2001–02 Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. season

Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. 2001–02 ISR Dror Kashtan Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv Israeli Premier League 2nd Israel State Cup Winners Toto Cup Winners UEFA Cup Quarter-finals 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 http://en.eufo.de/index/squad/hapoel-tel-aviv/2001-02 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2001-02 Dennis Grebasch, Michael Woile 1 ISR GK Shavit Elimelech 3 ISR DF Yaakov Hillel 4 ISR DF Dudu Dahan 5 ISR DF Shimon Gershon captain 6 HUN MF Gábor Halmai 7 SVN FW Milan Osterc 8 ISR MF Yossi Abukasis 9 ISR FW Pini Balili 10 ISR MF Salim Tuama 11 ISR FW Kfir Udi 12 UKR MF Denys Onischenko 15 Moldova FW Serghei Cleșcenco 16 ISR FW Avi Knafo 17 ISR MF Ben Luz 18 ISR MF Omri Afek 19 HUN MF István Pisont 20 ISR DF Yigal Antebi 21 ISR DF Ilan Bakhar 22 ISR GK Nir Rahamin 23 ISR MF Beni Hadad 24 ISR MF Erez Mesika 26 ISR DF Rami Halis 27 ISR DF Klemi Saban 29 ISR DF Tziki Kotler 30 ISR DF Idan Skurchero 32 ISR DF Asi Domb 33 ISR GK Guy Salem Results UEFA Cup Qualifying round W 2001 08 9 y 17:00 Ararat ARM 0–2 Report ISR Hapoel Tel Aviv Tuama 38Osterc 43 Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Yerevan, Armenia Jaromir Hlavac (Czech Republic) First round Second round W 18 October 2001 20:15 Hapoel Tel Aviv ISR 2–0 Report ENG Chelsea Gershon 87 pen.Cleşcenco 94 Bloomfield Stadium Tel Aviv, Israel Dick van Egmond (Netherlands) D 1 November 2001 21:00 Chelsea ENG 1–1 Report ISR Hapoel Tel Aviv Zola 64 Osterc 35 Stamford Bridge London, England Laurent Duhamel (France) Third round W 22 November 2001 18:00 Hapoel Tel Aviv ISR 2–1 Report RUS Lokomotiv Moscow Osterc 42Domb 89 Izmailov 56 Bloomfield Stadium Tel Aviv, Israel Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland) W 6 December 2001 18:00 Lokomotiv Moscow RUS 0–1 Report ISR Hapoel Tel Aviv Osterc 48 Saturn Stadium Ramenskoye, Russia Alain Hamer (Luxembourg) Hapoel Tel Aviv won 3–1 on aggregate. Fourth round D 21 February 2002 18:30 Hapoel Tel Aviv ISR 0–0 Report ITA Parma Bloomfield Stadium Tel Aviv, Israel Rune Pedersen (Norway) W 28 February 2002 18:00 Parma ITA 1–2 Report ISR Hapoel Tel Aviv Bonazzoli 85 Osterc 31Pisont 54 Stadio Ennio Tardini Parma, Italy Jacek Granat (Poland) Quarter-final W 2002 3 14 y 20:00 Hapoel Tel Aviv ISR ITA Milan 1–0 Cleșcenco 32 GSP Stadium Nicosia, CyprusMatch played in GSP Stadium in Nicosia, Cyprus after Milan refused to play in Israel. Allegedly, the club received anonymous threats from Hamas. 4,000 Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain) Report L 2002 3 21 y 20:30 Milan ITA ISR Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–0 Rui Costa 5Gershon 45 o.g. San Siro Milan, Italy 23,184 Herbert Fandel (Germany) Report Milan won 2–1 on aggregate. References Notes notes Category:Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. seasons Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.