2001–02 in Scottish football

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Football in Scotland
Season2001–02
  2000–01 Flag of Scotland.svg 2002–03  
2001–02 in Scottish football
Flag of Scotland with football.png
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, Rangers
Scotland national team
2002 World Cup qualification

The 2001–02 season was the 105th season of competitive football in Scotland. [1]

Contents

Key events

Celtic, domestic treble winners a year earlier, retain their Premier League title. [2]

After failing to win anything the previous season, Rangers won the Scottish Cup and League Cup under their new manager Alex McLeish. [3]

Airdrieonians, who narrowly missed out on promotion to the Premier League as First Division runners-up, went out of business of 1 May with debts of nearly £3million. [4] Later that month, however, a new club representing the town of Airdrie - Airdrie United - was formed, with ambitions of gaining Scottish league status for the 2002–03 season. [5]

Livingston, in the Premier League for the first time, finished third and qualified for the UEFA Cup. Livingston, who were known as Meadowbank Thistle until relocating from Edinburgh to Livingston in 1995 and played their first season in their new location as a Third Division club. [6]

Falkirk avoided relegation from the First Division and Stenhousemuir avoided relegation from the Second as a result of the league losing a member. The vacant place in the Third Division was occupied by Gretna, who until then had played in the English non-league system. [7]

Despite Gretna beating Airdrie United to the vacant league place, Airdrie United still gained a league place for the 2002–03 season – in the Second Division – as they bought out the debt-ridden club Clydebank. [8]

Queen of the South won the Second Division league title for the first time in 51-years since they won the Division B league title in season 1950–51. These were the only two occasions that the Dumfries club had won a league title in their history, that was up until they won their third ever league title in season 2012–13, when they won the Second Division once again. [9]

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.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation [lower-alpha 1]
1 Celtic 3833419418+76103Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Rangers 38251038227+5585Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Livingston 381610125047+358Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round [lower-alpha 2]
4 Aberdeen 38167155149+255
5 Heart of Midlothian 38155185358550
6 Dunfermline Athletic 381391642642248
7 Kilmarnock 3812101644541046
8 Dundee United 3811121538602245
9 Dundee 381281841551444
10 Hibernian 381011175156541
11 Motherwell 381172049692040
12 St Johnstone 38562724623821Relegation to the First Division
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: (1) Points; (2) Goal difference; (3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
  2. As both finalists of the 2001–02 Scottish Cup, Rangers and Celtic, qualified for European competition via their league position, the cup berth for 2002–03 UEFA Cup was passed to the next-placed team in the league, fourth-placed Aberdeen.

Scottish First Division

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Partick Thistle 3619986138+2366Promoted to 2002–03 Scottish Premier League
2 Airdrieonians 361511105940+1956Club folded
3 Ayr United 361313105344+952
4 Ross County 361410125143+852
5 Clyde 361310135156549
6 Inverness CT 36139146051+948
7 Arbroath 361461642591748
8 St Mirren 3611121343531045
9 Falkirk [lower-alpha 1] 361091749732439
10 Raith Rovers 368111750621235Relegated to Second Division 2002-03
Source: "2001-2002 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Notes:
  1. Falkirk were reprieved from relegation due to Airdrieonians folding.

Scottish Second Division

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Queen of the South 3620796442+2267Promoted To First Division 2002–03
2 Alloa Athletic 36151475533+2259
3 Forfar Athletic 36158135147+453
4 Clydebank [lower-alpha 1] 36149134445151Club folded
5 Hamilton Academical 36139144944+548
6 Berwick Rangers 361211134452847
7 Stranraer 361015114851345
8 Cowdenbeath 361111144951244
9 Stenhousemuir [lower-alpha 2] 368121633572436
10 Greenock Morton 367141548631535Relegated to Third Division 2002–03
Source: "2001-2002 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Notes:
  1. Clydebank folded at the end of the season; their place in the Scottish Football League was subsequently purchased by Airdrie United for the following season.
  2. Stenhousemuir were reprieved from relegation due to Aidrieonians folding.

Scottish Third Division

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Brechin City 3622776738+2973Promoted to Second Division 2002–03
2 Dumbarton 36187115948+1161
3 Albion Rovers 36161195132+1959
4 Peterhead 36175146352+1156
5 Montrose 36167134339+455
6 Elgin City 36138154547247
7 East Stirlingshire 36124205158740
8 East Fife 361171839561740
9 Stirling Albion 369101745682337
10 Queen's Park 36981938531535
Source: "2001-2002 Third Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Other honours

Cup honours

CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upReport
Scottish Cup 2001–02 Rangers 3 – 2 Celtic Wikipedia article
League Cup 2001–02 Rangers 4 – 0 Ayr United Wikipedia article
Challenge Cup 2001–02 Airdrieonians 2 – 1 Alloa Athletic Wikipedia article
Youth Cup Rangers 4 – 2 Ayr United
Junior Cup Linlithgow Rose 1 – 0 Auchinleck Talbot

Individual honours

SPFA awards

AwardPlayerTeam
Players' Player of the Year Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Amoruso Rangers
Young Player of the Year Flag of Scotland.svg Kevin McNaughton Aberdeen

SFWA awards

AwardPlayerTeam
Footballer of the Year Flag of Scotland.svg Paul Lambert Celtic
Young Player of the Year Flag of Scotland.svg James McFadden Motherwell
Manager of the Year Ulster Banner.svg Martin O'Neill Celtic

Scottish clubs in Europe

ClubCompetition(s)Final round Coef.
Celtic UEFA Champions League
UEFA Cup
Group stage
Third round
10.00
Rangers UEFA Champions League
UEFA Cup
Third qualifying round
Fourth round
11.50
Kilmarnock UEFA Cup First round 3.00
Hibernian UEFA Cup First round 2.00

Average coefficient - 6.625

Scotland national team

DateVenueOpponentsScore [note 1] CompetitionScotland scorer(s)Report
1 September Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 0–0 WCQG6 BBC Sport
5 September Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels (A)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 0–2 WCQG6 BBC Sport
6 October Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2–1 WCQG6 Dougie Freedman, David Weir BBC Sport
27 March Stade de France, Saint-Denis (A)Flag of France.svg  France 0–5 Friendly BBC Sport
17 April Pittodrie, Aberdeen (H)Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1–2 Friendly Christian Dailly BBC Sport
16 May Asiad Main Stadium, Busan (A)Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1–4 Friendly Scott Dobie BBC Sport
20 May Mongkok Stadium, Hong Kong (N)Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 0–2 Friendly BBC Sport

Key:

See also

Notes

  1. Scotland's score is shown first.

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