# 2001–02 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

The 2001–02 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 10th season in the Premier League and 24th successive season in the top division of the English football league system.

## Season summary

Glenn Hoddle's return to White Hart Lane as manager was seen by many as the revival of Tottenham after many seasons of mediocrity. Spurs reached the Worthington Cup final with Spurs fans hopeful that Hoddle's comeback would result in instant success. However Blackburn Rovers won 2–1, and Tottenham's silverware bid was over. Unremarkable Premiership form ended their UEFA Cup hopes, and they had to settle for ninth place in the final table.

## 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 | SCO | Neil Sullivan |
| 2 | DF | IRL | Stephen Carr |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Mauricio Taricco |
| 4 | MF | GER | Steffen Freund |
| 5 | DF | SCG | Goran Bunjevčević |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Chris Perry |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Darren Anderton |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Tim Sherwood (Vice-captain) |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Les Ferdinand (3rd captain) |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Teddy Sheringham (captain) |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Serhii Rebrov |
| 12 | DF | IRL | Gary Doherty |
| 13 | GK | USA | Kasey Keller |
| 14 | MF | URU | Gustavo Poyet |
| 16 | FW | NOR | Steffen Iversen |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Øyvind Leonhardsen |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Ben Thatcher |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Chris Armstrong |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Johnnie Jackson |
| 23 | MF | GER | Christian Ziege |
| 24 | GK | CAN | Lars Hirschfeld |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Stephen Clemence |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Ledley King |
| 27 | FW | SCO | Steven Ferguson |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Matthew Etherington |
| 29 | MF | WAL | Simon Davies |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Anthony Gardner |
| 31 | DF | ENG | Alton Thelwell |
| 32 | GK | ENG | Gavin Kelly |
| 33 | MF | NIR | Ciaran Toner |
| 34 | FW | ENG | John Piercy |
| 36 | DF | ENG | Dean Richards |
| 37 | FW | FRA | Yannick Kamanan |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 26 May 2001 | ST | Teddy Sheringham | Manchester United | Free |
| Summer 2001 | MID | Christian Ziege | Liverpool | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2001 | MID | Gus Poyet | Chelsea | Free |
| Summer 2001 | DEF | Goran Bunjevčević | Red Star Belgrade | Undisclosed |
| 21 September 2001 | DEF | Dean Richards | Southampton | £8.1 million |
| May 2001 | MID | Jamie Redknapp | Liverpool | Free |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date until | Ref. |
| 16 November 2001 | GK | | Dave Beasant | Portsmouth | 31 January 2002 | |

### Released

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Notes | Ref. |
| 3 October 2001 | MF | | Willem Korsten | Free agent | Retired | |
| 2001 | GK | | Hans Segers | Free agent | Released | |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 3 July 2001 | DF | Sol Campbell | Arsenal | Free |
| Summer 2001 | GK | Ian Walker | Leicester | Free |
| 7 November 2001 | DF | Ian Hillier | Luton Town | Undisclosed |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 18 August 2001 | 11 May 2002 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 036.84 |
| FA Cup | 16 January 2002 | 10 March 2002 | Third round | Quarter-Final | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 075.00 |
| League Cup | 13 September 2001 | 24 February 2002 | Second round | Runners-up | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 071.43 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 22 | 8 | 19 | 80 | 63 | +17 | 044.90 |
Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 55 | 51 | +4 | 46 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 11 | Southampton | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 45 | |
* ↑ Blackburn Rovers qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Statto

#### Results by round

| 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 | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | D | W | L |
| Position | 8 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 |

#### Results
### League Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances

| 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 | SCO | Neil Sullivan | 38 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | USA | Kasey Keller | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ARG | Mauricio Taricco | 40 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCG | Goran Bunjevcevic | 8 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Chris Perry | 42 | 0 | 30+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | IRL | Gary Doherty | 8 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Ben Thatcher | 17 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Ledley King | 42 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Anthony Gardner | 19 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ENG | Alton Thelwell | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ENG | Dean Richards | 28 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | GER | Steffen Freund | 25 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Darren Anderton | 44 | 6 | 33+2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Tim Sherwood | 28 | 1 | 15+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | URU | Gus Poyet | 43 | 14 | 32+2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Øyvind Leonhardsen | 13 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Christian Ziege | 33 | 7 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Stephen Clemence | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Matthew Etherington | 14 | 1 | 3+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | WAL | Simon Davies | 41 | 7 | 22+9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6+1 | 3 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ENG | Les Ferdinand | 33 | 15 | 22+3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Teddy Sheringham | 42 | 13 | 33+1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Serhii Rebrov | 39 | 4 | 9+21 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+4 | 3 |
| 16 | FW | NOR | Steffen Iversen | 24 | 7 | 12+6 | 4 | 1+2 | 1 | 1+2 | 2 |
Last updated: 30 May 2002 Source: soccerbase.com

### Goalscorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Les Ferdinand | 9 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 | MF | 14 | Gus Poyet | 10 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | FW | 10 | Teddy Sheringham | 10 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | FW | 16 | Steffen Iversen | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | 23 | Christian Ziege | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | 29 | Simon Davies | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | MF | 7 | Darren Anderton | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | FW | 11 | Serhii Rebrov | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | DF | 36 | Dean Richards | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 8 | Tim Sherwood | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 26 | Ledley King | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 28 | Matthew Etherington | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 49 | 9 | 20 | 78 |
Last updated: 20 May 2002. Source: Premier League

### Clean sheets

| Rnk | No. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Neil Sullivan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | 13 | Kasey Keller | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
Last updated: 20 May 2002. Source: League