1997–98 Borussia Dortmund season

Season summary

Manager Ottmar Hitzfeld was promoted to sporting director, and Nevio Scala was appointed as his replacement. Under Scala, Dortmund made a strong showing in the Champions League: although they failed to defend the title, there was no shame in their semi-final defeat to eventual winners Real Madrid. Of more concern was their league form, coming 10th (their lowest finish since 1991). This prompted his departure; replacing him was his assistant Michael Skibbe, making him (until 2016) the youngest Bundesliga head coach of all time.

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First-team squad
Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GER Stefan Klos
2 MF  GER Knut Reinhardt
3 DF  GER René Schneider
4 MF  GER Steffen Freund
5 DF  BRA Júlio César
6 MF  GER Matthias Sammer
7 DF  GER Stefan Reuter
8 MF  GER Michael Zorc
9 FW   SUI Stéphane Chapuisat
10 MF  GER Andreas Möller
11 FW  GER Heiko Herrlich
12 GK  GER Wolfgang de Beer
13 FW  GHA Bashiru Gambo
15 DF  GER Jürgen Kohler
16 DF  GER Martin Kree
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  GER Jörg Heinrich
18 MF  GER Lars Ricken
21 FW  GER Christian Timm
22 FW  GHA Ibrahim Tanko
23 DF  GER Jörg Sauerland
24 FW  NED Harry Decheiver
26 MF  GER Frank Riethmann
27 DF  AUT Wolfgang Feiersinger
28 DF  GER Benjamin Knoche
29 MF  RUS Vladimir But
30 FW  USA Jovan Kirovski
31 DF  NOR Steinar Pedersen
32 DF  GER Manfred Binz
33 DF  GER Deniz Sahin
34 DF  GER Björn Mehnert

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF  SCO Paul Lambert (to Celtic)
19 MF  POR Paulo Sousa (to Internazionale)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW  SCO Scott Booth (to Utrecht)

Results

DFB-Ligapokal

Preliminary round
20 July 1997 Borussia Dortmund1 – 0VfL BochumStadion Oberwerth, Koblenz
20:30 Chapuisat  62' (pen.) Report Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Hans-Peter Best

Semi-finals
23 July 1997 Bayern Munich2 – 0Borussia DortmundRosenaustadion, Augsburg
19:00 Giovane Élber  29'
Babbel  75'		 Report Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Lutz Wagner

UEFA Super Cup
8 January 1998 Barcelona 2–0 Borussia DortmundCamp Nou, Barcelona
21:00 CET Luis Enrique  8'
Rivaldo  61' (pen.)		 Report Attendance: 50,000
Referee: David Elleray (England)
11 March 1998 Borussia Dortmund 1–1 BarcelonaWestfalenstadion, Dortmund
20:00 CET Heinrich  64' Report Giovanni  8' Attendance: 32,500
Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)

Intercontential Cup

Final
2 December 1997 Borussia Dortmund 2–0 CruzeiroNational Stadium, Tokyo
19:10 JST Zorc  34'
Herrlich  85'		 Report Attendance: 46,953
Referee: José García-Aranda (Spain)

Champions League

Group stage
17 September 1997 Galatasaray 0–1 Borussia DortmundAli Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul
20:45 Report Chapuisat  74' Attendance: 23,000
Referee: José García-Aranda (Spain)
1 October 1997 Borussia Dortmund 4–1 Sparta PragueWestfalenstadion, Dortmund
20:45 Herrlich  20'
Chapuisat  59', 75'
Heinrich  69'		 Report Siegl  76' Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)
22 October 1997 Parma 1–0 Borussia DortmundStadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
20:45 Crespo  62' Report Attendance: 13,449
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
5 November 1997 Borussia Dortmund 2–0 ParmaWestfalenstadion, Dortmund
20:45 Möller  50', 75' Report Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
27 November 1997 Borussia Dortmund 4–1 GalatasarayWestfalenstadion, Dortmund
20:45 But  22'
Herrlich  34'
Zorc  48', 86'		 Report Penbe  87' Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
10 December 1997 Sparta Prague 0–3 Borussia DortmundLetná Stadium, Prague
20:45 Report Möller  29'
Kirovski  47'
Booth  71'		 Attendance: 10,925
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Quarter-finals
4 March 1998 Bayern Munich 0–0 Borussia DortmundOlympiastadion, Munich
20:45 Report Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
18 March 1998 Borussia Dortmund 1–0 (a.e.t.) Bayern MunichWestfalenstadion, Dortmund
20:45 Chapuisat  109' Report Attendance: 48,500
Referee: László Vagner (Hungary)

Semi-finals
1 April 1998 Real Madrid 2–0 Borussia DortmundSantiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
22:00 Morientes  24'
Karembeu  67'		 Report Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
15 April 1998 Borussia Dortmund 0–0 Real MadridWestfalenstadion, Dortmund
20:45 Report Attendance: 48,500
Referee: Paul Durkin (England)

Statistics

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References
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/1997-1998/bundes/dortmund.htm
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