2001–02 Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. season

Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.
2001–02 season
Manager	Dror Kashtan
Stadium	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
Israeli Premier League	2nd
Israel State Cup	Winners
Toto Cup	Winners
UEFA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	Serghei Cleşcenco (14)
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

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	ISR	Shavit Elimelech
3	DF	ISR	Yaakov Hillel
4	DF	ISR	Dudu Dahan
5	DF	ISR	Shimon Gershon (captain)
6	MF	HUN	Gábor Halmai
7	FW	SVN	Milan Osterc
8	MF	ISR	Yossi Abukasis
9	FW	ISR	Pini Balili
10	MF	ISR	Salim Tuama
11	FW	ISR	Kfir Udi
12	MF	UKR	Denys Onischenko
15	FW	MDA	Serghei Cleșcenco
16	FW	ISR	Avi Knafo
17	MF	ISR	Ben Luz


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	ISR	Omri Afek
19	MF	HUN	István Pisont
20	DF	ISR	Yigal Antebi
21	DF	ISR	Ilan Bakhar
22	GK	ISR	Nir Rahamin
23	MF	ISR	Beni Hadad
24	MF	ISR	Erez Mesika
26	DF	ISR	Rami Halis
27	DF	ISR	Klemi Saban
29	DF	ISR	Tziki Kotler
30	DF	ISR	Idan Skurchero
32	DF	ISR	Asi Domb
33	GK	ISR	Guy Salem

Results

UEFA Cup

Qualifying round

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

First round

Second round

18 October 2001	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2–0	Chelsea	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
20:15	Gershon 87' (pen.) Cleşcenco 94'	Report		Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands)

1 November 2001	Chelsea	1–1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Stamford Bridge, London
21:00	Zola 64'	Report	Osterc 35'	Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

Third round

22 November 2001	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
18:00	Osterc 42' Domb 89'	Report	Izmailov 56'	Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)

6 December 2001	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Saturn Stadium, Ramenskoye
18:00		Report	Osterc 48'	Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Hapoel Tel Aviv won 3–1 on aggregate.

Fourth round

21 February 2002	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–0	Parma	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
18:30		Report		Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

28 February 2002	Parma	1–2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
18:00	Bonazzoli 85'	Report	Osterc 31' Pisont 54'	Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

Quarter-final

14 March 2002 (2002-03-14)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–0	Milan	GSP Stadium, Nicosia^{[notes 1]}
20:00	Cleșcenco 32'	Report		Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)

21 March 2002 (2002-03-21)	Milan	2–0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	San Siro, Milan
20:30	Rui Costa 5' Gershon 45' (o.g.)	Report		Attendance: 23,184 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.

References

^ Woile, Dennis Grebasch, Michael. "Hapoel Tel Aviv 2001-02".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Notes

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

[1] Woile, Dennis Grebasch, Michael. "Hapoel Tel Aviv 2001-02".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] Match played in GSP Stadium in Nicosia, Cyprus after Milan refused to play in Israel. Allegedly, the club received anonymous threats from Hamas.

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