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