1997–98 FC Bayern Munich season

FC Bayern Munich
1997–98 season
Chairman Franz Beckenbauer
Manager Giovanni Trapattoni
Stadium Olympiastadion
Bundesliga 2nd
DFB-Ligapokal Winners
DFB-Pokal Winners
UEFA Champions League Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer League: Carsten Jancker (13)
All: Carsten Jancker (23)
Highest home attendance 69,000 (vs 1860 München, 11 April 1998)
Lowest home attendance 12,000 (vs Leverkusen, 17 December 1997)
Average home league attendance 48,739
Home colours
Away colours
1998–99 →

The 1997-98 season was Bayern Munich's 33rd consecutive season in the Bundesliga, the top division of German football. After they won the title in the previous season, Bayern have been only second behind promoted team 1. FC Kaiserslautern. At Olympiastadion Berlin, Bayern beat MSV Duisburg 2-1 in the 1998 DFB-Pokal final, which meant the first DFB-Pokal title since 1986. In the UEFA Champions League Bayern were eliminated in the quarterfinals after extra time by national rival and cup holder Borussia Dortmund.

Background

Pre-season

Key

DFB-Ligapokal

Bundesliga

Match results

Classification

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Kaiserslautern (C) 34 19 11 4 63 39 +24 68 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Bayern Munich 34 19 9 6 69 37 +32 66 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3 Leverkusen 34 14 13 7 66 39 +27 55 1998–99 UEFA Cup First round
4 Stuttgart 34 14 10 10 55 49 +6 52

Updated to games played on 9 May 1998.
Source: Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 19 9 6 69 37 +32 66 11 4 2 36 14 +22 8 5 4 33 23 +10

Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Result L D W W W W W D W D D W D W W W L L W W W W L L L D W D W W D W D W
Position 15 16 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Last updated: 26 August 2012.
Source: 2012–13 FC Bayern Munich season#Competitions
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 1997–98 DFB-Pokal

Champions League

Bayern Munich qualified for the group stage of the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League by finishing first in the Bundesliga in 1996–97.

Group stage

Group E
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Germany Bayern Munich 6402136+712
France PSG 6402111+112
Turkey Beşiktaş 620469−36
Sweden IFK Göteborg 620449−56

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Player statistics

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
No. Pos. Nat. Name Bundesliga DFB-Pokal DFB-Ligapokal UEFA CL Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK  GER Oliver Kahn 340602080500
12 GK  GER Sven Scheuer 0000000000
22 GK  GER Bernd Dreher 0000000000
Defenders
2 DF  GER Markus Babbel 27 (3)161217 (1)142 (4)4
3 DF  GER Markus Münch 0000000000
4 DF  GHA Samuel Kuffour 15 (2)230005023 (2)2
5 DF  GER Thomas Helmer 281512073425
10 DF  GER Lothar Matthäus 253302050353
11 DF  FRA Bixente Lizarazu 11 (8)02 (1)01 (1)00 (2)014 (12)0
15 DF  GER Dennis Grassow 000 (1)000000 (1)0
18 DF  GER Michael Tarnat 28 (4)552208043 (4)7
28 DF  GER Frank Wiblishauser 0000000000
29 DF  GHA Christian Saba 0000000000
30 DF  GER Alexander Bugera 0 (1)00000000 (1)0
33 DF  GER Markus Weinzierl 0000000000
Midfielders
6 MF  GER Christian Nerlinger 31 (2)44 (1)21 (1)06 (1)042 (5)6
7 MF  GER Mehmet Scholl 25 (7)9621 (1)08040 (8)11
8 MF  GER Thomas Strunz 7 (9)32 (2)1202 (2)013 (13)4
14 MF  GER Mario Basler 19 (3)552113 (2)128 (5)9
16 MF  GER Dietmar Hamann 25 (3)253208140 (3)6
17 MF  GER Thorsten Fink 24 (9)12 (4)11 (1)04 (4)031 (18)2
23 MF  GER Frank Gerster 0 (5)000000 (1)00 (6)0
24 MF  GER Stefan Leitl 0000000000
31 MF  CZE David Jarolím 0000000000
32 MF  GHA Emanuel Bentil 0000000000
Forwards
9 FW  BRA Giovane Élber 27 (1)1165227 (1)342 (2)21
19 FW  GER Carsten Jancker 25 (4)135 (1)60 (1)07 (1)437 (7)23
20 FW  ITA Ruggiero Rizzitelli 12 (8)40 (2)1102 (2)015 (12)5
21 FW  GER Alexander Zickler 11 (18)41 (2)1001 (4)013 (24)5

Team kit

Home
Away
Special

Reserve team

Bayern's reserve team were managed by Rainer Ulrich and finished 6th in the Regionalliga Süd.

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

No. Position Player
Germany GK Harald Huber
Germany GK Sven Scheuer
Germany GK Tomas Tomic
Germany DF Oliver Beer
Germany DF Daniel Ernemann
Germany DF Jens Feix
Germany DF Roman Grill
Germany DF Alexander Klitzpera
Ghana DF Samuel Osei Kuffour
Ghana DF Christian Saba
Germany DF Frank Wiblishauser
Sweden MF Jeffrey Aubynn
Germany MF Daniel Bierofka
Germany MF Frank Gerster
No. Position Player
Germany MF Wolfgang Gerstmeier
Germany MF Tim Gutberlet
Czech Republic MF David Jarolim
Germany MF Stefan Leitl
Germany MF Michael Oelkuch
Spain MF Javier Sanchez
Germany MF Steffen Schellenbauer
Germany MF Holger Seitz
Germany MF Markus Weinzierl
Ghana FW Emmanuel Bentil
Germany FW Alexander Bugera
Germany FW Ronny Hebestreit (from January)
Germany FW Bernhard Weis
Germany FW Patrick Würll

References