# 2001–02 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

The 2001–02 season saw Bayer Leverkusen become the second club to finish runners-up in the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and the Champions League in the same season after Barcelona in 1986, with a potential treble unravelling in the final couple of weeks of the season, resulting in no trophies won at all, plus the defections of stars Michael Ballack and Zé Roberto to Bayern Munich. Leverkusen dominated the second half of the Champions League final against Real Madrid, but lost 2–1 due to a volley from Zinedine Zidane in the latter stages of the first interval.

## Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Result | Top Scorer |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Result | Top Scorer |
| Bundesliga | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 77 | 38 | +39 | 061.76 | runners-up | Michael Ballack, 17 |
| DFB-Pokal | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 083.33 | runners-up | Dimitar Berbatov, 6 |
| Premiere Ligapokal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 | Preliminary Round | Oliver Neuville, 1 |
| UEFA Champions League | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 047.37 | runners-up | Oliver Neuville, 7 |
| Total | 60 | 35 | 10 | 15 | 126 | 74 | +52 | 058.33 | | Michael Ballack, 23 |

## 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 | Hans-Jörg Butt |
| 3 | MF | CRO | Marko Babić |
| 4 | DF | GER | Michael Zepek |
| 5 | DF | GER | Jens Nowotny |
| 6 | DF | CRO | Boris Živković |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Zé Roberto |
| 9 | FW | GER | Ulf Kirsten |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Yıldıray Baştürk |
| 12 | FW | BUL | Dimitar Berbatov |
| 13 | MF | GER | Michael Ballack |
| 15 | MF | CRO | Jurica Vranješ |
| 17 | MF | NGA | Pascal Ojigwe |
| 18 | DF | USA | Frankie Hejduk |
| 19 | DF | BRA | Lúcio |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Frank Jurić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | FW | GER | Thomas Brdarić |
| 24 | DF | AUT | Emanuel Pogatetz |
| 25 | MF | GER | Bernd Schneider |
| 26 | MF | GER | Zoltán Sebescen |
| 27 | FW | GER | Oliver Neuville |
| 28 | MF | GER | Carsten Ramelow |
| 29 | MF | GER | Thorsten Wittek |
| 31 | GK | GER | Tom Starke |
| 33 | FW | GER | Anel Džaka |
| 34 | MF | GER | Hüzeyfe Doğan |
| 35 | DF | ARG | Diego Placente |
| 40 | FW | GER | Thorsten Burkhardt |
| 46 | DF | GER | Mile Božić |
| 47 | DF | GER | Thomas Kleine |

### 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 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Paulo Rink (to 1. FC Nürnberg) |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Marquinhos (to Flamengo) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 30 | FW | GER | Markus Daun (to Alemannia Aachen) |

## Transfers
### In

* Hans-Jörg Butt - unattached (last at Hamburg)
* Emanuel Pogatetz - FC Kärnten
* Zoltán Sebescen - Wolfsburg
* Michael Zepek - Karlsruher SC
* Yıldıray Baştürk - VfL Bochum

### Out

* Adam Matysek - Zagłębie Lubin
* Jörg Reeb - Köln
* Robert Kovač - Bayern Munich
* Andreas Neuendorf - Hertha BSC
* Paulo Rink - 1. FC Nürnberg
* Marquinhos - Flamengo
* Markus Daun - Alemannia Aachen

### Loan out

* Robson Ponte - Wolfsburg

## Match results
### Champions League
#### Third qualifying round
#### First Group Stage
##### Group F

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAR | LEV | LYO | FEN |
| 1 | Barcelona | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 15 | Advance to second group stage | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 12 | Advance to second group stage | 2–1 | — | 2–4 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Lyon | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 9 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 2–3 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Fenerbahçe | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — |

#### Second Group Stage
##### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LEV | DEP | ARS | JUV |
| 1 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Deportivo La Coruña | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–3 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | | 4–1 | 0–2 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Juventus | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — |

#### Knockout round
##### Final
## Statistics
### Top Scorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Premiere Ligapokal | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 13 | MF | | Michael Ballack | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23 |
| 2 | 27 | FW | | Oliver Neuville | 13 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 22 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | Ulf Kirsten | 11 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | 12 | FW | | Dimitar Berbatov | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | 25 | MF | | Bernd Schneider | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | 19 | DF | | Lúcio | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | 8 | MF | | Zé Roberto | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 26 | DF | | Zoltán Sebescen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 10 | MF | | Yıldıray Baştürk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | 1 | GK | | Hans-Jörg Butt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 6 | DF | | Boris Živković | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 23 | DF | | Thomas Brdarić | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 28 | MF | | Carsten Ramelow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | 3 | DF | | Marko Babić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 35 | DF | | Diego Placente | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 77 | 16 | 1 | 32 | 126 |

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