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

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.

Transfers

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

Matches

Date	Opponent	H / A	Result	Goal(s)	Attendance	Referee
28 July 2001	Sedan	H	1 - 1	Beneforti 83'	6,500	Bertrand Layec
4 August 2001	Guingamp	A	1 - 0	-	10,268	Thierry Auriac
12 August 2001	Lyon	H	1 - 2	Ferreira 71' (pen.)	8,512	Gilles Veissière
18 August 2001	Nantes	A	1 - 2	Essien 13', Dieuze 29'	33,507	Hervé Piccirillo
25 August 2001	Marseille	H	1 - 0	Beneforti 34'	11,333	Damien Ledentu
8 September 2001	Metz	A	0 - 1	Deblock 20', Essien  90+1'	15,252	Bruno Derrien
15 September 2001	Auxerre	H	0 - 1	-	7,739	Patrick Lhermite
22 September 2001	Lille	A	2 - 1	Jau 64'	16,565	Franck Glochon
29 September 2001	AS Monaco	H	1 - 0	Beneforti 31', Penneteau  70'	6,766	Éric Poulat
13 October 2001	Sochaux	A	4 - 1	Lambourde  55' , Ferreira 82'	16,090	Ameziane Khendek
20 October 2001	Rennes	H	1 - 2	Ferreira 87'	5,796	Stéphane Moulin
27 October 2001	Paris SG	A	1 - 0	-	40,879	Thierry Auriac
3 November 2001	Lorient	H	3 - 1	Vairelles 55' (pen.), 56', Essien 68'	5,766	Bruno Coué
17 November 2001	Montpellier	A	2 - 1	Lambourde 78'	11,300	Alain Sars
24 November 2001	Bordeaux	H	1 - 2	Vairelles 62'	6,068	Laurent Duhamel
28 November 2001	Lens	A	7 - 0	Ferreira  45'	34,280	Patrick Lhermite
8 December 2001	Troyes	H	2 - 0	Vairelles 48', O. Soumah 50'	6,710	Hervé Piccirillo
19 December 2001	Guingamp	H	3 - 0	Vairelles 62' (pen.), Essien 63', Dieuze  67', Bourdeau 86' (o.g.)	6,649	Alain Hamer
16 January 2002	Lyon	A	0 - 0	-	29,506	Massimo Busacca
5 January 2002	Nantes	H	0 - 2	-	5,508	Jean-Marc Bonnin
12 January 2002	Marseille	A	2 - 2	Dieuze 55', Essien 69'	47,129	Philippe Kalt
23 January 2002	Metz	H	1 - 2	Vairelles 60'	5,554	Pascal Viléo
30 January 2002	Auxerre	A	1 - 0	Piocelle  39'	7,165	Hervé Piccirillo
2 February 2002	Lille	H	1 - 0	Beneforti 54', Jeunechamp  85'	5,971	Stéphane Bré
6 February 2002	AS Monaco	A	1 - 1	Vairelles 33' (pen.)	6,016	Jean-Marc Bonnin
16 February 2002	Sochaux	H	3 - 0	Nalis 15', Vairelles 54', 70'	5,786	Patrick Lhermite
23 February 2002	Rennes	A	2 - 1	Vairelles 32' (pen.), Essien  68'	18,638	Stéphane Moulin
6 March 2002	Paris SG	H	0 - 1	F. Mendy  90+2'	9,283	Claude Colombo
16 March 2002	Lorient	A	0 - 0	M. Soumah  90'	10,977	Hervé Piccirillo
23 March 2002	Montpellier	H	3 - 0	Manso 20', Vairelles 24' (pen.), Jau 89'	7,704	Franck Glochon
6 April 2002	Bordeaux	A	2 - 1	Jeunechamp 86'	29,345	Jean-Marc Bonnin
13 April 2002	Lens	H	3 - 1	Prince 66', Jau 81', Vairelles 89'	10,925	Damien Ledentu
27 April 2002	Troyes	A	3 - 0	-	15,795	Ameziane Khendek
4 May 2002	Sedan	A	0 - 2	Vairelles 56', 64'	21,228	Dominique Fraise

Coupe de France

Date	Round	Opponent	H / A	Result	Goal(s)	Attendance	Referee
15 December 2001	End of 64	Nantes	H	3 - 1	Manso 32', 69', Vairelles 53' (pen.)	2,032	Stéphane Moulin
19 January 2002	End of 32	Sochaux	H	2 - 1 (a.e.t.)	Vairelles 60', Beneforti 112'	3,670	Pascal Garibian
9 February 2002	End of 16	Nancy	H	2 - 0	Beneforti 20', O. Soumah 90+2'	3,394	Éric Poulat
9 March 2002	Quarter-final	Libourne	A	0 - 1 (a.e.t.)	Vairelles 111'	16,552	Bertrand Layec
30 March 2002	Semi-final	Sedan	H	1 - 0 (a.e.t.)	Vairelles 95'	11,640	Stéphane Bré
20 April 2002	Final	Lorient	N	0 - 1	-	66,215	Éric Poulat

Coupe de la Ligue

Date	Round	Opponent	H / A	Result	Goal(s)	Attendance	Referee
1 December 2001	End of 32	Le Mans	A	2 - 3	Beneforti 50', Dieuze 53', Essien 88'	4,141	Bruno Derrien
8 January 2002	End of 16	Nantes	A	1 - 3	Deguerville 42', Nalis 83', Vairelles 90'	9,891	Bertrand Layec
27 January 2002	Quarter-final	Lorient	A	1 - 1 (pen. 4-2)	Lambourde 57', M. Soumah  75'	7,617	Claude Colombo

UEFA Intertoto Cup

30 June 2001 (2001-06-30)

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)

7 July 2001 (2001-07-07)

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