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
Chairman	Gerd Niebaum
Manager	Matthias Sammer
Bundesliga	1st
DFB-Pokal	First round
Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Márcio Amoroso (18 goals) All: Márcio Amoroso (26 goals)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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

Main article: 2001–02 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

Borussia Dortmund v 1. FC Nürnberg

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

Hertha BSC v Borussia Dortmund

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

Borussia Dortmund v VfL Wolfsburg

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

Hansa Rostock v Borussia Dortmund

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

Borussia Dortmund v Bayern Munich

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

Schalke 04 v Borussia Dortmund

Sep 15, 2001 6	Schalke 04	1–0	Borussia Dortmund	Gelsenkirchen
15:30	Möller 17'			Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 60,204 Referee: Herbert Fandel

Borussia Dortmund v Bayer Leverkusen

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

FC St. Pauli v Borussia Dortmund

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Borussia Dortmund

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

Borussia Dortmund v SC Freiburg

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

Energie Cottbus v Borussia Dortmund

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

Borussia Dortmund v VfB Stuttgart

Nov 3, 2001 12	Borussia Dortmund	1–0	VfB Stuttgart	Dortmund
15:30	Ricken 51'			Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

1860 Munich v Borussia Dortmund

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

Borussia Dortmund v Kaiserslautern

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

Köln v Borussia Dortmund

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

Borussia Dortmund v Hamburger SV

Dec 8, 2001 16	Borussia Dortmund	1–0	Hamburger SV	Dortmund
15:30	Ricken 50'			Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Helmut Fleischer

Werder Bremen v Borussia Dortmund

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

Nürnberg v Borussia Dortmund

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

Borussia Dortmund v Hertha BSC

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

VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund

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

Borussia Dortmund v Hansa Rostock

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

Bayern Munich v Borussia Dortmund

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

Borussia Dortmund v Schalke 04

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

Bayer Leverkusen v Borussia Dortmund

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

Borussia Dortmund v FC St. Pauli

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

Borussia Dortmund v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

SC Freiburg v Borussia Dortmund

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

Borussia Dortmund v Energie Cottbus

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

VfB Stuttgart v Borussia Dortmund

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

Borussia Dortmund v 1860 Munich

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

Kaiserslautern v Borussia Dortmund

Apr 14, 2002 31	Kaiserslautern	1–0	Borussia Dortmund	Kaiserslautern
17:30	Pettersson 48'			Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 40,600 Referee: Hermann Albrecht

Borussia Dortmund v Köln

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

Hamburger SV v Borussia Dortmund

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

Borussia Dortmund v Werder Bremen

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

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Shakhtar Donetsk v Borussia Dortmund

7 August 2001	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–2	Borussia Dortmund	Shakhtar Stadium, Donetsk
19:30 CET		Report	Ricken 35' Oliseh 73'	Attendance: 31,714 Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

Borussia Dortmund v Shakhtar Donetsk

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

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group B

Pos	Team v t e	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

Dynamo Kyiv v Borussia Dortmund

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)

Borussia Dortmund v Liverpool

19 September 2001	Borussia Dortmund	0–0	Liverpool	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
20:45		Report		Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Boavista v Borussia Dortmund

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)

Borussia Dortmund v Boavista

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)

Borussia Dortmund v Dynamo Kyiv

24 October 2001	Borussia Dortmund	1–0	Dynamo Kyiv	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
20:45	Rosický 34'	Report		Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Liverpool v Borussia Dortmund

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

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Cup

Third round

Copenhagen v Borussia Dortmund

22 November 2001	Copenhagen	0–1	Borussia Dortmund	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
18:30		Report	Herrlich 90'	Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Borussia Dortmund v Copenhagen

6 December 2001	Borussia Dortmund	1–0 (2–0 agg.)	Copenhagen	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
18:00	Sørensen 89'	Report		Referee: Mike McCurry (Scotland)

Fourth round

Lille v Borussia Dortmund

21 February 2002	Lille	1–1	Borussia Dortmund	Stade Grimonprez-Jooris, Lille
20:45	Bassir 72'	Report	Ewerthon 67'	Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)

Borussia Dortmund v Lille

28 February 2002	Borussia Dortmund	0–0 (1a–1 agg.)	Lille	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
20:30		Report		Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

Quarter-finals

Slovan Liberec v Borussia Dortmund

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)

Borussia Dortmund v Slovan Liberec

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

Borussia Dortmund v Milan

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)

Milan v Borussia Dortmund

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

Main article: 2002 UEFA Cup Final

Feyenoord v Borussia Dortmund

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)