# 2001–02 2. Bundesliga

The 2001–02 2. Bundesliga was the 28th season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. Hannover 96, Arminia Bielefeld and VfL Bochum were promoted to the Bundesliga while SpVgg Unterhaching, 1. FC Saarbrücken, FC Schweinfurt 05 and SV Babelsberg 03 were relegated to the Regionalliga.

## League table

For the 2001–02 season SV Babelsberg 03, 1. FC Union Berlin, Karlsruher SC and 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while SpVgg Unterhaching, Eintracht Frankfurt and VfL Bochum had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Hannover 96 (C, P) | 34 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 93 | 37 | +56 | 75 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | Arminia Bielefeld (P) | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 68 | 38 | +30 | 65 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | VfL Bochum (P) | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 69 | 49 | +20 | 65 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 4 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 38 | +28 | 64 | |
| 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 | |
| 10 | SSV Reutlingen | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 53 | 57 | −4 | 44 | |
| 11 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 56 | 57 | −1 | 43 | |
| 12 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 55 | 49 | +6 | 42 | |
| 13 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 41 | |
| 14 | Alemannia Aachen | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 41 | 67 | −26 | 40 | |
| 15 | SpVgg Unterhaching (R) | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 38 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 16 | 1. FC Saarbrücken (R) | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 30 | 74 | −44 | 25 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 17 | FC Schweinfurt 05 (R) | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 30 | 70 | −40 | 24 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 18 | SV Babelsberg 03 (R) | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 39 | 82 | −43 | 18 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
* ↑ SV Babelsberg was relegated to Regionalliga Nord. FC Schweinfurt 05, 1. FC Saarbrücken and SpVgg Unterhaching were relegated to Regionalliga Süd.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AAC | LRA | SVB | UNB | DSC | BOC | DUI | SGE | SGF | H96 | KSC | M05 | WMA | RWO | R05 | FCS | S05 | UNT |
| Alemannia Aachen | — | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| LR Ahlen | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| SV Babelsberg | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–4 |
| Union Berlin | 5–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| VfL Bochum | 5–3 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| MSV Duisburg | 5–0 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–6 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Greuther Fürth | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–5 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Hannover 96 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 4–4 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 |
| Karlsruher SC | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Mainz 05 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Waldhof Mannheim | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 |
| SSV Reutlingen | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | — | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–3 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| 1. FC Schweinfurt | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 |
| SpVgg Unterhaching | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 8–0 | 1–0 | — |

## Top scorers

The league's top scorers:
| Goals | Player | Team |
| 20 | Artur Wichniarek | Arminia Bielefeld |
| 19 | Marcus Feinbier | LR Ahlen |
| 18 | Jan Šimák | Hannover 96 |
| 17 | Thomas Christiansen | VfL Bochum |
| 16 | Paweł Kryszałowicz | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| 16 | Daniel Stendel | Hannover 96 |
| 15 | Rachid Azzouzi | SpVgg Greuther Fürth |
| 14 | Ermin Melunović | FC Schweinfurt 05 |
| 14 | Blaise Kufo | 1. FSV Mainz 05 |
| 14 | Sreto Ristić | 1. FC Union Berlin |