# 2001–02 Dundee United F.C. season

The 2001–02 season was the 93rd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002. United finished the season in eighth place.
United were knocked out of both domestic cup competitions in the quarter-finals stages, losing to Hibernian in the Tennent's Scottish Cup and to Ayr United in the CIS Insurance Cup.

## Match results

Dundee United played a total of 45 competitive matches during the 2001–02 season. The team finished eighth in the Scottish Premier League.
In the cup competitions, United were knocked out of the CIS Cup at the quarter-finals stage, losing to Hibernian. Ayr United knocked United out of the Scottish Cup at the same stage. Both matches finished 2–0, although Ayr United won in a replay after a 2–2 draw.

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |
All results are written with Dundee United's score first.

### Bank of Scotland Premierleague

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 28 July 2000 | Dundee | H | 2–2 | 13,327 | Miller, Hamilton |
| 4 August 2000 | Motherwell | A | 0–0 | 5,057 | |
| 11 August 2000 | St Johnstone | A | 1–0 | 5,156 | |
| 18 August 2000 | Dunfermline | H | 3–2 | 13,327 | McIntyre, Lilley, Hamilton |
| 26 August 2000 | Kilmarnock | H | 0–2 | 7,404 | |
| 8 September 2000 | Livingston | A | 0–2 | 6,107 | |
| 15 September 2000 | Aberdeen | A | 1–2 | 12,948 | McIntyre |
| 22 September 2000 | Rangers | H | 1–6 | 11,117 | McIntyre |
| 29 September 2000 | Hearts | A | 2–1 | 12,948 | McIntyre, Thompson |
| 13 October 2000 | Hibernian | H | 3–1 | 7,950 | Hamilton (2), Griffin |
| 20 October 2000 | Celtic | A | 1–5 | 59,900 | McIntyre |
| 27 October 2000 | Motherwell | H | 1–1 | 6,343 | Easton |
| 3 November 2000 | Dundee | A | 1–1 | 11,751 | Miller |
| 10 November 2000 | Dunfermline | H | 0–2 | 6,214 | |
| 17 November 2000 | St Johnstone | H | 2–1 | 6,624 | Aljofree, Hamilton |
| 24 November 2000 | Dunfermline | A | 1–1 | 4,891 | McConalogue |
| 1 December 2000 | Kilmarnock | A | 0–2 | 6,130 | |
| 8 December 2000 | Livingston | H | 0–0 | 6,312 | |
| 15 December 2000 | Aberdeen | H | 1–1 | 9,129 | Easton |
| 22 December 2000 | Rangers | A | 2–3 | 11,117 | Thompson (2) |
| 26 December 2000 | Hearts | H | 0–2 | 8,762 | |
| 29 December 2000 | Celtic | H | 0–4 | 12,165 | |
| 2 January 2001 | Hibernian | A | 1–0 | 11,155 | Paterson |
| 12 January 2001 | Motherwell | A | 0–2 | 4,631 | |
| 19 January 2001 | Dundee | H | 1–0 | 12,851 | McIntyre |
| 22 January 2001 | St Johnstone | A | 4–1 | 3,711 | Lilley (3), Miller |
| 2 February 2001 | Kilmarnock | H | 0–2 | 5,774 | |
| 9 February 2001 | Livingston | A | 1–1 | 4,720 | Lilley |
| 16 February 2001 | Aberdeen | A | 0–4 | 13,612 | |
| 3 March 2001 | Rangers | H | 0–1 | 9,386 | |
| 9 March 2001 | Hearts | A | 2–1 | 10,893 | Aljofree, Miller |
| 16 March 2001 | Celtic | A | 0–1 | 58,392 | |
| 23 March 2001 | Hibernian | H | 1–2 | 5,801 | Thompson |
| 7 April 2000 | Hibernian | H | 2–1 | 5,417 | Tassos Venetis, Lilley |
| 13 April 2001 | Motherwell | H | 1–0 | 5,108 | Thompson |
| 20 April 2001 | Dundee | A | 1–0 | 10,087 | Own goal |
| 27 April 2001 | St Johnstone | H | 0–0 | 5,190 | |
| 12 May 2001 | Kilmarnock | A | 2–2 | 6,142 | Thompson, Easton |

### Tennent's Scottish Cup

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 5 January 2001 | Forres Mechanics | H | 3–0 | 5,904 | Aljofree (2), Miller |
| 5 February 2001 | Hamilton | H | 4–0 | 4,999 | Winters, Thompson (2), Aljofree |
| 23 February 2001 | Ayr United | H | 2–2 | 5,584 | Winters, Easton |
| 6 March 2001 | Ayr United | A | 0–2 | 4,445 | |

### CIS Insurance Cup

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 25 September 2000 | Dumbarton | H | 3–0 | 3,702 | Thompson, Easton, Griffin |
| 9 October 2000 | St Johnstone | H | 3–2 | 5,851 | Thompson, Hamilton, Paterson |
| 27 November 2000 | Hibernian | A | 0–2 | 8,825 | |
United beat St Johnstone after extra time

## Player details

During the 2001–02 season, United used 29 different players, with a further two named as substitutes who did not make an appearance on the pitch. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bank of Scotland Premierleague | Bank of Scotland Premierleague | Tennent's Scottish Cup | Tennent's Scottish Cup | CIS Insurance Cup | CIS Insurance Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 13 | GK | SCO | Paul Gallacher | 45 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | SCO | Paul Jarvie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | EIR | Ronnie O'Brien | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Stephen Wright | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | David Hannah | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Jim Lauchlan | 40 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Craig Easton | 43 | 5 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Charlie Miller | 28 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Derek Lilley | 31 | 6 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Jamie Fullarton | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Jim Paterson | 32 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | SCO | Jamie McCunnie | 34 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Hasney Aljofree | 34 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Jamie Buchan | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | NIR | Danny Griffin | 34 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | SCO | Jim Hamilton | 28 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | GRE | Tassos Venetis | 26 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Steven Thompson | 37 | 10 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 21 | DF | WAL | David Partridge | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | SCO | Jim McIntyre | 23 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | SCO | David Winters | 16 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SCO | David McCracken | 24 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | SCO | Stephen McConalogue | 14 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | NIR | Stephen Carson | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | SCO | Marc Cocozza | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | SCO | Stuart Duff | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | SCO | Mark Wilson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | SCO | Stephen O'Donnell | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | SCO | Daniel Ogunmade | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |
| 10 | Hibernian | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 51 | 56 | −5 | 41 |
* ↑ 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.

## Playing kit

| Home colours | Away colours |
The jerseys were sponsored by Telewest for the penultimate time.

## Awards

* Alex Smith
** Scottish Premier League Manager of the Month: 1
       January 2002
* Stuart Duff
** Scottish Premier League Young Player of the Month: 1
       April 2002