| Dates | 9 August 2001 – 8 May 2002 |
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| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 204 |
| Goals scored | 552 (2.71 per match) |
| Attendance | 2,889,630 (14,165 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Pierre van Hooijdonk (Feyenoord) 8 goals |
2002–03 → | |
The2001–02 UEFA Cup was won byFeyenoord at their home ground in the final againstBorussia Dortmund. It was the second time they won the competition.
Liverpool could not defend their title as they automatically qualified for the2001–02 UEFA Champions League and also reached theknockout stage.
A total of 145 teams from 51UEFA associations participated in the 2001–02 UEFA Cup. Associations are allocated places according to their 2000UEFA league coefficient.[1]
Below is the qualification scheme for the 2001–02 UEFA Cup:
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| Qualifying round (82 teams) |
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| First round (96 teams) |
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| Second round (48 teams) |
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| Third round (32 teams) |
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| Fourth round (16 teams) |
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| Play-offs (8 teams) |
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A UEFA Cup place is vacated when a team qualify for both the Champions League and the UEFA Cup, or qualify for the UEFA Cup by more than one method. When a place is vacated, it is redistributed within the national association by the following rules:
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
The schedule of the competition was as follows.[2] Matches were scheduled for Thursdays apart from the final, which took place on a Wednesday, though exceptionally could take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts.
| Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Qualifying round | 22 June 2001 | 9 August 2001 | 23 August 2001 |
| First round | 24 August 2001 | 20 September 2001[a] | 27 September 2001 |
| Second round | 28 September 2001 | 18 October 2001 | 1 November 2001 |
| Third round | 2 November 2001 | 22 November 2001 | 6 December 2001 |
| Fourth round | 12 December 2001 | 21 February 2002 | 28 February 2002 |
| Quarter-finals | 14 March 2002 | 21 March 2002 | |
| Semi-finals | 22 March 2002 | 4 April 2002 | 11 April 2002 |
| Final | 8 May 2002 atFeijenoord Stadion,Rotterdam | ||
The first legs were played on 9 August, and the second legs were played on 23 August 2001.
The first round featured the 41 winners of the qualifying round, joined by 36 directly qualified teams, the 16 losers of theChampions League third qualifying round and the 3 winners for theIntertoto Cup. The first legs were played on 11, 18, 19 and 20 September, and the second legs were played on 25 and 27 September 2001.
The matches scheduled for 12 September were postponed due to theSeptember 11 attacks.[4][3][5] Most of the postponed fixtures were rescheduled for 20 September,[6] with all matches observing amoment of silence.[7]
The second round featured the 41 winners of the first round. The first legs were played on 16 and 18 October, and the second legs were played on 30 October and 1 November 2001.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Roda JC | 5–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | |
| Legia Warsaw | 2–7 | 1–1 | 1–6 | |
| SC Freiburg | 4–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | |
| Bordeaux | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| Fiorentina | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
| Ipswich Town | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 6–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | |
| Union Berlin | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | |
| Copenhagen | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Internazionale | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
| PAOK | 8–3 | 6–1 | 2–2 | |
| Rangers | 7–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | |
| Halmstads BK | 1–7 | 0–1 | 1–6 | |
| Zaragoza | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
| Leeds United | 6–5 | 4–2 | 2–3 | |
| CSKA Kyiv | 0–7 | 0–2 | 0–5 | |
| Utrecht | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | |
| Osijek | 3–5 | 1–2 | 2–3 | |
| Viking | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |
| Grasshopper | 6–4 | 4–1 | 2–3 | |
| Varteks | 3–6 | 3–1 | 0–5 | |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Celta Vigo | 3–4 | 3–1 | 0–3 | |
| Milan | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
In the final phase, teams played against each other overtwo legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:[8]
| Third round | Fourth round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 (5) | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 1 (4) | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | 1 | 1 | 2 (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 (3) | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 May –Rotterdam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The draw for the third round was held on 2 November 2001, 13:00 CET.[9]The first legs were played on 20 and 22 November, and the second legs were played on 4 and 6 December 2001.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| PAOK | 4–6 | 3–2 | 1–4 | |
| Fiorentina | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |
| Valencia | 1–1 (5–4p) | 1–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | |
| Servette | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
| Ipswich Town | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–4 | |
| Rangers | 0–0 (4–3p)[a] | 0–0 | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | |
| Feyenoord | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |
| AEK Athens | 4–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | |
| Grasshopper | 3–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | |
| Parma | 4–1[a] | 1–1 | 3–0 | |
| Bordeaux | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | |
| Slovan Liberec | 5–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Copenhagen | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
| Milan | 3–1[a] | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Club Brugge | 4–4 (a) | 4–1 | 0–3 |
The draw for the fourth round was held on 12 December 2001, 12:00 CET.[11][12][13][14]The first legs were played on 19 and 21 February, and the second legs were played on 28 February 2002.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Internazionale | 5–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | |
| Valencia | 5–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | |
| PSV Eindhoven | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Rangers | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–3 | |
| Lyon | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–4 | |
| Lille | 1–1 (a) | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| Roda JC | 1–1 (2–3p)[a] | 0–1 | 1–0 (a.e.t.) |
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 12 December 2001, 12:00 CET, immediately after the fourth round draw.[11][14]The first legs were played on 14 March, and the second legs were played on 21 March 2002.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Internazionale | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| PSV Eindhoven | 2–2 (4–5p) | 1–1 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | |
| Slovan Liberec | 0–4[a] | 0–0 | 0–4 | |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–2[a] | 1–0 | 0–2 |
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 22 March 2002, 13:00 CET.[15]The first legs were played on 4 April, and the second legs were played on 11 April 2002.[16]
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Internazionale | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | |
| Borussia Dortmund | 5–3[a] | 4–0 | 1–3 |
The final was played on 8 May 2002 atFeijenoord Stadion inRotterdam, Netherlands.
| Feyenoord | 3–2 | |
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| Report |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[18] | Minutes played |
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| 1 | 8 | 750' | ||
| 2 | 6 | 490' | ||
| 516' | ||||
| 902' | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 355' | ||
| 382' | ||||
| 539' | ||||
| 644' | ||||
| 797' |