The 2001–02 season was Sheffield Wednesday F.C.'s 135th season. They competed in the twenty-four team First Division, the second tier of English football, finishing twentieth.

Season summary

After another bad start in the 2001–02 season, Shreeves handed the reins over to assistant Terry Yorath. Wednesday finished just two places above the Division One relegation zone and the only bright spot of the season was a run to the semi-finals of the League Cup.

Final league table

{{:2001–02 Football League First Division|transcludesection=First Division|only_totals=y|showteam=SHW}}

Results

Sheffield Wednesday's score comes first{{Cite web|date=2014-05-14|title=Sheffield Wednesday 2001-2002 Results - statto.com|url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/sheffield-wednesday/2001-2002/results|access-date=2021-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514053834/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/sheffield-wednesday/2001-2002/results|archive-date=14 May 2014}}

=Legend=

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style="background:#d0ffe3;"|Win

| style="background:#ffd;"|Draw

| style="background:#ffd0e3;"|Loss

=Football League First Division=

Date !Outcome	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 12 August 2001 \|Loss	Burnley	H	0–2	21,766
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 18 August 2001 \|Win	Crewe Alexandra	A	2–0	7,933	Sibon, McLaren
style="background:#ffd;" \| 25 August 2001 \|Draw	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	18,844	Sibon
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 27 August 2001 \|Loss	Norwich City	A	0–2	16,820
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 8 September 2001 \|Loss	Birmingham City	A	0–2	19,421
style="background:#ffd;" \| 15 September 2001 \|Draw	Wimbledon	A	1–1	7,348	T Johnson
style="background:#ffd;" \| 17 September 2001 \|Draw	Bradford City	H	1–1	18,012	Di Piedi
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 22 September 2001 \|Loss	Manchester City	H	2–6	25,731	Bonvín, Bromby
style="background:#ffd;" \| 25 September 2001 \|Draw	Rotherham United	A	1–1	8,474	Westwood
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 29 September 2001 \|Loss	Crystal Palace	A	1–4	17,066	T Johnson
style="background:#ffd;" \| 7 October 2001 \|Draw	Sheffield United	H	0–0	29,281
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 13 October 2001 \|Loss	Watford	A	1–3	14,456	T Johnson
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 16 October 2001 \|Loss	Preston North End	H	1–2	15,592	Sibon
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 20 October 2001 \|Win	Walsall	H	2–1	16,275	Sibon, Bonvín
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 24 October 2001 \|Win	Barnsley	H	3–1	21,008	Sibon, Bonvín (2)
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 27 October 2001 \|Loss	Coventry City	A	0–2	17,381
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 31 October 2001 \|Win	Nottingham Forest	A	1–0	20,206	Morrison
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 3 November 2001 \|Loss	Portsmouth	H	2–3	18,212	Donnelly, Sibon (pen)
style="background:#ffd;" \| 10 November 2001 \|Draw	Grimsby Town	H	0–0	17,507
style="background:#ffd;" \| 18 November 2001 \|Draw	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–0	19,947
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 24 November 2001 \|Win	Stockport County	H	5–0	17,365	Maddix, Sibon (pen), Morrison, Soltvedt, Ekoku
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 2 December 2001 \|Loss	Barnsley	A	0–3	16,714
style="background:#ffd;" \| 8 December 2001 \|Draw	Millwall	H	1–1	21,304	Ekoku
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 15 December 2001 \|Loss	Gillingham	A	1–2	8,586	Sibon (pen)
style="background:#ffd;" \| 22 December 2001 \|Draw	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–1	20,340	Ekoku
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 26 December 2001 \|Loss	Birmingham City	H	0–1	24,335
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 29 December 2001 \|Loss	Norwich City	H	0–5	19,205
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 12 January 2002 \|Win	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–0	16,737	Sibon
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 19 January 2002 \|Win	Burnley	A	2–1	16,081	McLaren, Kuqi
style="background:#ffd;" \| 29 January 2002 \|Draw	Sheffield United	A	0–0	29,364
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 2 February 2002 \|Loss	Crystal Palace	H	1–3	20,099	Ekoku
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 5 February 2002 \|Loss	Preston North End	A	2–4	14,038	Quinn, Ekoku (pen)
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 9 February 2002 \|Win	Walsall	A	3–0	8,290	Ekoku, Kuqi, Sibon
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 16 February 2002 \|Win	Watford	H	2–1	18,244	Ekoku (pen), Kuqi
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 23 February 2002 \|Loss	Rotherham United	H	1–2	28,179	Kuqi
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 27 February 2002 \|Loss	Manchester City	A	0–4	33,682
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 2 March 2002 \|Win	Bradford City	A	2–0	16,904	D Johnson, Kuqi
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 6 March 2002 \|Loss	Wimbledon	H	1–2	18,930	D Johnson
style="background:#ffd;" \| 9 March 2002 \|Draw	Gillingham	H	0–0	20,361
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 16 March 2002 \|Win	Millwall	A	2–1	13,074	Donnelly (2)
style="background:#ffd;" \| 23 March 2002 \|Draw	Portsmouth	A	0–0	14,819
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 29 March 2002 \|Win	Coventry City	H	2–1	21,470	Sibon (2)
style="background:#ffd;" \| 1 April 2002 \|Draw	Grimsby Town	A	0–0	9,236
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 6 April 2002 \|Loss	Nottingham Forest	H	0–2	21,782
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 13 April 2002 \|Loss	Stockport County	A	1–3	8,706	Quinn
style="background:#ffd;" \| 21 April 2002 \|Draw	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–2	29,772	Donnelly, Kuqi

=FA Cup=

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!Round!!Date

!Outcome!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers

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15 January 2002

|Loss

Crewe Alexandra

1–2

6,271

Hamshaw

=League Cup=

class="wikitable" \|+ !Round!!Date !Outcome!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers
style="background:#d0ffe3;"	R1	21 August 2001 \|Win	Bury	A	3–1	3,129	Ekoku, Maddix, McLaren
style="background:#d0ffe3;"	R2	12 September 2001 \|Win	Sunderland	H	4–2 (a.e.t.)	12,074	Ekoku, Morrison (pen), Di Piedi, Bonvín
style="background:#d0ffe3;"	R3	10 October 2001 \|Win	Crystal Palace	H	2–2 (won 3–1 on pens)	8,796	Westwood, Crane
style="background:#d0ffe3;"	R4	28 November 2001 \|Win	Aston Villa	A	1–0	26,526	Ekoku
style="background:#d0ffe3;"	R5	19 December 2001 \|Win	Watford	H	4–0	20,319	Sibon, Hamshaw, O'Donnell, Soltvedt
style="background:#ffd0e3;"	SF First Leg	8 January 2002 \|Loss	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–2	30,883	Ekoku
style="background:#ffd0e3;"	SF Second Leg	22 January 2002 \|Loss	Blackburn Rovers	A	2–4 (lost 3–6 on agg)	26,844	Ekoku (pen), Soltvedt

Squad

{{Cite web|url=http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2001-2002/d1/sheffwed.htm|title=FootballSquads - Sheffield Wednesday - 2001/02|website=www.footballsquads.co.uk}}

{{Football squad player|no=1|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Kevin Pressman}}

{{Football squad player|no=3|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Andy Hinchcliffe}}

{{Football squad player|no=6|nat=NOR|pos=MF|name=Trond Egil Soltvedt|other=captain}}

{{Football squad player|no=10|nat=ARG|pos=FW|name=Pablo Facundo Bonvín|other=on loan from Boca Juniors}}

{{Football squad player|no=11|nat=NIR|pos=FW|name=Owen Morrison}}

{{Football squad player|no=13|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Chris Stringer}}

{{Football squad player|no=14|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Marlon Broomes}}

{{Football squad player|no=15|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Steve Harkness}}

{{Football squad player|no=17|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Michele Di Piedi}}

{{Football squad player|no=18|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Simon Donnelly}}

{{Football squad player|no=21|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Ashley Westwood}}

{{Football squad player|no=24|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Phil O'Donnell}}

{{Football squad player|no=27|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Laurie Wilson}}

{{Football squad player|no=29|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=Kevin Gallacher}}

{{Football squad player|no=31|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Paul Heald|other=on loan from Wimbledon}}

{{Football squad player|no=34|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Craig Armstrong}}

{{Football squad player|no=35|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=David Burrows}}

{{Football squad player|no=36|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Richard Siddall}}

{{Football squad player|no=37|nat=NIR|pos=MF|name=Jon McCarthy|other=on loan from Birmingham City}}

=Left club during season=

{{Football squad player|no=37|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Tom Staniforth|other=Deceased}}

{{Football squad player|no=26|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Carlton Palmer|other=on loan from Coventry City}}

{{Football squad player|no=14|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Aaron Lescott|other=to Stockport County}}

{{Football squad player|no=27|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Tommy Johnson|other=to Kilmarnock}}

{{Football squad player|no=26|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Dean Windass|other=on loan from Middlesbrough}}

{{Football squad player|no=28|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Bojan Djordjic|other=on loan from Manchester United}}

{{Football squad player|no=33|nat=JAM|pos=FW|name=David Johnson|other=on loan from Nottingham Forest}}

=Reserve squad=

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=CGO|pos=FW|name=Carlin Itonga|other=on loan from Arsenal}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Michael Williams}}

References

{{cite book |last1=Dickinson |first1=Jason |last2=Brodie|first2= John |title=The Wednesday Boys: A Definitive Who's Who of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club 1880–2005 |publisher=Pickard Communication |location=Sheffield |pages=347–348, 351 |year=2005 |isbn= 978-0-9547264-9-2}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/owls/2000/squad.htm|title=2001–02 Players|last=Drake|first=A|work=The Owl Football Historian|access-date=14 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021141910/http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/owls/2000/squad.htm|archive-date=21 October 2012}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/owls/2000/20021st.htm|title=2001–02 Matches|last=Drake|first=A|work=The Owl Football Historian|access-date=14 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109162825/http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/owls/2000/20021st.htm|archive-date=9 January 2009}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/owls/recent/att2002.htm|title=2001–02 Attendance|last=Drake|first=A|work=The Owl Football Historian|access-date=14 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011235050/http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/owls/recent/att2002.htm|archive-date=11 October 2012}}

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