The 2001–02 UEFA Cup first round was played from 11 to 27 September 2001. The round consisted of 48 ties, with the winners advancing to the second round of the 2001–02 UEFA Cup.
All times are CEST (), as listed by UEFA.
Draw.
The draw was held on 24 August 2001, 12:30 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. Teams were divided into geographical groups, each with seeded and unseeded pots.
In the draw, UEFA mistakenly omitted Croatian side Varteks as a seeded team. UEFA later apologized, but clarified that the draw result was final.
Summary.
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The first round featured the 41 winners of the qualifying round, joined by 36 directly qualified teams, the 16 losers of the Champions League third qualifying round and the 3 winners for the Intertoto Cup. The first legs were played on 11, 18, 19 and 20 September, and the second legs were played on 25 and 27 September 2001.
The matches scheduled for 12 September were postponed due to the September 11 attacks. Most of the postponed fixtures were rescheduled for 20 September, with all matches observing a moment of silence.
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Matches.
"Osijek won 3–1 on aggregate."
"SC Freiburg won 2–1 on aggregate."
"Tirol Innsbruck won 1–0 on aggregate."
"Roda JC won 6–1 on aggregate."
"Troyes won 6–2 on aggregate."
"Paris Saint-Germain won 3–0 on aggregate."
"Valencia won 6–0 on aggregate."
"Hertha BSC won 3–0 on aggregate."
"Legia Warsaw won 10–2 on aggregate."
"Grasshopper won 6–2 on aggregate."
"Marila Příbram won 5–3 on aggregate."
"Milan won 6–0 on aggregate."
"Union Berlin won 4–1 on aggregate."
"Slovan Liberec won 2–1 on aggregate."
"3–3 on aggregate; Maccabi Tel Aviv won on away goals."
"Dynamo Moscow won 1–0 on aggregate."
"Halmstads BK won 2–1 on aggregate."
"Rapid Wien won 5–2 on aggregate."
"Twente won 4–1 on aggregate."
"Litex Lovech won 3–1 on aggregate."
"Parma won 3–0 on aggregate."
"Sporting CP won 6–2 on aggregate."
"CSKA Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate."
"CSKA Sofia won 4–2 on aggregate."
"Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate."
"Club Brugge won 9–3 on aggregate."
"Hapoel Tel Aviv won 2–1 on aggregate."
"3–3 on aggregate; Helsingborgs IF won on away goals."
"Brøndby won 4–2 on aggregate."
"St. Gallen won 3–2 on aggregate."
"Standard Liège won 4–2 on aggregate."
"AEK Athens won 4–3 on aggregate."
"Servette won 2–1 on aggregate."
"Utrecht won 6–3 on aggregate."
"Wisła Kraków won 3–2 on aggregate."
"PAOK won 4–0 on aggregate."
"Ajax won 5–0 on aggregate."
"3–3 on aggregate; Varteks won on away goals."
"Viking won 3–1 on aggregate."
"Copenhagen won 4–2 on aggregate."
"Internazionale won 6–0 on aggregate."
"Chelsea won 5–0 on aggregate."
"Bordeaux won 6–4 on aggregate."
"Zaragoza won 5–1 on aggregate."
"Ipswich Town won 3–2 on aggregate."
"Celta Vigo won 7–4 on aggregate."
"Leeds United won 3–1 on aggregate."