# 2001–02 Le Mans UC72 season

The 2001–02 season was the 17th season in the existence of Le Mans UC72 and the club's third consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Le Mans 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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | FRA | Jean-François Bedenik |
| — | GK | FRA | Olivier Pédemas |
| — | DF | FRA | Jérôme Erceau |
| — | DF | FRA | Claude Fichaux |
| — | DF | FRA | Yoann Poulard |
| — | DF | FRA | Willy Bolivard |
| — | DF | FRA | Laurent Bonnart |
| — | DF | FRA | Didier Lang |
| — | DF | FRA | Damien Bridonneau |
| — | DF | FRA | Philippe Correia |
| — | DF | FRA | Denis Arnaud |
| — | DF | FRA | David Charrièras |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Frédéric Thomas |
| — | MF | FRA | Mohamed Haddadou |
| — | MF | FRA | Jérôme Drouin |
| — | MF | FRA | Yohan Hautcoeur |
| — | MF | FRA | Grégory Louiron |
| — | MF | MTQ | Olivier Thomert |
| — | MF | FRA | James Fanchone |
| — | FW | GAB | Daniel Cousin |
| — | FW | FRA | Stéphane Samson |
| — | FW | CIV | Didier Drogba |
| — | FW | FRA | Yohann Rangdet |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### 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 | 5th | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 042.11 |
| Coupe de France | November 2001 | TBD | Seventh round | Round of 64 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 066.67 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | September 2001 | TBD | First round | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 044.19 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| 3 | Nice (P) | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 66 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 4 | Le Havre (P) | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 56 | 32 | +24 | 65 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 5 | Le Mans | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 58 | |
| 6 | Caen | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 59 | 55 | +4 | 58 | |
| 7 | Beauvais | 38 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 57 | |

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | 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 | H | A |
| Result | L | D | D | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 17 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches
### Coupe de la Ligue
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Division 2 | Division 2 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Coupe de la Ligue |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | FRA | [] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | FRA | [] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 1 | DF | FRA | [] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | DF | FRA | [] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 1 | MF | FRA | [] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | MF | FRA | [] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 1 | FW | FRA | [] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | FW | FRA | [] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | FRA | [] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Division 2 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Total |
| 1 | 1 | FW | | [] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | MF | | [] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |