2000–01 Bundesliga
| Season | 2000–01 |
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| Champions |
Bayern Munich 16th Bundesliga title 17th German title |
| Relegated |
Unterhaching Frankfurt Bochum |
| Champions League |
Bayern Munich Schalke 04 Borussia Dortmund Bayer Leverkusen |
| UEFA Cup |
Hertha BSC Freiburg |
| Intertoto Cup |
Werder Bremen Wolfsburg 1860 Munich |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 897 (2.93 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Sergej Barbarez (22) Ebbe Sand (22) |
| Biggest home win | Wolfsburg 6–0 Köln (21 October 2000) |
| Biggest away win | seven matches with a differential of −4 each (1–5 once, 0–4 six times) |
| Highest scoring |
Bayern Munich 6–2 Dortmund (8 goals) (4 November 2000) Schalke 5–3 Unterhaching (8 goals) (19 May 2001) Wolfsburg 4–4 Hamburg (8 goals) (23 September 2000) |
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The 2000–01 Bundesliga was the 38th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 11 August 2000 and ended on 19 May 2001.FC Bayern Munich successfully defended their title.
Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received three points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the three teams with the least points were relegated to 2. Bundesliga.
SSV Ulm, Arminia Bielefeld and MSV Duisburg were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by 1. FC Köln, VfL Bochum and FC Energie Cottbus.
The 2000–01 season was notable for its title race, which literally lasted until the last seconds of the campaign. Before the last round of matches, Bayern Munich lead Schalke 04 by three points, but with an inferior goal difference. Schalke managed to defeat Unterhaching, 5–3. Shortly before this match ended, Bayern gave up a 90th-minute goal against Hamburg. As the news spread quickly at the Parkstadion, most Schalke supporters believed their team had won their first championship since 1958. The pitch had thus already been stormed in celebration although the match in Hamburg was not concluded yet, which could also be seen on stadium television.
In Hamburg, Bayern tried one last attack in injury time when suddenly Hamburg goalkeeper Mathias Schober, who ironically was loaned out from Schalke, stopped a back pass by his teammate Tomáš Ujfaluši with his hands. Referee Markus Merk thus awarded an indirect free kick for Bayern about eight meters from the Hamburg goal. Discussions and protests led to a further delay before Patrik Andersson eventually scored the decisive equaliser on a Stefan Effenberg tip pass. The match was never resumed afterwards.
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