In 2001–02 season, the French football club SC Bastia finished at the 11th place in league. The top scorer of the season, including 19 goals in 14 league matches have been Tony Vairelles. Bastia were eliminated to Coupe de France final, and in the Coupe de la Ligue it was able to make the quarter-final, and the UEFA Intertoto Cup second round.

Transfers

In Summer Patrick Beneforti from Bastia B Pierre Deblock and Cyril Jeunechamp from Auxerre Nicolas Dieuze, Reynald Pedros, Fabrice Jau and Cédric Uras from Toulouse Anthar Yahia from Inter Bernard Lambourde from Portsmouth Price Jolibois from Red Star 93 Tony Vairelles from Lyon Damián Manso from Newell's Old Boys

Winter Daniel Popovic from free Ishmael Addo from Hearts of Oak Greg Vanney from Los Angeles Galaxy

Out Summer Eric Durand to Rennes Patrick Moreau to Metz Laurent Casanova to retired Pierre-Yves André to Nantes José Clayton to Stade Tunisien Patrick Valery to Aris Thessaloniki Piotr Świerczewski to Marseille Yann Lachuer to Auxerre David Faderne to Caen Cyril Domoraud to AS Monaco Frédéric Née to Lyon Pierre Laurent to Strasbourg

Winter No.

Squad

Division 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches DateOpponentH / AResultGoal(s)AttendanceReferee 28 July 2001 Sedan H 1 - 1 Beneforti 6,500 Bertrand Layec 4 August 2001 Guingamp A 1 - 0 - 10,268 Thierry Auriac 12 August 2001 Lyon H 1 - 2 Ferreira 8,512 Gilles Veissière 18 August 2001 Nantes A 1 - 2 Essien , Dieuze 33,507 Hervé Piccirillo 25 August 2001 Marseille H 1 - 0 Beneforti 11,333 Damien Ledentu 8 September 2001 Metz A 0 - 1 Deblock , Essien 15,252 Bruno Derrien 15 September 2001 Auxerre H 0 - 1 - 7,739 Patrick Lhermite 22 September 2001 Lille A 2 - 1 Jau 16,565 Franck Glochon 29 September 2001 AS Monaco H 1 - 0 Beneforti , Penneteau 6,766 Éric Poulat 13 October 2001 Sochaux A 4 - 1 Lambourde , Ferreira 16,090 Ameziane Khendek 20 October 2001 Rennes H 1 - 2 Ferreira 5,796 Stéphane Moulin 27 October 2001 Paris SG A 1 - 0 - 40,879 Thierry Auriac 3 November 2001 Lorient H 3 - 1 Vairelles , Essien 5,766 Bruno Coué 17 November 2001 Montpellier A 2 - 1 Lambourde 11,300 Alain Sars 24 November 2001 Bordeaux H 1 - 2 Vairelles 6,068 Laurent Duhamel 28 November 2001 Lens A 7 - 0 Ferreira 34,280 Patrick Lhermite 8 December 2001 Troyes H 2 - 0 Vairelles , O. Soumah 6,710 Hervé Piccirillo 19 December 2001 Guingamp H 3 - 0 Vairelles , Essien , Dieuze , Bourdeau 6,649 Alain Hamer 16 January 2002 Lyon A 0 - 0 - 29,506 Massimo Busacca 5 January 2002 Nantes H 0 - 2 - 5,508 Jean-Marc Bonnin 12 January 2002 Marseille A 2 - 2 Dieuze , Essien 47,129 Philippe Kalt 23 January 2002 Metz H 1 - 2 Vairelles 5,554 Pascal Viléo 30 January 2002 Auxerre A 1 - 0 Piocelle 7,165 Hervé Piccirillo 2 February 2002 Lille H 1 - 0 Beneforti , Jeunechamp 5,971 Stéphane Bré 6 February 2002 AS Monaco A 1 - 1 Vairelles 6,016 Jean-Marc Bonnin 16 February 2002 Sochaux H 3 - 0 Nalis , Vairelles 5,786 Patrick Lhermite 23 February 2002 Rennes A 2 - 1 Vairelles , Essien 18,638 Stéphane Moulin 6 March 2002 Paris SG H 0 - 1 F. Mendy 9,283 Claude Colombo 16 March 2002 Lorient A 0 - 0 M. Soumah 10,977 Hervé Piccirillo 23 March 2002 Montpellier H 3 - 0 Manso , Vairelles , Jau 7,704 Franck Glochon 6 April 2002 Bordeaux A 2 - 1 Jeunechamp 29,345 Jean-Marc Bonnin 13 April 2002 Lens H 3 - 1 Prince , Jau , Vairelles 10,925 Damien Ledentu 27 April 2002 Troyes A 3 - 0 - 15,795 Ameziane Khendek 4 May 2002 Sedan A 0 - 2 Vairelles 21,228 Dominique Fraise

Coupe de France

DateRoundOpponentH / AResultGoal(s)AttendanceReferee 15 December 2001 End of 64 Nantes H [ 3 - 1] Manso , Vairelles 2,032 Stéphane Moulin 19 January 2002 End of 32 Sochaux H [ 2 - 1] (a.e.t.) Vairelles , Beneforti 3,670 Pascal Garibian 9 February 2002 End of 16 Nancy H [ 2 - 0] Beneforti , O. Soumah 3,394 Éric Poulat 9 March 2002 Quarter-final Libourne A [ 0 - 1] (a.e.t.) Vairelles 16,552 Bertrand Layec 30 March 2002 Semi-final Sedan H [ 1 - 0] (a.e.t.) Vairelles 11,640 Stéphane Bré 20 April 2002 Final Lorient N [ 0 - 1] - 66,215 Éric Poulat

Coupe de la Ligue

DateRoundOpponentH / AResultGoal(s)AttendanceReferee 1 December 2001 End of 32 Le Mans A 2 - 3 Beneforti , Dieuze , Essien 4,141 Bruno Derrien 8 January 2002 End of 16 Nantes A 1 - 3 Deguerville , Nalis , Vairelles 9,891 Bertrand Layec 27 January 2002 Quarter-final Lorient A 1 - 1 (pen. 4-2) Lambourde , M. Soumah 7,617 Claude Colombo

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Slaven Belupo won 2–0 on aggregate.

Statistics

Top scorers Bastia 2002-03 buts, LFP, Retrieved 25 June 2012. PlacePositionNationNameLigue 1Coupe de FranceCoupe de la LigueIntertoto CupTotal1 FWTony Vairelles 14 4 1 0 192 MFPatrick Beneforti 4 2 1 0 73 MFMichael Essien 4 0 1 0 54 MFFabrice Jau 3 0 0 0 3= DFDemetrius Ferreira 3 0 0 0 3= FWNicolas Dieuze 2 1 0 0 3= MFDamián Manso 1 2 0 0 38 FWOusmane Soumah 1 1 0 0 2= MFLilian Nalis 1 0 1 0 2= DFBernard Lambourde 1 0 1 0 29 MFPrince Daye 1 0 0 0 1= MFPierre Deblock 1 0 0 0 1= MFCyril Jeunechamp 1 0 0 0 1= DFChristophe Deguerville 0 0 1 0 1

League top assists Bastia 2001-02 assists , stat2foot, Retrieved 25 June 2012. PlacePositionNationNameAssists1 MFCyril Jeunechamp 62 FWNicolas Dieuze 53 FWTony Vairelles 4= MFDamián Manso 45 MFFabrice Jau 3= MFMichael Essien 3= FWPrince Daye 3= MFPatrick Beneforti 39 MFSébastien Piocelle 2= DFCédric Uras 2= DFLilian Nalis 212 DFDemetrius Ferreira 1= FWOusmane Soumah 1= MFPierre Deblock 1= DFGreg Vanney 1

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