2001–02 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

Bayer Leverkusen
2001–02 season
Manager	Klaus Toppmöller
Bundesliga	2nd
DFB-Pokal	Runners-up
DFL-Ligapokal	Preliminary round
Champions League	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Michael Ballack (17); All: Michael Ballack (23)

Bayer Leverkusen became the second club to finish runner-up in both the Champions League and domestic league and cup competitions in the same season after Barcelona in 1986, with a potential treble unravelling in the final couple of weeks of the season, resulting in no trophies won at all, plus the defections of stars Michael Ballack and Zé Roberto to Bayern Munich. Leverkusen dominated the second half of the Champions League final against Real Madrid, but lost 2–1 due to a volley from Zinedine Zidane in the latter stages of the first interval.

Overview

Competition	Record								Result	Top Scorer
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Result	Top Scorer
Bundesliga	34	21	6	7	77	38	+39	061.76	Runners-up	Michael Ballack, 17
DFB-Pokal	6	5	0	1	16	8	+8	083.33	Runners-up	Dimitar Berbatov, 6
Premiere Ligapokal	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00	Preliminary Round	Oliver Neuville, 1
UEFA Champions League	19	9	4	6	32	28	+4	047.37	Runners-up	Oliver Neuville, 7
Total	60	35	10	15	126	74	+52	058.33		Michael Ballack, 23

Players

First-team squad

[1] 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	Hans-Jörg Butt
3	MF	CRO	Marko Babić
4	DF	GER	Michael Zepek
5	DF	GER	Jens Nowotny
6	DF	CRO	Boris Živković[notes 1]
8	MF	BRA	Zé Roberto
9	FW	GER	Ulf Kirsten
10	MF	TUR	Yıldıray Baştürk[notes 2]
12	FW	BUL	Dimitar Berbatov
13	MF	GER	Michael Ballack
15	MF	CRO	Jurica Vranješ
17	MF	NGA	Pascal Ojigwe
18	DF	USA	Frankie Hejduk
19	DF	BRA	Lúcio
20	GK	AUS	Frank Jurić


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	FW	GER	Thomas Brdarić
24	DF	AUT	Emanuel Pogatetz
25	MF	GER	Bernd Schneider
26	MF	GER	Zoltán Sebescen
27	FW	GER	Oliver Neuville[notes 3]
28	MF	GER	Carsten Ramelow
29	MF	GER	Thorsten Wittek
31	GK	GER	Tom Starke
33	FW	GER	Anel Džaka[notes 4]
34	MF	GER	Hüzeyfe Doğan[notes 5]
35	DF	ARG	Diego Placente
40	FW	GER	Thorsten Burkhardt
46	DF	GER	Mile Božić[notes 6]
47	DF	GER	Thomas Kleine

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
11	FW	GER	Paulo Rink[notes 7] (to 1. FC Nürnberg)
21	MF	BRA	Marquinhos (to Flamengo)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
30	FW	GER	Markus Daun (to Alemannia Aachen)

Transfers

In

Hans-Jörg Butt - unattached (last at Hamburg)
Emanuel Pogatetz - FC Kärnten
Zoltán Sebescen - Wolfsburg
Michael Zepek - Karlsruher SC
Yıldıray Baştürk - VfL Bochum

Out

Loan out

Robson Ponte - Wolfsburg

Match results

Bundesliga

28 July 2001 (2001-07-28) 1	Bayer Leverkusen	2 – 1	Wolfsburg	Leverkusen
15:30	Lúcio 40', 47'		Feldhoff 86'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22.000

4 August 2001 (2001-08-04) 2	Hansa Rostock	0 – 3	Bayer Leverkusen	Rostock
15:30			Baştürk 12' Kirsten 66' Sebescen 76'	Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 25.100 Referee: Florian Meyer

11 August 2001 (2001-08-11) 3	Bayer Leverkusen	1 – 1	Bayern Munich	Leverkusen
15:30	Kirsten 69'		Élber 79'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22.500

18 August 2001 (2001-08-18) 4	Schalke 04	3 – 3	Bayer Leverkusen	Gelsenkirchen
15:30	Hajto 10' Böhme 40' (pen.) Mpenza 80'		Ballack 58' Kirsten 73' Schneider 90'	Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 60.204 Referee: Alfons Berg

8 September 2001 (2001-09-08) 5	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0 – 1	Bayer Leverkusen	Mönchengladbach
15:30			Butt 3' (pen.)	Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 30.184 Referee: Hartmut Strampe

15 September 2001 (2001-09-15) 6	Bayer Leverkusen	3 – 1	St. Pauli	Leverkusen
15:30	Ballack 44' Kirsten 60' Schneider 80'		Rath 79'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 21.000

22 September 2001 (2001-09-22) 7	Borussia Dortmund	1 – 1	Bayer Leverkusen	Dortmund
15:30	Amoroso 7'		Berbatov 79'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 64.500 Referee: Jürgen Jansen

30 September 2001 (2001-09-30) 8	Bayer Leverkusen	4 – 1	Freiburg	Leverkusen
17:00	Baştürk 10' Ballack 23', 42' Neuville 60'		Sellimi 25'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22.500

13 October 2001 (2001-10-13) 9	Energie Cottbus	2 – 3	Bayer Leverkusen	Cottbus
15:30	Helbig 12' Sebok 52'		Kirsten 4', 57' (pen.) Ballack 43'	Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 16.460 Referee: Herbert Fandel

20 October 2001 (2001-10-20) 10	Bayer Leverkusen	4 – 1	Stuttgart	Leverkusen
15:30	Zé Roberto 24' Živković 59' Lúcio 63' Berbatov 85'		Ganea 9'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22.500

27 October 2001 (2001-10-27) 11	1860 Munich	1 – 4	Bayer Leverkusen	Munich
15:30	Häßler 31'		Hoffmann 33' (o.g.) Placente 78' Schneider 84' Neuville 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Hartmut Strampe

3 November 2001 (2001-11-03) 12	Bayer Leverkusen	2 – 1	Kaiserslautern	Leverkusen
15:30	Ballack 34', 50' (pen.)		Strasser 18'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22.500

17 November 2001 (2001-11-17) 13	Köln	1 – 2	Bayer Leverkusen	Cologne
15:30	Kurth 57'		Kirsten 63' Neuville 72'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 41.000 Referee: Uwe Kemmling

24 November 2001 (2001-11-24) 14	Bayer Leverkusen	4 – 1	Hamburg	Leverkusen
15:30	Ballack 14' Neuville 27', 58', 63'		Albertz 7'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22.500

1 December 2001 (2001-12-01) 15	Werder Bremen	2 – 1	Bayer Leverkusen	Bremen
15:30	Bode 39' Verlaat 58'		Schneider 38'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 32.100 Referee: Jörg Kessler

8 December 2001 (2001-12-08) 16	Bayer Leverkusen	4 – 2	Nürnberg	Leverkusen
15:30	Zé Roberto 27' Sebescen 62' Ballack 63' Neuville 85'		Cacau 26', 58'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22.500

15 December 2001 (2001-12-15) 17	Hertha BSC	2 – 1	Bayer Leverkusen	Berlin
15:30	Neuendorf 19' Dárdai 62'		Neuville 37'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 34.635 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack

19 December 2001 (2001-12-19) 18	Wolfsburg	3 – 1	Bayer Leverkusen	Wolfsburg
20:00	Ponte 40' Marić 56', 77'		Neuville 87'	Stadium: VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg Attendance: 12.116 Referee: Hellmut Krug

26 January 2002 (2002-01-26) 19	Bayer Leverkusen	2 – 0	Hansa Rostock	Leverkusen
15:30	Živković 76' Ballack 80'			Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22.500

3 February 2002 (2002-02-03) 20	Bayern Munich	2 – 0	Bayer Leverkusen	Munich
17:30	Élber 67' Effenberg 71'			Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 43.000 Referee: Herbert Fandel

6 February 2002 (2002-02-06) 21	Bayer Leverkusen	0 – 1	Schalke 04	Leverkusen
20:00			Böhme 52'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22.500

9 February 2002 (2002-02-09) 22	Bayer Leverkusen	5 – 0	Schalke 04	Leverkusen
15:30	Ballack 9' Neuville 17' Schneider 31' Ramelow 84' Berbatov 87'			Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22.500

16 February 2002 (2002-02-16) 23	St. Pauli	2 – 2	Bayer Leverkusen	Hamburg
15:30	Rath 27' Meggle 90' (pen.)		Kirsten 6' Ballack 70'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 19.881 Referee: Jürgen Jansen

24 February 2002 (2002-02-24) 24	Bayer Leverkusen	4 – 0	Borussia Dortmund	Leverkusen
17:30	Ballack 32' Ramelow 50' Neuville 64' Berbatov 74'			Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22.500

2 March 2002 (2002-03-02) 25	Freiburg	2 – 2	Bayer Leverkusen	Freiburg im Breisgau
15:30	Sellimi 41' But 53'		Ballack 64' Berbatov 76'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24.000 Referee: Edgar Steinborn

9 March 2002 (2002-03-09) 26	Bayer Leverkusen	2 – 0	Energie Cottbus	Leverkusen
15:30	Zé Roberto 12' Berbatov 90'			Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22.500 Referee: Hellmut Krug

16 March 2002 (2002-03-16) 27	Stuttgart	0 – 2	Bayer Leverkusen	Stuttgart
15:30			Brdarić 41' Berbatov 45'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Hermann Albrecht

23 March 2002 (2002-03-23) 28	Bayer Leverkusen	4 – 0	1860 Munich	Leverkusen
15:30	Sebescen 45' Kirsten 49', 81' Baştürk 61'			Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22.500 Referee: Uwe Kemmling

30 March 2002 (2002-03-30) 29	Kaiserslautern	2 – 4	Bayer Leverkusen	Kaiserslautern
15:30	Ramzy 45' Lokvenc 55'		Kirsten 1' Neuville 16' Ballack 77' (pen.) Berbatov 86'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 39.578 Referee: Hellmut Krug

6 April 2002 (2002-04-06) 30	Bayer Leverkusen	2 – 0	Köln	Leverkusen
15:30	Butt 13' (pen.) Lúcio 25'			Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22.500 Referee: Herbert Fandel

13 April 2002 (2002-04-13) 31	Hamburg	1 – 1	Bayer Leverkusen	Hamburg
15:30	Barbarez 5'		Neuville 13'	Stadium: AOL Arena Attendance: 54.503 Referee: Hartmut Strampe

20 April 2002 (2002-04-20) 32	Bayer Leverkusen	1 – 2	Werder Bremen	Leverkusen
15:30	Zé Roberto 31'		Lisztes 5' Ailton 61'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22.500 Referee: Alfons Berg

27 April 2002 (2002-04-27) 33	Nürnberg	1 – 0	Bayer Leverkusen	Nuremberg
15:30	Nikl 23'			Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 44.416 Referee: Markus Merk

4 May 2002 (2002-05-04) 34	Bayer Leverkusen	2 – 1	Hertha BSC	Leverkusen
15:30	Ballack 10', 51'		Beinlich 83'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22.500 Referee: Herbert Fandel

DFB-Pokal

26 August 2001 (2001-08-26) First Round	Jahn Regensburg	0 – 3	Bayer Leverkusen	Regensburg
15:30		Report	Kirsten 13' Lúcio 54' Schneider 61'	Stadium: Jahnstadion Attendance: 10.500 Referee: Jörg Keßler

11 December 2001 (2001-12-11) Second Round	VfL Bochum	2 – 3	Bayer Leverkusen	Bochum
19:00	Freier 28' Colding 75'	Report	Berbatov 27', 77', 90'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 11.882 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

22 January 2002 (2002-01-22) Round of 16	Hannover 96	1 – 2	Bayer Leverkusen	Hanover
19:00	Keita 47'	Report	Neuville 20' Kirsten 47'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 46.143 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich

30 January 2002 Quarter-Final	Bayer Leverkusen	3 – 0	1860 München	Leverkusen
	Berbatov 66', 73' Brdarić 80'	Report (in German)		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Edgar Steinborn

5 March 2002 Semi-Final	Bayer Leverkusen	3 – 1 (a.e.t.)	1. FC Köln	Leverkusen
	Zellweger 59' (o.g.) Živković 100' Schneider 114'		Song 90'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Markus Merk

11 May 2002 Final	Schalke 04	4 – 2	Bayer Leverkusen	Berlin
19:45	Böhme 45' Agali 68' Möller 71' Sand 85'	Report	Berbatov 27' Kirsten 89'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack

Premiere Ligapokal

12 July 2001 (2001-07-12) 1st Round	Bayer Leverkusen	1 – 2	Hertha BSC	Dessau
20:30	Neuville 73'	Report	49' Marcelinho 63' Deisler	Stadium: Paul Greifzu Stadium Attendance: 14.400 Referee: Michael Weiner

Champions League

Third Qualifying Round

8 August 2001 (2001-08-08) 1st Leg	Red Star Belgrade	0 – 0	Bayer Leverkusen	Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
20:30		Report		Stadium: Red Star Stadium Attendance: 50.000 Referee: Jan Wegereef

21 August 2001 (2001-08-21) 2nd Leg	Bayer Leverkusen	3 – 0 (3 – 0 agg.)	Red Star Belgrade	Leverkusen, Germany
20:30	Neuville 13', 60' Kirsten 30'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22.500 Referee: Domenico Messina

First Group Stage

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAR	BL	OL	FEN
1	Barcelona	6	5	1	12	5	+7	15	Advance to second group stage	—	2–1	2–0	1–0
2	Bayer Leverkusen	6	4	2	10	9	+1	12	Advance to second group stage	2–1	—	2–4	2–1
3	Lyon	6	3	3	10	9	+1	9	Transfer to UEFA Cup	2–3	0–1	—	3–1
4	Fenerbahçe	6	0	6	3	12	−9	0		0–3	1–2	0–1	—

Source: RSSSF

18 September 2001 (2001-09-18) 1	Olympique Lyonnais	0 – 1	Bayer Leverkusen	Lyon, France
20:45		Report	Kirsten 75'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 37.006 Referee: Graziano Cesari

25 September 2001 (2001-09-25) 2	Bayer Leverkusen	2 – 1	FC Barcelona	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45	Baştürk 52' Neuville 69'	Report	Luis Enrique 22'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22.500 Referee: Hugh Dallas

10 October 2001 (2001-10-10) 3	Bayer Leverkusen	2 – 1	Fenerbahçe SK	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45	Lúcio 35' Ballack 59'	Report	Revivo 6'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22.500 Referee: Alain Hamer

17 October 2001 (2001-10-17) 4	FC Barcelona	2 – 1	Bayer Leverkusen	Barcelona, Spain
20:45	Kluivert 12' Luis Enrique 38'	Report	Carsten Ramelow 32'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 75.000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

23 October 2001 (2001-10-23) 5	Fenerbahçe SK	1 – 2	Bayer Leverkusen	Istanbul, Turkey
20:45	Oktay 40'	Report	Bernd Schneider 23' Kirsten 34'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 13.000 Referee: Terje Hauge

31 October 2001 (2001-10-31) 6	Bayer Leverkusen	2 – 4	Olympique Lyonnais	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45	Sebescen 45' + 2' Berbatov 52'	Report	Carrière 32', 38' Née 64' Govou 81'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22.500 Referee: Valentin Ivanov

Second Group Stage

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BL	DEP	ARS	JUV
1	Bayer Leverkusen	6	3	1	2	11	11	0	10	Advance to knockout stage	—	3–0	1–1	3–1
2	Deportivo La Coruña	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10	Advance to knockout stage	1–3	—	2–0	2–0
3	Arsenal	6	2	1	3	8	8	0	7		4–1	0–2	—	3–1
4	Juventus	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7		4–0	0–0	1–0	—

Source: RSSSF

29 November 2001 (2001-11-29) 1	Juventus	4 – 0	Bayer Leverkusen	Turin, Italy
15:00	Trezeguet 8', 60' Del Piero 37' Tudor 44'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 4,926 Referee: Urs Meier

4 December 2001 (2001-12-04) 2	Bayer Leverkusen	3 – 0	Deportivo La Coruña	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45	Zé Roberto 64' Neuville 67' Ballack 79'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22.500 Referee: Kyros Vassaras

19 February 2002 (2002-02-19) 3	Bayer Leverkusen	1 – 1	Arsenal	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45	Kirsten 90'	Report	Pires 56'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22.500 Referee: Alain Sars

27 February 2002 (2002-02-27) 4	Arsenal	4 – 1	Bayer Leverkusen	London, England
20:45	Pires 5' Henry 7' Vieira 48' Bergkamp 83'	Report	Sebescen 86'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 35.019 Referee: Alain Hamer

12 March 2002 (2002-03-12) 5	Bayer Leverkusen	3 – 1	Juventus	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45	Butt 24' (pen.) Brdarić 71' Babić 90+1'	Report	Tudor 61'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22.500 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen

20 March 2001 (2001-03-20) 6	Deportivo La Coruña	1 – 3	Bayer Leverkusen	A Coruña, Spain
20:45	Tristán 75'	Report	Ballack 34' Schneider 54' Neuville 86'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 23,532 Referee: Valentin Ivanov

Knockout round

Quarter Final

3 April 2002 (2002-04-03) 1st Leg	Liverpool F.C.	1 – 0	Bayer Leverkusen	Liverpool, England
20:45	Hyypiä 44'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 42.454 Referee: Anders Frisk

9 April 2002 (2002-04-09) 2nd Leg	Bayer Leverkusen	4 – 2 (4 – 3 agg.)	Liverpool F.C.	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45	Ballack 16', 64' Berbatov 68' Lúcio 84'	Report	42' Xavier 79' Litmanen	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22.500 Referee: Vitor Manuel Melo Pereira

Semi Final

24 April 2002 (2002-04-24) 1st Leg	Manchester United	2 – 2	Bayer Leverkusen	Manchester, England
20:45	Solskjær 29' van Nistelrooy 67' (pen.)	Report	62' Ballack 75' Neuville	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 68.000 Referee: Lubos Michel

30 April 2002 (2002-04-30) 2nd Leg	Bayer Leverkusen	1 – 1 (3 – 3 agg.)	Manchester United	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45	45' Neuville	Report	28' Keane	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22.500 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen

Final

15 May 2002 (2002-05-15) Final	Bayer Leverkusen	1 – 2	Real Madrid	Glasgow, Scotland
20:45	Lúcio 14'	Report	9' Raúl 45' Zidane	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 51.567 Referee: Urs Meier

Statistics

Top Scorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Premiere Ligapokal	Champions League	Total
1	13	MF	Michael Ballack	17	0	0	6	23
2	27	FW	Oliver Neuville	13	1	1	7	22
3	9	FW	Ulf Kirsten	11	3	0	4	18
4	12	FW	Dimitar Berbatov	8	6	0	2	16
5	25	MF	Bernd Schneider	5	2	0	2	9
6	19	DF	Lúcio	4	1	0	3	8
7	8	MF	Zé Roberto	4	0	0	1	5
7	26	DF	Zoltán Sebescen	3	0	0	2	5
9	10	MF	Yıldıray Baştürk	3	0	0	1	4
10	1	GK	Hans-Jörg Butt	2	0	0	1	3
	6	DF	Boris Živković	2	1	0	0	3
	23	DF	Thomas Brdarić	1	1	0	1	3
	28	MF	Carsten Ramelow	2	0	0	1	3
14	3	DF	Marko Babić	0	0	0	1	1
14	35	DF	Diego Placente	1	0	0	0	1
Own goal				1	1	0	0	2
Totals				77	16	1	32	126

Kits

Home

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Away

Third

Cup Final

References

"Bayer 04 Leverkusen - 2001/02". FootballSquads. Retrieved 2011-11-13.

Notes

Živković was born in Živinice, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally and made his debut for Croatia in 1999.
Baştürk was born in Herne, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and made his debut for Turkey in 1998.
Neuville was born in Locarno, Switzerland, but also qualified to represent Italy and Germany internationally through his mother and father respectively and made his debut for Germany in September 1998.
Džaka was born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
Doğan was born in Karakoçan, Turkey, and represented them at U-19 level, but was raised in Germany and also represented them at U-20 level.
Božić was born in Leverkusen, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally and would represent them at U-21 level.
Rink was born in Curitiba, Brazil, but obtained German citizenship and made his debut for Germany in September 1998.

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[1] "Bayer 04 Leverkusen - 2001/02". FootballSquads. Retrieved 2011-11-13.

[2] Živković was born in Živinice, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally and made his debut for Croatia in 1999.

[3] Baştürk was born in Herne, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and made his debut for Turkey in 1998.

[4] Neuville was born in Locarno, Switzerland, but also qualified to represent Italy and Germany internationally through his mother and father respectively and made his debut for Germany in September 1998.

[5] Džaka was born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented them at U-21 level.

[6] Doğan was born in Karakoçan, Turkey, and represented them at U-19 level, but was raised in Germany and also represented them at U-20 level.

[7] Božić was born in Leverkusen, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally and would represent them at U-21 level.

[8] Rink was born in Curitiba, Brazil, but obtained German citizenship and made his debut for Germany in September 1998.