| Season | 1996–97 |
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| Champions | Bayern Munich 13th Bundesliga title 14th German title |
| Relegated | Düsseldorf Freiburg St. Pauli |
| Champions League | Bayern Munich Bayer Leverkusen Borussia Dortmund (title holders) |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Stuttgart |
| UEFA Cup | Bochum Karlsruhe 1860 Munich Schalke 04 (title holders) |
| Intertoto Cup | Werder Bremen Duisburg Köln Hamburg |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 886 (2.9 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ulf Kirsten (22) |
| Biggest home win | Bochum 6–0 St. Pauli (24 May 1997) |
| Biggest away win | seven games with a differential of +4 each (1–5 once, 4–0 six times) |
| Highest scoring | M'gladbach 6–2 Bochum (8 goals) (17 May 1997) Leverkusen 5–3 Freiburg (8 goals) (22 September 1996) St. Pauli 4–4 Schalke (8 goals) (23 August 1996) |
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Fußball-Bundesliga 1996–97 was the 34th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 16 August 1996[1] and ended on 31 May 1997.[2] Borussia Dortmund were the defending champions.
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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. Fußball-Bundesliga.
1. FC Kaiserslautern, Eintracht Frankfurt and KFC Uerdingen 05 were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by VfL Bochum, Arminia Bielefeld and MSV Duisburg.
| Club | Ground[3] | Capacity[3] |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Rheinstadion | 55,850 |
| SC Freiburg | Dreisamstadion | 22,500 |
| Hamburger SV | Volksparkstadion | 62,000 |
| 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 |
| FC St. Pauli | Stadion am Millerntor | 20,550 |
| VfB Stuttgart | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion | 53,700 |
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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| 1 | Bayern Munich (C) | 34 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 68 | 34 | +34 | 71 | 1997–98 UEFA Champions League Group stage |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 69 | 1997–98 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 63 | 41 | +22 | 63 | 1997–98 UEFA Champions League Group stage 1 |
| 4 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 78 | 40 | +38 | 61 | 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round |
| 5 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 54 | 51 | +3 | 53 | 1997–98 UEFA Cup First round |
| 6 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 44 | +11 | 49 | |
| 7 | 1860 Munich | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 49 | |
| 8 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 48 | 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group stage |
| 9 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 45 | |
| 10 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 62 | 62 | 0 | 44 | |
| 11 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 43 | |
| 12 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 43 | 1997–98 UEFA Cup First round 1 |
| 13 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 46 | 60 | −14 | 41 | 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group stage |
| 14 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 40 | |
| 15 | Hansa Rostock | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 40 | |
| 16 | Fortuna Düsseldorf (R) | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 57 | −31 | 33 | 2. Fußball-Bundesliga |
| 17 | SC Freiburg (R) | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 43 | 67 | −24 | 29 | |
| 18 | FC St. Pauli (R) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 32 | 69 | −37 | 27 |
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 won their respective European competitions in this season, so they qualified as title holders. As a consequence, the original UEFA Cup places of Dortmund and Stuttgart, who qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as domestic cup winners, were awarded to Karlsruhe and 1860 Munich; the Intertoto Cup berths of Karlsruhe and 1860 were handed to Köln and, as Mönchengladbach did not apply for this competition, Hamburg.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
| Home \ Away1 | BIE | BOC | BRE | DOR | DUI | DÜS | FRE | HAM | KAR | KÖL | LEV | MGL | FCB | M60 | ROS | S04 | STP | STU |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | |
| VfL Bochum | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | |
| Werder Bremen | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| Borussia Dortmund | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| MSV Duisburg | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–4 | |
| SC Freiburg | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | |
| Hamburger SV | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | |
| Karlsruher SC | 5–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | |
| 1. FC Köln | 2–5 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–0 | 6–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
| Bayern Munich | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | |
| 1860 Munich | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–5 | |
| Hansa Rostock | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | |
| Schalke 04 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| FC St. Pauli | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 2–1 | |
| VfB Stuttgart | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 |
Source: www.dfb.de
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
| FC Bayern Munich |
| Goalkeepers: Oliver Kahn (32); Sven Scheuer (2). Defenders: Markus Babbel (31 / 1); Lothar Matthäus (28 / 1); Thomas Helmer (24 / 4); Samuel Kuffour (22); Markus Münch (11); Oliver Kreuzer (9). Manager: Giovanni Trapattoni . On the roster but have not played in a league game: Bernd Dreher; Frank Wiblishauser; Stefan Leitl; Markus Oberleitner. Transferred out during the season: Markus Oberleitner (to Fortuna Düsseldorf). |
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