2001–02 UEFA Cup explained

Tourney Name:UEFA Cup
Year:2001–02
Size:300px
Dates:9 August 2001 – 8 May 2002
Champion Other: Feyenoord
Count:2
Second Other: Borussia Dortmund
Matches:204
Goals:552
Attendance:2889630
Top Scorer:Pierre van Hooijdonk (Feyenoord)
8 goals
Prevseason:2000–01
Nextseason:2002–03

The 2001–02 UEFA Cup was won by Feyenoord at their home ground in the final against Borussia Dortmund. It was the second time they won the competition.

Liverpool could not defend their title as they automatically qualified for the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League and also reached the knockout stage.

Association team allocation

A total of 145 teams from 51 UEFA associations participated in the 2001–02 UEFA Cup. Associations are allocated places according to their 2000 UEFA league coefficient.[1]

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2001–02 UEFA Cup:

Association ranking

RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes
1 Spain59.5993+1(UCL)
2 Italy55.927+1(UCL)
3 Germany44.403+1(UCL)
4 France42.727 +2(UCL)
+2(IT)
5 England41.455+1(IT)
6 Netherlands36.666+3(UCL)
7 Russia29.2754+1(UCL)
8 Czech Republic29.124+1(UCL)
9 Greece28.8662
10 Portugal24.549
11 Turkey23.850
12 Ukraine23.166+1(UCL)
13 Norway22.100
14 Switzerland21.000+1(UCL)
15 Scotland20.500 +2(UCL)
16 Austria20.5003+1(UCL)
17 Belgium19.050
18 Denmark18.175 +1(UCL)
RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes
19 Poland18.0003+1(UCL)
20 Romania17.833 +1(UCL)
21 Croatia16.124+1(UCL)
22 Sweden15.5332+1(UCL)
23 Hungary15.416
24 Israel13.541
25 Slovakia12.832 +1(UCL)
+1(FP)
26 Slovenia11.831
27 Cyprus11.498
28 Yugoslavia11.415+1(UCL)
29 Bulgaria10.540 +1(UCL)
30 Georgia9.666
31 Latvia8.332
32 Finland8.041+1(UCL)
+1(FP)
33 Belarus7.583+1(FP)
34 Moldova6.333
35 Iceland6.332
RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes
36 Macedonia5.0812
37 Lithuania4.665
38 Estonia2.582
39 Wales2.332
40 Armenia2.249
41 Republic of Ireland1.665
42 Malta1.498
43 Northern Ireland1.498
44 Faroe Islands1.415
45 Luxembourg1.332
46 Azerbaijan1.249
47 Liechtenstein1.0001
48 Albania0.8322
49 Bosnia and Herzegovina0.500
50 Andorra0.0001
51 San Marino0.000
Notes

Distribution

Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundTeams transferred from Champions League
Qualifying round
(82 teams)
  • 31 domestic cup winners from associations 19–49
  • 33 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–49
  • 13 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 9–21
  • 3 teams from the Fair Play rankings
  • 2 domestic league champions teams from Andorra and San Marino
First round
(96 teams)
  • 18 domestic cup winners from associations 1–18
  • 2 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–8
  • 5 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 4–8
  • 8 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–8
  • 3 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–3
  • 3 winners of the Intertoto Cup
  • 41 winners from the qualifying round
  • 16 losing teams from Champions League qualifying
Second round
(48 teams)
  • 48 winners from the first round
Third round
(32 teams)
  • 24 winners from the second round
  • 8 third placed teams from the Champions League first group stage
Fourth round
(16 teams)
  • 16 winners from the third round
Play-offs
(8 teams)
  • 8 winners from the fourth round play the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final

Redistribution rules

A UEFA Cup place is vacated when a team qualify for both the Champions League and the UEFA Cup, or qualify for the UEFA Cup by more than one method. When a place is vacated, it is redistributed within the national association by the following rules:<

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

Qualifying round

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First leg

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Second leg

BATE Borisov won 5–2 on aggregate.----Olimpija Ljubljana won 7–0 on aggregate.----HJK won 3–1 on aggregate.----Viking won 2–1 on aggregate.----Gorica won 1–0 on aggregate.----1–1 on aggregate. Birkirkara won on away goals.----Brașov won 7–1 on aggregate.----Fylkir won 3–2 on aggregate.----Rapid București won 12–0 on aggregate.----Rapid Wien won 3–0 on aggregate.----Maccabi Tel Aviv won 7–0 on aggregate.----Ružomberok won 3–1 on aggregate.----Slovan Bratislava won 5–0 on aggregate.----Apollon Limassol won 5–4 on aggregate.----Helsingborg won 5–2 on aggregate.----CSKA Kyiv won 4–0 on aggregate.----CSKA Sofia won 5–2 on aggregate.----Hapoel Tel Aviv won 5–0 on aggregate.----Elfsborg won 5–3 on aggregate.----Obilić won 5–1 on aggregate.----Nistru Otaci won 3–1 on aggregate.----Dinamo Zagreb won 2–0 on aggregate.----Gaziantepspor won 4–1 on aggregate.----Litex Lovech won 3–1 on aggregate.----Partizan won 8–1 on aggregate.----Matador Púchov won 4–2 on aggregate.----Brøndby won 5–0 on aggregate.----Olympiakos Nicosia won 6–4 on aggregate.----Legia Warsaw won 6–1 on aggregate.----St. Gallen won 4–3 on aggregate.----Standard Liège won 6–4 on aggregate.----Varteks won 9–4 on aggregate.----Dinamo București won 4–1 on aggregate.----Grazer AK won 6–2 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. Osijek won on away goals.----Midtjylland won 5–1 on aggregate.----AEK Athens won 8–0 on aggregate.----Club Brugge won 10–1 on aggregate.----Marítimo won 2–0 on aggregate.----Kilmarnock won 2–0 on aggregate.----Polonia Warsaw won 6–0 on aggregate.----

First round

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1 Only one leg was played, in a neutral venue in Warsaw, Poland, due to security concerns in Russia.2 PSG won 3–0 because there was a blackout in Bucharest at that time and the match was stopped immediately in favour of the visitors.

Note: Matches scheduled for 12 September were postponed due to the September 11 attacks.[2]

First leg

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Second leg

3–3 on aggregate. Maccabi Tel Aviv won on away goals.----Paris Saint-Germain were awarded a 3–0 victory for the second leg as Rapid București walked out, therefore winning 3–0 on aggregate----Roda JC won 6–1 on aggregate.----Hertha BSC won 3–0 on aggregate.----Wacker Innsbruck won 1–0 on aggregate.----Hapoel Tel Aviv won 2–1 on aggregate.----Troyes won 6–2 on aggregate.----Wisła Kraków won 3–2 on aggregate.----Internazionale won 6–0 on aggregate.----Copenhagen won 4–2 on aggregate.----Bordeaux won 6–4 on aggregate.----Osijek won 3–1 on aggregate.----Union Berlin won 4–1 on aggregate.----Dynamo Moscow won 1–0 on aggregate.----Utrecht won 6–3 on aggregate.----Parma won 3–0 on aggregate.----Litex Lovech won 3–1 on aggregate.----Slovan Liberec won 2–1 on aggregate.----Zaragoza won 5–1 on aggregate.----Grasshopper won 6–2 on aggregate.----3–3 on aggregate. Helsingborg won on away goals.----CSKA Sofia won 4–2 on aggregate----Ipswich Town won 3–2 on aggregate.----Viking won 3–1 on aggregate.----Halmstad won 2–1 on aggregate.----Chelsea won 5–0 on aggregate.----Marila Příbram won 5–3 on aggregate.----Freiburg won 2–1 on aggregate.----Rangers won 1–0 on aggregate after only one game was played.----PAOK won 4–0 on aggregate.----CSKA Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.----St. Gallen won 3–2 on aggregate.----Servette won 2–1 on aggregate.----Twente won 4–1 on aggregate.----Ajax won 5–0 on aggregate.----Club Brugge won 9–3 on aggregate.----AEK Athens won 4–3 on aggregate.----Rapid Wien won 5–2 on aggregate.----Brøndby won 4–2 on aggregate.----Milan won 6–0 on aggregate.----Celta Vigo won 8–3 on aggregate.----Legia Warsaw won 10–2 on aggregate.----Leeds United won 3–1 on aggregate.----Standard Liège won 4–2 on aggregate.----3–3 on aggregate. Varteks won on away goals.----Valencia won 6–0 on aggregate.----Sporting CP won 6–2 on aggregate.----Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate.----

Second round

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Second leg

Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.----Litex Lovech won 2–0 on aggregate.----AEK Athens won 5–3 on aggregate.----PAOK won 8–3 on aggregate.----Freiburg won 4–2 on aggregate.----Milan won 3–0 on aggregate.----Rangers won 7–2 on aggregate.----Hertha BSC won 3–0 on aggregate.----Roda JC won 5–3 on aggregate.----Paris Saint-Germain won 6–2 on aggregate.----Slovan Liberec won 4–3 on aggregate.----Grasshoppers won 6–4 on aggregate.----Brøndby won 6–3 on aggregate.----Bordeaux won 4–0 on aggregate.----Leeds United won 6–5 on aggregate.----Club Brugge won 7–0 on aggregate.----Servette won 1–0 on aggregate.----Fiorentina won 4–2 on aggregate.----Copenhagen won 1–0 on aggregate.----Ipswich Town won 3–1 on aggregate.----Parma won 3–1 on aggregate.----Hapoel Tel Aviv won 3–1 on aggregate.----Sporting CP won 7–2 on aggregate.----Valencia won 7–2 on aggregate.

Third round

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First leg

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Second leg

Borussia Dortmund won 2–0 on aggregate.----Hapoel Tel Aviv won 3–1 on aggregate.----Roda JC won 2–1 on aggregate.----Parma won 4–1 on aggregate.----Servette won 3–0 on aggregate.----AEK Athens won 4–3 on aggregate.----Lille won 3–0 on aggregate.----4–4 on aggregate. Lyon won on away goals.----PSV Eindhoven won 6–4 on aggregate.----1–1 on aggregate. Valencia won 5–4 on penalties.----Feyenoord won 3–2 on aggregate.----Slovan Liberec won 5–2 on aggregate.----Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.----Leeds United won 4–3 on aggregate.----0–0 on aggregate. Rangers won 4–3 on penalties.----Milan won 3–1 on aggregate.

Fourth round

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Second leg

Slovan Liberec won 5–2 on aggregate.----Hapoel Tel Aviv won 2–1 on aggregate.----Feyenoord won 4–3 on aggregate.----Valencia won 5–2 on aggregate.----Internazionale won 5–3 on aggregate.----1–1 on aggregate. Borussia Dortmund won on away goals.----1–1 on aggregate. Milan won 3–2 on penalties.----PSV Eindhoven won 1–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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Second leg

2–2 on aggregate. Feyenoord won 5–4 on penalties.----Borussia Dortmund won 4–0 on aggregate.----Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.----Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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First leg

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Second leg

Feyenoord won 3–2 on aggregate.----Borussia Dortmund won 5–3 on aggregate.

Final

See main article: 2002 UEFA Cup final.

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals[3] Minutes played
1 Pierre van Hooijdonk Feyenoord8750'
2 Mário Jardel Sporting CP6490'
Richard Núñez Grasshoppers516'
Mohamed Kallon Inter Milan902'
5 Jan Nezmar Slovan Liberec5355'
Yiasoumis Yiasoumi PAOK382'
Pauleta Bordeaux539'
Márcio Amoroso Borussia Dortmund644'
Milan Osterc Hapoel Tel Aviv797'

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UEFA European Cups 2001/2002: Results and Qualification. 2 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20111219171901/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/history/index2001.html. 19 December 2011. dead.
  2. News: Bond . David . 12 September 2001 . European matches are suspended . 77 . . . 3 August 2023.
  3. Web site: UEFA Europa League 2001/02 - History - Statistics . UEFA . 20 November 2013.

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