# 2001–02 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 2001–02 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 102nd season in the club's football history. In 2001–02 the club played in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. It was the club's 3rd season in the 2. Bundesliga after being relegated from the Bundesliga for the second time.

## Results
### Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

### Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

#### 2. Bundesliga
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 62 | 41 | +21 | 59 |
| 6 | Union Berlin | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 61 | 41 | +20 | 56 |
| 7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 54 |
| 8 | LR Ahlen | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 60 | 70 | −10 | 48 |
| 9 | Waldhof Mannheim | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 45 |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Competitive matches

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | D |
| Position | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

##### Matches
#### DFB-Pokal
## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MKD | Oka Nikolov |
| 2 | MF | AUT | Gerd Wimmer |
| 3 | MF | GER | Marco Gebhardt |
| 4 | DF | GER | Andree Wiedener |
| 5 | DF | GER | Karel Rada |
| 6 | DF | GER | Jens Rasiejewski |
| 7 | MF | ALB | Ervin Skela |
| 8 | DF | GER | Michael Wenczel |
| 9 | FW | POL | Paweł Kryszałowicz |
| 11 | MF | SVK | Peter Németh |
| 12 | DF | KOR | Sim Jae-won |
| 13 | DF | GER | Uwe Bindewald |
| 14 | FW | MKD | Saša Ćirić |
| 15 | MF | CGO | Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien |
| 16 | DF | CMR | Serge Branco |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | GER | Michael Mutzel |
| 19 | MF | GER | Albert Streit |
| 20 | DF | GER | Christoph Preuß |
| 21 | FW | CHN | Yang Chen |
| 22 | FW | GER | Ralf Schmitt |
| 23 | MF | NGA | Stephen Famewo |
| 24 | MF | GER | Alexander Schur |
| 25 | MF | GER | Alexander Rosen |
| 26 | DF | GER | Giuseppe Gemiti |
| 28 | MF | GER | Jermaine Jones |
| 29 | DF | CRO | Vladimir Maljković |
| 30 | GK | GER | Andreas Menger |
| 31 | GK | GER | Daniel Haas |
| 32 | GK | GER | Dirk Heinen |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Tommy Berntsen (to Lyn Fotball) |
| 6 | MF | GER | Markus Lösch (to Stuttgarter Kickers) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | GER | Thomas Reichenberger (to Energie Cottbus) |

### Eintracht Frankfurt II

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | GER | Daniel Haas |
| — | GK | GER | Sven Schmitt |
| — | DF | GER | Lars Weißenfeldt |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | CMR | Jean-Paul Ndeki |
| — | MF | GER | Peter Deißenberger |
| — | MF | GER | Giovanni Speranza |

### Under-19s

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | GER | Baldo di Gregorio |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Daniyel Cimen |

### Under-17s

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | GER | Jan Zimmermann |
| — | DF | GER | Christopher Reinhard |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | GER | Marco Russ |
| — | MF | GER | Faton Toski |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | MKD | Oka Nikolov | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AUT | Gerd Wimmer | 31 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | GER | Marco Gebhardt | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Tommy Berntsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Andree Wiedener | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CZE | Karel Rada | 30 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Jens Rasiejewski | 27 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ALB | Ervin Skela | 32 | 9 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | GER | Michael Wenczel | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | POL | Paweł Kryszałowicz | 32 | 16 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SVK | Peter Németh | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | KOR | Sim Jae-Won | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | GER | Uwe Bindewald | 30 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | MKD | Saša Ćirić | 18 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | MF | CGO | Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien | 29 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | CMR | Serge Branco | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | GER | Thomas Reichenberger | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Michael Mutzel | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GER | Albert Streit | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Christoph Preuß | 34 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | CHN | Yang Chen | 31 | 6 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | GER | Yılmaz Örtülü | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | NGA | Stephen Famewo | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GER | Alexander Schur | 20 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | GER | Alexander Rosen | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Giuseppe Gemiti | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Giovanni Speranza | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | GER | Dirk Heinen | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | GER | Jermaine Jones | 24 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 |

### Transfers
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | ALB | Ervin Skela (from Waldhof Mannheim) |
| 8 | MF | GER | Michael Wenczel (from VfR Mannheim) |
| 11 | MF | SVK | Peter Németh (loaned from Baník Ostrava) |
| 12 | DF | KOR | Sim Jae-Won (loaned from Busan i.cons) |
| 13 | MF | TUR | Erol Bulut (loan return from Adanaspor) |
| 22 | FW | GER | Yılmaz Örtülü (from Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure) |
| 23 | MF | NGA | Stephen Famewo (Eintracht Frankfurt academy) |
| 27 | MF | GER | Giovanni Speranza (from Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | GER | Torsten Kracht (to Karlsruher SC) |
| 5 | DF | BUL | Petar Hubchev (to Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure) |
| 6 | DF | GER | Markus Lösch (to Stuttgarter Kickers) |
| 7 | MF | GER | Thomas Sobotzik (to Rapid Wien) |
| 8 | MF | GER | Ralf Weber (retired) |
| 10 | MF | GER | Horst Heldt (to Sturm Graz) |
| 13 | MF | TUR | Erol Bulut (to Panonios) |
| 17 | FW | GER | Thomas Reichenberger (to FC Energie Cottbus) |
| 18 | DF | GER | Alexander Kutschera (to Xerez CD) |
| 23 | GK | GER | Sven Schmitt (to Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure) |
| 25 | MF | GER | Frank Gerster (to SSV Reutlingen) |
| 29 | MF | GER | Stefan Zinnow (to Waldhof Mannheim) |
| 31 | MF | GER | Peter Deißenberger (to Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure) |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | GER | Andree Wiedener (from Werder Bremen) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Tommy Berntsen (to FK Lyn) |
| 16 | MF | GER | Olaf Janßen (retired) |
| 17 | MF | TUR | Erol Bulut (loaned to Adanaspor) |
| 30 | MF | GER | Thomas Zampach (retired) |