| Season | 2000–01 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 11 August 2000 – 19 May 2001 |
| Champions | Bayern Munich 16th Bundesliga title 17thGerman title |
| Relegated | Unterhaching Frankfurt Bochum |
| Champions League | Bayern Munich Schalke 04 Borussia Dortmund Bayer Leverkusen |
| UEFA Cup | Hertha BSC Freiburg |
| Intertoto Cup | Werder Bremen Wolfsburg 1860 Munich |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 897 (2.93 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Sergej Barbarez (22) Ebbe Sand (22) |
| Biggest home win | Wolfsburg 6–0Köln (21 October 2000) |
| Biggest away win | seven matches with a differential of −4 each (1–5 once, 0–4 six times) |
| Highest scoring | Wolfsburg 4–4Hamburg (23 September 2000) Bayern Munich 6–2Dortmund (4 November 2000) Schalke 5–3Unterhaching (19 May 2001) (8 goals each) |
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The2000–01 Bundesliga was the 38th season of theBundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 11 August 2000[1] and ended on 19 May 2001.[2]Bayern Munich successfully defended their title after a last-minutePatrik Andersson goal deniedSchalke 04 their first title.
Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received three points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined bygoal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the three teams with the fewest points were relegated to2. Bundesliga.
SSV Ulm,Arminia Bielefeld andMSV Duisburg were relegated to the2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by1. FC Köln,VfL Bochum andEnergie Cottbus.
The 2000–01 season was notable for its title race, which literally lasted until the last seconds of the campaign. Before the last round of matches,Bayern Munich leadSchalke 04 by three points, but with an inferior goal difference. Schalke managed to defeatUnterhaching, 5–3. Shortly before this match ended, Bayern gave up a 90th-minute goal againstHamburg. As the news spread quickly at theParkstadion, most Schalke supporters believed their team had won their first championship since1958. The pitch had thus already been stormed in celebration although the match in Hamburg was not concluded yet, which could also be seen on stadium television.
In Hamburg, Bayern tried one last attack in injury time when suddenly Hamburg goalkeeperMathias Schober, who ironically was loaned out from Schalke, stopped a back pass by his teammateTomáš Ujfaluši with his hands. RefereeMarkus Merk thus awarded anindirect free kick for Bayern about eight meters from the Hamburg goal. Discussions and protests led to a further delay beforePatrik Andersson eventually scored the decisive equaliser, the only goal of his Bayern career, on aStefan Effenberg tip pass. The match was never resumed afterwards.
In Schalke, the atmosphere immediately turned from joy and celebration to shock, disbelief and mourning. Because of the events, the Schalke 04 team of that season was dubbed "Champion of Hearts" by the German media.[3]
Title combatants Bayern and Schalke both qualified for the2001–02 UEFA Champions League whileBorussia Dortmund andBayer Leverkusen achieved qualification round spots for the same competition.Hertha BSC andSC Freiburg ended their season with successful qualification for the2001–02 UEFA Cup. European qualification was rounded out byWerder Bremen,VfL Wolfsburg and1860 Munich, who entered the2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup.
The2000–01 DFB-Pokal was won by Schalke 04. As a consequence to Schalke's Champions League qualification, the UEFA Cup spot reserved for the domestic cup winner was awarded to finalistsUnion Berlin, who played in the third-tierRegionalliga Nordost.
On the bottom end of the table,SpVgg Unterhaching,Eintracht Frankfurt andVfL Bochum had to face relegation to the2. Bundesliga. Promoted for the new season were2000–01 2. Bundesliga champions1. FC Nürnberg, runners-upBorussia Mönchengladbach and third-placedFC St. Pauli.
In European competitions, Bayern Munich won the2000–01 Champions League after beating Spanish sidesValencia on penalties. Aside from that, it was a rather meagre year for German teams. Hamburg and Leverkusen both exited Champions League at the first group stage, 1860 Munich even did not make the group stage at all by losing in the third qualifying round againstLeeds United. All three teams were eventually moved over to the2000–01 UEFA Cup, but neither of them advanced past the third round. From the "regular" UEFA Cup participants, Werder Bremen and Hertha BSC also exited in the third round, withStuttgart following one round later. OnlyKaiserslautern made it to the UEFA Cup semi-finals, but had no chance against another Spanish team,Alavés.
(*) Promoted from2. Bundesliga.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayern Munich(C) | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 63 | Qualification toChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 65 | 35 | +30 | 62 | |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 62 | 42 | +20 | 58 | Qualification toChampions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 57 | |
| 5 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 56 | Qualification toUEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 55 | |
| 7 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 53 | Qualification toIntertoto Cup third round |
| 8 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 49 | 54 | −5 | 50 | |
| 9 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 60 | 45 | +15 | 47 | Qualification toIntertoto Cup third round |
| 10 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 59 | 52 | +7 | 46 | |
| 11 | 1860 Munich | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 44 | Qualification toIntertoto Cup second round |
| 12 | Hansa Rostock | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 43 | |
| 13 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 41 | |
| 14 | Energie Cottbus | 34 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 39 | |
| 15 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 38 | |
| 16 | SpVgg Unterhaching(R) | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 35 | 59 | −24 | 35 | Relegation to2. Bundesliga |
| 17 | Eintracht Frankfurt(R) | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 41 | 68 | −27 | 35 | |
| 18 | VfL Bochum(R) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 30 | 67 | −37 | 27 |
| Home \ Away | BSC | BOC | SVW | FCE | BVB | SGE | SCF | HSV | FCK | KOE | B04 | M60 | FCB | ROS | S04 | VFB | UNT | WOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hertha BSC | — | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| VfL Bochum | 1–3 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Werder Bremen | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Energie Cottbus | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 6–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 0–4 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| SC Freiburg | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 5–2 | — | 0–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Hamburger SV | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 5–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| 1. FC Köln | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 1860 Munich | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Bayern Munich | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Hansa Rostock | 0–2 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | — | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Schalke 04 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 5–3 | 2–1 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 6–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| SpVgg Unterhaching | 5–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–3 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 6–1 | — |
| Rank | Team | Home games | Average attendance[5] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund | 17 | 63,729 |
| 2 | Bayern Munich | 17 | 49,706 |
| 3 | Schalke 04 | 17 | 46,599 |
| 4 | Hamburger SV | 17 | 42,995 |
| 5 | Hertha BSC | 17 | 40,455 |
| 6 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 17 | 39,246 |
| 7 | 1. FC Köln | 17 | 34,339 |
| 8 | Werder Bremen | 17 | 30,341 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 17 | 29,494 |
| 10 | 1860 München | 17 | 28,012 |
| 11 | VfB Stuttgart | 17 | 26,610 |
| 12 | SC Freiburg | 17 | 24,882 |
| 13 | Bayer Leverkusen | 17 | 22,412 |
| 14 | VfL Bochum | 17 | 19,600 |
| 15 | Energie Cottbus | 17 | 16,833 |
| 16 | VfL Wolfsburg | 17 | 15,501 |
| 17 | Hansa Rostock | 17 | 15,071 |
| 18 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 17 | 10,771 |