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 Benzion Luz

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

Results

UEFA Cup

Qualifying round

Ararat v Hapoel Tel Aviv

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

Hapoel Tel Aviv v Chelsea

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)

Chelsea v Hapoel Tel Aviv

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

Hapoel Tel Aviv v Lokomotiv Moscow

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)

Lokomotiv Moscow v Hapoel Tel Aviv

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

Hapoel Tel Aviv v Parma

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

Parma v Hapoel Tel Aviv

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

Hapoel Tel Aviv v Milan

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)

Milan v Hapoel Tel Aviv

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.

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