# 2001–02 Nîmes Olympique season

The 2001–02 season was the 65th season in the existence of Nîmes Olympique and the club's third consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Nîmes Olympique competed in this season's edition of the Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue. The season covered the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002.

## Players
### First-team squad

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 |
| — | GK | FRA | Marc Delaroche |
| — | GK | FRA | Yoann Bouchard |
| — | GK | FRA | Kevin Grau |
| — | DF | SEN | Mamadou Seck |
| — | DF | FRA | Anthony Vosahlo |
| — | DF | FRA | Christophe Borbiconi |
| — | DF | FRA | Christophe Van Reusel |
| — | DF | FRA | Romain Canalès |
| — | DF | FRA | Johann Charpenet |
| — | DF | FRA | Jean-Luc Vannuchi |
| — | DF | FRA | Sébastien Bresson |
| — | DF | FRA | Christophe Zugna |
| — | DF | FRA | Brice Barrandon |
| — | DF | MAR | Mourad Ourahou |
| — | DF | MTN | Mohamed Benyachou |
| — | DF | FRA | Laurent de Palmas |
| — | DF | FRA | Yohann Alemany |
| — | MF | FRA | Emmanuel Rival |
| — | MF | FRA | Gérald Martin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ALG | Ali Boulebda |
| — | MF | FRA | Renaud Cohade |
| — | MF | BEL | Frédéric Pierre |
| — | MF | FRA | Kevin Barralon |
| — | MF | AUS | Ufuk Talay |
| — | MF | FRA | Franck Rizzetto |
| — | MF | FRA | Nicolas Marx |
| — | MF | FRA | Ronan Salaün |
| — | MF | ALG | Sofiane Bezzou |
| — | MF | FRA | Yann Jouffre |
| — | FW | GHA | Arthur Moses |
| — | FW | FRA | Réginald Ray |
| — | FW | SCG | Slađan Đukić |
| — | FW | FRA | Ali Nechad |
| — | FW | FRA | Thony Andenas |
| — | FW | FRA | Grégory Nicot |
| — | FW | MAR | Karim Benkouar |
| — | FW | FRA | Sébastien Fidani |
| — | FW | FRA | Oifeck El-Moujahid |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 2 | 28 July 2001 | 3 May 2002 | Matchday 1 | 19th | 38 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 013.16 |
| Coupe de France | 4 November 2001 | 31 March 2002 | Seventh round | Semi-finals | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 042.86 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 1 September 2001 | December 2001 | First round | Round of 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 47 | 8 | 21 | 18 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 017.02 |
Source: Competitions

### French Division 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| 16 | Grenoble | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 38 | 55 | −17 | 42 | |
| 17 | Istres | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 41 | |
| 18 | Créteil | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 41 | |
| 19 | Nîmes (R) | 38 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 32 | Relegation to Championnat National |
| 20 | Martigues (R) | 38 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 32 | 53 | −21 | 32 | Relegation to Championnat National |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Ligue 2

#### 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | 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 | H |
| Result | L | D | L | D | L | D | L | D | D | W | D | D | D | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | D | D | D | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 14 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 |