# 2000–01 RC Strasbourg season

The 2000–01 season was the 95th season in the existence of RC Strasbourg and the club's ninth consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Strasbourg competed in this season's edition of the Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue. The season covered the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001.

## Season summary

Despite winning the Coupe de France, Strasbourg were relegated in bottom place.

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of 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 |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Thierry Debès |
| 2 | DF | CMR | Pierre Njanka |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Jean-Christophe Devaux |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Teddy Bertin |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Pascal Johansen |
| 7 | FW | MLI | Mamadou Bagayoko |
| 8 | FW | FRA | Péguy Luyindula |
| 9 | FW | YUG | Danijel Ljuboja |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Corentin Martins |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Jacques Rémy |
| 12 | MF | ARG | Diego Garay |
| 13 | DF | FRA | Valérien Ismaël |
| 15 | FW | CMR | Joseph N'Do |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Christophe Eggimann |
| 17 | MF | MAR | Gharib Amzine |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | POR | Nuno Mendes |
| 19 | FW | AUT | Mario Haas |
| 20 | MF | MLI | Vincent Doukantié |
| 21 | MF | ALG | Rafik Mezriche |
| 22 | MF | SUI | Fabrice Ehret |
| 23 | DF | SEN | Habib Beye |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Yannick Fischer |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Stéphane Roda |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Pascal Camadini |
| 27 | FW | POL | Grégory Spiewak |
| 28 | DF | MLI | Cédric Kanté |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Yacine Abdessadki |
| 32 | GK | PAR | José Luis Chilavert |
| 33 | FW | DEN | Denni Conteh |

### 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 |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Brahim Hemdani (to Marseille) |
| 13 | FW | ARG | Gonzalo Belloso (on loan to Cruz Azul) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | SEN | Pape Malick Diop (to Neuchâtel Xamax) |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Division 1 | 28 July 2000 | 19 May 2001 | Matchday 1 | 18th | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 61 | −33 | 020.59 |
| Coupe de France | 21 January 2001 | 26 May 2001 | Round of 64 | Winners | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 083.33 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 7 January 2001 | 7 January 2001 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 12 | 10 | 19 | 42 | 65 | −23 | 029.27 |
Source: Competitions

### Division 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 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 |
* ↑ Toulouse was administratively relegated to Championnat National by the DNCG due to financial difficulties.
* ↑ Strasbourg was qualified for the 2001–02 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2000–01 Coupe de France.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: French Division 1

#### Results by round

| Round | 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 | 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 | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

#### Matches
### Coupe de la Ligue
## Sources

* RSSSF - France 2000/01
* The season on racingstub.com