2001–02 Olympique Lyonnais season

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

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

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

Champions League

Group stage
18 September 2001 Lyon 0–1 Bayer LeverkusenStade de Gerland, Lyon
20:45 Report Kirsten  75' Attendance: 37,500
Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)
25 September 2001 Fenerbahçe 0–1 LyonŞükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul
20:45 Report Delmotte  89' Attendance: 10,150
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
10 October 2001 Barcelona 2–0 LyonCamp Nou, Barcelona
20:45 Kluivert  78'
Rivaldo  87' (pen.)		 Report Attendance: 60,757
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
17 October 2001 Lyon 3–1 FenerbahçeStade 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 2–3 BarcelonaStade 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 2–4 LyonBayArena, 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 4–1 LyonJan 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 3–0 Club BruggeStade 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 1–1 Slovan LiberecStade de Gerland, Lyon
19:15 Govou  81' Report Štajner  14' (pen.) Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
28 February 2002 Slovan Liberec 4–1 LyonLetná 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.

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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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