2000–01 Olympique Lyonnais season

Olympique Lyonnais

2000–01 season
Owner	OL Groupe
President	Jean-Michel Aulas
Head coach	Jacques Santini
Stadium	Stade de Gerland
Division 1	2nd
Coupe de France	Quarter-finals
Coupe de la Ligue	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Second group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Sonny Anderson (22) All: Sonny Anderson (27)
Average home league attendance	34,565[1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2000–01 season was the 102nd season in the existence of Olympique Lyonnais and the club's 12th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. They participated in the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue and the UEFA Champions League.

First-team squad

As of end of season^[2]

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 Grégory Coupet 2 DF  BEL Éric Deflandre 3 DF  BRA Edmílson 4 DF  FRA Florent Laville 5 DF  POL Jacek Bąk 6 MF  FRA Philippe Violeau 7 FW  FRA Steve Marlet 8 MF  FRA Pierre Laigle 9 FW  BRA Sonny Anderson (captain) 10 MF  FRA Vikash Dhorasoo 12 DF  FRA Serge Blanc 13 FW  FRA Patrice Loko (on loan from Montpellier)

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  FRA Sidney Govou 15 DF  BEL Christophe Delmotte 17 MF  CMR Marc-Vivien Foé 18 MF  FRA Steed Malbranque 19 DF  FRA Jean-Marc Chanelet 21 DF  SUI Patrick Müller 22 MF  FRA David Linarès 24 DF  FRA Fréderic Ribeiro 26 DF  FRA Jérémie Bréchet 30 GK  FRA Angelo Hugues 31 DF  BRA Caçapa (on loan from Atlético Mineiro)

Transfers

In

Out

Loans in

Date from	Date to	Pos.	No.	Name	From	Ref.
28 January 2001	End of season	FW	13	Patrice Loko	Montpellier	[3]
		DF	31	Caçapa	Atlético Mineiro

Pre-season and friendlies

Lyon v Benfica

21 July 2000 Friendly	Lyon	1–1	Benfica	Lyon, France
19:30	Kandaurov 36' (o.g.)	Report	Sabry 58'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 48,000

Competitions

Overall record

Division 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Coupe de France

Coupe de la Ligue

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Inter Bratislava v Lyon

7 August 2000 First leg	Inter Bratislava	1–2	Lyon	Bratislava, Slovakia
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Németh 75'	Report	Anderson 50' Delmotte 90'	Stadium: Štadión Pasienky Attendance: 3,540 Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)

Lyon v Inter Bratislava

22 August 2000 Second leg	Lyon	2–1 (4–2 agg.)	Inter Bratislava	Lyon, France
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Marlet 55' Malbranque 89'	Report	Pinte 36'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 20,318 Referee: Roelof Luinge (Netherlands)

First group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Valencia	6	4	1	1	7	4	+3	13	Advance to second group stage
2	Lyon	6	3	0	3	8	6	+2	9
3	Olympiacos	6	3	0	3	6	5	+1	9	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Heerenveen	6	1	1	4	3	9	−6	4

Lyon v Heerenveen

12 September 2000 1	Lyon	3–1	Heerenveen	Lyon, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Anderson 2' Houttuin 10' (o.g.) Marlet 58'	Report	Talan 35'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 22,687 Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Olympiacos v Lyon

20 September 2000 2	Olympiacos	2–1	Lyon	Athens, Greece
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Ofori-Quaye 19' Giovanni 34'	Report	Foé 88'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 69,048 Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Valencia v Lyon

27 September 2000 3	Valencia	1–0	Lyon	Valencia, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Zahovič 78'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 30,720 Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

Lyon v Valencia

17 October 2000 4	Lyon	1–2	Valencia	Lyon, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Marlet 90'	Report	Juan Sánchez 45+1' Baraja 86'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 37,669 Referee: Paul Durkin (England)

Heerenveen v Lyon

25 October 2000 5	Heerenveen	0–2	Lyon	Heerenveen, Netherlands
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)			Malbranque 68' Marlet 78'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 14,300 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Lyon v Olympiacos

7 November 2000 6	Lyon	1–0	Olympiacos	Lyon, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Laigle 2'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 37,908 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

Second group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bayern Munich	6	4	1	1	8	5	+3	13	Advance to knockout stage
2	Arsenal	6	2	2	2	6	8	−2	8
3	Lyon	6	2	2	2	8	4	+4	8
4	Spartak Moscow	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4

Bayern Munich v Lyon

22 November 2000 1	Bayern Munich	1–0	Lyon	Munich, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Jeremies 55'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: José García-Aranda (Spain)

Lyon v Spartak Moscow

5 December 2000 2	Lyon	3–0	Spartak Moscow	Lyon, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Marlet 2' Anderson 31', 42'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 38,404 Referee: Juan Fernández Marin (Spain)

Lyon v Arsenal

13 February 2001 3	Lyon	0–1	Arsenal	Lyon, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Henry 59'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 39,514 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Arsenal v Lyon

21 February 2001 4	Arsenal	1–1	Lyon	London, England
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Bergkamp 33'	Report	Edmílson 90'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 34,303 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Lyon v Bayern Munich

6 March 2001 5	Lyon	3–0	Bayern Munich	Lyon, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Govou 13', 20' Laigle 71'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 39,458 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Spartak Moscow v Lyon

14 March 2001 6	Spartak Moscow	1–1	Lyon	Moscow, Russia
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Parfenov 4' (pen.)	Report	Anderson 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Division 1	Coupe de France	Coupe de la Ligue	Champions League	Total
1	9	FW		Sonny Anderson	22	0	0	5	27
2	7	FW		Steve Marlet	12	0	0	5	17
3	14	FW		Sidney Govou	5	0	0	2	7
Own goals					0	0	0	0	0
Totals					57	5	12	20	94

References