2000–01 2. Fußball-Bundesliga

1. FC Nuremberg, Borussia Mönchengladbach and FC St. Pauli were promoted to the Bundesliga.

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Nuremberg (C) (P)	34	20	5	9	58	35	+23	65	Promotion to the Bundesliga
2	Borussia Mönchengladbach (P)	34	17	11	6	62	31	+31	62
3	FC St. Pauli (P)	34	17	9	8	70	52	+18	60
4	Waldhof Mannheim	34	17	8	9	57	42	+15	59
5	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	34	15	9	10	55	38	+17	54
6	LR Ahlen	34	15	9	10	61	53	+8	54
7	SSV Reutlingenn	34	15	8	11	64	52	+12	53
8	1. FC Saarbrücken	34	14	8	12	48	59	−11	50
9	Hannover 96	34	12	10	12	52	45	+7	46
10	Alemannia Aachen	34	13	7	14	42	60	−18	46
11	MSV Duisburg	34	12	9	13	46	40	+6	45
12	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	34	13	6	15	45	50	−5	45
13	Arminia Bielefeld	34	10	11	13	53	46	+7	41
14	FSV Mainz 05	34	10	10	14	37	45	−8	40
15	VfL Osnabrück (R)	34	9	10	15	40	52	−12	37	Relegation to the Regionalliga
16	SSV Ulm 1846 (R)	34	9	7	18	42	58	−16	34
17	Stuttgarter Kickers (R)	34	8	10	16	42	58	−16	34
18	Chemnitzer FC (R)	34	3	7	24	24	78	−54	16

Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Chemnitzer FC, and VfL Osnabrück were relegated to Regionalliga Nord. Stuttgarter Kickers, and SSV Ulm were 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
18	Olivier Djappa	SSV Reutlingen
Artur Wichniarek	Arminia Bielefeld
16	Sambo Choji	1. FC Saarbrücken
15	Marcel Rath	FC St. Pauli
14	Arie van Lent	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Xie Hui	Alemannia Aachen
13	Marcus Feinbier	LR Ahlen
Thomas Meggle	FC St. Pauli
12	Peter Van Houdt	Borussia Mönchengladbach
11	Marc Arnold	LR Ahlen
Cyrille Florent Bella	LR Ahlen
Martin Driller	1. FC Nuremberg
Bruno Labbadia	Arminia Bielefeld

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