2001–02 Sporting CP season

The 2001–02 season was Sporting Clube de Portugal's 96th season in existence and the club's 68th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, Sporting CP participated in this season's editions of the Taça de Portugal and UEFA Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002.^[1]

Sporting CP

2001–02 season
President	António Dias da Cunha
Head coach	László Bölöni
Stadium	Estádio José Alvalade
Primeira Liga	1st
Taça de Portugal	Winners
UEFA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Mário Jardel (42) All: Mário Jardel (48)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Players

First-team squad

Goalkeeper Beto 33 Beto Portugal Portugal 01/05/1982 Nélson 1 Nélson Portugal Portugal 20/10/1975 Nuno Santos 12 Nuno Santos Portugal Portugal 09/07/1978 Tiago Ferreira 12 Tiago Ferreira Portugal Portugal 16/04/1975 Defender Beto 22 Beto Portugal Portugal 03/05/1976 Pablo Contreras Pablo Contreras Chile Chile 11/09/1978 Hugo 6 Hugo Portugal Portugal 11/08/1976 João Paulo 32 João Paulo Portugal Portugal 06/06/1981 Luís Filipe 18 Luís Filipe Portugal Portugal 14/06/1979 Facundo Quiroga 2 Facundo Quiroga Argentina Argentina 10/01/1978 Rui Jorge 23 Rui Jorge Portugal Portugal 27/03/1973 Santamaria 45 Santamaria Portugal Portugal 11/02/1982 Midfielder César Prates 5 César Prates Brazil Brazil 08/02/1975 Custódio 27 Custódio Portugal Portugal 24/05/1983 Marcos Paulo 55 Marcos Paulo Brazil Brazil 11/05/1977 Paulo Bento 17 Paulo Bento Portugal Portugal 20/06/1969 Pedro Barbosa 8 Pedro Barbosa Portugal Portugal 06/08/1970 Ricardo Fernandes 14 Ricardo Fernandes Portugal Portugal 21/04/1978 Rui Bento 3 Rui Bento Portugal Portugal 14/01/1972 Rodrigo Tello 11 Rodrigo Tello Chile Chile 14/10/1979 Forward Cristiano Ronaldo 28 Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Portugal 05/02/1985 Jardel Jardel Brazil Brazil 18/09/1973 João Vieira Pinto 25 João Vieira Pinto Portugal Portugal 19/08/1971 Vitaliy Kutuzov Vitaliy Kutuzov Belarus Belarus 20/03/1980 Lourenço 16 Lourenço Portugal Portugal 05/06/1983 Marius Niculae 9 Marius Niculae Romania Romania 16/05/1981 Ricardo Quaresma 20 Ricardo Quaresma Portugal Portugal 26/09/1983 Sá Pinto 10 Sá Pinto Portugal Portugal 10/10/1972 Toñito 30 Toñito

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primeira Liga	12 August 2001	5 May 2002	Matchday 1	Winners	34	22	9	3	74	25	+49	064.71
Taça de Portugal	12 December 2001	12 May 2002	Fifth round	Winners	7	6	1	0	17	5	+12	085.71
UEFA Cup	20 September 2001	6 December 2001	First round	Third round	6	4	1	1	14	6	+8	066.67
Total					47	32	11	4	105	36	+69	068.09

Source: Competitions

Primeira Liga

Main article: 2001–02 Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting CP (C)	34	22	9	3	74	25	+49	75	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Boavista	34	21	7	6	53	20	+33	70	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Porto	34	21	5	8	66	34	+32	68	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Benfica	34	17	12	5	66	37	+29	63
5	Belenenses	34	17	6	11	54	44	+10	57	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round

Source: Primeira Divisão
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(C) Champions

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
34	22	9	3	74	25	+49	75	13	3	1	37	7	+30	9	6	2	37	18	+19

Source: ZeroZero.pt

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W
Position	7	12	16	15	9	4	2	4	6	4	4	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: FootballPortugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Sporting CP v Porto

12 August 2001 1	Sporting CP	1–0	Porto	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Belenenses v Sporting CP

18 August 2001 2

Belenenses

3–0

Sporting CP

Sporting CP v Alverca

25 August 2001 3	Sporting CP	0–1	Alverca	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

União de Leiria v Sporting CP

8 September 2001 4

União de Leiria

1–1

Sporting CP

Sporting CP v Gil Vicente

14 September 2001 5	Sporting CP	3–1	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Farense v Sporting CP

23 September 2001 6

Farense

1–3

Sporting CP

Sporting CP v Vitória de Guimarães

1 October 2001 7	Sporting CP	5–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Braga v Sporting CP

13 October 2001 8

Braga

2–1

Sporting CP

Sporting CP v Santa Clara

22 October 2001 9	Sporting CP	0–0	Santa Clara	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Paços de Ferreira v Sporting CP

27 October 2001 10

Paços de Ferreira

0–6

Sporting CP

Salgueiros v Sporting CP

6 November 2001 11

Salgueiros

1–5

Sporting CP

Sporting CP v Boavista

26 November 2001 12	Sporting CP	2–0	Boavista	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Marítimo v Sporting CP

1 December 2001 13

Marítimo

0–2

Sporting CP

Sporting CP v Varzim

9 December 2001 14	Sporting CP	4–0	Varzim	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Benfica v Sporting CP

15 December 2001 15

Benfica

2–2

Sporting CP

Lisbon

Sporting CP v Vitória de Setúbal

22 December 2001 16	Sporting CP	1–0	Vitória de Setúbal	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Beira-Mar v Sporting CP

5 January 2002 17

Beira-Mar

1–2

Sporting CP

Porto v Sporting CP

12 January 2002 18

Porto

2–2

Sporting CP

Sporting CP v Belenenses

20 January 2002 19	Sporting CP	2–0	Belenenses	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Alverca v Sporting CP

26 January 2002 20

Alverca

1–3

Sporting CP

Sporting CP v União de Leiria

2 February 2002 21	Sporting CP	4–1	União de Leiria	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Gil Vicente v Sporting CP

10 February 2002 22

Gil Vicente

1–1

Sporting CP

Sporting CP v Farense

17 February 2002 23	Sporting CP	1–0	Farense	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Vitória de Guimarães v Sporting CP

22 February 2002 24

Vitória de Guimarães

0–1

Sporting CP

Sporting CP v Braga

2 March 2002 25	Sporting CP	2–2	Braga	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Santa Clara v Sporting CP

10 March 2002 26

Santa Clara

0–3

Sporting CP

Sporting CP v Paços de Ferreira

16 March 2002 27	Sporting CP	3–0	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Sporting CP v Salgueiros

23 March 2002 28	Sporting CP	2–0	Salgueiros	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Boavista v Sporting CP

30 March 2002 29

Boavista

0–0

Sporting CP

Sporting CP v Marítimo

7 April 2002 30	Sporting CP	4–0	Marítimo	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Varzim v Sporting CP

13 April 2002 31

Varzim

1–3

Sporting CP

Sporting CP v Benfica

21 April 2002 32	Sporting CP	1–1	Benfica	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Vitória de Setúbal v Sporting CP

27 April 2002 33

Vitória de Setúbal

2–2

Sporting CP

Sporting CP v Beira-Mar

5 May 2002 34	Sporting CP	2–1	Beira-Mar	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Taça de Portugal

Main article: 2001–02 Taça de Portugal

Sporting CP v Vilanovense

17 November 2001 Fourth Rd	Sporting CP	3–1	Vilanovense	Lisbon
	Jardel 45' (pen.), 83', 89'		Nuno Rocha 33' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Emanuel Câmara

Sporting CP v Farense

12 December 2001 Fifth Rd	Sporting CP	4–1	Farense	Lisbon
	Quaresma 53' Jardel 75' (pen.), 87' Cruz 80'	Report	Mestre 49'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Paulo Paraty

Alverca v Sporting CP

28 December 2001 Sixth Rd	Alverca	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Sporting CP	Alverca do Ribatejo
		Report		Stadium: Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca Referee: António Costa

Sporting CP v Alverca

9 January 2002 6R Replay	Sporting CP	2–1	Alverca	Lisbon
	João Pinto 76' Jardel 86' (pen.)	Report	Zeferino 11'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Paulo Costa

Vila Real v Sporting CP

16 January 2002 Quarter-finals	Vila Real	0–4	Sporting CP	Vila Real
		Report	Luís Filipe 22', 55' André Cruz 35' Quaresma 74'	Stadium: Complexo Desportivo Monte Da Forca Referee: António Costa

Sporting CP v Marítimo

6 February 2002 Semi-finals	Sporting CP	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Marítimo	Lisbon
21:00	Nalitzis 65' André Cruz 85' João Pinto 92'	Report	Sabry 30' Gaúcho 81'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Paulo Costa

Sporting CP v Leixões

12 May 2002 Final	Sporting CP	1–0	Leixões	Oeiras
17:00	Jardel 40'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 37,500 Referee: Olegário Benquerença

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Cup

First round

Midtjylland v Sporting CP

20 September 2001 First leg	Midtjylland	0–3	Sporting CP	Ikast, Denmark
		Report	Babb 50' Beto 63' Jardel 90'	Stadium: Ikast Stadion Attendance: 5,150 Referee: Mircea Salomir (Romania)

Sporting CP v Midtjylland

27 September 2001 Second leg	Sporting CP	3–2 (6–2 agg.)	Midtjylland	Lisbon, Portugal
	Jardel 4', 45' Skriver 85' (o.g.)	Report	Lindkvist 54' Skoubo 56'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Miroslav Radoman (FR Yugoslavia)

Second round

Halmstad v Sporting CP

18 October 2001 First leg	Halmstad	0–1	Sporting CP	Halmstad, Sweden
20:00		Report	Niculae 53'	Stadium: Örjans vall Attendance: 3,141 Referee: Pascal Garibian (France)

Sporting CP v Halmstad

1 November 2001 Second leg	Sporting CP	6–1 (7–1 agg.)	Halmstad	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00	Jardel 30' (pen.), 76', 90' João Pinto 39' Niculae 61' Paulo Bento 71'	Report	Nordstrand 41'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 17,800 Referee: Philippe Leuba (Switzerland)

Third round

Milan v Sporting CP

22 November 2001 First leg	Milan	2–0	Sporting CP	Milan, Italy
20:45	Shevchenko 37' Inzaghi 77'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 10,132 Referee: Juan Fernández Marin (Spain)

Sporting CP v Milan

6 December 2001 Second leg	Sporting CP	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	Milan	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00	Niculae 49'	Report	Moreno 90'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)

Statistics

Goalscorers