2001–02 Borussia Dortmund season

Borussia Dortmund clinched its 6th national championship, thanks to a stellar ending to the season, passing long-time leaders Bayer Leverkusen in the penultimate round, before sealing the title with a win on the final day. It also reached the final of the UEFA Cup, where it had the disadvantage of playing away from home against Feyenoord. With skipper Jürgen Kohler being sent off in his final match of the career, Feyenoord were able to win 3–2 and deprive Dortmund of its first international title since its famous UEFA Champions League victory in 1997.

Borussia Dortmund
2001–02 season
ChairmanGerd Niebaum
ManagerMatthias Sammer
Bundesliga1st
DFB-PokalFirst round
Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Márcio Amoroso (18 goals)
All: Márcio Amoroso (26 goals)

Key players in Dortmund's success were Czech duo Jan Koller and Tomáš Rosický, top scorer Márcio Amoroso and German internationals such as Christoph Metzelder, goalkeeper Jens Lehmann and Christian Wörns. It was coach Matthias Sammer's first season in charge, and the 1996 European Player of the Year was an instant hit, becoming one of the very few coaches to win one of Europe's top domestic league at his first attempt.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   GER Jens Lehmann
2 DF   GER Christian Wörns
3 DF   BRA Evanílson (on loan from Parma[1][2])
4 MF   YUG Miroslav Stević
5 DF   GER Jürgen Kohler
6 DF   GER Jörg Heinrich
7 DF   GER Stefan Reuter
8 FW   CZE Jan Koller
10 MF   CZE Tomáš Rosický
11 FW   GER Heiko Herrlich
12 FW   BRA Ewerthon
13 FW   GER Giuseppe Reina
14 DF   FRA Guy Demel[notes 1]
15 MF   NGA Sunday Oliseh
17 DF   BRA Dedê
18 MF   GER Lars Ricken
19 MF   GHA Otto Addo[notes 2]
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 GK   GER Philipp Laux
21 DF   GER Christoph Metzelder
22 FW   BRA Márcio Amoroso
23 DF   ALG Ahmed Reda Madouni
25 MF   GER Sebastian Kehl
27 MF   GER David Odonkor
28 MF   GER Francis Bugri
29 MF   NOR Jan-Derek Sørensen
31 FW   GER Emmanuel Krontiris
32 GK   GER Alexander Kuschmann
33 MF   GER Florian Kringe
34 GK   GER Michael Ratajczak
38 DF   GER Florian Thorwart
41 DF   GER Timo Achenbach
42 MF   GER Salvatore Gambino
43 MF   GER Michael Kügler

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW   GER Fredi Bobic[notes 3] (on loan to Bolton Wanderers)
16 MF   BIH Sead Kapetanovic (released)
No. Pos. Nation Player
40 FW   USA Conor Casey (on loan to Hannover 96)

Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

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 to Champions 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 to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Hertha BSC 34 18 7 9 61 38 23 61 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Schalke 04 34 18 7 9 52 36 16 61
Source: bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Jul 28, 2001 1 Borussia Dortmund 2-0 1. FC Nürnberg Dortmund
15:30 Amoroso   12', 33' Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Michael Weiner
Aug 4, 2001 2 Hertha BSC 0-2 Borussia Dortmund Berlin
15:30 Amoroso   52'
Stevic   87'
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Helmut Fleischer
Aug 11, 2001 3 Borussia Dortmund 4–0 VfL Wolfsburg Dortmund
15:30 Amoroso   29'
Ricken   33'
Koller   41'
Rosický   84'
Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 66,000
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack
Aug 18, 2001 4 Hansa Rostock 0–2 Borussia Dortmund Rostock
15:30 Rosický   4'
Oliseh   13'
Stadium: Ostseestadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Hermann Albrecht
Sep 8, 2001 5 Borussia Dortmund 0-2 Bayern Munich Dortmund
15:30 Salihamidžić   22'
Santa Cruz   58'
Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 68,600
Referee: Lutz-Michael Fröhlich
Sep 15, 2001 6 Schalke 04 1-0 Borussia Dortmund Gelsenkirchen
15:30 Möller   17' Stadium: Arena AufSchalke
Attendance: 60,204
Referee: Herbert Fandel
Sep 22, 2001 7 Borussia Dortmund 1–1 Bayer Leverkusen Dortmund
15:30 Amoroso   7' Berbatov   79' Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 64,500
Referee: Jürgen Jansen
Sep 29, 2001 8 FC St. Pauli 1-2 Borussia Dortmund Hamburg
15:30 Meggle   77' Ewerthon   12'
Koller   33'
Stadium: Stadion am Millerntor
Attendance: 20,700
Referee: Peter Sippel
Oct 13, 2001 9 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–2 Borussia Dortmund Mönchengladbach
15:30 Demo   78' Ricken   13'
Ewerthon   23'
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 34,500
Referee: Jürgen Aust
Oct 21, 2001 10 Borussia Dortmund 0-2 SC Freiburg Dortmund
17:30 Coulibaly   44'
Kehl   90 1'
Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 66,500
Referee: Alfons Berg
Oct 27, 2001 11 Energie Cottbus 0-2 Borussia Dortmund Cottbus
15:30 Ricken   78'
Amoroso   83'
Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft
Attendance: 19,300
Referee: Uwe Kemmling
Nov 3, 2001 12 Borussia Dortmund 1-0 VfB Stuttgart Dortmund
15:30 Ricken   51' Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
Nov 17, 2001 13 1860 Munich 1-3 Borussia Dortmund Munich
15:30 Häßler   78' Ewerthon   61'
Koller   70'
Amoroso   81' (pen)
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Torsten Koop
Nov 25, 2001 14 Borussia Dortmund 3–0 Kaiserslautern Dortmund
18:00 Ewerthon   77'
Amoroso   86', 90 1' (pen)
Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 65,500
Referee: Lutz Wagner
Dec 1, 2001 15 Köln 0-2 Borussia Dortmund Cologne
15:30 Amoroso   17' (pen)
Ewerthon   42'
Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel
Dec 8, 2001 16 Borussia Dortmund 1–0 Hamburger SV Dortmund
15:30 Ricken   50' Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Helmut Fleischer
Dec 15, 2001 17 Werder Bremen 1–1 Borussia Dortmund Bremen
15:30 Frings   40' Ewerthon   56' Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Alfons Berg
Dec 18, 2001 18 Nürnberg 2-2 Borussia Dortmund Nuremberg
20:00 Müller   52'
Nikl   66'
Ricken   73'
Stevic   76'
Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Florian Meyer
Jan 27, 2002 19 Borussia Dortmund 3–1 Hertha BSC Dortmund
17:30 Koller   7', 54'
Wörns   76'
Neuendorf   71' Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 63,000
Referee: Jürgen Aust
Feb 2, 2002 20 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Borussia Dortmund Wolfsburg
15:30 Marić   37' Heinrich   3' Stadium: VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg
Attendance: 17,226
Referee: Markus Merk
Feb 6, 2002 21 Borussia Dortmund 2–0 Hansa Rostock Dortmund
20:00 Ewerthon   66'
Amoroso   81'
Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 60,500
Referee: Michael Weiner
Feb 9, 2002 22 Bayern Munich 1–1 Borussia Dortmund Munich
15:30 Élber   83' Amoroso   78' Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Edgar Steinborn
Feb 16, 2002 23 Borussia Dortmund 1–1 Schalke 04 Dortmund
15:30 Ewerthon   50' Kamphuis   17' Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 68,600
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack
Feb 24, 2002 24 Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 Borussia Dortmund Leverkusen
17:30 Ballack   32'
Ramelow   50'
Neuville   64'
Berbatov   74'
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Helmut Fleischer
Mar 3, 2002 25 Borussia Dortmund 1-1 FC St. Pauli Dortmund
17:30 Amoroso   83' (pen) Patschinski   32' Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 61,500
Referee: Lutz-Michael Fröhlich
Mar 9, 2002 26 Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Dortmund
15:30 Nielsen   10' (o.g.)
Amoroso   63' (pen)
Koller   77'
Dedê   o.g.' Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 68,600
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
Mar 17, 2002 27 SC Freiburg 1–5 Borussia Dortmund Freiburg im Breisgau
17:30 Kobiashvili   9' Ewerthon   15'
Dedê   64'
Amoroso   66'
Koller   69', 70'
Stadium: Dreisamstadion
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel
Mar 24, 2002 28 Borussia Dortmund 3-0 Energie Cottbus Dortmund
17:30 Ewerthon   28'
Rosický   35'
Reina   80'
Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 65,500
Referee: Lutz Wagner
Mar 30, 2002 29 VfB Stuttgart 3-2 Borussia Dortmund Stuttgart
15:30 Dundee   33'
Meißner   37'
Ganea   63'
Wörns   51'
Koller   78'
Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 44,500
Referee: Markus Merk
Apr 7, 2002 30 Borussia Dortmund 2-1 1860 Munich Dortmund
17:30 Kehl   20'
Heinrich   26'
Schroth   12' Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 66,000
Referee: Michael Weiner
Apr 14, 2002 31 Kaiserslautern 1–0 Borussia Dortmund Kaiserslautern
17:30 Pettersson   48' Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 40,600
Referee: Hermann Albrecht
Apr 20, 2002 32 Borussia Dortmund 2–1 Köln Dortmund
15:30 Rosický   21'
Amoroso   89' (pen)
Lottner   56' Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 68,600
Referee: Helmut Fleischer
Apr 27, 2002 33 Hamburger SV 3-4 Borussia Dortmund Hamburg
15:30 Wicky   41' (pen)
Hoogma   80'
Meijer   90'
Amoroso   36', 62' (pen)
Rosický   38'
Koller   86'
Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 55,340
Referee: Herbert Fandel
May 4, 2002 34 Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Werder Bremen Dortmund
15:30 Koller   41'
Ewerthon   74'
Stalteri   17' Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 68,600
Referee: Edgar Steinborn

Champions League

Third qualifying round

22 August 2001 Borussia Dortmund   3–1
(5–1 agg.)
  Shakhtar Donetsk Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
20:30 CET Koller   50', 68'
Amoroso   64'
Report Aghahowa   7' Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Liverpool 6 3 3 0 7 3 4 12 Advance to second group stage
2   Boavista 6 2 2 2 8 7 1 8
3   Borussia Dortmund 6 2 2 2 6 7 −1 8 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4   Dynamo Kyiv 6 1 1 4 5 9 −4 4
Source: RSSSF
11 September 2001 Dynamo Kyiv   2–2   Borussia Dortmund Olimpiyskiy NSC, Kyiv
20:45 Melaschenko   15'
Idahor   45 1'
Report Koller   56'
Amoroso   74'
Attendance: 67,000
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
26 September 2001 Boavista   2–1   Borussia Dortmund Estádio do Bessa, Porto
20:45 Silva   23'
Sánchez   39'
Report Amoroso   76' Attendance: 7,600
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
16 October 2001 Borussia Dortmund   2–1   Boavista Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
20:45 Ricken   50'
Koller   68'
Report Alex Goulart   33' Attendance: 41,247
Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)
30 October 2001 Liverpool   2–0   Borussia Dortmund Anfield, Liverpool
20:45 Šmicer   15'
Wright   82'
Report Attendance: 41,507
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

UEFA Cup

Third round

Fourth round

Quarter-finals

14 March 2002 (2002-03-14) Slovan Liberec   0–0   Borussia Dortmund Letná Stadion, Prague
20:25 Report Attendance: 14,458
Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)
21 March 2002 (2002-03-21) Borussia Dortmund   4–0
(4–0 agg.)
  Slovan Liberec Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
20:30 Amoroso   51'
Koller   57'
Ricken   70'
Ewerthon   89'
Report Attendance: 36,500
Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

Semi-finals

4 April 2002 (2002-04-04) Borussia Dortmund   4–0   Milan Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
20:30 Amoroso   7' (pen.), 33', 39'
Heinrich   63'
Report Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
11 April 2002 (2002-04-11) Milan   3–1
(3–5 agg.)
  Borussia Dortmund San Siro, Milan
20:45 Inzaghi   10'
Contra   18'
Serginho   90 2' (pen.)
Report Ricken   90 4' Attendance: 15,301
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

Final

8 May 2002 Feyenoord   3–2   Borussia Dortmund De Kuip, Rotterdam
20:45 CEST Van Hooijdonk   33' (pen.), 40'
Tomasson   50'
Report Amoroso   47' (pen.)
Koller   58'
Attendance: 48,500
Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

References

  1. ^ "Amoroso für Rekordsumme zum BVB" [Amoroso to BVB for record fee] (in German). Der Spiegel. 4 July 2001. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Geheimer Evanilson-Deal kostet 15 Millionen" [Joint Evanilson deal costs 15 million] (in German). kicker. 22 December 2003. Retrieved 25 June 2017.

Notes

  1. ^ Demel was born in Orsay, France, but would acquire an Ivory Coast passport in 2004 and would make his international debut for Ivory Coast in 2004.
  2. ^ Addo was born in Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally and made his international debut for Ghana in February 1999.
  3. ^ Bobic was born in Maribor, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia), but also was raised in West Germany (now Germany) from a few months after birth and made his international debut for Germany in 1994.