2001–02 Borussia Dortmund season

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

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.

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. Position Player
1 Germany GK Jens Lehmann
2 Germany DF Christian Wörns
3 Brazil DF Evanílson (on loan from Parma[1][2])
4 Serbia and Montenegro MF Miroslav Stević
5 Germany DF Jürgen Kohler
6 Germany DF Jörg Heinrich
7 Germany DF Stefan Reuter
8 Czech Republic FW Jan Koller
10 Czech Republic MF Tomáš Rosický
11 Germany FW Heiko Herrlich
12 Brazil FW Ewerthon
13 Germany FW Giuseppe Reina
14 France DF Guy Demel[notes 1]
15 Nigeria MF Sunday Oliseh
17 Brazil DF Dedê
18 Germany MF Lars Ricken
19 Ghana MF Otto Addo[notes 2]
No. Position Player
20 Germany GK Philipp Laux
21 Germany DF Christoph Metzelder
22 Brazil FW Márcio Amoroso
23 Algeria DF Ahmed Reda Madouni
25 Germany MF Sebastian Kehl
27 Germany MF David Odonkor
28 Germany MF Francis Bugri
29 Norway MF Jan-Derek Sørensen
31 Germany FW Emmanuel Krontiris
32 Germany GK Alexander Kuschmann
33 Germany MF Florian Kringe
34 Germany GK Michael Ratajczak
38 Germany DF Florian Thorwart
41 Germany DF Timo Achenbach
42 Germany MF Salvatore Gambino
43 Germany MF 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. Position Player
9 Germany FW Fredi Bobic[notes 3] (on loan to Bolton Wanderers)
16 Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Sead Kapetanovic (released)
No. Position Player
40 United States FW Conor Casey (on loan to Hannover 96)

Results

Bundesliga

Champions League

Third qualifying round

Borussia Dortmund won 5–1 on aggregate.

Group stage

UEFA Cup

Third round

Borussia Dortmund won 2–0 on aggregate.

Fourth round

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

Quarter-finals

Borussia Dortmund won 4–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Borussia Dortmund won 5–3 on aggregate.

Final

Kits

Home
Home alternate
European home
European home alternate
Away
European away
UEFA Cup Final

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.
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