Route To The Final
For more details on this topic, see 2001–02 UEFA Champions League.Bayer Leverkusen entered the competition in the third qualifying round after finishing fourth in the 2000–01 Fußball-Bundesliga. They faced Serbian side Red Star Belgrade, and drew 0–0 in the first leg at The Red Star Stadium. At BayArena, Leverkusen won the second leg 3–0 after two goals from Oliver Neuville and one goal from Ulf Kirsten, and progressed to the group stage by virtue of winning the tie 3–0 on aggregate. Real Madrid entered the competition in the group stage after winning La Liga.
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| Red Star Belgrade | 3–0 | 3–0 home; 0–0 away | Third qualifying round | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Group stage |
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Second group stage |
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| Opponent | Result | Legs | Knockout stage | Opponent | Result | Legs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liverpool | 4–3 | 0–1 away; 4–2 home | Quarter-finals | Bayern Munich | 3–2 | 1–2 away; 2–0 home | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manchester United | 3–3 (a) | 2–2 away; 1–1 home | Semi-finals | Barcelona | 3–1 | 2–0 away; 1–1 home | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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