Country |
England Wales |
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Champions | Arsenal (8th title) | ||
Runners-up | Chelsea | ||
Top goal scorer(s) |
Jermain Defoe (4 goals) |
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The 2001–02 FA Cup was the 121st season of the world's oldest cup competition, the FA Cup. The competition was won by Arsenal with a 2–0 win against Chelsea, courtesy of goals from Ray Parlour and Fredrik Ljungberg in the final 20 minutes of the game, completing a domestic Double for Arsenal.
Matches were played 16, 17 and 18 November, with replays on 27 November and 28 November.
Matches were played on 8 December and 9 December, with replays on 18 December and 19 December.
Matches played 5 January and 6 January, replays on 15 January and 16 January.
Matches played on the weekend of 26 January, replay on 6 February. The match between Arsenal and Liverpool was a rematch of the previous year's final.
Matches played on the weekend of 16 February and 17 February, with the replay on 26 February.
West Bromwich Albion were the only non-Premiership side to progress to the last eight, at the expense of Cheltenham Town – the last remaining Division Three side in the competition.
Matches were played on the weekend of 9 March, with the replay on 23 March.
West Bromwich Albion were the last non-Premiership side remaining in the competition, and their hopes of further progression were ended when they lost the quarter-final tie at home to Fulham.
Matches played at a neutral venue on April 14, 2002.