UEFA Champions League 2001–02

The 2001-02 UEFA Champions League was the tenth season of UEFA's premier club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, since its rebranding from the European Cup in 1992. The tournament was won by Real Madrid, who beat Bayer Leverkusen in the final to claim their ninth European Cup title. The final's winning goal was scored by Zinedine Zidane, with a left-footed volley from the edge of the penalty area.

Bayer Leverkusen eliminated all three English teams on their way to the final: Arsenal in the second group stage, followed by Liverpool in the quarter-finals and Manchester United in the semi-final.

Ruud van Nistelrooy was the tournament's top scorer, scoring 10 goals from the first group stage through to the semi-final.

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

econd qualifying round

* The second leg finished 4–0 to Maccaba Haifa but was awarded 0–3 against them for fielding a suspended player.

Third qualifying round

First group stage

16 winners from the third qualifying round, 10 champions from countries ranked 1-10, and six second-placed teams from countries ranked 1-6 were drawn into eight groups of four teams each. The top two teams in each group advance to the second group stage, and the third placed team in each group advance to the Third Round of the UEFA Cup.

Group B

Group E

Group H

Group A

Group D

First leg

"All times Central European Time (UTC+1)"footballbox
date = 2002-04-02
time = 20:45
team1 = Deportivo flagicon|ESP
score = 0 – 2
report =
team2 = flagicon|ENG Manchester United
goals1 =
goals2 = Beckham goal|15
van Nistelrooy goal|41
stadium = Riazor Stadium, A Coruña
attendance =
referee = Kyros Vassaras (Greece) ----footballbox
date = 2002-04-02
time = 20:45
team1 = Bayern flagicon|GER
score = 2 – 1
report =
team2 = flagicon|ESP Real Madrid
goals1 = Effenberg goal|82
Pizarro goal|88
goals2 = Geremi goal|11
stadium = Olympic Stadium (Munich), Munich
attendance =
referee = Hugh Dallas (Scotland) ----footballbox
date = 2002-04-03
time = 20:45
team1 = Panathinaikos flagicon|GRE
score = 1 – 0
report =
team2 = flagicon|ESP Barcelona
goals1 = Basinas goal|79|pen.
goals2 =
stadium = Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens
attendance =
referee = Terje Hauge (Norway) ----footballbox
date = 2002-04-03
time = 20:45
team1 = Liverpool flagicon|ENG
score = 1 – 0
report =
team2 = flagicon|GER Bayer Leverkusen
goals1 = Hyypiä goal|44
goals2 =
stadium = Anfield, Liverpool
attendance =
referee = Anders Frisk (Sweden)

econd leg

"All times Central European Time (UTC+1)footballbox
date = 2002-04-09
time = 20:45
team1 = Barcelona flagicon|ESP
score = 3 – 1
report =
team2 = flagicon|GRE Panathinaikos
goals1 = Luis Enrique goal|23 goal|49
Saviola goal|61
goals2 = M. Konstantinou goal|8
stadium = Camp Nou, Barcelona
attendance =
referee = Urs Meier (Switzerland) ----footballbox
date = 2002-04-09
time = 20:45
team1 = Bayer Leverkusen flagicon|GER
score = 4 – 2
report =
team2 = flagicon|ENG Liverpool
goals1 = Ballack goal|16 goal|64
Berbatov goal|68
Lúcio goal|84
goals2 = Abel Xavier goal|42
Litmanen goal|79
stadium = BayArena, Leverkusen
attendance =
referee = Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal) ----footballbox
date = 2002-04-10
time = 21:45
team1 = Manchester United flagicon|ENG
score = 3 – 2
report =
team2 = flagicon|ESP Deportivo
goals1 = Solskjær goal|23 goal|56
Giggs goal|69
goals2 = Blanc goal|45|o.g.
Djalminha goal|90+1
stadium = Old Trafford, Manchester
attendance =
referee = Markus Merk (Germany) ----footballbox
date = 2002-04-10
time = 20:45
team1 = Real Madrid flagicon|ESP
score = 2 – 0
report =
team2 = flagicon|GER Bayern
goals1 = Helguera goal|69
Guti goal|85
goals2 =
stadium = Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Madrid
attendance =
referee = Stefano Braschi (Italy)

emi-finals

First leg

"All times Central European Time (UTC+1)footballbox
date = 2002-04-23
time = 20:45
team1 = Barcelona flagicon|ESP
score = 0 – 2
report =
team2 = flagicon|ESP Real Madrid
goals1 =
goals2 = Zidane goal|55
McManaman goal|90+2
stadium = Camp Nou, Barcelona
attendance =
referee = Anders Frisk (Sweden) ----footballbox
date = 2002-04-24
time = 21:45
team1 = Manchester United flagicon|ENG
score = 2 – 2
report =
team2 = flagicon|GER Bayer Leverkusen
goals1 = Živković goal|29|o.g.
van Nistelrooy goal|67|pen.
goals2 = Ballack goal|62
Neuville goal|75
stadium = Old Trafford, Manchester
attendance =
referee = Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

econd leg

"All times Central European Time (UTC+1)footballbox
date = 2002-04-30
time = 20:45
team1 = Bayer Leverkusen flagicon|GER
score = 1 – 1
report =
team2 = flagicon|ENG Manchester United
goals1 = Neuville goal|45+2
goals2 = Keane goal|28
stadium = BayArena, Leverkusen
attendance =
referee = Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) ----footballbox
date = 2002-05-01
time = 20:45
team1 = Real Madrid flagicon|ESP
score = 1 – 1
report =
team2 = flagicon|ESP Barcelona
goals1 = Raúl goal|43|
goals2 = Helguera goal|49|o.g.
stadium = Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid
attendance =
referee = Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Final

footballbox
date = 2002-05-15
time = 19:45 GMT
team1 = Bayer Leverkusen flagicon|GER
score = 1 – 2
report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/history/season=2001/round=1549/match=1025482/report=rp.html (Report)]
team2 = flagicon|ESP Real Madrid
goals1 = Lúcio goal|13
goals2 = Raúl goal|8
Zidane goal|45
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow
attendance = 52,000
referee = Urs Meier (Switzerland)

ee also

*UEFA Cup 2001-02
*UEFA Intertoto Cup 2001

External links

* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/history/Season=2001/intro.html 2001-02 season at UEFA website]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/ec/ec200102.html#cc European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]