2001-02 in Scottish football

20001–02 in Scottish football
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Premier League champions
Celtic
First Division champions
Partick Thistle
Second Division champions
Queen of the South
Third Division champions
Brechin City
Scottish Cup winners
Rangers
League Cup winners
Rangers
Challenge Cup winners
Airdrieonians
Junior Cup winners
Linlithgow Rose
Teams in Europe
Celtic, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, RangersFraserburgh
Scotland national team
2002 World Cup qualification

The 2001–02 season was the 105th season of competitive football in Scotland.

Contents

League Competitions

Scottish Premier League

The 2001–02 Scottish Premier League was won by Celtic. Rangers finished second and therefore qualified for a UEFA Champions League place alongside Celtic. Livingston, in their debut season in Scotland's top division, qualified for the UEFA Cup along with Aberdeen. St. Johnstone were relegated to the First Division.

PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Celtic3833419418+76103UEFA Champions League 2002–03 Third qualifying round
2Rangers38251038227+5585UEFA Cup 2002–03 First round
3Livingston381610125047+358UEFA Cup 2002–03 Qualifying round
4Aberdeen38167155149+255UEFA Cup 2002–03 Qualifying round
5Heart of Midlothian38146185257−548
6Dunfermline Athletic38129174164−2345
7Kilmarnock381310154454−1049
8Dundee United381210163859−2146
9Dundee38128184155−1444
10Hibernian381011175156−541
11Motherwell38117204969−2040
12St. Johnstone3856272462−3821Relegated to First Division 2002-03

Scottish First Division

PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Partick Thistle36199861382366Promoted to Scottish Premier League 2002-03
2Airdrieonians3615111059401956Went into liquidation and resigned from the league
3Ayr United361313105344952
4Ross County361410125143852
5Clyde361310135156−549
6Inverness CT36139146051948
7Arbroath36146164259−1748
8St. Mirren361112134353−1045
9Falkirk36109174973−2439
10Raith Rovers36811175062−1235
Relegated to Second Division 2002-03

Scottish Second Division

PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Queen of the South36207964422267
Promoted To First Division 2002-03
2Alloa Athletic361514755332259
3Forfar Athletic36158135147453
4Clydebank36149134445−151
5Hamilton Academical36139144944548
6Berwick Rangers361211134452−847
7Stranraer361015114851−345
8Cowdenbeath361111144951−244
9Stenhousemuir36812163357−2436
10Greenock Morton36714154863−1535
Relegated to Third Division 2002-03

Scottish Third Division

PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion
1Brechin City36227767382973Promoted to Second Division 2002-03
2Dumbarton361871159481161
3Albion Rovers362211951321959
4Peterhead361751463521156
5Montrose36167134339455
6Elgin City36138154547−247
7East Stirlingshire36124205158−740
8East Fife36117183956−3240
9Stirling Albion36910174568−2337
10Queen's Park3698193853−1535

Other honours

Cup honours

CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upReport
Scottish Cup 2001–02Rangers3 – 2CelticWikipedia article
League Cup 2001–02Rangers4 – 0Ayr UnitedWikipedia article
Challenge Cup 2001–02Airdrieonians2 – 1Alloa AthleticWikipedia article
Youth CupRangers4 – 2Ayr United
Junior CupLinlithgow Rose1 – 0Auchinleck Talbot

Individual honours

SPFA awards

AwardPlayerTeam
Players' Player of the YearItaly Lorenzo AmorusoRangers
Young Player of the YearScotland Kevin McNaughtonAberdeen

SFWA awards

AwardPlayerTeam
Footballer of the YearScotland Paul LambertCeltic
Young Player of the YearScotland James McFaddenMotherwell
Manager of the YearNorthern Ireland Martin O'NeillCeltic

Scottish clubs in Europe

ClubCompetition(s)Final roundCoef.
CelticUEFA Champions League
UEFA Cup
Group stage
Third round
10.00
RangersUEFA Champions League
UEFA Cup
Third qualifying round
Fourth round
11.50
KilmarnockUEFA CupFirst round3.00
HibernianUEFA CupFirst round2.00

Average coefficient - 6.625

Scotland national team

DateVenueOpponentsScore[1]CompetitionScotland scorer(s)Report
1 SeptemberHampden Park, Glasgow (H) Croatia0–0WCQG6BBC Sport
5 SeptemberStade Roi Baudouin, Brussels (A) Belgium0–2WCQG6BBC Sport
6 OctoberHampden Park, Glasgow (H) Latvia2–1WCQG6Dougie Freedman, David WeirBBC Sport
27 MarchStade de France, Saint-Denis (A) France0–5FriendlyBBC Sport
17 AprilPittodrie, Aberdeen (H) Nigeria1–2FriendlyChristian DaillyBBC Sport
16 MayAsiad Main Stadium, Busan (A) Korea Republic1–4FriendlyScott DobieBBC Sport
20 MayMongkok Stadium, Hong Kong (N) South Africa0–2FriendlyBBC Sport

Key:

  • (H) = Home match
  • (A) = Away match
  • WCQG6 = World Cup Qualifying - Group 6

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.

External links

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