2001–02 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season

During the 2001–02 French football season, Paris Saint-Germain competed in French Division 1.

Paris Saint-Germain

2001–02 season
President	Francis Graille
Manager	Luis Fernández
Division 1	4th
Coupe de France	Quarter-finals
Coupe de la Ligue	Semi-finals
Intertoto Cup	Winners
UEFA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Ronaldinho (8) Fabrice Fiorèse (8) All: Ronaldinho (13)
Average home league attendance	41,040

Season summary

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 Lionel Letizi 2 DF  ARG Gabriel Heinze 3 DF  FRA Lionel Potillon 4 MF  ESP Mikel Arteta 5 DF  ARG Mauricio Pochettino 6 MF  FRA Frédéric Déhu 7 FW  BRA Aloísio 8 MF  POR Hugo Leal 9 FW  FRA Nicolas Anelka 10 MF  NGA Jay-Jay Okocha 11 FW  BRA Alex Dias 12 DF  MAR Talal El Karkouri 14 MF  FRA Fabrice Fiorèse

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 GK  LUX Stéphane Gillet 17 DF  FRA Francis Llacer 18 DF  FRA Didier Domi 20 MF  FRA Édouard Cissé 21 MF  BRA Ronaldinho 22 DF  ESP Cristóbal 23 DF  FRA Pierre Ducrocq 24 DF  FRA Bernard Mendy 26 FW  NGA Bartholomew Ogbeche 28 MF  FRA Jérôme Leroy 30 GK  FRA Jérôme Alonzo 36 MF  POR Agostinho (on loan from Málaga)

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 11 MF  FRA Laurent Robert (to Newcastle United) 14 MF  ALG Ali Benarbia (to Manchester City) 15 DF  FRA Sylvain Distin (on loan to Newcastle United) 17 MF  FRA Selim Benachour[2] (on loan to Martigues)

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 MF  FRA Éric Rabésandratana[3] (to AEK Athens) 26 MF  SEN Aliou Cissé (on loan to Montpelier) 27 FW  FRA Gaël Hiroux (on loan to Martigues)

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
2	Lens	34	18	10	6	55	30	+25	64	Qualification to Champions League first group stage
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
6	Bordeaux	34	14	8	12	34	31	+3	50	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]

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

1. Bordeaux was qualified for the 2002–03 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2001–02 Coupe de la Ligue.

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	15	13	6	43	24	+19	58	8	8	1	26	9	+17	7	5	5	17	15	+2

Source: LFP.fr

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	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L
Position	11	13	8	7	4	6	5	6	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	5	5	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4

Source: LFP.fr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Coupe de France

Main article: 2001–02 Coupe de France

Luçon v Paris Saint-Germain

15 December 2001 Round of 64	Luçon	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Niort
20:00		Report	Agostinho  27' Arteta  49'	Stadium: Stade René-Gaillard Attendance: 4,284 Referee: Yves Brizou

Yzeure v Paris Saint-Germain

19 January 2002 Round of 32	Yzeure	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Clermont-Ferrand
20:00	Jorrand  86'	Report	Heinze  21' Aloísio  62' Arteta  71'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Pascal Viléo

Paris Saint-Germain v Marseille

10 February 2002 Round of 16	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	Marseille	Paris
20:45	El Karkouri  10' Alonzo  45' Déhu  57' Heinze  72' Leal  83' Heinze  87'	Report	Alfonso  11' Luiz  14' Sakho  34' Van Buyten  68' Delfim  71' Dos Santos  98'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 33,790 Referee: Alain Sars
	Penalties
	Déhu Leal Aloísio Alex Ronaldinho Heinze Leroy Fiorèse El Karkouri		Delfim Dalmat Luiz Tuzzio Alfonso Bakayoko Jurietti Dos Santos Van Buyten

Paris Saint-Germain v Lorient

9 March 2002 Quarter-final	Paris Saint-Germain	0–1	Lorient	Paris
17:00	Aloísio  55'	Report	Chabert  32'  89' Bedrossian  64' Dudoit  80' Le Garrec  89'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 19,794 Referee: Éric Poulat

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2001–02 Coupe de la Ligue

Troyes v Paris Saint-Germain

2 December 2001 Round of 32	Troyes	0–4	Paris Saint-Germain	Troyes
15:15	Celestini  15' Sekli  58'	Report	Déhu  11'  90' Ogbeche  17' Mendy  26'  59' Okocha  58' (pen.) Domi  71'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 15,779 Referee: Bruno Coué

Paris Saint-Germain v Guingamp

8 January 2002 Round of 16	Paris Saint-Germain	3–1	Guingamp	Paris
20:00	Arteta  5' (pen.) Pochettino  17' Ronaldinho  72', 90' Aloísio  72'	Report	Joseph-Augustin  5' Tasfaout  42' (pen.) Saci  84'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 21,842 Referee: Claude Colombo

Paris Saint-Germain v Nancy

27 January 2002 Quarter-final	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Nancy	Paris
20:45	Domi  30'  90' Cissé  107'	Report	Florentin  12'  73' Chabaud  99'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 25,442 Referee: Philippe Kalt
	Penalties
	Domi Ogbeche Arteta Leroy Ronaldinho Pochettino		Chabaud Lécluse Camara Nicaise Zoko Moracchini

Paris Saint-Germain v Bordeaux

2 March 2002 Semi-final	Paris Saint-Germain	0–1	Bordeaux	Paris
20:45	Fiorèse  36' Potillon  46' Déhu  80' Cristóbal  83' Arteta  83' Mendy  83' Leroy  87'	Report	Jemmali  19' Afanou  27' Pauleta  80' (pen.)	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 37,664 Referee: Gilles Veissière

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Second round

Paris Saint-Germain v Jazz

1 July 2001 First leg	Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	Jazz	Toulouse, France
18:00	Robert  44', 57', 67'	Report		Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 3,789 Referee: Ivan Novak (Croatia)

Jazz v Paris Saint-Germain

7 July 2001 Second leg	Jazz	1–4 (1–7 agg.)	Paris Saint-Germain	Pori, Finland
18:00	Juntunen  52'	Report	Okocha  20', 60' (pen.) Robert  32' Hiroux  73'	Stadium: Porin Stadion Attendance: 3,803 Referee: Spiridon Papadakos (Greece)

Third round

Tavriya Simferopol v Paris Saint-Germain

15 July 2001 First leg	Tavriya Simferopol	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Simferopol, Ukraine
19:00		Report	Heinze  56'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands)

Paris Saint-Germain v Tavriya Simferopol

21 July 2001 Second leg	Paris Saint-Germain	4–0 (5–0 agg.)	Tavriya Simferopol	Toulouse, France
18:00	Okocha  4' Aloísio  10', 70' Benarbia  62'	Report		Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 2,037 Referee: Víctor José Esquinas Torres (Spain)

Semi-final

Gent v Paris Saint-Germain

25 July 2001 First leg	Gent	0–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Ghent, Belgium
18:00		Report		Stadium: Jules Ottenstadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

Paris Saint-Germain v Gent

1 August 2001 Second leg	Paris Saint-Germain	7–1 (7–1 agg.)	Gent	Paris, France
20:00	Arteta  11' Mendy  35' Anelka  45', 63' Okocha  56' (pen.), 60' Hiroux  89'	Report	Kraouche  72'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 29,149 Referee: Steve Bennett (England)

Final

Paris Saint-Germain v Brescia

7 August 2001 First leg	Paris Saint-Germain	0–0	Brescia	Paris, France
20:30		Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Mike McCurry (Scotland)

Brescia v Paris Saint-Germain

21 August 2001 Second leg	Brescia	1–1 (1–1a agg.)	Paris Saint-Germain	Brescia, Italy
20:15	Baggio  79' (pen.)	Report	Aloísio  74'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Juan Antonio Fernández (Spain)

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Cup

First round

Paris Saint-Germain v Rapid București

18 September 2001 First leg	Paris Saint-Germain	0–0	Rapid București	Paris, France
		Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 19,200 Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)

Rapid București v Paris Saint-Germain

25 September 2001 Second leg	Rapid București	0–1 (a.e.t.) (0–3 agg.)	Paris Saint-Germain	Bucharest, Romania
		Report	Aloísio  93'	Stadium: Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)
Note: Paris Saint-Germain were awarded a 3–0 victory for the second leg as Rapid București walked out, therefore winning 3–0 on aggregate

Second round

Paris Saint-Germain v Rapid Wien

18 October 2001 First leg	Paris Saint-Germain	4–0	Rapid Wien	Paris, France
21:00	Ronaldinho  16', 58' Mendy  28' Anelka  54'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 27,155 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi (Italy)

Rapid Wien v Paris Saint-Germain

1 November 2001 Second leg	Rapid Wien	2–2 (2–6 agg.)	Paris Saint-Germain	Vienna, Austria
18:00	Wagner  10', 16'	Report	Potillon  52' Hugo Leal  91'	Stadium: Gerhard-Hanappi-Stadion Attendance: 10,400 Referee: Roy Helge Olsen (Norway)

Third round

Rangers v Paris Saint-Germain

22 November 2001 First leg	Rangers	0–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Glasgow, Scotland
21:00		Report		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,223 Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

Paris Saint-Germain v Rangers

6 December 2001 Second leg	Paris Saint-Germain	0–0 (a.e.t.) (0–0 agg.) (3–4 p)	Rangers	Paris, France
21:00		Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)
	Penalties
	Okocha Ronaldinho Arteta Heinze Mendy Pochettino		Amoruso Latapy Konterman Caniggia Numan Ferguson

Notes

References

1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/france/2001-2002/div1/psg.htm
2. Benachour was born in Paris, France, but also qualified to represent Tunisia internationally and would make his international debut for Tunisia in 2002.
3. Rabésandratana was born in Épinay-sur-Seine, France, but also qualified to represent Madagascar internationally and would make his international debut for Madagascar in 2007.