Arsenal in Europe 2001-2002

Dates

Travel

Stage 2

Stage 1

Calendar

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Second Group Stage

Final standings

                       Pl W  D  L  F  A  Pts
[an error occurred while processing this directive]       6  3  1  2 11 11  10
[an error occurred while processing this directive]    6  3  1  2  7  6  10
[an error occurred while processing this directive]                6  2  1  3  8  8   7
[an error occurred while processing this directive]               6  2  1  3  7  8   7

See determining the placings for rules that govern ranking of equally-pointed teams.

Schedule

Wed Nov 21   DEPORTIVO 2-0 ARSENAL;           Juve 4-0 Leverkusen (played 29/11)
Tue Dec  4   Arsenal 3-1 Juventus; Leverkusen 3-0 Deportivo
Tue Feb 19   Bayer Leverkusen 1-1 Arsenal; Juve 0-0 Deportivo
Wed Feb 27   Arsenal 4-1 Bayer Leverkusen; Deportivo 1-0 Juve
Tue Mar 12   Arsenal 0-2 Deportivo La Coruna;  Leverkusen 3-1 Juve
Wed Mar 20   Juventus 1-0 Arsenal; Deportivo 1-3 Leverkusen

First Group Stage

Table after 5 games

              Pl W  D  L  F  A  Pts
[an error occurred while processing this directive] 6  4  0  2  8  3  12
[an error occurred while processing this directive]       6  3  0  3  9  9   9
[an error occurred while processing this directive] 6  3  0  3  4  9   9
[an error occurred while processing this directive]    6  2  0  4  9  9   6

Arsenal are through (in second place) after 5 matches

See determining the placings for rules that govern ranking of equally-pointed teams.

Schedule

11 Sep  REAL MALLORCA 1-0 ARSENAL;       Schalke 0-2 Panathetc
19 Sep  ARSENAL       3-2 SCHALKE 04;    Panathetc 2-0 Mallorca 
26 Sep  PANATHINAIKOS 1-0 ARSENAL;       Schalke 0-1 Mallorca;
16 Oct  ARSENAL       2-1 PANATHINAIKOS; Mallorca 0-4 Schalke 
24 Oct  ARSENAL       3-1 REAL MALLORCA;  Panathetc 2-0 Schalke 
30 Oct  SCHALKE 04    3-1 ARSENAL;        Mallorca 1-0 Panathetc

Full draw, 23rd August

See this newsreel piece for the full draw. Arsenal's opponents are:

Schalke 04 (Germany)
Real Mallorca (Spain)
Panathinaikos (Greece)

(follow links above for head-to-head stats, club links, and info)

Draw, 23rd August

The teams in the draw are:

Pot 1 (top seeds): Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Barcelona, Lazio, Juventus, Arsenal, Liverpool.
Pot 2: Borussia Dortmund, Galatasaray, Porto, Roma, Lyon, Deportivo la Coruna, Spartak Moscow, Mallorca.
Pot 3: Schalke, Bayer Leverkusen, Dynamo Kiev, Locomotiv Moscow, Rosenborg, Feyenoord, PSV Eindhoven, Olympiakos.
Pot 4: Anderlecht, Sparta Prague, Panathinaikos, Boavista, Celtic, Fenerbahce, Lille, Nantes.

Each of the 8 groups will consist of one team from each pot.

Draw is scheduled for 3pm UK time. See newsreel for more.

Determining the placings in group stages

If any number of teams are level on points, their order is decided first by examining the "mini-league" formed by considering only the results between those teams.
There is a common misconception that this method could result in "loops" if there are more than 2 teams involved but this is not the case because the results are put into a table rather than considered pair-wise.
If teams are still level in the mini-league, according to points, goal difference and then away goals scored (note that goals scored is, unusually, skipped), then it goes to overall goal difference and overall goals scored.
It's weird that they skip goals scored in the mini-league, particularly as when it returns to overall stats goals scored comes after goal diffrence, and away goals aren't mentioned at all!

If it's still level the teams are ranked according to their UEFA cofficients at the start of the season (which is good for Arsenal, in the first stage at least, as we were first seeds in the group).

See this newsreel piece for more including transcription of the actual UEFA rules.