# 2000–01 Olympique Lyonnais season

The 2000–01 season was the 102nd season in the existence of Olympique Lyonnais and the club's 12th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. They participated in the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue and the UEFA Champions League.

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Grégory Coupet |
| 2 | DF | BEL | Éric Deflandre |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Edmílson |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Florent Laville |
| 5 | DF | POL | Jacek Bąk |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Philippe Violeau |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Steve Marlet |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Pierre Laigle |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Sonny Anderson (captain) |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Vikash Dhorasoo |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Serge Blanc |
| 13 | FW | FRA | Patrice Loko (on loan from Montpellier) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Sidney Govou |
| 15 | DF | BEL | Christophe Delmotte |
| 17 | MF | CMR | Marc-Vivien Foé |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Steed Malbranque |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Jean-Marc Chanelet |
| 21 | DF | SUI | Patrick Müller |
| 22 | MF | FRA | David Linarès |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Fréderic Ribeiro |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Jérémie Bréchet |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Angelo Hugues |
| 31 | DF | BRA | Caçapa (on loan from Atlético Mineiro) |

## Transfers
### Loans in

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | No. | Name | From | Ref. |
| 28 January 2001 | End of season | FW | 13 | Patrice Loko | Montpellier | |
| 28 January 2001 | End of season | DF | 31 | Caçapa | Atlético Mineiro | |

## 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 % |
| Division 1 | 29 July 2000 | 19 May 2001 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 34 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 57 | 30 | +27 | 050.00 |
| Coupe de France | 20 January 2000 | 1 April 2001 | Round of 64 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 025.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 6 January 2001 | 5 May 2001 | Round of 32 | Winners | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 7 August 2000 | 14 March 2001 | Third qualifying round | Second group stage | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 57 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 94 | 54 | +40 | 052.63 |
Last updated: 19 May 2021 Source: BDFutbol

### 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 |
Last updated: 19 May 2001. Source: BDFutbol

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 6 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Third qualifying round
#### First group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VAL | LYO | OLY | HVN |
| 1 | Valencia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 13 | Advance to second group stage | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Lyon | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | Advance to second group stage | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Olympiacos | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 9 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Heerenveen | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 4 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — |

#### Second group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAY | ARS | LYO | SPM |
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Lyon | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 8 | | 3–0 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Spartak Moscow | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | — |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Division 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Sonny Anderson | 22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27 |
| 2 | 7 | FW | | Steve Marlet | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | 14 | FW | | Sidney Govou | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 57 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 94 |