2001–02 RC Lens season
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|chrtitle = President
|chairman = Gervais Martel
|mgrtitle = Head coach
|manager = Joël Müller
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|stadium = Stade Félix-Bollaert
|league = Division 1
|league result = 2nd
|cup1 = Coupe de France
|cup1 result = Round of 16
|cup2 = Coupe de la Ligue
|cup2 result = Round of 32
|league topscorer =
Daniel Moreira (11)
|season topscorer =
Daniel Moreira (11)
|highest attendance =
|lowest attendance =
|average attendance = 37,339{{cite news | title = Division 1 2001/2002 » Attendance » Home matches | url = https://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/fra-ligue-1-2001-2002/1/ | work = Worldfootball.net | accessdate = 1 February 2021}}
|largest win = Lens 7–0 Bastia
|largest loss = Monaco 4–1 Lens
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The 2001–02 season was the 95th season in the existence of RC Lens and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lens participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue. The season covered the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
First-team squad
:Squad at end of season{{cite web|url=http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/france/2001-2002/div1/lens.htm|title=Lens - 2001/02|publisher=FootballSquads.co.uk|accessdate=15 January 2022}}{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=FRA|name=Guillaume Warmuz|pos=GK|other=captain}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=FRA|name=Éric Sikora|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=FRA|name=Mathieu Bucher|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=MLI|name=Adama Coulibaly|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=FRA|name=Jocelyn Blanchard|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=FRA|name=Franck Queudrue|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=FRA|name=Mickaël Debève|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=FRA|name=Jean-Guy Wallemme|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=FRA|name=Lamine Sakho|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=FRA|name=Daniel Moreira|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=SEN|name=El Hadji Diouf|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=SEN|name=Pape Sarr|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=SEN|name=Ferdinand Coly|pos=DF}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=CZE|name=Radek Bejbl|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=FRA|name=Sébastien Chabbert|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=FRA|name=Yoann Lachor|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=FRA|name=Patrick Barul|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=FRA|name=Antoine Sibierski|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=FRA|name=Djimi Traoré|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=FR Yugoslavia|name=Nenad Grozdić|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=FRA|name=Valérien Ismaël|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=FRA|name=Stéphane Pédron|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=MLI|name=Daouda Jabi|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=FRA|name=Charles-Édouard Coridon|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=FRA|name=Ludovic Delporte|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=FRA|name=Charles Itandje|pos=GK}}
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Pre-season and friendlies
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{{Football box collapsible
|round = Friendly
|date = 3 July 2001
|team1 = Lens {{fbaicon|FRA}}
|score = 1–1
|report =
|team2 = {{fbaicon|FRA}} Ajaccio
|goals1 =
- Moreira {{goal|35}}
|goals2 =
- Squillaci {{goal|2}}
|stadium =
|location = Vichy, France
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = D
|note = Match was played in three 30-minute periods.
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|round = Friendly
|date = 7 July 2001
|team1 = Lens {{fbaicon|FRA}}
|score = 3–0
|report =
|team2 = {{fbaicon|FRA}} Saint-Étienne
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium =
|location = Clermont-Ferrand, France
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = Friendly
|date = 18 July 2001
|team1 = Amiens {{fbaicon|FRA}}
|score = 0–3
|report =
|team2 = {{fbaicon|FRA}} Lens
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de la Licorne
|location = Amiens, France
|attendance = 6,218
|referee = M. Cotrel
|result = W
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{{Football box collapsible
|round = Friendly
|date = 24 July 2001
|team1 = Wasquehal {{fbaicon|FRA}}
|score = 0–0
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|team2 = {{fbaicon|FRA}} Lens
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|stadium =
|location = Armentières, France
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|referee =
|result = D
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{{Football box collapsible
|round = Friendly
|date = 30 December 2001
|team1 = Wasquehal {{fbaicon|FRA}}
|score = 0–2
|report =
|team2 = {{fbaicon|FRA}} Lens
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Arthur Buyse
|location = Wasquehal, France
|attendance = 500
|referee =
|result = W
|note = Match was played in three 30-minute periods.
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{{Football box collapsible
|round = Friendly
|date = 20 April 2002
|team1 = Lens {{fbaicon|FRA}}
|score = 1–1
|report =
|team2 = {{fbaicon|FRA}} Amiens
|goals1 =
- Diouf {{goal|4}}
|goals2 =
- Diallo {{goal|75}}
|stadium = stade municipal
|location = Béthune, France
|attendance = 2,000
|referee = M. Lannoy
|result = D
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = Friendly
|date = 10 May 2002
|team1 = Lens {{fbaicon|FRA}}
|score = 1–0
|report =
|team2 = {{fbaicon|FRA}} Beauvais
|goals1 =
- Bejbl {{goal|60}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Gaston Bonnet
|location = Saint-Omer, France
|attendance = 2,300
|referee = M. Gautier
|result = W
}}
Competitions
=Overview=
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|c2=Coupe de France |fm2=14 December 2001 |lm2=19 January 2001 |sr2=Round of 32 |fp2=Round of 16 |w2=1 |d2=0 |l2=1 |f2=1 |a2=1
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=French Division 1=
{{main|2001–02 French Division 1}}
==League table==
{{:2001–02 French Division 1|showteam=RCL}}
==Results summary==
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{{Fb_rs footer|u=4 May 2002 |s=[https://www.ligue1.com/ranking Ligue 1] |date=July 2001}}
==Results by round==
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| res2=W/W/W/W/D/D/W/L/D/W/W/W/D/W/D/W/L/W/W/D/W/D/W/W/L/D/W/W/L/D/D/L/W/L
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==Matches==
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|round = 1
|date = 28 July 2001
|team1 = Lens
|score = 2–0
|report =
|team2 = Lyon
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|stadium = Stade Félix-Bollaert
|location = Lens
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = W
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|round = 2
|date = 4 August 2001
|team1 = Nantes
|score = 1–2
|report =
|team2 = Lens
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de la Beaujoire
|location = Nantes
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 3
|date = 11 August 2001
|team1 = Lens
|score = 2–0
|report =
|team2 = Marseille
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Félix-Bollaert
|location = Lens
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 4
|date = 18 August 2001
|team1 = Metz
|score = 0–1
|report =
|team2 = Lens
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Saint-Symphorien
|location = Metz
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 5
|date = 26 August 2001
|team1 = Lens
|score = 1–1
|report =
|team2 = Lille
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Félix-Bollaert
|location = Lens
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = D
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 6
|date = 8 September 2001
|team1 = Paris Saint-Germain
|score = 2–2
|report =
|team2 = Lens
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Parc de Princes
|location = Paris
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = D
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 7
|date = 15 September 2001
|team1 = Lens
|score = 3–0
|report =
|team2 = Sochaux
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Félix-Bollaert
|location = Lens
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 8
|date = 22 September 2001
|team1 = Monaco
|score = 3–0
|report =
|team2 = Lens
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Louis II
|location = Monaco
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = L
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 9
|date = 29 September 2001
|team1 = Lens
|score = 1–1
|report =
|team2 = Auxerre
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Félix-Bollaert
|location = Lens
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = D
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 10
|date = 13 October 2001
|team1 = Lorient
|score = 2–3
|report =
|team2 = Lens
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade du Moustoir
|location = Lorient
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 11
|date = 20 October 2001
|team1 = Lens
|score = 2–0
|report =
|team2 = Montpellier
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Félix-Bollaert
|location = Lens
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 12
|date = 27 October 2001
|team1 = Rennes
|score = 1–2
|report =
|team2 = Lens
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de la Route de Lorient
|location = Rennes
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 13
|date = 4 November 2001
|team1 = Lens
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team2 = Bordeaux
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Félix-Bollaert
|location = Lens
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = D
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 14
|date = 17 November 2001
|team1 = Lens
|score = 1–0
|report =
|team2 = Sedan
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Félix-Bollaert
|location = Lens
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 15
|date = 24 November 2001
|team1 = Troyes
|score = 1–1
|report =
|team2 = Lens
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de l'Aube
|location = Troyes
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = D
}}
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|round = 16
|date = 28 November 2001
|team1 = Lens
|score = 7–0
|report =
|team2 = Bastia
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Félix-Bollaert
|location = Lens
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = W
}}
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|round = 17
|date = 8 December 2001
|team1 = Guingamp
|score = 1–0
|report =
|team2 = Lens
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade du Roudourou
|location = Guingamp
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = L
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 18
|date = 18 December 2001
|team1 = Lens
|score = 3–0
|report =
|team2 = Nantes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Félix-Bollaert
|location = Lens
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = W
}}
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|round = 19
|date = 21 December 2001
|team1 = Marseille
|score = 1–2
|report =
|team2 = Lens
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Vélodrome
|location = Marseille
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = W
}}
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|round = 21
|date = 11 January 2002
|team1 = Lille
|score = 0–1
|report =
|team2 = Lens
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Grimonprez-Jooris
|location = Lille
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = W
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|round = 22
|date = 24 January 2002
|team1 = Lens
|score = 1–1
|report =
|team2 = Paris Saint-Germain
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Félix-Bollaert
|location = Lens
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = D
}}
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|round = 23
|date = 30 January 2002
|team1 = Sochaux
|score = 0–2
|report =
|team2 = Lens
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Auguste Bonal
|location = Montbéliard
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 24
|date = 2 February 2002
|team1 = Lens
|score = 1–0
|report =
|team2 = Monaco
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Félix-Bollaert
|location = Lens
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = W
}}
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|round = 25
|date = 6 February 2002
|team1 = Auxerre
|score = 1–0
|report =
|team2 = Lens
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Abbé-Deschamps
|location = Auxerre
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = L
}}
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|round = 26
|date = 16 February 2002
|team1 = Lens
|score = 1–1
|report =
|team2 = Lorient
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Félix-Bollaert
|location = Lens
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = D
}}
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|round = 27
|date = 23 February 2002
|team1 = Montpellier
|score = 1–2
|report =
|team2 = Lens
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de la Mosson
|location = Montpellier
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = W
}}
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|round = 20
|date = 2 March 2002
|team1 = Lens
|score = 2–2
|report =
|team2 = Metz
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Félix-Bollaert
|location = Lens
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|referee =
|result = D
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|round = 28
|date = 6 March 2002
|team1 = Lens
|score = 2–0
|report =
|team2 = Rennes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Félix-Bollaert
|location = Lens
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = W
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|round = 29
|date = 17 March 2002
|team1 = Bordeaux
|score = 2–1
|report =
|team2 = Lens
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Chaban-Delmas
|location = Bordeaux
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = L
}}
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|round = 30
|date = 23 March 2002
|team1 = Sedan
|score = 1–1
|report =
|team2 = Lens
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|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Louis Dugauguez
|location = Sedan]
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = D
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|round = 31
|date = 6 April 2002
|team1 = Lens
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team2 = Troyes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Félix-Bollaert
|location = Lens
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = D
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|round = 32
|date = 13 April 2002
|team1 = Bastia
|score = 3–1
|report =
|team2 = Lens
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Armand Cesari
|location = Furiani
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = L
}}
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|round = 33
|date = 27 April 2002
|team1 = Lens
|score = 4–1
|report =
|team2 = Guingamp
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Félix-Bollaert
|location = Lens
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = W
}}
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|round = 34
|date = 4 May 2002
|team1 = Lyon
|score = 3–1
|report =
|team2 = Lens
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de Gerland
|location = Lyon
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = L
}}
=Coupe de France=
{{main|2001–02 Coupe de France}}
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|round = Round of 64
|date = 14 December 2001
|team1 = Valenciennes
|score = 0–1
|report = https://web.archive.org/web/20141011154116/http://www.deux-zero.com/index.php?Code=CF&Item=Fiche&Edition=2001-2002&MatchId=12147
|team2 = Lens
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Bucher {{goal|73}}
|stadium = Stade Nungesser
|location = Valenciennes
|attendance = 11,316
|referee = Hervé Piccirillo
|result = W
}}
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|round = Round of 32
|date = 19 January 2002
|team1 = Lens
|score = 0–1
|report = https://web.archive.org/web/20141011154118/http://www.deux-zero.com/index.php?Code=CF&Item=Fiche&Edition=2001-2002&MatchId=12174
|team2 = Marseille
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Rivera {{goal|62}}
|stadium = Stade Félix-Bollaert
|location = Lens
|attendance = 28,630
|referee = Éric Poulat
|result = L
}}
=Coupe de la Ligue=
{{main|2001–02 Coupe de la Ligue}}
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|round = Round of 32
|date = 1 December 2001
|team1 = Monaco
|score = 4–1
|report = https://web.archive.org/web/20140905220158/http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuille_match/47226
|team2 = Lens
|goals1 =
- Nonda {{goal|10||84|pen.}}
- Nyarko {{yel|37}}
- Bierhoff {{goal|57}}
- Jugović {{yel|60}} {{goal|75}}
- Rodriguez {{yel|89}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Louis II
|location = Monaco
|attendance = 6,295
|referee = Laurent Duhamel
|result = L
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://www.rclens.fr/}}
{{RC Lens seasons}}
{{2001–02 in French football}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2001-02 RC Lens Season}}