2001–02 AS Saint-Étienne season

AS Saint-Étienne

2001–02 season
President	Alain Bompard
Head coach	Alain Michel
Stadium	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
French Division 2	13th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Alex Di Rocco (8) All: Alex Di Rocco (9)
Highest home attendance	15,873

The 2001–02 season was the 83rd season in the existence of AS Saint-Étienne and the club's third consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, AS Saint-Étienne 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.

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
1	GK	FRA	Dominique Casagrande
16	GK	FRA	Jérémie Janot
2	DF	DEN	Allan Olesen
3	DF	FRA	Patrice Carteron
4	DF	FRA	Mickaël Pontal
5	DF	ITA	Giovanni Bia
12	DF	FRA	Jean-Pascal Yao
15	DF	FRA	Sylvain Meslien
22	DF	MLI	Fousseni Diawara
23	DF	FRA	Patrick Guillou
25	DF	CMR	Lucien Mettomo
26	DF	FRA	Stéphane Hernandez
28	DF	BRA	Eduardo Oliveira
30	DF	FRA	Anthony Bartholomé
31	DF	FRA	Simon Carmignani
32	DF	ARG	Emiliano Tazzai
6	MF	FRA	Laurent Huard

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	MF	SUI	Antonio Esposito
8	MF	FRA	David Hellebuyck
10	MF	FRA	Karim Fellahi
13	MF	SEN	Frédéric Mendy
14	MF	FRA	Damien Deom
18	MF	SEN	Alassane N'Dour
20	MF	FRA	Jérôme Tagherset
24	MF	FRA	Ted Kelton Agasson
27	MF	FRA	Julien Sablé
29	MF	FRA	Olivier Baudry
7	FW	BRA	Alex Dias
9	FW	RUS	Aleksandr Panov
11	FW	BRA	Rodrigão Alflen
17	FW	POL	Marcin Kuźba
19	FW	FRA	Cyrille Pouget
21	FW	FRA	Alex Di Rocco
33	FW	GUI	Pathé Bangoura

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Saint-Étienne v Montpellier

30 June 2001 Friendly	Saint-Étienne	1–1	Montpellier	France
		Report

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

Lens v Saint-Étienne

7 July 2001 Friendly	Lens	3–0	Saint-Étienne	Clermont-Ferrand, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report

Saint-Étienne v Bohemians 1905

9 July 2001 Friendly	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Bohemians 1905	Rive-de-Gier, France
		Report	Hartig 16'	Stadium: Stade Bernard Mayol

Saint-Étienne v Standard Liège

10 July 2001 Friendly	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Standard Liège	France
		Report

Saint-Étienne v Zamalek

14 July 2001 Friendly	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Zamalek	France
		Report

Sportul Studențesc v Saint-Étienne

15 July 2001 Friendly	Sportul Studențesc	4–1	Saint-Étienne	France
		Report

Dinamo București v Saint-Étienne

16 July 2001 Friendly	Dinamo București	3–0	Saint-Étienne	France
		Report

Saint-Étienne v Kahrabaa Ismailia

18 July 2001 Friendly	Saint-Étienne	2–1	Kahrabaa Ismailia	France
		Report

Saint-Étienne v Dinamo Zagreb

21 July 2001 Friendly	Saint-Étienne	1–2	Dinamo Zagreb	France
		Report

Saint-Étienne v CS Sfaxien

4 September 2001 Friendly	Saint-Étienne	1–1	CS Sfaxien	France
		Report

Saint-Étienne v Sedan

6 January 2002 Friendly	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Sedan	France
		Report

Saint-Étienne v Troyes

12 January 2002 Friendly	Saint-Étienne	4–1	Troyes	France
		Report

Saint-Étienne v Montpellier

19 April 2002 Friendly	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Montpellier	France
		Report

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	13th	38	11	13	14	35	42	−7	028.95
Coupe de France	November 2001	TBD	Seventh round	Round of 64	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	066.67
Coupe de la Ligue	September 2001	TBD	First round	Round of 32	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	050.00
Total					43	14	13	16	41	47	−6	032.56

Source: Competitions

French Division 2

Main article: 2001–02 French Division 2

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Niort	38	11	15	12	40	39	+1	48
12	Amiens	38	11	14	13	46	50	−4	47
13	Saint-Étienne	38	11	13	14	35	42	−7	46
14	Gueugnon	38	9	17	12	42	49	−7	44
15	Wasquehal	38	11	10	17	43	55	−12	43

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	11	13	14	35	42	−7	46	8	5	6	19	18	+1	3	8	8	16	24	−8

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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	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
Result	L	D	D	L	D	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	L
Position	16	16	16	17	15	13	15	17	16	15	18	19	20	16	13	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	14	15	15	13	12	13

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

Matches

Saint-Étienne v Istres

28 July 2001 1	Saint-Étienne	1–2	Istres	Saint-Étienne
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bia 75' (pen.)	Report	Akrour 20' Tabet 55'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 20,442 Referee: Jean-Marc Rodolphe

Créteil v Saint-Étienne

5 August 2001 2	Créteil	1–1	Saint-Étienne	Créteil
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Bouger 2'	Report	N'Dour 75'	Stadium: Stade Dominique Duvauchelle Attendance: 6,325 Referee: Damien Ledentu

Saint-Étienne v Le Mans

11 August 2001 3	Saint-Étienne	2–2	Le Mans	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

Saint-Étienne v Ajaccio

28 August 2001 6	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Ajaccio	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

Saint-Étienne v Gueugnon

15 September 2001 8	Saint-Étienne	1–1	Gueugnon	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

Saint-Étienne v Strasbourg

30 September 2001 10	Saint-Étienne	1–1	Strasbourg	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

Saint-Étienne v Le Havre

13 October 2001 12	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Le Havre	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

Saint-Étienne v Martigues

27 October 2001 14	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Martigues	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

Saint-Étienne v Nîmes

13 November 2001 16	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Nîmes	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

Saint-Étienne v Nancy

28 November 2001 18	Saint-Étienne	1–3	Nancy	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

Coupe de France

Main article: 2001–02 Coupe de France

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2001–02 Coupe de la Ligue