The 2002 FA Cup Final was the final match of the 2001-02 FA Cup competition. It was an all-London affair between Arsenal and Chelsea at the Millennium Stadium on 4 May 2002. Arsenal won 2–0, with goals by Ray Parlour and Freddie Ljungberg.

Chelsea were led onto the field by Roberto Di Matteo, who had been forced to retire from football earlier in the season due to a serious injury.

Ljungberg, having also scored in the 2001 final, became the first man to score goals in successive FA Cup finals since Tottenham Hotspur's Bobby Smith, who scored in 1961 and 1962.

The match took place with one week remaining in the Premier League calendar for the 2001–02 season. Arsenal were in first position, but still needed a point from their final two games to secure the championship, which they achieved in their next match with victory over second-placed Manchester United. Chelsea had to win their remaining fixture to confirm the position of fifth they held at the start of the match. They lost again and finished in sixth. In the league fixtures between the two clubs, Arsenal had the upper hand, with a 1–1 draw at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge on 8 September 2001 and a 2–1 win at Highbury on Boxing Day.

Arsenal's subsequent Premier League title triumph saw them equal Manchester United's record of three doubles - though unlike Manchester United, Arsenal's second and third doubles were achieved with an entirely different set of players from the original double winning team.

[edit] Match details

4 May 2002 15:00 BST	Arsenal	2 – 0	Chelsea	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 73,963 Referee: Mike Riley (West Yorkshire)
	Parlour  70' Ljungberg  80'	Report

Arsenal

Chelsea

ARSENAL: GK 1 David Seaman RB 12 Lauren CB 23 Sol Campbell CB 6 Tony Adams (c) LB 3 Ashley Cole RM 11 Sylvain Wiltord 89' CM 15 Ray Parlour CM 4 Patrick Vieira 26' LM 8 Fredrik Ljungberg CF 10 Dennis Bergkamp 72' CF 14 Thierry Henry 75' 81' Substitutes: GK 24 Richard Wright DF 2 Lee Dixon DF 5 Martin Keown 89' MF 17 Edu 72' FW 25 Nwankwo Kanu 81' Manager: Arsène Wenger

CHELSEA: GK 23 Carlo Cudicini RB 15 Mario Melchiot 76' CB 13 William Gallas CB 6 Marcel Desailly (c) LB 3 Celestine Babayaro 45' RM 30 Jesper Grønkjær CM 8 Frank Lampard CM 17 Emmanuel Petit LM 14 Graeme Le Saux 2' CF 22 Eiður Guðjohnsen 91' CF 9 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 68' Substitutes: GK 1 Ed de Goey DF 26 John Terry 75' 45' MF 10 Slaviša Jokanović MF 11 Boudewijn Zenden 76' FW 25 Gianfranco Zola 68' Manager: Claudio Ranieri

[edit] External links

• Line-ups
• Soccerbase report
• BBC 2002 Cup Final section