2001–02 Olympique Lyonnais season

During the 2001–02 French football season, Olympique Lyonnais competed in French Division 1.[2]

Lyon

2001–02 season
Chairman	Jean-Michel Aulas
Manager	Jacques Santini
Stadium	Stade de Gerland
Division 1	1st
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Sonny Anderson (14) All: Sonny Anderson (18)
Highest home attendance	39,691 vs. Lens (4 May 2002)
Lowest home attendance	4,000 vs. Châteauroux (19 January 2002)
Average home league attendance	34,843[1]
Home colours Away colours

Season summary

Lyon won their first ever French top-flight title. The title race came down to the final day of the season, with Lyon needing victory against fellow challengers Lens, who were one point ahead. A 3–1 victory secured Lyon's title win.[2]

At the end of the season, Jacques Santini left to manage the French national team. Former Rennes manager Paul Le Guen was appointed as his replacement.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[3][2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FRA Grégory Coupet 2 DF  BEL Éric Deflandre 3 DF  BRA Edmílson 4 DF  FRA Florent Laville 6 MF  FRA Philippe Violeau 8 MF  FRA Pierre Laigle 9 FW  BRA Sonny Anderson 10 MF  FRA Éric Carrière 11 FW  FRA Tony Vairelles 12 MF  BRA Juninho Pernambucano 13 DF  FRA Jérémie Brechet 14 FW  FRA Sidney Govou 15 DF  BEL Christophe Delmotte 17 MF  CMR Marc-Vivien Foé

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  FRA Péguy Luyindula[notes 1] 19 DF  FRA Jean-Marc Chanelet 20 DF   SUI Patrick Müller 21 FW  FRA Frédéric Née 22 MF  FRA David Linarès 24 DF  FRA Frederic Ribeiro 26 GK  FRA Angelo Hugues 27 MF  FRA Alexandre Hauw 29 MF  FRA Florent Balmont 30 GK  FRA Nicolas Puydebois 31 DF  BRA Caçapa 33 MF  FRA Bryan Bergougnoux

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 5 MF  POL Jacek Bąk (to Lens) 7 FW  FRA Steve Marlet (to Fulham)

No. Pos. Nation Player 10 MF  FRA Vikash Dhorasoo (on loan to Bordeaux)

Competitions

Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lyon (C)	34	20	6	8	62	32	+30	66	Qualification to Champions League first group stage
2	Lens	34	18	10	6	55	30	+25	64
3	Auxerre	34	16	11	7	48	38	+10	59	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Paris Saint-Germain	34	15	13	6	43	24	+19	58	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Lille	34	15	11	8	39	32	+7	56	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	20	6	8	62	32	+30	66	14	3	0	42	7	+35	6	3	8	20	25	−5

Source: Soccerway

Results by match

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	W
Position	16	7	4	3	2	3	3	4	1	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1

Source: footballdatabase.eu
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Notes: Match 19 versus Bastia was postponed until 16 January 2002 and therefore should appear between matches 20 & 22, and the match 21 versus Troyes was postponed until 9 February 2002 and therefore should appear between matches 25 & 26.

Matches

28 July 2001 1	Lens	2–0	Lyon	Lens
20:00 CEST	Sarr  11' Ismaël  18'	Report		Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert Attendance: 34,239 Referee: Alain Sars

4 August 2001 2	Lyon	2–0	Sedan	Lyon
20:00 CEST	Anderson  27' Laigle  76'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 34,926 Referee: Stéphane Moulin

12 August 2001 3	Bastia	1–2	Lyon	Furiani
20:45 CEST	Leite  71' (pen.)	Report	Bąk  35' Juninho  65'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 8,512 Referee: Gilles Veissière

18 August 2001 4	Lyon	3–0	Guingamp	Lyon
20:00 CEST	Anderson  10' (pen.) Née  85' Foé  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 35,807 Referee: Bruno Coué

25 August 2001 5	Troyes	0–2	Lyon	Troyes
20:00 CEST		Report	Marlet  45' Delmotte  90+3'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 14,631 Referee: Améziane Khendek

8 September 2001 6	Marseille	0–0	Lyon	Marseille
17:15 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 52,559 Referee: Alain Sars

15 September 2001 7	Lyon	4–1	Nantes	Lyon
17:15 CEST	Luyindula  16', 90+1' Foé  36' Carrière  65'	Report	Quint  42' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 34,406 Referee: Claude Colombo

22 September 2001 8	Metz	2–0	Lyon	Metz
20:00 CEST	Gaillot  38', 70'	Report		Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 16,894 Referee: Gilles Veissière

29 September 2001 9	Lyon	4–0	Rennes	Lyon
20:00 CEST	Luyindula  2' Juninho  17', 43' (pen.) Govou  56'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 30,881 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo

14 October 2001 10	Paris Saint-Germain	2–2	Lyon	Paris
20:45 CEST	Okocha  18' Ronaldinho  81' (pen.)	Report	Née  14' Govou  27'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 41,945 Referee: Stéphane Bré

20 October 2001 11	Lyon	1–1	Sochaux	Lyon
17:15 CEST	Juninho  83'	Report	Isabey  38'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 35,705 Referee: Patrick Lhermite

27 October 2001 12	Monaco	2–1	Lyon	Monaco
20:00 CEST	Bierhoff  67' Nonda  69'	Report	Givet  71' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 11,706 Referee: Pascal Garibian

4 November 2001 13	Lyon	4–2	Lille	Lyon
20:45 CET	Govou  29', 76' Pichot  48' (o.g.) Violeau  90+2'	Report	Bréchet  30' (o.g.) Fahmi  41'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 34,788 Referee: Bertrand Layec

17 November 2001 14	Lorient	0–3	Lyon	Lorient
20:00 CET		Report	Carrière  9' Anderson  30' Govou  31'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 12,765 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo

25 November 2001 15	Lyon	3–0	Auxerre	Lyon
18:00 CET	Chanelet  14' Luyindula  44' Violeau  82'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 39,165 Referee: Bruno Coué

28 November 2001 16	Montpellier	3–0	Lyon	Montpellier
18:00 CET	Cissé  1' Maoulida  46' Bamogo  69'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 15,147 Referee: Philippe Kalt

9 December 2001 17	Lyon	1–0	Bordeaux	Lyon
20:45 CET	Bonnissel  90' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 31,010 Referee: Gilles Veissière

19 December 2001 18	Sedan	2–1	Lyon	Sedan
20:30 CET	Deflandre  9' (o.g.) Ndiefi  61'	Report	Violeau  12'	Stadium: Stade Louis Dugauguez Attendance: 15,468 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

5 January 2002 20	Guingamp	2–4	Lyon	Guingamp
20:00 CET	Bardon  6' Fiorèse  57'	Report	Delmotte  47', 49', 87' Anderson  55'	Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 8,890 Referee: Damien Ledentu

16 January 2002 19	Lyon	0–0	Bastia	Lyon
20:30 CET		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 29,506 Referee: Massimo Busacca

23 January 2002 22	Lyon	4–0	Marseille	Lyon
20:30 CET	Anderson  22' (pen.), 35' Jurietti  29' (o.g.) Govou  32'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 38,378 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

29 January 2002 23	Nantes	3–0	Lyon	Nantes
20:45 CET	Vahirua  29', 45' Moldovan  53'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 31,966 Referee: Alain Hamer

2 February 2002 24	Lyon	4–1	Metz	Lyon
20:00 CET	Carrière  12' Govou  60' Anderson  85' Luyindula  90'	Report	Baticle  8'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 30,336 Referee: Améziane Khendek

6 February 2002 25	Rennes	2–2	Lyon	Rennes
18:00 CET	Arribagé  24' Batlles  30' (pen.)	Report	Anderson  18', 90+'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 14,900 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo

9 February 2002 21	Lyon	3–1	Troyes	Lyon
18:00 CET	Tourenne  30' (o.g.) Anderson  47' Delmotte  74'	Report	Goussé  21'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 31,968 Referee: Stéphane Moulin

17 February 2002 26	Lyon	3–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Lyon
20:45 CET	Déhu  61' (o.g.) Anderson  76' Juninho  86'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 38,323 Referee: Damien Ledentu

24 February 2002 27	Sochaux	2–1	Lyon	Montbéliard
18:30 CET	Govou  41' (o.g.) Frau  71'	Report	Govou  50'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 17,878 Referee: Pascal Garibian

6 March 2002 28	Lyon	1–0	Monaco	Lyon
20:30 CET	Anderson  53'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 32,105 Referee: Alain Sars

13 March 2002 29	Lille	2–0	Lyon	Lille
20:00 CET	Cheyrou  2' Brunel  75'	Report		Stadium: Stade Grimonprez-Jooris Attendance: 19,839 Referee: Stéphane Bré

23 March 2002 30	Lyon	2–0	Lorient	Lyon
20:00 CET	Anderson  78' Luyindula  90'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 36,221 Referee: Pascal Viléo

7 April 2002 31	Auxerre	0–1	Lyon	Auxerre
20:00 CEST		Report	Govou  90+2'	Stadium: Stade Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 17,458 Referee: Gilles Veissière

13 April 2002 32	Lyon	0–0	Montpellier	Lyon
20:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 39,215 Referee: Bruno Coué

27 April 2002 33	Bordeaux	0–1	Lyon	Bordeaux
20:00 CEST		Report	Anderson  69'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 32,641 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

4 May 2002 34	Lyon	3–1	Lens	Lyon
20:00 CEST	Govou  8' Violeau  14' Laigle  52'	Report	Bąk  26'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 39,691 Referee: Bruno Coué

Source: [4]

Coupe de France

15 December 2001 Round of 64	Saint-Malo	0–6	Lyon	Saint-Malo
20:00 CET		Report	Violeau  11' Luyindula  13', 69' Anderson  16' Née  61', 88'	Stadium: Stade Marville Attendance: 5,259 Referee: Bruno Ruffray

19 January 2002 Round of 32	Lyon	0–2	Châteauroux	Lyon
20:00 CET		Report	Compan  4' Eggimann  26' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Bruno Derrien

Coupe de la Ligue

1 December 2001 Round of 32	Lyon	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Sochaux	Lyon
20:00 CET	Müller  69'	Report	Pedretti  51'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 22,270 Referee: Claude Colombo

8 January 2002 Round of 16	Bordeaux	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Lyon	Bordeaux
20:00 CET	Bréchet  45' (o.g.)	Report	Luyindula  80'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 12,145 Referee: Stéphane Bré

Champions League

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Barcelona	6	5	0	1	12	5	+7	15	Advance to second group stage
2	Bayer Leverkusen	6	4	0	2	10	9	+1	12
3	Lyon	6	3	0	3	10	9	+1	9	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Fenerbahçe	6	0	0	6	3	12	−9	0

Source: RSSSF

18 September 2001 1	Lyon	0–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Lyon, France
20:45 CEST		Report	Kirsten  75'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 37,500 Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)

25 September 2001 2	Fenerbahçe	0–1	Lyon	Istanbul, Turkey
20:45 CEST		Report	Delmotte  89'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 10,150 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

10 October 2001 3	Barcelona	2–0	Lyon	Barcelona, Spain
20:45 CEST	Kluivert  78' Rivaldo  87' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 60,757 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

17 October 2001 4	Lyon	3–1	Fenerbahçe	Lyon, France
20:45 CEST	Govou  45+1' Carrière  53' Delmotte  68'	Report	Derelioğlu  35'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 37,773 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

23 October 2001 5	Lyon	2–3	Barcelona	Lyon, France
20:45 CEST	Luyindula  66' Carrière  88'	Report	Kluivert  9' Rivaldo  18' G. López  90+4'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 37,800 Referee: Graham Poll (England)

31 October 2001 6	Bayer Leverkusen	2–4	Lyon	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CET	Sebescen  45+2' Berbatov  52'	Report	Carrière  32', 38' Née  64' Govou  81'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

UEFA Cup

Third round

22 November 2001 First leg	Club Brugge	4–1	Lyon	Brugge, Belgium
19:30 CET	Englebert  4' Van Der Heyden  54' Mendoza  75' De Brul  90'	Report	Luyindula  83'	Stadium: Jan Breydelstadion Attendance: 14,670 Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)

6 December 2001 Second leg	Lyon	3–0 (4a–4 agg.)	Club Brugge	Lyon, France
19:30 CET	Anderson  19', 23', 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 31,086 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Fourth round

21 February 2002 First leg	Lyon	1–1	Slovan Liberec	Lyon, France
19:15 CET	Govou  81'	Report	Štajner  14' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 26,069 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

28 February 2002 Second leg	Slovan Liberec	4–1 (5–2 agg.)	Lyon	Prague, Czech Republic
17:00 CET	Nezmar  1', 82' Štajner  75' Neumann  85'	Report	Müller  17'	Stadium: Letná Stadium Attendance: 9,506 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Notes and references

Notes

1. Luyindula was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Congo), but also qualified to represent France internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for France in 2004.

References

1. "Ligue 1 2001/2002 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
2. "Lyon 2001/2002". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
3. "Lyon - 2001/02". FootballSquads.co.uk. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
4. "Olympique Lyonnais 2001/2002 calendar". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 3 February 2021.