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2001–02 Manchester City F.C. season

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Manchester City
2001–02 season
OwnerPublicly traded company
ManagerKevin Keegan
First Division1st (promoted)
FA CupFifth round
League CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Shaun Goater (28 goals)
All: Shaun Goater (32 goals)
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Results summary - all competitions
Wins Draws Losses Win %
Home 21 3 1 84.0%
Away 14 3 10 51.9%
Both 35 6 11 67.3%
Results summary - First Division
Wins Draws Losses Win %
Home 19 3 1 82.6%
Away 12 3 8 52.2%
Both 31 6 9 67.4%

The 2001–02 season was Manchester City Football Club's 110th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight. This season was the club's most recent season of second-tier league football, with the team playing in the Football League First Division following its immediate relegation from the Premier League in the previous season after its promotion the season before that. This time around the team was promoted at the first time of asking, with it winning the First Division by a clear 10 points while scoring more than 100 league goals for the first time since the 1957–58 season.[1]

Season review

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The team's performance in the First Division this season matched a number of prior club records whilst also setting some new ones. The team equaled the record number of total goals scored (108) in any prior season; set a new club high for total league points accumulated (99) in a single season (since 3 points for a win was introduced into English football); produced the highest number of seasonal wins (31); and equaled the club's prior record for the total number of home wins (19). Additionally, Manchester City's First Division championship title became a record seventh English second-tier title won by the club, a record until Leicester City won their eighth in 2024. Shaun Goater, the club's leading goal scorer this campaign with a tally of 32 goals - making him the first City player since Francis Lee in 1972 to net more than 30 goals in a season - scored 28 of those in the club's pursuit of promotion back to the top flight, which meant that he was also the leading goal scorer in the First Division this season.

Team kit

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The team kit was produced by Le Coq Sportif and the shirt sponsor was Eidos Interactive.

Home
Away
Third

Historical league performance

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Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991–92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Premier LeagueFootball League Division OneFootball League Division TwoFootball League Division OnePremier LeagueFootball League First Division

Games

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Position in final standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester City (C, P) 46 31 6 9 108 52 +56 99 Promotion to the Premier League
2 West Bromwich Albion (P) 46 27 8 11 61 29 +32 89
3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 25 11 10 76 43 +33 86 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4 Millwall 46 22 11 13 69 48 +21 77
5 Birmingham City (O, P) 46 21 13 12 70 49 +21 76
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 31 6 9 108 52  +56 99 19 3 1 63 19  +44 12 3 8 45 33  +12

Last updated: 21 April 2002 (end of season).
Source: Football League First Division 2001–02

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAHAAHAAHHHHAHAAHAHAAAHHHHAHAHAHAHHAAAHAAHAHAH
ResultWLWWLWLWWLDDLWDWWLWWWLWWDWWWWWLWDWWWWWWLDWWWWW
Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2002 (end of season). Source: 2001–02 Football League First Division
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Individual match reports

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11 August 2001 Manchester City England 3 – 0 England Watford Manchester, England
15:00 Goater 59'
Berkovic 64'
Pearce 87'
(Report) Robinson Yellow card 72' Yellow-red card Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 33,939
Referee: Mike Riley
18 August 2001 Norwich City England 2 – 0 England Manchester City Norwich
15:00 Libbra 75'
McVeigh
(Report) Wanchope Yellow card 90' Yellow-red card Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 18,745
Referee: Paul Taylor
25 August 2001 Manchester City England 5 – 2 England Crewe Alexandra Manchester
17:15 Wanchope 33', 90'
Pearce pen' (41)
Goater 80', 89'
(Report) Hulse 44'
Little 45'
Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 32,844
Referee: Howard Webb
27 August 2001 Burnley England 2 – 4 England Manchester City Burnley
18:15 Davis 25'
Armstrong Red card 36'
Briscoe 52'
(Report) Goater 17', 62', 86'
Wanchope 50'
Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 19,602
Referee: Clive Wilkes
8 September 2001 West Bromwich Albion England 4 – 0 England Manchester City West Bromwich
15:00 McInnes 10'
Clement pen' (66), 79'
Dobie 83'
(Report) Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 23,524
Referee: Graham Frankland
15 September 2001 Manchester City England 3 – 0 England Birmingham City Manchester
12:30 Goater 23', 42'
Dunne 25'
(Report) Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 31,714
Referee: Jeff Winter
19 September 2001 Coventry City England 4 – 3 England Manchester City Coventry
19:45 Pearce og' (15)
Konjic 45'
Hughes 65'
Thompson 89'
(Report) Benarbia 29'
Horlock 57'
Hall og' (72)
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 18,804
Referee: Roger Furnandiz
22 September 2001 Sheffield Wednesday England 2 – 6 England Manchester City Sheffield
15:00 Bonvin 3'
Bromby 47'
(Report) Benarbia 32'
Goater 35', 70'
Granville 59'
Wanchope 68', pen' (79)
Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 25,731
Referee: Roy Pearson
25 September 2001 Manchester City England 3 – 0 England Walsall Manchester
19:45 Benarbia 24'
Goater 41'
Wanchope pen' (59)
(Report) Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 31,525
Referee: Rob Harris
29 September 2001 Manchester City England 0 – 4 England Wimbledon Manchester
15:00 (Report) Connolly 23', pen' (35)
Shipperley 83', 90'
Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 32,989
Referee: John Brandwood
13 October 2001 Manchester City England 2 – 2 England Stockport County Manchester
15:00 Benarbia 51'
Goater 84'
(Report) Hurst 50'
Kuqi pen' (68)
Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 34,214
Referee: David Pugh
16 October 2001 Manchester City England 0 – 0 England Sheffield United Manchester
19:45 Horlock Yellow card 76' Yellow-red card (Report) Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 32,454
Referee: Steve Bennett
21 October 2001 Preston North End England 2 – 1 England Manchester City Preston
14:15 Healy 50'
Macken 67'
(Report) Huckerby 37'
Berkovic Red card 89'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 21,013
Referee: Mike Dean
23 October 2001 Manchester City England 4 – 0 England Grimsby Town Manchester
19:45 Goater 2'
Howey 20'
Huckerby 24', 64'
(Report) Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 30,797
Referee: Mark Cowburn
28 October 2001 Nottingham Forest England 1 – 1 England Manchester City Nottingham
17:15 Bart-Williams 7' (Report) Goater 9' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 28,266
Referee: John Brandwood
31 October 2001 Barnsley England 0 – 3 England Manchester City Barnsley
19:45 (Report) Goater 14'
Pearce 35'
Huckerby 45'
Stadium: Oakwell Stadium
Attendance: 15,159
Referee: Phil Joslin
3 November 2001 Manchester City England 4 – 1 England Gillingham Manchester
15:00 Goater 18', 20', 52'
Huckerby 35'
(Report) King 71' Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 33,067
Referee: Richard Beeby
17 November 2001 Portsmouth England 2 – 1 England Manchester City Portsmouth
12:30 Bradbury 54'
Crouch 78'
(Report) Huckerby 28' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 19,103
Referee: Paul Alcock
24 November 2001 Manchester City England 2 – 1 England Rotherham United Manchester
15:00 Negouai 43'
Benarbia 88'
(Report) Swailes 24' Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 34,223
Referee: Mick Fletcher
1 December 2001 Grimsby Town England 0 – 2 England Manchester City Grimsby
15:00 (Report) Huckerby pen' (74)
Goater 90'
Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 7,960
Referee: Paul Rejer
4 December 2001 Millwall England 2 – 3 England Manchester City London
19:45 Sadlier 45'
Claridge pen' (75)
(Report) Goater 23'
Huckerby 68'
Wright-Phillips 83'
Stadium: New Den
Attendance: 13,026
Referee: Clive Wilkes
8 December 2001 Crystal Palace England 2 – 1 England Manchester City London
15:15 Freedman 31'
Kirovski 45'
(Report) Goater 68' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 22,080
Referee: Bill Jordan
11 December 2001 Manchester City England 1 – 0 England Wolverhampton Wanderers Manchester
19.45 Horlock 21' (Report) Lescott Red card 42' Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 33,639
Referee: Mike Riley
16 December 2001 Manchester City England 3 – 1 England Bradford City Manchester
14:15 Mettomo 36'
Horlock 58'
Wright-Phillips 64'
(Report) Dunne og' (15) Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 30,749
Referee: Phil Richards
26 December 2001 Manchester City England 0 – 0 England West Bromwich Albion Manchester
15:00 Edghill Yellow card 48' Yellow-red card (Report) Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 34,407
Referee: Roger Furnandiz
29 December 2001 Manchester City England 5 – 1 England Burnley Manchester
12:00 Wanchope 2', 28', 45'
Berkovic 38'
Huckerby 90'
(Report) Thomas-Moore 61' Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 34,250
Referee: Matt Messias
1 January 2002 Sheffield United England 1 – 3 England Manchester City Sheffield
15:00 Brown 90' (Report) Goater 55'
Berkovic 68'
Wright-Phillips 90'
Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 26,291
Referee: Alan Wiley
13 January 2002 Manchester City England 3 – 1 England Norwich City Manchester
14:15 Tiatto Red card 12'
Berkovic 43', 65'
Wanchope pen' (61)
(Report) Nielsen 47' Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 31,794
Referee: Roy Pearson
20 January 2002 Watford England 1 – 2 England Manchester City Watford
18:15 Wanchope 30'
Helguson og' (80)
(Report) Smith 26' Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 17,724
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
30 January 2002 Manchester City England 2 – 0 England Millwall Manchester
19:45 Benarbia Red card 7'
Goater 78', 87'
(Report) Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 30,238
Referee: Peter Walton
3 February 2002 Wimbledon England 2 – 1 England Manchester City London
14:00 Shipperley 34', 69' (Report) Benarbia 54'
Pearce Red card 90'
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 10,664
Referee: Phil Dowd
23 February 2002 Walsall England 0 – 0 England Manchester City Walsall
15:00 [ (Report)] Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 7,618
Referee: David Crick
3 March 2002 Manchester City England 4 – 2 England Coventry City Manchester
13:00 Huckerby 15'
Tiatto 35'
Wright-Phillips 42', 71'
(Report) Mills 19', 88' Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 33,335
Referee: Mike Pike
5 March 2002 Birmingham City England 1 – 2 England Manchester City Birmingham
19:45 Johnson 4' (Report) Jensen 43'
Horlock 68'
Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 24,160
Referee: Bill Jordan
8 March 2002 Bradford City England 0 – 2 England Manchester City Bradford
19:45 (Report) Huckerby 44'
Macken 90'
Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 18,168
Referee: Phil Dowd
12 March 2002 Crewe Alexandra England 1 – 3 England Manchester City Crewe
19:45 Jack 55' (Report) Benarbia 30'
Huckerby 45'
Goater 75'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 10,092
Referee: Paul Danson
16 March 2002 Manchester City England 1 – 0 England Crystal Palace Manchester
15:00 Horlock 10' (Report) Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 33,637
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
19 March 2002 Stockport County England 2 – 1 England Manchester City Stockport
19:45 Hardiker 85', 90' (Report) Macken 18'
Goater Red card 30'
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 9,537
Referee: Clive Wilkes
23 March 2002 Rotherham United England 1 – 1 England Manchester City Rotherham
15:00 Lee 45' (Report) Benarbia 60' Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 11,426
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
30 March 2002 Manchester City England 3 – 0 England Nottingham Forest Manchester
15:00 Huckerby 40', 45', pen' (84) (Report) Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 34,345
Referee: Mike Jones
6 April 2002 Manchester City England 5 – 1 England Barnsley Manchester
13:00 Huckerby 12', 36', 63'
Macken 53', 70'
(Report) Dyer 43' Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 33,628
Referee: Graham Laws
13 April 2002 Gillingham England 1 – 3 England Manchester City Gillingham
15:00 Onuora 34' (Report) Horlock 20'
Goater 39'
Huckerby 85'
Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 9,494
Referee: Matt Messias
21 April 2002 Manchester City England 3 – 1 England Portsmouth Manchester
15:00 Howey 9'
Goater 27'
Macken 86'
(Report) Pitt 59' Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 34,657
Referee: Roger Furnandiz

Second round

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11 September 2001 Notts County England 2 – 2
2 – 4 (aet)
England Manchester City Nottingham
19:45 Allsopp pen' (68)
Stallard 70'
(Report) Shuker 61'
Goater 86'
Dickov 92'
Huckerby 103'
Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 5,972
Referee: Andy Hall

Third round

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10 October 2001 Manchester City England 6 – 0 England Birmingham City Manchester
19:45 Huckerby 10', 25', 81', 89'
Luntala og' (14)
Goater 53'
(Report) Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 13,912
Referee: Rob Styles

Fourth round

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28 November 2001 Blackburn Rovers England 2 – 0 England Manchester City Blackburn
19:45 Johansson 44'
D. Johnson 89'
(Report) Negouai Yellow card 26' Yellow-red card Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 17,907
Referee: Uriah Rennie

Third round

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5 January 2002 Manchester City England 2 – 0 England Swindon Town Manchester
13:00 Wanchope 8'
Horlock 62'
(Report) Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 21,581
Referee: Chris Foy

Fourth round

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27 January 2002 Ipswich Town England 1 – 4 England Manchester City Ipswich
19:00 Bent 83' (Report) Berkovic 43'
Goater 65', 86'
Huckerby 90'
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 21,119
Referee: Graham Poll

Fifth round

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17 February 2002 Newcastle United England 1 – 0 England Manchester City Newcastle
19:00 Solano 59' (Report) Dunne Red card 29' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 51,020
Referee: Alan Wiley

Playing statistics

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Appearances for competitive matches only

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England Nicky Weaver 240(1) 0 20(0) 0 20(0) 0 280(1) 0
2 DF England Stuart Pearce 380(0) 3 10(1) 0 30(0) 0 420(1) 3
3 DF England Richard Edghill 090(1) 0 10(2) 0 0 0 100(3) 0
4 DF Netherlands Gerard Wiekens 210(5) 0 10(0) 0 20(0) 0 240(5) 0
5 DF Scotland Andy Morrison 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF England Kevin Horlock 330(9) 7 30(0) 1 20(0) 0 380(9) 8
7 FW England Darren Huckerby 300(8) 20 30(2) 1 20(1) 5 35(11) 26
8 DF Australia Simon Colosimo 000(6) 0 0 0 10(0) 0 010(6) 0
8 FW England Jon Macken 040(4) 5 0 0 0 0 040(4) 5
9 FW Scotland Paul Dickov 000(6) 0 00(1) 0 00(1) 0 000(8) 1
10 FW Bermuda Shaun Goater 420(0) 28 10(1) 2 20(0) 2 450(1) 32
11 MF England Terry Cooke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 MF Martinique Christian Negouai 020(2) 1 00(2) 0 20(0) 0 040(4) 1
14 MF Israel Eyal Berkovic 200(5) 6 30(0) 1 20(1) 0 250(6) 7
15 DF Norway Alfie Haaland 000(3) 0 00(1) 0 0 0 000(4) 0
16 DF Scotland Paul Ritchie 000(7) 0 20(1) 0 00(1) 0 020(9) 0
17 DF China Sun Jihai 020(5) 0 0 0 0 0 020(5) 0
18 MF Northern Ireland Jeff Whitley 000(2) 0 0 0 0 0 000(2) 0
19 DF Australia Danny Tiatto 360(1) 1 10(0) 0 20(0) 0 390(1) 1
20 GK England Carlo Nash 220(1) 0 10(0) 0 10(0) 0 240(1) 0
21 MF France Alioune Touré 000(1) 0 0 0 00(1) 0 000(2) 0
22 DF Republic of Ireland Richard Dunne 420(2) 1 30(0) 0 30(0) 0 480(2) 1
23 FW Costa Rica Paulo Wanchope 140(1) 12 20(0) 1 10(0) 0 170(1) 13
24 DF England Steve Howey 340(0) 3 20(0) 0 20(0) 0 380(0) 3
25 DF Cameroon Lucien Mettomo 160(5) 1 0 0 10(1) 0 170(6) 1
26 DF England Tyrone Mears 000(1) 0 0 0 0 0 000(1) 0
27 DF England Stephen Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF England Tony Grant 020(1) 0 0 0 10(0) 0 030(1) 0
29 MF England Shaun Wright-Phillips 300(4) 8 30(0) 0 10(1) 0 340(5) 8
31 DF France Laurent Charvet 030(0) 0 0 0 0 0 030(0) 0
32 GK England Simon Royce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 FW England Leon Mike 010(1) 0 0 0 0 0 010(1) 0
33 FW New Zealand Chris Killen 000(2) 0 00(1) 0 0 0 000(3) 0
35 GK Republic of Ireland Brian Murphy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 DF Denmark Niclas Jensen 160(1) 1 20(1) 0 0 0 180(2) 1
36 DF England Danny Granville 120(4) 1 0 0 10(1) 0 130(5) 1
37 MF Canada Terry Dunfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 DF Wales Rhys Day 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 MF Nigeria Dickson Etuhu 110(1) 0 0 0 10(0) 0 120(1) 0
40 MF England Chris Shuker 000(2) 0 0 0 00(1) 1 000(3) 1
44 MF Algeria Ali Benarbia 380(0) 8 20(0) 0 20(0) 0 420(0) 8

Information current as of 21 April 2002 (end of season)

Last updated: 24 November 2010.
Source: (for appearances, goals and discipline stats.) All match Reports in Games section above

Goal scorers

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Information current as of 21 April 2002 (end of season)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Manchester City 2001/02 Season – Blues Return to Premier League Again". 29 May 2018.