1997–98 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1997–98 season
Manager Christoph Daum
Stadium BayArena
Bundesliga 3rd
DFB-Pokal Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League Quarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Ulf Kirsten (22)
All: Ulf Kirsten (27)
←  1996–97
1998–99  →

Season summary

Leverkusen dropped a place to third in the final league table. They also impressed on their Champions League debut, reaching the quarter-finals before elimination by eventual champions Real Madrid.

Contents

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season [1] [2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Rüdiger Vollborn
2 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Robert Kovač [notes 1]
3 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Markus Happe
4 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Christian Wörns
5 DF Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Jens Nowotny
6 DF Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  BIH Boris Živković [notes 2]
7 MF Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Niko Kovač [notes 3]
9 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Ulf Kirsten
10 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Emerson
11 FW Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Erik Meijer
12 MF Flag of Poland.svg  POL Adam Ledwoń
14 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Markus Feldhoff
15 FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Paulo Rink [notes 4]
No.Pos.NationPlayer
16 MF Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Martin Frýdek
17 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Hans-Peter Lehnhoff
19 DF Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Jan Heintze
20 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Dirk Lottner
22 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Stefan Beinlich
23 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Dirk Heinen
24 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sebastian Helbig
25 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Thorsten Nehrbauer
28 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Carsten Ramelow
30 MF Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Manuel Cardoni
31 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Jörg Schmadtke
— MF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Bent Skammelsrud

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
8 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER René Rydlewicz (to Arminia Bielefeld)
21 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Andreas Neuendorf (to Hertha)
No.Pos.NationPlayer
— MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Claudio Reyna (to Wolfsburg)

Bayer 04 Leverkusen II

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
26 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Thorsten Wittek
27 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Thomas Reichenberger
29 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Markus Zuraski [notes 5]
No.Pos.NationPlayer
— MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Andreas Voss
— MF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Daniel Addo

Transfers

Out

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References

  1. ↑ "FootballSquads - Bayer 04 Leverkusen - 1997/98". www.footballsquads.co.uk.
  2. ↑ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Squad 1997/1998". worldfootball.net.

Notes

  1. ↑ Kovač was born in West Berlin, West Germany (now Berlin, Germany), but also qualified to represent Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in 1999.
  2. ↑ Živković was born in Živinice, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally and made his international debut for Croatia in 1999.
  3. ↑ Kovač was born in West Berlin, West Germany (now Berlin, Germany), but also qualified to represent Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in December 1996.
  4. ↑ Rink was born in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, but gained German citizenship and made his international debut for Germany in September 1998.
  5. ↑ Zuraski was born in Poland, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-21 level.
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