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The 2001 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Michael Owen on 18 December 2001. [1] Owen was the fourth English national to win the award after Stanley Matthews , Bobby Charlton (1966) and Kevin Keegan (1978, 1979).
In 2001, Liverpool won a cup treble of the UEFA Cup, FA Cup (with Owen scoring two late goals in the final) and Football League Cup, and Owen was the recipient of the Ballon d'Or. He went on to score 118 goals in 216 appearances in the Premier League for Liverpool, and 158 goals in 297 total appearances.
The 2000–2001 season was Liverpool Football Club's 109th season in existence and their 39th consecutive season in the top-flight of English football. This season proved highly successful for Liverpool, with them picking up the League Cup, UEFA Cup and FA Cup under Gerard Houllier , having finished 3rd in the league.
On 1 September 2001, Germany met England during the qualifying stages of the 2002 World Cup, at the Olympiastadion in Munich. England won the game 5–1, helped by a hat-trick from Michael Owen. This was also the last match Germany played at the Olympiastadion. [2]
12 May 2001: Liverpool clinch the FA Cup by defeating Arsenal 2–1 thanks to a late double from Michael Owen. It is their sixth FA Cup triumph to date and their first since 1992. 16 May 2001: Liverpool yield their third trophy of the season by defeating Spanish side Alavés 5–4 in the UEFA Cup final. It is the third time they have won the ...
Michael Owen kicked off the special celebrity edition of Deal or No Deal with some choices that left viewers baffled.. The former Liverpool and England footballer appeared on the recently rebooted ...
12 May – Liverpool win the FA Cup Final when two Michael Owen goals in the final minutes of the game give them a 2–1 win over Arsenal in the final at the Millennium Stadium. [10] 16 May – Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott punches a protester who threw an egg at him in Rhyl. [11]
20-year-old Kyle Careford was driving with Michael Owen, 21, when they crashed into a church wall in East Sussex, England in April of this year.