# 2001–02 FC Lorient season

The 2001–02 season was the 75th season in the existence of FC Lorient and the club's first season back in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lorient participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue. The season covered the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| 27 | DF | Pape Malick Diop | Neuchâtel Xamax | |
| 19 | DF | Jacques Abardonado | Marseille | Free |
| | GK | Guillaume Gauclin | Guingamp | Loan |
| 16 | GK | Sébastien Hamel | Lens | Free |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| 11 | MF | Ulrich Le Pen | Ipswich Town | | | |
| 23 | FW | Koffi Fiawoo | US Créteil | | | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 % |
| French Division 1 | 28 July 2001 | 4 May 2002 | Matchday 1 | 18th | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 43 | 64 | −21 | 020.59 |
| Coupe de France | 15 December 2001 | 11 May 2002 | Round of 64 | Winners | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 083.33 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 1 December 2001 | 20 April 2002 | Round of 32 | Runners-up | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | +0 | 060.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 61 | 76 | −15 | 033.33 |
Source: Soccerway

### French Division 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
* ↑ Lorient was qualified for the 2002–03 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2001–02 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 | H | A | H | A | H | 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 |
| Result | W | L | L | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | D | L | D | D |
| Position | 5 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

#### Matches
### Coupe de la Ligue
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Division 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Jean-Claude Darcheville | 19 | 2 | 3 | 24 |
| 2 | 14 | MF | | Pascal Feindouno | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 15 | MF | | Tchiressoua Guel | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 22 | FW | | Élie Kroupi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 25 | MF | | Cédric Chabert | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 13 | MF | | Nicolas Esceth-N'Zi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | DF | | Loïc Druon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 8 | MF | | Seydou Keïta | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 27 | DF | | Pape Malick Diop | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 10 | FW | | Pascal Bedrossian | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 20 | DF | | Hernán Medina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 31 | MF | | Moussa Saïb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 3 | DF | | Arnaud Le Lan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 26 | DF | | Richard Martini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 29 | DF | | Yohan Bouzin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 21 | MF | | David Bouard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | FW | | Jean-Marie Eveno | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 43 | 10 | 8 | 61 |