Season

2001-02

Manchester UnitedSir Alex Ferguson

3rdleague finish

of 20 in the Premier League

+0.9
goal difference
2.1 scored · 1.2 conceded
58
Played
57%
Win rate

Season in brief

3rd of 20 in the Premier League, down from 1st the year before. Ruud van Nistelrooy led the scoring with 36 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 122 United scored).

The Premier League table

Final standings · 20 clubs · United and the clubs around them

  1. 1Arsenal38P · 26W 9D 3L · GD +4387
  2. 2Liverpool38P · 24W 8D 6L · GD +3780
  3. 3Manchester United38P · 24W 5D 9L · GD +4277
  4. 4Newcastle United38P · 21W 8D 9L · GD +2271
  5. 5Leeds United38P · 18W 12D 8L · GD +1666
  7. 19Derby County38P · 8W 6D 24L · GD -3030
  8. 20Leicester City38P · 5W 13D 20L · GD -3428

Slice: the final Premier League table for 2001-02, every club computed from the full league results.

Coverage: complete — all results known.

Points follow the era’s rule (two then three for a win); the order uses goal average before 1976–77 and goal difference after. The faint foot marks the lower reaches — exact relegation places varied by era.

The season, match by match

58 matches
12 Aug 2001 n Liverpool: 1–219 Aug 2001 v Fulham: 3–222 Aug 2001 @ Blackburn Rovers: 2–226 Aug 2001 @ Aston Villa: 1–18 Sep 2001 v Everton: 4–115 Sep 2001 @ Newcastle United: 3–418 Sep 2001 v Lille OSC: 1–022 Sep 2001 v Ipswich Town: 4–025 Sep 2001 @ Deportivo de La Coruña: 1–229 Sep 2001 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 5–310 Oct 2001 @ Olympiacos: 2–013 Oct 2001 @ Sunderland: 3–117 Oct 2001 v Deportivo de La Coruña: 2–320 Oct 2001 v Bolton Wanderers: 1–223 Oct 2001 v Olympiacos: 3–027 Oct 2001 v Leeds United: 1–131 Oct 2001 @ Lille OSC: 1–14 Nov 2001 @ Liverpool: 1–35 Nov 2001 @ Arsenal: 0–417 Nov 2001 v Leicester City: 2–020 Nov 2001 @ FC Bayern Munich: 1–125 Nov 2001 @ Arsenal: 1–31 Dec 2001 v Chelsea: 0–35 Dec 2001 v Boavista: 3–08 Dec 2001 v West Ham United: 0–112 Dec 2001 v Derby County: 5–015 Dec 2001 @ Middlesbrough: 1–022 Dec 2001 v Southampton: 6–126 Dec 2001 @ Everton: 2–030 Dec 2001 @ Fulham: 3–22 Jan 2002 v Newcastle United: 3–16 Jan 2002 @ Aston Villa: 3–213 Jan 2002 @ Southampton: 3–119 Jan 2002 v Blackburn Rovers: 2–122 Jan 2002 v Liverpool: 0–126 Jan 2002 @ Middlesbrough: 0–229 Jan 2002 @ Bolton Wanderers: 4–02 Feb 2002 v Sunderland: 4–110 Feb 2002 @ Charlton Athletic: 2–020 Feb 2002 @ FC Nantes: 1–123 Feb 2002 v Aston Villa: 1–026 Feb 2002 v FC Nantes: 5–13 Mar 2002 @ Derby County: 2–26 Mar 2002 v Tottenham Hotspur: 4–013 Mar 2002 v FC Bayern Munich: 0–016 Mar 2002 @ West Ham United: 5–319 Mar 2002 @ Boavista: 3–023 Mar 2002 v Middlesbrough: 0–130 Mar 2002 @ Leeds United: 4–32 Apr 2002 @ Deportivo de La Coruña: 2–06 Apr 2002 @ Leicester City: 1–010 Apr 2002 v Deportivo de La Coruña: 3–220 Apr 2002 @ Chelsea: 3–024 Apr 2002 v Bayer 04 Leverkusen: 2–227 Apr 2002 @ Ipswich Town: 1–030 Apr 2002 @ Bayer 04 Leverkusen: 1–18 May 2002 v Arsenal: 0–111 May 2002 v Charlton Athletic: 0–0
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.