2001–02 Coventry City F.C. season

During the 2001–02 English football season, Coventry City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division, following relegation from the FA Premier League the previous season.

Season summary
Despite the signing of prolific striker Lee Hughes from local rivals West Bromwich Albion, Coventry City were unable to make a genuine push for an immediate return to the Premier League and finished well away from promotion in 11th place. Manager Gordon Strachan had been sacked after five games with only one win and Coventry 19th; this heralded the beginning of an eleven-match unbeaten run which saw Coventry top the table with a third of the season gone, but from then three straight losses took them down to ninth. Coventry never regained the form from that unbeaten run, but with seven games left to play they stood fourth and appeared almost certain to gain a playoff place. Unfortunately, Coventry only gained one point from those last seven games and fell down to 11th place.

Results
Coventry City's score comes first

In

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Julian Joachim - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Aston Villa, 6 July, part-exchange
 * 🇮🇪 Keith O'Neill - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Middlesbrough, 8 August, £750,000
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Hughes - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West Bromwich Albion, 8 August, £5,000,001
 * 🇲🇦 Youssef Safri - 🇲🇦 Raja Casablanca, 11 August, £700,000
 * Andy Goram - unattached (last at Hamilton Academical), 24 August
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Mills - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Portsmouth, 1 January, £250,000
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Paul Trollope - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Fulham, 22 March, free

Out

 * Stephen McPhee - released (later joined 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Port Vale on 24 June)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Craig Bellamy - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Newcastle United, 25 June, £6,000,000
 * 🇦🇺 John Aloisi - 🇪🇸 Osasuna, 3 July, £1,200,000
 * 🇲🇦 Mustapha Hadji - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Aston Villa, 6 July, £2,000,000 plus Julian Joachim
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 John Hartson - Celtic, 2 August, £6,000,000
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Kirkland - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liverpool, 31 August, £6,000,000
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Williams - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Southampton, 31 October, free
 * Paul Telfer - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Southampton, 31 October, free
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Carlton Palmer - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stockport County, 6 November, free
 * 🇸🇪 Tomas Gustafsson - Copenhagen, 4 February, undisclosed
 * 🇮🇪 Lee Carsley - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Everton, 8 February, £1,900,000
 * 🇸🇪 Roland Nilsson - retired, 8 April
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Froggatt - retired
 * Andy Goram - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Oldham Athletic

Loan in

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Mills - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Portsmouth, December, one month
 * 🇦🇷 Horacio Carbonari - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Derby County, 22 March, one month
 * 🇮🇪 Colin Healy - Celtic, 29 January, 84 days
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tim Flowers - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leicester City

Loan out

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Carlton Palmer - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sheffield Wednesday, 4 September, 46 days

Appearances and goals
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred or loaned out during the season