2001–02 in Scottish football

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The 2001-02 season was the 105th season of competitive football in Scotland.

Contents 1 League Competitions 1.1 Scottish Premier League 1.2 Scottish First Division 1.3 Scottish Second Division 1.4 Scottish Third Division 2 Other honours 2.1 Cup honours 2.2 Individual honours 2.2.1 SPFA awards 2.2.2 SFWA awards 3 Scottish clubs in Europe 4 Scotland national team 5 See also 6 Notes and references 7 External links

[edit] League Competitions

[edit] Scottish Premier League

Main article: Scottish Premier League 2001-02

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.

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic	38	33	4	1	94	18	+76	103	UEFA Champions League 2002-03 Third qualifying round
2	Rangers	38	25	10	3	82	27	+55	85	UEFA Cup 2002-03 First round
3	Livingston	38	16	10	12	50	47	+3	58	UEFA Cup 2002-03 Qualifying round
4	Aberdeen	38	16	7	15	51	49	+2	55	UEFA Cup 2002-03 Qualifying round
5	Hearts	38	14	6	18	52	57	-5	48
6	Dunfermline Athletic	38	12	9	17	41	64	-23	45
7	Kilmarnock	38	13	10	15	44	54	-10	49
8	Dundee United	38	12	10	16	38	59	-21	46
9	Dundee	38	12	8	18	41	55	-14	44
10	Hibernian	38	10	11	17	51	56	-5	41
11	Motherwell	38	11	7	20	49	69	-20	40
12	St. Johnstone	38	5	6	27	24	62	-38	21	Relegated to First Division 2002-03

[edit] Scottish First Division

Main article: Scottish First Division 2001-02

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Partick Thistle	36	19	9	8	61	38	23	66	Promoted to Scottish Premier League 2002-03
2	Airdrieonians	36	15	11	10	59	40	19	56
3	Ayr United	36	13	13	10	53	44	9	52
4	Ross County	36	14	10	12	51	43	8	52
5	Clyde	36	13	10	13	51	56	-5	49
6	Inverness CT	36	13	9	14	60	51	9	48
7	Arbroath	36	14	6	16	42	59	-17	48
8	St. Mirren	36	11	12	13	43	53	-10	45
9	Falkirk	36	10	9	17	49	73	-24	39
10	Raith Rovers	36	8	11	17	50	62	-12	35	Relegated to Second Division 2002-03

[edit] Scottish Second Division

Main article: Scottish Second Division 2001-02

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Queen of the South	36	20	7	9	64	42	22	67	Promoted To First Division 2002-03
2	Alloa Athletic	36	15	14	7	55	33	22	59
3	Forfar Athletic	36	15	8	13	51	47	4	53
4	Clydebank	36	14	9	13	44	45	-1	51
5	Hamilton Academical	36	13	9	14	49	44	5	48
6	Berwick Rangers	36	12	11	13	44	52	-8	47
7	Stranraer	36	10	15	11	48	51	-3	45
8	Cowdenbeath	36	11	11	14	49	51	-2	44
9	Stenhousemuir	36	8	12	16	33	57	-24	36
10	Greenock Morton	36	7	14	15	48	63	-15	35	Relegated to Third Division 2002-03

[edit] Scottish Third Division

Main article: Scottish Third Division 2001-02

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Brechin City	36	22	7	7	67	38	29	73	Promoted to Second Division 2002-03
2	Dumbarton	36	18	7	11	59	48	11	61
3	Albion Rovers	36	22	11	9	51	32	19	59
4	Peterhead	36	17	5	14	63	52	11	56
5	Montrose	36	16	7	13	43	39	4	55
6	Elgin City	36	13	8	15	45	47	-2	47
7	East Stirlingshire	36	12	4	20	51	58	-7	40
8	East Fife	36	11	7	18	39	56	-32	40
9	Stirling Albion	36	9	10	17	45	68	-23	37
10	Queen's Park	36	9	8	19	38	53	-15	35

[edit] Other honours

[edit] Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Report
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

[edit] Individual honours

[edit] SPFA awards

Award	Player	Team
Players' Player of the Year	Lorenzo Amoruso	Rangers
Young Player of the Year	Kevin McNaughton	Aberdeen

[edit] SFWA awards

Award	Player	Team
Footballer of the Year	Paul Lambert	Celtic
Young Player of the Year	James McFadden	Motherwell
Manager of the Year	Martin O'Neill	Celtic

[edit] Scottish clubs in Europe

Club	Competition(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

[edit] Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[1]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)	Report
September 1	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Croatia	0–0	WCQG6		BBC
September 5	Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels (A)	Belgium	0–2	WCQG6		BBC
October 6	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Latvia	2–1	WCQG6	Dougie Freedman, David Weir	BBC
March 27	Stade de France, Saint-Denis (A)	France	0–5	F		BBC
April 17	Pittodrie, Aberdeen (H)	Nigeria	1–2	F	Christian Dailly	BBC
May 16	Asiad Main Stadium, Busan (A)	Korea Republic	1–4	F	Scott Dobie	BBC
May 20	Mongkok Stadium, Hong Kong (N)	South Africa	0–2	F		BBC

Key:

• (H) = Home match
• (A) = Away match
• WCQG6 = World Cup Qualifying - Group 6
• F = Friendly

[edit] See also

• Celtic F.C. season 2001-02
• Dundee United F.C. season 2001-02
• Rangers FC season 2001-02

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] External links

• Scottish Premier League official website
• Scottish Football League official website
• BBC Scottish Premier League portal
• BBC Scottish Football League portal

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