# 2001–02 RC Lens season

The 2001–02 season was the 95th season in the existence of RC Lens and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lens participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue. The season covered the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002.

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
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 | Guillaume Warmuz (captain) |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Éric Sikora |
| 3 | FW | FRA | Mathieu Bucher |
| 4 | DF | MLI | Adama Coulibaly |
| 5 | MF | FRA | Jocelyn Blanchard |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Franck Queudrue |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Mickaël Debève |
| 8 | DF | FRA | Jean-Guy Wallemme |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Lamine Sakho |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Daniel Moreira |
| 11 | FW | SEN | El Hadji Diouf |
| 13 | MF | SEN | Pape Sarr |
| 14 | DF | SEN | Ferdinand Coly |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | CZE | Radek Bejbl |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Sébastien Chabbert |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Yoann Lachor |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Patrick Barul |
| 20 | FW | FRA | Antoine Sibierski |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Djimi Traoré |
| 23 | MF | YUG | Nenad Grozdić |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Valérien Ismaël |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Stéphane Pédron |
| 27 | DF | MLI | Daouda Jabi |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Charles-Édouard Coridon |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Ludovic Delporte |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Charles Itandje |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 28 July 2001 | 4 May 2002 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 55 | 30 | +25 | 052.94 |
| Coupe de France | 14 December 2001 | 19 January 2001 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 1 December 2001 | 1 December 2001 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 57 | 35 | +22 | 051.35 |
Source: Competitions

### French 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 |
Last updated: 4 May 2002. Source: Ligue 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

#### Matches

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