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MU outcome

winners

Premiership	38	24	5	9	87	45	3rd	Arsenal
FA Cup	2	1	0	1	3	4	4th round	Arsenal
League Cup	1	0	0	1	0	4	3rd round	Blackburn Rovers
UEFA Champions League	16	8	6	2	31	14	Semi-final	Real Madrid
FA Charity Shield	1	0	0	1	1	2	Lost	Liverpool
All matches	58	33	11	14	122	69

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All matches(58)

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1	Sun 12 Aug 2001	FA Charity Shield	MU *	1 - 2	Liverpool	Millennium Stadium
2	Sun 19 Aug 2001	Premiership	MU	3 - 2	Fulham	Old Trafford
3	Wed 22 Aug 2001	Premiership	Blackburn Rovers	2 - 2	MU	Ewood Park
4	Sun 26 Aug 2001	Premiership	Aston Villa	1 - 1	MU	Villa Park
5	Sat 8 Sep 2001	Premiership	MU	4 - 1	Everton	Old Trafford
6	Sat 15 Sep 2001	Premiership	Newcastle United	4 - 3	MU	St James' Park
7	Tue 18 Sep 2001	UEFA Champions League	MU	1 - 0	Lille OSC	Old Trafford
8	Sat 22 Sep 2001	Premiership	MU	4 - 0	Ipswich Town	Old Trafford
9	Tue 25 Sep 2001	UEFA Champions League	Deportivo La Coruna	2 - 1	MU	Estadio de Riazor
10	Sat 29 Sep 2001	Premiership	Tottenham Hotspur	3 - 5	MU	White Hart Lane
11	Wed 10 Oct 2001	UEFA Champions League	Olympiakos Piraeus	0 - 2	MU	Rizoupoli
12	Sat 13 Oct 2001	Premiership	Sunderland	1 - 3	MU	Stadium of Light
13	Wed 17 Oct 2001	UEFA Champions League	MU	2 - 3	Deportivo La Coruna	Old Trafford
14	Sat 20 Oct 2001	Premiership	MU	1 - 2	Bolton Wanderers	Old Trafford
15	Tue 23 Oct 2001	UEFA Champions League	MU	3 - 0	Olympiakos Piraeus	Old Trafford
16	Sat 27 Oct 2001	Premiership	MU	1 - 1	Leeds United	Old Trafford
17	Wed 31 Oct 2001	UEFA Champions League	Lille OSC	1 - 1	MU	Stade de France
18	Sun 4 Nov 2001	Premiership	Liverpool	3 - 1	MU	Anfield
19	Mon 5 Nov 2001	League Cup	Arsenal	4 - 0	MU	Highbury
20	Sat 17 Nov 2001	Premiership	MU	2 - 0	Leicester City	Old Trafford
21	Tue 20 Nov 2001	UEFA Champions League	Bayern Munich	1 - 1	MU	Olympic Stadium
22	Sun 25 Nov 2001	Premiership	Arsenal	3 - 1	MU	Highbury
23	Sat 1 Dec 2001	Premiership	MU	0 - 3	Chelsea	Old Trafford
24	Wed 5 Dec 2001	UEFA Champions League	MU	3 - 0	Boavista	Old Trafford
25	Sat 8 Dec 2001	Premiership	MU	0 - 1	West Ham United	Old Trafford
26	Wed 12 Dec 2001	Premiership	MU	5 - 0	Derby County	Old Trafford
27	Sat 15 Dec 2001	Premiership	Middlesbrough	0 - 1	MU	Riverside Stadium
28	Sat 22 Dec 2001	Premiership	MU	6 - 1	Southampton	Old Trafford
29	Wed 26 Dec 2001	Premiership	Everton	0 - 2	MU	Goodison Park
30	Sun 30 Dec 2001	Premiership	Fulham	2 - 3	MU	Craven Cottage
31	Wed 2 Jan 2002	Premiership	MU	3 - 1	Newcastle United	Old Trafford
32	Sun 6 Jan 2002	FA Cup	Aston Villa	2 - 3	MU	Villa Park
33	Sun 13 Jan 2002	Premiership	Southampton	1 - 3	MU	St Mary's Stadium
34	Sat 19 Jan 2002	Premiership	MU	2 - 1	Blackburn Rovers	Old Trafford
35	Tue 22 Jan 2002	Premiership	MU	0 - 1	Liverpool	Old Trafford
36	Sat 26 Jan 2002	FA Cup	Middlesbrough	2 - 0	MU	Riverside Stadium
37	Tue 29 Jan 2002	Premiership	Bolton Wanderers	0 - 4	MU	The Reebok Stadium
38	Sat 2 Feb 2002	Premiership	MU	4 - 1	Sunderland	Old Trafford
39	Sun 10 Feb 2002	Premiership	Charlton Athletic	0 - 2	MU	The Valley
40	Wed 20 Feb 2002	UEFA Champions League	Nantes Atlantique	1 - 1	MU	Stade Beaujoire
41	Sat 23 Feb 2002	Premiership	MU	1 - 0	Aston Villa	Old Trafford
42	Tue 26 Feb 2002	UEFA Champions League	MU	5 - 1	Nantes Atlantique	Old Trafford
43	Sun 3 Mar 2002	Premiership	Derby County	2 - 2	MU	Pride Park
44	Wed 6 Mar 2002	Premiership	MU	4 - 0	Tottenham Hotspur	Old Trafford
45	Wed 13 Mar 2002	UEFA Champions League	MU	0 - 0	Bayern Munich	Old Trafford
46	Sat 16 Mar 2002	Premiership	West Ham United	3 - 5	MU	Upton Park
47	Tue 19 Mar 2002	UEFA Champions League	Boavista	0 - 3	MU	Estadio do Bessa
48	Sat 23 Mar 2002	Premiership	MU	0 - 1	Middlesbrough	Old Trafford
49	Sat 30 Mar 2002	Premiership	Leeds United	3 - 4	MU	Elland Road
50	Tue 2 Apr 2002	UEFA Champions League	Deportivo La Coruna	0 - 2	MU	Estadio de Riazor
51	Sat 6 Apr 2002	Premiership	Leicester City	0 - 1	MU	Filbert Street
52	Wed 10 Apr 2002	UEFA Champions League	MU	3 - 2	Deportivo La Coruna	Old Trafford
53	Sat 20 Apr 2002	Premiership	Chelsea	0 - 3	MU	Stamford Bridge
54	Wed 24 Apr 2002	UEFA Champions League	MU	2 - 2	Bayer Leverkusen	Old Trafford
55	Sat 27 Apr 2002	Premiership	Ipswich Town	0 - 1	MU	Portman Road
56	Tue 30 Apr 2002	UEFA Champions League	Bayer Leverkusen	1 - 1	MU	Bayarena
57	Wed 8 May 2002	Premiership	MU	0 - 1	Arsenal	Old Trafford
58	Sat 11 May 2002	Premiership	MU	0 - 0	Charlton Athletic	Old Trafford

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Premiership matches(38)

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1	Sun 19 Aug 2001	Premiership	MU	3 - 2	Fulham	Old Trafford
2	Wed 22 Aug 2001	Premiership	Blackburn Rovers	2 - 2	MU	Ewood Park
3	Sun 26 Aug 2001	Premiership	Aston Villa	1 - 1	MU	Villa Park
4	Sat 8 Sep 2001	Premiership	MU	4 - 1	Everton	Old Trafford
5	Sat 15 Sep 2001	Premiership	Newcastle United	4 - 3	MU	St James' Park
6	Sat 22 Sep 2001	Premiership	MU	4 - 0	Ipswich Town	Old Trafford
7	Sat 29 Sep 2001	Premiership	Tottenham Hotspur	3 - 5	MU	White Hart Lane
8	Sat 13 Oct 2001	Premiership	Sunderland	1 - 3	MU	Stadium of Light
9	Sat 20 Oct 2001	Premiership	MU	1 - 2	Bolton Wanderers	Old Trafford
10	Sat 27 Oct 2001	Premiership	MU	1 - 1	Leeds United	Old Trafford
11	Sun 4 Nov 2001	Premiership	Liverpool	3 - 1	MU	Anfield
12	Sat 17 Nov 2001	Premiership	MU	2 - 0	Leicester City	Old Trafford
13	Sun 25 Nov 2001	Premiership	Arsenal	3 - 1	MU	Highbury
14	Sat 1 Dec 2001	Premiership	MU	0 - 3	Chelsea	Old Trafford
15	Sat 8 Dec 2001	Premiership	MU	0 - 1	West Ham United	Old Trafford
16	Wed 12 Dec 2001	Premiership	MU	5 - 0	Derby County	Old Trafford
17	Sat 15 Dec 2001	Premiership	Middlesbrough	0 - 1	MU	Riverside Stadium
18	Sat 22 Dec 2001	Premiership	MU	6 - 1	Southampton	Old Trafford
19	Wed 26 Dec 2001	Premiership	Everton	0 - 2	MU	Goodison Park
20	Sun 30 Dec 2001	Premiership	Fulham	2 - 3	MU	Craven Cottage
21	Wed 2 Jan 2002	Premiership	MU	3 - 1	Newcastle United	Old Trafford
22	Sun 13 Jan 2002	Premiership	Southampton	1 - 3	MU	St Mary's Stadium
23	Sat 19 Jan 2002	Premiership	MU	2 - 1	Blackburn Rovers	Old Trafford
24	Tue 22 Jan 2002	Premiership	MU	0 - 1	Liverpool	Old Trafford
25	Tue 29 Jan 2002	Premiership	Bolton Wanderers	0 - 4	MU	The Reebok Stadium
26	Sat 2 Feb 2002	Premiership	MU	4 - 1	Sunderland	Old Trafford
27	Sun 10 Feb 2002	Premiership	Charlton Athletic	0 - 2	MU	The Valley
28	Sat 23 Feb 2002	Premiership	MU	1 - 0	Aston Villa	Old Trafford
29	Sun 3 Mar 2002	Premiership	Derby County	2 - 2	MU	Pride Park
30	Wed 6 Mar 2002	Premiership	MU	4 - 0	Tottenham Hotspur	Old Trafford
31	Sat 16 Mar 2002	Premiership	West Ham United	3 - 5	MU	Upton Park
32	Sat 23 Mar 2002	Premiership	MU	0 - 1	Middlesbrough	Old Trafford
33	Sat 30 Mar 2002	Premiership	Leeds United	3 - 4	MU	Elland Road
34	Sat 6 Apr 2002	Premiership	Leicester City	0 - 1	MU	Filbert Street
35	Sat 20 Apr 2002	Premiership	Chelsea	0 - 3	MU	Stamford Bridge
36	Sat 27 Apr 2002	Premiership	Ipswich Town	0 - 1	MU	Portman Road
37	Wed 8 May 2002	Premiership	MU	0 - 1	Arsenal	Old Trafford
38	Sat 11 May 2002	Premiership	MU	0 - 0	Charlton Athletic	Old Trafford

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In the matches table above, where MU * (or NH *) appears in the home team column, it indicates a match played at a neutral venue.

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Squad(34)

name

sts

sbs

aps

gls

Gary Neville	48	3	51	0
Paul Scholes	46	5	51	9
Mikael Silvestre	44	7	51	1
Fabien Barthez	49	0	49	0
Ruud van Nistelrooy	44	5	49	36
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer	30	17	47	25
Laurent Blanc	46	0	46	3
Roy Keane	42	1	43	4
David Beckham	38	5	43	16
Juan Sebastian Veron	38	2	40	5
Ryan Giggs	32	8	40	9
Phil Neville	27	11	38	2
Nicky Butt	31	6	37	1
Wes Brown	20	4	24	0
Denis Irwin	19	4	23	0
Ronny Johnsen	17	2	19	1
Quinton Fortune	11	8	19	1
Diego Forlan	7	11	18	0
Dwight Yorke	6	10	16	1
Andy Cole	8	7	15	5
John O'Shea	5	8	13	0
Luke Chadwick	7	4	11	0
Roy Carroll	9	1	10	0
Michael Stewart	3	2	5	0
David May	3	0	3	0
Ronnie Wallwork	2	1	3	0
Jaap Stam	2	0	2	0
Raimond van der Gouw	0	2	2	0
Jimmy Davis	1	0	1	0
Bojan Djordjic	1	0	1	0
Lee Roche	1	0	1	0
Danny Webber	1	0	1	0
Michael Clegg	0	1	1	0
Daniel Nardiello	0	1	1	0

Season profile

After three consecutive years of success, the 2001-2002 season brought no trophies. In the Premiership, despite gaining only three fewer points than the previous season, Manchester United could only finish in third place behind Arsenal and Liverpool.

Large sums were spent in the summer to add to the previous season’s title-winning team. Ruud van Nistelrooy was bought from PSV Eindhoven and Juan Sebastian Veron from Lazio. Alex Ferguson also bought yet another goalkeeper (Roy Carroll from Wigan). He bought six goalkeepers between 1999 and 2005. van Nistelrooy was an immediate success, but Veron wasn’t. With a midfield of Beckham, Scholes, Keane and Giggs, and with Butt in reserve, it was difficult to see where Veron was going to play.

Manchester United lost nine league games in 2001-2002, more than during any previous Premiership season. The team was weakened defensively early in the season by the sale of Jaap Stam to Lazio. The sale took many by surprise, including Stam. Ferguson said it was a footballing decision, although Stam’s recently published book possibly didn’t help. The team still scored plenty of goals. van Nistelrooy was the leading scorer, followed by Solskjaer and then Beckham. In one remarkable game at Tottenham in September, Manchester United were losing 3-0 at half-time, only then to score five times in the second-half. In the end it was Arsenal’s season. They won both the league and the FA Cup.

Manchester United went out of the FA Cup in the fourth round following defeat by Middlesborough. They did better in the UEFA Champions League. After negotiating the two group phases, they beat Deportivo La Coruna both home and away in the quarter-finals. Only Bayer Leverkusen then stood between them and another Champions League final. But both semi-final games were drawn and Manchester United went out on away goals. Destiny was supposed to send Manchester United to the final as it was due to be played in Glasgow, a fitting location for what would be Alex Ferguson’s final game as manager of Manchester United. As things turned out, by the time Manchester United lost to Bayer Leverkusen, Ferguson had changed his mind. He wasn’t going to retire after all. Most supporters were delighted.

During the season, or at its end, a number of players left. From the treble winning team of just three years before Schmeichel, Stam, Johnsen, Irwin, Blomqvist, Cole, Yorke, and Sherringham had now all moved on.

Largest victories

	6 - 1	22/12/01 vs S'mpton
	5 - 0	12/12/01 vs Derby Co
	5 - 1	26/02/02 vs Nantes Atl
	4 - 0	29/01/02 vs Bolton Wan
	4 - 0	22/09/01 vs Ipswich T

Largest defeats

	0 - 4	05/11/01 vs Arsenal
	0 - 3	01/12/01 vs Chelsea
	0 - 2	26/01/02 vs M'boro
	1 - 3	25/11/01 vs Arsenal
	1 - 3	04/11/01 vs Liverpool

Largest crowds

	73,537	10/10/01 vs Olym Piraeus
	70,227	12/08/01 vs Liverpool
	67,683	23/03/02 vs M'boro
	67,651	17/11/01 vs Leicester
	67,646	02/01/02 vs Newcastle U

League table

Pts

1	Arsenal	38	26	9	3	79	36	87
2	Liverpool	38	24	8	6	67	30	80
3	Man Utd	38	24	5	9	87	45	77
4	Newcastle U	38	21	8	9	74	52	71
5	Leeds Utd	38	18	12	8	53	37	66
6	Chelsea	38	17	13	8	66	38	64
7	West Ham	38	15	8	15	48	57	53
8	Aston Villa	38	12	14	12	46	47	50
9	Spurs	38	14	8	16	49	53	50
10	Blackburn R	38	12	10	16	55	51	46
11	S'mpton	38	12	9	17	46	54	45
12	M'boro	38	12	9	17	35	47	45
13	Fulham	38	10	14	14	36	44	44
14	Charlton A	38	10	14	14	38	49	44
15	Everton	38	11	10	17	45	57	43
16	Bolton Wan	38	9	13	16	44	62	40
17	Sunderland	38	10	10	18	29	51	40
18	Ipswich T	38	9	9	20	41	64	36
19	Derby Co	38	8	6	24	33	63	30
20	Leicester	38	5	13	20	30	64	28

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All matches(58)

Premiership matches(38)

FA Cup matches(2)

League Cup match(1)

UEFA Champions League matches(16)

FA Charity Shield(1)

Squad(34)

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1	Tue 18 Sep 2001	Group phase	MU	1 - 0	Lille OSC	Old Trafford
2	Tue 25 Sep 2001	Group phase	Deportivo La Coruna	2 - 1	MU	Estadio de Riazor
3	Wed 10 Oct 2001	Group phase	Olympiakos Piraeus	0 - 2	MU	Rizoupoli
4	Wed 17 Oct 2001	Group phase	MU	2 - 3	Deportivo La Coruna	Old Trafford
5	Tue 23 Oct 2001	Group phase	MU	3 - 0	Olympiakos Piraeus	Old Trafford
6	Wed 31 Oct 2001	Group phase	Lille OSC	1 - 1	MU	Stade de France
7	Tue 20 Nov 2001	Group phase	Bayern Munich	1 - 1	MU	Olympic Stadium
8	Wed 5 Dec 2001	Group phase	MU	3 - 0	Boavista	Old Trafford
9	Wed 20 Feb 2002	Group phase	Nantes Atlantique	1 - 1	MU	Stade Beaujoire
10	Tue 26 Feb 2002	Group phase	MU	5 - 1	Nantes Atlantique	Old Trafford
11	Wed 13 Mar 2002	Group phase	MU	0 - 0	Bayern Munich	Old Trafford
12	Tue 19 Mar 2002	Group phase	Boavista	0 - 3	MU	Estadio do Bessa
13	Tue 2 Apr 2002	Quarter-Final - 1st leg	Deportivo La Coruna	0 - 2	MU	Estadio de Riazor
14	Wed 10 Apr 2002	Quarter-Final - 2nd leg	MU	3 - 2	Deportivo La Coruna	Old Trafford
15	Wed 24 Apr 2002	Semi-Final - 1st leg	MU	2 - 2	Bayer Leverkusen	Old Trafford
16	Tue 30 Apr 2002	Semi-Final - 2nd leg	Bayer Leverkusen	1 - 1	MU	Bayarena