2001–02 Irish League Cup

Irish League Cup CIS Insurance Cup 2001–02 Northern Ireland 20 Linfield (7th win) Glentoran 49 124 2000–01 2002–03 The 2001–02 Irish League Cup (known as the CIS Insurance Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th edition of the Irish League Cup, Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 27 November 2001 with the final. Glentoran were the defending champions after their third League Cup win last season; a 1–0 victory over Glenavon in the previous final. This season they reached the final again but were defeated 3–1 by arch-rivals Linfield, who won their seventh League Cup overall, and fourth in five years. This was also the third time in five years that the two clubs had met in the final, with Linfield coming out on top on all three occasions.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilleagcuphist.html Northern Ireland - List of League Cup Finals Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 26 December 2012https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilleagcup02.html Northern Ireland League Cup 2001/02 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 26 December 2012 The competition had a major reform this season. The twenty clubs taking part were divided into four groups of five clubs based on region. The clubs in each group played each other once, either at home or away. The top two clubs from each group then advanced to the quarter-finals where they played a single knock-out tie against another quarter-finalist. The semi-finals were played in a home and away two-legged aggregate score format with the two winners of the ties advancing to the single match final. Group stage Eastern Region main WDL n CRK Carrick Rangers CRU Crusaders CLI Cliftonville BCC Ballyclare Comrades LRN Larne 3 1 0 8 1 A 3 0 1 5 3 A 2 1 1 5 3 1 0 3 3 8 0 0 4 1 7 #ccffcc A A Advanced to quarter-finals y noflag FBR grey null null 1–2 1–0 4–0 null 2–0 null 2–1 0–0 null null null null 2–0 1–0 null 1–2 0–3 null complete rsssf.com Greater Belfast Region main WDL n LIN Linfield GLT Glentoran LIS Lisburn Distillery ARD Ards BGR Bangor 2 2 0 10 3 A 2 2 0 4 0 A 0 4 0 4 4 1 1 2 3 8 0 1 3 3 9 #ccffcc A A Advanced to quarter-finals y noflag FBR grey null null 0–4 0–0 2–3 null null null 2–0 2–0 null null null 3–0 0–0 3–3 null 1–1 0–0 null complete rsssf.com Northern Region main WDL n INS Institute COL Coleraine BYM Ballymena United LIM Limavady United OMA Omagh Town 4 0 0 7 0 A 3 0 1 8 2 A 2 0 2 4 9 1 0 3 2 6 0 0 4 1 5 #ccffcc A A Advanced to quarter-finals y noflag FBR grey null null 2–1 2–1 5–0 null 1–0 null 2–0 2–0 null null null null 0–2 1–0 null 0–1 0–1 null complete rsssf.com Southern Region main WDL n NEW Newry Town GLA Glenavon ARM Armagh City POR Portadown DUN Dungannon Swifts 3 0 1 8 5 A 2 1 1 6 5 A 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 2 3 6 0 2 2 3 5 #ccffcc A A Advanced to quarter-finals y noflag FBR grey null 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 null null null null null null null 3–1 3–1 null 0–0 1–3 null complete rsssf.com Quarter-finals Carrick Rangers 2–0 Institute Crusaders 1–3 Coleraine Glentoran 3–2 Glenavon Linfield 3–1 Newry Town Semi-finals Glentoran 8–1 Carrick Rangers 3–1 5–0 Coleraine 2–3 Linfield 0–2 2–1 Final 27 November 2001 Linfield 3 – 1 Report Glentoran Morgan 16Gorman 36Kelly 81 Haylock 79 Windsor Park, Belfast References Category:Irish League Cup seasons League Cup