2000–01 French Division 1

FC Nantes won Division 1 season 2000/2001 of the French Association Football League with 68 points.

Participating teams

Auxerre Bastia Bordeaux Guingamp RC Lens Lille Olympique Lyonnais Olympique de Marseille FC Metz

AS Monaco FC FC Nantes Atlantique Paris Saint-Germain FC Stade Rennais FC AS Saint-Étienne Sedan RC Strasbourg Toulouse FC Troyes AC

Final table

Position	Club	Points	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	av. attendance	Europe, Ligue 2
1	FC Nantes	68	34	21	5	8	58	36	+22	32058	Champion of France Champions League
2	Olympique Lyonnais	64	34	17	13	4	57	30	+27	34565	Champions League and winner of Coupe de la Ligue
3	Lille	59	34	16	11	7	43	27	+16	17069	Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Bordeaux	57	34	15	12	7	48	33	+15	29363	UEFA Cup
5	CS Sedan-Ardennes	52	34	14	10	10	47	40	+7	14294	UEFA Cup
6	Stade Rennais	50	34	15	5	14	46	37	+9	19457	Intertoto Cup
7	Troyes AC	46	34	11	13	10	45	47	-2	14940	Intertoto Cup
8	SC Bastia	45	34	13	6	15	45	41	+4	7358	Intertoto Cup
9	Paris SG	44	34	12	8	14	44	45	-1	42759
10	EA Guingamp	44	34	11	11	12	40	48	-8	13067
11	AS Monaco	43	34	12	7	15	53	50	-3	9003	UEFA Cup (runner-up of Coupe de la Ligue)
12	FC Metz	42	34	11	9	14	35	44	-9	18388
13	AJ Auxerre	41	34	11	8	15	31	41	-10	10514
14	RC Lens	40	34	9	13	12	37	39	-2	39638
15	Olympique Marseille	40	34	11	7	16	31	40	-9	50814
16	Toulouse FC	37	34	9	10	15	34	49	-15		Administratively relegated to National by the DNCG
17	AS Saint-Étienne	34	34	8	10	16	42	56	-14		Relegated to Ligue 2
18	RC Strasbourg	29	34	7	8	19	28	61	-33		Relegated to Ligue 2 and UEFA Cup (winner of Coupe de France)

Promoted from Ligue 2 , who will play in Division 1 season 2001/2002

• • FC Sochaux-Montbéliard : champion of Ligue 2
  • FC Lorient : runners-up
  • Montpellier HSC : third place

Top goalscorers

Position	Player's name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Sonny Anderson	Brazil	Olympique Lyonnais	22
2	Pedro Pauleta	Portugal	Bordeaux	20
3	Frédéric Née	France	SC Bastia	16
4	Victor Bonilla	Colombia	Toulouse FC	15
5	Gérald Baticle	France	FC Metz	14
5	Laurent Robert	France	Paris Saint-Germain	14
7	Alex	Brazil	AS Saint-Étienne	13
8	Bruno Rodriguez	France	EA Guingamp	12
8	Steve Marlet	France	Olympique Lyonnais	12
8	Shabani Nonda	D.R. Congo Burundi	AS Monaco	12
8	Olivier Monterrubio	France	FC Nantes	12
8	Sladjan Djukic	Serbia	Troyes AC	12
13	Stéphane Guivarc'h	France	AJ Auxerre	11
13	Viorel Moldovan	Romania	FC Nantes	11
15	Fabrice Fiorèse	France	EA Guingamp	10
15	Pierre-Yves André	France	SC Bastia	10
15	Cyril Chapuis	France	Stade Rennais	10
15	Cédric Mionnet	France	CS Sedan-Ardennes	10
15	Pius Ndiefi	Cameroon	CS Sedan-Ardennes	10

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