The 2001–02 Bundesliga was the 39th season of the Bundesliga. It began on 28 July 2001 and concluded on 4 May 2002.
Teams Eighteen teams competed in the league – the top fifteen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the 2. Bundesliga. The promoted teams were 1. FC Nürnberg, Borussia Mönchengladbach and FC 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 replaced SpVgg Unterhaching, Eintracht Frankfurt and VfL Bochum, ending their top flight spells of two, three and one years respectively.
Team overview
Stadiums Club Location Ground Capacity Berlin Olympiastadion 76,000 Bremen Weserstadion 36,000 Cottbus Stadion der Freundschaft 21,000 Dortmund Westfalenstadion 68,600 Freiburg im Breisgau Dreisamstadion 25,000 Hamburg Volksparkstadion 62,000 Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 41,500 Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion 46,000 Leverkusen BayArena 22,500 * Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500 Munich Olympiastadion 63,000 Munich Olympiastadion 63,000 * Nuremberg Frankenstadion 44,700 Rostock Ostseestadion 25,850 Gelsenkirchen Arena AufSchalke 61,973 * Hamburg Stadion am Millerntor 20,550 Stuttgart Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion 53,700 Wolfsburg VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg 21,600 (*) Promoted from 2. Bundesliga.
Personnel and sponsoring TeamManagerKit manufacturerShirt sponsor Peter PacultNikeFTI Touristik Klaus ToppmöllerAdidasRWE Ottmar HitzfeldAdidasOpel Matthias SammerGoool.deE.ON Hans MeyerReebokMaxdata (H)/Belinea (A) Eduard GeyerJakoenviaM Volker FinkeJakoNaturEnergie Kurt JaraNikeTV Spielfilm Armin VehJakoKia Falko GötzNikeo.tel.o/Arcor Andreas BrehmeNikeDeutsche Vermögensberatung Friedhelm FunkelPumaVPV Versicherungen Klaus AugenthalerAdidasAdecco Huub StevensAdidasVictoria Versicherung Dietmar DemuthKappaSecurvita Felix MagathAdidasDebitel Thomas SchaafKappaNone Wolfgang WolfPumaVolkswagen
League table The final table of the 1st Bundesliga, Season 2001/02
Results
Overall Most wins - Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen (21) Fewest wins - FC St. Pauli (4) Most draws - Borussia Mönchengladbach (12) Fewest draws - 1. FC Nürnberg (4) Most losses - 1. FC Nürnberg and FC St. Pauli (20) Fewest losses - Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich (6) Most goals scored - Bayer Leverkusen (77) Fewest goals scored - 1. FC Köln (26) Most goals conceded - FC St. Pauli (70) Fewest goals conceded - Bayern Munich (25)
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Márcio Amoroso Borussia Dortmund18 Martin Max 1860 Munich3 Michael Ballack Bayer Leverkusen17 Giovane Élber Bayern Munich5 Aílton Werder Bremen16 Miroslav Klose 1. FC Kaiserslautern7 Claudio Pizarro Bayern Munich158 Oliver Neuville Bayer Leverkusen13 Marcelinho Hertha BSC10 Arie van Lent Borussia Mönchengladbach12 Michael Preetz Hertha BSC Tomislav Marić VfL Wolfsburg
Attendances Source:
No. Team Average Change Highest 1 Borussia Dortmund 66,171 3,8% 68,600 2 Schalke 04 60,440 29,7% 60,683 3 Bayern München 53,176 7,0% 68,000 4 Hamburger SV 44,445 3,4% 55,360 5 1. FC Kaiserslautern 38,504 -1,9% 40,600 6 Hertha BSC 36,663 -9,4% 55,000 7 1. FC Köln 31,147 -9,3% 42,000 8 1. FC Nürnberg 30,671 36,8% 44,696 9 Borussia Mönchengladbach 30,231 28,9% 34,500 10 Werder Bremen 30,094 -0,8% 35,800 11 VfB Stuttgart 28,106 5,6% 54,300 12 TSV 1860 26,376 -5,8% 69,000 13 SC Freiburg 24,859 -0,1% 25,000 14 Bayer Leverkusen 22,382 -0,1% 22,500 15 FC St. Pauli 22,263 26,9% 54,130 16 Hansa Rostock 18,520 22,9% 29,500 17 Energie Cottbus 16,636 -1,2% 20,100 18 VfL Wolfsburg 14,199 -8,4% 20,400
References
External links
2001–02 Bundesliga on kicker.de