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
See also: 1996–97 FC Bayern Munich season

Transfers

Pre-season
Key
5 July 1997 FriendlyFC Mindelzell0–12Bayern MunichMindelzell
Jancker (4)
Zickler (3)
Bugera (2)
Strunz
Nerlinger
Hamann
6 July 1997 FriendlyFenerbahçe 0–2Bayern Munich
Scholl (2)
9 July 1997 FriendlyMagdeburg1–2Bayern MunichMagdeburg
Élber
Zickler		 Stadium: Ernst Grube Stadium
13 July 1997 FriendlyEintracht Schwerin0–4Bayern MunichSchwerin
Jancker (2)
Hamann
Scholl		 Stadium: Sportpark Paulshöhe
16 July 1997 FriendlyGreifswalder SC0–4Bayern MunichGreifswald
Helmer (2)
Jancker
Unknown (o.g.)		 Stadium: Volksstadion
18 July 1997 FriendlySachsen Leipzig1–3Bayern MunichLeipzig
Unknown Hamann
Élber
Münch		 Stadium: Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark
28 July 1997 Opel Master Cup (Semi-final)Hertha BSC0–1Bayern MunichBerlin
Report  5' Élber Stadium: Olympiastadion
28 July 1997 Opel Master Cup (Final)Milan 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)		Bayern MunichBerlin
Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Penalties
11 August 1997 Coppa San Benedetto del TrontoJuventus 1–0Bayern MunichSan Benedetto del Tronto
Inzaghi  22' Report Stadium: Stadio Riviera delle Palme
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

DFB-Ligapokal
23 July 1997 Semi-finalBayern Munich2–0DortmundAugsburg
19:00 CEST Élber  29'
Babbel  75'		 Report Stadium: Rosenaustadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Lutz Wagner
26 July 1997 FinalBayern Munich2–0StuttgartLeverkusen
19:30 CEST Basler  57'
Élber  71'		 Report Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Jürgen Jansen

Bundesliga
Main article: 1997–98 Bundesliga

Match results
2 August 1997 1Bayern Munich0–1KaiserslauternMunich
15:30 CEST Report  80' Schjønberg Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 63,000 (sell-out)
Referee: Lutz Fröhlich (Berlin)
6 August 1997 2Mönchengladbach1–1Bayern MunichMönchengladbach
20:00 CEST Pettersson  17' Report  55' Strunz Stadium: Bökelbergstadion
Attendance: 34,500 (sell-out)
Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)
9 August 1997 3Bayern Munich5–2WolfsburgMunich
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 4Hamburg0–2Bayern MunichHamburg
18:00 CEST Report  23' Basler
 82' Zickler		 Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 48,449
Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)
30 August 1997 5Hansa Rostock1–3Bayern MunichRostock
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 6Bayern Munich3–0Hertha BSCMunich
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 7Köln1–3Bayern MunichCologne
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 8Bayern Munich1–1SchalkeMunich
20:00 CEST Tarnat  50' Report  26' Wilmots Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 63,000 (sell-out)
Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)
4 October 1997 9Bochum2–3Bayern MunichBochum
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 10Bayern Munich3–3StuttgartMunich
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 11Karlsruhe1–1Bayern MunichKarlsruhe
15:30 CEST Schroth  40' Report  78' Tarnat Stadium: Wildparkstadion
Attendance: 33,500 (sell-out)
Referee: Georg Dardenne (Nettersheim)
25 October 1997 12Bayern Munich2–0BremenMunich
15:30 CEST Jancker  33'
Basler  70'		 Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 63,000 (sell-out)
Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn)
1 November 1997 131860 Munich2–2Bayern MunichMunich
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 14Bayern Munich1–0BielefeldMunich
15:30 CET Élber  24' Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)
11 November 1997 17Dortmund0–2Bayern MunichDortmund
20:00 CET Report  36' Jancker
 40' Élber		 Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 55,500 (sell-out)
Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)
19 November 1997 15LeverkusenvBayern MunichLeverkusen
--:-- CET Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion
22 November 1997 16Bayern Munich3–0DuisburgMunich
15:30 CET Helmer  10'
Rizzitelli  37'
Mehmet Scholl  72'		 Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)
30 November 1997 15Leverkusen4–2Bayern MunichLeverkusen
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 18Kaiserslautern2–0Bayern MunichKaiserslautern
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 19Bayern Munich3–2MönchengladbachMunich
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 20Wolfsburg2–3Bayern MunichWolfsburg
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 21Bayern Munich3–0HamburgMunich
15:30 CET Élber  1', 41'
Jancker  56'		 Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Essen)
7 February 1998 22Bayern Munich2–0Hansa RostockMunich
15:30 CET Zickler  16'
Tarnat  18'		 Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn)
14 February 1998 23Hertha BSC2–1Bayern MunichBerlin
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 24Bayern Munich0–2KölnMunich
15:30 CET Report  49' Münch
 63' Azizi		 Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)
8 March 1998 25Schalke1–0Bayern MunichGelsenkirchen
19:45 CET Linke  19' Report Stadium: Parkstadion
Attendance: 71,017 (sell-out)
Referee: Jürgen Aust (Köln)
14 March 1998 26Bayern Munich0–0BochumMunich
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)
22 March 1998 27Stuttgart0–3Bayern MunichStuttgart
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 28Bayern Munich1–1KarlsruheMunich
15:30 CET Élber  75' Report  45' Régis Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 63,000 (sell-out)
Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)
4 April 1998 29Bremen0–3Bayern MunichBremen
15:30 CEST Report  9', 61' Scholl
 81' Jancker		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 35,883 (sell-out)
Referee: Georg Dardenne (Nettersheim)
11 April 1998 30Bayern Munich3–11860 MunichMunich
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 31Bielefeld4–4Bayern MunichBielefeld
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 32Bayern Munich2–1LeverkusenMunich
19:45 CEST Tarnat  16'
Rizzitelli  49'		 Report  83' Rink Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)
2 May 1998 33Duisburg0–0Bayern MunichDuisburg
15:30 CEST Report Stadium: Wedaustadion
Attendance: 30,128 (sell-out)
Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magedeburg)
9 May 1998 34Bayern Munich4–0DortmundMunich
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
Main article: 1997–98 DFB-Pokal
15 August 1997 1st RoundWaldberg1–16Bayern MunichNuremberg
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 RoundWolfsburg3–3 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		Bayern MunichWolfsburg
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 16Kaiserslautern1–2Bayern MunichKaiserslautern
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-finalBayern Munich2–0LeverkusenMunich
19:45 CET Nerlinger  42'
Élber  74'		 Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)
17 February 1998 Semi-finalBayern Munich3–0StuttgartMunich
20:15 CET Hamann  14'
Scholl  21'
Tarnat  25'		 Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)
16 May 1998 FinalBayern Munich2–1DuisburgBerlin
19:30 CEST Babbel  70'
Basler  89'		 Report  20' Salou Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 75,841 (sell-out)
Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

Champions League
Main article: 1997–98 UEFA 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 1Bayern Munich 2–0 BeşiktaşMunich
20:45 CEST Helmer  3'
Basler  70'		 Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
1 October 1997 2IFK Göteborg 1–3 Bayern MunichGothenburg
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 3Bayern Munich 5–1 PSGMunich
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 4PSG 3–1 Bayern MunichParis
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 5Beşiktaş 0–2 Bayern MunichIstanbul
21:45 EET Report  5' Jancker
 31' Helmer		 Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium
Attendance: 26,000 (sell-out)
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
10 December 1997 6Bayern Munich 0–1 IFK GöteborgMunich
20:45 CET Report  51' Babbel (o.g.) Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals
4 March 1998 1st legBayern Munich 0–0 DortmundMunich
20:45 CET Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
18 March 1998 2nd legDortmund 1–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–0 agg.)		 Bayern MunichDortmund
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
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