1997–98 2. Fußball-Bundesliga

Eintracht Frankfurt, SC Freiburg and 1. FC Nuremberg were promoted to the Bundesliga.

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Eintracht Frankfurt (C) (P)	34	17	13	4	50	32	+18	64	Promotion to the Bundesliga
2	SC Freiburg (P)	34	18	7	9	57	36	+21	61
3	1. FC Nuremberg (P)	34	17	8	9	52	35	+17	59
4	FC St. Pauli	34	14	14	6	43	31	+12	56
5	FC Gütersloh	34	13	16	5	43	26	+17	55
6	Fortuna Köln	34	11	13	10	53	53	0	46
7	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	13	7	14	52	54	−2	46
8	Energie Cottbus	34	10	15	9	38	36	+2	45
9	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	34	11	12	11	32	32	0	45
10	FSV Mainz 05	34	10	14	10	55	48	+7	44
11	SpVgg Unterhaching	36	12	14	10	41	35	+6	50
12	Stuttgarter Kickers	34	12	8	14	44	47	−3	44
13	Uerdingen	34	11	10	13	36	40	−4	43
14	SG Wattenscheid 09	34	10	10	14	41	41	0	40
15	Lokomotive Leipzig (R)	34	10	9	15	31	51	−20	39	Relegation to the Regionalliga
16	Carl Zeiss Jena (R)	34	8	9	17	39	61	−22	33
17	FSV Zwickau (R)	34	6	10	18	32	55	−23	28
18	SV Meppen (R)	34	6	9	19	35	61	−26	27

Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
VfB Leipzig, FC Carl Zeiss Jena, and FSV Zwickau were relegated to Regionalliga Nordost. SV Meppen was relegated to Regionalliga Nord.
(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.

Top scorers

Goals	Player	Team
18	Angelo Vier	FC Gütersloh
16	Marco Weißhaupt	SC Freiburg
15	Sven Demandt	1. FSV Mainz 05
	Marcus Feinbier	SG Wattenscheid 09
	Rainer Krieg	Fortuna Köln
13	Daniel Stendel	SV Meppen
13	Igli Tare	Fortuna Düsseldorf
12	Markus Beierle	Stuttgarter Kickers
11	Michael Wiesinger	1. FC Nuremberg
10	Steffen Heidrich	VfB Leipzig
	Adnan Kevric	Stuttgarter Kickers
	Abderrahim Ouakili	1. FSV Mainz 05
	Thomas Sobotzik	Eintracht Frankfurt

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