47th season of the UEFA club football tournament
International football competition
The 2001–02 UEFA Champions League was the 47th season of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA's premier club football tournament, and the 10th since its rebranding from the "European Champion Clubs' Cup" or "European Cup". The tournament was won by Real Madrid, who beat Bayer Leverkusen in the final to claim their ninth European Cup title. The final's winning goal was scored by Zinedine Zidane, with a left-footed volley from the edge of the penalty area into the top left corner.
Bayer Leverkusen eliminated all three English teams on their way to the final: Arsenal in the second group stage, followed by Liverpool in the quarter-finals and Manchester United in the semi-finals.
Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy was the tournament's top scorer, scoring 10 goals from the first group stage through to the semi-final.
Bayern Munich were the defending champions, but were eliminated by eventual winners Real Madrid in the quarter-finals.
Association team allocation
A total of 72 teams participated in the 2001–02 Champions League, from 48 of 51 UEFA associations. Liechtenstein (who don't have their own league) as well as lowest-ranked associations (Andorra and San Marino) were not admitted.
Below is the qualification scheme for the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League:[1]
- Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify
- Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify
- Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify
- Associations 16–49 each have one team qualify (except Liechtenstein)
Association ranking
Countries are allocated places according to their 2000 UEFA league coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1995–96 to 1999–2000.[2]
Distribution
Since the title holders (Bayern Munich) qualified for the Champions League group stage through their domestic league, the group stage spot reserved for the title holders was vacated. The following changes to the default access list are made:
- The champions of association 10 (Portugal) are promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
- The champions of association 16 (Austria) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
- The champions of associations 27 and 28 (Cyprus and FR Yugoslavia) are promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
Participants
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders).
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[3]
- Notes
- ^
All 8 games originally scheduled on 12 September 2001 were postponed to 10 October following the
September 11 attacks; matches played on 11 September were allowed to continue and be completed.
[4]
Qualifying rounds
First qualifying round
Second qualifying round
- Notes
- ^
UEFA awarded Haka a 3–0 win due to
Maccabi Haifa fielding suspended player
Walid Badir in the second leg. The original match had ended in a 4–0 win for Maccabi Haifa.
[5]
Third qualifying round
- Notes
- ^
UEFA decided to replay the second leg (which originally ended in 1–0 win to Lokomotiv) after accepting Tirol's protest on refereeing mistake, which resulted in Lokomotiv player not being shown a red card after receiving a second yellow card.[6]
First group stage
Location of teams of the
2001–02 UEFA Champions League first group stage.
Brown: Group A;
Red: Group B;
Orange: Group C;
Yellow: Group D;
Green: Group E;
Blue: Group F;
Purple: Group G;
Pink: Group H.
16 winners from the third qualifying round, 10 champions from countries ranked 1–10, and six second-placed teams from countries ranked 1–6 were drawn into eight groups of four teams each. The top two teams in each group advance to the second group stage, and the third placed team in each group advance to the Third Round of the UEFA Cup.
Celtic, Lille, Liverpool, Lokomotiv Moscow, Mallorca, Roma and Schalke 04 made their debut in the group stage.
Group A
Source: RSSSF
Group B
Source: RSSSF
Group C
Source: RSSSF
Group D
Source: RSSSF
Group E
Source: RSSSF
Group F
Source: RSSSF
Group G
Source: RSSSF
Group H
Source: RSSSF
Second group stage
Eight winners and eight runners-up from the first group stage were drawn into four groups of four teams each, each containing two group winners and two runners-up. Teams from the same country or from the same first round group could not be drawn together. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
Group A
Source: RSSSF
Group B
Source: RSSSF
Group C
Source: RSSSF
Group D
Source: RSSSF
Knockout phase
Bracket
Quarter-finals
The first legs were played on 2 and 3 April, and the second legs were played on 9 and 10 April 2002.
Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 23 and 24 April, and the second legs were played on 30 April and 1 May 2002.
Final
The final was played on 15 May 2002 at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland.
Statistics
The top scorers from the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying rounds) are as follows:
Top goalscorers
- Source: Top Scorers – Final – Wednesday 15 May 2002 (after match)
See also
References
- ^ Qualification 2001/2002 UEFA European Cup Football by Bert Kassies
- ^ "UEFA Country Ranking 2000". Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ "UEFA European Football Calendar 2001/2002". Bert Kassies.
- ^ Bond, David (12 September 2001). "European matches are suspended". Evening Standard. p. 77. Retrieved 3 August 2023 – via Newsppaers.com.
- ^ "Finland's Haka Valkeakoski get Champions League win by default". kassiesa.net. 3 August 2001.
- ^ "Control & Disciplinary Body accepts FC Tirol Innsbruck protest" (PDF). uefa.com. 24 August 2001.
- ^ "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2022/23. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. 4 June 2023. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Lindsay, Matthew (13 May 2002). "Meier the man for job". Evening Times: 52. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2010.(subscription required)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2001-2002 UEFA Champions League.
- 2001–02 All matches – season at UEFA website
- European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- All scorers 2001–02 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers qualifying round
- 2001/02 UEFA Champions League - results and line-ups (archive)
- Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2001/2002[permanent dead link]