2001–02 Aberdeen F.C. season explained

Season:	2001–02
Mgrtitle:	Manager
Chrtitle:	Chairman
League Result:	4th
Cup1 Result:	Quarter final
Cup2 Result:	Round 3
League Topscorer:	Robbie Winters 13
Season Topscorer:	Robbie Winters 14
Highest Attendance:	18,838 vs Rangers 28 July 2001
Lowest Attendance:	8,599 vs Livingston 9 October 2001
Average Attendance:	13,970
Nextseason:	2002–03

Players

Squad

Statistics

Top scorers

width=20	No.	width=130	Player	width=50	SPL	width=50	SC	width=50	LC	width=50	Total
1.	Robbie Winters	13	1	0	14
2.	Darren Mackie	8	0	1	9
3.	Hicham Zerouali	8	0	0	8
4.	Eugène Dadi	4	0	1	5
=5.		3	1	0	4
=5.		3	1	0	4

Captains

width=20px	No.	width=130	Player	No. games
1.	Derek Whyte	30

Results and fixtures

Scottish Premier League

See main article: 2001–02 Scottish Premier League.

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score^[1]	Aberdeen Scorer(s)^[2]	Attendance	Report
1	28 July	Rangers	H	0–3		18,838	BBC Sport
2	4 August	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–1		12,696	BBC Sport
3	11 August	Hibernian	A	0–2		13,150	AFC Heritage
4	18 August	Motherwell	H	4–2	Thornley, Winters, Mackie, Zerouali	10,988	AFC Heritage
5	25 August	St Johnstone	A	1–1	McGuire	5,459	AFC Heritage
6	8 September	Kilmarnock	H	2–0	Thornley (2)	10,735	AFC Heritage
7	15 September	Dundee United	H	2–1	Winters, Zerouali	12,948	AFC Heritage
8	22 September	Celtic	A	0–2		59,197	AFC Heritage
9	29 September	Dundee	A	4–1	Zerouali (3), Mackie	8,359	AFC Heritage
10	13 October	Livingston	A	2–2	Mackie (2)	6,393	AFC Heritage
11	20 October	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–2	Winters (2), Solberg	11,195	AFC Heritage
12	27 October	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–2		13,883	AFC Heritage
13	4 November	Rangers	A	0–2		49,379	AFC Heritage
14	10 November	Motherwell	H	1–0	Dadi	11,490	AFC Heritage
15	17 November	Hibernian	H	2–0		12,511	AFC Heritage
16	24 November	Motherwell	A	2–3		7,032	AFC Heritage
17	1 December	St Johnstone	H	1–0	Winters	17,369	AFC Heritage
18	8 December	Kilmarnock	A	1–3	Zerouali	7,611	AFC Heritage
19	15 December	Dundee United	A	1–1	Winters	9,129	AFC Heritage
20	22 December	Celtic	H	2–0	Winters, Mackie	18,610	AFC Heritage
21	29 December	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–1		7,774	AFC Heritage
22	2 January	Livingston	H	0–3		15,709	AFC Heritage
23	12 January	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–3	Bisconti	12,902	AFC Heritage
24	19 January	Rangers	H	0–1		17,846	AFC Heritage
25	23 January	Hibernian	A	4–3	Dadi, Winters, Guntveit, Mackie	10,555	AFC Heritage
26	29 January	Dundee	H	0–0		11,027	AFC Heritage
27	2 February	St Johnstone	A	1–0	Dadi	4,305	AFC Heritage
28	9 February	Kilmarnock	H	1–0	McGuire	13,004	AFC Heritage
29	16 February	Dundee United	H	4–0	Derek Young (2), Winters, Mike	13,612	AFC Heritage
30	2 March	Celtic	A	0–1		59,564	AFC Heritage
31	9 March	Dundee	A	3–2	Darren Young, Anderson, Mackie	8,122	AFC Heritage
32	16 March	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–0	Mike	13,764	AFC Heritage
33	23 March	Livingston	A	0–0		9,449	AFC Heritage
34	6 April	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–0		7,339	AFC Heritage
35	13 April	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–3		12,467	AFC Heritage
36	20 April	Livingston	H	3–0	Mike, McGuire, Mackie	14,109	AFC Heritage
37	27 April	Rangers	A	0–2		48,878	AFC Heritage
38	12 May	Celtic	H	0–1	[Shaun Maloney |15,332 |[http://www.afcheritage.org/matches/fixtures/mreport.cfm?fixture_id=220&season=2001-02&squad=Senior AFC Heritage]|-|} Final standings Scottish League Cup See main article: 2001–02 Scottish League Cup. Round Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance Report R2 25 September Queen of the South A 2–1 Dadi, Thornley 3,418 AFC Heritage R3 9 October Livingston H 1–6 Mackie 8,599 AFC Heritage Scottish Cup See main article: 2001–02 Scottish Cup. Round Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance Report R3 8 January St Johnstone A 2–0 Darren Young, Thornley 4,070 AFC Heritage R4 26 January Livingston H 2–0 Winters, McAllister 10,261 AFC Heritage QF 25 February Celtic H 0–2 17,082 AFC Heritage Squad Appearances & Goals No. Pos Nat Player Total SPL Scottish Cup League Cup Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 GK DEN Peter Kjær 25 0 23 0 2 0 0 0 2 DF SCO Russell Anderson 25 1 24 1 1 0 0 0 3 DF SCO Derek Whyte (c) 36 0 31 0 3 0 2 0 4 MF NOR Cato Guntveit 21 1 19 1 2 0 0 0 5 DF NOR Thomas Solberg 17 1 15 1 0 0 2 0 6 DF SCO Jamie McAllister 33 1 29 0 3 1 1 0 7 MF BEL Roberto Bisconti 35 1 31 1 3 0 1 0 8 MF SCO Darren Young 37 1 32 1 3 0 2 0 9 FW SCO Robbie Winters 38 14 34 13 3 1 1 0 10 MF SCO Derek Young 36 4 32 3 3 1 1 0 11 MF MAR Hicham Zerouali 21 8 18 8 1 0 2 0 12 MF ENG Ben Thornley 28 5 24 3 2 1 2 1 13 GK SCO Mark Peat 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 DF SCO Phil McGuire 43 3 38 3 3 0 2 0 15 DF SCO David Lilley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 MF BEL Rachid Belabed 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 DF SCO Kevin McNaughton 39 0 34 0 3 0 2 0 18 MF SCO Chris Clark 9 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 19 FW CIV Eugène Dadi 33 5 28 4 3 0 2 1 20 DF SCO Kevin Rutkiewicz 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 21 FW ENG Leon Mike 9 3 9 3 0 0 0 0 22 FW SCO Darren Mackie 38 9 34 8 2 0 2 1 23 GK SCO Ryan Esson 12 0 9 0 1 0 2 0 24 MF SCO Ross O'Donoghue 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 25 MF SCO Fergus Tiernan 25 0 23 0 0 0 2 0 27 MF ISL Calum Bett 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 28 FW SCO Scott Michie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 GK ENG David Preece 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 Notes and references Book: Scottish Football League. Scottish Football League. Bell's Scottish Football League Review 2001/02. PPL Sport & Leisure 2001. 1-903381-10-X. Book: Scottish Football League. Scottish Football League. Bell's Scottish Football League Review 2002/03. PPL Sport & Leisure 2002. 1-903381-13-4. AFC Heritage Trust

Notes and References

1. Aberdeen's score is shown first.
2. The number(s) in brackets shows the minute the goal(s) was/were scored.