# 2001–02 West Ham United F.C. season

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).

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Leeds United | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 66 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Chelsea | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 66 | 38 | +28 | 64 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | West Ham United | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 48 | 57 | −9 | 53 | |
| 8 | Aston Villa | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 50 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round |
| 9 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 50 | |
* ↑ Since Arsenal qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place as FA Cup winners defaulted to Chelsea, the losing finalists.

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
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 | ENG | David James |
| 2 | DF | CZE | Tomáš Řepka |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Nigel Winterburn |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Don Hutchison |
| 5 | DF | SVK | Vladimír Labant |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Hayden Foxe |
| 7 | DF | SCO | Christian Dailly |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Trevor Sinclair |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Paolo Di Canio |
| 11 | MF | NIR | Steve Lomas |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Paul Kitson |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Frédéric Kanouté |
| 15 | DF | CMR | Rigobert Song |
| 16 | MF | ENG | John Moncur |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | GK | TRI | Shaka Hislop |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Ian Pearce |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Scott Minto |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Michael Carrick |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Ragnvald Soma |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Jermain Defoe |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Joe Cole |
| 27 | DF | IRL | Shaun Byrne |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Laurent Courtois |
| 29 | FW | GUI | Titi Camara |
| 30 | DF | FRA | Sébastien Schemmel |
| 33 | MF | AUS | Richard Garcia |
| 34 | MF | NIR | Grant McCann |

### Left club during season

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 |
| 18 | FW | BUL | Svetoslav Todorov (to Portsmouth) |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Adam Newton (to Peterborough United) |
| 38 | MF | ENG | Steven Clark (to Southend United) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 39 | DF | ENG | Anwar Uddin (to Sheffield Wednesday) |
| 40 | DF | AUS | Steve Laurie (to Peterborough United) |
| — | MF | ITA | Emmanuel Cascione (to Pistoiese) |

### Reserve squad

    The following players did not appear for the first team this season.
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 |
| 13 | GK | SWE | Sven Andersson |
| 22 | GK | CAN | Craig Forrest |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Steve Potts |
| 31 | FW | TUR | Omer Riza |
| 32 | GK | ENG | Stephen Bywater |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Gary Charles |
| 37 | MF | AUS | Michael Ferrante |
| 39 | DF | ENG | Izzy Iriekpen |
| 41 | GK | IRL | David Forde |
| — | MF | ENG | Leon Britton |

## Statistics
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 48 | 57 | −9 | 039.47 |
| FA Cup | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 033.33 |
| League Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 54 | 61 | −7 | 038.10 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | ST | 25 | | Jermain Defoe | 10 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | ST | 14 | | Frédéric Kanouté | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | ST | 10 | | Paolo Di Canio | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | MF | 8 | | Trevor Sinclair | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 11 | | Steve Lomas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | ST | 9 | | Paul Kitson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | 19 | | Ian Pearce | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 21 | | Michael Carrick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 4 | | Don Hutchison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 26 | | Joe Cole | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 30 | | Sebastien Schemmel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 48 | 6 | 0 | 54 |

### League position by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 12 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 |

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ENG | David James | 29 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | TRI | Shaka Hislop | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | CZE | Tomáš Řepka | 34 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Nigel Winterburn | 34 | 0 | 29+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SVK | Vladimír Labant | 14 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Hayden Foxe | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | SCO | Christian Dailly | 42 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | CMR | Rigobert Song | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Ian Pearce | 9 | 2 | 8+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Scott Minto | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Ragnvald Soma | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | IRL | Shaun Byrne | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | FRA | Sebastian Schemmel | 39 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | SCO | Don Hutchison | 28 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Trevor Sinclair | 37 | 5 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | NIR | Steve Lomas | 17 | 4 | 14+1 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | John Moncur | 21 | 0 | 7+12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Michael Carrick | 32 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Joe Cole | 33 | 1 | 29+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Laurent Courtois | 8 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | AUS | Richard Garcia | 9 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | NIR | Grant McCann | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | ITA | Paolo Di Canio | 27 | 9 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Paul Kitson | 9 | 3 | 3+4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Frédéric Kanouté | 28 | 12 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Jermain Defoe | 39 | 13 | 14+21 | 10 | 2+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | GUI | Titi Camara | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 18 | FW | BUL | Svetoslav Todorov | 8 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| 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 |
| 14 September 2001 | DF | Tomáš Řepka | Fiorentina | £5,500,000 |
| 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 |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 14 June 2001 | MF | Frank Lampard | Chelsea | £11,000,000 |
| 20 June 2001 | DF | Stuart Pearce | Manchester City | Free |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 1 May 2002 | DF | Adam Newton | Peterborough United | Free |