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2001–02 Olympique Lyonnais season

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Lyon
2001–02 season
ManagerJacques Santini
Division 11st
Coupe de FranceRound of 32
Coupe de la LigueRound of 16
Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA CupFourth round
Average home league attendance34,838

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

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.

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[1]

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 France FRA Grégory Coupet
2 DF Belgium BEL Éric Deflandre
3 DF Brazil BRA Edmílson
4 DF France FRA Florent Laville
6 MF France FRA Philippe Violeau
8 MF France FRA Pierre Laigle
9 FW Brazil BRA Sonny Anderson
10 MF France FRA Éric Carrière
11 FW France FRA Tony Vairelles
12 MF Brazil BRA Juninho Pernambucano
13 DF France FRA Jérémie Brechet
14 FW France FRA Sidney Govou
15 DF Belgium BEL Christophe Delmotte
17 MF Cameroon CMR Marc-Vivien Foé
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW France FRA Péguy Luyindula[notes 1]
19 DF France FRA Jean-Marc Chanelet
20 DF Switzerland SUI Patrick Müller
21 FW France FRA Frédéric Née
22 MF France FRA David Linarès
24 DF France FRA Frederic Ribeiro
26 GK France FRA Angelo Hugues
27 MF France FRA Alexandre Hauw
28 FW Romania ROU Dinu Popa
29 MF France FRA Florent Balmont
30 GK France FRA Nicolas Puydebois
31 DF Brazil BRA Caçapa
33 MF France 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 Poland POL Jacek Bąk (to Lens)
7 FW France FRA Steve Marlet (to Fulham)
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF France 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) Champions

Champions League

Group stage

18 September 2001 Lyon France 0–1 Germany Bayer Leverkusen Stade de Gerland, Lyon
20:45 Report Kirsten 75' Attendance: 37,500
Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)
25 September 2001 Fenerbahçe Turkey 0–1 France Lyon Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul
20:45 Report Delmotte 89' Attendance: 10,150
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
10 October 2001 Barcelona Spain 2–0 France Lyon Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45 Kluivert 78'
Rivaldo 87' (pen.)		 Report Attendance: 60,757
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
17 October 2001 Lyon France 3–1 Turkey Fenerbahçe Stade de Gerland, Lyon
20:45 Govou 45+1'
Carrière 53'
Delmotte 68'		 Report Derelioğlu 35' Attendance: 37,773
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
23 October 2001 Lyon France 2–3 Spain Barcelona Stade de Gerland, Lyon
20:45 Luyindula 66'
Carrière 88'		 Report Kluivert 9'
Rivaldo 18'
G. López 90+4'		 Attendance: 37,800
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
31 October 2001 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 2–4 France Lyon BayArena, Leverkusen
20:45 Sebescen 45+2'
Berbatov 52'		 Report Carrière 32', 38'
Née 64'
Govou 81'		 Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

UEFA Cup

Third round

22 November 2001 Club Brugge Belgium 4–1 France Lyon Jan Breydelstadion, Brugge
19:30 Englebert 4'
Van Der Heyden 54'
Mendoza 75'
De Brul 90'		 Report Luyindula 83' Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)
6 December 2001 Lyon France 3–0 Belgium Club Brugge Stade de Gerland, Lyon
19:30 Anderson 19', 23', 90+3' Report Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Club Brugge 4–4 Lyon on aggregate. Lyon won on away goals.

Fourth round

21 February 2002 Lyon France 1–1 Czech Republic Slovan Liberec Stade de Gerland, Lyon
19:15 Govou 81' Report Štajner 14' (pen.) Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
28 February 2002 Slovan Liberec Czech Republic 4–1 France Lyon Letná Stadium, Prague
17:00 Nezmar 1', 82'
Štajner 75'
Neumann 85'		 Report Müller 17' Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Slovan Liberec won 5–2 on aggregate.

References

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Lyon - 2001/02". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-06-26.

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.
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