2000–01 French Division 1

63rd season of French Division 1 January 2023 Division 1 28 July 2000 –19 May 2001 2000–01 Nantes (8th title) ToulouseSt-ÉtienneStrasbourg Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup Eric Carrière Sonny Anderson (22 goals) 306 764 1999–2000 2001–02 The 2000–01 Ligue 1 season (then called Division 1) was the 63rd since its establishment. FC Nantes won the French Association Football League for the eighth time with 68 points. Participating teams Auxerre Bastia Bordeaux Guingamp Lens Lille Lyon Marseille Metz Monaco Nantes Paris Saint-Germain Rennes Saint-Étienne Sedan Strasbourg Toulouse Troyes France 350 right Location of teams in 2000–01 Ligue 1 France 47.786753 3.588664 Auxerre left France 42.39504 9.263343 Bastia left France 44.829242 -0.598253 Bordeaux left France 48.5633 -3.15 Guingamp left France 50.43285 2.814853 Lens       bottom France 50.621137 3.157519 Lille left France 45.723778 4.93225 Lyon France 43.269806 5.395922 Marseille bottom France 49.0713 6.1040 Metz right France 43.727606 7.415614 AS Monaco France 47.255631 -1.525375 Nantes France 48.841422 2.393053 PSG France 48.107458 -1.712839 Rennes France 45.460767 4.490117 St-Étienne left France 49.7025 4.9411 Sedan right France 48.58 7.75 Strasbourg bottom France 43.583314 1.434047 Toulouse bottom France 48.307561 4.098458 Troyes League table main WDL QR 5 FCN Nantes OL Lyon LIL Lille BOR Bordeaux SED Sedan REN Rennes TRO Troyes BAS Bastia PSG Paris Saint-Germain GUI Guingamp ASM Monaco MET Metz AUX Auxerre RCL Lens OM Marseille TFC Toulouse STE Saint-Étienne STR Strasbourg 21 5 8 58 36 C 17 13 4 57 30 16 11 7 43 27 15 12 7 48 33 14 10 10 47 40 15 5 14 46 37 11 13 10 45 47 13 6 15 45 41 12 8 14 44 45 11 11 12 40 48 12 7 15 53 50 11 9 14 35 44 11 8 15 31 41 9 13 12 37 39 11 7 16 31 40 9 10 15 34 49 R 8 10 16 42 56 R 7 8 19 28 61 R green1 Qualification to Champions League first group stage CLGS CLGS green2 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round CL3 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC UC #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round IC3 #DDDDFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round IC2 IC2 IC2 red1 Administratively relegated to Championnat National AR Toulouse was administratively relegated to Championnat National by the DNCG due to financial difficulties. red1 Relegation to French Division 2 R red1 UEFA Cup first round and relegation to French Division 2 Strasbourg was qualified for the 2001–02 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2000–01 Coupe de France. IPS 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Ligue 1 Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in the 2001–02 Division 1 Sochaux: champions of Ligue 2 Lorient: runners-up Montpellier: third place Position by round table y br future Nantes 18/7/4/3/4/7/7/10/13/15/11/7/10/6/9/6/5/2/2/4/2/1/1/2/2/2/2/2/2/1/1/1/1/1 Lyon 8/10/11/14/12/13/9/5/9/8/5/6/8/4/5/8/7/7/7/5/7/5/5/4/3/5/5/4/3/3/2/2/2/2 Lille 13/3/1/5/2/3/8/7/4/4/7/3/2/5/6/3/2/3/5/3/4/2/2/1/1/1/1/1/1/2/3/4/4/3 Bordeaux 12/16/16/16/16/14/15/16/12/12/6/9/6/3/2/1/1/1/3/1/3/4/3/3/4/3/3/5/4/4/4/3/3/4 Sedan 4/6/8/7/10/6/4/6/7/7/4/5/3/1/1/2/3/4/1/2/1/3/4/6/5/4/4/3/5/5/5/5/5/5 Rennais 9/11/12/10/11/15/16/15/16/14/10/12/13/12/12/13/15/13/10/11/10/7/9/9/10/10/7/10/6/6/6/6/6/6 Troyes 16/15/15/12/14/10/5/8/6/6/8/10/7/10/7/9/10/11/9/10/9/10/8/8/7/8/6/6/7/7/7/7/7/7 Bastia 5/2/5/2/5/2/1/1/2/1/2/2/4/8/4/7/6/5/4/6/5/8/6/5/6/6/8/9/10/11/11/9/10/8 PSG 2/5/2/6/3/4/3/3/1/2/1/1/1/2/3/4/8/9/12/9/11/11/12/10/11/11/12/11/12/10/12/12/11/9 Guingamp 7/12/17/17/18/16/14/12/10/9/12/8/5/7/8/5/4/6/8/8/6/6/7/7/8/7/9/7/8/8/8/10/9/10 Monaco 10/17/9/8/8/12/13/9/5/5/3/4/9/11/13/10/11/12/11/12/13/15/14/14/12/12/11/12/11/12/9/8/8/11 Metz 11/13/13/11/13/11/6/4/8/11/13/13/11/14/15/15/14/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/15/16/14/15/15/14/13/14/12 Auxerre 14/8/6/9/6/9/11/14/15/13/15/15/14/13/14/14/12/10/13/13/14/12/13/12/9/9/10/8/9/9/10/11/12/13 Lens 3/1/3/1/1/1/2/2/3/3/9/11/12/9/10/11/9/8/6/7/8/9/10/11/13/13/13/13/13/13/13/14/13/14 Marseille 1/9/10/13/9/5/10/13/11/10/14/14/15/16/16/16/16/15/15/15/15/14/15/15/15/16/14/15/16/16/15/15/15/15 Etienne 6/4/7/4/7/8/12/11/14/16/16/16/16/15/11/12/13/14/14/14/12/13/11/13/14/14/15/16/14/14/16/16/16/16 Toulouse 15/14/14/15/15/17/17/17/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/17/17/17/17/17/17/17/17/17/17/18/17/17/17/17 Strasbourg 17/18/18/18/17/18/18/18/17/17/17/17/17/17/17/17/17/17/17/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/17/18/18/18/18 green1 blue1 green1 Champions of 2000-01 Division 1 green3 Qualified for UEFA Champions League blue2 Qualified for UEFA Cup red1 Relegation to Ligue 2 red1 Results main FBR grey AUX BAS BOR GUI RCL LIL OL OM MET ASM NAN PSG REN STE SED STR TFC TRO Auxerre 1-0 0-2 1-1 3-2 1-1 0-3 0-1 1-0 1-0 2-2 1-0 0-1 4-3 0-1 1-2 2-0 2-2 Bastia 3-1 2-0 2-0 1-3 1-0 2-0 3-0 1-0 0-2 3-1 1-1 0-2 0-0 0-1 3-1 5-1 2-2 Bordeaux 1-0 0-0 0-2 1-1 1-0 1-1 3-0 1-1 2-1 0-2 2-0 3-0 2-1 2-2 2-1 2-1 2-2 Guingamp 1-0 1-0 1-1 0-1 0-1 2-3 1-0 1-3 2-2 0-1 1-1 1-6 2-2 0-3 2-1 2-1 1-1 Lens 1-0 4-0 2-2 3-2 0-1 0-0 1-0 1-1 4-3 1-4 1-1 1-2 0-0 1-1 0-0 2-1 1-1 Lille 1-1 1-0 2-2 1-1 2-1 1-2 1-0 2-1 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-0 4-1 2-0 1-1 1-0 1-2 Lyon 2-2 1-0 2-1 0-1 3-0 0-1 1-1 0-0 2-1 3-1 2-0 2-2 2-1 2-2 5-0 4-1 1-0 Marseille 0-1 2-1 0-1 3-1 0-0 0-1 1-1 4-1 2-1 2-0 1-0 0-1 2-1 2-1 0-0 1-1 3-1 Metz 1-2 3-2 2-0 1-1 2-1 1-1 0-0 1-0 1-3 1-2 1-0 0-2 Following the false passports affair, victory was awarded for Rennes 2–0 (2–2 on the pitch). Final result since 28 June 2001 (confirmed by the FFF and not contested by FC Metz before administrative justice). 3-0 1-0 1-0 1-1 2-2 Monaco 1-1 2-1 2-2 1-0 0-0 1-2 0-2 0-2 6-1 2-5 2-0 1-2 5-3 1-0 1-0 3-0 4-3 Nantes 1-1 1-0 0-5 2-1 0-2 0-0 0-1 3-2 2-0 3-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 4-1 1-0 3-2 4-0 Paris SG 3-0 3-1 1-2 1-3 1-0 2-2 1-1 2-0 1-0 1-1 2-1 0-1 5-1 2-1 3-1 3-0 0-0 Rennes 0-1 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-0 2-0 3-4 2-0 0-1 1-1 0-2 1-1 3-0 2-0 3-0 1-1 0-2 Saint-Étienne 2-0 2-1 1-0 2-2 1-1 1-1 2-2 3-0 2-0 1-0 0-2 1-0 0-2 0-2 3-3 0-0 Following the false passports affair, the result of the ASSE-TFC match (1–0 on the field) was given the winner for Toulouse on the green carpet with a score of 0–0 by the Council of State on 25 June 2001. However, the LFP website does not seem up to date on this point. 4-1 Sedan 1-0 3-3 0-0 2-2 2-2 1-0 1-1 2-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 5-1 2-1 2-1 1-0 2-3 2-1 Strasbourg 1-0 Match played in Caen. 1-4 0-2 0-1 1-0 0-4 0-3 1-1 0-1 1-3 0-5 1-2 1-1 3-2 3-2 1-0 3-3 Toulouse 0-1 0-1 1-1 1-1 1-0 0-2 1-1 2-0 2-1 2-1 1-1 2-3 2-0 1-1 2-0 0-0 2-1 Troyes 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 2-1 1-0 1-1 3-2 1-0 0-1 5-3 3-1 0-0 1-1 0-1 1-1 complete Ligue 1 Top goalscorers Rank Player Club GoalsDivision 1 - Saison 2000-2001 - Classement des buteurs deux-zero.com 1 BRA Sonny Anderson Lyon 22 2 POR Pauleta Bordeaux 20 3 FRA Frédéric Née Bastia 16 4 COL Victor Bonilla Toulouse 15 5 FRA Gérald Baticle Metz 14 FRA Laurent Robert Paris Saint-Germain 7 BRA Alex Dias Saint-Étienne 13 8 FRA Bruno Rodriguez Guingamp 12 FRA Steve Marlet Lyon DR Congo Shabani Nonda Monaco FRA Olivier Monterrubio Nantes FR Yugoslavia Slađan Đukić Troyes Awards Individual awards Award Winner Club Ligue 1 Player of the Year FRA Éric Carrière Nantes Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year FRA Sidney Govou Lyon Ligue 1 Manager of the Year FRA Raynald Denoueix Nantes Team of the YearPalmarès des Oscars du Football https://web.archive.org/web/20020919102831/http://www.canalplus.fr:80/sports/emissions/oscars2002/palmares.asp Canal+ 27 September 2026GoalkeeperFRA Lionel Letizi (Paris Saint-Germain)Defenders FRA François Grenet (Bordeaux) FRA Pascal Cygan (Lille) BRA Edmílson (Lyon) FRA Jérôme Bonnissel (Bordeaux)Midfielders FRA Mathieu Berson (Nantes) FRA Philippe Violeau (Lyon) FRA Éric Carrière (Nantes) FRA Olivier Quint (Sedan)Forwards BRA Sonny Anderson (Lyon)POR Pauleta (Bordeaux) Attendances { class"wikitable sortable" !#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendanceLigue 1 2000/2001 - Attendance https://www.worldfootball.net/competition/co71/se3433/attendance/ - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Olympique de Marseille 17 50,755 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Paris Saint-Germain 17 42,717 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count RC Lens 17 39,520 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Olympique Lyonnais 17 34,565 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count FC Nantes 17 31,913 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Girondins de Bordeaux 17 29,372 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count AS Saint-Étienne 17 26,487 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Toulouse FC 17 19,926 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Stade Rennais 17 19,454 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count FC Metz 17 18,389 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Lille OSC 17 16,793 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count ESTAC 17 15,040 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count CS Sedan 17 14,267 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count RC Strasbourg 17 13,842 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count EA Guingamp 17 13,056 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count AJ Auxerroise 17 10,513 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count AS Monaco 17 8,897 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count SC Bastia 17 7,358 - } References External links France 2000/01 at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2000–01 1 France