The 2001–02 UEFA Champions League was the 47th season of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA's premier club football tournament, and the 10th since its rebranding from the "European Champion Clubs' Cup" or "European Cup". The tournament was won by Real Madrid, who beat Bayer Leverkusen in the final to claim their ninth European Cup title. The final's winning goal was scored by Zinedine Zidane, with a left-footed volley from the edge of the penalty area into the top left corner.
Bayer Leverkusen eliminated all three English teams on their way to the final: Arsenal in the second group stage, followed by Liverpool in the quarter-finals and Manchester United in the semi-finals.
Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy was the tournament's top scorer, scoring 10 goals from the first group stage through to the semi-final.
Bayern Munich were the defending champions, but were eliminated by eventual winners Real Madrid in the quarter-finals.
Association team allocation A total of 72 teams participated in the 2001–02 Champions League, from 48 of 51 UEFA associations. Liechtenstein (who don't have their own league) as well as lowest-ranked associations (Andorra and San Marino) were not admitted.
Below is the qualification scheme for the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League: Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify Associations 16–49 each have one team qualify (except Liechtenstein)
Association ranking Countries are allocated places according to their 2000 UEFA league coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1995–96 to 1999–2000.
RankAssociationCoeff.Teams159.5994255.927346.403442.7273541.455636.666729.2752829.124928.8661024.5491123.8501223.1661322.1001421.0001520.5001620.50011719.050RankAssociationCoeff.Teams1818.17511918.0002017.8332116.1242215.5332315.4162413.5412512.8322611.8312711.4982811.4152910.540309.666318.332328.041337.583346.333RankAssociationCoeff.Teams356.3321365.081374.665382.582392.332402.249411.665421.498431.498441.415451.332461.249471.0000480.8321490.500500.0000510.000
Distribution Since the title holders (Bayern Munich) qualified for the Champions League group stage through their domestic league, the group stage spot reserved for the title holders was vacated. The following changes to the default access list are made: The champions of association 10 (Portugal) are promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage. The champions of association 16 (Austria) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round. The champions of associations 27 and 28 (Cyprus and FR Yugoslavia) are promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundFirst qualifying round(20 teams)20 champions from associations 29–49 (except Liechtenstein)Second qualifying round(28 teams)12 champions from associations 17–28 6 runners-up from associations 10–1510 winners from the first qualifying roundThird qualifying round(32 teams)6 champions from associations 11–16 3 runners-up from associations 7–9 6 third-place finishers from associations 1–6 3 fourth-place finishers from associations 1–314 winners from the second qualifying roundGroup stage(32 teams)10 champions from associations 1–10 (including title holders Bayern Munich) 6 runners-up from associations 1–616 winners from the third qualifying roundSecond group stage(16 teams)8 group winners from the first group stage 8 group runners-up from the first group stageKnockout phase(8 teams)4 group winners from the second group stage 4 group runners-up from the second group stage
Teams League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders).
Group stage Real Madrid Bayern Munich TH Manchester United Spartak Moscow Deportivo La Coruña Schalke 04 Arsenal Sparta Prague Roma Nantes PSV Eindhoven Olympiacos Juventus Lyon Feyenoord Boavista Third qualifying round Mallorca Bayer Leverkusen Slavia Prague Rosenborg Barcelona Lille Panathinaikos Grasshopper Lazio Liverpool Fenerbahçe Celtic Parma Ajax Dynamo Kyiv Tirol Innsbruck Borussia Dortmund Lokomotiv Moscow Second qualifying round Porto Rangers Hajduk Split Inter Slovnaft Bratislava Galatasaray Anderlecht Halmstads BK Maribor Shakhtar Donetsk Copenhagen Ferencváros Omonia Brann Wisła Kraków Maccabi Haifa Red Star Belgrade Lugano Steaua București First qualifying round Levski Sofia Sheriff Tiraspol Barry Town VB Torpedo Kutaisi KR Araks-Impeks F91 Dudelange Skonto Sloga Jugomagnat Bohemians Shamkir Haka Kaunas Valletta Vllaznia Slavia Mozyr Levadia Maardu Linfield Željezničar
Notes
Round and draw dates The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).
PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifyingFirst qualifying round22 June 2001(Geneva)11 July 200118 July 2001Second qualifying round24–25 July 200131 July – 1 August 2001Third qualifying round20 July 20017–8 August 200121–22 August 2001First group stageMatchday 123 August 2001(Monaco)11 September & 10 October 2001Matchday 218–19 September 2001Matchday 325–26 September 2001Matchday 416–17 October 2001Matchday 523–24 October 2001Matchday 630–31 October 2001Second group stageMatchday 12 November 2001(Geneva)20–21 November 2001Matchday 24–5 December 2001Matchday 319–20 February 2002Matchday 426–27 February 2002Matchday 512–13 March 2002Matchday 619–20 March 2002Knockout phaseQuarter-finals22 March 20022–3 April 20029–10 April 2002Semi-finals23–24 April 200230 April – 1 May 2002Final15 May 2002 at Hampden Park, Glasgow Notes
Qualifying rounds
First qualifying round
Second qualifying round
Third qualifying round
First group stage
16 winners from the third qualifying round, 10 champions from countries ranked 1–10, and six second-placed teams from countries ranked 1–6 were drawn into eight groups of four teams each. The top two teams in each group advance to the second group stage, and the third placed team in each group advance to the Third Round of the UEFA Cup.
Celtic, Lille, Liverpool, Lokomotiv Moscow, Mallorca, Roma and Schalke 04 made their debut in the group stage.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Second group stage
Eight winners and eight runners-up from the first group stage were drawn into four groups of four teams each, each containing two group winners and two runners-up. Teams from the same country or from the same first round group could not be drawn together. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout phase
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics The top scorers from the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying rounds) are as follows:
Top goalscorers RankNameTeamGoalsAppearancesMinutes played1 Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United10141,2072 David Trezeguet Juventus8108413 Ole Gunnar Solskjær Manchester United715630 Thierry Henry Arsenal7119815 Giovane Élber Bayern Munich611730 Diego Tristán Deportivo La Coruña612797 Michalis Konstantinou Panathinaikos614955 Raúl Real Madrid6121,080 Patrick Kluivert Barcelona6151,300 Michael Ballack Bayer Leverkusen6151,346
See also 2001–02 UEFA Cup 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2002 UEFA Super Cup 2002 Intercontinental Cup 2001–02 UEFA Women's Cup
References
External links
2001–02 All matches – season at UEFA website European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation All scorers 2001–02 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers qualifying round - results and line-ups (archive) Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2001/2002