| Bayer Leverkusen beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-0 (A) on 8 Sep 2001 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach beat Bayern München 1-0 (H) on 28 Jul 2001 |
| Bayern München beat Energie Cottbus 3-0 (A) on 22 Sep 2001 |
| Energie Cottbus beat Hertha Berlin 3-2 (A) on 19 Aug 2001 |
| Hertha Berlin beat Köln 3-0 (H) on 29 Sep 2001 |
| Köln beat 1860 München 2-0 (H) on 4 Aug 2001 |
| 1860 München beat VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 (H) on 23 Sep 2001 |
| VfL Wolfsburg beat Kaiserslautern 2-0 (H) on 29 Sep 2001 |
| Kaiserslautern beat Werder Bremen 2-1 (H) on 9 Sep 2001 |
| Werder Bremen beat Hamburger SV 4-0 (A) on 22 Sep 2001 |
| Hamburger SV beat VfB Stuttgart 2-0 (H) on 4 Aug 2001 |
| VfB Stuttgart beat Nürnberg 4-2 (A) on 18 Aug 2001 |
| Nürnberg beat Freiburg 2-0 (H) on 5 Aug 2001 |
| Freiburg beat Schalke 2-0 (H) on 22 Sep 2001 |
| Schalke beat Borussia Dortmund 1-0 (H) on 15 Sep 2001 |
| Borussia Dortmund beat Hansa Rostock 2-0 (A) on 18 Aug 2001 |
| Hansa Rostock beat St Pauli 1-0 (A) on 12 Aug 2001 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.