# 2000–01 2. Bundesliga

The 2000–01 2. Bundesliga was the 27th season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. 1. FC Nürnberg, Borussia Mönchengladbach and FC St. Pauli were promoted to the Bundesliga while VfL Osnabrück, SSV Ulm 1846, Stuttgarter Kickers and Chemnitzer FC were relegated to the Regionalliga.

## League table

For the 2000–01 season LR Ahlen, SSV Reutlingen, 1. FC Saarbrücken and VfL Osnabrück were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while SSV Ulm 1846, Arminia Bielefeld and MSV Duisburg had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | 1. FC Nürnberg (C, P) | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 58 | 35 | +23 | 65 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach (P) | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 62 | 31 | +31 | 62 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | FC St. Pauli (P) | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 70 | 52 | +18 | 60 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 4 | Waldhof Mannheim | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 59 | |
| 5 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 54 | |
| 6 | LR Ahlen | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 61 | 53 | +8 | 54 | |
| 7 | SSV Reutlingen | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 64 | 52 | +12 | 53 | |
| 8 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 48 | 59 | −11 | 50 | |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 46 | |
| 10 | Alemannia Aachen | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 42 | 60 | −18 | 46 | |
| 11 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 45 | |
| 12 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 45 | |
| 13 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 41 | |
| 14 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 40 | |
| 15 | VfL Osnabrück (R) | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 37 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 16 | SSV Ulm 1846 (R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 42 | 58 | −16 | 34 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 17 | Stuttgarter Kickers (R) | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 58 | −16 | 34 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 18 | Chemnitzer FC (R) | 34 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 78 | −54 | 16 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
* ↑ Chemnitzer FC and VfL Osnabrück were relegated to Regionalliga Nord. Stuttgarter Kickers and SSV Ulm were relegated to Regionalliga Süd

## Results

| Home \ Away | AAC | LRA | DSC | CFC | DUI | SGF | H96 | M05 | WMA | BMG | FCN | RWO | OSN | R05 | FCS | STP | SKI | ULM |
| Alemannia Aachen | — | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| LR Ahlen | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–6 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Chemnitzer FC | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| MSV Duisburg | 4–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Greuther Fürth | 3–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Hannover 96 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–4 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Mainz 05 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 |
| Waldhof Mannheim | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | — | 4–0 | 1–4 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 6–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 5–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 |
| VfL Osnabrück | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| SSV Reutlingen | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 8–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| FC St. Pauli | 3–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–4 |
| SSV Ulm | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | — |

## Top scorers

The league's top scorers:
| Goals | Player | Team |
| 18 | Olivier Djappa | SSV Reutlingen |
| 18 | Artur Wichniarek | Arminia Bielefeld |
| 16 | Sambo Choji | 1. FC Saarbrücken |
| 15 | Marcel Rath | FC St. Pauli |
| 14 | Arie van Lent | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| 14 | Xie Hui | Alemannia Aachen |
| 13 | Marcus Feinbier | LR Ahlen |
| 13 | Thomas Meggle | FC St. Pauli |
| 12 | Peter Van Houdt | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| 11 | Marc Arnold | LR Ahlen |
| 11 | Cyrille Florent Bella | LR Ahlen |
| 11 | Martin Driller | 1. FC Nürnberg |
| 11 | Bruno Labbadia | Arminia Bielefeld |

## Attendances

| Rank | Team | Home games | Average attendance |
| 1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 17 | 23,458 |
| 2 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 17 | 22,418 |
| 3 | FC St. Pauli | 17 | 17,545 |
| 4 | ATSV Alemannia 1900 | 17 | 12,729 |
| 5 | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 11,519 |
| 6 | VfL Osnabrück | 17 | 11,396 |
| 7 | Hannover 96 | 17 | 10,881 |
| 8 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 17 | 10,800 |
| 9 | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 17 | 8,671 |
| 10 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 17 | 8,259 |
| 11 | SSV Reutlingen 05 | 17 | 8,007 |
| 12 | MSV Duisburg | 17 | 7,881 |
| 13 | RW Ahlen | 17 | 7,298 |
| 14 | SSV Ulm 1846 | 17 | 7,294 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 17 | 6,042 |
| 16 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 17 | 5,393 |
| 17 | RW Oberhausen | 17 | 5,181 |
| 18 | Chemnitzer FC | 17 | 4,573 |