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)

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

Club Ground[3] Capacity[3]
Hertha BSC Olympiastadion 76,000
Arminia Bielefeld Stadion Alm 22,512
VfL Bochum Ruhrstadion 36,344
SV Werder Bremen Weserstadion 36,000
Borussia Dortmund Westfalenstadion 55,000
MSV Duisburg Wedaustadion 30,128
Hamburger SV Volksparkstadion 62,000
1. FC Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 38,500
Karlsruher SC Wildparkstadion 33,800
1. FC Köln Müngersdorfer Stadion 55,000
Bayer 04 Leverkusen BayArena 22,500
Borussia Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500
TSV 1860 Munich Olympiastadion 63,000
FC Bayern Munich Olympiastadion 63,000
F.C. Hansa Rostock Ostseestadion 25,850
FC Schalke 04 Parkstadion 70,000
VfB Stuttgart Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion 53,700
VfL 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 (C) 34 19 11 4 63 39+24 68 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Bayern Munich 34 19 9 6 69 37+32 66 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3 Bayer Leverkusen 34 14 13 7 66 39+27 55 1998–99 UEFA Cup First round
4 VfB Stuttgart 34 14 10 10 55 49+6 52
5 Schalke 04 34 13 13 8 38 32+6 52
6 Hansa Rostock 34 14 9 11 54 46+8 51 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
7 Werder Bremen 34 14 8 12 43 474 50 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
8 MSV Duisburg 34 11 11 12 43 441 44 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round 1
9 Hamburger SV 34 11 11 12 38 468 44
10 Borussia Dortmund 34 11 10 13 57 55+2 43
11 Hertha BSC 34 12 7 15 41 5312 43
12 VfL Bochum 34 11 8 15 41 498 41
13 1860 München 34 11 8 15 43 5411 41
14 VfL Wolfsburg 34 11 6 17 38 5416 39
15 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 9 11 14 54 595 38
16 Karlsruher SC (R) 34 9 11 14 48 6012 38 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
17 1. FC Köln (R) 34 10 6 18 49 6415 36
18 Arminia Bielefeld (R) 34 8 8 18 43 5613 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 BSC BIE BOCBREDORDUIHAMKAIKARKÖLLEVMGLFCBM60ROSS04STUWOL
Hertha BSC 11 22 02 11 13 02 20 31 10 22 22 21 20 11 14 30 10
Arminia Bielefeld 13 02 30 31 33 03 22 21 21 21 31 44 11 01 11 21 01
VfL Bochum 21 10 01 21 00 00 13 33 21 00 31 23 10 13 30 02 21
Werder Bremen 02 21 10 21 22 00 11 24 30 21 10 03 33 11 21 22 31
Borussia Dortmund 30 32 52 22 30 01 22 22 30 01 12 02 23 32 22 31 21
MSV Duisburg 01 21 20 21 00 30 11 10 22 11 45 00 02 01 10 03 22
Hamburger SV 11 20 21 21 13 10 11 31 21 01 22 02 12 01 11 00 12
1. FC Kaiserslautern 10 31 30 13 11 10 21 00 32 03 32 20 10 43 30 43 40
Karlsruher SC 02 31 11 31 01 12 01 24 31 11 25 11 00 30 00 42 21
1. FC Köln 20 35 21 20 42 32 12 00 01 22 32 13 23 00 02 42 53
Bayer Leverkusen 01 00 32 41 22 21 50 11 61 40 11 42 22 11 00 61 21
Borussia Mönchengladbach 42 00 21 00 11 03 11 13 11 41 22 11 51 52 01 00 02
Bayern Munich 30 10 00 20 40 30 30 01 11 02 21 32 31 20 11 33 52
1860 München 31 10 02 01 42 01 11 13 22 10 34 20 22 01 10 13 21
Hansa Rostock 40 21 22 12 31 21 21 22 42 12 12 20 13 30 41 11 01
Schalke 04 10 21 20 01 10 11 22 11 20 10 21 20 10 20 00 34 11
VfB Stuttgart 41 10 20 10 00 11 52 01 30 11 10 30 03 11 21 00 21
VfL Wolfsburg 21 20 02 10 14 02 11 21 12 11 10 02 23 10 11 00 10

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
21 goals
14 goals
13 goals

Champion squad

1. FC Kaiserslautern
Goalkeepers: Andreas Reinke (31); Lajos Szűcs Hungary (3).

Defenders: Michael Schjønberg Denmark (32 / 4); Miroslav Kadlec Czech Republic (32 / 1); Harry Koch (31); Axel Roos (31); Oliver Schäfer (10); Roger Lutz (6); János Hrutka Hungary (3).
Midfielders: Ciriaco Sforza Switzerland (32 / 3); Andreas Buck (31 / 1); Martin Wagner (30 / 4); Ratinho Brazil (26 / 4); Marian Hristov Bulgaria (22 / 5); Michael Ballack (16); Thomas Riedl (6 / 1); Andreas Brehme (5); Frank Greiner (1); Pascal Ojigwe Nigeria (1).
Forwards: Marco Reich (31 / 1); Jürgen Rische (27 / 11); Olaf Marschall (24 / 21); Pavel Kuka Czech Republic (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 Czech Republic; Thomas Franck.

Transferred out during the season: Petr Kouba Czech Republic (to FK Viktoria Žižkov).

See also

References

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

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