# 2000–01 FC Schalke 04 season

Schalke 04 had one of its best ever seasons, winning the German Cup. They almost won the league too, hindered only by a late Patrik Andersson free kick for Bayern Munich in stoppage time against Hamburg. Nonetheless, Schalke still qualified for the Champions League for the first time.

## 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 | GER | Oliver Reck |
| 2 | DF | BEL | Nico Van Kerckhoven |
| 3 | MF | CZE | Radoslav Látal |
| 4 | DF | GER | Yves Eigenrauch |
| 5 | MF | GER | Sven Kmetsch |
| 6 | DF | POL | Tomasz Hajto |
| 7 | MF | GER | Andreas Möller |
| 8 | MF | GER | Jörg Böhme |
| 9 | FW | NED | Youri Mulder |
| 10 | DF | GER | Olaf Thon |
| 11 | FW | DEN | Ebbe Sand |
| 12 | DF | NED | Marco van Hoogdalem |
| 13 | GK | NOR | Frode Grodås |
| 14 | MF | GER | Gerald Asamoah |
| 15 | DF | POL | Tomasz Wałdoch |
| 16 | MF | GER | Oliver Held |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | GER | Ünal Alpuğan |
| 18 | MF | NED | Niels Oude Kamphuis |
| 19 | MF | GER | Mike Büskens |
| 20 | MF | CZE | Jiří Němec |
| 21 | FW | BEL | Émile Mpenza |
| 23 | DF | GER | Markus Happe |
| 25 | DF | NED | Johan de Kock |
| 26 | FW | GER | Ali Göl |
| 27 | MF | GER | Benjamin Wingerter |
| 28 | DF | DEN | Sladan Peric |
| 29 | GK | GER | Toni Tapalović |
| 30 | MF | HUN | Tamás Hajnal |
| 31 | MF | GER | Thorsten Legat |
| 32 | DF | GER | Benjamin Koch |
| 34 | MF | GER | Christian Mikolajczak |

### 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 |
| 22 | GK | GER | Mathias Schober (to Hamburg) |

## Competitions
### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bayern Munich (C) | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 63 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 65 | 35 | +30 | 62 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 62 | 42 | +20 | 58 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 57 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 56 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
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 | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Position | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

* Schalke 04–Köln 2–1
* 1–0 Ebbe Sand 12'
* 2–0 Émile Mpenza 37'
* 2–1 Tomasz Hajto 88' (o.g.)
* Hansa Rostock-Schalke 04 0–4
* 0–1 Émile Mpenza 25'
* 0–2 Émile Mpenza 30'
* 0–3 Ebbe Sand 40'
* 0–4 Émile Mpenza 51'
* Schalke 04-Energie Cottbus 3–0
* 1–0 Ebbe Sand 7'
* 2–0 Ebbe Sand 8'
* 3–0 Ebbe Sand 51'
* 1860 Munich-Schalke 04 1–1
* 0–1 Émile Mpenza 53'
* 1–1 Markus Beierle 65'
* Schalke 04-Werder Bremen 1–1
* 0–1 Aílton 50'
* 1–1 Jörg Böhme 55' (pen.)
* Borussia Dortmund-Schalke 04 0–4
* 0–1 Jörg Böhme 39' (pen.)
* 0–2 Émile Mpenza 45'
* 0–3 Jörg Heinrich 60' (o.g.)
* 0–4 Ebbe Sand 76'
* Hamburg-Schalke 04 2–0
* 1–0 Marek Heinz 35'
* 2–0 Mehdi Mahdavikia 83'
* Schalke 04-Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0
* 1–0 Jörg Böhme 38'
* 2–0 Radoslav Latal 51'
* 3–0 Jörg Böhme 53'
* 4–0 Markus Happe 61'
* Freiburg-Schalke 04 3–1
* 1–0 Andreas Zeyer 33'
* 1–1 Tomasz Wałdoch 74'
* 2–1 Adel Sellimi 80'
* 3–1 Abder Ramdane 89'
* Schalke 04-Bayer Leverkusen 0–0
* Kaiserslautern-Schalke 04 3–2
* 0–1 Ebbe Sand 37'
* 0–2 Tomasz Wałdoch 56'
* 1–2 Harry Koch 67' (pen.)
* 2–2 Miroslav Klose 71'
* 3–2 Olaf Marschall 87'
* Schalke 04-Bayern Munich 3–2
* 0–1 Giovane Élber 34'
* 1–1 Andreas Möller 58'
* 1–2 Paulo Sérgio 59'
* 2–2 Gerald Asamoah 68'
* 3–2 Ebbe Sand 71'
* Hertha Berlin-Schalke 04 0–4
* 0–1 Ebbe Sand 4'
* 0–2 Ebbe Sand 18'
* 0–3 Jörg Böhme 81'
* 0–4 Ebbe Sand 87'
* Schalke 04-Bochum 2–1
* 1–0 Youri Mulder 37'
* 1–1 Marijo Marić 48'
* 2–1 Ebbe Sand 64'
* Wolfsburg-Schalke 04 2–0
* 1–0 Claus Thomsen 55'
* 2–0 Charles Akonnor 89'
* Schalke 04-Stuttgart 2–1
* 1–0 Radoslav Latal 22'
* 1–1 Ioan Ganea 47'
* 2–1 Tomasz Wałdoch 90'
* Unterhaching-Schalke 04 0–2
* 0–1 Ebbe Sand 26'
* 0–2 Marco van Hoogdalem 60'
* Köln-Schalke 04 2–2
* 0–1 Jörg Böhme 12'
* 0–2 Gerald Asamoah 34'
* 1–2 Georgi Donkov 72'
* 2–2 Carsten Cullmann 75'
* Schalke 04-Hansa Rostock 2–0
* 1–0 Jörg Böhme 4'
* 2–0 Jiří Němec 66'
* Energie Cottbus-Schalke 04 4–1
* 1–0 Vasile Miriuță 1'
* 2–0 Sebastian Helbig 42'
* 2–1 Ebbe Sand 54'
* 3–1 Andrzej Kobylański 71'
* 4–1 Antun Labak 74'
* Schalke 04-1860 Munich 2–0
* 1–0 Émile Mpenza 50'
* 2–0 Émile Mpenza 65'
* Werder Bremen-Schalke 04 2–1
* 1–0 Claudio Pizarro 16'
* 2–0 Fabian Ernst 26'
* 2–1 Ebbe Sand 66'
* Schalke 04-Borussia Dortmund 0–0
* Schalke 04-Hamburg 0–1
* 0–1 Erik Meijer 87'
* Eintracht Frankfurt-Schalke 04 0–0
* Schalke 04-Freiburg 0–0
* Bayer Leverkusen-Schalke 04 0–3
* 0–1 Boris Živković 19' (o.g.)
* 0–2 Émile Mpenza 51'
* 0–3 Gerald Asamoah 54'
* Schalke 04–Kaiserslautern 5–1
* 1–0 Tomasz Wałdoch 3'
* 2–0 Tomasz Wałdoch 9'
* 3–0 Ebbe Sand 55'
* 3–1 Miroslav Klose 72'
* 4–1 Émile Mpenza 87'
* 5–1 Ebbe Sand 89'
* Bayern Munich-Schalke 04 1–3
* 1–0 Carsten Jancker 3'
* 1–1 Ebbe Sand 14'
* 1–2 Ebbe Sand 48'
* 1–3 Ebbe Sand 75'
* Schalke 04-Hertha Berlin 3–1
* 0–1 Sebastian Deisler 34'
* 1–1 Marco van Hoogdalem 79'
* 2–1 Émile Mpenza 86'
* Bochum-Schalke 04 1–1
* 1–0 Paul Freier 21'
* 1–1 Émile Mpenza 70'
* Schalke 04-Wolfsburg 2–1
* 1–0 Ebbe Sand 31'
* 2–0 Émile Mpenza 34'
* 2–1 Andrzej Juskowiak 89'
* Stuttgart-Schalke 04 1–0
* 1–0 Krassimir Balakov 90'
* Schalke 04-Unterhaching 5–3
* 0–1 André Breitenreiter 4'
* 0–2 Mirosław Spiżak 27'
* 1–2 Nico van Kerckhoven 44'
* 2–2 Gerald Asamoah 45'
* 2–3 Jan Seifert 70'
* 3–3 Jörg Böhme 73'
* 4–3 Jörg Böhme 74'
* 5–3 Ebbe Sand 89'

## Statistics
### Top scorers
#### Bundesliga

* Ebbe Sand 22
* Émile Mpenza 13
* Jörg Böhme 9
* Tomasz Wałdoch 5

## Transfers
### In

* Andreas Möller - Borussia Dortmund
* Tomasz Hajto - MSV Duisburg
* Jörg Böhme - Arminia Bielefeld

### Out

* Andreas Müller - retired