Aston Villa
Saturday, 14 July 2001
2001-02
3rd Round
Lost
1-2
NK Slaven Koprivnica
Intertoto Cup
Gradski Stadion, Koprivnica
Attendance: 3,000
๐ฅ 14 Jul 2001, Villa 1-2 Slaven, Gradski Stadion
โScorer(s) | David Ginola | 87โ |
Assist(s) | None
Fixture List
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Saturday, 14 July 2001
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John Gregory | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1998-2002
๐ 156 | ๐ฉ | 69 ๐จ | 41 ๐ฅ 46 | 1.59
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Game #4666
Match Record
Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #1 |
Manager Game | #157 |
Saturday, 14 July 2001
Game Record
Manager: John Gregory | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
*Absent through illness*
Manager: Ross MacLaren (Caretaker) | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | Edinburgh, 2001
Referee: Massimo De Santis | ๐ฎ๐น | Lazio, 2001
Kick off: 5.00pm
HT Score: ๐จ 0-0
FT Score: ๐ฅ 1-2
FT Result: ๐ฅ Lost
Last 5: ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
Head to Head
Previous 5 vs. NK Slaven: None
Total ๐ 1 | ๐ฉ W0 (0% ) | ๐จ D0 | ๐บ(0% ) | ๐ฅ L1 (100% ) | โฝ 1 | ๐ฅ 2 | GD -1
Trophy Cabinet
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: ๐
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
League Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1995-96
NK Slaven Koprivnica
European Cup / Champions League: โ
Croatian Football League Champions: โ
Croation Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: โ
Squad News
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Match Timeline
๐ | HT NK Slaven Belupo Koprivnica 0-0 Aston Villa
๐ | 52โ Sub off, Dion Dublin, Sub on, Darius Vassell
๐ฅ
| 61โ Goal, 0-1, (NK Slaven Belupo Koprivnica), Pavo Crnac
๐ | 71โ Sub off, Gareth Barry, Sub on, David Ginola
๐จ | 74โ Booking, Alan Wright
๐ | 77โ Sub off, Steve Stone, Sub on, Jlloyd Samuel
โฝ | 87โ Goal, 1-1, David Ginola
๐จ | 87โ Booking, Alpay รzalan
๐ฅ
| 89โ Goal, 1-2, (NK Slaven Belupo Koprivnica), Goran Gersak
๐ | FT NK Slaven Belupo Koprivnica 2-1 Aston Villa
Officials
Referee: Massimo De Santis | ๐ฎ๐น | Lazio, 2001
Assistants: Andrea Consolo | ๐ฎ๐น | Alessandro Stagnoli | ๐ฎ๐น |
Officials
Referee Profile
VAR Profile (Post 2021)
Officials
Villa Bookings
๐จ Alan Wright (21)
๐จ Alpay รzalan (12)
Villa Sendings Off
None
Opposition Bookings
None
Opposition Sendings Off
None
Match Stats
Not recorded
Line Up & Subs
Aston Villa
John Gregory | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1998-2002
GK Peter Enckelman | ๐ซ๐ฎ |
LB Alan Wright | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐จ |
LB Steve Staunton | ๐ฎ๐ช |
CB Alpay รzalan | ๐น๐ท | ๐จ |
RB Mark Delaney | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
M Gareth Barry | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
M George Boateng | ๐ณ๐ฑ |
M Lee Hendrie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Paul Merson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Steve Stone | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
CF Dion Dublin | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
Substitutes
๐ F Darius Vassell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for CF Dion Dublin | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 52โ |
๐ W David Ginola | ๐ซ๐ท | โฝ | for M Gareth Barry | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 71โ |
๐ RB Jlloyd Samuel | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for M Steve Stone | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 77โ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Boaz Myhill | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
RB Jonathan Bewers | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | ๐ฉ๐ช |
CF Juan Pablo รngel | ๐จ๐ด |
NK Slaven Koprivnica
Drazen Besek | ๐ญ๐ท |
GK Ivica Solomun | ๐ญ๐ท |
LB Hasan Kacic | ๐ญ๐ท |
CB Pavo Crnac | ๐ญ๐ท | โฝ | ๐ |
CB Stipe Boลกnjak | ๐ญ๐ท |
RB Petar Boลกnjak | ๐ญ๐ท |
M Mario Kovacevic | ๐ญ๐ท |
M Frane Amiลพiฤ | ๐ญ๐ท |
M Damir Muzek | ๐ญ๐ท | ๐ |
M Roy Ferencina | ๐ญ๐ท |
CF Marijo Dodik | ๐ง๐ฆ |
F Renato Jurcec | ๐ญ๐ท | ๐ |
Substitutes
๐ | CB Pavo Crnac | ๐ญ๐ท | (CB Zdravko Meฤimorec | ๐ญ๐ท |)
๐ | M Damir Muzek | ๐ญ๐ท | (F Goran Gersak | ๐ญ๐ท | โฝ |)
๐ | F Renato Jurcec | ๐ญ๐ท | (F Miljenko Kovacic | ๐ญ๐ท |)
Unused Substitutes
Not Recorded
Team News
Aston Villa
Not recorded
Villa start the season in mid July once again and a hand a starting spot to Peter Enckelman in goal.
NK Slaven Koprivnica
Not Recorded
Matchday Squads
Aston Villa
NK Slaven Koprivnica
Match Media

What they Said
โDavidโs [Ginola] goal got us out of jail.
โIt rescued us and kept us in the tie. This is two-legged football and it does not matter how you play as long as you go through.
โAfter David scored I thought we would draw 1-1, but to be honest they deserved a 2-1 win.โ
Paul Merson.
*Ginolaโs strike supplies lifeline*
Aston Villaโs captain Paul Merson was thankful that a fine strike from David Ginola handed his team an Intertoto Cup third-round lifeline against Slaven Belupo on Saturday.
Villa may have slipped to a 2-1 defeat in Croatia, but Ginolaโs stunning 30-yard drive that briefly put the team on level terms could prove crucial in Saturdayโs second leg at Villa Park. โDavidโs goal got us out of jail,โ said Merson. โIt rescued us and kept us in the tie. This is two-legged football and it does not matter how you play as long as you go through.
โAfter David scored I thought we would draw 1-1, but to be honest they deserved a 2-1 win.โ
The result will have left Villaโs manager John Gregory feeling even worse, after he was unable to make the trip to the Balkans having suffered a bout of food poisoning.
Yet it could have been a far bigger winning margin for the home side, who had dominated proceedings in the second half but only goals from Pavo Crnac and Goran Gersak accrued from their 17 shots on target.
โThe heat played a big part,โ admitted Merson. โWe have only had a weekโs training, but I am not making any excuses. The better team won and we have got to make sure that we are fitter next time.โ
Villa, bidding to recover quickly from the recent sales of David James to West Ham and Gareth Southgate to Middlesbrough, left their ยฃ9.5m record signing Juan Pablo Angel and winger Ginola on the bench. With Gregory on his sick bed, the reserve-team manager Kevin MacDonald and the chief scout Ross MacLaren took charge of affairs.
Match Highlights
Team Selection
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Defenders
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Forwards
Substitutes
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Sub 5
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