2001–02 French Division 1

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Division 1
Season2001–02
Dates27 July 2001 –
4 May 2002
Champions Lyon (1st title)
Relegated Metz
Lorient
Matches played306
Goals scored736 (2.41 per match)
Best Player Pauleta
Top goalscorer Djibril Cissé (22 goals)
2002–03 (Ligue 1) →

Lyon won Division 1 season 2001/2002 of the French Association Football League with 66 points. The title was decided in the very final game of the season when Lyon defeated erstwhile championship leaders Lens at Stade Gerland. Lyon had to win the match to take the title, and won 3–1, ending Lens's title dream. It was Lyon's first league championship, and it began their record seven successive league titles.

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Participating teams

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Location of teams in 2001–02 Ligue 1

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Lyon (C)3420686232+3066Qualification to Champions League first group stage
2 Lens 34181065530+2564
3 Auxerre 34161174838+1059Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Paris Saint-Germain 34151364324+1958Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Lille 34151183932+756Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
6 Bordeaux 34148123431+350Qualification to UEFA Cup first round [lower-alpha 1]
7 Troyes 34138134035+547Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
8 Sochaux 341210124140+146
9 Marseille 341111123439−544
10 Nantes 34127153541−643
11 Bastia 34125173844−641
12 Rennes 34118154051−1141
13 Montpellier 34913122831−340
14 Sedan 34815113539−439
15 Monaco 34912133641−539
16 Guingamp 3498173457−2335
17 Metz (R)3496193147−1633Relegation to Ligue 2
18 Lorient (R)34710174364−2131 UEFA Cup first round and relegated to Ligue 2 [lower-alpha 2]
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Bordeaux was qualified for the 2002–03 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2001–02 Coupe de la Ligue.
  2. ↑ Lorient was qualified for the 2002–03 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2001–02 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in Ligue 1 season 2002/2003

Results

Home \ Away AUX BAS BOR GUI RCL LIL LOR OL OM MET ASM MHS NAN PSG REN SED SOC TRO
Auxerre 1–00–12–21–02–12–20–12–03–22–01–02–11–12–32–12–01–3
Bastia 0–11–23–03–11–03–11–21–01–21–03–00–20–11–21–13–02–0
Bordeaux 1–12–12–02–10–02–10–10–01–00–03–12–01–02–12–10–12–3
Guingamp 0–01–02–11–00–04–32–41–00–22–12–21–00–11–11–20–01–0
Lens 1–17–00–04–11–11–12–02–02–21–02–03–01–12–01–03–00–0
Lille 2–32–12–21–00–13–12–02–02–01–12–11–01–01–01–11–21–0
Lorient 0–10–00–26–22–32–40–32–21–02–01–01–21–12–01–11–11–0
Lyon 3–00–01–03–03–14–22–04–04–11–00–04–13–04–02–01–13–1
Marseille 3–02–20–02–11–20–03–20–01–01–11–02–01–02–12–14–20–1
Metz 2–00–11–22–40–10–11–12–00–21–00–02–00–23–12–32–02–1
Monaco 1–11–13–13–13–02–21–02–11–12–20–01–22–23–12–00–12–0
Montpellier 0–02–10–02–11–22–01–33–01–13–01–13–00–00–00–00–02–0
Nantes 2–21–22–12–01–20–12–03–03–10–02–11–21–23–11–10–01–0
Paris SG 0–01–01–01–12–20–05–02–20–02–01–20–01–13–03–01–03–1
Rennes 0–52–11–02–11–24–01–12–22–10–03–02–02–01–21–01–10–1
Sedan 3–30–21–01–11–11–15–02–11–12–00–02–00–01–20–02–10–0
Sochaux 1–24–12–01–00–20–02–22–13–02–03–00–10–10–24–33–02–2
Troyes 1–23–02–03–01–10–14–20–21–02–03–02–00–01–01–11–12–2
Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals [1]
1 Flag of France.svg Djibril Cissé Auxerre 22
Flag of Portugal.svg Pauleta Bordeaux
3 Flag of France.svg Jean-Claude Darcheville Lorient 19
4 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Goussé Troyes 15
5 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Shabani Nonda Monaco 14
Flag of France.svg Pierre-Alain Frau Sochaux
Flag of Brazil.svg Sonny Anderson Lyon
Flag of France.svg Tony Vairelles Bastia
9 Flag of France.svg Daniel Moreira Lens 11
Flag of France.svg Bruno Cheyrou Lille

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