2001–02 French Division 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.

Division 1
Season2001–02
Dates27 July 2001 –
4 May 2002
ChampionsLyon (1st title)
RelegatedMetz
Lorient
Matches played306
Goals scored736 (2.41 per match)
Best PlayerPauleta
Top goalscorerDjibril Cissé (22 goals)
2002–03 (Ligue 1)

Participating teams

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League table

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Lyon (C)3420686232+3066Qualification to Champions League first group stage
2Lens34181065530+2564
3Auxerre34161174838+1059Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4Paris Saint-Germain34151364324+1958Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5Lille34151183932+756Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
6Bordeaux34148123431+350Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
7Troyes34138134035+547Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
8Sochaux341210124140+146
9Marseille341111123439−544
10Nantes34127153541−643
11Bastia34125173844−641
12Rennes34118154051−1141
13Montpellier34913122831−340
14Sedan34815113539−439
15Monaco34912133641−539
16Guingamp3498173457−2335
17Metz (R)3496193147−1633Relegation to Ligue 2
18Lorient (R)34710174364−2131UEFA Cup first round and relegated to Ligue 2[b]
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (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

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Home \ AwayAUXBASBORGUIRCLLILLOROLOMMETASMMHSNANPSGRENSEDSOCTRO
Auxerre1–00–12–21–02–12–20–12–03–22–01–02–11–12–32–12–01–3
Bastia0–11–23–03–11–03–11–21–01–21–03–00–20–11–21–13–02–0
Bordeaux1–12–12–02–10–02–10–10–01–00–03–12–01–02–12–10–12–3
Guingamp0–01–02–11–00–04–32–41–00–22–12–21–00–11–11–20–01–0
Lens1–17–00–04–11–11–12–02–02–21–02–03–01–12–01–03–00–0
Lille2–32–12–21–00–13–12–02–02–01–12–11–01–01–01–11–21–0
Lorient0–10–00–26–22–32–40–32–21–02–01–01–21–12–01–11–11–0
Lyon3–00–01–03–03–14–22–04–04–11–00–04–13–04–02–01–13–1
Marseille3–02–20–02–11–20–03–20–01–01–11–02–01–02–12–14–20–1
Metz2–00–11–22–40–10–11–12–00–21–00–02–00–23–12–32–02–1
Monaco1–11–13–13–13–02–21–02–11–12–20–01–22–23–12–00–12–0
Montpellier0–02–10–02–11–22–01–33–01–13–01–13–00–00–00–00–02–0
Nantes2–21–22–12–01–20–12–03–03–10–02–11–21–23–11–10–01–0
Paris SG0–01–01–01–12–20–05–02–20–02–01–20–01–13–03–01–03–1
Rennes0–52–11–02–11–24–01–12–22–10–03–02–02–01–21–01–10–1
Sedan3–30–21–01–11–11–15–02–11–12–00–02–00–01–20–02–10–0
Sochaux1–24–12–01–00–20–02–22–13–02–03–00–10–10–24–33–02–2
Troyes1–23–02–03–01–10–14–20–21–02–03–02–00–01–01–11–12–2
Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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RankPlayerClubGoals[1]
1 Djibril CisséAuxerre22
PauletaBordeaux
3 Jean-Claude DarchevilleLorient19
4 Nicolas GousséTroyes15
5 Shabani NondaMonaco14
Pierre-Alain FrauSochaux
Sonny AndersonLyon
Tony VairellesBastia
9 Daniel MoreiraLens11
Bruno CheyrouLille

References

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