2001–02 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
2001–02 season
Chairman	Brian Quinn
Manager	Martin O'Neill
Stadium	Celtic Park
Scottish Premier League	1st
Scottish Cup	Finalists
Scottish League Cup	Semi-finals
Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Henrik Larsson (29); All: ; Henrik Larsson (35)
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	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Celtic started the 2001–02 season looking to retain the Scottish Premier League, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup. They entered the UEFA Champions League at the third qualifying round. They finished the season as league champions for the second season in succession.

Players

Squad at end of season^[1]

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	SCO	Jonathan Gould
2	DF	SCO	Tom Boyd
3	DF	GUI	Mohammed Sylla
4	DF	SCO	Jackie McNamara
5	DF	BEL	Joos Valgaeren
6	DF	GUI	Bobo Baldé
7	FW	SWE	Henrik Larsson
8	MF	ENG	Alan Thompson
9	FW	ENG	Chris Sutton
10	FW	WAL	John Hartson
11	MF	DEN	Morten Wieghorst
14	MF	SCO	Paul Lambert
15	MF	NED	Bobby Petta
17	DF	FRA	Didier Agathe
18	MF	NIR	Neil Lennon
19	MF	BUL	Stiliyan Petrov
20	GK	SCO	Rab Douglas
23	GK	RUS	Dmitri Kharine


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	MF	IRL	Colin Healy
25	DF	SVK	Ľubomír Moravčík
26	FW	SCO	Paul Shields
28	MF	SCO	Ryan McCann
29	FW	SCO	Shaun Maloney
30	MF	ENG	Steve Guppy
31	DF	BRA	Rafael Scheidt
32	FW	SCO	Simon Lynch
34	MF	SCO	Mark Fotheringham
35	DF	SWE	Johan Mjallby
37	FW	SCO	Liam Keogh
39	MF	SCO	Jamie Smith
40	DF	SCO	Stephen Crainey
41	DF	SCO	John Kennedy
42	DF	IRL	James Goodwin
43	MF	IRL	Liam Miller
46	MF	SCO	Brian McColligan

Reserve squad

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
22	MF	FRA	Stéphane Bonnes
33	DF	NIR	John Convery


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
38	GK	SCO	Barry-John Corr

Competitions

Scottish Premier League

28 July 2001	Celtic	3 – 0	St Johnstone	Glasgow
	Mjällby 37' Lambert 64', 72'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,005 Referee: Mike McCurry

4 August 2001	Kilmarnock	0 – 1	Celtic	Kilmarnock
			Larsson 76'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 13,201 Referee: Stuart Dougal

11 August 2001	Celtic	2 – 0	Heart of Midlothian	Glasgow
	Larsson 45', 64'			Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,423 Referee: Willie Young

18 August 2001	Livingston	0 – 0	Celtic	Livingston
				Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 10,024 Referee: Hugh Dallas

25 August 2001	Hibernian	1 – 4	Celtic	Edinburgh
	Fenwick 85'		Moravčík 16' Sutton 17', 20' Larsson 31'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 14,701 Referee: Kenny Clark

8 September 2001	Celtic	3 – 1	Dunfermline	Glasgow
	Moravčík 9', 70' Sutton 45+3'		Crawford 85'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 57,956 Referee: John Underhill

15 September 2001	Dundee	0 – 4	Celtic	Dundee
		BBC Sport	Larsson 45', 59' Petrov 70' Maloney 88'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 9,842 Referee: Alan Freeland

22 September 2001	Celtic	2 – 0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
	Larsson 65' Petrov 81'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,197 Referee: Mike McCurry

30 September 2001	Rangers	0 – 2	Celtic	Glasgow
		BBC Sport	Petrov 14' Thompson 90+2'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 50,097 Referee: Kenny Clark

13 October 2001	Motherwell	1 – 2	Celtic	Motherwell
	Strong 68'	BBC Sport	Moravčík 14' Larsson 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 9,922 Referee: John Rowbotham

20 October 2001	Celtic	5 – 1	Dundee United	Glasgow
	Hartson 7', 60', 83' Baldé 45+1' Maloney 86'	BBC Sport	McIntyre 76'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,900 Referee: Bobby Orr

27 October 2001	Celtic	1 – 0	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
	Valgaeren 90+2'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,897 Referee: David Somers

3 November 2001	St Johnstone	1 – 2	Celtic	Perth
	Dods 26'	BBC Sport	Dods 20' (o.g.) Larsson 90+1'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 9,041 Referee: Douglas McDonald

17 November 2001	Heart of Midlothian	0 – 1	Celtic	Edinburgh
		BBC Sport	Larsson 44' (pen.)	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 15,570 Referee: Mike McCurry

25 November 2001	Celtic	2 – 1	Rangers	Glasgow
	Valgaeren 58' Larsson 70' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Løvenkrands 77'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,609 Referee: Stuart Dougal

1 December 2001	Celtic	3 – 0	Hibernian	Glasgow
	Hartson 11', 40' Lennon 72'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,415 Referee: Willie Young

8 December 2001	Dunfermline Athletic	0 – 4	Celtic	Dunfermline
		BBC Sport	Baldé 8' Hartson 20', 60' Thompson 62'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 8,207 Referee: Alan Freeland

15 December 2001	Celtic	3 – 1	Dundee	Glasgow
	Sutton 50' Larsson 56' Hartson 65'	BBC Sport	Zhiyi 19'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 57,198 Referee: John Rowbotham

22 December 2001	Aberdeen	2 – 0	Celtic	Aberdeen
	Winters 59' (pen.) Mackie 90+1'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 18,160 Referee: Stuart Dougal

26 December 2001	Celtic	3 – 2	Livingston	Glasgow
	Moravčík 12' Larsson 50', 90+2'	BBC Sport	Rubio 37' Cabrera 58'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,507 Referee: Gary Mitchell

29 December 2001	Dundee United	0 – 4	Celtic	Dundee
		BBC Sport	Hartson 4' Petrov 27' Thompson 47' Larsson 71'	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 12,165 Referee: John Rowbotham

2 January 2002	Celtic	2 – 0	Motherwell	Glasgow
	Larsson 81' Hartson 90+3'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 57,648 Referee: Alan Freeland

11 January 2002	Kilmarnock	0 – 2	Celtic	Kilmarnock
		BBC Sport	Hartson 51' (pen.) Lambert 61'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 11,689 Referee: John Underhill

19 January 2002	Celtic	2 – 1	St Johnstone	Glasgow
	Larsson 8' Thompson 10'	BBC Sport	Dods 6'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,547 Referee: Kevin Toner

23 January 2002	Celtic	2 – 0	Heart of Midlothian	Glasgow
	Larsson 80', 86'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 57,203 Referee: Bobby Orr

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Celtic scorers	Match Report
8 August 2001	Amsterdam Arena	Ajax	3–1	CLQ	Petta, Agathe, Sutton	Telegraph^{[dead link‍]}
22 August 2001	Celtic Park	Ajax	0–1	CLQ		Telegraph^{[dead link‍]}
18 September 2001	Stadio delle Alpi	Juventus	2–3	CL	Petrov, Larsson	BBC Sport
25 September 2001	Celtic Park	Porto	1–0	CL	Larsson	BBC Sport^{[permanent dead link‍]}
10 October 2001	Celtic Park	Rosenborg	1–0	CL	Thompson	BBC Sport
17 October 2001	Estádio das Antas	Porto	0–3	CL		Telegraph^{[dead link‍]}
23 October 2001	Lerkendal Stadion	Rosenborg	0–2	CL		BBC Sport
31 October 2001	Celtic Park	Juventus	4–3	CL	Valgaeren, Sutton (2), Larsson	BBC Sport
8 November 2001	Celtic Park	Stirling Albion	8–0	SLC	Hartson (2), Maloney (4), Tebily, Healy	BBC Sport
22 November 2001	Estadio Mestalla	Valencia	0–1	UC		BBC Sport
6 December 2001	Celtic Park	Valencia	1–0	UC	Larsson	BBC Sport
18 December 2001	Almondvale Stadium	Livingston	2–0	SLC	Baldé, Hartson	Telegraph^{[dead link‍]}
8 January 2002	Brockville Park	Alloa	5–0	SC	Baldé, Wieghorst, Maloney, Petta, Sylla	BBC Sport
31 January 2002	Almondvale Stadium	Livingston	3–1	SPL	Moravčík, Larsson, Hartson	BBC Sport
2 February 2002	Easter Road	Hibernian	1–1	SPL	Hartson	BBC Sport
5 February 2002	Hampden Park	Rangers	1–2	SLC	Baldé	BBC Sport
9 February 2002	Celtic Park	Dunfermline	5–0	SPL	Larsson (3), Hartson, Agathe	BBC Sport
16 February 2002	Dens Park	Dundee	3–0	SPL	Larsson, Mjällby, Hartson	BBC Sport
25 February 2002	Pittodrie Stadium	Aberdeen	2–0	SC	Hartson, Petrov	BBC Sport
2 March 2002	Celtic Park	Aberdeen	1–0	SPL	Thompson	BBC Sport
9 March 2002	Ibrox Stadium	Rangers	1–1	SPL	Petrov	BBC Sport
16 March 2002	Celtic Park	Dundee United	1–0	SPL	Petrov	BBC Sport
19 March 2002	Fir Park	Motherwell	4–0	SPL	Lambert, Larsson (2), Mjällby	BBC Sport
23 March 2002	Hampden Park	Ayr United	3–0	SC	Larsson, Thompson (2)	BBC Sport
6 April 2002	Celtic Park	Livingston	5–1	SPL	Larsson (3), Hartson (2)	BBC Sport
13 April 2002	Celtic Park	Dunfermline	5–0	SPL	Hartson (2), Lambert, Smith, Sylla	BBC Sport
21 April 2002	Celtic Park	Rangers	1–1	SPL	Thompson	BBC Sport
28 April 2002	Tynecastle Stadium	Heart of Midlothian	4–1	SPL	Lynch (2), Maloney (2)	BBC Sport
4 May 2002	Hampden Park	Rangers	2–3	SC	Hartson, Baldé	BBC Sport
12 May 2002	Pittodrie Stadium	Aberdeen	1–0	SPL	Maloney	BBC Sport

Key:

SPL = Scottish Premier League
SC = Scottish Cup
SLC = Scottish League Cup
CLQ = Champions League Qualifier
CL = Champions League Match
UC = UEFA Cup match
F = Friendly match

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Europe
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Jonathan Gould	3	0	1	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
2	DF	SCO	Tom Boyd	12	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
3	MF	GUI	Mohammed Sylla	15	2	7+2	1	1+1	1	1	0	0+3	0
4	DF	SCO	Jackie McNamara	30	0	9+11	0	2+2	0	2	0	3+1	0
5	DF	BEL	Joos Valgaeren	32	3	20	2	1	0	2	0	9	1
6	DF	GUI	Bobo Baldé	38	6	22	2	5	2	3	2	8	0
7	FW	SWE	Henrik Larsson	47	35	33	29	3	2	1	0	10	4
8	MF	ENG	Alan Thompson	36	9	22+3	6	3+1	2	1	0	4+2	1
9	FW	ENG	Chris Sutton	30	7	18	4	2	0	1+1	0	8	3
10	FW	WAL	John Hartson	43	24	26+5	19	4	2	3	3	2+3	0
11	MF	DEN	Morten Wieghorst	5	1	2+1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
14	MF	SCO	Paul Lambert	49	5	33+1	5	4	0	1	0	10	0
15	MF	NED	Bobby Petta	27	2	12+6	0	1+1	1	0+1	0	4+2	1
16	DF	FRA	Olivier Tébily	13	1	8+3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0
17	MF	FRA	Didier Agathe	32	2	20	1	3	0	1	0	8	1
18	MF	NIR	Neil Lennon	49	1	32+1	1	4	0	1+1	0	10	0
19	MF	BUL	Stiliyan Petrov	44	8	26+2	6	5	1	2+1	0	7+1	1
20	GK	SCO	Rab Douglas	52	0	35	0	4	0	3	0	10	0
23	GK	RUS	Dmitri Kharine	4	0	2+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
24	MF	IRL	Colin Healy	6	1	2+2	0	0+1	0	1	1	0	0
25	MF	SVK	Ľubomír Moravčík	33	6	16+7	6	1	0	2+1	0	3+3	0
27	MF	SCO	Jon Paul McGovern	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	SCO	Shaun Maloney	20	10	3+13	5	1+1	1	1	4	0+1	0
30	MF	ENG	Steve Guppy	23	0	16	0	2	0	2	0	3	0
32	FW	SCO	Simon Lynch	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	SCO	Ross Wallace	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	SCO	Mark Fotheringham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF	SWE	Johan Mjällby	51	3	35	3	4	0	2	0	10	0
39	MF	SCO	Jamie Smith	13	1	3+8	1	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
40	DF	SCO	Stephen Crainey	19	0	10+5	0	1+1	0	1	0	1	0
41	DF	SCO	John Kennedy	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

NB: Players with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Celtic (C)	38	33	4	1	94	18	+76	103	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Rangers	38	25	10	3	82	27	+55	85	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Livingston	38	16	10	12	50	47	+3	58	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round^[b]
4	Aberdeen	38	16	7	15	51	49	+2	55	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round^[b]
5	Heart of Midlothian	38	14	6	18	52	57	−5	48

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: (1) Points; (2) Goal difference; (3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ 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.
^ 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.

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
20 July 2001	Dianbobo Balde	Toulouse	£1,000,000^[2]
2 August 2001	John Hartson	Coventry City	£6,500,000^[3]
2 August 2001	Steve Guppy	Leicester City	£700,000^[4]
2 August 2001	Mohammed Sylla	St Johnstone	£700,000^[5]

Out

Date	Player	From	Fee
21 June 2001	Ramon Vega	Watford	Free^[6]
5 July 2001	Alan Stubbs	Everton	Bosman^[7]
25 July 2001	Eyal Berkovic	Man City	£1,500,000^[8]
1 August 2001	Stephane Mahe	Heart of Midlothian	Free^[9]
24 August 2001	Mark Burchill	Portsmouth	£600,000^[10]
24 August 2001	Stewart Kerr	Wigan Athletic	£250,000^[11]
6 September 2001	Tommy Johnson	Sheffield Wednesday	Free
22 March 2002	Olivier Tébily	Birmingham City	£700,000^[12]

Expenditure: £8,900,000
Income: £3,050,000
Total loss/gain: £5,850,000

Notes

References

^ "FootballSquads - Celtic - 2001/02". www.footballsquads.co.uk.
^ "Balde relishes the ambience". The Herald. 21 July 2001.
^ "O'Neill secures another treble: Parkhead club get their men as Bogarde rumours mount". The Herald. 3 August 2001.
^ "O'Neill secures another treble: Parkhead club get their men as Bogarde rumours mount". The Herald. 3 August 2001.
^ "O'Neill secures another treble: Parkhead club get their men as Bogarde rumours mount". The Herald. 3 August 2001.
^ "Watford bridge gap in Vega contract that Celtic would not cross". The Herald. 22 June 2001.
^ "Stubbs moves on but will look back with fondness". The Herald. 6 July 2001.
^ "Berkovic insists that he left Parkhead on good terms". The Herald. 26 July 2001.
^ "I'm no nutter ..I just hate to lose! New Jambo Mahe will not change". Daily Record. 2 August 2001.
^ "Fringe Bhoys move south". The Mirror. 25 August 2001.
^ "Fringe Bhoys move south". The Mirror. 25 August 2001.
^ "Birmingham end Tebily's Celtic sojourn: Bruce secures defender for £700,000". The Herald. 23 March 2002.

[2] 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.

[table_note_res_UCQ0.48481848113463-3] 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.

[1] "FootballSquads - Celtic - 2001/02". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

[4] "Balde relishes the ambience". The Herald. 21 July 2001.

[5] "O'Neill secures another treble: Parkhead club get their men as Bogarde rumours mount". The Herald. 3 August 2001.

[6] "O'Neill secures another treble: Parkhead club get their men as Bogarde rumours mount". The Herald. 3 August 2001.

[7] "O'Neill secures another treble: Parkhead club get their men as Bogarde rumours mount". The Herald. 3 August 2001.

[8] "Watford bridge gap in Vega contract that Celtic would not cross". The Herald. 22 June 2001.

[9] "Stubbs moves on but will look back with fondness". The Herald. 6 July 2001.

[10] "Berkovic insists that he left Parkhead on good terms". The Herald. 26 July 2001.

[11] "I'm no nutter ..I just hate to lose! New Jambo Mahe will not change". Daily Record. 2 August 2001.

[12] "Fringe Bhoys move south". The Mirror. 25 August 2001.

[13] "Fringe Bhoys move south". The Mirror. 25 August 2001.

[14] "Birmingham end Tebily's Celtic sojourn: Bruce secures defender for £700,000". The Herald. 23 March 2002.

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