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
Special colours

Background

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Transfers

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Pre-season

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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
28 July 1997 Opel Master Cup (Final) Milan   0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)
Bayern Munich Berlin
Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Penalties
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

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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

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Match results

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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

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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) Champions


Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 19 9 6 69 37  +32 66 11 4 2 36 14  +22 8 5 4 33 23  +10

Results by round

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

DFB-Pokal

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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

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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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAY PAR BES GOT
1   Bayern Munich 6 4 0 2 13 6 +7 12 Advance to knockout stage 5–1 2–0 0–1
2   Paris Saint-Germain 6 4 0 2 11 10 +1 12 3–1 2–1 3–0
3   Beşiktaş 6 2 0 4 6 9 −3 6 0–2 3–1 1–0
4   IFK Göteborg 6 2 0 4 4 9 −5 6 1–3 0–1 2–1
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)

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finals

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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

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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 34 0 6 0 2 0 8 0 50 0
12 GK   GER Sven Scheuer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 GK   GER Bernd Dreher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF   GER Markus Babbel 27 (3) 1 6 1 2 1 7 (1) 1 42 (4) 4
3 DF   GER Markus Münch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF   GHA Samuel Kuffour 15 (2) 2 3 0 0 0 5 0 23 (2) 2
5 DF   GER Thomas Helmer 28 1 5 1 2 0 7 3 42 5
10 DF   GER Lothar Matthäus 25 3 3 0 2 0 5 0 35 3
11 DF   FRA Bixente Lizarazu 11 (8) 0 2 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 0 (2) 0 14 (12) 0
15 DF   GER Dennis Grassow 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0
18 DF   GER Michael Tarnat 28 (4) 5 5 2 2 0 8 0 43 (4) 7
28 DF   GER Frank Wiblishauser 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 DF   GHA Christian Saba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 DF   GER Alexander Bugera 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0
33 DF   GER Markus Weinzierl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF   GER Christian Nerlinger 31 (2) 4 4 (1) 2 1 (1) 0 6 (1) 0 42 (5) 6
7 MF   GER Mehmet Scholl 25 (7) 9 6 2 1 (1) 0 8 0 40 (8) 11
8 MF   GER Thomas Strunz 7 (9) 3 2 (2) 1 2 0 2 (2) 0 13 (13) 4
14 MF   GER Mario Basler 19 (3) 5 5 2 1 1 3 (2) 1 28 (5) 9
16 MF   GER Dietmar Hamann 25 (3) 2 5 3 2 0 8 1 40 (3) 6
17 MF   GER Thorsten Fink 24 (9) 1 2 (4) 1 1 (1) 0 4 (4) 0 31 (18) 2
23 MF   GER Frank Gerster 0 (5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (6) 0
24 MF   GER Stefan Leitl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF   CZE David Jarolím 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF   GHA Emanuel Bentil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW   BRA Giovane Élber 27 (1) 11 6 5 2 2 7 (1) 3 42 (2) 21
19 FW   GER Carsten Jancker 25 (4) 13 5 (1) 6 0 (1) 0 7 (1) 4 37 (7) 23
20 FW   ITA Ruggiero Rizzitelli 12 (8) 4 0 (2) 1 1 0 2 (2) 0 15 (12) 5
21 FW   GER Alexander Zickler 11 (18) 4 1 (2) 1 0 0 1 (4) 0 13 (24) 5

References

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