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West Ham United

2001–02 season
Chairman	Terry Brown
Manager	Glenn Roeder
Stadium	Boleyn Ground
FA Premier League	7th
FA Cup	Fourth round (knocked out by Chelsea)
League Cup	Second round (knocked out by Reading)
Top goalscorer	League: Frédéric Kanouté (11) All: Jermain Defoe (14)
Average home league attendance	31,359
Home colours Away colours
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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

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

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 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 12 FW  ENG Paul Kitson 14 FW  FRA Frédéric Kanouté 15 DF  CMR Rigobert Song 16 MF  ENG John Moncur

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 GK  TRI Shaka Hislop 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 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 (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 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

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

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

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
14 September 2001	DF	Tomáš Řepka	Fiorentina	£5,500,000
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
20 June 2001	DF	Stuart Pearce	Manchester City	Free
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
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
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. British Broadcasting Corporation. 30 August 2001. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
3. "Repka set for Hammers debut". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 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.

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