The comeback of 2001/02: Borussia's greatest championship comeback came under Matthias Sammer in 2001/02. In the last three matches against Cologne, in Hamburg, and against Werder Bremen, Dortmund made up five points on leaders Bayer Leverkusen and still snatched the title on the final day of a wild season. The lead had changed hands repeatedly among Kaiserslautern, Bayern, BVB and Leverkusen. Dortmund were back on top on Matchday 20, Leverkusen retook first place by beating BVB 4:0 on Matchday 24, but then wasted match point two rounds from the end.\n\nA foul penalty taken by Bayer goalkeeper Hans-Joerg Butt and saved by Werder keeper Frank Rost prevented an early title party.
A week later Bayer lost again in Nuremberg and Dortmund moved into first with a win in Hamburg, never to surrender it. As BVB manager Michael Meier put it, in the end it is always the hunter, not the hunted, who wins.