2001–02 2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga
Season	2001–02
Champions	Hannover 96
Promoted	Hannover 96; Arminia Bielefeld; VfL Bochum
Relegated	SpVgg Unterhaching; 1. FC Saarbrücken; FC Schweinfurt 05; SV Babelsberg 03
Top goalscorer	Artur Wichniarek (20)
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

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.^[1]

Locations of the participating teams of the 2001–02 season

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
3	VfL Bochum (P)	34	19	8	7	69	49	+20	65
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^[a]
16	1. FC Saarbrücken (R)	34	6	7	21	30	74	−44	25
17	FC Schweinfurt 05 (R)	34	6	6	22	30	70	−40	24
18	SV Babelsberg 03 (R)	34	4	6	24	39	82	−43	18

Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ 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	—

Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:^[2]

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
	Blaise Kufo	1. FSV Mainz 05
	Sreto Ristić	1. FC Union Berlin