# 2001–02 FC Nantes Atlantique season

The 2001–02 season was the 58th season in the history of FC Nantes Atlantique and the club's 40th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Nantes participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France.

## Competitions
### 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 % |
| French Division 1 | 27 July 2001 | 4 May 2002 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 035.29 |
| Coupe de France | 14 December 2001 | 14 December 2001 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | December 2001 | January 2002 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Trophée des Champions | 19 July 2001 | 19 July 2001 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 11 September 2001 | 19 March 2002 | First group stage | Second group stage | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 17 | 11 | 22 | 56 | 64 | −8 | 034.00 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Sochaux | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 46 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 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 | |

#### 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 | A | H | A | 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 |
| Result | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | W | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 15 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### First group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NAN | GAL | PSV | LAZ |
| 1 | Nantes | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 11 | Advance to second group stage | — | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Galatasaray | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 10 | Advance to second group stage | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Lazio | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 6 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — |

#### Second group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MUN | BAY | BOA | NAN |
| 1 | Manchester United | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Boavista | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 5 | | 0–3 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Nantes | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 2 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Coupe de la Ligue |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| | GK | FRA | Willy Grondin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | FRA | Mickaël Landreau | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| | DF | FRA | Pascal Delhommeau | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Mauro Cetto | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | FRA | Yves Deroff | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | COL | Mario Yepes | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | COL | Nicolas Gillet | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| | MF | FRA | [[ ]] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | FRA | [[ ]] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | FRA | [[ ]] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| | FW | FRA | [[ ]] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRA | [[ ]] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRA | [[ ]] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Competitions