2001–02 Arsenal F.C. season

The 2001–02 season was the 104th season of competitive football played by Arsenal. Having ended the previous season as FA Cup finalists and league runners-up to Manchester United, the club went one better in this campaign, by completing the domestic double – their second in four years and third overall. Arsenal won the Premier League by a seven-point margin, were unbeaten away from home and managed the unique feat of scoring in every league game. They lost only three times in the division, all of which at home. At the Millennium Stadium, Arsenal beat Chelsea 2–0 to win the 2002 FA Cup Final. In Europe however, they fared poorly as they were eliminated in the second group stage of the UEFA Champions League.

Arsenal

2001–02 season
Chairman	Peter Hill-Wood
Manager	Arsène Wenger
Stadium	Highbury
Premier League	1st
FA Cup	Winners
League Cup	Fifth round
UEFA Champions League	Second group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Thierry Henry (24) All: Thierry Henry (32)
Highest home attendance	38,254 vs Everton (11 May 2002)[1]
Lowest home attendance	16,917 vs Grimsby Town (27 November 2001)[1]
Average home league attendance	36,541 (in all competitions)[1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours

In the transfer window, Arsenal sold several fringe players, notably Nelson Vivas to Internazionale and Sylvinho to Celta Vigo; goalkeeper John Lukic was released following his decision to retire. Goalkeeper Richard Wright was signed as an earmarked understudy to David Seaman, while midfielder Giovanni van Bronckhorst and striker Francis Jeffers were purchased in big money moves from Rangers and Everton respectively. Perhaps the marked signing for Arsenal was the acquisition of defender Sol Campbell, who moved from local rivals Tottenham Hotspur on a free transfer.

Manager Arsène Wenger was named Barclaycard Manager of the Year and midfielder Freddie Ljungberg received the player equivalent – the Barclaycard Player of the Year, in recognition of the team's achievement. Winger Robert Pires was given the accolade of being the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year, while Thierry Henry ended the campaign as club and the league's top goalscorer, the latter for which he was awarded the Premier League Golden Boot. At the end of the season, club captain Tony Adams announced his retirement from football; he was followed by fellow defender Lee Dixon and club goalkeeping coach Bob Wilson.

Background

See also: 2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season

In the 2000–01 season, Arsenal finished second in the Premier League for the third consecutive season – this time ten points behind Manchester United. The title race was as good as over by February, when Arsenal lost 6–1 to United at Old Trafford.[2] The season gave priority to cups, with the best chance of ending their three-year wait for a trophy being in the FA Cup; Arsenal beat Tottenham Hotspur in the semi-finals and met Liverpool in the final. Although they dominated most of the match and went a goal up, they succumbed to two late Michael Owen goals and lost 2–1.[3]

Transfers

Defender Sol Campbell joined Arsenal from rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the transfer window.

The cup final defeat prompted manager Arsène Wenger to admit new players would be brought in during the transfer window.[4] To fill the seemingly large void left by Emmanuel Petit in the centre of midfield, Giovanni van Bronckhorst was signed from Rangers for £8.5 million.[5] Teenager Francis Jeffers was purchased from Everton in an initial £8 million deal.[6] Junichi Inamoto and Richard Wright were also recruited, with Nelson Vivas and Sylvinho departing the club. After a protracted transfer saga, which involved him questioning Arsenal's ambitions and being linked to a move with Manchester United, midfielder Patrick Vieira remained at the club.[7][8]

Perhaps the marked signing of the summer was defender Sol Campbell, who moved from rivals Tottenham Hotspur on a Bosman ruling. The player's wage demands seemed to have extinguished Arsenal's chances of signing the player at one point.[9] Campbell was unveiled at a midday news conference on 3 July 2001, which journalists "presumed had been called to announce goalkeeper Richard Wright's arrival from Ipswich."[10] Wenger described Campbell as the "best", adding: "I felt we could not compete on financial basis with the top clubs but we could give him a football challenge."[10]

In

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Ref
57	DF	Juan	São Paulo	Undisclosed	1 May 2001	[11]
9	FW	Francis Jeffers	Everton	£10,000,000	14 June 2001	[12]
16	MF	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	Rangers	£8,500,000	19 June 2001	[13]
23	DF	Sol Campbell	Tottenham Hotspur	Free transfer	3 July 2001	[14]
24	GK	Richard Wright	Ipswich Town	£6,000,000	5 July 2001	[15]
19	MF	Junichi Inamoto	Gamba Osaka	£3,500,000	23 July 2001	[16]
27	DF	Stathis Tavlaridis	Iraklis Thessaloniki	£1,000,000	19 September 2001	[17]
28	DF	Kolo Touré	ASEC Mimosas	£150,000	14 February 2002	[18]

Out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Ref
40	DF	Lee Canoville	Torquay United	Free transfer	1 June 2001	[19]
24	GK	John Lukic	Retired	Free transfer	1 June 2001	[20]
23	DF	Nelson Vivas	Internazionale	Free transfer	12 June 2001	[21]
19	MF	Stefan Malz	Kaiserslautern	£580,000	24 June 2001	[22]
	MF	Guillaume Norbert	Chesterfield	Free transfer	25 July 2001	[23]
	MF	Guy Demel	Borussia Dortmund	£194,000	25 July 2001	[23]
16	DF	Sylvinho	Celta Vigo	£5,000,000	31 August 2001	[24]
	MF	Greg Lincoln	Stevenage Borough	Free transfer	1 September 2001	[19]

Pre-season

Arsenal kicked off their pre-season in England playing, and beating both Boreham Wood,[25][26] and Rushden & Diamonds,[27] before flying to Austria to play a series of friendlies against Turkish club, Kocaelispor,[28][29], Spanish side Real Mallorca,[30] and Italian champions, Roma,[31][32] with mixed results. Both Sol Campbell and Richard Wright made their debuts for the club in the 2–0 win against Real Mallorca.[33] Returning to England they won games against Norwich City.,[34] and Barnet,[35][36] before the commencement of the Premier League.[37][38]

Results

Boreham Wood v Arsenal

13 July 2001 Friendly	Boreham Wood	0–2	Arsenal	Borehamwood
		Report	Jeffers Bergkamp	Stadium: Meadow Park (Borehamwood)

Rushden & Diamonds v Arsenal

21 July 2001 Friendly	Rushden & Diamonds	0–2	Arsenal	Northampton
		Report	Henry  69' Volz  88'	Stadium: Nene Park Attendance: 6,071

Kocaelispor v Arsenal

25 July 2001 Friendly	Kocaelispor	4–1	Arsenal	Innsbruck, Austria
	Lazarov Colak Topraktope	Report	Parlour

Real Mallorca v Arsenal

30 July 2001 Friendly	Real Mallorca	0–2	Arsenal	Kufstein, Austria
		Report	Bergkamp Van Bronckhorst

Roma v Arsenal

1 August 2001 Friendly	Roma	1–0	Arsenal	Austria
	Vincenzo Montella  45'	Report		Attendance: 10,000

Norwich City v Arsenal

7 August 2001 Friendly	Norwich City	2–4	Arsenal	Norwich, England
		Report	Patrick Viera Sylvain Wiltord Francis Jeffers	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 21,000

Barnet v Arsenal

11 August 2001 Friendly	Barnet	1–6	Arsenal	Barnet, England
	Midgley  55'	Report	Ljungberg  26' Cole  34' Bergkamp  38' Henry  68' Viera Wiltord  83'	Stadium: Underhill Stadium Attendance: 4,600

Tony Adams Testimonial

Following his announcement of retirement, a testimonial match was organised for Tony Adams at the end of the season, against the Scottish football champions, Celtic, on 13 May, at Highbury. The match played out as a 1-1 draw, with Lee Dixon scoring the singular Arsenal goal.[39][40][41]

Arsenal v Celtic

13 May 2002 Tony Adams Testimonial	Arsenal	1–1	Celtic	London
	Dixon  67'	Report	Thompson  32'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,021

Premier League

Main article: 2001–02 FA Premier League

August–October

"I saw something today I never saw last season – we played as a team. It's the most important thing in football."

 — Thierry Henry's reaction following the Middlesbrough game.[42]

Arsenal's league campaign started on 18 August 2001, with an away fixture at Middlesbrough. Thierry Henry scored the opening goal in the 43rd minute, before teammate Ray Parlour was sent off in the second half for a second bookable offence.[42] In spite of the man disadvantage, Arsenal was awarded a late penalty which was converted in by Robert Pires – it was conceded by Ugo Ehiogu for a trip on Ashley Cole, who subsequently was sent off.[42] Substitute Dennis Bergkamp added two goals in two minutes, in what finished a 4–0 victory.[42] At home to Leeds United, Arsenal conceded within the half-hour after Ian Harte's "low, left-footed free-kick" beat goalkeeper Seaman.[43] Although Sylvain Wiltord equalised moments after, striker Mark Viduka in the second half collected a pass from Harry Kewell and used his strength to beat Tony Adams and score for the visitors.[43] In spite of an attacking formation change and Leeds going down to nine men, as Danny Mills and Lee Bowyer were dismissed, Arsenal was unable to break down their defence.[43] Goals from Ljungberg, Wiltord, Henry and Kanu against Leicester City moved Arsenal into third place, a point behind joint-leaders Everton and Leeds.[44]

The team could only manage a draw against Chelsea on 8 September 2001, in a game described by The Guardian writer David Lacey as one where "the teams simply battered away at each other until one cracked."[45] Henry scored the winning goal away to newly promoted outfit Fulham; the 3–1 victory moved Arsenal to the top of the league for the first time in the campaign.[46] Against Bolton Wanderers, Arsenal was held to a 1–1 draw after Jeffers' goal was cancelled out by Michael Ricketts.[47] A win at Derby County, where Henry scored two goals[48] was followed by an identical scoreline against Southampton at the new St. Mary's Stadium.[49] At home to Blackburn Rovers, midfielder Keith Gillespie gave the visitors the lead, before Pires equalised and Bergkamp put Arsenal in front.[50] A mistake by Lauren presented David Dunn the chance to shoot "from 25 yards" and score.[50] Henry's controlled effort looked to have been the winner for Arsenal, until a pass by Tugay caused goalkeeper Wright to "race out of his goal" – the loose ball was collected by Dunn who shot into the empty net.[50] Although Wenger was disappointed with the manner of the defeat, he saw some encouragement: "What's positive for everyone is that Manchester United are dropping points as well. But we need to rectify the fact we concede goals at home."[51] October ended with a draw against Sunderland, where notably former Arsenal player Stefan Schwarz equalised for the home side and Patrick Vieira missed a penalty.[52]

November–February

Bergkamp scored the winning goal for Arsenal against Blackburn Rovers in January 2002.

Arsenal's first fixture of November was at home to Charlton Athletic. The team conceded four goals in 20 minutes and blew several chances to "kill the game", in what was the club's biggest home defeat in the league under Wenger.[53] An away trip to local rivals Tottenham Hostpur became magnified with interest, given it marked the return of Campbell following his move to Arsenal.[54] An 81st-minute goal scored by Pires put Arsenal into the lead, before a lapse by Wright in goal allowed Gus Poyet's shot to squirm from his grasp and enter the goalnet.[55] Arsenal then faced league champions Manchester United and in spite of conceding inside 14 minutes through a Paul Scholes’ strike, Ljungberg equalised for them "with a wonderful chipped finish, following Gary Neville's wretched error."[56] Arsenal improved in the second half but scored in unforeseen fashion: United goalkeeper Fabien Barthez passed the ball directly into the feet of Henry, who profited from the error and scored.[56] Five minutes later, Barthez's failure to grasp the ball presented Henry the chance to score his second, which he did.[56] Both Henry and Wenger defended the opposition goalkeeper, with the former, his international teammate saying: "Of course I was happy to score the goals but it was strange. He's my good friend and I feel sorry for him; I would rather have got them another way."[57]

Arsenal beat Ipswich Town on 1 December 2001 to put the club second in the league table.[58] A week later the team played Aston Villa,. Goals from ex-Arsenal midfielder Paul Merson and Steve Stone gave the visitors a deserved lead before Arsenal produced an "enthralling" fight back, capped off by Henry, who scored the winner in stoppage time.[59] The team drew 1–1 at West Ham United and lost more ground at the top of the league table following a comprehensive home defeat to Newcastle United.[60][61] Arsenal began the Christmas period with a fixture against Liverpool and the team were without Vieira, who was suspended.[62] Striker Michael Owen thought he had scored his 100th goal for Liverpool, which was acrobatically cleared off the line by Cole.[62] Vieira's replacement Giovanni van Bronckhorst was sent off in the 35th minute for a dive but the man disadvantage did not stop Arsenal "catching their opponents on the break".[62] The team scored the first goal of the match – a penalty, converted by Henry minutes before the interval and "uncharacteristic slackness" by Steven Gerrard allowed Pires to beat his defender and cross the ball from the left-hand side; it was met by Ljungberg, who nipped in at the far post to double Arsenal's lead.[62] Jari Litmanen pulled a goal back for Liverpool but Arsenal hung on to record their first win at Anfield in Wenger's tenure.[62] On Boxing Day Arsenal recorded a win against Chelsea and two days after, earned three points at home to Middlesbrough, courtesy of a headed winner by Cole.[63][64]

In their first league match of 2002, Arsenal hosted Liverpool at Highbury. The match brought "little but frustration" for the home side as Liverpool scored an equaliser six minutes after Ljungberg gave Arsenal the lead.[65] More ground was lost and the initiative was handed to Manchester United, following a second successive stalemate in the league, this time away to Leeds on 20 January 2002.[66] With results going in Arsenal's favour that midweek however, the club moved second in the table after a 3–1 win against Leicester City.[67] Victory away to Blackburn Rovers, where Oleh Luzhny was sent off in the second half and his defensive partner Campbell "provided the sort of display usually described as sterling", kept Arsenal in-touch of Manchester United.[68]

A Jo Tessem equaliser for Southampton earned the visitors a point against Arsenal on 2 February 2002; in hindsight this proved to be the last time they dropped points in the league season.[69] Wiltord scored the winning goal against Everton and Arsenal moved back to second place, which was obtained by Liverpool, following a 4–1 win at home to Fulham.[70][71]

March–May

Arsenal recorded a 2–0 win against Newcastle United on 2 March 2002.[72] The opening goal scored by Bergkamp was described as a "really clever goal" by opposition manager Sir Bobby Robson.[72] The move involved the striker receiving a low pass from Pires and under pressure from his marker Nikos Dabizas, he controlled the ball with one flick and went around before placing the ball into the right-hand corner.[72] Arsenal moved to the top of the table three days after, as they beat Derby County by one goal to nil.[73] They were displaced by Manchester United the following night, albeit with the reigning champions having played a game more.[74] An inspired performance by Pires against Aston Villa on 17 March 2002 kept a point behind top spot; the win was followed up by a comprehensive defeat of Sunderland, where all three Arsenal goals were scored in the first half.[75][76]

Henry scored a brace against Charlton Athletic to move Arsenal back to first spot, one clear of Liverpool with a game-in-hand.[77] They then played Tottenham Hotspur on 6 April 2002 and took the lead in the opening half through Ljungberg, via a deflection off goalkeeper Kasey Keller.[78] Teddy Sheringham equalised for Spurs from the penalty spot, before Arsenal was awarded a spot kick when Henry was adjusted to have been fouled by Dean Richards.[78] With Henry receiving treatment and normal penalty takers Edu and Bergkamp substituted, Lauren stepped up to take the responsibility and scored what was the winner.[78] Victory against Ipswich Town and five days later at home against West Ham United, where Ljungberg and Kanu scored meant Arsenal was two wins away from securing the title.[79][80] The team beat Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium, which mathematically ruled out Liverpool's chances of winning the league and meant Manchester United needed to beat Arsenal the following game to have any chance of retaining it.[81] Ruud van Nistelrooy was surprisingly named on the bench for Sir Alex Ferguson's side, with Arsenal missing Adams and Henry.[82] Having withstood pressure from the home side in the first half, Wiltord scored for Arsenal in the second half, receiving a pass from Ljungberg in the build up.[82] The win secured the double for the second time in four seasons and prompted Wenger to acclaim a "shift of power" in the league.[83] On the final day of the season, Arsenal beat Everton by four goals to three, in a match where defender Lee Dixon and goalkeeping coach Bob Wilson received warm send-offs from the crowd.[84]

Match results

Middlesbrough v Arsenal

18 August 2001 1	Middlesbrough	0–4	Arsenal	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST		Report	Henry  43' Pires  87' (pen.) Bergkamp  88', 90'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 31,557 Referee: Graham Barber

Arsenal v Leeds United

21 August 2001 2	Arsenal	1–2	Leeds United	London
19:45 BST	Wiltord  32'	Report	Harte  29' Viduka  52'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,062 Referee: Jeff Winter

Arsenal v Leicester City

25 August 2001 3	Arsenal	4–0	Leicester City	London
15:00 BST	Ljungberg  17' Wiltord  28' Henry  77' Kanu  90+4'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 37,909 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Chelsea v Arsenal

8 September 2001 4	Chelsea	1–1	Arsenal	London
15:00 BST	Hasselbaink  31' (pen.)	Report	Henry  17'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,855 Referee: Mike Riley

Fulham v Arsenal

15 September 2001 5	Fulham	1–3	Arsenal	London
15:00 BST	Malbranque  48'	Report	Ljungberg  17' Henry  82' Bergkamp  90+5'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 20,805 Referee: Alan Wiley

Arsenal v Bolton Wanderers

22 September 2001 6	Arsenal	1–1	Bolton Wanderers	London
15:00 BST	Jeffers  74'	Report	Ricketts  83'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,014 Referee: Clive Wilkes

Derby County v Arsenal

29 September 2001 7	Derby County	0–2	Arsenal	Derby
15:00 BST		Report	Henry  21', 63' (pen.)	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 29,200 Referee: Rob Styles

Southampton v Arsenal

13 October 2001 8	Southampton	0–2	Arsenal	Southampton
15:00 BST		Report	Pires  5' Henry  74'	Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium Attendance: 29,759 Referee: Graham Barber

Arsenal v Blackburn Rovers

20 October 2001 9	Arsenal	3–3	Blackburn Rovers	London
	Pires  48' Bergkamp  53' Henry  78'	Report	Gillespie  41' Dunn  58', 89'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,108 Referee: Uriah Rennie

Sunderland v Arsenal

27 October 2001 10	Sunderland	1–1	Arsenal	Sunderland
	Schwarz  54'	Report	Kanu  40'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 48,029 Referee: Mike Riley

Arsenal v Charlton Athletic

4 November 2001 11	Arsenal	2–4	Charlton Athletic	London
	Henry  7', 60' (pen.)	Report	S. Brown  35' R. Wright  43' (o.g.) Jensen  49' Euell  53'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,010 Referee: Mark Halsey

Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal

17 November 2001 12	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Arsenal	London
15:00 GMT	Poyet  90+4'	Report	Pires  81'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,049 Referee: Jeff Winter

Arsenal v Manchester United

25 November 2001 13	Arsenal	3–1	Manchester United	London
16:00 GMT	Ljungberg  48' Henry  80', 85'	Report	Scholes  15'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,174 Referee: Peter Jones

Ipswich Town v Arsenal

1 December 2001 14	Ipswich Town	0–2	Arsenal	Ipswich
		Report	Ljungberg  5' Henry  56' (pen.)	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 24,666 Referee: David Elleray

Arsenal v Aston Villa

9 December 2001 15	Arsenal	3–2	Aston Villa	London
16:00 GMT	Wiltord  46' Henry  72', 90+1'	Report	Merson  21' Stone  34'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,074 Referee: Alan Wiley

West Ham United v Arsenal

15 December 2001 16	West Ham United	1–1	Arsenal	London
15:00 GMT	Kanouté  36'	Report	Cole  39'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,523 Referee: Mike Riley

Arsenal v Newcastle United

18 December 2001 17	Arsenal	1–3	Newcastle United	London
20:00 GMT	Pires  20'	Report	O'Brien  60' Shearer  86' (pen.) Robert  90+1'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,012 Referee: Graham Poll

Liverpool v Arsenal

23 December 2001 18	Liverpool	1–2	Arsenal	Liverpool
16:00 GMT	Litmanen  55'	Report	Henry  45+2' (pen.) Ljungberg  53'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,297 Referee: Paul Durkin

Arsenal v Chelsea

26 December 2001 19	Arsenal	2–1	Chelsea	London
	Campbell  49' Wiltord  71'	Report	Lampard  31'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,079 Referee: Graham Barber

Arsenal v Middlesbrough

29 December 2001 20	Arsenal	2–1	Middlesbrough	London
	Pires  55' Cole  80'	Report	Whelan  22'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 37,948 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Arsenal v Liverpool

13 January 2002 21	Arsenal	1–1	Liverpool	London
16:00 GMT	Ljungberg  62'	Report	Riise  68'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,132 Referee: Steve Dunn

Leeds United v Arsenal

20 January 2002 22	Leeds United	1–1	Arsenal	Leeds
16:00 GMT	Fowler  6'	Report	Pires  45'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 40,143 Referee: Mark Halsey

Leicester City v Arsenal

23 January 2002 23	Leicester City	1–3	Arsenal	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Izzet  68'	Report	Van Bronckhorst  33' Henry  43' Wiltord  90+4'	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 21,344 Referee: David Elleray

Blackburn Rovers v Arsenal

30 January 2002 24	Blackburn Rovers	2–3	Arsenal	Blackburn
19:45 GMT	Jansen  31', 39'	Report	Bergkamp  14', 75' Henry  21'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 25,893 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

Arsenal v Southampton

2 February 2002 25	Arsenal	1–1	Southampton	London
15:00 GMT	Wiltord  40'	Report	Tessem  80'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,024 Referee: Clive Wilkes

Everton v Arsenal

10 February 2002 26	Everton	0–1	Arsenal	Liverpool
16:00 GMT		Report	Wiltord  62'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 30,859 Referee: Jeff Winter

Arsenal v Fulham

23 February 2002 27	Arsenal	4–1	Fulham	London
15:00 GMT	Lauren  5' Vieira  15' Henry  38', 59'	Report	Marlet  10'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,029 Referee: Uriah Rennie

Newcastle United v Arsenal

2 March 2002 28	Newcastle United	0–2	Arsenal	Newcastle upon Tyne
17:30 GMT		Report	Bergkamp  11' Campbell  41'	Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 52,067 Referee: Neale Barry

Arsenal v Derby County

5 March 2002 29	Arsenal	1–0	Derby County	London
19:45 GMT	Pires  69'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 37,878 Referee: Graham Barber

Aston Villa v Arsenal

17 March 2002 30	Aston Villa	1–2	Arsenal	Birmingham
16:00 GMT	Dublin  69'	Report	Edu  15' Pires  60'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,520 Referee: Steve Dunn

Arsenal v Sunderland

30 March 2002 31	Arsenal	3–0	Sunderland	London
15:00 BST	Vieira  2' Bergkamp  4' Wiltord  30'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,047 Referee: Paul Durkin

Charlton Athletic v Arsenal

1 April 2002 32	Charlton Athletic	0–3	Arsenal	London
15:00 BST		Report	Henry  16', 25' Ljungberg  21'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 26,339 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur

6 April 2002 33	Arsenal	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	London
15:00 BST	Ljungberg  24' Lauren  86' (pen.)	Report	Sheringham  81' (pen.)	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,186 Referee: Mark Halsey

Arsenal v Ipswich Town

21 April 2002 34	Arsenal	2–0	Ipswich Town	London
16:00 BST	Ljungberg  68', 78'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,058 Referee: Alan Wiley

Arsenal v West Ham United

24 April 2002 35	Arsenal	2–0	West Ham United	London
20:00 BST	Ljungberg  77' Kanu  80'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: Steve Dunn Referee: 38,038

Bolton Wanderers v Arsenal

29 April 2002 36	Bolton Wanderers	0–2	Arsenal	Bolton
20:00 BST		Report	Ljungberg  36' Wiltord  44'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 27,351 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

Manchester United v Arsenal

8 May 2002 37	Manchester United	0–1	Arsenal	Manchester
20:00 BST		Report	Wiltord  57'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 67,580 Referee: Paul Durkin

Arsenal v Everton

11 May 2002 38	Arsenal	4–3	Everton	London
15:00 BST	Bergkamp  4' Henry  33', 72' Jeffers  82'	Report	Carsley  20' Radzinski  31' Watson  89'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,254 Referee: Mark Halsey

Classification

Main article: 2001–02 FA Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Arsenal (C)	38	26	9	3	79	36	+43	87	Qualification for the Champions League first group stage
2	Liverpool	38	24	8	6	67	30	+37	80
3	Manchester United	38	24	5	9	87	45	+42	77	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Newcastle United	38	21	8	9	74	52	+22	71
5	Leeds United	38	18	12	8	53	37	+16	66	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Since Arsenal qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place as FA Cup winners defaulted to Chelsea, the losing finalists.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	26	9	3	79	36	+43	87	12	4	3	42	25	+17	14	5	0	37	11	+26

Source: [85]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H
Result	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	2	4	3	4	1	2	1	2	1	3	5	5	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	4	4	2	2	3	4	2	2	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: [86]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup

St James' Park, where Arsenal played their sixth round tie against Newcastle United.

Arsenal entered the FA Cup in the third round, in which they were drawn to play Watford of the First Division. They took the lead in the eighth minute, where good play by Kanu allowed Henry to round goalkeeper Alec Chamberlain and tap the ball into the net.[87] The lead was doubled two minutes later: Kanu again found Henry, who "unselfishly squared the ball to midfielder Freddie Ljungberg for another tap-in."[87] Gifton Noel-Williams moments afterwards halved the lead, when Arsenal failed to deal with a corner; Noel-Williams headed the ball in from a Gary Fisken cross.[87] After squandering numerous chances to increase their lead, Arsenal added a late third and fourth goal from Kanu and Bergkamp before Marcus Gayle scored what was a mere consolation for Watford in stoppage time.[87] Arsenal faced cup holders Liverpool the following round, whom they lost to in the 2001 FA Cup Final. A solitary goal scored by Bergkamp in the 27th minute was enough for Arsenal to progress, in a match layered with controversy: Martin Keown, Bergkamp and Liverpool's Jamie Carragher were sent off in the space of ten minutes – the latter footballer for hurling back a coin at the crowd.[88] Against Gillingham in the fifth round, Arsenal twice had their lead cancelled out, before Adams, making his long-awaited return, scored the match-winning goal.[89]

Arsenal played league challengers Newcastle United in the sixth round, on 9 March 2002. The timing of the game, influenced by the television schedulers, angered Wenger, who threatened to field a weakened side, to prioritise on their Champions League progress: "The BBC have put us in this position of playing at 5.35pm on Saturday night instead of a noon kick-off. I don't know whether Newcastle would have played the game earlier on the Saturday but what can I do about the BBC? I feel it's being very unfair as we are the only side left in all three competitions."[90] It was the second meeting between both teams in a week, and in spite of Arsenal winning the first fixture and scoring the opener in the cup tie, Newcastle found "new reserves of energy and determination" to draw level and created numerous opportunities to win the game outright.[91] With the game ending in a draw, a replay was scheduled two weeks later. Arsenal won 3-0, but more concerningly lost Pires, who was carried off and subsequently ruled out for the remainder of the season with medial knee ligament damage.[92] An own goal by Middlesbrough's Gianluca Festa, from an Henry free-kick in the semi-finals was enough to send Arsenal to their 15th FA Cup final.[93]

Final

Main article: 2002 FA Cup Final

Arsenal contested the final against Chelsea on 4 May 2002. Wenger recalled Seaman in goal from the previous fixture, in place of Wright while Campbell was paired up with Adams in central defence. For Chelsea, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Graeme Le Saux passed late fitness tests and were named in the first team; John Terry filled the substitutes bench, having woken up with a virus.[94] Chelsea threatened early with goal efforts from Le Saux and midfielder Frank Lampard, before Bergkamp fashioned the first real chance of the match – he headed the ball over the top, which caught goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini off his line.[95] In the 70th minute Arsenal took the lead: Adams found Wiltord in space, who in turn passed the ball towards Parlour – he kicked "from just beyond the arc", which flew into the top right corner.[95] Ten minutes after, Ljungberg increased the lead, running from the half-way line and shrung off a late challenge by Terry to curl the ball past Cudicini.[95] The win meant Arsenal completed one half of an expected double; Wenger was pleased with the team's performance, adding: "We were very frustrated last year. We have shown a lot of strength to come back here – beating Liverpool and Newcastle on the way."[96]

Watford v Arsenal

5 January 2002 Third round	Watford	2–4	Arsenal	Watford
12:00	Noel-Williams  13' Gayle  90'	Report	Henry  8' Ljungberg  10' Kanu  83' Bergkamp  85'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,105 Referee: Alan Wiley

Arsenal v Liverpool

27 January 2002 Fourth round	Arsenal	1–0	Liverpool	London
13:00	Bergkamp  27'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,092 Referee: Mike Riley

Arsenal v Gillingham

16 February 2002 Fifth round	Arsenal	5–2	Gillingham	London
15:00	Wiltord  38', 81' Kanu  50' Adams  67' Parlour  88'	Report	King  38' Gooden  54'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,003 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Newcastle United v Arsenal

9 March 2002 Sixth round	Newcastle United	1–1	Arsenal	Newcastle
17:35	Robert  52'	Report	Edu  14'	Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 51,027 Referee: Mark Halsey

Arsenal v Newcastle United

23 March 2002 Sixth round replay	Arsenal	3–0	Newcastle United	London
12:00	Pires  2' Bergkamp  9' Campbell  50'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,073 Referee: Uriah Rennie

Middlesbrough v Arsenal

14 April 2002 Semi-final	Middlesbrough	0–1	Arsenal	Manchester
16:00 BST		Report	Festa  39' (o.g.)	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 61,168 Referee: David Elleray

Arsenal v Chelsea

4 May 2002 Final	Arsenal	2–0	Chelsea	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Parlour  70' Ljungberg  80'	Report		Stadium: Millennium Stadium Attendance: 73,963 Referee: Mike Riley

Football League Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup

In the third round of the Football League Cup, Arsenal faced Manchester United at Highbury. With both managers making several first team changes to give their younger and fringe players game time, it was Arsenal who came out on top, with Wiltord scoring a hat-trick.[97] A 2–0 win against First Division outfit Grimsby Town, who knocked out competition holders Liverpool in the previous round followed, but Arsenal was eliminated in the fifth round, losing 4–0 to Blackburn Rovers on 11 December 2001.[98][99] Wenger shrugged off the significance of the defeat and suggested that a spot in Europe, given to the winners of the competition, should instead be allocated to the Premier League: "I would give one more place to the championship because it's more difficult to play in the championship. But, as long as there is a European place at stake, we will play in the competition."[100]

Arsenal v Manchester United

5 November 2001 Third round	Arsenal	4–0	Manchester United	London
19:45	Wiltord  14', 29', 46' Kanu  65'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 30,693 Referee: Mike Riley

Arsenal v Grimsby Town

27 November 2001 Fourth round	Arsenal	2–0	Grimsby Town	London
19:45	Edu  4' Wiltord  74'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 16,917 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

Blackburn Rovers v Arsenal

11 December 2001 Fifth round	Blackburn Rovers	4–0	Arsenal	Blackburn
19:45	Jansen  11', 15', 68' Hughes  21'	Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 13,278 Referee: Paul Durkin

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group C

Arsenal's qualification into the UEFA Champions League was ensured as league runners-up the previous season. The club were drawn in Group B, along with German opposition Schalke 04, Panathinaikos of Greece and Spain's Mallorca.[101] In the opening match against Mallorca on 11 September 2001, Cole was handed a straight red card, as he was adjudged to have brought down striker Albert Luque in the penalty box.[102] Vicente Engonga scored from the resulting penalty, which proved to be the winning goal, in spite of Wenger making attacking substitutions that threatened to go close.[102] A 3–2 victory against Schalke 04, where Henry scored two goals was followed by a defeat away to Panathinaikos.[103][104] In the reverse fixture, Arsenal held on to win 2–1, and secured their passage to the second group stage with a 3–1 victory over Mallorca.[105][106] With nothing to play for, Wenger fielded an understrength Arsenal team against Schalke 04, who "...produced next to nothing in attack, looked poor in defence and were beaten by the time Sylvain Wiltord scored from Ray Parlour's cross."[107]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Panathinaikos	6	4	0	2	8	3	+5	12	Advance to second group stage
2	Arsenal	6	3	0	3	9	9	0	9
3	Mallorca	6	3	0	3	4	9	−5	9	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Schalke 04	6	2	0	4	9	9	0	6

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Mallorca v Arsenal

11 September 2001 1	Mallorca	1–0	Arsenal	Mallorca, Spain
20:45 CET	Engonga  12' (pen.) Olaizola  32' Niño  53' Vicente  90+1'	Report	Cole  11' Pires  23' Henry  63'	Stadium: Son Moix Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

Arsenal v Schalke 04

19 September 2001 2	Arsenal	3–2	Schalke 04	London, England
19:45 BST	Ljungberg  33' Henry  36', 47' (pen.)	Report	Van Hoogdalem  43'  85' Mpenza  59' Hajto  60' Agali  61' Asamoah  90+3'	Stadium: Highbury Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

Panathinaikos v Arsenal

26 September 2001 3	Panathinaikos	1–0	Arsenal	Athens, Greece
20:45 CET	Karagounis  25'	Report		Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Arsenal v Panathinaikos

16 October 2001 4	Arsenal	2–1	Panathinaikos	London, England
19:45 BST	Henry  23', 52' (pen.) Upson  28' Vieira  32' Lauren  53' Cole  74'	Report	Sousa  13' Kyrgiakos  47' Olisadebe  50' Michaelsen  80'	Stadium: Highbury Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Arsenal v Mallorca

24 October 2001 5	Arsenal	3–1	Mallorca	London, England
19:45 BST	Pires  61' Bergkamp  63' Henry  90+3'	Report	Akyel  41' Novo  74'	Stadium: Highbury Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Schalke 04 v Arsenal

30 October 2001 6	Schalke 04	3–1	Arsenal	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:45 CET	Mulder  2'  80' Böhme  17' Matellán  27' Vermant  60' Möller  64'	Report	Luzhny  17' Edu  19' Wiltord  71'	Stadium: Parkstadion Referee: John McClelland (Scotland)

Second group stage

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Champions League second group stage § Group D

First half goals scored by Roy Makaay and Diego Tristán inflicted defeat for Arsenal in their opening group game against Deportivo La Coruña.[108] The team responded with a 3–1 win against Italian champions Juventus; Ljungberg's second goal of the match and Arsenal's third involved a "wonderful piece of individual skill" by Bergkamp, as he held off two markers, before twisting and turning to find the Swede.[109] What looked to be a priceless win against Bayer Leverkusen at the BayArena as Arsenal for much of the second half were down to ten men, in fact turned into a draw, as Ulf Kirsten scored in stoppage time to cancel out Pires' 56th-minute goal.[110] In spite of winning the reverse fixture, defeat at home to Deportivo La Coruña and away at Juventus meant Arsenal finished third in the group with seven points.[111][112]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bayer Leverkusen	6	3	1	2	11	11	0	10	Advance to knockout stage
2	Deportivo La Coruña	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10
3	Arsenal	6	2	1	3	8	8	0	7
4	Juventus	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7

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Deportivo La Coruña v Arsenal

21 November 2001 1	Deportivo La Coruña	2–0	Arsenal	A Coruña, Spain
20:45 CET	Makaay  9' Tristán  25' Víctor  26'	Report	Henry  37' Lauren  60' Upson  80'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Terje Hauge (Football Association of Norway)

Arsenal v Juventus

4 December 2001 2	Arsenal	3–1	Juventus	London, England
19:45 GMT	Ljungberg  21', 88' Henry  28' Kanu  65'	Report	Nedvěd  33' Birindelli  39' Trezeguet  49'	Stadium: Highbury Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Bayer Leverkusen v Arsenal

19 February 2002 3	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	Arsenal	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CET	Živković  70' Kirsten  90'	Report	Stepanovs  33' Pires  56' Parlour  41'  68'	Stadium: BayArena Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Arsenal v Bayer Leverkusen

27 February 2002 4	Arsenal	4–1	Bayer Leverkusen	London, England
19:45 GMT	Pires  5' Henry  7' Vieira  48' Bergkamp  83'	Report	Ballack  47' Živković  71' Ramelow  72' Sebescen  86'	Stadium: Highbury Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Arsenal v Deportivo La Coruña

12 March 2002 5	Arsenal	0–2	Deportivo La Coruña	London, England
19:45 GMT	Henry 66' Vieira  77'	Report	Valerón  30' Naybet  40' Víctor  44' Sergio  69' Scaloni  75' Molina  82' Capdevila  89'	Stadium: Highbury Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Juventus v Arsenal

20 March 2002 6	Juventus	1–0	Arsenal	Turin, Italy
20:45 CET	Davids  43' Zalayeta  76' Pessotto  90+1'	Report	Vieira  27'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

Awards

In recognition of the team's achievement, Wenger was awarded the Barclaycard Manager of the Year, in addition to being named the League Managers Association Manager of the Year.[113] Ljungberg, who scored in five of Arsenal's last eight league matches, as well as the second goal in the cup final, was given the Barclaycard Player of the Year accolade.[114] Pires was named the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year, with five votes separating himself from Ruud van Nistelrooy; he said it was "a great honour" to receive the award, adding: "Times have been difficult with my injury, but this has given me something to smile about."[115]

For his goal against Newcastle United, Bergkamp received the Goal of the Season award, as voted by viewers of ITV's The Premiership.[114] Henry earned the Premier League Golden Boot, scoring 24 league goals – one more than van Nistelrooy, while Paul Burgess was named "Premier League Groundsman of the Year".[114]

Player statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		David Seaman	25	0	17+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	7+0	0
2	DF		Lee Dixon	19	0	3+10	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
3	DF		Ashley Cole	40	2	29+0	2	4+0	0	0+0	0	6+1	0
4	MF		Patrick Vieira	54	3	35+1	2	7+0	0	0+0	0	11+0	1
5	DF		Martin Keown	34	0	21+1	0	3+1	0	2+0	0	4+2	0
6	DF		Tony Adams	13	1	10+0	0	3+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF		Robert Pires	45	13	27+1	9	3+2	1	0+0	0	12+0	3
8	MF		Freddie Ljungberg	39	17	24+1	12	5+0	2	0+0	0	8+1	3
9	FW		Francis Jeffers	10	2	2+4	2	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
10	FW		Dennis Bergkamp	46	14	22+11	9	4+2	3	1+0	0	3+3	2
11	FW		Sylvain Wiltord	54	17	23+10	10	6+1	2	3+0	4	9+2	1
12	DF		Lauren	41	2	27+0	2	3+0	0	0+0	0	11+0	0
13	GK		Stuart Taylor	15	0	9+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	1+1	0
14	FW		Thierry Henry	49	32	31+2	24	4+1	1	0+0	0	11+0	7
15	MF		Ray Parlour	40	2	25+2	0	2+2	2	1+0	0	5+3	0
16	MF		Giovanni van Bronckhorst	33	1	13+8	1	2+0	0	3+0	0	6+1	0
17	MF		Edu	27	3	8+6	1	4+1	1	3+0	1	2+3	0
18	DF		Gilles Grimandi	40	0	11+15	0	1+3	0	2+0	0	5+3	0
19	MF		Junichi Inamoto	4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+2	0
20	DF		Matthew Upson	22	0	10+4	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	5+1	0
21	MF		Jermaine Pennant [R]	5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0	0+2	0
22	DF		Oleh Luzhny	26	0	15+3	0	4+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
23	DF		Sol Campbell	48	3	29+2	2	7+0	1	0+0	0	10+0	0
24	GK		Richard Wright	22	0	12+0	0	5+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
25	FW		Nwankwo Kanu	39	6	9+14	3	3+2	2	2+0	1	4+5	0
26	DF		Igors Stepanovs	14	0	6+0	0	1+0	0	2+1	0	3+1	0
27	DF		Stathis Tavlaridis [R]	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
31	FW		Jérémie Aliadière	3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
36	DF		John Halls [R]	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+3	0	0+0	0
37	FW		Carlin Itonga [R]	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
40	MF		Rohan Ricketts [R]	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
44	DF		Sebastian Svärd [R]	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
57	DF		Juan [R]	2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0

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[R] – Reserve team player [L] – Out on loan [S] – Sold

Source:[1]

See also

• 2001–02 in English football
• List of Arsenal F.C. seasons

Notes

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External links

• Double Double – Wenger does it again at Arsenal.com