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2001–02 in Scottish football

2001–02 in Scottish football

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The 2001–02 season was the 105th season of competitive football in Scotland. [1]

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Key events

Celtic, domestic treble winners a year earlier, retain their Premier League title.[2]

After failing to win anything the previous season, Rangers won the Scottish Cup and League Cup under their new manager Alex McLeish.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7]

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.[8]

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. [9]

League Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2001–02 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.

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

Scottish First Division

Main article: 2001–02 Scottish First Division
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Source: "2001-2002 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Falkirk were reprieved from relegation due to Airdrieonians folding.

Scottish Second Division

Main article: 2001–02 Scottish Second Division
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Source: "2001-2002 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Clydebank folded at the end of the season; their place in the Scottish Football League was subsequently purchased by Airdrie United for the following season.
  2. Stenhousemuir were reprieved from relegation due to Aidrieonians folding.

Scottish Third Division

Main article: 2001–02 Scottish Third Division
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Source: "2001-2002 Third Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Other honours

Cup honours

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Individual honours

SPFA awards

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SFWA awards

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Scottish clubs in Europe

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Average coefficient - 6.625

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 2000–19 results
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Key:

  • (H) = Home match
  • (A) = Away match
  • WCQG6 = World Cup Qualifying - Group 6

See also

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Scotland's score is shown first.

References

  1. [1]
    "Scottish Football League Championship - Season 2001/02". scottishfootballleague.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Martin O'Neill timeline". the Guardian. 9 August 2010.
  3. [3]
    Rosstheger (22 February 2010). "Old Firm Classic: Rangers 3-2 Celtic". rangers.footballblog.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 November 2010.
  4. [4]
    "Airdrie history ends here". 1 May 2002 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  5. [5]
    "Diamonds hope to sparkle again". 16 May 2002 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  6. [6]
    Panton, Gary (December 2002). "Third among equals". wsc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 November 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  7. [7]
    "Gretna are league newcomers". 18 June 2002 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  8. [8]
    "Bankies accept their demise". 11 July 2002 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  9. [9]
    "The Only Team in The Bible". www.qosfan.co.uk.
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