# 2001–02 Kilmarnock F.C. season

The 2001–02 season was Kilmarnock's fourth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League. Kilmarnock also competed in the Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and the UEFA Cup.

## Summary
### Season

Kilmarnock finished seventh in the Scottish Premier League with 49 points. They reached the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, losing to Celtic. They also reached the third round of the League Cup, losing to rivals Ayr United on penalties, and lost in the first round of the UEFA Cup to Viking FK. Manager Bobby Williamson departed for Hibernian in February 2002 and was replaced by former Heart of Midlothian manager Jim Jefferies.

## Results and fixtures

Kilmarnock's score comes first
Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Premier League

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 28 July 2001 | Hibernian | A | 2–2 | 12,717 | Ngonge 4', Cocard 45' |
| 2 | 4 August 2001 | Celtic | H | 0–1 | 13,201 | |
| 3 | 12 August 2001 | Motherwell | A | 2–2 | 5,188 | Ngonge 7', Mitchell 82' |
| 4 | 18 August 2001 | St Johnstone | H | 2–1 | 6,480 | di Giacomo 12', Pizzo 24' |
| 5 | 26 August 2001 | Dundee United | A | 2–0 | 7,404 | di Giacomo 13', McLaren 63' |
| 6 | 8 September 2001 | Aberdeen | A | 0–2 | 10,732 | |
| 7 | 16 September 2001 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–0 | 7,504 | Dargo 78' |
| 8 | 23 September 2001 | Dundee | H | 0–1 | 7,052 | |
| 9 | 30 September 2001 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 2–0 | 3,983 | McLaren 28', Dargo 80' |
| 10 | 13 October 2001 | Rangers | A | 1–3 | 49,379 | Calderón 66' |
| 11 | 20 October 2001 | Livingston | H | 1–5 | 7,346 | Santini 4' (o.g.) |
| 12 | 27 October 2001 | Celtic | A | 0–1 | 58,897 | |
| 13 | 3 November 2001 | Hibernian | H | 0–0 | 7,460 | |
| 14 | 10 November 2001 | St Johnstone | H | 0–1 | 6,008 | |
| 15 | 17 November 2001 | Motherwell | H | 2–0 | 6,008 | Boyd 40', di Giacomo 77' |
| 16 | 24 November 2001 | St Johnstone | A | 0–1 | 3,711 | |
| 17 | 1 December 2001 | Dundee United | H | 2–0 | 6,130 | Mahood 31', Hay 56' |
| 18 | 8 December 2001 | Aberdeen | H | 3–1 | 7,611 | Dindeleux 12', Boyd 82', Mahood 88' |
| 19 | 15 December 2001 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–2 | 10,027 | |
| 20 | 22 December 2001 | Dundee | A | 2–1 | 6,342 | Mitchell 21', Murray 58' |
| 21 | 26 December 2001 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 0–0 | 6,873 | |
| 22 | 29 December 2001 | Livingston | A | 1–0 | 5,214 | Rubio 35' (o.g.) |
| 23 | 12 January 2002 | Celtic | H | 0–2 | 11,689 | |
| 24 | 19 January 2002 | Hibernian | A | 2–2 | 9,592 | Johnson 65', McGowne 90' |
| 25 | 23 January 2002 | Motherwell | A | 0–2 | 4,342 | |
| 26 | 30 January 2002 | Rangers | H | 2–2 | 11,589 | Boyd 85', Johnson 90' |
| 27 | 2 February 2002 | Dundee United | A | 2–0 | 5,774 | Dargo 4', McGowne 65' |
| 28 | 9 February 2002 | Aberdeen | A | 1–1 | 15,004 | Johnson 51' |
| 29 | 16 February 2002 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 3–3 | 7,138 | Dargo 46', Johnson 52', Murray 66' |
| 30 | 2 March 2002 | Dundee | H | 3–2 | 6,890 | Dargo 11', McLaren 73', 90' |
| 31 | 9 March 2002 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 0–2 | 5,618 | |
| 32 | 16 March 2002 | Livingston | H | 1–1 | 6,936 | Dargo 36' |
| 33 | 20 March 2002 | Rangers | A | 0–5 | 40,768 | |
| 34 | 6 April 2002 | Dundee | A | 0–2 | 5,579 | |
| 35 | 13 April 2002 | Hibernian | H | 1–0 | 6,236 | Ngonge 18' |
| 36 | 20 April 2002 | St Johnstone | A | 3–0 | 2,285 | Johnson 50', 59', Boyd 84' |
| 37 | 27 April 2002 | Motherwell | H | 1–4 | 5,642 | Johnson 68' |
| 38 | 12 May 2002 | Dundee United | H | 2–2 | 6,142 | Mitchell 43', Innes 47' |

### Scottish League Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| Third Round | 9 October 2001 | Ayr United | A | 0–0 (4–5 pens) | 7,418 | |

### Scottish Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| Third round | 5 January 2002 | Airdrieonians | H | 3–0 | 6,849 | Mitchell 12', Sanjuán 20', Canero 33' |
| Fourth round | 26 January 2002 | Celtic | H | 0–2 | 11,269 | |

### UEFA Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| Qualifyind Round 1st leg | 9 August 2001 | Glenavon | A | 1–0 | 3,511 | Innes 90' |
| Qualifyind Round 2nd leg | 23 August 2001 | Glenavon | H | 1–0 | 7,454 | Mitchell 66' |
| First Round 1st leg | 20 September 2001 | Viking | H | 1–1 | 8,000 | Dargo 73' |
| First Round 2nd leg | 27 September 2001 | Viking | A | 0–2 | 4,599 | |

## Player statistics

    As of 12 May 2002 (UTC)
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Gordon Marshall | 43 | 0 | 36+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Mickaël Pizzo | 18 | 1 | 10+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Greg Shields | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Peter Canero | 38 | 1 | 31+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Kevin McGowne | 24 | 2 | 22+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Christophe Cocard | 13 | 1 | 4+6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Mark Reilly | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Jesús Sanjuán | 23 | 1 | 18+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 9 | DF | ENG | Sean Hessey | 15 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Ian Durrant | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Ally Mitchell | 41 | 5 | 33+1 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | SCO | Colin Meldrum | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | FRA | David Merdy | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Alan Mahood | 39 | 2 | 33+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | FRA | Jérôme Vareille | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | SCO | Martin Baker | 7 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Frédéric Dindeleux | 34 | 1 | 27+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | COD | Michel Ngonge | 12 | 3 | 7+2 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Craig Dargo | 33 | 7 | 25+4 | 6 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | SCO | Andy McLaren | 31 | 2 | 13+13 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | SCO | Chris Innes | 25 | 2 | 20+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | SCO | Kris Boyd | 32 | 4 | 11+17 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SCO | Mark Canning | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SCO | Garry Hay | 32 | 1 | 26+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ESP | Antonio Calderón | 21 | 1 | 9+8 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | James Fowler | 33 | 0 | 22+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SCO | Gary McCutcheon | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | SCO | Gary McDonald | 7 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | SCO | Colin Stewart | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | SCO | Paul Di Giacomo | 27 | 3 | 15+8 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | SCO | Shaun Dillon | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | SCO | Stevie Murray | 21 | 2 | 16+3 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | SCO | Craig Samson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | ENG | Tommy Johnson | 12 | 7 | 7+3 | 7 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | SCO | Emilio Jaconelli | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 52 | 57 | −5 | 48 |
| 6 | Dunfermline Athletic | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 41 | 64 | −23 | 45 |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 49 |
| 8 | Dundee United | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 38 | 59 | −21 | 46 |
| 9 | Dundee | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 44 |
* ↑ 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.

### Division summary

| 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | D |
| Position | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |