2001–02 Olympique Lyonnais season

Lyon
2001–02 season
Manager Jacques Santini
Division 1 1st
Coupe de France Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue Round of 16
Champions League Group stage
UEFA Cup Fourth round
Average home league attendance 34,838

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

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. Position Player
1 France GK Grégory Coupet
2 Belgium DF Éric Deflandre
3 Brazil DF Edmílson
4 France DF Florent Laville
6 France MF Philippe Violeau
8 France MF Pierre Laigle
9 Brazil FW Sonny Anderson
10 France MF Éric Carrière
11 France FW Tony Vairelles
12 Brazil MF Juninho Pernambucano
13 France DF Jérémie Brechet
14 France FW Sidney Govou
15 Belgium DF Christophe Delmotte
17 Cameroon MF Marc-Vivien Foé
No. Position Player
18 France FW Péguy Luyindula[notes 1]
19 France DF Jean-Marc Chanelet
20 Switzerland DF Patrick Müller
21 France FW Frédéric Née
22 France MF David Linarès
24 France DF Frederic Ribeiro
26 France GK Angelo Hugues
27 France MF Alexandre Hauw
28 Romania FW Dinu Popa
29 France MF Florent Balmont
30 France GK Nicolas Puydebois
31 Brazil DF Caçapa
33 France MF 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. Position Player
5 Poland MF Jacek Bąk (to Lens)
7 France FW Steve Marlet (to Fulham)
No. Position Player
10 France MF Vikash Dhorasoo (on loan to Bordeaux)

Results

Champions League

Group stage

UEFA Cup

Third round

Club Brugge 4–4 Lyon on aggregate. Lyon won on away goals.

Fourth round

Slovan Liberec won 5–2 on aggregate.

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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