Gallas  24' Guðjohnsen  73' Forssell  84' Dalla Bona  90'	Report		Attendance: 40,218 Referee: Barry Knight

24 March 2002 31	Liverpool	1–0	Chelsea	Anfield, Liverpool
14:00	Šmicer  90'	Report		Attendance: 44,203 Referee: Mike Halsey

30 March 2002 32	Chelsea	2–1	Derby	Stamford Bridge, London
15:00	Terry  50' Petit  86'	Report	Strupar  60'	Attendance: 37,849 Referee: Mike Dean

1 April 2002 33	Ipswich	0–0	Chelsea	Portman Road, Ipswich
20:00		Report		Attendance: 28,053 Referee: Eddie Wolstenholme

6 April 2002 34	Chelsea	3–0	Everton	Stamford Bridge, London
15:00	Hasselbaink  26', 44' Zola  90'	Report		Attendance: 40,545 Referee: David Elleray

10 April 2002 35	Blackburn	0–0	Chelsea	Ewood Park, Blackburn
20:00		Report		Attendance: 25,441 Referee: Steve Dunn

20 April 2002 36	Chelsea	0–3	Manchester United	Stamford Bridge, London
15:00			Scholes  15' van Nistelrooy  61' Solskjær  86'	Attendance: 41,725 Referee: Graham Barber

27 April 2002 37	Middlesbrough	0–2	Chelsea	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
15:00		Report	Cole  38' Zenden  43'	Attendance: 28,686 Referee: Barry Knight

11 May 2002 38	Chelsea	1–3	Aston Villa	Stamford Bridge, London
15:00	Guðjohnsen  70' (pen.)	Report	Crouch  21' Vassell  63' Dublin  88'	Attendance: 40,709 Referee: Steve Bennett

UEFA Cup

First round

20 September 2001 1st leg	Chelsea	3–0	Levski Sofia	Stamford Bridge, London
21:00	Guðjohnsen  45', 74' Lampard  90' Zenden  82'	Report		Attendance: 20,812 Referee: Helmut Fleischer

27 September 2001 2nd leg	Levski Sofia	0–2	Chelsea	Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia
19:30	Markov  12' Topuzakov  30'	Report	Terry  33' Guðjohnsen  45'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Martin Ingvarsson

Second round

18 October 2001 1st leg	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2–0	Chelsea	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
19:15	Gershon  87' (pen.) Cleşcenco  90+4'	Report	Zenden  27' Melchiot  53'	Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Dick van Egmond

1 November 2001 2nd leg	Chelsea	1–1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Stamford Bridge, London
21:00	Zola  64' Terry  67' Hasselbaink  89'	Report	Osterc  35' Gershon  44' Domb  58' Antebi  62' Elimelech  82'	Attendance: 28,433 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

FA Cup

5 January 2002 Third round	Norwich City	0–0	Chelsea	Carrow Road, Norwich
		Report		Attendance: 21,017 Referee: Peter Jones

16 January 2002 Replay	Chelsea	4–0	Norwich City	Stamford Bridge, London
	Stanic  11' Lampard  56' Zola  63' Forssell  89'	Report		Attendance: 24,231 Referee: Peter Jones

26 January 2002 Fourth round	Chelsea	1–1	West Ham	Stamford Bridge, London
15:00	Hasselbaink  20'	Report	Kanouté  84'	Attendance: 33,443 Referee: David Elleray

6 February 2002 Replay	West Ham	2–3	Chelsea	Upton Park, London
	Defoe  37', 50'	Report	Hasselbaink  42' Forssell  64' Terry  90+2'	Attendance: 27,272 Referee: Graham Poll

17 February 2002 Fifth Round	Chelsea	3–1	Preston North End	Stamford Bridge, London
	Guðjohnsen  15' Hasselbaink  26' Forssell  90'	Report	Cresswell  9'	Attendance: 28,133 Referee: Rob Styles

10 March 2002 Quarter-final	Tottenham	0–4	Chelsea	White Hart Lane, London
16:00		Report	Gallas  12' Guðjohnsen  48', 66' Le Saux  54'	Attendance: 32,896 Referee: Andy D'Urso

14 April 2002 Semi-final	Fulham	0–1	Chelsea	Villa Park, Birmingham
19:00		Report	Terry  40'	Attendance: 36,147 Referee: Graham Poll

4 May 2002 Final	Arsenal	2–0	Chelsea	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
15:00	Parlour  70' Ljungberg  80'	Report		Attendance: 73,963 Referee: Mike Riley

League Cup

9 October 2001 Third round	Coventry City	0–2	Chelsea	Highfield Road, Coventry
		Report	Guðjohnsen  56' Forssell  60'	Attendance: 12,582 Referee: Paul Durkin

28 November 2001 Fourth round	Leeds United	0–2	Chelsea	Elland Road, Leeds
		Report	Guðjohnsen  59', 80'	Attendance: 33,841 Referee: Jeff Winter

12 December 2001 Quarter-final	Chelsea	1–0	Newcastle United	Stamford Bridge, London
	Hasselbaink  90'	Report		Attendance: 27,613 Referee: David Elleray

9 January 2002 Semi-final 1st leg	Chelsea	2–1	Tottenham	Stamford Bridge, London
	Hasselbaink  10', 76'	Report	Ferdinand  65'	Attendance: 37,264 Referee: Alan Wiley

23 January 2002 Semi-final 2nd leg	Tottenham	5–1	Chelsea	White Hart Lane, London
	Iversen  2' Sherwood  32' Sheringham  50' Davies  76' Rebrov  87'	Report	Forssell  90'	Attendance: 36,100 Referee: Mark Halsey

Notes

References

1. "Ranieri's Chelsea deal". BBC News. 15 September 2000.
2. Ingle, Sean (14 June 2001). "Lampard signs for Chelsea". The Guardian. London.
3. "Wise joins Leicester soccer team". CNN.
4. https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/chelsea-clinch-75m-petit-deal-6355098.html
5. "Hapoel stun subdued Chelsea". BBC News. 18 October 2001.
6. Brodkin, Jon (1 November 2001). "Hapoel leave Chelsea with the blues". The Guardian. London.
7. http://www.thefa.com/Competitions/FACompetitions/TheFACup/History/cupfinalresults/2002chelseaarsenal
8. McLean, Max (23 April 2017). "5 things Chelsea can learn from their FA Cup final defeat to Arsenal in 2002 for the rematch in 2017". Irish Independent. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
9. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2001-2002/faprem/chelsea.htm
10. "Chelsea agree £11m Lampard deal". BBC Sport. 11 June 2001. Retrieved 11 June 2001.
11. "Chelsea insist Petit 'has signed'". BBC Sport. 25 June 2001. Retrieved 25 June 2001.
12. "Poyet joins Spurs". BBC News. 10 June 2001.
13. "Wise seals Leicester switch". BBC Sport. 25 June 2001. Retrieved 25 June 2001.
14. "Leboeuf's Marseille move". BBC Sport. 25 July 2001. Retrieved 25 July 2001.
15. "Harley completes Fulham switch". BBC Sport. 8 August 2001. Retrieved 8 August 2001.

External links

• Chelsea FC Official Website
• Chelsea FC on Soccerbase
• Chelsea FC on BBC