| Season | 2001–02 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 28 July 2001 – 4 May 2002 |
| Champions | Borussia Dortmund 3rd Bundesliga title 6thGerman title |
| Relegated | Freiburg Köln St. Pauli |
| Champions League | Borussia Dortmund Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich |
| UEFA Cup | Hertha BSC Schalke 04 Werder Bremen |
| Intertoto Cup | Kaiserslautern Stuttgart 1860 Munich |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 893 (2.92 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Márcio Amoroso Martin Max (18 goals each) |
2002–03 → | |
The2001–02 Bundesliga was the 39th season of theBundesliga. It began on 28 July 2001 and concluded on 4 May 2002.[1]
Eighteen teams competed in the league – the top fifteen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the2. Bundesliga. The promoted teams were1. FC Nürnberg,Borussia Mönchengladbach andFC St. Pauli. 1. FC Nürnberg and Borussia Mönchengladbach returned to the top flight after an absence of two years while FC St. Pauli returned to the top fight after an absence of four years. They replacedSpVgg Unterhaching,Eintracht Frankfurt andVfL Bochum, ending their top flight spells of two, three and one years respectively.
(*) Promoted from2. Bundesliga.
The final table of the 1st Bundesliga, Season 2001/02
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund(C) | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 62 | 33 | +29 | 70 | Qualification toChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 77 | 38 | +39 | 69 | |
| 3 | Bayern Munich | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 65 | 25 | +40 | 68 | Qualification toChampions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 61 | 38 | +23 | 61 | Qualification toUEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 61 | |
| 6 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 54 | 43 | +11 | 56 | |
| 7 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 62 | 53 | +9 | 56 | Qualification toIntertoto Cup third round |
| 8 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 50 | Qualification toIntertoto Cup second round |
| 9 | 1860 Munich | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 50 | |
| 10 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 46 | |
| 11 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 51 | 57 | −6 | 40 | |
| 12 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 41 | 53 | −12 | 39 | |
| 13 | Energie Cottbus | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 36 | 60 | −24 | 35 | |
| 14 | Hansa Rostock | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 34 | |
| 15 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 34 | |
| 16 | SC Freiburg(R) | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 37 | 64 | −27 | 30 | Relegation to2. Bundesliga |
| 17 | 1. FC Köln(R) | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 61 | −35 | 29 | |
| 18 | FC St. Pauli(R) | 34 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 37 | 70 | −33 | 22 |
| Home \ Away | BSC | SVW | FCE | BVB | SCF | HSV | FCK | KOE | B04 | BMG | M60 | FCB | FCN | ROS | S04 | STP | VFB | WOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hertha BSC | — | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Werder Bremen | 0–3 | — | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Energie Cottbus | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| SC Freiburg | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–5 | — | 4–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Hamburger SV | 4–0 | 0–4 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 1–1 | — | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| 1. FC Köln | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| 1860 Munich | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | — | 1–5 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 |
| Bayern Munich | 3–0 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–3 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 |
| Hansa Rostock | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Schalke 04 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | — | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| FC St. Pauli | 0–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — |