2001–02 Olympique Lyonnais season

The 2001–02 season was the 103rd season in the existence of Olympique Lyonnais and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. They participated in the French Division 1, the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup.

Lyon

2001–02 season
Owner	OL Groupe
President	Jean-Michel Aulas
Head coach	Jacques Santini
Stadium	Stade de Gerland
Division 1	1st
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
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
Home colours Away colours Third 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. The club would go on to establish a period of dominance over Ligue 1 by winning a further six consecutive league titles.

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

First-team squad

Squad at end of 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
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 (captain)
10	MF	FRA	Eric Carrière
11	FW	FRA	Tony Vairelles
12	MF	BRA	Juninho Pernambucano
13	DF	FRA	Jérémie Brechet

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	FW	FRA	Sidney Govou
15	DF	BEL	Christophe Delmotte
17	MF	CMR	Marc-Vivien Foé
18	FW	FRA	Péguy Luyindula
19	DF	FRA	Jean-Marc Chanelet
20	DF	SUI	Patrick Müller
21	FW	FRA	Frédéric Née
22	MF	FRA	David Linarès
29	MF	FRA	Florent Balmont
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)
23	MF	FRA	Vikash Dhorasoo (on loan to Bordeaux)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Division 1	28 July 2001	4 May 2002	Matchday 1	Winners	34	20	6	8	62	32	+30	058.82
Coupe de France	15 December 2001	19 January 2002	Round of 64	Round of 32	2	1	0	1	6	2	+4	050.00
Coupe de la Ligue	1 December 2001	8 January 2002	Round of 32	Round of 16	2	0	2	0	2	2	+0	000.00
UEFA Champions League	18 September 2001	31 October 2001	Group stage	Group stage	6	3	0	3	10	9	+1	050.00
UEFA Cup	22 November 2001	28 February 2002	Third round	Fourth round	4	1	1	2	6	9	−3	025.00
Total					48	25	9	14	86	54	+32	052.08

Source: Competitions

Division 1

Main article: 2001–02 French 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

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

Lens v Lyon

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

Lyon v Sedan

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

Bastia v Lyon

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

Lyon v Guingamp

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

Troyes v Lyon

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

Marseille v Lyon

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

Lyon v Nantes

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

Metz v Lyon

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

Lyon v Rennes

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

Paris Saint-Germain v Lyon

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

Lyon v Sochaux

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

Monaco v Lyon

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

Lyon v Lille

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

Lorient v Lyon

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

Lyon v Auxerre

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

Montpellier v Lyon

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

Lyon v Bordeaux

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

Sedan v Lyon

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

Guingamp v Lyon

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

Lyon v Bastia

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

Lyon v Marseille

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

Nantes v Lyon

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

Lyon v Metz

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

Rennes v Lyon

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

Lyon v Troyes

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

Lyon v Paris Saint-Germain

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

Sochaux v Lyon

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

Lyon v Monaco

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

Lille v Lyon

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

Lyon v Lorient

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

Auxerre v Lyon

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

Lyon v Montpellier

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

Bordeaux v Lyon

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

Lyon v Lens

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:

Coupe de France

Main article: 2001–02 Coupe de France

Saint-Malo v Lyon

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

Lyon v Châteauroux

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

Main article: 2001–02 Coupe de la Ligue

Lyon v Sochaux

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

Bordeaux v Lyon

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

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

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

Lyon v Bayer Leverkusen

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)

Fenerbahçe v Lyon

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)

Barcelona v Lyon

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)

Lyon v Fenerbahçe

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)

Lyon v Barcelona

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)

Bayer Leverkusen v Lyon

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

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Cup

Third round

Club Brugge v Lyon

22 November 2001 First leg	Club Brugge	4–1	Lyon	Bruges, 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)

Lyon v Club Brugge

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

Lyon v Slovan Liberec

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)

Slovan Liberec v Lyon

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