1997–98 2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga
Season	1997–98
Champions	Eintracht Frankfurt
Promoted	Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg 1. FC Nuremberg
Relegated	VfB Leipzig FC Carl Zeiss Jena FSV Zwickau SV Meppen
Matches played	306
Top goalscorer	Angelo Vier (18 goals)
Average attendance	9,291
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 2. Bundesliga season was the twenty-fourth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.

Eintracht Frankfurt, SC Freiburg and 1. FC Nuremberg were promoted to the Bundesliga while VfB Leipzig, FC Carl Zeiss Jena, FSV Zwickau and SV Meppen were relegated to the Regionalliga.

Final standings

For the 1997–98 season SpVgg Greuther Fürth, Energie Cottbus, SG Wattenscheid 09 and 1. FC Nürnberg were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while Fortuna Düsseldorf, SC Freiburg and FC St. Pauli had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.

Locations of the participating teams of the 1997–98 season


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Eintracht Frankfurt !Eintracht Frankfurt (C) (P)	34	17	13	4	50	32	+18	64	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	SC Freiburg !SC Freiburg (P)	34	18	7	9	57	36	+21	61
3	1. FC Nürnberg !1. FC Nürnberg (P)	34	17	8	9	52	35	+17	59
4	FC St. Pauli !FC St. Pauli	34	14	14	6	43	31	+12	56
5	FC Gütersloh !FC Gütersloh	34	13	16	5	43	26	+17	55
6	SC Fortuna Köln !SC Fortuna Köln	34	11	13	10	53	53	0	46
7	Fortuna Düsseldorf !Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	13	7	14	52	54	−2	46
8	Energie Cottbus !Energie Cottbus	34	10	15	9	38	36	+2	45
9	SpVgg Greuther Fürth !SpVgg Greuther Fürth	34	11	12	11	32	32	0	45
10	Mainz 05 !Mainz 05	34	10	14	10	55	48	+7	44
11	SpVgg Unterhaching !SpVgg Unterhaching	34	10	14	10	41	35	+6	44
12	Stuttgarter Kickers !Stuttgarter Kickers	34	12	8	14	44	47	−3	44
13	KFC Uerdingen 05 !KFC Uerdingen 05	34	11	10	13	36	40	−4	43
14	SG Wattenscheid 09 !SG Wattenscheid 09	34	10	10	14	41	41	0	40
15	VfB Leipzig !VfB Leipzig (R)	34	10	9	15	31	51	−20	39	Relegation to Regionalliga
16	Carl Zeiss Jena !Carl Zeiss Jena (R)	34	8	9	17	39	61	−22	33
17	FSV Zwickau !FSV Zwickau (R)	34	6	10	18	32	55	−23	28
18	SV Meppen !SV Meppen (R)	34	6	9	19	35	61	−26	27

Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
VfB Leipzig, FC Carl Zeiss Jena, and FSV Zwickau were relegated to Regionalliga Nordost. SV Meppen was relegated to Regionalliga Nord.
(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.

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:^[1]

Goals	Player	Team
18	Angelo Vier	FC Gütersloh
16	Marco Weißhaupt	SC Freiburg
15	Sven Demandt	1. FSV Mainz 05
	Marcus Feinbier	SG Wattenscheid 09
	Rainer Krieg	Fortuna Köln
13	Daniel Stendel	SV Meppen
13	Igli Tare	Fortuna Düsseldorf
12	Markus Beierle	Stuttgarter Kickers
11	Michael Wiesinger	1. FC Nuremberg
10	Steffen Heidrich	VfB Leipzig
	Adnan Kevric	Stuttgarter Kickers
	Abderrahim Ouakili	1. FSV Mainz 05
	Thomas Sobotzik	Eintracht Frankfurt

References

↑ 2. Bundesliga 1997/1998 » Torschützenliste (German) Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, accessed: 17 November 2015

External links

2. Bundesliga 1997/1998 at Weltfussball.de (German)
1997–98 2. Bundesliga (German) kicker.de

2. Bundesliga seasons

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Introduction of the 2. Bundesliga Top scorers

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