2001-02 season

2001-02 season
Club information
Chairman	Mohamed Al-Fayed
Manager	Jean Tigana
Club Captain	Andy Melville
Ground	Craven Cottage
League season information
League
Position	13th/20
Matches played	38 (W10 D14 L14)
Other competitions
FA Cup	Semi-final
League Cup	4th round
Season statistics
Top goalscorer (League)	Barry Hayles, Louis Saha & Steed Malbranque (8)
Top goalscorer (All)	Barry Hayles (12)
Most appearances (League)	Steve Finnan (38)
Most appearances (All)	Steve Finnan (47)
Biggest home win	5-2 v Derby (10 Oct 2001)
Biggest away win	2-0 (3 occasions)
Biggest home defeat	1-3 v Arsenal (15 Sept 2001)
Biggest away defeat	1-3 v Tottenham (15 Dec 2001)
Biggest home attendance	21,159 v Newcastle (17 Nov 2001)
Biggest away attendance	67,534 v Man Utd (19 Aug 2001)
Lowest home attendance	9,217 v Derby (10 Oct 2001)
Lowest away attendance	6,303 v Rochdale (11 Sept 2001)
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Overview

The 2001-02 season was Fulham's 104th of competitive football, and the club's 1st season in the Premier League and return to the top-flight since relegation in 1968.

Chairman Mohamed Al-Fayed made his intentions clear by aiming to become "the Manchester United of the south" as he once quoted, and by bringing in big-name signings such as goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar from Juventus & striker Steve Marlet from Lyon, no one could deny the clubs ambition.

However, despite a handful of good results, a 13th place finish in the Premier League was slightly disappointing given the optimism amongst many fans at the outset, especially a run of six defeats in a row in the second half of the season. With hindsight it wasn't a terrible campaign given the strength of the league, and with the club retaining their Premier League status for the following season.

Fulham enjoyed a good run in the FA Cup, in which they reached the Semi-final for the first time in 27 years - losing out to their West London rivals Chelsea in the tie which took place at Villa Park.

Goals were found much harder to come by compared with the 2000-01 season, in which they were in abundance, and Louis Saha, Barry Hayles and new signing Steed Malbranque could not manage more than eight league goals each. Hayles finished top scorer in all competitions with twelve.

League table

Premier League

		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Additional info
1	Arsenal (C)	38	26	9	3	79	36	+43	87	Qualified for Champions League
2	Liverpool	38	24	8	6	67	30	+37	80	Qualified for Champions League
3	Manchester United	38	24	5	9	87	45	+42	77	Qualified for Champions League
4	Newcastle United	38	21	8	9	74	52	+22	71	Qualified for Champions League
5	Leeds United	38	18	12	8	53	37	+16	66	Qualified for UEFA Cup
6	Chelsea	38	17	13	8	66	38	+28	64	Qualified for UEFA Cup
7	West Ham United	38	15	8	15	48	57	-9	53
8	Aston Villa	38	12	14	12	46	47	-1	50	Qualified for Intertoto Cup
9	Tottenham Hotspur	38	14	8	16	49	53	-4	50
10	Blackburn Rovers	38	12	10	16	55	51	+4	46	Qualified for UEFA Cup
11	Southampton	38	12	9	17	46	54	-8	45
12	Middlesbrough	38	12	9	17	35	47	-12	45
13	Fulham	38	10	14	14	36	44	-8	44	Qualified for Intertoto Cup
14	Charlton Athletic	38	10	14	14	38	49	-11	44
15	Everton	38	11	10	17	45	57	-12	43
16	Bolton Wanderers	38	9	13	16	44	62	-18	40
17	Sunderland	38	10	10	18	29	51	-22	40
18	Ipswich Town (R)	38	9	9	20	41	64	-23	36	Relegated to First Division
19	Derby County (R)	38	8	6	24	33	63	-30	30	Relegated to First Division
20	Leicester City (R)	38	5	13	20	30	64	-34	28	Relegated to First Division

Squad

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Prev Apps	Prev Gls	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Edwin van der Sar	30	0	0	1 Aug 2001	£7,000,000
12	GK	Maik Taylor	29	198	0	14 Nov 1997	£800,000
30	GK	Glyn Thompson	20	0	0	18 Oct 1999	£50,000
32	GK	Marcus Hahnemann	29	4	0	30 Jun 1999	£80,000
Defenders
2	RB	Steve Finnan	25	121	7	18 Nov 1998	£600,000
3	LB	Rufus Brevett	30	144	1	30 Jan 1998	£375,000
4	CB	Andy Melville (vc)	32	97	4	2 Jun 1999	Free
5	CB	Chris Coleman (c)	31	165	11	1 Dec 1997	£2,000,000
6	CB	Kit Symons	30	125	14	1 Jul 1998	Free
7	LB	Jon Harley	21	0	0	8 Aug 2001	£3,500,000
16	CB	Zat Knight	21	3	0	19 Feb 1999	Free
24	CB	Alain Goma	28	3	0	15 Mar 2001	£4,000,000
25	R/CB	Abdeslam Ouaddou	22	0	0	1 Aug 2001	£2,000,000
35	LB	Kieran McAnespie	21	2	0	8 Aug 2000	£80,000
36	CB	Mark Hudson	19	2	0	c.1996	Academy
Midfielders
8	C/RM	Lee Clark	28	102	16	7 Jul 1999	£2,000,000
10	C/LM	John Collins	33	27	3	14 Jul 2000	£2,000,000
14	AMR/L/C	Steed Malbranque	21	0	0	2 Aug 2001	£5,000,000
18	C/RM	Sylvain Legwinski	28	0	0	22 Aug 2001	£3,300,000
19	AMR/C	Bjarne Goldbæk	32	67	5	15 Jan 2000	£650,000
23	CM	Sean Davis	21	86	10	c.1994	Academy
26	LM	Kevin Betsy	23	19	1	18 Sept 1998	£80,000
29	ML	Paul Trollope	29	101	6	27 Nov 1997	£600,000
31	ML	Eddie Lewis	27	21	1	15 Mar 2000	£1,300,000
40	LM	Andrejs Štolcers	27	17	2	7 Dec 2000	£2,000,000
Forwards
9	CF/RW	Steve Marlet	27	0	0	29 Aug 2001	£11,500,000
15	CF	Barry Hayles	29	116	37	18 Nov 1998	£2,000,000
20	CF	Louis Saha	23	48	32	1 Jul 2000	£2,100,000
22	LW/CF	Luís Boa Morte	24	46	21	30 Jul 2000/14 Jun 2001	Loan/£1,700,000
33	CF	Calum Willock	19	1	0	c.1998	Academy
34	CF	Elvis Hammond	20	1	0	c.1998	Academy
38	CF	Luke Cornwall	21	4	1	c.1997	Academy
Out on Season-long Loan

Starting XI

This represents the most commonly selected players according to league appearances

Pos. Name Appearances GK Edwin van der Sar 37 DR Steve Finnan 38 DC Andy Melville (c) 35 DC Alain Goma 32+1 DL Rufus Brevett 34+1 MR Sylvain Legwinski 30+3 MC Sean Davis 25+5 MC John Collins 29+4 ML Steed Malbranque 33+4 ST Louis Saha 28+8 ST Barry Hayles 27+8

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Staff

Board Position Name Chairman Mohamed Al-Fayed Vice chairman Bill Muddyman Managing director Michael Fiddy Director Brendan Delaney Director Lee Hoos Director Andy Muddyman Director Juliet Slot

Coaching staff Position Name Manager Jean Tigana Assistant manager Cristian Damiano Fitness manager Roger Propos Goalkeeping coach Gerry Peyton

Medical staff Position Name Club Doctor Steve Nance Physio Jason Palmer

Other staff Position Name Chief scout John Marshall Head groundsman Frank Boahene

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Other info
14 Jun 2001	LW/CF	Luís Boa Morte	Southampton	£1,700,000
24 Jul 2001	LM	Sean Doherty	Everton	£650,000
1 Aug 2001	GK	Edwin van der Sar	Juventus	£7,000,000
1 Aug 2001	R/CB	Abdeslam Ouaddou	Nancy	£2,000,000
2 Aug 2001	AMR/L/C	Steed Malbranque	Lyon	£5,000,000
8 Aug 2001	LB	Jon Harley	Chelsea	£3,500,000
22 Aug 2001	R/CM	Sylvain Legwinski	Bordeaux	£3,300,000
29 Aug 2001	CF/RW	Steve Marlet	Lyon	£11,500,000
	Total	£34,650,000

Loans in

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date	Other info
8 Jul 2001	GK	Matt Clarke	Bradford City	10 Jul 2001	Originally one month loan

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Other info
1 Jul 2001	GK	James Bittner	Salisbury City	Free
1 Jul 2001	CM	Wayne Collins	Released	Free	Joined Crewe on 9 Aug 2001
1 Jul 2001	CM	Jacopo Galbiati	Valle d'Aosta	Free
1 Jul 2001	RB	Antony Howard	Hampton & Richmond Borough	Free
1 Jul 2001	CF	Jermaine Hunter	Harrow Borough	Free
1 Jul 2001	LM	Michael Johnson	Released	Free
1 Jul 2001	CM	Sam Keevil	Chelmsford City	Free
1 Jul 2001	RM	Neil Lampton	Released	Free	Joined Canvey Island in Dec 2001
1 Jul 2001	CF	Bruce Lwando	Atherstone United	Free
1 Jul 2001	CB/DM	Simon Morgan	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free
1 Jul 2001	R/CB	Alan Neilson	Released	Free	Joined Grimsby on 19 Oct 2001
1 Jul 2001	LB	Terry Phelan	Released	Free	Joined Sheff Utd on 8 Aug 2001
1 Jul 2001	CF	Karl-Heinz Riedle	Retired	n/a
1 Jul 2001	GK	Tony Tucker	Woking	Free
1 Jul 2001	RB	Tom Upsher	Released	Free	Later joined Hampton & Richmond
1 Jul 2001	LB	Justin Wilson	Released	Free
7 Jul 2001	CF	Paul Peschisolido	Sheffield United	£150,000
7 Dec 2001	CB	Kit Symons	Crystal Palace	£400,000
22 Mar 2002	LM	Paul Trollope	Coventry City	Free
28 Mar 2002	LM	Kevin Betsy	Barnsley	£200,000
	Total	£750,000

Loans out

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date	Other info
1 Sept 2001	CF	Elvis Hammond	Bristol Rovers	1 Nov 2001
12 Oct 2001	GK	Marcus Hahnemann	Rochdale	12 Nov 2001
13 Dec 2001	GK	Marcus Hahnemann	Reading	13 Jan 2002
15 Feb 2002	LB	Kieran McAnespie	Bournemouth	21 Apr 2002

Matches

Pre-Season

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Other info
1	Fri 13 Jul 2001	Nancy	Away	Won	2-1	Played at Stade Municipal D'Épinal, France
2	Tue 17 Jul 2001	Sparta Prague	Home	Drew	0-0	Played at Kingfield Stadium, Woking
3	Fri 20 Jul 2001	Celtic	Away	Lost	0-3
4	Thu 26 Jul 2001	French XI	Neutral	Lost	0-2	Played at INF Clairefontaine, France
5	Wed 1 Aug 2001	Crystal Palace	Away	Won	1-0
6	Sat 4 Aug 2001	Espanyol	Neutral	Lost	1-2	Played in Le Touquet, France
7	Sat 11 Aug 2001	Deportivo Alavés	Home	Lost	0-1

Additional friendlies

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Other info
1	Sat 1 Sept 2001	Monaco	Home	Won	2-1
2	Fri 9 Nov 2001	Sochaux	Away	Lost	0-2

Premier League

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Other info
1	Sun 19 Aug 2001	Manchester United	Away	Lost	2-3
2	Wed 22 Aug 2001	Sunderland	Home	Won	2-0
3	Sat 25 Aug 2001	Derby County	Home	Drew	0-0
4	Sun 9 Sept 2001	Charlton Athletic	Away	Drew	1-1
5	Sat 15 Sept 2001	Arsenal	Home	Lost	1-3
6	Sat 22 Sept 2001	Leicester City	Away	Drew	0-0
7	Sun 30 Sept 2001	Chelsea	Home	Drew	1-1
8	Sun 14 Oct 2001	Aston Villa	Away	Lost	0-2
9	Sun 21 Oct 2001	Ipswich Town	Home	Drew	1-1
10	Sat 27 Oct 2001	Southampton	Home	Won	2-1
11	Sat 3 Nov 2001	West Ham United	Away	Won	2-0
12	Sat 17 Nov 2001	Newcastle United	Home	Won	3-1
13	Sat 24 Nov 2001	Bolton Wanderers	Away	Drew	0-0
14	Sun 2 Dec 2001	Leeds United	Home	Drew	0-0
15	Sat 8 Dec 2001	Everton	Home	Won	2-0
16	Wed 12 Dec 2001	Liverpool	Away	Drew	0-0
17	Sat 15 Dec 2001	Tottenham Hotspur	Away	Lost	0-4
	Sat 22 Dec 2001	Middlesbrough	Away	Postponed	P-P	Postponed due to heavy snow
18	Wed 26 Dec 2001	Charlton Athletic	Home	Drew	0-0
19	Sun 30 Dec 2001	Manchester United	Home	Lost	2-3
20	Wed 2 Jan 2002	Derby County	Away	Won	1-0
21	Sat 12 Jan 2002	Middlesbrough	Home	Won	2-1
22	Sat 19 Jan 2002	Sunderland	Away	Drew	1-1
23	Wed 30 Jan 2002	Ipswich Town	Away	Lost	0-1
24	Sat 2 Feb 2002	Aston Villa	Home	Drew	0-0
25	Sat 9 Feb 2002	Blackburn Rovers	Home	Won	2-0
26	Tue 19 Feb 2002	Middlesbrough	Away	Lost	1-2
27	Sat 23 Feb 2002	Arsenal	Away	Lost	1-4
28	Sat 2 Mar 2002	Liverpool	Home	Lost	0-2
29	Wed 6 Mar 2002	Chelsea	Away	Lost	2-3
30	Sat 16 Mar 2002	Everton	Away	Lost	1-2
31	Sun 24 Mar 2002	Tottenham Hotspur	Home	Lost	0-2
32	Sat 30 Mar 2002	Southampton	Away	Drew	1-1
33	Mon 1 Apr 2002	West Ham United	Home	Lost	0-1
34	Mon 8 Apr 2002	Newcastle United	Away	Drew	1-1
35	Sat 20 Apr 2002	Leeds United	Away	Won	1-0
36	Tue 23 Apr 2002	Bolton Wanderers	Home	Won	3-0
37	Sat 27 Apr 2002	Leicester City	Home	Drew	0-0
38	Sat 11 May 2002	Blackburn Rovers	Away	Lost	0-3

League Cup

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Other info
2nd round	Tue 11 Sept 2001	Rochdale	Away	Drew	2-2	Fulham won 6-5 on pens
3rd round	Wed 10 Oct 2001	Derby County	Home	Won	5-2
4th round	Thu 29 Nov 2001	Tottenham Hotspur	Home	Lost	1-2

FA Cup

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Other info
3rd round	Sat 5 Jan 2002	Wycombe Wanderers	Away	Postponed	P-P	Postponed due to frozen pitch
3rd round	Tue 8 Jan 2002	Wycombe Wanderers	Away	Drew	2-2
Replay	Tue 15 Jan 2002	Wycombe Wanderers	Home	Won	1-0
4th round	Sat 26 Jan 2002	York City	Away	Won	2-0
5th round	Sat 16 Feb 2002	Walsall	Away	Won	2-1
6th round	Sun 10 Mar 2002	West Bromwich Albion	Away	Won	1-0
Semi-final	Sun 14 Apr 2002	Chelsea	Neutral	Lost	0-1	Played at Villa Park