| Club: | West Ham United |
| Season: | 2001–02 |
| Manager: | Glenn Roeder |
| Chairman: | Terry Brown |
| Stadium: | Boleyn Ground |
| League: | FA Premier League |
| League Result: | 7th |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Fourth round (knocked out by Chelsea) |
| Cup2: | League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Second round (knocked out by Reading) |
| League Topscorer: | Frédéric Kanouté (11) |
| Season Topscorer: | Jermain Defoe (14) |
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| Average Attendance: | 31,359 |
| Prevseason: | 2000–01 |
| Nextseason: | 2002–03 |
During the 2001–02 English football season, West Ham United F.C. competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Barclaycard Premiership for sponsorship reasons).
See main article: 2001–02 FA Premier League.
Squad at end of season[1]
The following players did not appear for the first team this season.
See main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup.
See main article: 2001–02 FA Cup.
| Competition | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| FA Cup | ||||||||
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| Name | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ST | 25 | data-sort-value="Defoe, Jermain" | Jermain Defoe | 10 | 4 | 0 | 14 | |
| 2 | ST | 14 |  | data-sort-value="Kanouté, Frédéric" | Frédéric Kanouté | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | ST | 10 |  | data-sort-value="Di Canio, Paolo" | Paolo Di Canio | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | MF | 8 | data-sort-value="Sinclair, Trevor" | Trevor Sinclair | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 5 | MF | 11 | data-sort-value="Lomas, Steve" | Steve Lomas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 6 | ST | 9 | data-sort-value="Kitson, Paul" | Paul Kitson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 7 | DF | 19 | data-sort-value="Pearce, Ian" | Ian Pearce | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| MF | 21 | data-sort-value="Carrick, Michael" | Michael Carrick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9 | MF | 4 | data-sort-value="Hutchison, Don" | Don Hutchison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| MF | 26 | data-sort-value="Cole, Joe" | Joe Cole | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| DF | 30 | | data-sort-value="Schemmel, Sebastien" | Sebastien Schemmel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 48 | 6 | 0 | 54 | |||||
|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season|}
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2001 | RB | Sebastien Schemmel | FC Metz | £465,000 | |
| 11 July 2001 | GK | David James | Aston Villa | £4,300,000 | |
| 7 August 2001 | MF | Laurent Courtois | Toulouse | Free | |
| 30 August 2001 | MF | Don Hutchison | Sunderland | £5,000,000[2] | |
| 14 September 2001 | DF |  Tomáš Řepka | Fiorentina | £5,500,000[3] | |
| 25 November 2001 | GK |  Sven Andersson | Helsingborgs IF | Free | |
| 11 January 2002 | DF |  Vladimír Labant | Sparta Prague | £1,200,000 | |
| 1 February 2002 | GK |  David Forde | Barry Town | £15,000 |
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 June 2001 | MF | Frank Lampard | Chelsea | £11,000,000[4] | |
| 20 June 2001 | DF | Stuart Pearce | Manchester City | Free[5] | |
| 5 July 2001 | FW |  Amos Foyewa | Bournemouth | Free | |
| 11 July 2001 | DF | Stevland Angus | Cambridge United | Free | |
| 13 July 2001 | DF | Igor Štimac | Hajduk Split | Free[6] | |
| 14 July 2001 | DF | Terrell Forbes | Queens Park Rangers | Free | |
| 9 August 2001 | FW | Gavin Holligan | Wycombe Wanderers | Free | |
| 16 November 2001 | FW | Davor Šuker | 1860 Munich | Free | |
| 17 January 2002 | DF |  Steve Laurie | Peterborough United | Free | |
| 25 January 2002 | MF | Steven Clark | Southend United | £15,000 | |
| 27 February 2002 | DF | Anwar Uddin | Sheffield Wednesday | Free | |
| 19 March 2002 | FW | Svetoslav Todorov | Portsmouth | £750,000[7] | |
| 1 May 2002 | DF | Adam Newton | Peterborough United | Free |