Negative electrode for rechargeable lithium battery and rechargeable lithium battery including same

A negative electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery, comprising:

• a current collector;
• a first negative active material layer on the current collector and comprising a first negative active material;
• and
• a second negative active material on the first negative active material layer and comprising a second negative active material,
• wherein the first negative active material layer and the second negative active material layer have a peak intensity ratio (I(002)/I(110)) of a peak intensity at a (002) plane relative to a peak intensity at a (110) plane of 150 or less when measured by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) using a CuKα ray, and
• wherein a ratio of a peel strength of the first negative active material layer to that of the second negative active material layer is about 70% to about 90%.