2001–02 Olympique Lyonnais season

Lyon won their first ever French top-flight title. The title race came down to the final day of the season, with Lyon needing victory against fellow challengers Lens, who were one point ahead. A 3–1 victory secured Lyon's title win.

At the end of the season, Jacques Santini left to manage the French national team. Former Rennes manager Paul Le Guen was appointed as his replacement.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Grégory Coupet
2	DF	Éric Deflandre
3	DF	Edmílson
4	DF	Florent Laville
6	MF	Philippe Violeau
8	MF	Pierre Laigle
9	FW	Sonny Anderson
10	MF	Éric Carrière
11	FW	Tony Vairelles
12	MF	Juninho Pernambucano
13	DF	Jérémie Brechet
14	FW	Sidney Govou
15	DF	Christophe Delmotte
17	MF	Marc-Vivien Foé

No.	Position	Player
18	FW	Péguy Luyindula^{[notes 1]}
19	DF	Jean-Marc Chanelet
20	DF	Patrick Müller
21	FW	Frédéric Née
22	MF	David Linarès
24	DF	Frederic Ribeiro
26	GK	Angelo Hugues
27	MF	Alexandre Hauw
28	FW	Dinu Popa
29	MF	Florent Balmont
30	GK	Nicolas Puydebois
31	DF	Caçapa
33	MF	Bryan Bergougnoux

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
5		MF	Jacek Bąk (to Lens)
7		FW	Steve Marlet (to Fulham)

No.		Position	Player
10		MF	Vikash Dhorasoo (on loan to Bordeaux)

Results

Champions League

Group stage

18 September 2001	Lyon	0–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Stade de Gerland, Lyon
20:45		Report	Kirsten 75'	Attendance: 37,500 Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)

25 September 2001	Fenerbahçe	0–1	Lyon	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul
20:45		Report	Delmotte 89'	Attendance: 10,150 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

10 October 2001	Barcelona	2–0	Lyon	Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45	Kluivert 78' Rivaldo 87' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 60,757 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

17 October 2001	Lyon	3–1	Fenerbahçe	Stade de Gerland, Lyon
20:45	Govou 45+1' Carrière 53' Delmotte 68'	Report	Derelioğlu 35'	Attendance: 37,773 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

23 October 2001	Lyon	2–3	Barcelona	Stade de Gerland, Lyon
20:45	Luyindula 66' Carrière 88'	Report	Kluivert 9' Rivaldo 18' G. López 90+4'	Attendance: 37,800 Referee: Graham Poll (England)

31 October 2001	Bayer Leverkusen	2–4	Lyon	BayArena, Leverkusen
20:45	Sebescen 45+2' Berbatov 52'	Report	Carrière 32', 38' Née 64' Govou 81'	Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

UEFA Cup

Third round

22 November 2001	Club Brugge	4–1	Lyon	Jan Breydelstadion, Brugge
19:30	Englebert 4' Van Der Heyden 54' Mendoza 75' De Brul 90'	Report	Luyindula 83'	Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)

6 December 2001	Lyon	3–0	Club Brugge	Stade de Gerland, Lyon
19:30	Anderson 19', 23', 90+3'	Report		Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Club Brugge 4–4 Lyon on aggregate. Lyon won on away goals.

Fourth round

21 February 2002	Lyon	1–1	Slovan Liberec	Stade de Gerland, Lyon
19:15	Govou 81'	Report	Štajner 14' (pen.)	Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

28 February 2002	Slovan Liberec	4–1	Lyon	Letná Stadium, Prague
17:00	Nezmar 1', 82' Štajner 75' Neumann 85'	Report	Müller 17'	Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Slovan Liberec won 5–2 on aggregate.

References

↑ "FootballSquads - Lyon - 2001/02". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-06-26.

Notes

↑ Luyindula was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Congo), but also qualified to represent France internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for France in 2004.

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