2000–01 French Division 1

63rd season of French Division 1

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Football league season

Division 1
Season	2000–01
Dates	28 July 2000 – 19 May 2001
Champions	Nantes (8th title)
Relegated	Toulouse St-Étienne Strasbourg
Matches played	306
Goals scored	764 (2.5 per match)
Best Player	Eric Carrière
Top goalscorer	Sonny Anderson (22 goals)
← 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※

Lens

Location of teams in 2000–01 Ligue 1

League table※

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification/relegation
1	Nantes (C)	34	21	5	8	58	36	+22	68	Qualification to Champions League first group stage
2	Lyon	34	17	13	4	57	30	+27	64	Qualification to Champions League first group stage
3	Lille	34	16	11	7	43	27	+16	59	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Bordeaux	34	15	12	7	48	33	+15	57	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Sedan	34	14	10	10	47	40	+7	52	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Rennes	34	15	5	14	46	37	+9	50	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
7	Troyes	34	11	13	10	45	47	−2	46	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
8	Bastia	34	13	6	15	45	41	+4	45
9	Paris Saint-Germain	34	12	8	14	44	45	−1	44
10	Guingamp	34	11	11	12	40	48	−8	44
11	Monaco	34	12	7	15	53	50	+3	43
12	Metz	34	11	9	14	35	44	−9	42
13	Auxerre	34	11	8	15	31	41	−10	41
14	Lens	34	9	13	12	37	39	−2	40
15	Marseille	34	11	7	16	31	40	−9	40
16	Toulouse (R)	34	9	10	15	34	49	−15	37	Administratively relegated to Championnat National
17	Saint-Étienne (R)	34	8	10	16	42	56	−14	34	Relegation to French Division 2
18	Strasbourg (R)	34	7	8	19	28	61	−33	29	UEFA Cup first round and relegation to French Division 2

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Toulouse was administratively relegated to Championnat National by the DNCG due to financial difficulties.
^ Strasbourg was qualified for the 2001–02 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2000–01 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in the 2001–02 Division 1

Sochaux: champions of Ligue 2
Lorient: runners-up
Montpellier: third place

Results※

Home \ Away	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	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	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	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

Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ 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).
^ 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."
^ Match played in Caen.

Top goalscorers※

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sonny Anderson	Lyon	22
2	Pauleta	Bordeaux	20
3	Frédéric Née	Bastia	16
4	Victor Bonilla	Toulouse	15
5	Gérald Baticle	Metz	14
5	Laurent Robert	Paris Saint-Germain	14
7	Alex Dias	Saint-Étienne	13
8	Bruno Rodriguez	Guingamp	12
	Steve Marlet	Lyon
	Shabani Nonda	Monaco
	Olivier Monterrubio	Nantes
	Slađan Đukić	Troyes

References※

^ Division 1 - Saison 2000-2001 - Classement des buteurs deux-zero.com

External links※

France 2000/01 at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

v t e Division 1 / Ligue 1 seasons
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2000–01 in French football

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Domestic leagues	Division 1 Division 2 National
Domestic cups	Coupe de France (Final) Coupe de la Ligue (Final) Trophée des Champions
European	Champions League Men UEFA Cup

Club seasons
Division 1	Auxerre Bastia Bordeaux Guingamp Lens Lille Lyon Marseille Metz Monaco Nantes Paris Saint-Germain Rennes Saint-Étienne Sedan Strasbourg Toulouse Troyes
Division 2	Ajaccio Angers Beauvais Caen Cannes Châteauroux Créteil Gueugnon Laval Le Havre Le Mans Lorient Martigues Montpellier Nancy Nice Nîmes Niort Sochaux Wasquehal

International competition
Men	2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup final
Women	UEFA Women's Euro 2001

v t e 2000–01 in European men's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '00 '01 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '00 '01 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '00 '01 Faroe Islands '00 '01 Finland '00 '01 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '00 '01 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '00 '01 Latvia '00 '01 Lithuania '00 '01 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '00 '01 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '00 '01 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '00 '01 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '00 '01 Finland '00 '01 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '00 '01 Israel Italy Latvia '00 '01 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '00 '01 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '00 '01 France Germany Iceland '00 '01 Israel Northern Ireland Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, Second group stage, Knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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