1996–97 Fußball-Bundesliga (women)

Fußball-Bundesliga (women)
Season 1996–97
Champions Grün-Weiß Brauweiler
1st Bundesliga title
1st German title
Relegated TuS Ahrbach
Tennis Borussia Berlin
VfL Sindelfingen
VfL Wittekind Wildeshausen
Top goalscorer Birgit Prinz (20)

The Fußball-Bundesliga (women) 1996–97 was the 7th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga (women), Germany's premier football league. It was the last season, in which the first league was divided into two divisions. Beginning with the 1997–98 season all Bundesliga teams played in a single division. As the new uniform league had eight spaces less than the divided Bundesliga, eight teams had to play in the qualification with the champions of the Regionalligas.

In the final the leaders of the northern division met. Grün-Weiß Brauweiler defeated FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen 4–3 on penalties. Previously the regular time had ended goalless. In the extra time Rumeln-Kaldenhausen had taken an early lead, but Brauweiler had equalized late in the game. It was Brauweiler's only championship.

Contents

Northern division

Final standings

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Grün-Weiß Brauweiler 18 15 2 1 59 12  +47 47
2 FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen 18 15 1 2 60 12  +48 46
3 Sportfreunde Siegen (C) 18 13 1 4 52 15  +37 40
4 Eintracht Rheine 18 9 4 5 30 24  +6 31
5 Turbine Potsdam 18 8 3 7 32 29  +3 27
6 Fortuna Sachsenroß Hannover 18 4 4 10 24 45  -21 16
7 Schmalfelder SV (N) 18 3 4 11 16 38  -22 13
8 WSV Wolfsburg 18 3 4 11 15 39  -24 13
9 VfL Wittekind Wildeshausen (N) 18 3 3 12 10 49  -39 12
10 Tennis Borussia Berlin 18 1 6 11 11 46  -35 9
Participant of the semi-final
Had to play qualification for next Bundesliga season
Relegated to Regional-/Oberliga
(N) Promoted from the Regionalliga previous season
(C) 1995–96 Bundesliga champion

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results

1996–97 (north) GWB RUK SFS HRH POT FSH SCH WSV WIW TBB
Grün-Weiß Brauweiler 1:0 1:2 5:2 0:0 2:0 6:0 0:0 8:0 2:0
FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen 4:5 2:1 1:0 4:1 3:0 2:0 6:0 6:0 7:0
Sportfreunde Siegen 0:1 0:3 0:0 2:2 6:1 2:0 6:1 6:0 9:0
FC Eintracht Rheine 0:5 1:1 0:2 0:1 4:0 2:2 3:0 1:0 3:0
Turbine Potsdam 1–5 2–3 1–2 2–3 2–1 2–0 3–0 0–2 3–1
Fortuna Sachsenroß Hannover 1–6 0–3 1–5 2–2 2–4 2–1 2–0 1–2 3–3
Schmalfelder SV 0–2 1–4 0–3 1–3 2–1 0–3 1–1 2–0 1–1
WSV Wolfsburg 0–2 0–3 1–3 1–2 2–2 1–1 4–3 3–0 1–0
VfL Wittekind Wildeshausen 1–3 1–6 0–1 0–2 0–4 1–4 0–0 1–0 2–2
Tennis Borussia Berlin 1–5 0–3 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–0

Southern division

Final standings

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 FSV Frankfurt 18 17 1 0 76 6  +70 52
2 SG Praunheim 18 12 2 4 45 11  +34 38
3 TuS Niederkirchen 18 8 5 5 36 30  +6 29
4 VfR 09 Saarbrücken 18 8 4 6 27 29  -2 28
5 TSV Crailsheim 18 6 4 8 23 24  -1 22
6 SC Sand (N) 18 6 4 8 24 41  -17 22
7 Klinge Seckach 18 5 5 8 27 33  -6 20
8 FSV Schwarzbach (N) 18 5 3 10 16 44  -28 18
9 VfL Sindelfingen 18 4 4 10 22 39  -17 16
10 TuS Ahrbach 18 1 4 13 16 55  -39 7
Participant of the semi-final
Had to play qualification for next Bundesliga season
Relegated to Regional-/Oberliga
(N) Promoted from the Regionalliga previous season

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results

1996–97 (south) FSV SGP TuS SAR CRA SCS KLS SBA SIN AHR
FSV Frankfurt 1–0 8–0 1–0 1–0 6–2 6–1 6–0 6–0 10–0
SG Praunheim 1–2 1–1 7–1 3–0 5–0 2–0 4–0 3–0 4–0
TuS Niederkirchen 1–4 0–0 2–2 1–4 5–2 3–1 4–1 4–0 1–1
VfR 09 Saarbrücken 0–1 1–0 1–3 3–2 3–1 0–3 3–1 3–0 1–1
TSV Crailsheim 1–4 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–2
SC Sand 0–5 0–6 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–2
Klinge Seckach 0–7 1–2 0–0 2–2 3–1 2–1 5–0 1–2 5–1
FSV Schwarzbach 0–6 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–3 1–1 1–0 3–2 3–1
VfL Sindelfingen 0–0 1–2 2–3 3–0 0–3 1–4 1–1 3–1 4–0
TuS Ahrbach 0–2 1–2 1–7 2–4 0–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–1

Semi-finals

Match 1st leg 2nd leg Agg.
SG Praunheim Grün-Weiß Brauweiler 2 – 4 1 – 1 3 – 5
FSV Frankfurt FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen 2 – 1 1 – 3 3 – 4

Final

FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen Grün-Weiß Brauweiler
June 8, 1997
Duisburg-Homberg
Spectators: 5,000
Referee: Elke Günther (Bamberg)
Sesek – Melanie Hoffmann – Claudia Mandrysch, Nicole Ferber – Puls (Ellen van Bergen 62), Martina Voss, Jutta Nardenbach, Maren Meinert, Sandra Albertz (Daniela Arndt 105) – Inka Grings, Jolanta Nieczypor Manuela Goller – Claudia Klein – Urusla Gertheinrich, Natascha Schwind (Carmen Lieth 46) – Andrea Klein, Sonja Fuss, Tünde Nagy (Vidmar 80), Bettina Wiegmann, Nicole Brandebusemeyer (Patricia Menge 77) – Gudrun Gottschlich, Carmen Holinka
1–0 Grings (91)
1–1 Menge (117)
Penalty Shootout

2–2 Meinert

3–3 Hoffmann

4–4 Mandrysch

Arndt (missed)		 1–2 Wiegmann

2–3 Vidmar

3–4 Klein

4–5 Gertheinrich

4–5 Klein

Top scorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Birgit Prinz FSV Frankfurt 20

Qualification

Legend
Qualified for the Bundesliga 1997–98

Group 1

Place Club P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Turbine Potsdam 6 4 2 0 17 3  +14 14
2 Wattenscheid 09 6 3 1 2 9 7  +2 10
3 WSV Wolfsburg 6 2 2 2 9 11  -2 8
4 Hertha Zehlendorf 6 0 1 5 7 21  -14 1

Group 2

Place Club P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Fortuna Sachsenroß Hannover* 6 4 2 0 14 6  +8 12
2 Hamburg 6 2 2 2 8 9  -1 8
3 Schmalfelder SV 6 2 1 3 11 9  +2 7
4 TV Jahn Delmenhorst 6 1 1 4 6 15  -9 4

* Fortuna Sachsenroß declined for financial reasons. Hamburg thus took their place in the Bundesliga.

Group 3

Place Club P W D L F A GD Pts
1 SC 07 Bad Neuenahr (A) 6 5 0 1 18 8  +10 15
2 TSV Crailsheim 6 4 0 2 14 10  +4 12
3 FSV Schwarzbach 6 2 0 4 11 14  -3 6
4 SC Freiburg 6 1 0 5 9 20  -11 3

Group 4

Place Club P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Klinge Seckach 6 5 1 0 20 2  +18 16
2 SC Sand 6 3 1 2 9 9  0 10
3 TSV Jahn Calden 6 2 2 2 11 12  -1 8
4 Wacker München 6 0 0 6 2 19  -17 0

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