# 2001–02 Aberdeen F.C. season
## Players
### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | DEN | Peter Kjær |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Russell Anderson |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Derek Whyte (captain) |
| 4 | MF | NOR | Cato Guntveit |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Thomas Solberg |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Jamie McAllister |
| 7 | MF | BEL | Roberto Bisconti |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Darren Young (vice-captain) |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Robbie Winters |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Derek Young |
| 11 | FW | MAR | Hicham Zerouali |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Ben Thornley |
| 13 | GK | SCO | Mark Peat |
| 14 | DF | SCO | Phil McGuire |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | SCO | David Lilley |
| 16 | MF | MAR | Rachid Belabed |
| 17 | DF | SCO | Kevin McNaughton |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Chris Clark |
| 19 | FW | CIV | Eugène Dadi |
| 20 | DF | SCO | Kevin Rutkiewicz |
| 21 | FW | ENG | Leon Mike |
| 22 | FW | SCO | Darren Mackie |
| 23 | GK | SCO | Ryan Esson |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Ross O'Donoghue |
| 25 | MF | SCO | Fergus Tiernan |
| 27 | DF | ISL | Calum Bett |
| 28 | FW | SCO | Scott Michie |
| 30 | GK | ENG | David Preece |

## Results and fixtures
### Scottish Premier League

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | 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 | Dadi, Winters, Derek Young | 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 | Winters, Zerouali | 12,511 | AFC Heritage |
| 16 | 24 November | Motherwell | A | 2–3 | Winters, Zerouali | 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 | Rutkiewicz, Winters | 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 | AFC Heritage |

#### Final standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Rangers | 38 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 82 | 27 | +55 | 85 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Livingston | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 58 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 55 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 5 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 52 | 57 | −5 | 48 | |
| 6 | Dunfermline Athletic | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 41 | 64 | −23 | 45 | |
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ As both finalists of the 2001–02 Scottish Cup, Rangers and Celtic, qualified for European competition via their league position, the cup berth for 2002–03 UEFA Cup was passed to the next-placed team in the league, fourth-placed Aberdeen.

### 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

| 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 | Total | SPL | SPL | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | 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 |