| Competition: | Bundesliga |
| Season: | 2001–02 |
| Dates: | 28 July 2001 – 4 May 2002 |
| Winners: | Borussia Dortmund 3rd Bundesliga title 6th German title |
| Relegated: | Freiburg Köln St. Pauli |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Borussia Dortmund Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich |
| Continentalcup2: | UEFA Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Hertha BSC Schalke 04 Werder Bremen |
| Continentalcup3: | Intertoto Cup |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Kaiserslautern Stuttgart 1860 Munich |
| League Topscorer: | Márcio Amoroso Martin Max (18 goals each) |
| Matches: | 306 |
| Total Goals: | 893 |
| Prevseason: | 2000–01 |
| Nextseason: | 2002–03 |
The 2001–02 Bundesliga was the 39th season of the Bundesliga. It began on 28 July 2001 and concluded on 4 May 2002.[1]
Eighteen teams competed in the league – the top fifteen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the 2. Bundesliga. The promoted teams were 1. FC Nürnberg, Borussia Mönchengladbach and FC St. Pauli. 1. FC Nürnberg and Borussia Mönchengladbach returned to the top flight after an absence of two years while FC St. Pauli returned to the top fight after an absence of four years. They replaced SpVgg Unterhaching, Eintracht Frankfurt and VfL Bochum, ending their top flight spells of two, three and one years respectively.
| Club | Location | Ground[2] | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin | Olympiastadion | 76,000 | ||
| Bremen | Weserstadion | 36,000 | ||
| Cottbus | Stadion der Freundschaft | 21,000 | ||
| Dortmund | Westfalenstadion | 68,600 | ||
| Freiburg im Breisgau | Dreisamstadion | 25,000 | ||
| Hamburg | Volksparkstadion | 62,000 | ||
| Kaiserslautern | Fritz-Walter-Stadion | 41,500 | ||
| Cologne | Müngersdorfer Stadion | 46,000 | ||
| Leverkusen | BayArena | 22,500 | ||
| Mönchengladbach | Bökelbergstadion | 34,500 | ||
| Munich | Olympiastadion | 63,000 | ||
| Munich | Olympiastadion | 63,000 | ||
| Nuremberg | Frankenstadion | 44,700 | ||
| Rostock | Ostseestadion | 25,850 | ||
| Gelsenkirchen | Arena AufSchalke | 61,973 | ||
| Hamburg | Stadion am Millerntor | 20,550 | ||
| Stuttgart | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion | 53,700 | ||
| Wolfsburg | VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg | 21,600 |
The final table of the 1st Bundesliga, Season 2001/02
