1997–98 Bundesliga

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Bundesliga
Season1997–98
Dates1 August 1997 – 9 May 1998
Champions 1. FC Kaiserslautern
2nd Bundesliga title
4th German title
Relegated Karlsruher SC
1. FC Köln
Arminia Bielefeld
Champions League 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Bayern Munich
Cup Winners' Cup MSV Duisburg (domestic cup finalists)
UEFA Cup Bayer Leverkusen
VfB Stuttgart
Schalke 04
Intertoto Cup Hansa Rostock
Werder Bremen
Matches played306
Goals scored853 (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 winnine 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)
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. FC Kaiserslautern won the Bundesliga on 1 May 1998 with one match remaining, [3] the only time to date that a newly promoted team has won the league.

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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 fewest 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

The 1997–98 Bundesliga battle for the championship was fought between FC Bayern Munich and 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Bayern were the defending champions after having won their 14th German title (their 13th Bundesliga title) in the 1996–97 season while Kaiserslautern were re-promoted to the Bundesliga; they had won the 1996–97 2. Bundesliga season with a ten-point margin after their first Bundesliga relegation at the end of the 1995–96 season. Kaiserslautern was coached by Otto Rehhagel who had been sacked as Bayern coach in the spring of 1996.

Coincidentally, the fixture table was such that both clubs met directly at the first match day. At Munich Olympic Stadium, Kaiserslautern achieved a surprising 1–0 away win. After another win (1–0 against Hertha BSC) they were at the top of the league table after matchday two. They regained this top position after matchday four and eventually stayed there until the end of the season. After the end of the first half of the season, Kaiserslautern was four points ahead of Bayern, and while it was expected by many that the second direct encounter at Fritz-Walter-Stadion would be the start of an eventual change at the top, FCK again beat Bayern, this time 2–0, resulting in a seven-point margin between the two teams after matchday 18. Remarkable matchdays in terms of who would win the championship included round 23 and 24, when Bayern lost two matches in a row, while FCK managed to collect four points. Bayern never overtook Kaiserslautern during the whole season, and after matchday 33, with FCK beating VfL Wolfsburg 4–0 at home while Bayern only achieving a 0–0 draw at MSV Duisburg, Kaiserslautern were the early champions, with four points ahead with only one match remaining. They were the first team in Bundesliga history to win the championship as a newly promoted team.

Another surprise of the season was FC Hansa Rostock who just missed qualification for the UEFA Cup, and all three newly promoted teams avoided relegation. At the bottom of the table, Arminia Bielefeld was the first team to be relegated, while 1. FC Köln had to go down after a 2–2 draw against Bayer Leverkusen in the final match of the season, ending a consecutive 35-year run of Bundesliga seasons for Cologne and leaving Hamburger SV as the "dinosaur" of the league (that is, the only Bundesliga founding member that had never been relegated until 2018). Karlsruher SC left the league after eleven seasons, while Borussia Mönchengladbach escaped relegation on the last matchday.

Team overview

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Location of teams in Bundesliga 1997–98
ClubLocationGround [4] Capacity [4]
Hertha BSC Berlin Olympiastadion 76,000
Arminia Bielefeld Bielefeld Stadion Alm 22,512
VfL Bochum Bochum Ruhrstadion 36,344
SV Werder Bremen Bremen Weserstadion 36,000
Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Westfalenstadion 55,000
MSV Duisburg Duisburg Wedaustadion 30,128
Hamburger SV Hamburg Volksparkstadion 62,000
1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 38,500
Karlsruher SC Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 33,800
1. FC Köln Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion 55,000
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Leverkusen BayArena 22,500
Borussia Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500
TSV 1860 Munich Munich Olympiastadion 63,000
FC Bayern Munich Munich Olympiastadion63,000
FC Hansa Rostock Rostock Ostseestadion 25,850
FC Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Parkstadion 70,000
VfB Stuttgart Stuttgart Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion 53,700
VfL Wolfsburg Wolfsburg VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg 21,600

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 1. FC Kaiserslautern (C)34191146339+2468Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Bayern Munich 3419966937+3266Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Bayer Leverkusen 34141376639+2755Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 VfB Stuttgart 341410105549+652
5 Schalke 04 34131383832+652
6 Hansa Rostock 34149115446+851Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
7 Werder Bremen 34148124347−450Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
8 MSV Duisburg 341111124344−144Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round [lower-alpha 1]
9 Hamburger SV 341111123846−844
10 Borussia Dortmund 341110135755+243
11 Hertha BSC 34127154153−1243
12 VfL Bochum 34118154149−841
13 1860 Munich 34118154354−1141
14 VfL Wolfsburg 34116173854−1639
15 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34911145459−538
16 Karlsruher SC (R)34911144860−1238Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
17 1. FC Köln (R)34106184964−1536
18 Arminia Bielefeld (R)3488184356−1332
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ As domestic cup winners Bayern Munich had qualified for UEFA Champions League, their place in the Cup Winners' Cup was transferred to finalists Duisburg.

Results

Home \ Away BSC DSC BOC SVW BVB DUI HSV FCK KSC KOE B04 BMG M60 FCB ROS S04 VFB WOB
Hertha BSC —1–12–20–21–11–30–22–03–11–02–22–22–02–11–11–43–01–0
Arminia Bielefeld 1–3—0–23–03–13–30–32–22–12–12–13–11–14–40–11–12–10–1
VfL Bochum 2–11–0—0–12–10–00–01–33–32–10–03–11–02–31–33–00–22–1
Werder Bremen 0–22–11–0—2–12–2 0–0 1–12–43–02–11–03–30–31–12–12–23–1
Borussia Dortmund 3–03–25–22–2—3–00–12–22–23–00–11–22–30–23–2 2–2 3–12–1
MSV Duisburg 0–12–12–02–10–0—3–01–11–02–21–14–50–20–00–11–00–32–2
Hamburger SV 1–12–02–1 2–1 1–31–0—1–13–12–10–12–21–20–20–11–10–01–2
1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–03–13–01–31–11–02–1—0–03–20–33–21–02–04–33–04–34–0
Karlsruher SC 0–23–11–13–10–11–20–12–4—3–11–12–50–01–13–00–04–22–1
1. FC Köln 2–03–52–12–04–23–21–20–00–1—2–23–22–31–30–00–24–25–3
Bayer Leverkusen 0–10–03–24–12–22–15–01–16–14–0—1–12–24–21–10–06–12–1
Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–20–02–10–01–10–31–11–31–14–12–2—5–11–15–20–10–00–2
1860 Munich 3–11–00–20–14–20–11–11–32–21–03–42–0— 2–2 0–11–01–32–1
Bayern Munich 3–01–00–02–04–03–03–00–11–10–22–13–2 3–1 —2–01–13–35–2
Hansa Rostock 4–02–12–21–23–12–12–12–24–21–21–22–03–01–3—4–11–10–1
Schalke 04 1–02–12–00–1 1–0 1–12–21–12–01–02–12–02–01–00–0—3–41–1
VfB Stuttgart 4–11–02–01–00–01–15–20–13–01–11–03–01–10–32–10–0—2–1
VfL Wolfsburg 2–12–00–21–01–40–21–12–11–21–11–00–21–02–31–10–01–0—
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Germany.svg Ulf Kirsten Bayer Leverkusen 22
2 Flag of Germany.svg Olaf Marschall 1. FC Kaiserslautern 21
3 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stéphane Chapuisat Borussia Dortmund 14
Flag of Germany.svg Michael Preetz Hertha BSC
5 Flag of Germany.svg Fredi Bobic VfB Stuttgart 13
Flag of Germany.svg Carsten Jancker Bayern Munich
Flag of Sweden.svg Jörgen Pettersson Borussia Mönchengladbach
Flag of Austria.svg Toni Polster 1. FC Köln
Flag of Germany.svg Roy Präger VfL Wolfsburg
Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Winkler 1860 Munich

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