# 2001–02 Leeds United A.F.C. season

The 2001–02 season saw Leeds United competing in the Premier League (known as the FA Barclaycard Premiership for sponsorship reasons) and the UEFA Cup.

## Competitions
### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Manchester United | 38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 87 | 45 | +42 | 77 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Newcastle United | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 74 | 52 | +22 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 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 | |
* ↑ Since Arsenal qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place as FA Cup winners defaulted to Chelsea, the losing finalists.

#### 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

| Round | 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |

#### Results
### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Fourth round
## Statistics

    (Starting appearances + substitute appearances)
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Nigel Martyn | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Gary Kelly | 19+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Ian Harte | 34+2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Olivier Dacourt | 16+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Jonathan Woodgate | 11+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Robbie Keane | 16+9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Mark Viduka | 33 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 42 | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Harry Kewell | 26+1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Lee Bowyer | 24+1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Stephen McPhail | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Jason Wilcox | 4+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Alan Smith | 19+4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | Danny Mills | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| 19 | MF | Eirik Bakke | 20+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Seth Johnson | 12+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Dominic Matteo | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | Michael Duberry | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | David Batty | 30+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Robbie Fowler | 22 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Rio Ferdinand | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
| 18 October 2001 | MF | Seth Johnson | Derby County | £9,000,000 | |
| 29 November 2001 | FW | Robbie Fowler | Liverpool | £11,000,000 | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 12 June 2001 | FW | Warren Feeney | Bournemouth | Free |
| 29 November 2001 | DF | Damien Lynch | Released | Free |
| 2 July 2001 | MF | Kevin Dixon | Barnsley | Free |
| 12 July 2001 | MF | Tony Hackworth | Notts County | £1,200,000 |
| 9 August 2001 | DF | Gareth Evans | Huddersfield Town | Free |
| 12 October 2001 | DF | Alan Maybury | Hearts | £150,000 |
| 20 March 2002 | MF | Wesley Boyle | Released | Free |
| 15 May 2002 | DF | Danny Hay | Released | Free |

### Loan out

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | To |
| 11 September 2001 | 1 December 2001 | FW | Harpal Singh | Crewe Alexandra |
| 1 October 2001 | 1 November 2001 | FW | Caleb Folan | Rushden & Diamonds |
| 1 December 2001 | 31 December 2001 | FW | Caleb Folan | Hull City |
| 1 March 2002 | 1 April 2002 | FW | Harpal Singh | Bristol City |
| 14 March 2002 | 3 May 2002 | MF | Stephen McPhail | Millwall |