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
UEFA Cup	Final
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	Márcio Amoroso (18)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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  SCG 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)

Results

Bundesliga

• Borussia Dortmund-1. FC Nürnberg 2–0
• 1–0 Márcio Amoroso (12)
• 2–0 Márcio Amoroso (33)
• Hertha Berlin-Borussia Dortmund 0–2
• 0–1 Márcio Amoroso (52)
• 0–2 Miroslav Stević (87)
• Borussia Dortmund-Wolfsburg 4–0
• 1–0 Márcio Amoroso (29)
• 2–0 Lars Ricken (33)
• 3–0 Jan Koller (41)
• 4–0 Tomáš Rosický (84)
• Hansa Rostock-Borussia Dortmund 0–2
• 0–1 Tomáš Rosický (4)
• 0–2 Márcio Amoroso (13)
• Borussia Dortmund-Bayern Munich 0–2
• 0–1 Hasan Salihamidžić (22)
• 0–2 Roque Santa Cruz (58)
• Schalke 04-Borussia Dortmund 1–0
• 1–0 Andreas Möller (17)
• Borussia Dortmund-Bayer Leverkusen 1–1
• 1–0 Márcio Amoroso (7)
• 1–1 Dimitar Berbatov (79)
• St. Pauli-Borussia Dortmund 1–2
• 0–1 Ewerthon (12)
• 0–2 Jan Koller (33)
• 1–2 Thomas Meggle (77)
• Mönchengladbach-Borussia Dortmund 1–2
• 0–1 Lars Ricken (13)
• 0–2 Ewerthon (23)
• 1–2 Igor Demo (78 pen)
• Borussia Dortmund-Freiburg 0–2
• 0–1 Soumaila Coulibaly (44)
• 0–2 Sebastian Kehl (90 + 1)
• Energie Cottbus-Borussia Dortmund 0–2
• 0–1 Lars Ricken (78)
• 0–2 Márcio Amoroso (83)
• Borussia Dortmund-Stuttgart 1–0
• 1–0 Lars Ricken (51)
• 1860 Munich-Borussia Dortmund 1–3
• 0–1 Ewerthon (61)
• 0–2 Jan Koller (70)
• 1–2 Thomas Häßler (76)
• 1–3 Márcio Amoroso (81 pen)
• Borussia Dortmund-Kaiserslautern 3–0
• 1–0 Ewerthon (77)
• 2–0 Márcio Amoroso (86 pen)
• 3–0 Márcio Amoroso (90)
• Köln-Borussia Dortmund 0–2
• 0–1 Márcio Amoroso (17 pen)
• 0–2 Ewerthon (42)
• Borussia Dortmund-Hamburg 1–0
• 1–0 Lars Ricken (50)
• Werder Bremen-Borussia Dortmund 1–1
• 1–0 Torsten Frings (40)
• 1–1 Ewerthon (56)
• 1. FC Nürnberg-Borussia Dortmund 2–2
• 1–0 Lars Müller (52)
• 2–0 Marek Nikl (66)
• 2–1 Lars Ricken (73)
• 2–2 Miroslav Stević (76)
• Borussia Dortmund-Hertha Berlin 3–1
• 1–0 Jan Koller (7)
• 2–0 Jan Koller (54)
• 2–1 Andreas Neuendorf (71)
• 3–1 Christian Wörns (76)
• Wolfsburg-Borussia Dortmund 1–1
• 0–1 Jörg Heinrich (3)
• 1–1 Tomislav Marić (36 pen)
• Borussia Dortmund-Hansa Rostock 2–0
• 1–0 Ewerthon (66)
• 2–0 Márcio Amoroso (81)
• Bayern Munich-Borussia Dortmund 1–1
• 0–1 Márcio Amoroso (78)
• 1–1 Giovane Élber (81)
• Borussia Dortmund-Schalke 04 1–1
• 0–1 Niels Oude Kamphuis (17)
• 1–1 Ewerthon (50)
• Bayer Leverkusen-Borussia Dortmund 4–0
• 1–0 Michael Ballack (32)
• 2–0 Carsten Ramelow (50)
• 3–0 Oliver Neuville (64)
• 4–0 Dimitar Berbatov (74)
• Borussia Dortmund-St. Pauli 1–1
• 0–1 Nico Patschinski (32)
• 1–1 Márcio Amoroso (83 pen)
• Borussia Dortmund-Mönchengladbach 3–1
• 1–0 Peter Nielsen (10 og)
• 1–1 Dedê (48 og)
• 2–1 Márcio Amoroso (63 pen)
• 3–1 Jan Koller (77)
• Freiburg-Borussia Dortmund 1–5
• 1–0 Levan Kobiashvili (9)
• 1–1 Evanílson (15)
• 1–2 Dedê (64)
• 1–3 Márcio Amoroso (66)
• 1–4 Jan Koller (69)
• 1–5 Jan Koller (70)
• Borussia Dortmund-Energie Cottbus 3–0
• 1–0 Ewerthon (28)
• 2–0 Tomáš Rosický (35)
• 3–0 Giuseppe Reina (80)
• Stuttgart-Borussia Dortmund 3–2
• 1–0 Sean Dundee (33)
• 2–0 Silvio Meißner (37)
• 2–1 Christian Wörns (51)
• 3–1 Ioan Ganea (63)
• 3–2 Jan Koller (78)
• Borussia Dortmund-1860 Munich 2–1
• 0–1 Markus Schroth (12)
• 1–1 Sebastian Kehl (20)
• 2–1 Jörg Heinrich (26)
• Kaiserslautern-Borussia Dortmund 1–0
• 1–0 Jörgen Pettersson (48)
• Borussia Dortmund-Köln 2–1
• 1–0 Tomáš Rosický (21)
• 1–1 Dirk Lottner (56)
• 2–1 Márcio Amoroso (89 pen)
• Hamburg-Borussia Dortmund 3–4
• 0–1 Márcio Amoroso (36 pen)
• 0–2 Tomáš Rosický (38)
• 1–2 Raphaël Wicky (42 pen)
• 1–3 Márcio Amoroso (63)
• 2–3 Nico-Jan Hoogma (80)
• 2–4 Jan Koller (86)
• 3–4 Erik Meijer (90)
• Borussia Dortmund-Werder Bremen 2–1
• 0–1 Paul Stalteri (17)
• 1–1 Jan Koller (41)
• 2–1 Ewerthon (74)

Third qualifying round

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)

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

Borussia Dortmund won 5–1 on aggregate.

Group stage

11 September 2001	Dynamo Kyiv	2–2	Borussia Dortmund	Olimpiyskiy NSC, Kiev
20:45	Melaschenko  15' Idahor  45+1'	Report	Koller  56' Amoroso  74'	Attendance: 67,000 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

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

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)

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

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)

Third round

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

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

Borussia Dortmund won 2–0 on aggregate.

Fourth round

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

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

1–1 on aggregate. Borussia Dortmund won on away goals.

Quarter-finals

14 March 2002	Slovan Liberec	0–0	Borussia Dortmund	Letná Stadion, Prague
20:25		Report		Attendance: 14,458 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

21 March 2002	Borussia Dortmund	4–0	Slovan Liberec	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
20:30	Amoroso  51' Koller  57' Ricken  70' Ewerthon  89'	Report		Attendance: 36,500 Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

Borussia Dortmund won 4–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

4 April 2002	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	Milan	3–1	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)

Borussia Dortmund won 5–3 on aggregate.

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, Yugoslava (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.