# 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.

## Participating teams

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

## 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 | 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 |
| 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 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 9 | Paris Saint-Germain | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 44 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 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 |
| 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.
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | |
* ↑ 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).
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ Match played in Caen.

## Top goalscorers

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

## Attendances

| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance |
| 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 |