The 2001–02 UEFA Champions League was the 47th season of the
UEFA Champions League
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's premier club
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tournament, and the 10th since its rebranding from the "European Champion Clubs' Cup" or "European Cup". 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
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, with a left-footed volley from the edge of the penalty area into the top left corner.
Bayer Leverkusen eliminated all three English teams on their way to the final:
Arsenal in the second group stage, followed by
Liverpool
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in the quarter-finals and
Manchester United
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in the semi-finals.
Manchester United striker
Ruud van Nistelrooy was the tournament's top scorer, scoring 10 goals from the first group stage through to the semi-final.
Bayern Munich were the defending champions, but were eliminated by eventual winners Real Madrid in the quarter-finals.
Association team allocation
A total of 72 teams participated in the 2001–02 Champions League, from 48 of 51
UEFA
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associations. Liechtenstein (who don't have their own league) as well as lowest-ranked associations (Andorra and San Marino) were not admitted.
Below is the qualification scheme for the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League:
*Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify
*Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify
*Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify
*Associations 16–49 each have one team qualify (except Liechtenstein)
Association ranking
Countries are allocated places according to their 2000
UEFA league coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1995–96 to 1999–2000.
Distribution
Since the title holders (
Bayern Munich) qualified for the Champions League group stage through their domestic league, the group stage spot reserved for the title holders was vacated. The following changes to the default access list are made:
*The champions of association 10 (Portugal) are promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
*The champions of association 16 (Austria) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
*The champions of associations 27 and 28 (Cyprus and FR Yugoslavia) are promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
Teams
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders).
Notes
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at UEFA headquarters in
Nyon,
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, unless stated otherwise).
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Qualifying rounds
First qualifying round
Second qualifying round
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
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Liverpool
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Lokomotiv Moscow,
Mallorca,
Roma and
Schalke 04 made their debut in the group stage.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Second group stage
Eight winners and eight runners-up from the first group stage were drawn into four groups of four teams each, each containing two group winners and two runners-up. Teams from the same country or from the same first round group could not be drawn together. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout phase
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
The top scorers from the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying rounds) are as follows:
Top goalscorers
See also
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2001–02 UEFA Cup
*
2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup
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2002 UEFA Super Cup
*
2002 Intercontinental Cup
*
2001–02 UEFA Women's Cup
References
External links
2001–02 All matches – season at UEFA website* All scorers 2001–02 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) according t
+ all scorer
- results and line-ups (archive)
Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2001/2002
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