2001–02 Nîmes Olympique season

The 2001–02 season was the 65th season in the existence of Nîmes Olympique and the club's third consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Nîmes Olympique 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.

Nîmes Olympique

2001–02 season
French Division 2	19th (relegated)
Coupe de France	Semi-finals
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 32

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	Marc Delaroche
—	GK	FRA	Yoann Bouchard
—	GK	FRA	Kevin Grau
—	DF	SEN	Mamadou Seck
—	DF	FRA	Anthony Vosahlo
—	DF	FRA	Christophe Borbiconi
—	DF	FRA	Christophe Van Reusel
—	DF	FRA	Romain Canalès
—	DF	FRA	Johann Charpenet
—	DF	FRA	Jean-Luc Vannuchi
—	DF	FRA	Sébastien Bresson
—	DF	FRA	Christophe Zugna
—	DF	FRA	Brice Barrandon
—	DF	MAR	Mourad Ourahou
—	DF	MTN	Mohamed Benyachou
—	DF	FRA	Laurent de Palmas
—	DF	FRA	Yohann Alemany
—	MF	FRA	Emmanuel Rival
—	MF	FRA	Gérald Martin

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ALG	Ali Boulebda
—	MF	FRA	Renaud Cohade
—	MF	BEL	Frédéric Pierre
—	MF	FRA	Kevin Barralon
—	MF	AUS	Ufuk Talay
—	MF	FRA	Franck Rizzetto
—	MF	FRA	Nicolas Marx
—	MF	FRA	Ronan Salaün
—	MF	ALG	Sofiane Bezzou
—	MF	FRA	Yann Jouffre
—	FW	GHA	Arthur Moses
—	FW	FRA	Réginald Ray
—	FW	SCG	Slađan Đukić
—	FW	FRA	Ali Nechad
—	FW	FRA	Thony Andenas
—	FW	FRA	Grégory Nicot
—	FW	MAR	Karim Benkouar
—	FW	FRA	Sébastien Fidani
—	FW	FRA	Oifeck El-Moujahid

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Nîmes v Saint-Étienne

4 July 2001 Friendly	Nîmes	2–1	Saint-Étienne	Chambéry, France
	Charpenet 23' (pen.), 38' (pen.)	Report	Panov 47'	Stadium: Stade municipal Jacques Level

Competitions

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	19th	38	5	17	16	33	48	−15	013.16
Coupe de France	4 November 2001	31 March 2002	Seventh round	Semi-finals	7	3	3	1	8	2	+6	042.86
Coupe de la Ligue	1 September 2001	December 2001	First round	Round of 32	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total					47	8	21	18	41	52	−11	017.02

Source: Competitions

French Division 2

Main article: 2001–02 French Division 2

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
16	Grenoble	38	10	12	16	38	55	−17	42
17	Istres	38	8	17	13	34	43	−9	41
18	Créteil	38	9	14	15	35	46	−11	41
19	Nîmes (R)	38	5	17	16	33	48	−15	32	Relegation to Championnat National [fr]
20	Martigues (R)	38	7	11	20	32	53	−21	32

Source: Ligue 2
(R) Relegated

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	5	17	16	33	48	−15	32	3	11	5	18	20	−2	2	6	11	15	28	−13

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	H	A	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
Result	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	D	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	W
Position	14	15	20	18	20	19	20	20	20	19	16	17	18	18	16	17	18	18	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19

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

Matches

Gueugnon v Nîmes

28 July 2001 1	Gueugnon	4–3	Nîmes	Gueugnon
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lettieri 24', 43' Desgeorges 45' Traoré 90'	Report	Nicot 9' Moses 60' Rival 87'	Stadium: Stade Jean Laville Attendance: 3,101 Referee: Jean-Marc Bonnin

Nîmes v Martigues

4 August 2001 2	Nîmes	0–0	Martigues	Nîmes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Jean-Paul Chaudre

Nice v Nîmes

11 August 2001 3	Nice	2–0	Nîmes	Nice
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade du Ray

Nîmes v Le Havre

18 August 2001 4	Nîmes	0–0	Le Havre	Nîmes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade des Costières

Laval v Nîmes

25 August 2001 5	Laval	1–0	Nîmes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)		Report

Nîmes v Istres

29 August 2001 6	Nîmes	0–0	Istres	Nîmes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade des Costières

Nîmes v Niort

15 September 2001 8	Nîmes	0–0	Niort	Nîmes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade des Costières

Nîmes v Créteil

22 September 2001 9	Nîmes	1–1	Créteil	Nîmes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade des Costières

Beauvais v Nîmes

29 September 2001 10	Beauvais	1–3	Nîmes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)		Report

Nîmes v Nancy

4 October 2001 11	Nîmes	2–2	Nancy	Nîmes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade des Costières

Châteauroux v Nîmes

13 October 2001 12	Châteauroux	0–0	Nîmes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)		Report

Nîmes v Caen

20 October 2001 13	Nîmes	2–2	Caen	Nîmes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade des Costières

Grenoble v Nîmes

26 October 2001 14	Grenoble	1–1	Nîmes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)		Report

Strasbourg v Nîmes

31 October 2001 7	Strasbourg	1–0	Nîmes
--:-- CET (UTC+1)		Report

Nîmes v Le Mans

9 November 2001 15	Nîmes	1–0	Le Mans	Nîmes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade des Costières

Coupe de France

Pau v Nîmes

3 November 2001 Seventh round	Pau	0–1	Nîmes	Pau
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade François Coty

Stade Beaucairois v Nîmes

24 November 2001 Eighth round	Stade Beaucairois	0–4 (a.e.t.)	Nîmes	Pau
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade François Coty

Le Havre v Nîmes

15 December 2001 Round of 64	Le Havre	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Nîmes	Le Havre
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Jules Deschaseaux

Laval v Nîmes

19 January 2002 Round of 32	Laval	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Nîmes	Laval
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Francis Le Basser

Amiens v Nîmes

9 February 2002 Round of 16	Amiens	0–2	Nîmes	Amiens
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade de la Licorne

Nîmes v Monaco

10 March 2002 Quarter-finals	Nîmes	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Monaco	Nîmes
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade des Costières

Lorient v Nîmes

31 March 2002 Semi-finals	Lorient	1–0	Nîmes	Lorient
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Moustoir

Coupe de la Ligue

Ajaccio v Nîmes

1 September 2001 First round	Ajaccio	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Nîmes	Ajaccio
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade François Coty

Amiens v Nîmes

1 December 2001 Round of 32	Amiens	2–0	Nîmes	Amiens
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade de la Licorne