# 2000–01 FC Nantes Atlantique season

The 2000–01 season was the 58th season in the existence of Nantes Atlantique and the club's 39th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. They participated in the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue.
Nantes Atlantique was crowned champions of Division 1 for the eighth time in its history.

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 29 July 2000 | 19 May 2001 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 58 | 36 | +22 | 061.76 |
| Coupe de France | 20 January 2001 | 20 April 2001 | Round of 64 | Semi-finals | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 080.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 5 January 2001 | 10 April 2001 | Round of 32 | Semi-finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Trophée des Champions | 22 July 2000 | 22 July 2000 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 14 September 2000 | 22 February 2001 | First round | Fourth round | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 087.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 34 | 7 | 11 | 103 | 56 | +47 | 065.38 |
Source: Soccerway

### Division 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification to Champions League first group stage |
| 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 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Ligue 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Fourth round
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Division 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Trophée des Champions | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Viorel Moldovan | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 22 |
| 2 | 18 | MF | | Olivier Monterrubio | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | 19 | FW | | Marama Vahirua | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| 4 | 9 | MF | | Stéphane Ziani | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 58 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 103 |