2000–01 French Division 1

The 2000–01 Ligue 1 season (then called Division 1) was the 63rd since its establishment. FC Nantes won the French Association Football League for the eighth time with 68 points.

Division 1

Season	2000–01
Dates	28 July 2000 – 19 May 2001
Champions	Nantes (8th title)
Relegated	Toulouse St-Étienne Strasbourg
Matches played	306
Goals scored	764 (2.5 per match)
Best Player	Eric Carrière
Top goalscorer	Sonny Anderson (22 goals)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Participating teams

• Auxerre
• Bastia
• Bordeaux
• Guingamp
• Lens
• Lille
• Lyon
• Marseille
• Metz
• Monaco
• Nantes
• Paris Saint-Germain
• Rennes
• Saint-Étienne
• Sedan
• Strasbourg
• Toulouse
• Troyes

Auxerre

Bastia

Bordeaux

Guingamp

Lens      

Lille

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

AS Monaco

Nantes

PSG

Rennes

St-Étienne

Sedan

Strasbourg

Toulouse

Troyes

Location of teams in 2000–01 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nantes (C)	34	21	5	8	58	36	+22	68	Qualification to Champions League first group stage
2	Lyon	34	17	13	4	57	30	+27	64
3	Lille	34	16	11	7	43	27	+16	59	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Bordeaux	34	15	12	7	48	33	+15	57	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Sedan	34	14	10	10	47	40	+7	52
6	Rennes	34	15	5	14	46	37	+9	50	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
7	Troyes	34	11	13	10	45	47	−2	46	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
8	Bastia	34	13	6	15	45	41	+4	45
9	Paris Saint-Germain	34	12	8	14	44	45	−1	44
10	Guingamp	34	11	11	12	40	48	−8	44
11	Monaco	34	12	7	15	53	50	+3	43
12	Metz	34	11	9	14	35	44	−9	42
13	Auxerre	34	11	8	15	31	41	−10	41
14	Lens	34	9	13	12	37	39	−2	40
15	Marseille	34	11	7	16	31	40	−9	40
16	Toulouse (R)	34	9	10	15	34	49	−15	37	Administratively relegated to Championnat National[a]
17	Saint-Étienne (R)	34	8	10	16	42	56	−14	34	Relegation to French Division 2
18	Strasbourg (R)	34	7	8	19	28	61	−33	29	UEFA Cup first round and relegation to French Division 2[b]

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Toulouse was administratively relegated to Championnat National by the DNCG due to financial difficulties.
2. Strasbourg was qualified for the 2001–02 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2000–01 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in the 2001–02 Division 1

• Sochaux: champions of Ligue 2
• Lorient: runners-up
• Montpellier: third place

Results

Home \ Away	AUX	BAS	BOR	GUI	RCL	LIL	OL	OM	MET	ASM	NAN	PSG	REN	STE	SED	STR	TFC	TRO
Auxerre		1–0	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–3	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	4–3	0–1	1–2	2–0	2–2
Bastia	3–1		2–0	2–0	1–3	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	3–1	5–1	2–2
Bordeaux	1–0	0–0		0–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–2
Guingamp	1–0	1–0	1–1		0–1	0–1	2–3	1–0	1–3	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–6	2–2	0–3	2–1	2–1	1–1
Lens	1–0	4–0	2–2	3–2		0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	4–3	1–4	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1
Lille	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–1		1–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	4–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–2
Lyon	2–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	3–0	0–1		1–1	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	2–2	5–0	4–1	1–0
Marseille	0–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–1		4–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–1
Metz	1–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0		1–3	1–2	1–0	0–2[a]	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2
Monaco	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–2	0–2	6–1		2–5	2–0	1–2	5–3	1–0	1–0	3–0	4–3
Nantes	1–1	1–0	0–5	2–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	3–2	2–0	3–1		1–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–0	3–2	4–0
Paris SG	3–0	3–1	1–2	1–3	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1		0–1	5–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	0–0
Rennes	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	3–4	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–1		3–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	0–2
Saint-Étienne	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–2		0–2	3–3	0–0[b]	4–1
Sedan	1–0	3–3	0–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	5–1	2–1	2–1		1–0	2–3	2–1
Strasbourg	1–0[c]	1–4	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–4	0–3	1–1	0–1	1–3	0–5	1–2	1–1	3–2	3–2		1–0	3–3
Toulouse	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–0		2–1
Troyes	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	0–1	5–3	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1

Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Following the false passports affair, victory was awarded for Rennes 2–0 (2–2 on the pitch). Final result since 28 June 2001 (confirmed by the FFF and not contested by FC Metz before administrative justice).
2. Following the false passports affair, the result of the ASSE-TFC match (1–0 on the field) was given the winner for Toulouse on the green carpet with a score of 0–0 by the Council of State on 25 June 2001. However, the LFP website does not seem up to date on this point.
3. Match played in Caen.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[1]
1	Sonny Anderson	Lyon	22
2	Pauleta	Bordeaux	20
3	Frédéric Née	Bastia	16
4	Victor Bonilla	Toulouse	15
5	Gérald Baticle	Metz	14
	Laurent Robert	Paris Saint-Germain
7	Alex Dias	Saint-Étienne	13
8	Bruno Rodriguez	Guingamp	12
	Steve Marlet	Lyon
	Shabani Nonda	Monaco
	Olivier Monterrubio	Nantes
	Slađan Đukić	Troyes

Attendances

#	Football club	Home games	Average attendance[2]
1	Olympique de Marseille	17	50,755
2	Paris Saint-Germain	17	42,717
3	RC Lens	17	39,520
4	Olympique Lyonnais	17	34,565
5	FC Nantes	17	31,913
6	Girondins de Bordeaux	17	29,372
7	AS Saint-Étienne	17	26,487
8	Toulouse FC	17	19,926
9	Stade Rennais	17	19,454
10	FC Metz	17	18,389
11	Lille OSC	17	16,793
12	ESTAC	17	15,040
13	CS Sedan	17	14,267
14	RC Strasbourg	17	13,842
15	EA Guingamp	17	13,056
16	AJ Auxerroise	17	10,513
17	AS Monaco	17	8,897
18	SC Bastia	17	7,358