2001–02 Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. season

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.
2001–02 season
ManagerIsrael Dror Kashtan
StadiumBloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
Israeli Premier League2nd
Israel State CupWinners
Toto CupWinners
UEFA CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerSerghei Cleşcenco (14)
← 
 →

During the 2001–02 Israeli football season, Hapoel Tel Aviv competed in the Israeli Premier League.

Season summary[]

Hapoel Tel Aviv, although unable to claim the title, had a fantastic season in the UEFA Cup. The likes of Chelsea and Parma were knocked out by the Israelis before facing Italian giants AC Milan in the quarter-finals. Hapoel took a 1-0 lead at home, but lost 2-0 away. Nonetheless, the quarter-finals was an achievement to be proud of.

First-team squad[]

Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player[1]
1 GK Israel ISR Shavit Elimelech
3 DF Israel ISR
4 DF Israel ISR Dudu Dahan
5 DF Israel ISR Shimon Gershon (captain)
6 MF Hungary HUN Gábor Halmai
7 FW Slovenia SVN Milan Osterc
8 MF Israel ISR Yossi Abukasis
9 FW Israel ISR Pini Balili
10 MF Israel ISR Salim Tuama
11 FW Israel ISR
12 MF Ukraine UKR Denys Onischenko
15 FW Moldova MDA Serghei Cleșcenco
16 FW Israel ISR Avi Knafo
17 MF Israel ISR
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Israel ISR Omri Afek
19 MF Hungary HUN István Pisont
20 DF Israel ISR Yigal Antebi
21 DF Israel ISR
22 GK Israel ISR
23 MF Israel ISR
24 MF Israel ISR Erez Mesika
26 DF Israel ISR
27 DF Israel ISR Klemi Saban
29 DF Israel ISR
30 DF Israel ISR
32 DF Israel ISR Asi Domb
33 GK Israel ISR

Results[]

UEFA Cup[]

Qualifying round[]

9 August 2001 (2001-08-09) Ararat Armenia 0–2 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv Yerevan, Armenia
17:00 Report Tuama Goal 38'
Osterc Goal 43'		 Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium
Referee: (Czech Republic)

First round[]

Second round[]

18 October 2001 Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel 2–0 England Chelsea Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
20:15 Gershon Goal 87' (pen.)
Cleşcenco Goal 94'		 Report Referee: (Netherlands)
1 November 2001 Chelsea England 1–1 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv Stamford Bridge, London
21:00 Zola Goal 64' Report Osterc Goal 35' Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

Third round[]

22 November 2001 Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel 2–1 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
18:00 Osterc Goal 42'
Domb Goal 89'		 Report Izmailov Goal 56' Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)
6 December 2001 Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 0–1 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv Saturn Stadium, Ramenskoye
18:00 Report Osterc Goal 48' Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Hapoel Tel Aviv won 3–1 on aggregate.

Fourth round[]

21 February 2002 Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel 0–0 Italy Parma Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
18:30 Report Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
28 February 2002 Parma Italy 1–2 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
18:00 Bonazzoli Goal 85' Report Osterc Goal 31'
Pisont Goal 54'		 Referee: (Poland)

Quarter-final[]

14 March 2002 (2002-03-14) Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel 1–0 Italy Milan GSP Stadium, Nicosia[notes 1]
20:00 Cleșcenco Goal 32' Report Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)
21 March 2002 (2002-03-21) Milan Italy 2–0 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv San Siro, Milan
20:30 Rui Costa Goal 5'
Gershon Goal 45' (o.g.)		 Report Attendance: 23,184
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.

References[]

  1. ^ Woile, Dennis Grebasch, Michael. "Hapoel Tel Aviv 2001-02".

Notes[]

  1. ^ Match played in GSP Stadium in Nicosia, Cyprus after Milan refused to play in Israel. Allegedly, the club received anonymous threats from Hamas.
Retrieved from ""