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
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
Position by round
Results
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club GoalsDivision 1 - Saison 2001-2002 - Classement des buteurs deux-zero.com 1 Djibril Cissé Auxerre 22 Pauleta Bordeaux 3 Jean-Claude Darcheville Lorient 19 4 Nicolas Goussé Troyes 15 5 Shabani Nonda Monaco 14 Pierre-Alain Frau Sochaux Sonny Anderson Lyon Tony Vairelles Bastia 9 Daniel Moreira Lens 11 Bruno Cheyrou Lille Awards Individual awards Award Winner Club Ligue 1 Player of the Year Pauleta Bordeaux Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year Djibril Cissé AJ Auxerre Ligue 1 Goalkeeper of the Year Ulrich Ramé Bordeaux Ligue 1 Manager of the Year Joël Muller RC Lens Team of the YearGoalkeeper Ulrich Ramé (Bordeaux)Defenders Stéphane Pichot (Lille) Philippe Mexès (Auxerre) David Sommeil (Bordeaux) Gabriel Heinze (Paris Saint-Germain)Midfielders Stéphane Pédron (Lens) Mikel Arteta (Paris Saint-Germain) Jocelyn Blanchard (Lens) Ronaldinho (Paris Saint-Germain)Forwards Djibril Cissé (Auxerre) Pauleta (Bordeaux)
Attendances Source:
No. Club Average attendance Change Highest 1 Olympique de Marseille 50,072 -1.4% 58,000 2 Paris Saint-Germain FC 41,040 -4.0% 45,000 3 RC Lens 37,506 -5.4% 40,811 4 Olympique lyonnais 34,844 0.3% 42,000 5 FC Nantes 33,385 3.0% 36,000 6 Girondins de Bordeaux 27,867 -5.5% 33,000 7 FC Metz 17,935 -2.5% 25,697 8 Stade rennais 17,877 -7.8% 22,656 9 LOSC 17,837 4.4% 20,380 10 CS Sedan 16,582 14.7% 22,008 11 FC Sochaux 16,477 27.2% 19,907 12 ESTAC 13,926 -4.9% 18,000 13 MHSC 13,864 57.2% 30,000 14 AJ Auxerre 12,248 16.5% 20,000 15 EA Guingamp 12,201 -7.0% 16,400 16 FC Lorient 12,163 79.7% 18,000 17 AS Monaco 8,543 -5.5% 15,000 18 SC Bastia 7,221 -2.7% 11,640
References
External links France 2001/02 at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation