2001–02 FC Nantes Atlantique season

The 2001–02 season was the 58th season in the history of FC Nantes Atlantique and the club's 40th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Nantes participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France.

FC Nantes Atlantique

2001–02 season
President	Jean-Luc Gripond
Head coach	Ángel Marcos
Stadium	Stade de la Beaujoire
French Division 1	10th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
Trophée des Champions	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Second group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Marama Vahirua (6) All: Viorel Moldovan Marama Vahirua (7 each)
Average home league attendance	32,512

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
French Division 1	27 July 2001	4 May 2002	Matchday 1	10th	34	12	7	15	35	41	−6	035.29
Coupe de France	14 December 2001		Round of 64	Round of 64	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Coupe de la Ligue	December 2001	January 2002	Round of 32	Round of 16	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	050.00
Trophée des Champions	19 July 2001		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
UEFA Champions League	11 September 2001	19 March 2002	First group stage	Second group stage	12	3	4	5	12	14	−2	025.00
Total					50	17	11	22	56	64	−8	034.00

Source: Competitions

French Division 1

Main article: 2001–02 French Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Sochaux	34	12	10	12	41	40	+1	46	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
9	Marseille	34	11	11	12	34	39	−5	44
10	Nantes	34	12	7	15	35	41	−6	43
11	Bastia	34	12	5	17	38	44	−6	41
12	Rennes	34	11	8	15	40	51	−11	41

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

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	12	7	15	35	41	−6	43	8	4	5	25	16	+9	4	3	10	10	25	−15

Source: French Division 1

Results by round

Round	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	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
Result	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	W
Position	15	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	14	14	12	11	12	13	13	14	12	10	10	9	11	10

Source: French Division 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Bordeaux v Nantes

27 July 2001 1	Bordeaux	2–0	Nantes	Bordeaux
20:45				Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 32,083

Nantes v Lens

4 August 2001 2	Nantes	1–2	Lens	Nantes
17:15				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 33,787

Troyes v Nantes

11 August 2001 3	Troyes	0–0	Nantes	Troyes
				Stadium: Stade de l'Aube

Nantes v Bastia

18 August 2001 4	Nantes	1–2	Bastia	Nantes
				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

Guingamp v Nantes

25 August 2001 5	Guingamp	1–0	Nantes	Guingamp
				Stadium: Stade de Roudourou

Nantes v Sedan

8 September 2001 6	Nantes	1–1	Sedan	Nantes
				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

Lyon v Nantes

15 September 2001 7	Lyon	4–1	Nantes	Lyon
				Stadium: Stade de Gerland

Marseille v Nantes

22 September 2001 8	Marseille	2–0	Nantes	Marseille
				Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Nantes v Metz

29 September 2001 9	Nantes	0–0	Metz	Nantes
				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

Lille v Nantes

13 October 2001 10	Lille	1–0	Nantes	Lille
				Stadium: Stade Grimonprez-Jooris

Nantes v Auxerre

20 October 2001 11	Nantes	2–2	Auxerre	Nantes
				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

Sochaux v Nantes

27 October 2001 12	Sochaux	0–1	Nantes	Montbéliard
				Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal

Nantes v Monaco

3 November 2001 13	Nantes	2–1	Monaco	Nantes
				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 34,869

Rennes v Nantes

17 November 2001 14	Rennes	2–0	Nantes	Rennes
				Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient

Nantes v Paris Saint-Germain

25 November 2001 15	Nantes	1–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Nantes
20:45				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 33,966

Lorient v Nantes

28 November 2001 16	Lorient	1–2	Nantes	Lorient
				Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 14,687

Nantes v Montpellier

8 December 2001 17	Nantes	1–2	Montpellier	Nantes
				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 30,435

Lens v Nantes

18 December 2001 18	Lens	3–0	Nantes	Lens
				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 37,452

Nantes v Troyes

22 December 2001 19	Nantes	1–0	Troyes	Nantes
				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 29,552

Bastia v Nantes

5 January 2002 20	Bastia	0–2	Nantes	Furiani
				Stadium: Stade Armand-Cesari Attendance: 5,508

Nantes v Guingamp

12 January 2002 21	Nantes	2–0	Guingamp	Nantes
				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 31,778

Sedan v Nantes

23 January 2002 22	Sedan	0–0	Nantes	Sedan
				Stadium: Stade Louis Dugauguez

Nantes v Lyon

29 January 2002 23	Nantes	3–0	Lyon	Nantes
				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 31,966

Nantes v Marseille

3 February 2002 24	Nantes	3–1	Marseille	Nantes
				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 35,453

Metz v Nantes

6 February 2002 25	Metz	2–0	Nantes	Metz
				Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien

Nantes v Lille

16 February 2002 26	Nantes	0–1	Lille	Nantes
				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 34,838

Auxerre v Nantes

23 February 2002 27	Auxerre	2–1	Nantes	Auxerre
				Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

Nantes v Sochaux

6 March 2002 28	Nantes	0–0	Sochaux	Nantes
				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 33,294

Monaco v Nantes

16 March 2002 29	Monaco	1–2	Nantes	Monaco
				Stadium: Stade Louis II

Nantes v Rennes

23 March 2002 30	Nantes	3–1	Rennes	Nantes
				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 35,343

Paris Saint-Germain v Nantes

6 April 2002 31	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	Nantes	Paris
				Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 43,817

Nantes v Lorient

13 April 2002 32	Nantes	2–0	Lorient	Nantes
				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 34,940

Montpellier v Nantes

27 April 2002 33	Montpellier	3–0	Nantes	Montpellier
				Stadium: Stade de la Mosson

Nantes v Bordeaux

4 May 2002 34	Nantes	2–1	Bordeaux	Nantes
				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 34,972

Coupe de France

Main article: 2001–02 Coupe de France

Bastia v Nantes

14 December 2001 Round of 64

Bastia

3–1

Nantes

Furiani

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2001–02 Coupe de la Ligue

Nantes v Sedan

1 December 2001 Round of 32

Nantes

3–2 (a.e.t.)

Sedan

Nantes

Nantes v Bastia

8 January 2002 Round of 16

Nantes

1–3

Bastia

Nantes

Trophée des Champions

Main article: 2001 Trophée des Champions

Strasbourg v Nantes

19 July 2001 Final	Strasbourg	1–4	Nantes	Strasbourg
	Ljuboja 17'	Report	Quint 7' Armand 38' Dalmat 88' Savinaud 90'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 7,685 Referee: Alain Sars

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Champions League

First group stage

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Champions League first group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NAN	GAL	PSV	LAZ
1	Nantes	6	3	2	1	8	3	+5	11	Advance to second group stage		—	0–1	4–1	1–0
2	Galatasaray	6	3	1	2	5	4	+1	10			0–0	—	2–0	1–0
3	PSV Eindhoven	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup		0–0	3–1	—	1–0
4	Lazio	6	2	0	4	4	7	−3	6			1–3	1–0	2–1	—

Source: RSSSF

Nantes v PSV Eindhoven

11 September 2001 1	Nantes	4–1	PSV Eindhoven	Nantes
20:45				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

Lazio v Nantes

19 September 2001 2	Lazio	1–3	Nantes	Rome
20:45				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

Nantes v Galatasaray

26 September 2001 3	Nantes	0–1	Galatasaray	Nantes
20:45				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

Galatasaray v Nantes

16 October 2001 4	Galatasaray	0–0	Nantes	Istanbul
21:45				Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium

PSV Eindhoven v Nantes

24 October 2001 5	PSV Eindhoven	0–0	Nantes	Eindhoven
20:45				Stadium: Philips Stadion

Nantes v Lazio

30 October 2001 6	Nantes	1–0	Lazio	Nantes
20:45				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

Second group stage

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Champions League second group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MUN	BAY	BOA	NAN
1	Manchester United	6	3	3	0	13	3	+10	12	Advance to knockout stage		—	0–0	3–0	5–1
2	Bayern Munich	6	3	3	0	5	2	+3	12			1–1	—	1–0	2–1
3	Boavista	6	1	2	3	2	8	−6	5			0–3	0–0	—	1–0
4	Nantes	6	0	2	4	4	11	−7	2			1–1	0–1	1–1	—

Source: RSSSF

Boavista v Nantes

20 November 2001 1	Boavista	1–0	Nantes	Porto
				Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 7,700

Nantes v Bayern Munich

5 December 2001 2	Nantes	0–1	Bayern Munich	Nantes
				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 28,167

Nantes v Manchester United

20 February 2002 3	Nantes	1–1	Manchester United	Nantes
				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 35,783

Manchester United v Nantes

26 February 2002 4	Manchester United	5–1	Nantes	Manchester
				Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 66,492

Nantes v Boavista

13 March 2002 5	Nantes	1–1	Boavista	Nantes
				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 26,929

Bayern Munich v Nantes

19 March 2002 6	Bayern Munich	2–1	Nantes	Munich
				Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 32,000

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	GK	FRA	Willy Grondin	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	FRA	Mickaël Landreau	33	0	33	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
	DF	FRA	Pascal Delhommeau	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ARG	Mauro Cetto	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	FRA	Yves Deroff	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	COL	Mario Yepes	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	COL	Nicolas Gillet	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
	MF	FRA	[[ ]]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	FRA	[[ ]]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	FRA	[[ ]]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
	FW	FRA	[[ ]]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	FRA	[[ ]]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	FRA	[[ ]]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Competitions