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

Season	2001–02
Dates	27 July 2001 – 4 May 2002
Champions	Lyon (1st title)
Relegated	Metz Lorient
Matches played	306
Goals scored	736 (2.41 per match)
Best Player	Pauleta
Top goalscorer	Djibril Cissé (22 goals)
← 2000–01 2002–03 (Ligue 1) →

Participating teams

• Auxerre
• Bastia
• Bordeaux
• Guingamp
• Lens
• Lille
• Lorient
• Lyon
• Marseille
• Metz
• Monaco
• Montpellier
• Nantes
• Paris Saint-Germain
• Rennes
• Sedan
• Sochaux
• Troyes

Auxerre

Bastia

Bordeaux

Guingamp

Lens      

Lille

Lorient

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

Monaco

Montpellier

Nantes

PSG

Rennes

Sedan

Sochaux

Troyes

Location of teams in 2001–02 Ligue 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
6	Bordeaux	34	14	8	12	34	31	+3	50	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
7	Troyes	34	13	8	13	40	35	+5	47	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
8	Sochaux	34	12	10	12	41	40	+1	46
9	Marseille	34	11	11	12	34	39	−5	44
10	Nantes	34	12	7	15	35	41	−6	43
11	Bastia	34	12	5	17	38	44	−6	41
12	Rennes	34	11	8	15	40	51	−11	41
13	Montpellier	34	9	13	12	28	31	−3	40
14	Sedan	34	8	15	11	35	39	−4	39
15	Monaco	34	9	12	13	36	41	−5	39
16	Guingamp	34	9	8	17	34	57	−23	35
17	Metz (R)	34	9	6	19	31	47	−16	33	Relegation to Ligue 2
18	Lorient (R)	34	7	10	17	43	64	−21	31	UEFA 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

• AC Ajaccio : champion of Ligue 2
• RC Strasbourg : runners-up
• OGC Nice : third place
• Le Havre AC : fourth place

Results

Home \ Away	AUX	BAS	BOR	GUI	RCL	LIL	LOR	OL	OM	MET	ASM	MHS	NAN	PSG	REN	SED	SOC	TRO
Auxerre		1–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–0	3–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–3	2–1	2–0	1–3
Bastia	0–1		1–2	3–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	3–0	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–0
Bordeaux	1–1	2–1		2–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–3
Guingamp	0–0	1–0	2–1		1–0	0–0	4–3	2–4	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–0
Lens	1–1	7–0	0–0	4–1		1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–0
Lille	2–3	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–1		3–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0
Lorient	0–1	0–0	0–2	6–2	2–3	2–4		0–3	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0
Lyon	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	4–2	2–0		4–0	4–1	1–0	0–0	4–1	3–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–1
Marseille	3–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–2	0–0		1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	4–2	0–1
Metz	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–4	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–2		1–0	0–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–3	2–0	2–1
Monaco	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–2		0–0	1–2	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–1	2–0
Montpellier	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–3	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–1		3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0
Nantes	2–2	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	2–0	3–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–2		1–2	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–0
Paris SG	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	5–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–1		3–0	3–0	1–0	3–1
Rennes	0–5	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–2		1–0	1–1	0–1
Sedan	3–3	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–0		2–1	0–0
Sochaux	1–2	4–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	2–0	3–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	4–3	3–0		2–2
Troyes	1–2	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	4–2	0–2	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–2

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[1]
1	Djibril Cissé	Auxerre	22
	Pauleta	Bordeaux
3	Jean-Claude Darcheville	Lorient	19
4	Nicolas Goussé	Troyes	15
5	Shabani Nonda	Monaco	14
	Pierre-Alain Frau	Sochaux
	Sonny Anderson	Lyon
	Tony Vairelles	Bastia
9	Daniel Moreira	Lens	11
	Bruno Cheyrou	Lille