# 2001–02 French Division 1

Lyon won Division 1 season 2001/2002 of the French Association Football League with 66 points. The title was decided in the very final game of the season when Lyon defeated erstwhile championship leaders Lens at Stade Gerland. Lyon had to win the match to take the title, and won 3–1, ending Lens's title dream. It was Lyon's first league championship, and it began their record seven successive league titles.

## Participating teams

* Auxerre
* Bastia
* Bordeaux
* Guingamp
* Lens
* Lille
* Lorient
* Lyon
* Marseille
* Metz
* Monaco
* Montpellier
* Nantes
* Paris Saint-Germain
* Rennes
* Sedan
* Sochaux
* Troyes

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lyon (C) | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 62 | 32 | +30 | 66 | Qualification to Champions League first group stage |
| 2 | Lens | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 55 | 30 | +25 | 64 | Qualification to Champions League first group stage |
| 3 | Auxerre | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 59 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Paris Saint-Germain | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 43 | 24 | +19 | 58 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Lille | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 56 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 6 | Bordeaux | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 50 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Troyes | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 47 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 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 | |
| 13 | Montpellier | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 40 | |
| 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 |
* ↑ Bordeaux was qualified for the 2002–03 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2001–02 Coupe de la Ligue.
* ↑ Lorient was qualified for the 2002–03 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2001–02 Coupe de France.
Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in Ligue 1 season 2002/2003
* AC Ajaccio : champion of Ligue 2
* RC Strasbourg : runners-up
* OGC Nice : third place
* Le Havre AC : fourth place

## Results

| Home \ Away | AUX | BAS | BOR | GUI | RCL | LIL | LOR | OL | OM | MET | ASM | MHS | NAN | PSG | REN | SED | SOC | TRO |
| Auxerre | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Bastia | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Bordeaux | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Guingamp | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Lens | 1–1 | 7–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Lille | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Lorient | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 6–2 | 2–3 | 2–4 | | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Lyon | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Marseille | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 |
| Metz | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Monaco | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Montpellier | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Nantes | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Paris SG | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Rennes | 0–5 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Sedan | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Sochaux | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 3–0 | | 2–2 |
| Troyes | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Djibril Cissé | Auxerre | 22 |
| 1 | Pauleta | Bordeaux | 22 |
| 3 | Jean-Claude Darcheville | Lorient | 19 |
| 4 | Nicolas Goussé | Troyes | 15 |
| 5 | Shabani Nonda | Monaco | 14 |
| 5 | Pierre-Alain Frau | Sochaux | 14 |
| 5 | Sonny Anderson | Lyon | 14 |
| 5 | Tony Vairelles | Bastia | 14 |
| 9 | Daniel Moreira | Lens | 11 |
| 9 | Bruno Cheyrou | Lille | 11 |