2002_UEFA_Champions_League_Final

2002 UEFA Champions League final

2002 UEFA Champions League final

The final of the 2001–02 edition of the UEFA Champions League

The 2002 UEFA Champions League final was the final match of the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League, Europe's primary club football competition. The show-piece event was contested between Bayer Leverkusen of Germany and Real Madrid of Spain at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland on 15 May 2002 to decide the winner of the Champions League.[1] Leverkusen appeared in the final for the first time, whereas Real Madrid appeared in their 12th final.

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Each club needed to progress through two group stages, and two knockout rounds to reach the final. Real Madrid won their group and moved into the second group stage, which they also won, before facing the defending champions Bayern Munich and Barcelona in the knockout stage. Bayer Leverkusen finished second in their group behind Barcelona and progressed to the second group stage. There, they won their group, before beating the likes of Liverpool and Manchester United to progress to the final.

Before the match, a minute of silence was held in honour of Ukrainian manager Valeriy Lobanovskyi, who died two days earlier.[5]

Real Madrid were regarded as favourites before the match and took the lead in the eighth minute through Raúl. Lúcio equalised five minutes later, before Zinedine Zidane scored the winning goal on the stroke of half-time, a left-footed volley into the top corner that has since gone down as one of the greatest goals in the history of the competition,[6] to secure Real Madrid's ninth European Cup.

Teams

In the following table, finals until 1992 were in the European Cup era, since 1993 were in the UEFA Champions League era.

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Route to the final

Further information: 2001–02 UEFA Champions League
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Match

Details

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Attendance: 50,499[2]
Bayer Leverkusen[7]
Real Madrid[7]
GK1Germany Hans-Jörg Butt
RB26Germany Zoltán Sebescendownward-facing red arrow 65'
CB6Croatia Boris Živković
CB19Brazil Lúciodownward-facing red arrow 90+1'
LB35Argentina Diego Placente
DM28Germany Carsten Ramelow (c)
RM25Germany Bernd Schneider
CM13Germany Michael Ballack
LM23Germany Thomas Brdarićdownward-facing red arrow 39'
AM10Turkey Yıldıray Baştürk
CF27Germany Oliver Neuville
Substitutes:
GK20Australia Frank Juric
DF47Germany Thomas Kleine
MF3Croatia Marko Babićupward-facing green arrow 90+1'
MF15Croatia Jurica Vranješ
MF33Germany Anel Džaka
FW9Germany Ulf Kirstenupward-facing green arrow 65'
FW12Bulgaria Dimitar Berbatovupward-facing green arrow 39'
Manager:
Germany Klaus Toppmöller
GK13Spain Césardownward-facing red arrow 68'
RB2Spain Míchel SalgadoYellow card 45+2'
CB4Spain Fernando Hierro (c)
CB6Spain Iván Helguera
LB3Brazil Roberto CarlosYellow card 89'
DM24France Claude Makélélédownward-facing red arrow 73'
RM10Portugal Luís Figodownward-facing red arrow 61'
LM21Argentina Santiago Solari
AM5France Zinedine Zidane
CF7Spain Raúl
CF9Spain Fernando Morientes
Substitutes:
GK1Spain Iker Casillasupward-facing green arrow 68'
DF18Spain Aitor Karanka
DF31Spain Francisco Pavón
MF8England Steve McManamanupward-facing green arrow 61'
MF14Spain Guti
MF16Brazil Flávio Conceiçãoupward-facing green arrow 73'
FW23Spain Pedro Munitis
Manager:
Spain Vicente del Bosque

Man of the Match:
Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)[2]

Assistant referees:
Francesco Buragina (Switzerland)[8]
Felix Züger (Switzerland)[8]
Fourth official:
Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)[8]

Match rules

Statistics

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Post match

In the 2001–02 season, Bayer Leverkusen finished second in the Bundesliga and lost in the 2002 DFB-Pokal Final. After the match, Leverkusen manager Klaus Toppmöller expressed his disappointment on finishing this strong season without a title, stating: "the disappointment is huge – you don't always get the rewards you deserve in football, and no-one knows that better than us after what we have been through. We must seek consolation. Doing what we have done means we have had a very good season – but what has happened to us is difficult and makes us feel bitter."[10]

Five Leverkusen players, Michael Ballack, Hans-Jörg Butt, Oliver Neuville, Carsten Ramelow, and Bernd Schneider went on to add a fourth silver medal at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. However, the gold medal-winning Brazil squad also included a Leverkusen player in Lúcio.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Smith, Sean (13 May 2002). "Glasgow in party mood". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  2. [2]
    "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2016/17. Nyon, Switzerland: Union of European Football Associations. 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  3. [3]
    Lindsay, Matthew (13 May 2002). "Meier the man for job". Evening Times: 52. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2010.(subscription required)
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    "Weather History for Glasgow, Gambia – Weather Underground". wunderground.com.
  5. [5]
    "Champions League final clockwatch". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 May 2002. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  6. [6]
    "15 years on from Zidane's final wonder goal". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  7. [7]
    "Tactical Line-ups – Final – Wednesday 15 May 2002" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 May 2002. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
  8. [8]
    "Full Time Report" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 May 2002. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
  9. [9]
    "Half Time Report" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 May 2002. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  10. [10]
    Phil McNulty (16 May 2002). "The nearly men". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
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