2001–02_Dundee_United_F.C._season

2001–02 Dundee United F.C. season

2001–02 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United F.C. 2001–02 football season

The 2001–02 season was the 93rd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002. United finished the season in eighth place.

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United were knocked out of both domestic cup competitions in the quarter-finals stages, losing to Hibernian in the Tennent's Scottish Cup and to Ayr United in the CIS Insurance Cup.

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 45 competitive matches during the 2001–02 season.[1] The team finished eighth in the Scottish Premier League.

In the cup competitions, United were knocked out of the CIS Cup at the quarter-finals stage, losing to Hibernian. Ayr United knocked United out of the Scottish Cup at the same stage. Both matches finished 2–0, although Ayr United won in a replay after a 2–2 draw.

Legend

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All results are written with Dundee United's score first.

Bank of Scotland Premierleague

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Tennent's Scottish Cup

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CIS Insurance Cup

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United beat St Johnstone after extra time

Player details

During the 2001–02 season, United used 29 different players, with a further two named as substitutes who did not make an appearance on the pitch. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[2]

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Team statistics

League table

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

Transfers

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Playing kit

Home colours
Away colours

The jerseys were sponsored by Telewest for the penultimate time.

Awards

January 2002
April 2002

See also

Trivia

  • Jim Hamilton became the first player in Scottish football to successfully use video evidence to overturn a sending off. Hamilton received a red card against St Johnstone on 16 November but had it rescinded a week later.[21]

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