The 2001–02 season saw
Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer 04 Leverkusen, officially known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH () and commonly known as Bayer Leverkusen or simply Leverkusen, is a German professional football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It competes in the B ...
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
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and
Zé Roberto to
Bayern Munich
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. Leverkusen dominated the second half of the Champions League
final
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against
Real Madrid
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, but lost 2–1 due to a volley from
Zinedine Zidane
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in the latter stages of the first interval.
Overview
Players
First-team squad
:''Squad at end of season''
Left club during season
Transfers
In
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Hans-Jörg Butt
Hans-Jörg Butt (; born 28 May 1974), often simply called Jörg Butt, is a German former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Known for taking penalty kicks, and for often running into the opposing penalty box in an attempt to find a winner w ...
- unattached (last at
Hamburg
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)
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Emanuel Pogatetz -
FC Kärnten
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History Austria Klagenfurt
Austria Klagenfurt played success ...
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Zoltán Sebescen
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Club career
Sebescen was born in Ehingen. ...
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Wolfsburg
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Wolfsburg is famous as the locat ...
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Michael Zepek -
Karlsruher SC
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*
Yıldıray Baştürk
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Born in Germany, he was capped 49 times for the Turkey national football team, representing the tea ...
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VfL Bochum
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Out
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Adam Matysek -
Zagłębie Lubin
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History
The football team was founded in 1945 as OMTUR Lubin by lo ...
*
Jörg Reeb -
Köln
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*
Robert Kovač -
Bayern Munich
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*
Andreas Neuendorf -
Hertha BSC
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*
Paulo Rink -
1. FC Nürnberg
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Marquinhos -
Flamengo
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*
Markus Daun -
Alemannia Aachen
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Loan out
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Robson Ponte
Robson Ponte (born 6 November 1976) is a Brazilian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He spent most of his career at Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Germany and Urawa Red Diamonds in Japan.
Club career
Ponte was born in São Paulo. ...
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Wolfsburg
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Wolfsburg is famous as the locat ...
Match results
Bundesliga
DFB-Pokal
Premiere Ligapokal
Champions League
Third qualifying round
First Group Stage
=Group F
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Second Group Stage
=Group D
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Knockout round
=Quarter-final
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=Semi-final
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Final
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Statistics
Top Scorers
Kits
References
Notes
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Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer 04 Leverkusen, officially known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH () and commonly known as Bayer Leverkusen or simply Leverkusen, is a German professional football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It competes in the B ...