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

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. In addition to the domestic league, Sporting CP participated in this season's editions of the

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and

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. The season covers the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002.

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

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Primeira Liga

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Taça de Portugal

UEFA Cup

First round

Second round

Third round

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2001-02 Sporting CP Season Sporting CP seasons

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

Portuguese football championship–winning seasons