2001–02 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season

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 Francis Graille and the team was coached by Luis Fernández.[1][2] Frédéric Déhu was the team captain.[4]

Paris Saint-Germain
2001–02 season
PresidentFrancis Graille
ManagerLuis Fernández
StadiumParc des Princes
Division 14th
Coupe de FranceQuarter-finals
Coupe de la LigueSemi-finals
Intertoto CupWinners
UEFA CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ronaldinho (8)
Fabrice Fiorèse (8)
All:
Ronaldinho (13)
Highest home attendance43,930
(vs Lens, 8 September 2001)
Lowest home attendance19,794
(vs Lorient, 9 March 2002)
Average home league attendance41,040

Players
As of the 2001–02 season.[1][2][4]

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
1 GK  FRA Lionel Letizi
2 DF  ARG Gabriel Heinze
3 DF  FRA Lionel Potillon
4 MF  ESP Mikel Arteta
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. 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

Division 1
Main article: 2001–02 French 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[lower-alpha 1]
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Bordeaux was qualified for the 2002–03 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2001–02 Coupe de la Ligue.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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 match
Match12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDDWDWDDDLDWWLDWDWDWLWDWDWLWWWWDLWL
Position111387465688878887555654444444443444
Source: LFP.fr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Coupe de France
Main article: 2001–02 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-final 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
Main article: 2001–02 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-final 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-final 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
Main article: 2001 UEFA 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-final
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
Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Cup

First round
18 September 2001 First leg Paris Saint-Germain 0–0 Rapid București Paris, France
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
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
  1. Benachour was born in Paris, France, but also qualified to represent Tunisia internationally and would make his international debut for Tunisia in 2002.
  2. 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
  1. "Saison 2001-2002". Histoire du PSG. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  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.
  4. "Descriptif saisons par saisons". PSG70. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
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