2001–02 Arsenal F.C. season

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During the 2001–02 English football season, Arsenal competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Barclaycard Premiership for sponsorship reasons). Arsenal won the domestic double of the Premiership and FA Cup, ending a frustrating three season period in which they finished second behind Manchester United in the Premiership.

Season summary

Arsenal were in the title race for much of the season, but in the end they won it by a comfortable margin thanks to winning their final 13 games of the campaign and securing the title in the penultimate game of the season thanks to a 1–0 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford on 8 May. Four days earlier, they had triumphed in the FA Cup final with a 2–0 win over Chelsea, and the win at Old Trafford made them only the second team in English football to have won the "double" on three occasions (the other being Manchester United). Unusually, this double was secured in reverse, with the Premiership title won four days after winning the FA Cup.

The end of the season saw Arsenal's two longest-serving players call time on their playing careers. Club captain and centre-half Tony Adams, approaching 36, announced his retirement after 22 years at the club, including 19 in the senior squad, 14 of which were spent as captain. During that time, he inspired them to no less than ten major trophies. Full-back Lee Dixon, in his 38th year, decided to hang up his boots after spending 14 years of his 21-year career at Highbury.

As the season drew to a close, Arsenal's new 60,000-seat stadium was going through the final stages of planning permission and chairman Peter Hill-Wood hoped to have it ready for the start of the 2004–05 season, although during the summer of 2002 some businesses were still occupying the facilities on the industrial estate that occupied part of the planned stadium site.

Competitions

Overall

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Premier League

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Competitions

Premier League

1 18 August 2001	Middlesbrough	0–4	Arsenal	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST		Report	Henry  43' Pirès  87' (pen.) Bergkamp  88', 90'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Referee: Graham Barber

2 21 August 2001	Arsenal	1–2	Leeds United	London
19:45 BST	Wiltord  32'	Report	Harte  29' Viduka  52'	Stadium: Highbury Referee: Jeff Winter

3 25 August 2001	Arsenal	4–0	Leicester City	London
15:00 BST	Ljungberg  17' Wiltord  28' Henry  77' Kanu  90'			Stadium: Highbury Referee: Andy D'Urso

4 8 September 2001	Chelsea	1–1	Arsenal	London
15:00 BST	Hasselbaink  31' (pen.)	Report	Henry  17'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Referee: Mike Riley

5 15 September 2001	Fulham	1–3	Arsenal	London
15:00 BST	Malbranque  48'	Report	Ljungberg  17' Henry  82' Bergkamp  90'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Referee: Alan Wiley

6 22 September 2001	Arsenal	1–1	Bolton Wanderers	London
15:00 BST	Jeffers  74'	Report	Ricketts  83'	Stadium: Highbury Referee: Clive Wilkes

7 29 September 2001	Derby County	0–2	Arsenal	Derby
15:00 BST		Report	Henry  21' (pen.), 63'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Referee: Rob Styles

8 13 October 2001	Southampton	0–2	Arsenal	Southampton
15:00 BST		Report	Pirès  5' Henry  74'	Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium Referee: Graham Barber

9 20 October 2001	Arsenal	3–3	Blackburn Rovers	London
	Pirès  48' Bergkamp  53' Henry  78'	Report	Gillespie  41' Dunn  58', 89'	Stadium: Highbury Referee: Uriah Rennie

10 27 October 2001	Sunderland	1–1	Arsenal	Sunderland
	Schwarz  54'	Report	Kanu  40'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Referee: Mike Riley

11 4 November 2001	Arsenal	2–4	Charlton Athletic	London
	Henry  7', 60' (pen.)	Report	S. Brown  35' R. Wright  43' (o.g.) Jensen  49' Euell  53'	Stadium: Highbury Referee: Mark Halsey

12 17 November 2001	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Arsenal	London
15:00 GMT	Poyet  90'	Report	Pirès  81'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Referee: Jeff Winter

13 25 November 2001	Arsenal	3–1	Manchester United	London
16:00 GMT	Ljungberg  48' Henry  80', 85'	Report	Scholes  15'	Stadium: Highbury Referee: Peter Jones

14 1 December 2001	Ipswich Town	0–2	Arsenal	Ipswich
		Report	Ljungberg  5' Henry  56' (pen.)	Stadium: Portman Road Referee: David Elleray

15 9 December 2001	Arsenal	3–2	Aston Villa	London
16:00 GMT	Wiltord  46' Henry  72', 90'	Report	Merson  21' Stone  34'	Stadium: Highbury Referee: Alan Wiley

16 15 December 2001	West Ham United	1–1	Arsenal	London
15:00 GMT	Kanouté  36'	Report	Cole  39'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Referee: Mike Riley

17 18 December 2001	Arsenal	1–3	Newcastle United	London
20:00 GMT	Pirès  20'	Report	O'Brien  60' Shearer  86' (pen.) Robert  90'	Stadium: Highbury Referee: Graham Poll

18 23 December 2001	Liverpool	1–2	Arsenal	Liverpool
16:00 GMT	Litmanen  55'	Report	Henry  45' (pen.) Ljungberg  53'	Stadium: Anfield Referee: Paul Durkin

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

20 28 December 2001	Arsenal	2–1	Middlesbrough	London
	Pirès  55' Cole  80'	Report	Whelan  22'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 37,948 Referee: Andy D'Urso

21 13 January 2002	Arsenal	1–1	Liverpool	London
16:00 GMT	Ljungberg  62'	Report	Riise  68'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,132 Referee: Steve Dunn

22 20 January 2002	Leeds United	1–1	Arsenal	Leeds
16:00 GMT	Fowler  6'	Report	Pirès  45'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 40,143 Referee: Mark Halsey

23 23 January 2002	Leicester City	1–3	Arsenal	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Izzet  68'		van Bronckhorst  33' Henry  43' Wiltord  90'	Stadium: Filbert Street

24 31 January 2002	Blackburn Rovers	2–3	Arsenal	Blackburn
19:45 GMT	Jansen  31', 39'	Report	Bergkamp  14', 75' Henry  21'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 25,893 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

25 2 February 2002	Arsenal	1–1	Southampton	London
	Wiltord  40'	Report	Tessem  80'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,024 Referee: Clive Wilkes

26 10 February 2002	Everton	0–1	Arsenal	Liverpool
		Report	Wiltord  62'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 30,859 Referee: Jeff Winter

27 23 February 2002	Arsenal	4–1	Fulham	London
	Lauren  5' Vieira  15' Henry  38', 59'	Report	Marlet  10'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,029 Referee: Uriah Rennie

28 2 March 2002	Newcastle United	0–2	Arsenal	Newcastle upon Tyne
		Report	Bergkamp  11' Campbell  41'	Stadium: St. James' Park Referee: Neale Barry

29 5 March 2002	Arsenal	1–0	Derby County	London
	Pirès  69'	Report		Stadium: Highbury

30 17 March 2002	Aston Villa	1–2	Arsenal	Birmingham
	Dublin  69'	Report	Edu  15' Pirès  60'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,520 Referee: Steve Dunn

31 30 March 2002	Arsenal	3–0	Sunderland	London
15:00 BST	Vieira  2' Bergkamp  4' Wiltord  30'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,047 Referee: Paul Durkin

32 1 April 2002	Charlton Athletic	0–3	Arsenal	London
15:00 BST		Report	Henry  16', 25' Ljungberg  21'	Attendance: 26,339 Referee: Andy D'Urso

33 6 April 2002	Arsenal	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	London
15:00 BST	Ljungberg  24' Lauren  86' (pen.)	Report	Sheringham  81' (pen.)	Stadium: Highbury Referee: Mark Halsey

34 21 April 2002	Arsenal	2–0	Ipswich Town	London
16:00 BST	Ljungberg  68', 78'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Referee: Alan Wiley

35 24 April 2002	Arsenal	2–0	West Ham United	London
	Ljungberg  77' Kanu  80'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: Steve Dunn Referee: 38,038

36 29 April 2002	Bolton Wanderers	0–2	Arsenal	Bolton
20:00 BST		Report	Ljungberg  36' Wiltord  44'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Referee: Dermot Gallagher

37 8 May 2002	Manchester United	0–1	Arsenal	Manchester
20:00 BST		Report	Wiltord  57'	Stadium: Old Trafford Referee: Paul Durkin

38 11 May 2002	Arsenal	4–3	Everton	London
15:00 BST	Bergkamp  4' Henry  33', 72' Jeffers  82'	Report	Carsley  20' Radzinski  31' Watson  89'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,254 Referee: Mark Halsey

FA Cup

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Football League Cup

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UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Panathinaikos	6	4	0	2	8	3	+5	12
Arsenal	6	3	0	3	9	9	0	9
Mallorca	6	3	0	3	4	9	−5	9
Schalke 04	6	2	0	4	9	9	0	6

1 11 September 2001	Mallorca	1–0	Arsenal	Mallorca
20:45 CET	Engonga  12' (pen.) Olaizola 32' Niño 53' Vicente 90+1'	Report	Cole  11' Pirès 23' Henry 63'	Stadium: Son Moix Referee: Knud Erik Fisker

2 19 September 2001	Arsenal	3–2	Schalke 04	London
19:45 BST	Ljungberg  33' Henry  36', 47' (pen.)	Report	van Hoogdalem  43' 85' Mpenza  59' Hajto 60' Agali 61' Asamoah 90+3'	Stadium: Highbury Referee: Claude Colombo

3 26 September 2001	Panathinaikos	1–0	Arsenal	Athens
20:45 CET	Karagounis  25'	Report		Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira

4 16 October 2001	Arsenal	2–1	Panathinaikos	London
19:45 BST	Henry  23', 52' (pen.) Upson 28' Vieira 32' Lauren 53' Cole 74'	Report	Sousa 13' Kyrgiakos 47' Olisadebe  50' Michaelsen 80'	Stadium: Highbury Referee: Urs Meier

5 24 October 2001	Arsenal	3–1	Mallorca	London
19:45 BST	Pirès  61' Bergkamp  63' Henry  90+3'	Report	Akyel 41' Novo  74'	Stadium: Highbury Referee: Dick Jol

6 30 October 2001	Schalke 04	3–1	Arsenal	Gelsenkirchen
20:45 CET	Mulder  2' 80' Böhme 17' Matellán 27' Vermant  60' Möller  64'	Report	Luzhny  17' Edu 19' Wiltord  71'	Stadium: Parkstadion Referee: John McClelland

Last updated: 30 October 2001
Source: UEFA Champions League

Second group stage

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bayer Leverkusen	6	3	1	2	11	11	0	10
Deportivo La Coruña	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10
Arsenal	6	2	1	3	8	8	0	7
Juventus	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7

1 21 November 2001	Deportivo La Coruña	2–0	Arsenal	A Coruña
20:45 CET	Makaay  9' Tristán  25' Víctor 26'	Report	Henry 37' Lauren 60' Upson 80'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Terje Hauge

2 4 December 2001	Arsenal	3–1	Juventus	London
19:45 GMT	Ljungberg  21', 88' Henry  28' Kanu 65'	Report	Nedvěd 33' Birindelli 39' Trezeguet  49'	Stadium: Highbury Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira

3 19 February 2002	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	Arsenal	Leverkusen
20:45 CET	Živković 70' Kirsten  90'	Report	Stepanovs 33' Pirès  56' Parlour  41', 68'	Stadium: BayArena Referee: Alain Sars

4 27 February 2002	Arsenal	4–1	Bayer Leverkusen	London
19:45 GMT	Pirès  5' Henry  7' Vieira  48' Bergkamp  83'	Report	Ballack 47' Živković 71' Ramelow 72' Sebescen  86'	Stadium: Highbury Referee: Alain Hamer

5 12 March 2002	Arsenal	0–2	Deportivo La Coruña	London
19:45 GMT	Henry 66' Vieira 77'	Report	Valerón  30' Naybet  40' Víctor 44' Sergio 69' Scaloni 75' Molina 82' Capdevila 89'	Stadium: Highbury Referee: Urs Meier

6 20 March 2002	Juventus	1–0	Arsenal	Turin
20:45 CET	Davids 43' Zalayeta  76' Pessotto 90+1'	Report	Vieira 27'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson

Last updated: 20 March 2002
Source: UEFA Champions League

Squad

First team squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK David Seaman 2 DF Lee Dixon 3 DF Ashley Cole 4 MF Patrick Vieira 5 DF Martin Keown 6 DF Tony Adams 7 MF Robert Pirès 8 MF Fredrik Ljungberg 9 FW Francis Jeffers 10 FW Dennis Bergkamp 11 FW Sylvain Wiltord 12 DF Lauren 13 GK Stuart Taylor

No. Position Player 14 FW Thierry Henry 15 MF Ray Parlour 16 DF Giovanni van Bronckhorst 17 MF Edu 18 DF Gilles Grimandi 19 MF Junichi Inamoto 20 DF Matthew Upson 22 DF Oleg Luzhny 23 DF Sol Campbell 24 GK Richard Wright 25 FW Nwankwo Kanu 26 DF Igors Stepanovs 31 FW Jérémie Aliadière

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player 21 MF Jermaine Pennant 27 DF Stathis Tavlaridis 28 DF Kolo Toure 32 FW Graham Barrett 33 FW Jermaine Brown 34 DF Liam Chilvers 35 DF Moritz Volz 36 DF John Halls 37 FW Carlin Itonga 38 DF Greg Oates 39 FW Jo Kuffour 40 MF Rohan Ricketts 41 MF Stephen Santry 42 MF Steven Sidwell 43 GK Graham Stack

No. Position Player 44 DF Sebastian Svärd 45 FW Jerome Thomas 47 DF Alex Bailey 48 FW David Bentley 49 DF Ryan Garry 50 DF Daniel Hollington 51 FW Taff Islam Rahman 52 DF Nicky Nicolau 53 DF Matthew Rouse 54 FW Alex Sesto 55 MF Michael Smith 56 MF John Spicer 57 DF Juan 58 GK Craig Holloway

Starting 11

Only considering Premiership starts.

No. Pos. Name Starts 1 GK David Seaman 17 12 RB Lauren 27 23 CB Sol Campbell 29 5 CB Martin Keown 21 3 LB Ashley Cole 29 8 RM Fredrik Ljungberg 24 15 CM Ray Parlour 25 4 CM Patrick Vieira (Captain) 35 7 LM Robert Pires 27 10 CF Dennis Bergkamp 22 14 CF Thierry Henry 31

Seaman Lauren Campbell Keown Cole Ljungberg Parlour Vieira Pires Bergkamp Henry

Topscorers

• Thierry Henry 24
• Fredrik Ljungberg 12
• Robert Pirès 8
• Dennis Bergkamp 8
• Sylvain Wiltord 7

See also

• 2001-02 in English football
• List of Arsenal F.C. seasons

References

External links

• Arsenal statistics on Statto.com