1997–98 Bundesliga
| Season | 1997–98 |
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| 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) |
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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.
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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.
Season overview
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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 | 47 | −4 | 50 | 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round |
| 8 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 44 | 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round 1 |
| 9 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 44 | |
| 10 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 57 | 55 | +2 | 43 | |
| 11 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 41 | 53 | −12 | 43 | |
| 12 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 41 | |
| 13 | 1860 München | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 41 | |
| 14 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 54 | −16 | 39 | |
| 15 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 54 | 59 | −5 | 38 | |
| 16 | Karlsruher SC (R) | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 48 | 60 | −12 | 38 | 2. Fußball-Bundesliga |
| 17 | 1. FC Köln (R) | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 49 | 64 | −15 | 36 | |
| 18 | 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 | BSC | BIE | BOC | BRE | DOR | DUI | HAM | KAI | KAR | KÖL | LEV | MGL | MUN | M60 | ROS | S04 | STU | WOL |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 1–0 | 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 | 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 | |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 München | 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 | 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 | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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
- 21 goals
- 14 goals
- 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 Manager: Otto Rehhagel. On the roster but have not played in a league game: Petr Kouba Transferred out during the season: Petr Kouba |
