2001–02 SC Bastia season

In 2001–02 season, the French football club SC Bastia finished at the 11th place in league. The top scorer of the season, including 19 goals in 14 league matches have been Tony Vairelles. Bastia were eliminated to Coupe de France final, and in the Coupe de la Ligue it was able to make the quarter final, and the UEFA Intertoto Cup second round.

SC Bastia

2001–02 season
Chairman	François Nicolaï
Manager	Robert Nouzaret
Stadium	Stade Armand Cesari
Division 1	11th
Coupe de France	Final
Coupe de la Ligue	Quarter final
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Tony Vairelles (14) All: Tony Vairelles (19)
Highest home attendance	11,333 vs Marseille (25 August 2001)
Lowest home attendance	5,508 vs Nantes (5 January 2002)
Average home league attendance	7,210
Home colours Away colours

Transfers

In

Summer

• Patrick Beneforti from Bastia B
• Pierre Deblock and Cyril Jeunechamp from Auxerre
• Nicolas Dieuze, Reynald Pedros, Fabrice Jau and Cédric Uras from Toulouse
• Anthar Yahia from Inter
• Bernard Lambourde from Portsmouth
• Price Jolibois from Red Star 93
• Tony Vairelles from Lyon
• Damián Manso from Newell's Old Boys

Winter

• Daniel Popovic from free
• Ishmael Addo from Hearts of Oak
• Greg Vanney from Los Angeles Galaxy

Out

Summer

• Eric Durand to Rennes
• Patrick Moreau to Metz
• Laurent Casanova to retired
• Pierre-Yves André to Nantes
• José Clayton to Stade Tunisien
• Patrick Valery to Aris Thessaloniki
• Piotr Świerczewski to Marseille
• Yann Lachuer to Auxerre
• David Faderne to Caen
• Cyril Domoraud to AS Monaco
• Frédéric Née to Lyon
• Pierre Laurent to Strasbourg

Winter

• No.

Squad

As of 26 June 2012[1]

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 Nicolas Penneteau 2 DF  FRA Bernard Lambourde 3 DF  GUI Morlaye Soumah 4 DF  BRA Demetrius Ferreira 5 DF  FRA Christophe Deguerville 6 MF  FRA Lilian Nalis 7 MF  FRA Cyril Jeunechamp (captain) 8 FW  DEN Dan Petersen 9 FW  FRA Tony Vairelles (on loan from Lyon) 10 MF  FRA Fabrice Jau 11 FW  FRA Nicolas Dieuze 12 DF  FRA Cédric Uras 13 MF  FRA Reynald Pedros 14 DF  FRA Frédéric Mendy 15 MF  ARG Damián Manso (on loan from Newell's Old Boys) 16 GK  TUN Ali Boumnijel 17 MF  COD Franck Matingou

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  LBR Prince Daye 19 MF  FRA Stéphane Odet 20 MF  FRA Pierre Deblock 21 DF  FRA Antar Yahia (on loan from Inter Milan) 22 FW  FRA Cyril Eboki Poh 25 MF  GHA Michael Essien 26 MF  FRA Sébastien Piocelle 27 FW  GUI Ousmane Soumah 28 MF  FRA Patrick Beneforti 29 FW  CRO Danijel Popović (on loan from Vukovar '91) 30 GK  FRA Jacques Leglib 31 GK  FRA Fabien Audard 32 MF  FRA Chaouki Ben Saada 35 FW  GHA Ishmael Addo (on loan from Hearts of Oak) 36 DF  USA Greg Vanney (on loan from LA Galaxy) — MF  FRA Jean-Christophe Lamberti

Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Marseille	34	11	11	12	34	39	−5	44
10	Nantes	34	12	7	15	35	41	−6	43
11	Bastia	34	12	5	17	38	44	−6	41
12	Rennes	34	11	8	15	40	51	−11	41
13	Montpellier	34	9	13	12	28	31	−3	40

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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
34	12	5	17	38	44	−6	41	9	1	7	25	15	+10	3	4	10	13	29	−16

Source: LFP

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
Ground	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	A
Result	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	W
Position	7	14	16	11	9	7	7	8	7	9	11	13	9	11	14	15	13	11	13	13	11	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	14	13	14	11

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

Matches

Date	Opponent	H / A	Result	Goal(s)	Attendance
28 July 2001	Sedan	H	1 - 1	Beneforti  83'	6,500
4 August 2001	Guingamp	A	1 - 0	-	10,268
12 August 2001	Lyon	H	1 - 2	Ferreira  71' (pen.)	8,512
18 August 2001	Nantes	A	1 - 2	Essien  13', Dieuze  29'	33,507
25 August 2001	Marseille	H	1 - 0	Beneforti  34'	11,333
8 September 2001	Metz	A	0 - 1	Deblock  20', Essien  89'	15,252
15 September 2001	Auxerre	H	0 - 1	-	7,739
22 September 2001	Lille	A	2 - 1	Jau  64'	16,565
29 September 2001	AS Monaco	H	1 - 0	Beneforti  31', Penneteau  70'	6,766
13 October 2001	Sochaux	A	4 - 1	Lambourde  55' , Ferreira  82'	16,090
20 October 2001	Rennes	H	1 - 2	Ferreira  87'	5,796
27 October 2001	Paris SG	A	1 - 0	-	40,879
3 November 2001	Lorient	H	3 - 1	Vairelles  55' (pen.), 56', Essien  68'	5,766
17 November 2001	Montpellier	A	2 - 1	Lambourde  78'	11,300
24 November 2001	Bordeaux	H	1 - 2	Vairelles  62'	6,068
28 November 2001	Lens	A	7 - 0	Ferreira  45'	34,280
8 December 2001	Troyes	H	2 - 0	Vairelles  48', O. Soumah  50'	6,710
19 December 2001	Guingamp	H	3 - 0	Vairelles  62' (pen.), Essien  63', Dieuze  67', Bourdeau  86' (o.g.)	6,649
16 January 2002	Lyon	A	0 - 0	-	29,506
5 January 2002	Nantes	H	0 - 2	-	5,508
12 January 2002	Marseille	A	2 - 2	Dieuze  55', Essien  69'	47,129
23 January 2002	Metz	H	1 - 2	Vairelles  60'	5,554
30 January 2002	Auxerre	A	1 - 0	Piocelle  39'	7,165
2 February 2002	Lille	H	1 - 0	Beneforti  54', Jeunechamp  85'	5,971
6 February 2002	AS Monaco	A	1 - 1	Vairelles  33' (pen.)	6,016
16 February 2002	Sochaux	H	3 - 0	Nalis  15', Vairelles  54', 70'	5,786
23 February 2002	Rennes	A	2 - 1	Vairelles  32' (pen.), Essien  68'	18,638
6 March 2002	Paris SG	H	0 - 1	F. Mendy  90+2'	9,283
16 March 2002	Lorient	A	0 - 0	M. Soumah  90'	10,977
23 March 2002	Montpellier	H	3 - 0	Manso  20', Vairelles  24' (pen.), Jau  89'	7,704
6 April 2002	Bordeaux	A	2 - 1	Jeunechamp  86'	29,345
13 April 2002	Lens	H	3 - 1	Prince  66', Jau  81', Vairelles  89'	10,925
27 April 2002	Troyes	A	3 - 0	-	15,795
4 May 2002	Sedan	A	0 - 2	Vairelles  56', 64'	21,228

Coupe de France

Date	Opponent	H / A	Result	Goal(s)	Attendance
15 December 2001	Nantes	H	3 - 1	Manso  32', 69', Vairelles  53' (pen.)	2,032
19 January 2002	Sochaux	H	2 - 1 (a.e.t.)	Vairelles  60', Beneforti  112'	3,670
9 February 2002	Nancy	H	2 - 0	Beneforti  20', O. Soumah  90+2'	3,394
9 March 2002	Libourne	A	0 - 1 (a.e.t.)	Vairelles  111'	16,552
30 March 2002	Sedan	H	1 - 0 (a.e.t.)	Vairelles  95'	11,640
20 April 2002	Lorient	N	0 - 1	-	66,215

Coupe de la Ligue

Date	Opponent	H / A	Result	Goal(s)	Attendance
1 December 2001	Le Mans	A	2 - 3	Beneforti  50', Dieuze  53', Essien  88'	4,141
8 January 2002	Nantes	A	1 - 3	Deguerville  42', Nalis  83', Vairelles  90'	9,891
27 January 2002	Lorient	A	1 - 1 (pen. 4-2)	Lambourde  57', M. Soumah  75'	7,617

UEFA Intertoto Cup

30 June 2001

17:00

Second round (1. match)

Slaven Belupo	1–0	Bastia
Dodik  7'	Report

Gradski stadion, Koprivnica

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Germany)

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7 July 2001

20:00

Second round (2. match)

Bastia	0–1	Slaven Belupo
	Report	Dodik  12'

Stade Armand Cesari, Bastia

Attendance: 3,660

Referee: Petteri Kari (Finland)

Slaven Belupo won 2–0 on aggregate.

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 25 June 2012[2]

Place	Position	Nation	Name	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Coupe de la Ligue	Intertoto Cup	Total
1	FW		Tony Vairelles	14	4	1	0	19
2	MF		Patrick Beneforti	4	2	1	0	7
3	MF		Michael Essien	4	0	1	0	5
4	MF		Fabrice Jau	3	0	0	0	3
=	DF		Demetrius Ferreira	3	0	0	0	3
=	FW		Nicolas Dieuze	2	1	0	0	3
=	MF		Damián Manso	1	2	0	0	3
8	FW		Ousmane Soumah	1	1	0	0	2
=	MF		Lilian Nalis	1	0	1	0	2
=	DF		Bernard Lambourde	1	0	1	0	2
9	MF		Prince Daye	1	0	0	0	1
=	MF		Pierre Deblock	1	0	0	0	1
=	MF		Cyril Jeunechamp	1	0	0	0	1
=	DF		Christophe Deguerville	0	0	1	0	1

League top assists

As of 25 June 2012[3]

Place	Position	Nation	Name	Assists
1	MF		Cyril Jeunechamp	6
2	FW		Nicolas Dieuze	5
3	FW		Tony Vairelles	4
=	MF		Damián Manso	4
5	MF		Fabrice Jau	3
=	MF		Michael Essien	3
=	FW		Prince Daye	3
=	MF		Patrick Beneforti	3
9	MF		Sébastien Piocelle	2
=	DF		Cédric Uras	2
=	DF		Lilian Nalis	2
12	DF		Demetrius Ferreira	1
=	FW		Ousmane Soumah	1
=	MF		Pierre Deblock	1
=	DF		Greg Vanney	1

Notes

References

1. Bastia 2001-02, Footballdatabase.eu, Retrieved 26 June 2012.
2. Bastia 2002-03 buts, LFP, Retrieved 25 June 2012.
3. Bastia 2001-02 assists Archived 2013-02-03 at Archive.today, stat2foot, Retrieved 25 June 2012.