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Livingston
2001–02 season
Manager	Jim Leishman
Stadium	Almondvale Stadium
SPL	Third place
Scottish Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Barry Wilson & Rubio (8); All: Barry Wilson (11)
Highest home attendance	10,112, vs. Rangers, SPL, 27 October 2001
Lowest home attendance	1,896, vs. East Fife, League Cup, 26 September 2001
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Season 2001-02 saw Livingston compete in the Scottish Premier League. They also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

In their first season in the Scottish Premier League having won promotion the previous season Livingston finished third.^[1] They reached the Quarter-final of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup being knocked out by Aberdeen.

Results & fixtures

^[2]^[3] Win Draw Loss

Scottish Premier League

28 July 2001 1	Livingston	2–1	Heart of Midlothian	Almondvale Stadium
	Cabrera 34' Fernández 63'	BBC Report	Cameron 89'	Attendance: 8,321 Referee: John Underhill

4 August 2001 2	Rangers	0–0	Livingston	Ibrox Stadium
		BBC Report		Attendance: 47,805 Referee: Alan Freeland

11 August 2001 3	Dundee	1–0	Livingston	Dens Park
	Sara	BBC Report		Attendance: 7,712 Referee: Michael McCurry

18 August 2001 4	Livingston	0–0	Celtic	Almondvale Stadium
		BBC Report		Attendance: 10,024 Referee: Hugh Dallas

25 August 2001 5	Motherwell	0–0	Livingston	Fir Park
		Motherwell Mad Report		Attendance: 4,828 Referee: Robert Orr

8 September 2001 6	Livingston	2–0	Dundee United	Almondvale Stadium
	Lowndes 57' Lovell 84'	BBC Report		Attendance: 6,107 Referee: Tom Brown

15 September 2001 7	St Johnstone	2–2	Livingston	McDiarmid Park
	Falconer 16' MacDonald 49'	BBC Report	Cabrera 25' 63' Bingham 28'	Attendance: 3,817 Referee: Stuart Dougal

22 September 2001 8	Dunfermline Athletic	1–2	Livingston	East End Park
	Crawford 8'		Bingham 74' Wilson 82'	Attendance: 4,516 Referee: Ian Fyfe

30 September 2001 9	Livingston	1–0	Hibernian	Almondvale Stadium
	Cabrera 64'	BBC Report		Attendance: 10,016 Referee: Robert Orr

13 October 2001 10	Livingston	2–2	Aberdeen	Almondvale Stadium
	Wilson 14 pen.' Tosh 52'	BBC Report	Mackie 59', 70'	Attendance: 6,393 Referee: Willie Young

20 October 2001 11	Kilmarnock	1–5	Livingston	Rugby Park
	Santini 5 o.g.'	BBC Report	Bingham 8' Andrews 20' Fernández 68' Xausa 78' Aurelio 90 pen.'	Attendance: 7,346 Referee: Alan Freeland

27 October 2001 12	Livingston	0–2	Rangers	Almondvale Stadium
		BBC Report	Reyna 24', 59'	Attendance: 10,112 Referee: John Underhill

3 November 2001 13	Heart of Midlothian	1–3	Livingston	Tynecastle Stadium
	McKenna 76'	BBC Report	Fernández 22', 25' Wilson 72'	Attendance: 12,173 Referee: Kevin Toner

17 November 2001 14	Livingston	1–0	Dundee	Almondvale Stadium
	Wilson 57'			Attendance: 6,112 Referee: John Rowbotham

24 November 2001 15	Hibernian	0–3	Livingston	Easter Road
			Xausa 8', 34' Lowndes 86'	Attendance: 11,146 Referee: Ian Fyfe

1 December 2001 16	Livingston	3–1	Motherwell	Almondvale Stadium
	Xausa 20', 40' Hammell 23 o.g.'	BBC Report	McFadden 78'	Attendance: 5,426 Referee: Hugh Dallas

8 December 2001 17	Dundee United	0–0	Livingston	Tannadice Park
		BBC Report		Attendance: 6,312 Referee: Willie Young

15 December 2001 18	Livingston	2–1	St Johnstone	Almondvale Stadium
	Fernández 53' Lowndes 80'	Livi Mad Report	Hartley 48'	Attendance: 4,563 Referee: Michael McCurry

22 December 2001 19	Livingston	0–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
		Livi Mad Report		Attendance: 5,326 Referee: Robert Orr

26 December 2001 20	Celtic	3–2	Livingston	Celtic Park
	Moravčík 12' Larsson 50', 90'	BBC Report	Rubio 37' Cabrera 58'	Attendance: 58,507 Referee: Gary Mitchell

29 December 2001 21	Livingston	0–1	Kilmarnock	Almondvale Stadium
		Livi Mad Report	Rubio 35 o.g.'	Attendance: 5,214 Referee: Willie Young

2 January 2002 22	Aberdeen	0–3	Livingston	Pittodrie Stadium
		Livi Mad Report	Tosh 38' Brinquin 57' Andrews 67'	Attendance: 15,709 Referee: David Somers

12 January 2002 23	Rangers	3–0	Livingston	Ibrox Stadium
	Flo 30' Caniggia 34', 86'	Livi Mad Report		Attendance: 48,044 Referee: Hugh Dallas

19 January 2002 24	Livingston	2–0	Heart of Midlothian	Almondvale Stadium
	Bingham 53' Fernández 65'	BBC Report	Maybury 33'	Attendance: 9,150 Referee: Dougie McDonald

30 January 2002 25	Livingston	1–3	Celtic	Almondvale Stadium
	Cabrera 5'	BBC Report	Moravčík 58' Larsson 60' Hartson 72'	Attendance: 8,437 Referee: Dougie McDonald

2 February 2002 26	Motherwell	1–2	Livingston	Fir Park
	Soloy 38'	BBC Report	Andrews 45' Cabrera 71'	Attendance: 4,458 Referee: Michael McCurry

9 February 2002 27	Livingston	1–1	Dundee United	Almondvale Stadium
	Bingham 52'	Livi Mad Report	Lilley 85'	Attendance: 4,720 Referee: David Somers

16 February 2002 28	St Johnstone	3–0	Livingston	McDiarmid Park
	Hartley 44' Parker 80' Jones 90'	Livi Mad Report		Attendance: 3,784 Referee: Charlie Richmond

2 March 2002 29	Dunfermline Athletic	1–0	Livingston	East End Park
	Bullen 51'	BBC Report		Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Hugh Dallas

9 March 2002 30	Livingston	0–3	Hibernian	Almondvale Stadium
		Livi Mad Report	O'Connor 15' O'Neil 45' Petersen 78 o.g.'	Attendance: 6,463 Referee: Kevin Toner

13 March 2002 31	Dundee	2–0	Livingston	Dens Park
	Sara 57', 90'	BBC Report		Attendance: 5,506 Referee: John Rowbotham

16 March 2002 32	Kilmarnock	1–1	Livingston	Rugby Park
	Dargo 36'	Livi Mad Report	Wilson 22'	Attendance: 6,936 Referee: Dougie McDonald

23 March 2002 33	Livingston	0–0	Aberdeen	Almondvale Stadium
		BBC Report		Attendance: 9,449 Referee: Kenny Clark

6 April 2002 34	Celtic	5–1	Livingston	Celtic Park
	Larsson 3', 34', 59' Hartson 19', 25'	BBC Report	Wilson 71'	Attendance: 59,752 Referee: Willie Young

13 April 2002 35	Livingston	2–1	Rangers	Almondvale Stadium
	Wilson 42' Lovell 87'	Livi Mad Report	Amoruso 3'	Attendance: 10,019 Referee: Stuart Dougal

20 April 2002 36	Aberdeen	3–0	Livingston	Pittodrie Stadium
	Mike 7' McGuire 10' Mackie 39'	BBC Report		Attendance: 14,109 Referee: Dougie McDonald

28 April 2002 37	Livingston	4–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
	Lovell 34' Xausa 61', 76' Cabrera 83'	Livi Mad Report	Dair 41'	Attendance: 8,749 Referee: Michael McCurry

12 May 2002 38	Heart of Midlothian	2–3	Livingston	Tynecastle Stadium
	Fuller 49' Fulton 88 pen.'	BBC Report	Cabrera 52' Bingham 70' Wilson 85'	Attendance: 10,223 Referee: Hugh Dallas

Scottish League Cup

26 September 2001 Second round	Livingston	3–0	East Fife	Almondvale Stadium
19:45	Caputo 3', 17' Tosh 85'			Attendance: 1,896 Referee: Cammy Melville

9 October 2001 Third round	Aberdeen	1–6	Livingston	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45	Mackie 51'		Wilson 10', 33' Caputo 12', 29' Lovell 56' Bingham 58'	Attendance: 8,599 Referee: Garry Mitchell

19 December 2001 Quarter-final	Livingston	0–2	Celtic	Almondvale Stadium
19:45		Livi Mad Report	Baldé 35' Hartson 85'	Attendance: 9,146 Referee: Kenny Clark

Scottish Cup

14 January 2002 Third round	Albion Rovers	1–4	Livingston	Cliftonhill
19:30	McLean 43'	Livi Mad Report	Wilson 1' Bingham 30', 89' Fernández 83'	Attendance: 2,234 Referee: George Clyde

26 January 2002 Fourth round	Aberdeen	2–0	Livingston	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Winters 6' McAllister 18'	Livi Mad Report		Attendance: 10,261 Referee: John Underhill

Player statistics

As of 12 May 2002 (UTC)^[4]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		SPL		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ESP	Javier Sánchez Broto	18	0	17+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	FRA	Philippe Brinquin	26	1	23+0	1	1+0	0	2+0	0
3	DF	SCO	Gary Bollan	25	0	20+1	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
4	DF	ESP	Rubio	37	1	33+0	1	2+0	0	2+0	0
5	DF	TRI	Marvin Andrews	35	3	33+0	3	2+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	SCO	Paul Deas	2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	SCO	John Anderson	16	0	12+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
7	MF	SCO	Barry Wilson	42	11	32+5	8	3+0	2	2+0	1
8	MF	SCO	Steve Tosh	35	3	21+10	2	2+0	1	2+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Nathan Lowndes	25	3	7+14	3	0+2	0	0+2	0
10	FW	ESP	David Fernández	36	7	30+3	6	1+0	0	2+0	1
11	FW	SCO	David Bingham	42	9	31+6	6	3+0	1	2+0	2
12	MF	ESP	Quino Cabrera	41	8	34+2	8	3+0	0	2+0	0
13	MF	CAN	Davide Xausa	30	7	19+9	7	1+1	0	0+0	0
14	MF	ENG	Lee Makel	13	0	9+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	DF	ARG	Carlos Aurelio	17	1	5+9	1	1+1	0	0+1	0
16	GK	ENG	Nick Culkin	25	0	21+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
17	MF	AUS	Stuart Lovell	28	4	26+1	3	1+0	1	0+0	0
18	GK	SCO	David McEwan	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	FW	SCO	Marino Keith	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
21	DF	SCO	Michael Hart	25	0	14+7	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
22	FW	DEN	Nocko Joković	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	DF	ITA	Simone Del Nero	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	FW	ITA	Massimiliano Caputo	23	4	4+17	0	2+0	4	0+0	0
26	MF	SCO	Darren Brady	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
28	DF	FRA	Didier Santini	22	0	21+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
32	FW	IRL	Vinny Sullivan	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
37	MF	SCO	Richard Brittain	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
91	MF	TOG	Chérif Touré Mamam	10	0	3+6	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	DEN	Morten Petersen	3	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Team Statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Celtic (C)	38	33	4	1	94	18	+76	103	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Rangers	38	25	10	3	82	27	+55	85	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Livingston	38	16	10	12	50	47	+3	58	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round^[b]
4	Aberdeen	38	16	7	15	51	49	+2	55	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round^[b]
5	Heart of Midlothian	38	14	6	18	52	57	−5	48

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: (1) Points; (2) Goal difference; (3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
^ As both finalists of the 2001–02 Scottish Cup, Rangers and Celtic, qualified for European competition via their league position, the cup berth for 2002–03 UEFA Cup was passed to the next-placed team in the league, fourth-placed Aberdeen.

References

^ "2001-02 Premier League". Scottish Football Archive. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
^ "fixtures 2001-02". Livingston Fc. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
^ "Livingston results 2001/2002". Livi Mad. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
^ "Livingston 2001/02 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

[5] Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

[table_note_res_UCQ0.00076962215861754-6] As both finalists of the 2001–02 Scottish Cup, Rangers and Celtic, qualified for European competition via their league position, the cup berth for 2002–03 UEFA Cup was passed to the next-placed team in the league, fourth-placed Aberdeen.

[1] "2001-02 Premier League". Scottish Football Archive. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2011.

[2] "fixtures 2001-02". Livingston Fc. Retrieved 3 October 2011.

[3] "Livingston results 2001/2002". Livi Mad. Retrieved 28 October 2011.

[stats-4] "Livingston 2001/02 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

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