2001–02 2. Fußball-Bundesliga

Hannover 96, Arminia Bielefeld and VfL Bochum were promoted to the Bundesliga.

Final table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Hannover 96 (C) (P) 34 22 9 3 93 37 +56 75 Promotion to the 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 FSV Mainz 05 34 18 10 6 66 38 +28 64
5 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 34 16 11 7 62 41 +21 59
6 1. FC 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 Reutlingenn 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 the Regionalliga
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.
SV Babelsberg was relegated to Regionalliga Nord. FC Schweinfurt 05, 1. FC Saarbrücken and SpVgg Unterhaching ere relegated to Regionalliga Süd
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top scorers

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
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