2001–02 Paris Saint-Germain FC season

Paris Saint-Germain
2001–02 season
President	Laurent Perpère
Head coach	Luis Fernández
Stadium	Parc des Princes
Division 1	4th
Coupe de France	Quarter-finals
Coupe de la Ligue	Semi-finals
Intertoto Cup	Winners
UEFA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ronaldinho (8); Fabrice Fiorèse (8); All: ; Ronaldinho (13)
Highest home attendance	43,930; (vs Lens, 8 September 2001)
Lowest home attendance	19,794; (vs Lorient, 9 March 2002)
Average home league attendance	41,040

The 2001–02 season was Paris Saint-Germain's 32nd season in existence.^[1]^[2] PSG played their home league games at the Parc des Princes in Paris, registering an average attendance of 41,040 spectators per match.^[1]^[2]^[3] The club was presided by Laurent Perpère and the team was coached by Luis Fernández.^[1]^[2] Frédéric Déhu was the team captain.^[4]

Players

As of the 2001–02 season.^[1]^[2]^[4]

Squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Lionel Letizi
2	DF	ARG	Gabriel Heinze
3	DF	FRA	Lionel Potillon
4	MF	ESP	Mikel Arteta (on loan from Barcelona B)
5	DF	ARG	Mauricio Pochettino
6	MF	FRA	Frédéric Déhu (captain)
7	FW	BRA	Aloísio
8	MF	POR	Hugo Leal
9	FW	FRA	Nicolas Anelka
10	MF	NGA	Jay-Jay Okocha
11	FW	BRA	Alex Dias
12	DF	MAR	Talal El Karkouri
14	MF	FRA	Fabrice Fiorèse


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	LUX	Stéphane Gillet
17	DF	FRA	Francis Llacer
18	DF	FRA	Didier Domi
20	MF	FRA	Édouard Cissé
21	MF	BRA	Ronaldinho
22	DF	ESP	Cristóbal
23	DF	FRA	Pierre Ducrocq
24	DF	FRA	Bernard Mendy
26	FW	NGA	Bartholomew Ogbeche
28	MF	FRA	Jérôme Leroy
30	GK	FRA	Jérôme Alonzo
36	MF	POR	Agostinho (on loan from Málaga)

Left club during season

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	MF	FRA	Laurent Robert (to Newcastle United)
14	MF	ALG	Ali Benarbia (to Manchester City)
15	DF	FRA	Sylvain Distin (on loan to Newcastle United)
17	MF	FRA	Selim Benachour^{[notes 1]} (on loan to Martigues)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	MF	FRA	Éric Rabésandratana^{[notes 2]} (to AEK Athens)
26	MF	SEN	Aliou Cissé (on loan to Montpelier)
27	FW	FRA	Gaël Hiroux (on loan to Martigues)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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	4th	34	15	13	6	43	24	+19	044.12
Coupe de France	15 December 2001	9 March 2002	Round of 64	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	050.00
Coupe de la Ligue	2 December 2001	2 March 2002	Round of 32	Semi-finals	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	050.00
UEFA Intertoto Cup	1 July 2001	21 August 2001	Second round	Winners	8	5	3	0	20	3	+17	062.50
UEFA Cup	18 September 2001	6 December 2001	First round	Third round	6	2	4	0	9	2	+7	033.33
Total					56	26	22	8	80	34	+46	046.43

Source: Competitions

Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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
6	Bordeaux	34	14	8	12	34	31	+3	50	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Bordeaux was qualified for the 2002–03 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2001–02 Coupe de la Ligue.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	15	13	6	43	24	+19	58	8	8	1	26	9	+17	7	5	5	17	15	+2

Source: LFP.fr

Results by round

Match	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
Round	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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L
Position	11	13	8	7	4	6	5	6	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	5	5	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4

Source: LFP.fr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

28 July 2001 1	Paris Saint-Germain	0–0	Lille	Paris
17:15 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 39,416 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

4 August 2001 2	Auxerre	1–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Auxerre
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	D. Cissé 82'		Pochettino 40'	Stadium: Stade Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 18,749 Referee: Claude Colombo

11 August 2001 3	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0	Sochaux	Paris
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aloisio 90'			Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 40,577 Referee: Damien Ledentu

18 August 2001 4	Monaco	2–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Monaco
17:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Nonda 39' Giuly 55'		Déhu 68' Aloisio 75'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 14,900 Referee: Alain Sars

25 August 2001 5	Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	Rennes	Paris
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Okocha 61' Mendy 78' Aloisio 84'			Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 40,756 Referee: Franck Glochon

8 September 2001 6	Paris Saint-Germain	2–2	Lens	Paris
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Anelka 68' Alex 70'		Pédron 18' Diouf 51'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 43,930 Referee: Gilles Veissière

15 September 2001 7	Lorient	1–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Lorient
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Feindouno 78'		Anelka 88'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 14,466 Referee: Thierry Auriac

21 September 2001 8	Paris Saint-Germain	0–0	Montpellier	Paris
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 38,611 Referee: Éric Poulat

30 September 2001 9	Bordeaux	1–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Bordeaux
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Pauleta 26'			Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 30,930 Referee: Claude Colombo

14 October 2001 10	Paris Saint-Germain	2–2	Lyon	Paris
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Okocha 18' Ronaldinho 81' (pen.)		Née 14' Govou 27'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 41,945 Referee: Stéphane Bré

21 October 2001 11	Sedan	1–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Sedan
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Mionnet 67'		Aloisio 53' Déhu 79'	Stadium: Stade Louis Dugauguez Attendance: 19,174 Referee: Alain Sars

27 October 2001 12	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0	Bastia	Paris
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aloisio 27'			Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 40,879 Referee: Thierry Auriac

4 November 2001 13	Troyes	1–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Troyes
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Loko 65'			Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 15,688 Referee: Stéphane Moulin

17 November 2001 14	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	Guingamp	Paris
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Leal 57'		Saci 87'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 40,069 Referee: Philippe Kalt

25 November 2001 15	Nantes	1–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Nantes
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Bonilla 31'		Ogbeche 55' Ronaldinho 62'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 33,966 Referee: Éric Poulat

29 November 2001 16	Paris Saint-Germain	0–0	Marseille	Paris
20:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 42,178 Referee: Bertrand Layec

9 December 2001 17	Metz	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Metz
18:00 CET (UTC+1)			Ogbeche 52' Okocha 88'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 19,817 Referee: Stéphane Bré

19 December 2001 18	Paris Saint-Germain	0–0	Auxerre	Paris
20:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 42,233 Referee: Gilles Veissière

22 December 2001 19	Sochaux	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Montbéliard
17:15 CET (UTC+1)			Leroy 39' Ogbeche 44'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 19,213 Referee: Philippe Kalt

5 January 2002 20	Paris Saint-Germain	1–2	Monaco	Paris
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ronaldinho 42' (pen.)		Camara 63' Gallardo 90'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 42,141 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

12 January 2002 21	Rennes	1–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Rennes
17:15 CET (UTC+1)	Le Roux 72'		Ronaldinho 20' Alex 45'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 18,366 Referee: Bruno Coué

24 January 2002 22	Lens	1–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Lens
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Pédron 89'		Ronaldinho 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert Attendance: 36,732 Referee: Damien Ledentu

30 January 2002 23	Paris Saint-Germain	5–0	Lorient	Paris
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Déhu 4' Fiorèse 13' Ronaldinho 40' Leroy 55', 69'			Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 37,680 Referee: Dominique Fraise

2 February 2002 24	Montpellier	0–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Montpellier
17:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 17,731 Referee: Claude Colombo

7 February 2002 25	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0	Bordeaux	Paris
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Déhu 78'			Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 42,014 Referee: Stéphane Bré

17 February 2002 26	Lyon	3–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Lyon
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Déhu 61' (o.g.) Anderson 76' Juninho 86'			Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 38,323 Referee: Damien Ledentu

23 February 2002 27	Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	Sedan	Paris
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Arteta 22' (pen.) Alex 82' É. Cissé 89'			Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 40,095 Referee: Alain Hamer

6 March 2002 28	Bastia	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Furiani
18:00 CET (UTC+1)			Ogbeche 49'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 9,283 Referee: Claude Colombo

16 March 2002 29	Paris Saint-Germain	3–1	Troyes	Paris
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Aloisio 55' Ronaldinho 62', 73'		Svensson 15'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 38,914 Referee: Améziane Khendek

23 March 2002 30	Guingamp	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Guingamp
17:15 CET (UTC+1)			Fiorèse 17'	Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 16,400 Referee: Dominique Fraise

6 April 2002 31	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	Nantes	Paris
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Okocha 55'		Quint 39'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 43,817 Referee: Alain Sars

12 April 2002 32	Marseille	1–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Marseille
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Buyten 64'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,797 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

27 April 2002 33	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Metz	Paris
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fiorèse 61' Ronaldinho 68'			Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 42,425 Referee: Stéphane Bré

4 May 2002 34	Lille	1–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Lille
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sterjovski 72'			Stadium: Stade Grimonprez-Jooris Attendance: 20,380 Referee: Éric Poulat

Coupe de France

15 December 2001 Round of 64	Luçon	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Niort
20:00		Report	Agostinho 27' Arteta 49'	Stadium: Stade René-Gaillard Attendance: 4,284 Referee: Yves Brizou

19 January 2002 Round of 32	Yzeure	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Clermont-Ferrand
20:00	Jorrand 86'	Report	Heinze 21' Aloísio 62' Arteta 71'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Pascal Viléo

10 February 2002 Round of 16	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	Marseille	Paris
20:45	El Karkouri 10' Alonzo 45' Déhu 57' Heinze 72' Leal 83' Heinze 87'	Report	Alfonso 11' Luiz 14' Sakho 34' Van Buyten 68' Delfim 71' Dos Santos 98'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 33,790 Referee: Alain Sars
	Penalties
	Déhu Leal Aloísio Alex Ronaldinho Heinze Leroy Fiorèse El Karkouri		Delfim Dalmat Luiz Tuzzio Alfonso Bakayoko Jurietti Dos Santos Van Buyten

9 March 2002 Quarter-finals	Paris Saint-Germain	0–1	Lorient	Paris
17:00	Aloísio 55'	Report	Chabert 32' 89' Bedrossian 64' Dudoit 80' Le Garrec 89'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 19,794 Referee: Éric Poulat

Coupe de la Ligue

2 December 2001 Round of 32	Troyes	0–4	Paris Saint-Germain	Troyes
15:15	Celestini 15' Sekli 58'	Report	Déhu 11' 90' Ogbeche 17' Mendy 26' 59' Okocha 58' (pen.) Domi 71'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 15,779 Referee: Bruno Coué

8 January 2002 Round of 16	Paris Saint-Germain	3–1	Guingamp	Paris
20:00	Arteta 5' (pen.) Pochettino 17' Ronaldinho 72', 90' Aloísio 72'	Report	Joseph-Augustin 5' Tasfaout 42' (pen.) Saci 84'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 21,842 Referee: Claude Colombo

27 January 2002 Quarter-finals	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Nancy	Paris
20:45	Domi 30' 90' Cissé 107'	Report	Florentin 12' 73' Chabaud 99'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 25,442 Referee: Philippe Kalt
	Penalties
	Domi Ogbeche Arteta Leroy Ronaldinho Pochettino		Chabaud Lécluse Camara Nicaise Zoko Moracchini

2 March 2002 Semi-finals	Paris Saint-Germain	0–1	Bordeaux	Paris
20:45	Fiorèse 36' Potillon 46' Déhu 80' Cristóbal 83' Arteta 83' Mendy 83' Leroy 87'	Report	Jemmali 19' Afanou 27' Pauleta 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 37,664 Referee: Gilles Veissière

Intertoto Cup

Second round

1 July 2001 First leg	Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	Jazz	Toulouse, France
18:00	Robert 44', 57', 67'	Report		Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 3,789 Referee: Ivan Novak (Croatia)

7 July 2001 Second leg	Jazz	1–4 (1–7 agg.)	Paris Saint-Germain	Pori, Finland
18:00	Juntunen 52'	Report	Okocha 20', 60' (pen.) Robert 32' Hiroux 73'	Stadium: Porin Stadion Attendance: 3,803 Referee: Spiridon Papadakos (Greece)

Third round

15 July 2001 First leg	Tavriya Simferopol	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Simferopol, Ukraine
19:00		Report	Heinze 56'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands)

21 July 2001 Second leg	Paris Saint-Germain	4–0 (5–0 agg.)	Tavriya Simferopol	Toulouse, France
18:00	Okocha 4' Aloísio 10', 70' Benarbia 62'	Report		Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 2,037 Referee: Víctor José Esquinas Torres (Spain)

Semi-finals

25 July 2001 First leg	Gent	0–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Ghent, Belgium
18:00		Report		Stadium: Jules Ottenstadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

1 August 2001 Second leg	Paris Saint-Germain	7–1 (7–1 agg.)	Gent	Paris, France
20:00	Arteta 11' Mendy 35' Anelka 45', 63' Okocha 56' (pen.), 60' Hiroux 89'	Report	Kraouche 72'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 29,149 Referee: Steve Bennett (England)

Final

7 August 2001 First leg	Paris Saint-Germain	0–0	Brescia	Paris, France
20:30		Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Mike McCurry (Scotland)

21 August 2001 Second leg	Brescia	1–1 (1–1a agg.)	Paris Saint-Germain	Brescia, Italy
20:15	Baggio 79' (pen.)	Report	Aloísio 74'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Juan Antonio Fernández (Spain)

UEFA Cup

First round

18 September 2001 First leg	Paris Saint-Germain	0–0	Rapid București	Paris, France
18:00		Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 19,200 Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)

25 September 2001 Second leg	Rapid București	0–1 (a.e.t.) (0–3 agg.)	Paris Saint-Germain	Bucharest, Romania
18:00		Report	Aloísio 93'	Stadium: Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)
Note: Paris Saint-Germain were awarded a 3–0 victory for the second leg as Rapid București walked out, therefore winning 3–0 on aggregate

Second round

18 October 2001 First leg	Paris Saint-Germain	4–0	Rapid Wien	Paris, France
21:00	Ronaldinho 16', 58' Mendy 28' Anelka 54'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 27,155 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi (Italy)

1 November 2001 Second leg	Rapid Wien	2–2 (2–6 agg.)	Paris Saint-Germain	Vienna, Austria
18:00	Wagner 10', 16'	Report	Potillon 52' Hugo Leal 91'	Stadium: Gerhard-Hanappi-Stadion Attendance: 10,400 Referee: Roy Helge Olsen (Norway)

Third round

22 November 2001 First leg	Rangers	0–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Glasgow, Scotland
21:00		Report		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,223 Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

6 December 2001 Second leg	Paris Saint-Germain	0–0 (a.e.t.) (0–0 agg.) (3–4 p)	Rangers	Paris, France
21:00		Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)
	Penalties
	Okocha Ronaldinho Arteta Heinze Mendy Pochettino		Amoruso Latapy Konterman Caniggia Numan Ferguson

Notes and references

Notes

^ Benachour was born in Paris, France, but also qualified to represent Tunisia internationally and would make his international debut for Tunisia in 2002.
^ Rabésandratana was born in Épinay-sur-Seine, France, but also qualified to represent Madagascar internationally and would make his international debut for Madagascar in 2007.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Saison 2001-2002". Histoire du PSG. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Paris S-G 2001/2002". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
^ "Average Team Attendances Paris-SG". Stadium and Attendances. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Descriptif saisons par saisons". PSG70. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

External links

Official websites

PSG.FR - Site officiel du Paris Saint-Germain
Paris Saint-Germain - Ligue 1 Archived 2020-03-22 at the Wayback Machine
Paris Saint-Germain - UEFA.com

[table_note_res_UCCL0.51953658159801-7] Bordeaux was qualified for the 2002–03 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2001–02 Coupe de la Ligue.

[5] Benachour was born in Paris, France, but also qualified to represent Tunisia internationally and would make his international debut for Tunisia in 2002.

[6] Rabésandratana was born in Épinay-sur-Seine, France, but also qualified to represent Madagascar internationally and would make his international debut for Madagascar in 2007.

[saison02-1] "Saison 2001-2002". Histoire du PSG. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

[foot02-2] "Paris S-G 2001/2002". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

[3] "Average Team Attendances Paris-SG". Stadium and Attendances. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

[captain-4] "Descriptif saisons par saisons". PSG70. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

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