2001–02 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League began on 2 April 2002 and ended on 15 May 2002 with the final at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland.^[1] Teams qualified via the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League second group stage.

All times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA.

Qualified teams

The knockout staged involved the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the second group stage.

Group	Winners (seeded in round of 16 draw)	Runners-up (unseeded in round of 16 draw)
A	Manchester United	Bayern Munich
B	Barcelona	Liverpool
C	Real Madrid	Panathinaikos
D	Bayer Leverkusen	Deportivo La Coruña

Bracket


Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final



Deportivo La Coruña	0	2	2

Manchester United	2	3	5
				Manchester United	2	1	3

				Bayer Leverkusen (a)	2	1	3
Liverpool	1	2	3
								15 May – Glasgow
Bayer Leverkusen	0	4	4
								Bayer Leverkusen	1

								Real Madrid	2
Panathinaikos	1	1	2

Barcelona	0	3	3
				Barcelona	0	1	1

				Real Madrid	2	1	3
Bayern Munich	2	0	2

Real Madrid	1	2	3

Quarter-finals

Summary

The first legs were played on 2 and 3 April, and the second legs were played on 9 and 10 April 2002.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panathinaikos	2–3	Barcelona	1–0	1–3
Bayern Munich	2–3	Real Madrid	2–1	0–2
Deportivo La Coruña	2–5	Manchester United	0–2	2–3
Liverpool	3–4	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	2–4

Matches

2 April 2002

20:45

Deportivo La Coruña	0–2	Manchester United
	Report	Beckham 15' Van Nistelrooy 41'

Estadio Riazor, A Coruña

Attendance: 32,351

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

10 April 2002

19:45

Manchester United	3–2	Deportivo La Coruña
Solskjær 23', 56' Giggs 69'	Report	Blanc 45' (o.g.) Djalminha 90+1'

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 65,875

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Manchester United won 5–2 on aggregate.

2 April 2002

20:45

Bayern Munich	2–1	Real Madrid
Effenberg 82' Pizarro 88'	Report	Geremi 11'

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

10 April 2002

20:45

Real Madrid	2–0	Bayern Munich
Helguera 69' Guti 85'	Report

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 75,300

Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

3 April 2002

20:45

Panathinaikos	1–0	Barcelona
Basinas 79' (pen.)	Report

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 15,465

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

9 April 2002

20:45

Barcelona	3–1	Panathinaikos
Luis Enrique 23', 49' Saviola 61'	Report	Konstantinou 8'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 92,377

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Barcelona won 3–2 on aggregate.

3 April 2002

19:45

Liverpool	1–0	Bayer Leverkusen
Hyypiä 44'	Report

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 42,254

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

9 April 2002

20:45

Bayer Leverkusen	4–2	Liverpool
Ballack 16', 64' Berbatov 68' Lúcio 84'	Report	Xavier 42' Litmanen 79'

BayArena, Leverkusen

Attendance: 22,855

Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Bayer Leverkusen won 4–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Summary

The first legs were played on 23 and 24 April, and the second legs were played on 30 April and 1 May 2002.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona	1–3	Real Madrid	0–2	1–1
Manchester United	3–3 (a)	Bayer Leverkusen	2–2	1–1

Matches

23 April 2002

20:45

Barcelona	0–2	Real Madrid
	Report	Zidane 55' McManaman 90+2'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 98,112

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

1 May 2002

20:45

Real Madrid	1–1	Barcelona
Raúl 43'	Report	Helguera 49' (o.g.)

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 74,200

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Real Madrid won 3–1 on aggregate.

24 April 2002

19:45

Manchester United	2–2	Bayer Leverkusen
Živković 29' (o.g.) Van Nistelrooy 67' (pen.)	Report	Ballack 62' Neuville 75'

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 66,534

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

30 April 2002

20:45

Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	Manchester United
Neuville 45+2'	Report	Keane 28'

BayArena, Leverkusen

Attendance: 20,605

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

3–3 on aggregate; Bayer Leverkusen won on away goals.

Final

The final was played on 15 May 2002 at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland.

15 May 2002

20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	Real Madrid
Lúcio 14'	Report	Raúl 8' Zidane 45'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 50,499^[2]

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

References

^ "Champions League 2001/2002 » Schedule". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
^ "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2022/23. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. 4 June 2023. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

External links

2001–02 UEFA Champions League, UEFA.com

[1] "Champions League 2001/2002 » Schedule". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 9 January 2025.

[attendance-2] "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2022/23. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. 4 June 2023. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

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