The 2001–02 season was the 105th season of competitive football in Scotland.
Key events Celtic, domestic treble winners a year earlier, retain their Premier League title.
After failing to win anything the previous season, Rangers won the Scottish Cup and League Cup under their new manager Alex McLeish.
Airdrieonians, who narrowly missed out on promotion to the Premier League as First Division runners-up, went out of business of 1 May with debts of nearly £3million. Later that month, however, a new club representing the town of Airdrie - Airdrie United - was formed, with ambitions of gaining Scottish league status for the 2002–03 season.
Livingston, in the Premier League for the first time, finished third and qualified for the UEFA Cup. Livingston, who were known as Meadowbank Thistle until relocating from Edinburgh to Livingston in 1995 and played their first season in their new location as a Third Division club.
Falkirk avoided relegation from the First Division and Stenhousemuir avoided relegation from the Second as a result of the league losing a member. The vacant place in the Third Division was occupied by Gretna, who until then had played in the English non-league system.
Despite Gretna beating Airdrie United to the vacant league place, Airdrie United still gained a league place for the 2002–03 season – in the Second Division – as they bought out the debt-ridden club Clydebank.
Queen of the South won the Second Division league title for the first time in 51-years since they won the Division B league title in season 1950–51. These were the only two occasions that the Dumfries club had won a league title in their history, that was up until they won their third ever league title in season 2012–13, when they won the Second Division once again.
League Competitions
Scottish Premier League
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.
Scottish First Division
Scottish Second Division
Scottish Third Division
Other honours
Cup honours
CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upReportScottish Cup 2001–02Rangers3 – 2CelticWikipedia articleLeague Cup 2001–02Rangers4 – 0Ayr UnitedWikipedia articleChallenge Cup 2001–02Airdrieonians2 – 1Alloa AthleticWikipedia articleYouth CupRangers4 – 2Ayr UnitedJunior CupLinlithgow Rose1 – 0Auchinleck Talbot
Individual honours
SPFA awards AwardPlayerTeamPlayers' Player of the Year Lorenzo Amoruso RangersYoung Player of the Year Kevin McNaughton Aberdeen
SFWA awards AwardPlayerTeam Footballer of the Year Paul Lambert Celtic Young Player of the Year James McFadden Motherwell Manager of the Year Martin O'Neill Celtic
Scottish clubs in Europe ClubCompetition(s)Final roundCoef.CelticUEFA Champions League UEFA CupGroup stage Third round10.00RangersUEFA Champions League UEFA CupThird qualifying round Fourth round11.50KilmarnockUEFA CupFirst round3.00HibernianUEFA CupFirst round2.00
Average coefficient - 6.625
Scotland national team
DateVenueOpponentsCompetitionScotland scorer(s)Report1 SeptemberHampden Park, Glasgow (H)0–0WCQG6BBC Sport5 SeptemberStade Roi Baudouin, Brussels (A)0–2WCQG6BBC Sport6 OctoberHampden Park, Glasgow (H)2–1WCQG6Dougie Freedman, David WeirBBC Sport27 MarchStade de France, Saint-Denis (A)0–5FriendlyBBC Sport17 AprilPittodrie, Aberdeen (H)1–2FriendlyChristian DaillyBBC Sport16 MayAsiad Main Stadium, Busan (A)1–4FriendlyScott DobieBBC Sport20 MayMongkok Stadium, Hong Kong (N)0–2FriendlyBBC Sport
Key: (H) = Home match (A) = Away match WCQG6 = World Cup Qualifying - Group 6
See also 2001–02 Aberdeen F.C. season 2001–02 Celtic F.C. season 2001–02 Dundee United F.C. season 2001–02 Rangers F.C. season
Notes
References
External links Scottish Premier League official website Scottish Football League official website BBC Scottish Premier League portal BBC Scottish Football League portal