2001–02 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City
Season 2001–02
Owner	Publicly traded company
Chairmen	David Bernstein
Manager	Kevin Keegan
Team captain	Stuart Pearce
Home stadium	Maine Road
First Division	Champions (promoted to Premier League)
League Cup	Fourth round
FA Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorer	League: 0 Shaun Goater (28 goals) All comps: 0 Shaun Goater (32 goals)
Highest home attendance	34,657 0v0 Portsmouth 21 April 2002
Highest away attendance	51,020 0v0 Newcastle United 17 February 2002
Lowest home attendance	13,912 0v0 Birmingham City 10 October 2001
Lowest away attendance	5,972 0v0 Notts County 11 September 2001
← 2000–01 0 0 0 0 0 0 2002–03 →

Results summary - all competitions
	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %
Home	21	3	1	84.0%
Away	14	3	10	51.9%
Both	35	6	11	67.3%

Results summary - First Division
	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %
Home	19	3	1	82.6%
Away	12	3	8	52.2%
Both	31	6	9	67.4%

The 2001–02 season was Manchester City Football Club's 110th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight. This season was the club's most recent season of second tier league football, with the team playing in the Football League First Division following its immediate relegation from the Premier League in the previous season after its promotion the season before that. This time around the team was promoted at the first time of asking, with it winning the First Division by a clear 10 points while scoring more than 100 league goals for the first time since the 1957–58 season.

Season review

The team's performance in the First Division this season matched a number of prior club records whilst also setting some new ones. The team equaled the record number of total goals scored (108) in any prior season; set a new club high for total league points accumulated (99) in a single season (since 3 points for a win was introduced into English football); produced the highest number of seasonal wins (31); and equaled the club's prior record for the total number of home wins (19). Additionally, Manchester City's First Division championship title became a record seventh English second-tier title won by the club, a record still to be equaled or surpassed by any other English team. Shaun Goater, the club's leading goal scorer this campaign with a tally of 32 goals - making him the first City player since Francis Lee in 1972 to net more than 30 goals in a season - scored 28 of those in the club's pursuit of promotion back to the top flight, which meant that he was also the leading goal scorer in the First Division this season.

Team kit

The team kit was produced by Le Coq Sportif and the shirt sponsor was Eidos.

Home

Away

Third

Historical league performance

Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991-92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Games

Football League First Division

Position in final standings

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Manchester City	46	31	6	9	108	52	+56	99	Promotion to Premier League
2	West Bromwich Albion	46	27	8	11	61	29	+32	89
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	25	11	10	76	43	+33	86	First Division Play-offs
4	Millwall	46	22	11	13	69	48	+21	77
5	Birmingham City	46	21	13	12	70	49	+21	76	Promoted to Premier League via Play-offs

Last updated: 21 April 2002 (end of season)
Source: Football League First Division 2001-02

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	31	6	9	108	52	+56	99	19	3	1	63	19	+44	12	3	8	45	33	+12

Last updated: 21 April 2002 (end of season)
Source: Football League First Division 2001-02

Points breakdown Points at home: 60 Points away from home: 39 6 points: Barnsley, Birmingham City, Bradford City, Burnley, Crewe Alexandra, 0Gillingham, Grimsby Town, Millwall, Sheffield Wednesday, Watford, 0Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 points: Nottingham Forest, Rotherham United, Sheffield United, Walsall 3 points: Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Norwich City, Portsmouth, Preston N. End 1 point: 0Stockport County, West Bromwich Albion 0 points: Wimbledon

Biggest & smallest Biggest home wins: 5–1 vs. Burnley, 29 December 2001 & vs. Barnsley, 6 April 2002 0 0 0 04–0 vs. Grimsby Town, 23 October 2001 & vs. Sheffield Wednesday, 27 Feb. 2002 Biggest home defeat: 0–4 vs. Wimbledon, 1 October 2001 Biggest away win: 2–6 vs. Sheffield Wednesday, 22 September 2001 Biggest away defeat: 4–0 vs. West Bromwich Albion, 8 September 2001 Biggest home attendance: 34,657 vs. Portsmouth, 21 April 2002 Smallest home attendance: 30,238 vs. Millwall, 30 January 2002 Biggest away attendance: 28,266 vs. Nottingham Forest, 28 October 2001 Smallest away attendance: 7,618 vs. Walsall, 23 February 2002

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	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W

Last updated: 21 April 2002 (end of season).
Source: Football League First Division 2001-02
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Individual match reports

11 August 2001 15:00	Manchester City	3 – 0	Watford	Maine Road Manchester Attendance: 33,939 Referee: Mike Riley
	Goater  59' Berkovic  64' Pearce  87'	(Report)	Robinson  72'

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18 August 2001 15:00	Norwich City	2 – 0	Manchester City	Carrow Road Norwich Attendance: 18,745 Referee: Paul Taylor
	Libbra  75' McVeigh	(Report)	Wanchope  90'

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25 August 2001 15:00	Manchester City	5 – 2	Crewe Alexandra	Maine Road Manchester Attendance: 32,844 Referee: Howard Webb
	Wanchope  33',  90' Pearce  pen' (41) Goater  80',  89'	(Report)	Hulse  44' Little  45'

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27 August 2001 18:15	Burnley	2 – 4	Manchester City	Turf Moor Burnley Attendance: 19,602 Referee: Clive Wilkes
	Davis  25' Armstrong  36' Briscoe  52'	(Report)	Goater  17',  62',  86' Wanchope  50'

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8 September 2001 15:00	West Bromwich Albion	4 – 0	Manchester City	The Hawthorns West Bromwich Attendance: 23,524 Referee: Graham Frankland
	McInnes  10' Clement  pen' (66),  79' Dobie  83'	(Report)

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15 September 2001 12:30	Manchester City	3 – 0	Birmingham City	Maine Road Manchester Attendance: 31,714 Referee: Jeff Winter
	Goater  23',  42' Dunne  25'	(Report)

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19 September 2001 19:45	Coventry City	4 – 3	Manchester City	Highfield Road Coventry Attendance: 18,804 Referee: Roger Furnandiz
	Pearce  og' (15) Konjic  45' Hughes  65' Thompson  89'	(Report)	Benarbia  29' Horlock  57' Hall  og' (72)

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22 September 2001 15:00	Sheffield Wednesday	2 – 6	Manchester City	Hillsborough Sheffield Attendance: 25,731 Referee: Roy Pearson
	Bonvin  3' Bromby  47'	(Report)	Benarbia  32' Goater  35',  70' Granville  59' Wanchope  68',  pen' (79)

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25 September 2001 19:45	Manchester City	3 – 0	Walsall Town	Maine Road Manchester Attendance: 31,525 Referee: Rob Harris
	Benarbia  24' Goater  41' Wanchope  pen' (59)	(Report)

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1 October 2001 19:45	Manchester City	0 – 4	Wimbledon	Maine Road Manchester Attendance: 32,989 Referee: John Brandwood
		(Report)	Connolly  23',  pen' (35) Shipperley  83',  90'

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13 October 2001 15:00	Manchester City	2 – 2	Stockport County	Maine Road Manchester Attendance: 34,214 Referee: David Pugh
	Benarbia  51' Goater  84'	(Report)	Hurst  50' Kuqi  pen' (68)

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16 October 2001 19:45	Manchester City	0 – 0	Sheffield United	Maine Road Manchester Attendance: 32,454 Referee: Steve Bennett
	Horlock  76'	(Report)

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21 October 2001 14:15	Preston North End	2 – 1	Manchester City	Deepdale Preston Attendance: 21,013 Referee: Mike Dean
	Healy  50' Macken  67'	(Report)	Huckerby  37' Berkovic  89'

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23 October 2001 19:45	Manchester City	4 – 0	Grimsby Town	Maine Road Manchester Attendance: 30,797 Referee: Mark Cowburn
	Goater  2' Howey  20' Huckerby  24',  64'	(Report)

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28 October 2001 17:15	Nottingham Forest	1 – 1	Manchester City	City Ground Nottingham Attendance: 28,266
	Bart-Williams  7'	(Report)	Goater  9'

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31 October 2001 19:45	Barnsley	0 – 3	Manchester City	Oakwell Stadium Barnsley Attendance: 15,159 Referee: Phil Joslin
		(Report)	Goater  14' Pearce  35' Huckerby  45'

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3 November 2001 15:00	Manchester City	4 – 1	Gillingham	Maine Road Manchester Attendance: 33,067 Referee: Richard Beeby
	Goater  18',  20',  52' Huckerby  35'	(Report)	King  71'

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17 November 2001 12:30	Portsmouth	2 – 1	Manchester City	Fratton Park Portsmouth Attendance: 19,103 Referee: Paul Alcock
	Bradbury  54' Crouch  78'	(Report)	Huckerby  28'

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24 November 2001 15:00	Manchester City	2 – 1	Rotherham United	Maine Road Manchester Attendance: 34,223 Referee: Mick Fletcher
	Negouai  43' Benarbia  88'	(Report)	Swailes  24'

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1 December 2001 15:00	Grimsby Town	0 – 2	Manchester City	Blundell Park Grimsby Attendance: 7,960 Referee: Paul Rejer
		(Report)	Huckerby  pen' (74) Goater  90'

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4 December 2001 19:45	Millwall	2 – 3	Manchester City	New Den London Attendance: 13,026 Referee: Clive Wilkes
	Sadlier  45' Claridge  pen' (75)	(Report)	Goater  23' Huckerby  68' Wright-Phillips  83'

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8 December 2001 15:15	Crystal Palace	2 – 1	Manchester City	Selhurst Park London Attendance: 22,080 Referee: Bill Jordan
	Freedman  31' Kirovski  45'	(Report)	Goater  68'

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11 December 2001 19.45	Manchester City	1 – 0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Maine Road Manchester Attendance: 33,639 Referee: Mike Riley
	Horlock  21'	(Report)	Lescott  42'

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16 December 2001 14:15	Manchester City	3 – 1	Bradford City	Maine Road Manchester Attendance: 30,749 Referee: Phil Richards
	Mettomo  36' Horlock  58' Wright-Phillips  64'	(Report)	Dunne  og' (15)

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26 December 2001 15:00	Manchester City	0 – 0	West Bromwich Albion	Maine Road Manchester Attendance: 34,407 Referee: Roger Furnandiz
	Edghill  48'	(Report)

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29 December 2001 12:00	Manchester City	5 – 1	Burnley	Maine Road Manchester Attendance: 34,250 Referee: Matt Messias
	Wanchope  2',  28',  45' Berkovic  38' Huckerby  90'	(Report)	Thomas-Moore  61'

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1 January 2002 15:00	Sheffield United	1 – 3	Manchester City	Bramall Lane Sheffield Attendance: 26,291 Referee: Alan Wiley
	Brown  90'	(Report)	Goater  55' Berkovic  68' Wright-Phillips  90'

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13 January 2002 14:15	Manchester City	3 – 1	Norwich City	Maine Road Manchester Attendance: 31,794 Referee: Roy Pearson
	Tiatto  12' Berkovic  43',  65' Wanchope  pen' (61)	(Report)	Nielsen  47'

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20 January 2002 18:15	Watford	1 – 2	Manchester City	Vicarage Road Watford Attendance: 17,724 Referee: Dermot Gallagher
	Wanchope  30' Helguson  og' (80)	(Report)	Smith  26'

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30 January 2002 19:45	Manchester City	2 – 0	Millwall	Maine Road Manchester Attendance: 30,238 Referee: Peter Walton
	Benarbia  7' Goater  78',  87'	(Report)

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4 February 2002 19:45	Wimbledon	2 – 1	Manchester City	Selhurst Park London Attendance: 10,664 Referee: Phil Dowd
	Shipperley  34',  69'	(Report)	Benarbia  54' Pearce  90'

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10 February 2002 14:15	Manchester City	3 – 2	Preston North End	Maine Road Manchester Attendance: 34,220 Referee: Anthony Bates
	Wright-Phillips  49' Howey  56' Wanchope  74'	(Report)	Macken  47' Anderson  90'

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23 February 2002 15:00	Walsall	0 – 0	Manchester City	Bescot Stadium Walsall Attendance: 7,618 Referee: David Crick
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27 February 2002 19:45	Manchester City	4 – 0	Sheffield Wednesday	Maine Road Manchester Attendance: 33,682 Referee: Paul Durkin
	Horlock  9' Huckerby  32' Berkovic  76' Goater  88'	(Report)

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3 March 2002 13:00	Manchester City	4 – 2	Coventry City	Maine Road Manchester Attendance: 33,335 Referee: Mike Pike
	Huckerby  15' Tiatto  35' Wright-Phillips  42',  71'	(Report)	Mills  19',  88'

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5 March 2002 19:45	Birmingham City	1 – 2	Manchester City	St Andrews Birmingham Attendance: 24,160 Referee: Bill Jordan
	Johnson  4'	(Report)	Jensen  43' Horlock  68'

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8 March 2002 19:45	Bradford City	0 – 2	Manchester City	Valley Parade Bradford Attendance: 18,168
		(Report)	Huckerby  44' Macken  90'

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12 March 2002 19:45	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 3	Manchester City	Gresty Road Crewe Attendance: 10,092 Referee: Paul Danson
	Jack  55'	(Report)	Benarbia  30' Huckerby  45' Goater  75'

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16 March 2002 15:00	Manchester City	1 – 0	Crystal Palace	Maine Road Manchester Attendance: 33,637 Referee: Mark Clattenburg
	Horlock  10'	(Report)

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19 March 2002 19:45	Stockport County	2 – 1	Manchester City	Edgeley Park Stockport Attendance: 9,537 Referee: Clive Wilkes
	Hardiker  85',  90'	(Report)	Macken  18' Goater  30'

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23 March 2002 15:00	Rotherham United	1 – 1	Manchester City	Millmoor Rotherham Attendance: 11,426 Referee: Dermot Gallagher
	Lee  45'	(Report)	Benarbia  60'

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30 March 2002 15:00	Manchester City	3 – 0	Nottingham Forest	Maine Road Manchester Attendance: 34,345 Referee: Mike Jones
	Huckerby  40',  45',  pen' (84)	(Report)

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1 April 2002 13:00	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0 – 2	Manchester City	Molineux Wolverhampton Attendance: 28,015 Referee: Graham Barber
	Butler  83'	(Report)	Wright-Phillips  36',  80'

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6 April 2002 13:00	Manchester City	5 – 1	Barnsley	Maine Road Manchester Attendance: 33,628
	Huckerby  12',  36',  63' Macken  53',  70'	(Report)	Dyer  43'

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13 April 2002 15:00	Gillingham	1 – 3	Manchester City	Priestfield Stadium Gillingham Attendance: 9,494 Referee: Matt Messias
	Onuora  34'	(Report)	Horlock  20' Goater  39' Huckerby  85'

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21 April 2002 15:00	Manchester City	3 – 1	Portsmouth	Maine Road Manchester Attendance: 34,657 Referee: Roger Furnandiz
	Howey  9' Goater  27' Macken  86'	(Report)	Pitt  59'

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League Cup

Second round

11 September 2001 19:45	Notts County	2 – 2 2 – 4 (aet)	Manchester City	Meadow Lane Nottingham Attendance: 5,972
	Allsopp  pen' (?) Stallard  ?'	(Report)	Shuker  61' Goater  ?' Dickov  ?' Huckerby  ?'

Third round

10 October 2001 19:45	Manchester City	6 – 0	Birmingham City	Maine Road Manchester Attendance: 13,912 Referee: Rob Styles
	Huckerby  10',  25',  81',  89' Luntala  og' (14) Goater  53'	(Report)

Fourth round

28 November 2001 19:45	Blackburn Rovers	2 – 0	Manchester City	Ewood Park Blackburn Attendance: 17,907 Referee: Uriah Rennie
	Johansson  44' D. Johnson  89'	(Report)	Negouai  26'

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FA Cup

Third round

5 January 2002 13:00	Manchester City	2 – 0	Swindon Town	Maine Road Manchester Attendance: 21,581 Referee: Chris Foy
	Wanchope  8' Horlock  62'	(Report)

Fourth round

27 January 2002 19:00	Ipswich Town	1 – 4	Manchester City	Portman Road Ipswich Attendance: 21,119 Referee: Graham Poll
	Bent  83'	(Report)	Berkovic  43' Goater  65',  86' Huckerby  90'

Fifth round

17 February 2002 19:00	Newcastle United	1 – 0	Manchester City	St James' Park Newcastle Attendance: 51,020 Referee: Alan Wiley
	Solano  59'	(Report)	Dunne  29'

Playing statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Nicky Weaver	240(1)	0	20(0)	0	20(0)	0	280(1)	0
2	DF	Stuart Pearce	380(0)	3	10(1)	0	30(0)	0	420(1)	3
3	DF	Richard Edghill	090(1)	0	10(2)	0	0	0	100(3)	0
4	DF	Gerard Wiekens	210(5)	0	10(0)	0	20(0)	0	240(5)	0
5	DF	Andy Morrison	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Kevin Horlock	330(9)	7	30(0)	1	20(0)	0	380(9)	8
7	FW	Darren Huckerby	300(8)	20	30(2)	1	20(1)	5	35(11)	26
8	DF	Simon Colosimo	000(6)	0	0	0	10(0)	0	010(6)	0
9	FW	Paul Dickov	000(6)	0	00(1)	0	00(1)	0	000(8)	1
10	FW	Shaun Goater	420(0)	28	10(1)	2	20(0)	2	450(1)	32
11	MF	Terry Cooke	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Eyal Berkovic	200(5)	6	30(0)	1	20(1)	0	250(6)	7
15	DF	Alf-Inge Haaland	000(3)	0	00(1)	0	0	0	000(4)	0
16	DF	Paul Ritchie	000(7)	0	20(1)	0	00(1)	0	020(9)	0
17	DF	Sun Jihai	020(5)	0	0	0	0	0	020(5)	0
18	MF	Jeff Whitley	000(2)	0	0	0	0	0	000(2)	0
19	DF	Danny Tiatto	360(1)	1	10(0)	0	20(0)	0	390(1)	1
20	GK	Carlo Nash	220(1)	0	10(0)	0	10(0)	0	240(1)	0
21	MF	Alioune Touré	000(1)	0	0	0	00(1)	0	000(2)	0
22	DF	Richard Dunne	420(2)	1	30(0)	0	30(0)	0	480(2)	1
23	FW	Paulo Wanchope	140(1)	12	20(0)	1	10(0)	0	170(1)	13
24	DF	Steve Howey	340(0)	3	20(0)	0	20(0)	0	380(0)	3
25	DF	Lucien Mettomo	160(5)	1	0	0	10(1)	0	170(6)	1
27	DF	Stephen Jordan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	Tony Grant	020(1)	0	0	0	10(0)	0	030(1)	0
29	MF	Shaun Wright-Phillips	300(4)	8	30(0)	0	10(1)	0	340(5)	8
32	FW	Leon Mike	010(1)	0	0	0	0	0	010(1)	0
35	GK	Brian Murphy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF	Danny Granville	120(4)	1	0	0	10(1)	0	130(5)	1
37	MF	Terry Dunfield	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF	Rhys Day	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF	Chris Shuker	000(2)	0	0	0	00(1)	0	000(3)	1
44	MF	Ali Benarbia	380(0)	8	20(0)	0	20(0)	0	420(0)	8
??	GK	Simon Royce	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
??	DF	Laurent Charvet	030(0)	0	0	0	0	0	030(0)	0
??	DF	Niclas Jensen	160(1)	1	20(1)	0	0	0	180(2)	1
??	DF	Tyrone Mears	000(1)	0	0	0	0	0	000(1)	0
??	MF	Dickson Etuhu	110(1)	0	0	0	10(0)	0	120(1)	0
13	MF	Christian Negouai	020(2)	1	00(2)	0	20(0)	0	040(4)	1
??	FW	Chris Killen	000(2)	0	00(1)	0	0	0	000(3)	0
??	FW	Jon Macken	040(4)	5	0	0	0	0	040(4)	5

Information current as of 21 April 2002 (end of season)

Last updated: 24 November 2010
Source: (for appearances, goals and discipline stats.) All match Reports in Games section above

Goal scorers

All competitions Scorer Goals Shaun Goater 32 Darren Huckerby 26 Paulo Wanchope 13 Ali Benarbia 8 Kevin Horlock Shaun Wright-Phillips Eyal Berkovic 7 Jon Macken 5 Steve Howey 3 Stuart Pearce Paul Dickov 1 Richard Dunne Danny Granville Niclas Jensen Lucien Mettomo Christian Negouai Chris Shuker Danny Tiatto

Football League Division 1 Scorer Goals Shaun Goater 28 Darren Huckerby 20 Paulo Wanchope 12 Ali Benarbia 8 Shaun Wright-Phillips Kevin Horlock 7 Eyal Berkovic 6 Jon Macken 5 Steve Howey 3 Stuart Pearce Richard Dunne 1 Danny Granville Niclas Jensen Lucien Mettomo Christian Negouai Danny Tiatto

League Cup Scorer Goals Darren Huckerby 5 Shaun Goater 2 Paul Dickov 1 Chris Shuker

FA Cup Scorer Goals Shaun Goater 2 Eyal Berkovic 1 Kevin Horlock Darren Huckerby Paulo Wanchope

Information current as of 21 April 2002 (end of season)

See also

• Manchester City F.C. seasons

References