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For the actual article, see Manchester City F.C. season 2001–02.

Manchester City

2001–02 season
Chairman	David Bernstein
Manager	Kevin Keegan
First Division	1st
FA Cup	5th round
Worthington Cup	4th Round
Top goalscorer	League: Shaun Goater (28 goals) All: Shaun Goater (32 goals)
Highest home attendance	34,657 vs Portsmouth (21 April 2002)
Lowest home attendance	13,912 vs B'ham City (10 October 2001)

The 2001–02 season was Manchester City's most recent season of second tier league football, playing in the Football League First Division following their immediate relegation from the Premier League in the previous season. They were promoted at the first time of asking, winning the Division by 10 points and scoring more than 100 league goals for the first time since the 57–58 season.

The team's performance in this season set several club records, equaling their record total goals scored (108), setting a new club high points score (99) and for most seasonal wins (31) and equaling a record for home wins (19).

Team Kit

The team kit was produced by Le Coq Sportif and the shirt sponsor was Eidos.

Home

Away

Third kit

Games

Premier League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Manchester City	46	31	6	9	108	52	+56	99	Promotion to Premier League
2	West Bromwich Albion	46	27	8	11	61	29	+32	89
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	25	11	10	76	43	+33	86	First Division Play-offs
4	Millwall	46	22	11	13	69	48	+21	77
5	Birmingham City	46	21	13	12	70	49	+21	76	Promoted to Premier League via Play-offs

Updated to games played on 21 April 2002

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
46	31	6	9	108	52	+56	99	19	3	1	63	19	+44	12	3	8	45	33	+12

Last updated: 21 April 2002.
Source: City Premier League results

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	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2002. Source: City Premier League results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Reports

11 August 2001

15:00

Manchester City	3 – 0	Watford
Goater 59' Berkovic 64' Pearce 87'	(Report)	Robinson  72'

Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 33,939

Referee: Mark Riley

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18 August 2001

15:00

Norwich City	2 – 0	Manchester City
Libbra 75' McVeigh	(Report)	Wanchope  90'

Carrow Road
Norwich

Attendance: 18,745

Referee: Paul Taylor

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25 August 2001

15:00

Manchester City	5 – 2	Crewe Alexandra
Wanchope 33', 90' Pearce pen' (41) Goater 80', 89'	(Report)	Hulse 44' Little 45'

Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 32,844

Referee: Howard Webb

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27 August 2001

18:15

Burnley	2 – 4	Manchester City
Davis 25' Armstrong  36' Briscoe 52'	(Report)	Goater 17', 62', 86' Wanchope 50'

Turf Moor
Burnley

Attendance: 19,602

Referee: Clive Wilkes

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8 September 2001

15:00

West Bromwich Albion	4 – 0	Manchester City
McInnes 10' Clement pen' (66), 79' Dobie 83'	(Report)

The Hawthorns
West Bromwich

Attendance: 23,524

Referee: Graham Frankland

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15 September 2001

12:30

Manchester City	3 – 0	Birmingham City
Goater 23', 42' Dunne 25'	(Report)

Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 31,714

Referee: Jeff Winter

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19 September 2001

19:45

Coventry City	4 – 3	Manchester City
Pearce og' (15) Konjic 45' Hughes 65' Thompson 89'	(Report)	Benarbia 29' Horlock 57' Hall og' (72)

Highfield Road
Coventry

Attendance: 18,804

Referee: Roger Furnandiz

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22 September 2001

15:00

Sheffield Wednesday	2 – 6	Manchester City
Bonvin 3' Bromby 47'	(Report)	Benarbia 32' Goater 35', 70' Granville 59' Wanchope 68', pen' (79)

Hillsborough
Sheffield

Attendance: 25,731

Referee: Roy Pearson

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25 September 2001

19:45

Manchester City	3 – 0	Walsall Town
Benarbia 24' Goater 41' Wanchope pen' (59)	(Report)

Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 31,525

Referee: Rob Harris

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1 October 2001

19:45

Manchester City	0 – 4	Wimbledon
	(Report)	Connolly 23', pen' (35) Shipperley 83', 90'

Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 32,989

Referee: John Brandwood

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13 October 2001

15:00

Manchester City	2 – 2	Stockport County
Benarbia 51' Goater 84'	(Report)	Hurst 50' Kuqi pen' (68)

Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 34,214

Referee: David Pugh

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16 October 2001

19:45

Manchester City	0 – 0	Sheffield United
Horlock  76'	(Report)

Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 32,454

Referee: Steve Bennett

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21 October 2001

14:15

Preston North End	2 – 1	Manchester City
Healy 50' Macken 67'	(Report)	Huckerby 37' Berkovic  89'

Deepdale
Preston

Attendance: 21,013

Referee: Mike Dean

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23 October 2001

19:45

Manchester City	4 – 0	Grimsby Town
Goater 2' Howey 20' Huckerby 24', 64'	(Report)

Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 30,797

Referee: Mark Cowburn

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28 October 2001

17:15

Nottingham Forest	1 – 1	Manchester City
Bart-Williams 7'	(Report)	Goater 9'

City Ground
Nottingham

Attendance: 28,266

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31 October 2001

19:45

Barnsley	0 – 3	Manchester City
	(Report)	Goater 14' Pearce 35' Huckerby 45'

Oakwell Stadium
Barnsley

Attendance: 15,159

Referee: Phil Joslin

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3 November 2001

15:00

Manchester City	4 – 1	Gillingham Town
Goater 18', 20', 52' Huckerby 35'	(Report)	King 71'

Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 33,067

Referee: Richard Beeby

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17 November 2001

12:30

Portsmouth	2 – 1	Manchester City
Bradbury 54' Crouch 78'	(Report)	Huckerby 28'

Fratton Park
Portsmouth

Attendance: 19,103

Referee: Paul Alcock

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24 November 2001

15:00

Manchester City	2 – 1	Rotherham Town
Negouai 43' Benarbia 88'	(Report)	Swailes 24'

Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 34,223

Referee: Mick Fletcher

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1 December 2001

15:00

Grimsby Town	0 – 2	Manchester City
	(Report)	Huckerby pen' (74) Goater 90'

Blundell Park
Grimsby

Attendance: 7,960

Referee: Paul Rejer

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4 December 2001

19:45

Millwall	2 – 3	Manchester City
Sadlier 45' Claridge pen' (75)	(Report)	Goater 23' Huckerby 68' Wright-Phillips 83'

New Den
London

Attendance: 13,026

Referee: Clive Wilkes

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8 December 2001

15:15

Crystal Palace	2 – 1	Manchester City
Freedman 31' Kirovski 45'	(Report)	Goater 68'

Selhurst Park
London

Attendance: 22,080

Referee: Bill Jordan

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11 December 2001

19.45

Manchester City	1 – 0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Horlock 21'	(Report)	Lescott  42'

Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 33,639

Referee: Mike Riley

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16 December 2001

14:15

Manchester City	3 – 1	Bradford City
Mettomo 36' Horlock 58' Wright-Phillips 64'	(Report)	Dunne og' (15)

Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 30,749

Referee: Phil Richards

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26 December 2001

15:00

Manchester City	0 – 0	West Bromwich Albion
Edghill  48'	(Report)

Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 34,407

Referee: Roger Furnandiz

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29 December 2001

12:00

Manchester City	5 – 1	Burnley
Wanchope 2', 28', 45' Berkovic 38' Huckerby 90'	(Report)	Thomas-Moore 61'

Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 34,250

Referee: Matt Messias

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1 January 2002

15:00

Sheffield United	1 – 3	Manchester City
Brown 90'	(Report)	Goater 55' Berkovic 68' Wright-Phillips 90'

Bramall Lane
Sheffield

Attendance: 26,291

Referee: Alan Wiley

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13 January 2002

14:15

Manchester City	3 – 1	Norwich City
Tiatto  12' Berkovic 43', 65' Wanchope pen' (61)	(Report)	Nielsen 47'

Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 31,794

Referee: Roy Pearson

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20 January 2002

18:15

Watford	1 – 2	Manchester City
Wanchope 30' Helguson og' (80)	(Report)	Smith 26'

Vicarage Road
Watford

Attendance: 17,724

Referee: Dermot Gallagher

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30 January 2002

19:45

Manchester City	2 – 0	Millwall
Benarbia  7' Goater 78', 87'	(Report)

Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 30,238

Referee: Peter Walton

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4 February 2002

19:45

Wimbledon	2 – 1	Manchester City
Shipperley 34', 69'	(Report)	Benarbia 54' Pearce  90'

Selhurst Park
London

Attendance: 10,664

Referee: Phil Dowd

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10 February 2002

14:15

Manchester City	3 – 2	Preston North End
Wright-Phillips 49' Howey 56' Wanchope 74'	(Report)	Macken 47' Anderson 90'

Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 34,220

Referee: Anthony Bates

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23 February 2002

15:00

Walsall	0 – 0	Manchester City
	[ (Report)]

Bescot Stadium
Walsall

Attendance: 7,618

Referee: David Crick

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27 February 2002

19:45

Manchester City	4 – 0	Sheffield Wednesday
Horlock 9' Huckerby 32' Berkovic 76' Goater 88'	(Report)

Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 33,682

Referee: Paul Durkin

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3 March 2002

13:00

Manchester City	4 – 2	Coventry City
Huckerby 15' Tiatto 35' Wright-Phillips 42', 71'	(Report)	Mills 19', 88'

Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 33,335

Referee: Mike Pike

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5 March 2002

19:45

Birmingham City	1 – 2	Manchester City
Johnson 4'	(Report)	Jensen 43' Horlock 68'

St Andrews
Birmingham

Attendance: 24,160

Referee: Bill Jordan

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8 March 2002

19:45

Bradford City	0 – 2	Manchester City
	(Report)	Huckerby 44' Macken 90'

Valley Parade
Bradford

Attendance: 18,168

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12 March 2002

19:45

Crewe Alexandra	1 – 3	Manchester City
Jack 55'	(Report)	Benarbia 30' Huckerby 45' Goater 75'

Gresty Road
Crewe

Attendance: 10,092

Referee: Paul Danson

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16 March 2002

15:00

Manchester City	1 – 0	Crystal Palace
Horlock 10'	(Report)

Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 33,637

Referee: Mark Clattenburg

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19 March 2002

19:45

Stockport County	2 – 1	Manchester City
Hardiker 85', 90'	(Report)	Macken 18' Goater  30'

Edgeley Park
Stockport

Attendance: 9,537

Referee: Clive Wilkes

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23 March 2002

15:00

Rotherham United	1 – 1	Manchester City
Lee 45'	(Report)	Benarbia 60'

Millmoor
Rotherham

Attendance: 11,426

Referee: Dermot Gallagher

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30 March 2002

15:00

Manchester City	3 – 0	Nottingham Forest
Huckerby 40', 45', pen' (84)	(Report)

Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 34,345

Referee: Mike Jones

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1 April 2002

13:00

Wolverhampton Wanderers	0 – 2	Manchester City
Butler  83'	(Report)	Wright-Phillips 36', 80'

Molineux
Wolverhampton

Attendance: 28,015

Referee: Graham Barber

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6 April 2002

13:00

Manchester City	5 – 1	Barnsley
Huckerby 12', 36', 63' Macken 53', 70'	(Report)	Dyer 43'

Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 33,628

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13 April 2002

15:00

Gillingham	1 – 3	Manchester City
Onuora 34'	(Report)	Horlock 20' Goater 39' Huckerby 85'

Priestfield Stadium
Gillingham

Attendance: 9,494

Referee: Matt Messias

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21 April 2002

15:00

Manchester City	3 – 1	Portsmouth
Howey 9' Goater 27' Macken 86'	(Report)	Pitt 59'

Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 34,657

Referee: Roger Furnandiz

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Season Statistics
Number of wins: 31
Number of draws: 6
Number of defeats: 9

Points at home: 20
Points away from home: 10

Biggest Home win: 5–1 v Burnley, 29 December 2001 / 5–1 v Barnsley, 6 April 2002 / 4–0 v Grimsby Town, 23 October 2001 / 4–0 v Sheffield Wednesday, 27 February 2002
Biggest Home defeat: 0-4 v Wimbledon, 1 October 2001
Biggest Away win: 2-6 v Sheffield Wednesday, 22 September 2001
Biggest Away defeat: 4–0 v West Bromwich Albion, 8 September 2001

Biggest Home attendance: 34,657 v Portsmouth, 21 April 2002
Smallest Home attendance: 30,238 v Millwall, 30 January 2002

FA Cup

Third round

5 January 2002

13:00

Manchester City	2 – 0	Swindon Town
Wanchope 8' Horlock 62'	(Report)

Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 21,581

Referee: Chris Foy

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Fourth round

27 January 2002

19:00

Ipswich Town	1 – 4	Manchester City
Bent 83'	(Report)	Berkovic 43' Goater 65', 86' Huckerby 90'

Portman Road
Ipswich

Attendance: 21,119

Referee: Graham Poll

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Fifth round

17 February 2002

19:00

Newcastle United	1 – 0	Manchester City
Solano 59'	(Report)	Dunne  29'

St James' Park
Newcastle

Attendance: 51,020

Referee: Alan Wiley

League Cup

Second round

11 September 2001

19:45

Notts County	2 – 2 2 – 4 (aet)	Manchester City
Allsopp pen' (?) Stallard ?'	(Report)	Shuker 61' Goater ?' Dickov ?' Huckerby ?'

Meadow Lane
Nottingham

Attendance: 5,972

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Third round

10 October 2001

19:45

Manchester City	6 – 0	Birmingham City
Huckerby 10', 25', 81', 89' Luntala og' (14) Goater 53'	(Report)

Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 13,912

Referee: Rob Styles

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Fourth round

28 November 2001

19:45

Blackburn Rovers	2 – 0	Manchester City
Johansson 44' D. Johnson 89'	(Report)	Negouai  26'

Ewood Park
Blackburn

Attendance: 17,907

Referee: Uriah Rennie

Squad statistics

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Nicky Weaver	240(1)	0	20(0)	0	20(0)	0	280(1)	0
2	DF	Stuart Pearce	380(0)	3	10(1)	0	30(0)	0	420(1)	3
3	DF	Richard Edghill	090(1)	0	10(2)	0	0	0	100(3)	0
4	DF	Gerard Wiekens	210(5)	0	10(0)	0	20(0)	0	240(5)	0
5	DF	Andy Morrison	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Kevin Horlock	330(9)	7	30(0)	1	20(0)	0	380(9)	8
7	FW	Darren Huckerby	300(8)	20	30(2)	1	20(1)	5	35(11)	26
8	DF	Simon Colosimo	000(6)	0	0	0	10(0)	0	010(6)	0
9	FW	Paul Dickov	000(6)	0	00(1)	0	00(1)	0	000(8)	1
10	FW	Shaun Goater	420(0)	28	10(1)	2	20(0)	2	450(1)	32
11	MF	Terry Cooke	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Eyal Berkovic	200(5)	6	30(0)	1	20(1)	0	250(6)	7
15	DF	Alf Inge Haaland	000(3)	0	00(1)	0	0	0	000(4)	0
16	DF	Paul Ritchie	000(7)	0	20(1)	0	00(1)	0	020(9)	0
17	DF	Sun Jihai	020(5)	0	0	0	0	0	020(5)	0
18	MF	Jeff Whitley	000(2)	0	0	0	0	0	000(2)	0
19	DF	Danny Tiatto	360(1)	1	10(0)	0	20(0)	0	390(1)	1
20	GK	Carlo Nash	220(1)	0	10(0)	0	10(0)	0	240(1)	0
21	MF	Alioune Touré	000(1)	0	0	0	00(1)	0	000(2)	0
22	DF	Richard Dunne	420(2)	1	30(0)	0	30(0)	0	480(2)	1
23	FW	Paulo Wanchope	140(1)	12	20(0)	1	10(0)	0	170(1)	13
24	DF	Steve Howey	340(0)	3	20(0)	0	20(0)	0	380(0)	3
25	DF	Lucien Mettomo	160(5)	1	0	0	10(1)	0	170(6)	1
27	DF	Stephen Jordan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	Tony Grant	020(1)	0	0	0	10(0)	0	030(1)	0
29	MF	Shaun Wright-Phillips	300(4)	8	30(0)	0	10(1)	0	340(5)	8
32	FW	Leon Mike	010(1)	0	0	0	0	0	010(1)	0
35	GK	Brian Murphy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF	Danny Granville	120(4)	1	0	0	10(1)	0	130(5)	1
37	MF	Terry Dunfield	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF	Rhys Day	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF	Chris Shuker	000(2)	0	0	0	00(1)	0	000(3)	1
44	MF	Ali Benarbia	380(0)	8	20(0)	0	20(0)	0	420(0)	8
??	GK	Simon Royce	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
??	DF	Laurent Charvet	030(0)	0	0	0	0	0	030(0)	0
??	DF	Niclas Jensen	160(1)	1	20(1)	0	0	0	180(2)	1
??	DF	Tyrone Mears	000(1)	0	0	0	0	0	000(1)	0
??	MF	Dickson Etuhu	110(1)	0	0	0	10(0)	0	120(1)	0
??	MF	Christian Negouai	020(2)	1	00(2)	0	20(0)	0	040(4)	1
??	FW	Chris Killen	000(2)	0	00(1)	0	0	0	000(3)	0
??	FW	Jon Macken	040(4)	5	0	0	0	0	040(4)	5

As of game played 21 April 2002

Scorers

All

Scorer	Goals
Shaun Goater	32
Darren Huckerby	26
Paulo Wanchope	13
Ali Benarbia	8
Kevin Horlock
Shaun Wright-Phillips
Eyal Berkovic	7
Jon Macken	5
Steve Howey	3
Stuart Pearce
Paul Dickov	1
Richard Dunne
Danny Granville
Niclas Jensen
Lucien Mettomo
Christian Negouai
Chris Shuker
Danny Tiatto

League

Scorer	Goals
Shaun Goater	28
Darren Huckerby	20
Paulo Wanchope	12
Ali Benarbia	8
Shaun Wright-Phillips
Kevin Horlock	7
Eyal Berkovic	6
Jon Macken	5
Steve Howey	3
Stuart Pearce
Richard Dunne	1
Danny Granville
Niclas Jensen
Lucien Mettomo
Christian Negouai
Danny Tiatto

FA cup

Scorer	Goals
Shaun Goater	2
Eyal Berkovic	1
Kevin Horlock
Darren Huckerby
Paulo Wanchope

League cup

Scorer	Goals
Darren Huckerby	5
Shaun Goater	2
Paul Dickov	1
Chris Shuker

As of game played 21 April 2002

See also

• Manchester City F.C. seasons