| Club: | FC Lorient |
| Season: | 2001–02 |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Chairman: | André Jegouzo |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Ángel Marcos (until December) Yvon Pouliquen (from December) |
| Stadium: | Stade du Moustoir |
| League: | Division 1 |
| League Result: | 18th (relegated) |
| Cup1 Result: | Winners |
| Cup2: | Coupe de la Ligue |
| Cup2 Result: | Runners-up |
| League Topscorer: | Jean-Claude Darcheville (19)[1] |
| Season Topscorer: | Jean-Claude Darcheville (24) |
| Average Attendance: | 12,212[2] |
| Largest Win: | Lorient 6–2 Guingamp |
| Largest Loss: | Sedan 5–0 Lorient Paris Saint-Germain 5–0 Lorient |
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| Prevseason: | 2000–01 |
| Nextseason: | 2002–03 |
The 2001–02 season was the 75th season in the existence of FC Lorient and the club's first season back in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lorient participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue. The season covered the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002.
| scope=col | Player | Transferred from | scope=col; style="width: 65px;" | Fee | scope=col | Date | scope=col | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Neuchâtel Xamax | |||||||||
| 19 | Marseille | Free | ||||||||
| Guingamp | Loan | |||||||||
| 16 | Lens | Free |
| scope=col | Player | Transferred to | scope=col; style="width: 65px;" | Fee | scope=col | Date | scope=col | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Ipswich Town | |||||||||
| 23 | US Créteil |
See main article: 2001–02 French Division 1.
See main article: 2001–02 Coupe de France.
See main article: 2001–02 Coupe de la Ligue.
| width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=155 | Name | width=120 | Division 1 | width=120 | Coupe de France | width=140 | Coupe de la Ligue | width=120 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | FW |  | Jean-Claude Darcheville | 19 | 2 | 3 | 24 | |||||||||
| 2 | 14 | MF | Pascal Feindouno | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 15 | MF |  | Tchiressoua Guel | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 4 | 22 | FW | | Élie Kroupi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| 5 | 25 | MF | | Cédric Chabert | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 13 | MF | | Nicolas Esceth-N'Zi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | | Loïc Druon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 8 | MF |  | Seydou Keïta | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 27 | DF |  | Pape Malick Diop | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 10 | FW | | Pascal Bedrossian | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 20 | DF |  | Hernán Medina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 31 | MF | Moussa Saïb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3 | DF | | Arnaud Le Lan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 26 | DF | | Richard Martini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 29 | DF | | Yohan Bouzin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 21 | MF | | David Bouard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| FW | | Jean-Marie Eveno | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 43 | 10 | 8 | 61 | |||||||||||||