2001–02 LB Châteauroux season

The 2001–02 season was the 86th season in the existence of LB Châteauroux and the club's third consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, LB Châteauroux competed in this season's edition of the Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue. The season covered the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002.

LB Châteauroux

2001–02 season
Head coach	Thierry Froger
French Division 2	8th
Coupe de France	Round of 16
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16

Players

First-team 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
—	GK	FRA	Grégory Malicki
—	GK	FRA	Christophe Eggimann
—	GK	FRA	Jean-Christophe Colard
—	GK	FRA	Rodolphe Roche
—	DF	MAD	Johann Paul
—	DF	CIV	Alain Behi
—	DF	FRA	Vincent Di Bartolomeo
—	DF	FRA	Julien Cordonnier
—	DF	FRA	Ludovic Jeannel
—	DF	FRA	Laurent Morestin
—	DF	GUI	Morlaye Cissé
—	DF	FRA	Julien Sassier
—	DF	FRA	Alexandre Dujeux
—	DF	FRA	Marc Giraudon
—	DF	MTQ	Ludovic Clément

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	FRA	Vincent Bernardet
—	MF	FRA	Stéphane Laquait
—	MF	MLI	David Coulibaly
—	MF	FRA	Armindo Ferreira
—	MF	TOG	Thomas Dossevi
—	MF	MAD	Tahina Randriamananantoandro
—	MF	FRA	Nicolas Donné
—	MF	FRA	Mickaël Villatte
—	MF	FRA	Fabien Cerqueira
—	MF	FRA	Benjamin Nivet
—	MF	FRA	Sébastien Roudet
—	FW	FRA	Lilian Compan
—	FW	HUN	Zoltan Kovacs
—	FW	FRA	Mathieu Maton

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
–	GK	Morlaye Cissé	Horoya AC		1 July 2001
–	DF	Jean-Christophe Colard	Sedan B		1 July 2001
–	MF	Lilian Compan	Créteil		1 July 2001
–	FW	Thomas Dossevi	Valence	Return from loan	1 July 2001
–	MF	Tahina Randriamananantoandro	Lens B		1 July 2001
–	FW	Steve Savidan	AC Ajaccio	Return from loan	1 July 2001
–	GK	Christophe Eggimann	RC Strasbourg	Loan	1 July 2001

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
–	GK	Cédric Daury	AJ Auxerre		1 July 2001
–	DF	Laurent Dufresne	Cambrai		1 July 2001
–	MF	Yohan Charlot		Free	1 July 2001
–	FW	Steve Savidan		Free	23 July 2001
–	FW	Grégory Malicki	Niort U-19		30 August 2001
–	MF	Benjamin Nivet			25 January 2002

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Division 2	28 July 2001	3 May 2002	Matchday 1	8th	38	15	8	15	41	42	−1	039.47
Coupe de France	November 2001	TBD	Seventh round	Round of 16	5	4	0	1	7	2	+5	080.00
Coupe de la Ligue	1 December 2001	January 2002	Round of 32	Round of 16	2	1	0	1	4	4	+0	050.00
Total					45	20	8	17	52	48	+4	044.44

Source: Competitions

French Division 2

Main article: 2001–02 French Division 2

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Caen	38	16	10	12	59	55	+4	58
7	Beauvais	38	13	18	7	37	25	+12	57
8	Châteauroux	38	15	8	15	41	42	−1	53
9	Nancy	38	12	15	11	42	38	+4	51
10	Laval	38	14	8	16	50	56	−6	50

Source: Ligue 2

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
38	15	8	15	41	42	−1	53	8	5	6	24	20	+4	7	3	9	17	22	−5

Source: Ligue 2

Results by round

Round	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	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	W
Position	2	8	13	8	11	8	6	7	8	11	9	9	11	11	10	10	11	12	10	7	8	8	9	10	6	7	9	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8

Source: Ligue 2
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Wasquehal v Châteauroux

28 July 2001 1	Wasquehal	0–2	Châteauroux	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadium Lille Métropole

Châteauroux v Ajaccio

4 August 2001 2	Châteauroux	0–2	Ajaccio	Châteauroux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston-Petit

Gueugnon v Châteauroux

11 August 2001 3	Gueugnon	2–0	Châteauroux	Gueugnon
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Jean Laville

Châteauroux v Amiens

18 August 2001 4	Châteauroux	2–0	Amiens	Châteauroux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston-Petit

Strasbourg v Châteauroux

24 August 2001 5	Strasbourg	2–0	Châteauroux	Strasbourg
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de la Meinau

Châteauroux v Le Havre

29 August 2001 6	Châteauroux	4–2	Le Havre	Châteauroux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston-Petit

Nice v Châteauroux

8 September 2001 7	Nice	1–2	Châteauroux	Nice
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade du Ray

Châteauroux v Istres

15 September 2001 8	Châteauroux	1–1	Istres	Châteauroux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston-Petit

Laval v Châteauroux

22 September 2001 9	Laval	2–1	Châteauroux	Laval
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Francis Le Basser

Châteauroux v Martigues

29 September 2001 10	Châteauroux	2–3	Martigues	Châteauroux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston-Petit

Niort v Châteauroux

5 October 2001 11	Niort	1–2	Châteauroux	Niort
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade René Gaillard

Châteauroux v Nîmes

13 October 2001 12	Châteauroux	0–0	Nîmes	Châteauroux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston-Petit

Nancy v Châteauroux

20 October 2001 13	Nancy	2–0	Châteauroux	Tomblaine
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot

Châteauroux v Beauvais

27 October 2001 14	Châteauroux	0–0	Beauvais	Châteauroux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston-Petit

Châteauroux v Créteil

9 November 2001 15	Châteauroux	1–0	Créteil	Châteauroux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston-Petit

Caen v Châteauroux

13 November 2001 16	Caen	1–1	Châteauroux	Caen
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano

Châteauroux v Grenoble

17 November 2001 17	Châteauroux	0–0	Grenoble	Châteauroux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston-Petit

Le Mans v Châteauroux

28 November 2001 18	Le Mans	1–0	Châteauroux	Le Mans
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Léon-Bollée

Châteauroux v Saint-Étienne

8 December 2001 19	Châteauroux	4–0	Saint-Étienne	Châteauroux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston-Petit

Ajaccio v Châteauroux

19 December 2001 20	Ajaccio	0–1	Châteauroux	Ajaccio
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade François Coty

Châteauroux v Strasbourg

13 January 2002 23	Châteauroux	1–2	Strasbourg	Châteauroux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston-Petit

Le Havre v Châteauroux

23 January 2002 24	Le Havre	3–1	Châteauroux	Le Havre
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Jules Deschaseaux

Châteauroux v Gueugnon

26 January 2002 21	Châteauroux	1–0	Gueugnon	Châteauroux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston-Petit

Châteauroux v Nice

30 January 2002 25	Châteauroux	1–0	Nice	Châteauroux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston-Petit

Istres v Châteauroux

2 February 2002 26	Istres	2–0	Châteauroux	Istres
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Bernard Bardin

Châteauroux v Laval

6 February 2002 27	Châteauroux	1–2	Laval	Châteauroux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston-Petit

Martigues v Châteauroux

12 February 2002 28	Martigues	1–0	Châteauroux	Martigues
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Francis Turcan

Châteauroux v Niort

16 February 2002 29	Châteauroux	2–1	Niort	Châteauroux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston-Petit

Nîmes v Châteauroux

23 February 2002 30	Nîmes	0–1	Châteauroux	Nîmes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade des Costières

Amiens v Châteauroux

2 March 2002 22	Amiens	0–1	Châteauroux	Amiens
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de la Licorne

Châteauroux v Nancy

6 March 2002 31	Châteauroux	1–1	Nancy	Châteauroux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston-Petit

Beauvais v Châteauroux

16 March 2002 32	Beauvais	1–1	Châteauroux	Beauvais
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Pierre Brisson

Créteil v Châteauroux

23 March 2002 33	Créteil	2–2	Châteauroux	Créteil
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Dominique Duvauchelle

Châteauroux v Caen

26 March 2002 34	Châteauroux	0–2	Caen	Châteauroux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston-Petit

Grenoble v Châteauroux

6 April 2002 35	Grenoble	0–2	Châteauroux	Grenoble
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Lesdiguières

Châteauroux v Le Mans

13 April 2002 36	Châteauroux	0–2	Le Mans	Châteauroux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston-Petit

Saint-Étienne v Châteauroux

26 April 2002 37	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Châteauroux	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

Châteauroux v Wasquehal

3 May 2002 38	Châteauroux	3–2	Wasquehal	Châteauroux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston-Petit

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 2		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	FRA	[[]]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	GK	FRA	[[]]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
1	DF	FRA	[[]]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	DF	FRA	[[]]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
1	MF	FRA	[[]]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	MF	FRA	[[]]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
1	FW	FRA	[[]]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	FW	FRA	[[]]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
1	GK	FRA	[[]]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Division 2	Coupe de France	Coupe de la Ligue	Total
1	1	FW		[[]]	0	0	0	0
2	2	MF		[[]]	0	0	0	0
	Totals					0	0	0	0