# 2001–02 Trabzonspor season

The Trabzonspor football club's 2001–02 season was its 27th consecutive season in Turkey's Süper Lig.

## Season summary

Trabzonspor finished in 14th place, only three points above the relegation level, the club's the worst-ever rank in the league. The club's −11 goal average was also the worst goal average for the club during its time in Süper Lig.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | TUR | Metin Aktaş |
| 2 | DF | PER | Santiago Salazar |
| 3 | DF | TUR | Mustafa Güven |
| 4 | DF | TUR | Güngör Öztürk |
| 5 | DF | TUR | Osman Özköylü |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Eduardo Suísso |
| 7 | DF | TUR | Erhan Namlı |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Hans Somers |
| 9 | MF | TUR | Şenol Erol |
| 10 | FW | TUR | Hami Mandıralı |
| 11 | MF | TUR | Erman Özgür |
| 13 | MF | BRA | Marcio Jarro |
| 14 | DF | TUR | Gökhan Kolomoç |
| 15 | MF | TUR | Mehmet Aurélio |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Robson da Silva |
| 19 | MF | TUR | Ferdi Serdar |
| 20 | DF | GHA | Patrick Villars |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | GK | TUR | Murat Yiğiter |
| 23 | MF | TUR | Mustafa Ramazan |
| 24 | DF | TUR | Tayfun Cora |
| 25 | DF | TUR | Mehmet Kahriman |
| 26 | FW | ALB | Alban Bushi |
| 27 | DF | TUR | Feridun Sungur |
| 33 | GK | TUR | Osman Kurtuldu |
| 34 | DF | TUR | Cem Beceren |
| 35 | GK | TUR | Bülent Ataman (on loan from Göztepe) |
| 36 | DF | NGA | Augistine James |
| 37 | MF | TUR | Zafer Demiray |
| 49 | DF | TUR | Kürşat Duymuş (on loan from Rizespor) |
| 55 | DF | BUL | Georgi Markov (on loan from Levski Sofia) |
| 61 | MF | TUR | Gökdeniz Karadeniz |
| 62 | DF | TUR | Kenan Baskan |
| 67 | MF | TUR | Hasan Üçüncü |
| 70 | MF | TUR | Nuri Yılmaz |

## Transfers
### In

| # | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Transfer Type | Fee | Date | Ref. |
| 1 | - | Alban Bushaj | İstanbulspor | Transfer | - | 15 January 2002 | |
| 2 | - | Eduardo Suisso De Novaes | - | Transfer | - | 20 June 2001 | |
| 3 | - | Gökhan Kolomoç | Mersin İdman Yurdu | Was hired. Came back. | - | 3 July 2001 | |
| 4 | - | Hans Somers | K. Lierse SK | Transfer | - | 11 July 2001 | |
| 5 | - | Hasan Üçüncü | Akçaabat Sebatspor | Was hired. Came back. | - | 4 July 2001 | |
| 6 | - | Marcio Moreira Jarro | - | Transfer | - | 20 June 2001 | |
| 7 | - | Mehmet Aurélio | Olaria Atlético Clube | Transfer | - | 20 June 2001 | |
| 8 | - | Mehmet Kahraman | - | - | - | - | |
| 9 | - | Nuri Yılmaz | Arsinspor | Was hired. Came back. | - | - | |
| 10 | - | Patrick Villars | Ebusua Dwarfs | Transfer | - | 17 August 2001 | - |
| 11 | - | Robson da Silva Ourique | Olaria Atlético Clube | Transfer | - | 20 June 2001 | |
| 12 | - | Santiago Roberto Salazar | Sporting Cristal | Transfer | - | 5 July 2001 | |
| 13 | - | Şenol Erol | Mezitlispor | Transfer | - | 15 August 2001 | |

### Out

| # | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Transfer Type | Fee | Date | Ref. |
| 1 | - | Abdülkadir Demirci | Malatyaspor | Transfer | - | 3 August 2001 | |
| 2 | - | Alexander Löbe | Malatyaspor | Transfer | - | 15 August 2001 | |
| 3 | MF | Ali Rıza Sergen Yalçın | Galatasaray | Was hired. Went back. | - | 12 July 2001 | |
| 4 | - | Erhan Namlı | Galatasaray | Transfer | - | 10 October 2001 | |
| 5 | - | İgor Sasa Nikolovski | K. Lierse SK | Transfer | - | - | |
| 6 | - | Mehmet İpek | Malatyaspor | Transfer | - | 3 August 2001 | |
| 7 | - | Murat Bölükbaş | Akçaabat Sebatspor | Transfer | - | 17 August 2001 | - |
| 8 | - | Nesim Özgür | Malatyaspor | Transfer | - | 3 August 2001 | - |
| 9 | - | Nuri Yılmaz | Gümüşhane Doğanspor | Hired | - | 24 January 2002 | |
| 10 | FW | Oktay Derelioğlu | Fenerbahçe | Transfer | - | 25 July 2001 | |
| 11 | FW | Orhan Çıkırıkçı | Akçaabat Sebatspor | Hired | - | - | |
| 12 | GK | Petar Miloševski | Malatyaspor | Transfer | - | 3 August 2001 | |
| 13 | - | Rune Lange | Club Brugge KV | Transfer | - | - | |
| 14 | - | Tamer Tuna | Beşiktaş | Transfer | - | 27 September 2001 | |
| 15 | - | Todor Dimitrov Yanchev | Kallithea FC | Transfer | - | - | |
| 16 | - | Ufuk Ali | Akçaabat Sebatspor | Transfer | - | 8 August 2001 | |
| 17 | - | Zarko Serafimovski | Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. | Transfer | - | - | |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Diyarbakırspor | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 40 | |
| 13 | Malatyaspor | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 40 | |
| 14 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 40 | |
| 15 | Samsunspor | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 38 | |
| 16 | Çaykur Rizespor (R) | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 37 | Relegation to Turkish Second League Category A |
* 1 2 3 Diyarbakırspor were ahead of Malatyaspor and Trabzonspor on head-to-head points: Diyarbakırspor: 10 pts, Malatyaspor: 5 pts, Trabzonspor: 1 pts.
* ↑ Çaykur Rizespor were ahead of Antalyaspor on head-to-head away goals scored: Çaykur Rizespor–Antalyaspor 1–1, Antalyaspor–Çaykur Rizespor 2–2.

## Scorers

| # | Player | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Total |
| 1 | Robson da Silva Ourique | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | Mehmet Aurélio | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Zafer Demiray | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Hami Mandıralı | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Hans Somers | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Gökdeniz Karadeniz | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Osman Özköylü | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Cem Beceren | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Erman Özgür | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Hasan Üçüncü | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Mustafa Macit Güven | 1 | 0 | 1 |