# 2001–02 SC Bastia season

In 2001–02 season, the French football club SC Bastia finished at the 11th place in league. The top scorer of the season, including 19 goals in 14 league matches have been Tony Vairelles. Bastia were eliminated to Coupe de France final, and in the Coupe de la Ligue it was able to make the quarter-final, and the UEFA Intertoto Cup second round.

## Transfers
### In
#### Summer

* Patrick Beneforti from Bastia B
* Pierre Deblock and Cyril Jeunechamp from Auxerre
* Nicolas Dieuze, Reynald Pedros, Fabrice Jau and Cédric Uras from Toulouse
* Anthar Yahia from Inter
* Bernard Lambourde from Portsmouth
* Price Jolibois from Red Star 93
* Tony Vairelles from Lyon
* Damián Manso from Newell's Old Boys

#### Winter

* Daniel Popovic from free
* Ishmael Addo from Hearts of Oak
* Greg Vanney from Los Angeles Galaxy

### Out
#### Summer

* Eric Durand to Rennes
* Patrick Moreau to Metz
* Laurent Casanova to retired
* Pierre-Yves André to Nantes
* José Clayton to Stade Tunisien
* Patrick Valery to Aris Thessaloniki
* Piotr Świerczewski to Marseille
* Yann Lachuer to Auxerre
* David Faderne to Caen
* Cyril Domoraud to AS Monaco
* Frédéric Née to Lyon
* Pierre Laurent to Strasbourg

#### Winter

* No.

## Squad

    As of 26 June 2012
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 | Nicolas Penneteau |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Bernard Lambourde |
| 3 | DF | GUI | Morlaye Soumah |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Demetrius Ferreira |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Christophe Deguerville |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Lilian Nalis |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Cyril Jeunechamp (captain) |
| 8 | FW | DEN | Dan Petersen |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Tony Vairelles (on loan from Lyon) |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Fabrice Jau |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Nicolas Dieuze |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Cédric Uras |
| 13 | MF | FRA | Reynald Pedros |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Frédéric Mendy |
| 15 | MF | ARG | Damián Manso (on loan from Newell's Old Boys) |
| 16 | GK | TUN | Ali Boumnijel |
| 17 | MF | COD | Franck Matingou |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | LBR | Prince Daye |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Stéphane Odet |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Pierre Deblock |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Antar Yahia (on loan from Inter Milan) |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Cyril Eboki Poh |
| 25 | MF | GHA | Michael Essien |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Sébastien Piocelle |
| 27 | FW | GUI | Ousmane Soumah |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Patrick Beneforti |
| 29 | FW | CRO | Danijel Popović (on loan from Vukovar '91) |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Jacques Leglib |
| 31 | GK | FRA | Fabien Audard |
| 32 | MF | FRA | Chaouki Ben Saada |
| 35 | FW | GHA | Ishmael Addo (on loan from Hearts of Oak) |
| 36 | DF | USA | Greg Vanney (on loan from LA Galaxy) |
| — | MF | FRA | Jean-Christophe Lamberti |

## Division 1
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Marseille | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 44 |
| 10 | Nantes | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 43 |
| 11 | Bastia | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 41 |
| 12 | Rennes | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 41 |
| 13 | Montpellier | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 40 |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: LFP

### 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 | 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 | A |
| Result | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 7 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 11 |

### Matches

| Date | Opponent | H / A | Result | Goal(s) | Attendance | Referee |
| 28 July 2001 | Sedan | H | 1 - 1 | Beneforti 83' | 6,500 | Bertrand Layec |
| 4 August 2001 | Guingamp | A | 1 - 0 | - | 10,268 | Thierry Auriac |
| 12 August 2001 | Lyon | H | 1 - 2 | Ferreira 71' (pen.) | 8,512 | Gilles Veissière |
| 18 August 2001 | Nantes | A | 1 - 2 | Essien 13', Dieuze 29' | 33,507 | Hervé Piccirillo |
| 25 August 2001 | Marseille | H | 1 - 0 | Beneforti 34' | 11,333 | Damien Ledentu |
| 8 September 2001 | Metz | A | 0 - 1 | Deblock 20', Essien 90+1' | 15,252 | Bruno Derrien |
| 15 September 2001 | Auxerre | H | 0 - 1 | - | 7,739 | Patrick Lhermite |
| 22 September 2001 | Lille | A | 2 - 1 | Jau 64' | 16,565 | Franck Glochon |
| 29 September 2001 | AS Monaco | H | 1 - 0 | Beneforti 31', Penneteau 70' | 6,766 | Éric Poulat |
| 13 October 2001 | Sochaux | A | 4 - 1 | Lambourde 55' , Ferreira 82' | 16,090 | Ameziane Khendek |
| 20 October 2001 | Rennes | H | 1 - 2 | Ferreira 87' | 5,796 | Stéphane Moulin |
| 27 October 2001 | Paris SG | A | 1 - 0 | - | 40,879 | Thierry Auriac |
| 3 November 2001 | Lorient | H | 3 - 1 | Vairelles 55' (pen.), 56', Essien 68' | 5,766 | Bruno Coué |
| 17 November 2001 | Montpellier | A | 2 - 1 | Lambourde 78' | 11,300 | Alain Sars |
| 24 November 2001 | Bordeaux | H | 1 - 2 | Vairelles 62' | 6,068 | Laurent Duhamel |
| 28 November 2001 | Lens | A | 7 - 0 | Ferreira 45' | 34,280 | Patrick Lhermite |
| 8 December 2001 | Troyes | H | 2 - 0 | Vairelles 48', O. Soumah 50' | 6,710 | Hervé Piccirillo |
| 19 December 2001 | Guingamp | H | 3 - 0 | Vairelles 62' (pen.), Essien 63', Dieuze 67', Bourdeau 86' (o.g.) | 6,649 | Alain Hamer |
| 16 January 2002 | Lyon | A | 0 - 0 | - | 29,506 | Massimo Busacca |
| 5 January 2002 | Nantes | H | 0 - 2 | - | 5,508 | Jean-Marc Bonnin |
| 12 January 2002 | Marseille | A | 2 - 2 | Dieuze 55', Essien 69' | 47,129 | Philippe Kalt |
| 23 January 2002 | Metz | H | 1 - 2 | Vairelles 60' | 5,554 | Pascal Viléo |
| 30 January 2002 | Auxerre | A | 1 - 0 | Piocelle 39' | 7,165 | Hervé Piccirillo |
| 2 February 2002 | Lille | H | 1 - 0 | Beneforti 54', Jeunechamp 85' | 5,971 | Stéphane Bré |
| 6 February 2002 | AS Monaco | A | 1 - 1 | Vairelles 33' (pen.) | 6,016 | Jean-Marc Bonnin |
| 16 February 2002 | Sochaux | H | 3 - 0 | Nalis 15', Vairelles 54', 70' | 5,786 | Patrick Lhermite |
| 23 February 2002 | Rennes | A | 2 - 1 | Vairelles 32' (pen.), Essien 68' | 18,638 | Stéphane Moulin |
| 6 March 2002 | Paris SG | H | 0 - 1 | F. Mendy 90+2' | 9,283 | Claude Colombo |
| 16 March 2002 | Lorient | A | 0 - 0 | M. Soumah 90' | 10,977 | Hervé Piccirillo |
| 23 March 2002 | Montpellier | H | 3 - 0 | Manso 20', Vairelles 24' (pen.), Jau 89' | 7,704 | Franck Glochon |
| 6 April 2002 | Bordeaux | A | 2 - 1 | Jeunechamp 86' | 29,345 | Jean-Marc Bonnin |
| 13 April 2002 | Lens | H | 3 - 1 | Prince 66', Jau 81', Vairelles 89' | 10,925 | Damien Ledentu |
| 27 April 2002 | Troyes | A | 3 - 0 | - | 15,795 | Ameziane Khendek |
| 4 May 2002 | Sedan | A | 0 - 2 | Vairelles 56', 64' | 21,228 | Dominique Fraise |

## Coupe de France

| Date | Round | Opponent | H / A | Result | Goal(s) | Attendance | Referee |
| 15 December 2001 | End of 64 | Nantes | H | 3 - 1 | Manso 32', 69', Vairelles 53' (pen.) | 2,032 | Stéphane Moulin |
| 19 January 2002 | End of 32 | Sochaux | H | 2 - 1 (a.e.t.) | Vairelles 60', Beneforti 112' | 3,670 | Pascal Garibian |
| 9 February 2002 | End of 16 | Nancy | H | 2 - 0 | Beneforti 20', O. Soumah 90+2' | 3,394 | Éric Poulat |
| 9 March 2002 | Quarter-final | Libourne | A | 0 - 1 (a.e.t.) | Vairelles 111' | 16,552 | Bertrand Layec |
| 30 March 2002 | Semi-final | Sedan | H | 1 - 0 (a.e.t.) | Vairelles 95' | 11,640 | Stéphane Bré |
| 20 April 2002 | Final | Lorient | N | 0 - 1 | - | 66,215 | Éric Poulat |

## Coupe de la Ligue

| Date | Round | Opponent | H / A | Result | Goal(s) | Attendance | Referee |
| 1 December 2001 | End of 32 | Le Mans | A | 2 - 3 | Beneforti 50', Dieuze 53', Essien 88' | 4,141 | Bruno Derrien |
| 8 January 2002 | End of 16 | Nantes | A | 1 - 3 | Deguerville 42', Nalis 83', Vairelles 90' | 9,891 | Bertrand Layec |
| 27 January 2002 | Quarter-final | Lorient | A | 1 - 1 (pen. 4-2) | Lambourde 57', M. Soumah 75' | 7,617 | Claude Colombo |

## UEFA Intertoto Cup

Slaven Belupo won 2–0 on aggregate.

## Statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 25 June 2012
| Place | Position | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Intertoto Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | Tony Vairelles | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| 2 | MF | Patrick Beneforti | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | Michael Essien | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | Fabrice Jau | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | DF | Demetrius Ferreira | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | FW | Nicolas Dieuze | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | MF | Damián Manso | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | FW | Ousmane Soumah | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | MF | Lilian Nalis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| = | DF | Bernard Lambourde | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | Prince Daye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | Pierre Deblock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | Cyril Jeunechamp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | Christophe Deguerville | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### League top assists

    As of 25 June 2012
| Place | Position | Name | Assists |
| 1 | MF | Cyril Jeunechamp | 6 |
| 2 | FW | Nicolas Dieuze | 5 |
| 3 | FW | Tony Vairelles | 4 |
| = | MF | Damián Manso | 4 |
| 5 | MF | Fabrice Jau | 3 |
| = | MF | Michael Essien | 3 |
| = | FW | Prince Daye | 3 |
| = | MF | Patrick Beneforti | 3 |
| 9 | MF | Sébastien Piocelle | 2 |
| = | DF | Cédric Uras | 2 |
| = | DF | Lilian Nalis | 2 |
| 12 | DF | Demetrius Ferreira | 1 |
| = | FW | Ousmane Soumah | 1 |
| = | MF | Pierre Deblock | 1 |
| = | DF | Greg Vanney | 1 |