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 Munich, 11 April 1998)
Lowest home attendance	12,000 (vs Leverkusen, 17 December 1997)
Average home league attendance	48,739
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

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.

Background

Transfers

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)

9 July 1997 Friendly	Magdeburg	1–2	Bayern Munich	Magdeburg
			Élber Zickler	Stadium: Ernst Grube Stadium

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

18 July 1997 Friendly	Sachsen Leipzig	1–3	Bayern Munich	Leipzig
	Unknown		Hamann Élber Münch	Stadium: Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark

28 July 1997 Opel Master Cup (Semi-final)	Hertha BSC	0–1	Bayern Munich	Berlin
		Report	5' Élber	Stadium: Olympiastadion

28 July 1997 Opel Master Cup (Final)	Milan	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Bayern Munich	Berlin
		Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion
	Penalties
	Boban Costacurta André Cruz Ziege Maldini		Strunz Scholl Helmer Tarnat

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)

19 November 1997 15	Leverkusen	v	Bayern Munich	Leverkusen
--:-- CET				Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion

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 v t e	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


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

Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
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

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
	Dammeier Spies Reyna Präger Tyszkiewicz		Strunz Scholl Nerlinger Lizarazu Tarnat

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

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
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	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

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

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