2001–02 West Ham United F.C. season

West Ham United
2001–02 season
ChairmanTerry Brown
ManagerGlenn Roeder
StadiumBoleyn Ground
FA Premier League7th
FA CupFourth round
(knocked out by Chelsea)
League CupSecond round
(knocked out by Reading)
Top goalscorerLeague: Frédéric Kanouté (11)
All: Jermain Defoe (14)
Average home league attendance31,359

During the 2001–02 English football season, West Ham United F.C. competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Barclaycard Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Leeds United 38 18 12 8 53 37 +16 66 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
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
9 Tottenham Hotspur 38 14 8 16 49 53 −4 50
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.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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  ENG David James
2 DF  CZE Tomáš Řepka
3 DF  ENG Nigel Winterburn
4 MF  SCO Don Hutchison[a]
5 DF  SVK Vladimír Labant
6 DF  AUS Hayden Foxe
7 DF  SCO Christian Dailly
8 MF  ENG Trevor Sinclair
10 FW  ITA Paolo Di Canio
11 MF  NIR Steve Lomas[b]
12 FW  ENG Paul Kitson
14 FW  FRA Frédéric Kanouté[c]
15 DF  CMR Rigobert Song
16 MF  ENG John Moncur
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 GK  TRI Shaka Hislop[d]
19 DF  ENG Ian Pearce
20 DF  ENG Scott Minto
21 MF  ENG Michael Carrick
24 DF  NOR Ragnvald Soma
25 FW  ENG Jermain Defoe
26 MF  ENG Joe Cole
27 DF  IRL Shaun Byrne[e]
28 MF  FRA Laurent Courtois
29 FW  GUI Titi Camara
30 DF  FRA Sébastien Schemmel
33 MF  AUS Richard Garcia
34 MF  NIR Grant McCann

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
18 FW  BUL Svetoslav Todorov (to Portsmouth)
36 MF  ENG Adam Newton[f] (to Peterborough United)
38 MF  ENG Steven Clark (to Southend United)
No. Pos. Nation Player
39 DF  ENG Anwar Uddin (to Sheffield Wednesday)
40 DF  AUS Steve Laurie (to Peterborough United)
MF  ITA Emmanuel Cascione (to Pistoiese)

Reserve squad

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
13 GK  SWE Sven Andersson
22 GK  CAN Craig Forrest
23 DF  ENG Steve Potts
31 FW  TUR Omer Riza[g]
32 GK  ENG Stephen Bywater
No. Pos. Nation Player
35 DF  ENG Gary Charles
37 MF  AUS Michael Ferrante
39 DF  ENG Izzy Iriekpen
41 GK  IRL David Forde
MF  ENG Leon Britton

Results

Premier League

18 August 2001 1 Liverpool 2–1 West Ham United Liverpool
15:00 BST Owen 17', 77' Report Di Canio 30' (pen.) Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 43,935
Referee: Jeff Winter
25 August 2001 2 West Ham United 0–0 Leeds United Upton Park, London
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 24,517
Referee: Paul Durkin
8 September 2001 3 Derby County 0–0 West Ham United Derby
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Pride Park
Attendance: 27,802
Referee: Clive Wilkes
15 September 2001 4 Middlesbrough 2–0 West Ham United Middlesbrough
15:00 BST Deane 31'
Johnston 41'
Report Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 25,445
Referee: Mike Riley
23 September 2001 5 West Ham United 3–0 Newcastle United Upton Park, London
16:00 BST Hutchison 18'
Di Canio 53'
Kanouté 82'
Report Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 28,840
Referee: Peter Jones
29 September 2001 6 Everton 5–0 West Ham United Liverpool
15:00 BST Campbell 45'
Hutchison 52' (o.g.)
Gravesen 56'
Watson 75'
Radzinski 79'
Report Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 32,049
Referee: Paul Durkin
14 October 2001 7 Blackburn Rovers 7–1 West Ham United Blackburn
14:00 BST Flitcroft 18'
Dunn 27'
Johnson 28'
McCann 63' (o.g.)
Tugay 80'
Jansen 82'
Hignett 90'
Report Carrick 39' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 22,712
Referee: Andy D'Urso
20 October 2001 8 West Ham United 2–0 Southampton Upton Park, London
15:00 BST Kanouté 53', 81' Report Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 25,842
Referee: Neale Barry
24 October 2001 9 West Ham United 2–1 Chelsea Upton Park, London
19:45 BST Carrick 5'
Kanouté 13'
Report Hasselbaink 22' Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 26,520
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
28 October 2001 10 Ipswich Town 2–3 West Ham United Ipswich
14:00 GMT Hreiðarsson 63'
Holland 90'
Report Di Canio 22'
Kanouté 71'
Defoe 90'
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 22,834
Referee: Steve Dunn
3 November 2001 11 West Ham United 0–2 Fulham Upton Park, London
19:45 GMT Report Legwinski 44'
Malbranque 65'
Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 26,217
Referee: Graham Barber
19 November 2001 12 Charlton Athletic 4–4 West Ham United Charlton, London
20:00 GMT Euell 21', 28'
Johansson 51', 90'
Report Kitson 3', 30', 64'
Defoe 84'
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 23,198
Referee: Alan Wiley
24 November 2001 13 West Ham United 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Upton Park, London
15:00 GMT Report Ferdinand 50' Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 32,780
Referee: David Elleray
1 December 2001 14 Sunderland 1–0 West Ham United Sunderland
15:00 GMT Phillips 85' Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 47,437
Referee: Peter Jones
5 December 2001 15 West Ham United 1–1 Aston Villa Upton Park, London
19:45 GMT Defoe 90' Report Dublin 1' Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 28,377
Referee: Mike Dean
8 December 2001 16 Manchester United 0–1 West Ham United Manchester
15:00 GMT Report Defoe 64' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 67,582
Referee: Paul Durkin
15 December 2001 17 West Ham United 1–1 Arsenal Upton Park, London
15:00 GMT Kanouté 36' Report Cole 39' Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 34,523
Referee: Mike Riley
22 December 2001 18 Leicester City 1–1 West Ham United Leicester
15:00 GMT Izzet 43' Report Di Canio 74' (pen.) Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 20,131
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
26 December 2001 19 West Ham United 4–0 Derby County Upton Park, London
12:00 GMT Schemmel 5'
Di Canio 73'
Sinclair 86'
Defoe 90'
Report Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 31,379
Referee: Graham Poll
29 December 2001 20 West Ham United 1–1 Liverpool Upton Park, London
15:00 GMT Sinclair 39' Report Owen 88' Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 35,103
Referee: Rob Styles
1 January 2002 21 Leeds United 3–0 West Ham United Leeds
20:00 GMT Viduka 4', 7'
Fowler 50'
Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 39,320
Referee: Steve Dunn
12 January 2002 22 West Ham United 1–0 Leicester City Upton Park, London
15:00 GMT Di Canio 36' Report Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 34,698
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
20 January 2002 23 Chelsea 5–1 West Ham United Fulham, London
14:00 GMT Hasselbaink 45', 60'
Guðjohnsen 51', 87'
Forssell 90'
Report Defoe 88' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 40,035
Referee: Andy D'Urso
30 January 2002 24 Southampton 2–0 West Ham United Southampton
19:45 GMT Davies 43'
Fernandes 66'
Report Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 31,879
Referee: Phil Dowd
2 February 2002 25 West Ham United 2–0 Blackburn Rovers Upton Park, London
15:00 GMT Sinclair 17'
Kanouté 56'
Report Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 35,307
Referee: Peter Jones
9 February 2002 26 Bolton Wanderers 1–0 West Ham United Horwich
15:00 GMT Gardner 38' Report Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 24,342
Referee: David Pugh
23 February 2002 27 West Ham United 1–0 Middlesbrough Upton Park, London
15:00 GMT Kanouté 76' Report Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 35,420
Referee: Chris Foy
2 March 2002 28 Aston Villa 2–1 West Ham United Birmingham
15:00 GMT Ángel 23'
Darius Vassell 90'
Report Di Canio 13', pen.' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 37,341
Referee: Graham Barber
6 March 2002 29 West Ham United 1–0 Everton Upton Park, London
19:45 GMT Sinclair 59' Report Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 29,883
Referee: Barry Knight
16 March 2002 30 West Ham United 3–5 Manchester United Upton Park, London
15:00 GMT Lomas 8'
Kanouté 20'
Defoe 78'
Report Beckham 17', 89' (pen.)
Butt 22'
Scholes 55'
Solskjær 64'
Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 35,281
Referee: Mark Halsey
30 March 2002 31 West Ham United 3–1 Ipswich Town Upton Park, London
15:00 GMT Lomas 36'
Di Canio 74'
Defoe 86'
Report M. Bent 71' Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 33,871
Referee: Alan Wiley
1 April 2002 32 Fulham 0–1 West Ham United Fulham, London
15:00 BST Report Kanouté 20' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 19,416
Referee: Mark Halsey
6 April 2002 33 West Ham United 2–0 Charlton Athletic Upton Park, London
15:00 BST Di Canio 23', pen.'
Kanouté 34'
Report Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 32,389
Referee: Mike Riley
13 April 2002 34 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 West Ham United Tottenham, London
15:00 BST Sheringham 53' Report Pearce 89' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,083
Referee: Neale Barry
20 April 2002 35 West Ham United 3–0 Sunderland Upton Park, London
15:00 BST Sinclair 28'
Lomas 52'
Defoe 77'
Report Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 33,319
Referee: Steve Bennett
24 April 2002 36 Arsenal 2–0 West Ham United Holloway, London
20:00 BST Ljungberg 77'
Kanu 80'
Report Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 38,038
Referee: Steve Dunn
27 April 2002 37 Newcastle United 3–1 West Ham United Newcastle-upon-Tyne
15:00 BST Shearer 41'
LuaLua 53'
Robert 66'
Report Defoe 20' Stadium: St. James' Park
Attendance: 52,127
Referee: Paul Durkin
11 May 2002 38 West Ham United 2–1 Bolton Wanderers Upton Park, London
15:00 BST Lomas 45'
Pearce 89'
Report Djorkaeff 67' Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 35,546
Referee: Mike Dean

League Cup

11 September 2001 Second Round Reading 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)
West Ham United Reading
19:45 BST Report Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 21,173
Referee: Bill Jordan
Penalties
A. Smith
Murty
Rougier
Harper
Igoe
Henderson
Viveash
Hutchison
Courtois
Carrick
Sinclair
Defoe
Dailly
Minto

FA Cup

6 January 2002 Third Round Macclesfield Town 0–3 West Ham United Macclesfield
13:00 GMT Report Defoe 45', 72'
Cole 84'
Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 5,706
Referee: Jeff Winter
26 January 2002 Fourth Round Chelsea 1–1 West Ham United Fulham, London
15:00 GMT Hasselbaink 21' Report Kanouté 82' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 33,443
Referee: David Elleray
6 February 2002 Fourth Round Replay West Ham United 2–3 Chelsea Upton Park, London
19:45 GMT Defoe 37', 50' Report Hasselbaink 41'
Forssell 65'
Terry 90'
Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 27,272
Referee: Graham Poll

Statistics

Overview

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 38 15 8 15 48 57 −9 039.47
FA Cup 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 033.33
League Cup 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00
Total 42 16 10 16 54 61 −7 038.10

Goalscorers

Rank Pos No. Nat Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
1 ST 25 Jermain Defoe 10 4 0 14
2 ST 14 Frédéric Kanouté 11 1 0 12
3 ST 10 Paolo Di Canio 9 0 0 9
4 MF 8 Trevor Sinclair 5 0 0 5
5 MF 11 Steve Lomas 4 0 0 4
6 ST 9 Paul Kitson 3 0 0 3
7 DF 19 Ian Pearce 2 0 0 2
MF 21 Michael Carrick 2 0 0 2
9 MF 4 Don Hutchison 1 0 0 1
MF 26 Joe Cole 0 1 0 1
DF 30 Sebastien Schemmel 1 0 0 1
Totals 48 6 0 54

League position by matchday

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHHAHHHAHHHAAH
ResultLDDLWLLWWWLDLLDWDDWDLWLLWLWLWLWWWDWLLW
Position121717201518191514111415151616161415111111111214111210131010108777787
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK  ENG David James 29 0 26 0 3 0 0 0
17 GK  TRI Shaka Hislop 13 0 12 0 0 0 1 0
Defenders
2 DF  CZE Tomáš Řepka 34 0 31 0 3 0 0 0
3 DF  ENG Nigel Winterburn 34 0 29+2 0 3 0 0 0
5 DF  SVK Vladimír Labant 14 0 7+5 0 0+2 0 0 0
6 DF  AUS Hayden Foxe 7 0 4+2 0 0+1 0 0 0
7 DF  SCO Christian Dailly 42 0 38 0 3 0 1 0
15 DF  CMR Rigobert Song 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 0
19 DF  ENG Ian Pearce 9 2 8+1 2 0 0 0 0
20 DF  ENG Scott Minto 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 0
24 DF  NOR Ragnvald Soma 4 0 1+2 0 1 0 0 0
27 DF  IRL Shaun Byrne 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
30 DF  FRA Sebastian Schemmel 39 1 35 1 3 0 1 0
Midfielders
4 MF  SCO Don Hutchison 28 1 24 1 3 0 1 0
8 MF  ENG Trevor Sinclair 37 5 34 5 2 0 1 0
11 MF  NIR Steve Lomas 17 4 14+1 4 1+1 0 0 0
16 MF  ENG John Moncur 21 0 7+12 0 1 0 1 0
21 MF  ENG Michael Carrick 32 2 30 2 1 0 1 0
26 MF  ENG Joe Cole 33 1 29+1 0 3 1 0 0
28 MF  FRA Laurent Courtois 8 0 5+2 0 0 0 0+1 0
33 MF  AUS Richard Garcia 9 0 2+6 0 0 0 0+1 0
34 MF  NIR Grant McCann 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
10 FW  ITA Paolo Di Canio 27 9 26 9 1 0 0 0
12 FW  ENG Paul Kitson 9 3 3+4 3 2 0 0 0
14 FW  FRA Frédéric Kanouté 28 12 27 11 1 1 0 0
25 FW  ENG Jermain Defoe 39 13 14+21 10 2+1 3 1 0
29 FW  GUI Titi Camara 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
18 FW  BUL Svetoslav Todorov 8 0 2+4 0 0+1 0 1 0

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
4 July 2001 RB Sebastien Schemmel FC Metz £465,000
11 July 2001 GK David James Aston Villa £4,300,000
7 August 2001 MF Laurent Courtois Toulouse Free
30 August 2001 MF Don Hutchison Sunderland £5,000,000[2]
14 September 2001 DF Tomáš Řepka Fiorentina £5,500,000[3]
25 November 2001 GK Sven Andersson Helsingborgs IF Free
11 January 2002 DF Vladimír Labant Sparta Prague £1,200,000
1 February 2002 GK David Forde Barry Town £15,000

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
14 June 2001 MF Frank Lampard Chelsea £11,000,000[4]
20 June 2001 DF Stuart Pearce Manchester City Free[5]
5 July 2001 FW Amos Foyewa Bournemouth Free
11 July 2001 DF Stevland Angus Cambridge United Free
13 July 2001 DF Igor Štimac Hajduk Split Free[6]
14 July 2001 DF Terrell Forbes Queens Park Rangers Free
9 August 2001 FW Gavin Holligan Wycombe Wanderers Free
16 November 2001 FW Davor Šuker 1860 Munich Free
17 January 2002 DF Steve Laurie Peterborough United Free
25 January 2002 MF Steven Clark Southend United £15,000
27 February 2002 DF Anwar Uddin Sheffield Wednesday Free
19 March 2002 FW Svetoslav Todorov Portsmouth £750,000[7]
1 May 2002 DF Adam Newton Peterborough United Free

Notes

  1. ^ Hutchison was born in Gateshead, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father, and made his international debut for Scotland in March 1999.
  2. ^ Lomas was born in Hanover, Germany, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1994.
  3. ^ Kanouté was born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Mali internationally through his father and made his international debut for Mali in 2004.
  4. ^ Hislop was born in Hackney, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but was raised in Trinidad and Tobago and made his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 1999.
  5. ^ Byrne was born in Taplow, England, but qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and has represented them at U-16 and U-21 level.
  6. ^ Newton was born in Ascot, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally and would make his international debut for Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2004.
  7. ^ Rıza was born in Edmonton, England, but qualified to represent Turkey internationally and has represented them at A2 level.

References

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - West Ham United - 2001/02".
  2. ^ "Roeder signs Hutchison". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 August 2001. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Repka set for Hammers debut". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 September 2001. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Chelsea land Lampard". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 14 June 2001. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Pearce set to join Manchester City". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 20 June 2001. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Stimac returns to Croatia". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 13 July 2001. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Pompey seal Todorov deal". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 19 March 2002. Retrieved 9 October 2020.