2001–02 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard season
# 2001–02 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard season

The 2001–02 season was the 73rd season in the existence of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and the club's first season back in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Sochaux participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, and Coupe de la Ligue. The season covered the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002.

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of season

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
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| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| French Division 1 | 28 July 2001 | 4 May 2002 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 035.29 |
| Coupe de France | 15 December 2001 | 19 January 2002 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 1 December 2001 | 1 December 2001 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 035.14 |

Source: Competitions

### Division 1

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Bordeaux | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 50 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Troyes | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 47 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 8 | Sochaux | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 46 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 9 | Marseille | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 44 | |
| 10 | Nantes | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 43 | |

* ↑ Bordeaux was qualified for the 2002–03 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2001–02 Coupe de la Ligue.

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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Source:

**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 |
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| Ground | 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 | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | W | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
