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The 34th round of the German championship season ended. The new champions, Bremen's "Werder", did not push themselves too hard and finished the season with a loss. Leverkusen's "Bayer" defeated "Stuttgart" in a duel for third place, allowing them to play in the next season of the Champions League, and overtook them by one point in the standings. Coach Ottmar Hitzfeld said goodbye to his club with his head held high - Munich's "Bayern" won their last match and secured second place. The unexpected winner of a place in the UEFA Cup was the "Bochum" club, as Dortmund's "Borussia" failed to defeat the "Kaiserslautern" players, who secured their place in the league. Frankfurt's "Eintracht", Munich's "TSV", and "Köln" are bidding farewell to the league.
Final standings:
All results of the 34th round:
- 2 - 1 26' Ioannis Amanatidis [0 - 1] 27' Mehdi Mahdavikia [1 - 1] 57' Sergej Barbarez [2 - 1]
- 2 - 0 18' Sebastian Deisler 73' Bixente Lizarazu from 11m. b.
- 2 - 0 63' Dimitar Berbatov 85' Bernd Schneider
- 3 - 1 26' Peter Madsen [1 - 0] 41' Thomas Christiansen [1 - 1] 76' Paul Freier [2 - 1] 87' Frank Fahrenhorst [3 - 1]
- 3 - 1 29' Rade Prica [1 - 0] 37' Mladen Krstajic [1 - 1] 47' Mladen Krstajic own goal [2 - 1] 74' Marcus Lantz [3 - 1]
- 1 - 1 3' Miroslav Karhan [1 - 0] 20' Maik Franz own goal [1 - 1]
- 3 - 1 51' Marcelinho [1 - 0] 54' Lukas Podolski [1 - 1] 63' Fredi Bobic [2 - 1] 78' Nando Rafael [3 - 1]
- 3 - 1 21' Torben Hoffmann [0 - 1] 23' Vaclav Sverkos [1 - 1] 35' Igor Demo [2 - 1] 74' Arie van Lent [3 - 1] 84' Enrico Gaede sent off the pitch
- 1 - 1 6' Vratislav Lokvenc [1 - 0] 71' Jan Koller [1 - 1]
Most productive players of the season: 1. Ailton (Werder) 28 goals 2. Roy Makaay (Bayern) 23 3. Martin Max (Hansa) 20 4-7. Dimitar Berbatov (Bayer), Ewerthon (Borussia), Jan Koller (Borussia), Vahid Hashemian (Bochum) all with 16 8. Diego Fernando Klimowicz (Wolfsburg) 15 9. Franca (Bayer) 14 10-11. Peter Madsen (Bochum), Ivan Klasnic (Werder) both with 13
