1997–98 FC Bayern Munich season

The 1997–98 FC Bayern Munich 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.

FC Bayern Munich
1997–98 season
ChairmanFranz Beckenbauer
ManagerGiovanni Trapattoni
StadiumOlympiastadion
Bundesliga2nd
DFB-LigapokalWinners
DFB-PokalWinners
UEFA Champions LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Carsten Jancker (13)
All: Carsten Jancker (23)
Highest home attendance69,000 (vs 1860 Munich, 11 April 1998)
Lowest home attendance12,000 (vs Leverkusen, 17 December 1997)
Average home league attendance48,739

Background

Pre-season

Key
5 July 1997 Friendly FC Mindelzell 0–12 Bayern Munich Mindelzell
Jancker (4)
Zickler (3)
Bugera (2)
Strunz
Nerlinger
Hamann
6 July 1997 Friendly Fenerbahçe 0–2 Bayern Munich
Scholl (2)
13 July 1997 Friendly Eintracht Schwerin 0–4 Bayern Munich Schwerin
Jancker (2)
Hamann
Scholl
Stadium: Sportpark Paulshöhe
16 July 1997 Friendly Greifswalder SC 0–4 Bayern Munich Greifswald
Helmer (2)
Jancker
Unknown (o.g.)
Stadium: Volksstadion
11 August 1997 Coppa San Benedetto del Tronto Juventus 1–0 Bayern Munich San Benedetto del Tronto
Inzaghi  22' Report Stadium: Stadio Riviera delle Palme
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

DFB-Ligapokal

23 July 1997 Semi-final Bayern Munich 2–0 Dortmund Augsburg
19:00 CEST Élber  29'
Babbel  75'
Report Stadium: Rosenaustadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Lutz Wagner
26 July 1997 Final Bayern Munich 2–0 Stuttgart Leverkusen
19:30 CEST Basler  57'
Élber  71'
Report Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Jürgen Jansen

Bundesliga

Match results

2 August 1997 1 Bayern Munich 0–1 Kaiserslautern Munich
15:30 CEST Report  80' Schjønberg Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 63,000 (sell-out)
Referee: Lutz Fröhlich (Berlin)
6 August 1997 2 Mönchengladbach 1–1 Bayern Munich Mönchengladbach
20:00 CEST Pettersson  17' Report  55' Strunz Stadium: Bökelbergstadion
Attendance: 34,500 (sell-out)
Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)
9 August 1997 3 Bayern Munich 5–2 Wolfsburg Munich
15:30 CEST Élber  10', 58'
Strunz  12'
Rizzitelli  20', 70'
Report  40' Reyna
 86' Meissner
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 57,000
Referee: Georg Dardenne (Nettersheim)
24 August 1997 4 Hamburg 0–2 Bayern Munich Hamburg
18:00 CEST Report  23' Basler
 82' Zickler
Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 48,449
Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)
30 August 1997 5 Hansa Rostock 1–3 Bayern Munich Rostock
15:30 CEST Pamić  85' Report  58' Scholl
 69' Nerlinger
 87' Jancker
Stadium: Ostseestadion
Attendance: 24,800 (sell-out)
Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)
13 September 1997 6 Bayern Munich 3–0 Hertha BSC Munich
15:30 CEST Élber  42'
Jancker  73'
Strunz  77'
Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 63,000 (sell-out)
Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Essen)
20 September 1997 7 Köln 1–3 Bayern Munich Cologne
15:30 CEST Tretschok  34' Report  14' Jancker
 21' Nerlinger
 90' Scholl
Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)
26 September 1997 8 Bayern Munich 1–1 Schalke Munich
20:00 CEST Tarnat  50' Report  26' Wilmots Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 63,000 (sell-out)
Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)
4 October 1997 9 Bochum 2–3 Bayern Munich Bochum
15:30 CEST Gülünoğlu  17'
Yuran  64'
Report  24', 35' Basler
 56' Zickler
Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 31,222 (sell-out)
Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)
15 October 1997 10 Bayern Munich 3–3 Stuttgart Munich
20:00 CEST Jancker  13'
Hamann  60'
Kuffour  84'
Report  15' Tarnat (o.g.)
 62' Berthold
 68' Akpoborie
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)
18 October 1997 11 Karlsruhe 1–1 Bayern Munich Karlsruhe
15:30 CEST Schroth  40' Report  78' Tarnat Stadium: Wildparkstadion
Attendance: 33,500 (sell-out)
Referee: Georg Dardenne (Nettersheim)
25 October 1997 12 Bayern Munich 2–0 Bremen Munich
15:30 CEST Jancker  33'
Basler  70'
Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 63,000 (sell-out)
Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn)
1 November 1997 13 1860 Munich 2–2 Bayern Munich Munich
17:30 CET Heldt  9'
Winkler  52'
Report  35' Hamann
 54' Basler
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 69,900 (sell-out)
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)
8 November 1997 14 Bayern Munich 1–0 Bielefeld Munich
15:30 CET Élber  24' Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)
11 November 1997 17 Dortmund 0–2 Bayern Munich Dortmund
20:00 CET Report  36' Jancker
 40' Élber
Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 55,500 (sell-out)
Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)
22 November 1997 16 Bayern Munich 3–0 Duisburg Munich
15:30 CET Helmer  10'
Rizzitelli  37'
Mehmet Scholl  72'
Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)
30 November 1997 15 Leverkusen 4–2 Bayern Munich Leverkusen
19:45 CET Heintze  45'
Kirsten  69', 90', 90'
Report  6' Élber
 24' Jancker
Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion
Attendance: 22,500 (sell-out)
Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)
5 December 1997 18 Kaiserslautern 2–0 Bayern Munich Kaiserslautern
20:00 CET Hamann (o.g.)  44'
Hristov 85'
Report Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 38,000 (sell-out)
Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)
13 December 1997 19 Bayern Munich 3–2 Mönchengladbach Munich
15:30 CET Jancker  20', 50'
Nerlinger  52'
Report  63' Effenberg
 87' Pettersson
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)
20 December 1997 20 Wolfsburg 2–3 Bayern Munich Wolfsburg
15:30 CET Reyna  45'
Dammeier 47'
Report  5' Scholl
 26' Jancker
 79' Kuffour
Stadium: VfL-Stadion
Attendance: 21,600 (sell-out)
Referee: Jürgen Aust (Köln)
31 January 1998 21 Bayern Munich 3–0 Hamburg Munich
15:30 CET Élber  1', 41'
Jancker  56'
Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Essen)
7 February 1998 22 Bayern Munich 2–0 Hansa Rostock Munich
15:30 CET Zickler  16'
Tarnat  18'
Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn)
14 February 1998 23 Hertha BSC 2–1 Bayern Munich Berlin
15:30 CET Preetz  18'
Čović 70'
Report  84' Preetz (o.g.) Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 76,000 (sell-out)
Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)
28 February 1998 24 Bayern Munich 0–2 Köln Munich
15:30 CET Report  49' Münch
 63' Azizi
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)
8 March 1998 25 Schalke 1–0 Bayern Munich Gelsenkirchen
19:45 CET Linke  19' Report Stadium: Parkstadion
Attendance: 71,017 (sell-out)
Referee: Jürgen Aust (Köln)
14 March 1998 26 Bayern Munich 0–0 Bochum Munich
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)
22 March 1998 27 Stuttgart 0–3 Bayern Munich Stuttgart
19:45 CET Report  21' Fink
 40' Scholl
 78' Zickler
Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 53,000 (sell-out)
Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)
28 March 1998 28 Bayern Munich 1–1 Karlsruhe Munich
15:30 CET Élber  75' Report  45' Régis Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 63,000 (sell-out)
Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)
4 April 1998 29 Bremen 0–3 Bayern Munich Bremen
15:30 CEST Report  9', 61' Scholl
 81' Jancker
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 35,883 (sell-out)
Referee: Georg Dardenne (Nettersheim)
11 April 1998 30 Bayern Munich 3–1 1860 Munich Munich
15:30 CEST Scholl  39'
Jancker  43'
Matthäus  47'
Report  73' Ouakili Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 69,000 (sell-out)
Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)
18 April 1998 31 Bielefeld 4–4 Bayern Munich Bielefeld
15:30 CEST Maas  2'
Sternkopf  40'
Scholl (o.g.)  74'
Kuffour (o.g.)  82'
Report  27' Tarnat
 34' Babbel
 34' Nerlinger
 89' Matthäus
Stadium: Bielefelder Alm
Attendance: 22,512 (sell-out)
Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)
26 April 1998 32 Bayern Munich 2–1 Leverkusen Munich
19:45 CEST Tarnat  16'
Rizzitelli  49'
Report  83' Rink Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)
2 May 1998 33 Duisburg 0–0 Bayern Munich Duisburg
15:30 CEST Report Stadium: Wedaustadion
Attendance: 30,128 (sell-out)
Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magedeburg)
9 May 1998 34 Bayern Munich 4–0 Dortmund Munich
15:30 CEST Scholl  47'
Matthäus  48'
Élber  83', 90'
Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 63,000 (sell-out)
Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn)

Classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Kaiserslautern (C) 34 19 11 4 63 39 +24 68 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Bayern Munich 34 19 9 6 69 37 +32 66 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Bayer Leverkusen 34 14 13 7 66 39 +27 55 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 VfB Stuttgart 34 14 10 10 55 49 +6 52
5 Schalke 04 34 13 13 8 38 32 +6 52
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Results summary

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

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultLDWWWWWDWDDWDWWWLLWWWWLLLDWDWWDWDW
Position151643222222222222222222222222222222
Source: Competitions
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

DFB-Pokal

15 August 1997 1st Round Waldberg 1–16 Bayern Munich Nuremberg
18:00 CEST Haase  16' Report  12', 18', 22' Élber
 13' Scholl
 32', 36', 43', 45', 47' Jancker
 37' Basler
 39', 50' Hamann
 55' Fink
 57' Strunz
 60' Helmer
 74' Rizzitelli
Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 35,500
Referee: Volker Wezel (Tübingen)
23 September 1997 2nd Round Wolfsburg 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
Bayern Munich Wolfsburg
20:30 CEST Reyna  7'
Kovačević  44'
Präger  88'
Report  45' Élber
 77' Zickler
 85' Tarnat
Stadium: VfL-Stadion
Attendance: 15,500 (sell-out)
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)
Penalties
28 October 1997 Round of 16 Kaiserslautern 1–2 Bayern Munich Kaiserslautern
20:30 CEST Sforza  25' Report  3' Nerlinger
 75' Jancker
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 38,000 (sell-out)
Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)
17 December 1997 Quarter-final Bayern Munich 2–0 Leverkusen Munich
19:45 CET Nerlinger  42'
Élber  74'
Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)
17 February 1998 Semi-final Bayern Munich 3–0 Stuttgart Munich
20:15 CET Hamann  14'
Scholl  21'
Tarnat  25'
Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)
16 May 1998 Final Bayern Munich 2–1 Duisburg Berlin
19:30 CEST Babbel  70'
Basler  89'
Report  20' Salou Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 75,841 (sell-out)
Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bayern Munich 6 4 0 2 13 6 +7 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 Paris Saint-Germain 6 4 0 2 11 10 +1 12
3 Beşiktaş 6 2 0 4 6 9 3 6
4 IFK Göteborg 6 2 0 4 4 9 5 6
Source: UEFA
17 September 1997 1 Bayern Munich 2–0 Beşiktaş Munich
20:45 CEST Helmer  3'
Basler  70'
Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
1 October 1997 2 IFK Göteborg 1–3 Bayern Munich Gothenburg
20:45 CEST Lučić  85' Report  2' Jancker
 35' Hamann
 90' Élber
Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 26,503
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
22 October 1997 3 Bayern Munich 5–1 PSG Munich
20:45 CEST Élber  4', 73'
Jancker  20', 47'
Helmer  50'
Report  48' Simone Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)
5 November 1997 4 PSG 3–1 Bayern Munich Paris
20:45 CET Gava  18'
Tarnat (o.g.)  72'
Leroy  75'
Report  29' Babbel Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 32,274
Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)
26 November 1997 5 Beşiktaş 0–2 Bayern Munich Istanbul
21:45 EET Report  5' Jancker
 31' Helmer
Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium
Attendance: 26,000 (sell-out)
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
10 December 1997 6 Bayern Munich 0–1 IFK Göteborg Munich
20:45 CET Report  51' Babbel (o.g.) Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

Quarter-finals

4 March 1998 1st leg Bayern Munich 0–0 Dortmund Munich
20:45 CET Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
18 March 1998 2nd leg Dortmund 1–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–0 agg.)
Bayern Munich Dortmund
20:45 CET Chapuisat  109' Report Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 48,500 (sell-out)
Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

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

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

References

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