1997–98 Bundesliga

Bundesliga
Season	1997–98
Champions	Kaiserslautern 2nd Bundesliga title 4th German title
Relegated	Karlsruhe Köln Arminia Bielefeld
Champions League	Kaiserslautern Bayern Munich
Cup Winners' Cup	Duisburg (domestic cup finalists)
UEFA Cup	Bayer Leverkusen Stuttgart Schalke 04
Intertoto Cup	Hansa Rostock Werder Bremen
Matches played	306
Goals scored	853 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ulf Kirsten (22)
Biggest home win	Leverkusen 6–1 Karlsruhe (23 August 1997) Leverkusen 6–1 Stuttgart (21 December 1997) Leverkusen 5–0 Hamburg (18 April 1998)
Biggest away win	nine games with a differential of +3 each (2–5 once, 1–4 twice, 0–3 six times)
Highest scoring	Duisburg 4–5 M'gladbach (9 goals) (31 October 1997)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Bundesliga was the 35th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 1 August 1997^[1] and ended on 9 May 1998.^[2] FC Bayern Munich were the defending champions.

Competition modus

Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received three points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the three teams with the least points were relegated to 2. Bundesliga.

Team changes to 1996–97

Fortuna Düsseldorf, SC Freiburg and FC St. Pauli were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by 1. FC Kaiserslautern, VfL Wolfsburg and Hertha BSC.

Team overview

Location of teams in Bundesliga 1997–98

Club	Location	Ground^[3]	Capacity^[3]
Berlin Hertha BSC !Hertha BSC	Berlin	Olympiastadion	76,000
Bielefeld !Arminia Bielefeld	Bielefeld	Stadion Alm	22,512
Bochum !VfL Bochum	Bochum	Ruhrstadion	36,344
Bremen !SV Werder Bremen	Bremen	Weserstadion	36,000
Dortmund !Borussia Dortmund	Dortmund	Westfalenstadion	55,000
Duisburg !MSV Duisburg	Duisburg	Wedaustadion	30,128
Hamburg !Hamburger SV	Hamburg	Volksparkstadion	62,000
Kaiserslautern !1. FC Kaiserslautern	Kaiserslautern	Fritz-Walter-Stadion	38,500
Karlsruhe !Karlsruher SC	Karlsruhe	Wildparkstadion	33,800
Koln !1. FC Köln	Cologne	Müngersdorfer Stadion	55,000
Leverkusen !Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Leverkusen	BayArena	22,500
Mönchengladbach !Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mönchengladbach	Bökelbergstadion	34,500
München 1860 !TSV 1860 Munich	Munich	Olympiastadion	63,000
München Bayern !FC Bayern Munich	Munich	Olympiastadion	63,000
Rostock !F.C. Hansa Rostock	Rostock	Ostseestadion	25,850
Schalke !FC Schalke 04	Gelsenkirchen	Parkstadion	70,000
Stuttgart VfB !VfB Stuttgart	Stuttgart	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion	53,700
Wolfsburg !VfL Wolfsburg	Wolfsburg	VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg	21,600

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Kaiserslautern !1. FC Kaiserslautern (C)	34	19	11	4	63	39	+24	68	1998–99 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Bayern Munich !Bayern Munich	34	19	9	6	69	37	+32	66	1998–99 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3	Bayer Leverkusen !Bayer Leverkusen	34	14	13	7	66	39	+27	55	1998–99 UEFA Cup First round
4	Stuttgart !VfB Stuttgart	34	14	10	10	55	49	+6	52
5	Schalke 04 !Schalke 04	34	13	13	8	38	32	+6	52
6	Hansa Rostock !Hansa Rostock	34	14	9	11	54	46	+8	51	1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
7	Werder Bremen !Werder Bremen	34	14	8	12	43	47	−4	50	1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
8	MSV Duisburg !MSV Duisburg	34	11	11	12	43	44	−1	44	1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round ¹
9	Hamburger SV !Hamburger SV	34	11	11	12	38	46	−8	44
10	Borussia Dortmund !Borussia Dortmund	34	11	10	13	57	55	+2	43
11	Hertha BSC !Hertha BSC	34	12	7	15	41	53	−12	43
12	VfL Bochum !VfL Bochum	34	11	8	15	41	49	−8	41
13	1860 Munich !1860 Munich	34	11	8	15	43	54	−11	41
14	Wolfsburg !VfL Wolfsburg	34	11	6	17	38	54	−16	39
15	Borussia Mönchengladbach !Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	9	11	14	54	59	−5	38
16	Karlsruher SC !Karlsruher SC (R)	34	9	11	14	48	60	−12	38	2. Fußball-Bundesliga
17	Köln !1. FC Köln (R)	34	10	6	18	49	64	−15	36
18	Arminia Bielefeld !Arminia Bielefeld (R)	34	8	8	18	43	56	−13	32

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹As domestic cup winners Bayern Munich had qualified for UEFA Champions League, their place in the Cup Winners' Cup was transferred to finalists Duisburg.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Hertha BSC !BSC	Arminia Bielefeld !BIE	VfL Bochum !BOC	Werder Bremen !BRE	Borussia Dortmund !DOR	MSV Duisburg !DUI	Hamburger SV !HAM	1. FC Kaiserslautern !KAI	Karlsruher SC !KAR	Köln !KÖL	Bayer Leverkusen !LEV	Borussia Mönchengladbach !MGL	Bayern Munich !MUN	1860 Munich !M60	Hansa Rostock !ROS	Schalke 04 !S04	Stuttgart !STU	Wolfsburg !WOL
Hertha BSC !Hertha BSC		1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–4	3–0	1–0
Arminia Bielefeld !Arminia Bielefeld	1–3		0–2	3–0	3–1	3–3	0–3	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	4–4	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–1
VfL Bochum !VfL Bochum	2–1	1–0		0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–3	3–3	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–3	1–0	1–3	3–0	0–2	2–1
Werder Bremen !Werder Bremen	0–2	2–1	1–0		2–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–4	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–3	3–3	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–1
Borussia Dortmund !Borussia Dortmund	3–0	3–2	5–2	2–2		3–0	0–1	2–2	2–2	3–0	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–3	3–2	2–2	3–1	2–1
MSV Duisburg !MSV Duisburg	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–0		3–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	4–5	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–3	2–2
Hamburger SV !Hamburger SV	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–3	1–0		1–1	3–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–2	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–2
1. FC Kaiserslautern !1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	2–1		0–0	3–2	0–3	3–2	2–0	1–0	4–3	3–0	4–3	4–0
Karlsruher SC !Karlsruher SC	0–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–4		3–1	1–1	2–5	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	4–2	2–1
Köln !1. FC Köln	2–0	3–5	2–1	2–0	4–2	3–2	1–2	0–0	0–1		2–2	3–2	1–3	2–3	0–0	0–2	4–2	5–3
Bayer Leverkusen !Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	0–0	3–2	4–1	2–2	2–1	5–0	1–1	6–1	4–0		1–1	4–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	6–1	2–1
Borussia Mönchengladbach !Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–3	1–1	4–1	2–2		1–1	5–1	5–2	0–1	0–0	0–2
Bayern Munich !Bayern Munich	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	4–0	3–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	3–2		3–1	2–0	1–1	3–3	5–2
1860 Munich !1860 Munich	3–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	4–2	0–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–0	3–4	2–0	2–2		0–1	1–0	1–3	2–1
Hansa Rostock !Hansa Rostock	4–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	4–2	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–3	3–0		4–1	1–1	0–1
Schalke 04 !Schalke 04	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0		3–4	1–1
Stuttgart !VfB Stuttgart	4–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	5–2	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–3	1–1	2–1	0–0		2–1
Wolfsburg !VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–4	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–3	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0

Source: www.dfb.de
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

22 goals

Ulf Kirsten (Bayer 04 Leverkusen)

21 goals

Olaf Marschall (1. FC Kaiserslautern)

14 goals

Stéphane Chapuisat (Borussia Dortmund)
Michael Preetz (Hertha BSC)

13 goals

Fredi Bobic (VfB Stuttgart)
Carsten Jancker (FC Bayern Munich)
Jörgen Pettersson (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
Toni Polster (1. FC Köln)
Roy Präger (VfL Wolfsburg)
Bernhard Winkler (TSV 1860 Munich)

Champion squad

1. FC Kaiserslautern
Goalkeepers: Andreas Reinke (31); Lajos Szűcs (3). Defenders: Michael Schjønberg (32 / 4); Miroslav Kadlec (32 / 1); Harry Koch (31); Axel Roos (31); Oliver Schäfer (10); Roger Lutz (6); Andreas Brehme (5); János Hrutka (3). Midfielders: Ciriaco Sforza (32 / 3); Andreas Buck (31 / 1); Martin Wagner (30 / 4); Ratinho (26 / 4); Marian Hristov (22 / 5); Michael Ballack (16); Thomas Riedl (6 / 1); Andreas Brehme (5); Frank Greiner (1); Pascal Ojigwe (1). Forwards: Marco Reich (31 / 1); Jürgen Rische (27 / 11); Olaf Marschall (24 / 21); Pavel Kuka (22 / 5); Stefan Ertl (5). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Otto Rehhagel. On the roster but have not played in a league game: Petr Kouba ; Thomas Franck. Transferred out during the season: Petr Kouba (to FK Viktoria Žižkov).

References

↑ "Schedule Round 1". DFB.
↑ "Archive 1997/1998 Round 34". DFB.
1 2 Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.

External links

DFB Bundesliga archive 1997/1998

Bundesliga

2016–17 clubs	FC Augsburg Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund Borussia Mönchengladbach Darmstadt 98 Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg Hamburger SV Hertha BSC 1899 Hoffenheim FC Ingolstadt 1. FC Köln RB Leipzig Mainz 05 Schalke 04 Werder Bremen VfL Wolfsburg

Former clubs	TSV 1860 Munich Alemannia Aachen Arminia Bielefeld Bayer 05 Uerdingen/KFC Uerdingen 05 Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin VfL Bochum Borussia Neunkirchen Dynamo Dresden Eintracht Braunschweig Energie Cottbus Fortuna Düsseldorf Fortuna Köln SpVgg Greuther Fürth Hannover 96 Hansa Rostock FC 08 Homburg 1. FC Kaiserslautern Karlsruher SC Kickers Offenbach VfB Leipzig Meidericher SV/MSV Duisburg 1. FC Nürnberg Preußen Münster Rot-Weiss Essen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 1. FC Saarbrücken SC Paderborn 07 FC St. Pauli VfB Stuttgart Stuttgarter Kickers Tasmania Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin SSV Ulm 1846 SpVgg Unterhaching Waldhof Mannheim Wattenscheid 09 Wuppertaler SV

History	Reichsliga Introduction in 1963 1965 scandal 1971 scandal 2005 scandal

Lists and statistics	All-time table List of clubs Records Borussia Mönchengladbach 12–0 Borussia Dortmund Foreign players Top scorers Attendance

Seasons	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Managers Players Seasons Top scorers

1997–98 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '97 '98 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '97 '98 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '97 '98 Latvia '97 '98 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '97 '98 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '97 '98 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Latvia '97 '98 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia

League cups	England Finland '97 '98 France Germany Iceland '97 '98 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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