# 2001–02 AJ Auxerre season

The 2001–02 season was the 96th season in the history of AJ Auxerre and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of French football. They participated in the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue.

## Players
### First-team squad

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 | Fabien Cool |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Johan Radet |
| 3 | MF | CIV | Lassina Diabaté |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Jean-Alain Boumsong |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Philippe Mexes |
| 6 | MF | TOG | Kuami Agboh |
| 7 | MF | SEN | Amdy Faye |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Yann Lachuer |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Djibril Cissé |
| 10 | MF | FIN | Teemu Tainio |
| 11 | FW | SEN | Khalilou Fadiga |
| 12 | FW | POL | Piotr Wlodarczyk |
| 13 | DF | FRA | Jean-Sébastien Jaures |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Frédéric Jay |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Ronan Le Crom |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | POR | Hélder Esteves |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Lionel Mathis |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Nicolas Marin |
| 20 | FW | FRA | Arnaud Gonzalez |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Richard Suriano |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Olivier Kapo |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Cyrille Magnier |
| 25 | DF | FRA | David Recorbet |
| 25 | MF | FRA | David Vandenbossche |
| 26 | DF | CMR | Jean-Joel Perrier-Doumbé |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Pantxi Sirieix |
| 28 | DF | CHI | Pedro Reyes |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Éric Assati |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Jérémy Sopalski |

## 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 | 28 July 2001 | 4 May 2002 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 047.06 |
| Coupe de France | 15 December 2001 | 15 December 2001 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 1 December 2001 | 9 January 2002 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 045.95 |
Source: Competitions

### Division 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

#### Results summary

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

#### 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 | 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 |
| Result | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | D | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | L |
| Position | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |