The 2001–02 season saw Bayer Leverkusen become the second club to finish runners-up in the domestic league, domestic cup and 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 CompetitionRecordResultTop Scorer Bundesligarunners-up Michael Ballack, 17 DFB-Pokalrunners-up Dimitar Berbatov, 6 Premiere Ligapokal Preliminary Round Oliver Neuville, 1 UEFA Champions Leaguerunners-up Oliver Neuville, 7 Total Michael Ballack, 23 Players
First-team squad Squad at end of season
Left club during season
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
Bundesliga
DFB-Pokal
Premiere Ligapokal
Champions League
Third qualifying round
First Group Stage
Group F
Second Group Stage
Group D
Knockout round
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Final
Statistics
Top scorers NameBundesligaDFB-PokalPremiere LigapokalChampions LeagueTotal113MFMichael Ballack1700623227FWOliver Neuville131172239FWUlf Kirsten1130418412FWDimitar Berbatov860216525MFBernd Schneider52029619DFLúcio4103878MFZé Roberto4001526DFZoltán Sebescen30025910MFYıldıray Baştürk30014101GKHans-Jörg Butt200136DFBoris Živković2100323DFThomas Brdarić1101328MFCarsten Ramelow20013143DFMarko Babić0001135DFDiego Placente10001Own goal11002Totals7716132126
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