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
UEFA CupFinal
Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerMárcio Amoroso (18)

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

Third qualifying round

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)
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

Borussia Dortmund won 2–0 on aggregate.

Fourth round

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

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 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 (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 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.
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