Fußball-Bundesliga

Season	1996–97
Champions	FC Bayern Munich 13th Bundesliga title 14th German title
Relegated	Fortuna Düsseldorf SC Freiburg FC St. Pauli
Champions League	FC Bayern Munich Bayer 04 Leverkusen Borussia Dortmund (title holders)
Cup Winners' Cup	VfB Stuttgart
UEFA Cup	VfL Bochum Karlsruher SC TSV 1860 Munich FC Schalke 04 (title holders)
Intertoto Cup	SV Werder Bremen MSV Duisburg 1. FC Köln Hamburger SV
Goals scored	886
Average goals/game	2.9
Top goalscorer	Ulf Kirsten (22)
Biggest home win	Bochum 6-0 St. Pauli (24 May 1997)
Biggest away win	seven games with a differential of +4 each (1–5 once, 4–0 six times)
Highest scoring	M'gladbach 6-2 Bochum (8 goals) (17 May 1997) Leverkusen 5-3 Freiburg (8 goals) (22 September 1996) St. Pauli 4-4 Schalke (8 goals) (23 August 1996)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

Fußball-Bundesliga 1996–97 was the 34th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 16 August 1996^[1] and ended on 31 May 1997.^[2] Borussia Dortmund were the defending champions.

Contents 1 Competition modus 2 Team changes to 1995–96 3 Season overview 4 Team overview 5 League table 6 Results 7 Top goalscorers 8 Champion Squad 9 See also 10 External links 11 References

[edit] Competition modus

Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received three points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the three teams with the least points were relegated to 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.

[edit] Team changes to 1995–96

1. FC Kaiserslautern, Eintracht Frankfurt and KFC Uerdingen 05 were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by VfL Bochum, Arminia Bielefeld and MSV Duisburg.

[edit] Season overview

[edit] Team overview

Club	Ground[3]	Capacity[3]
Bielefeld Arminia Bielefeld	Stadion Alm	22,512
Bochum VfL Bochum	Ruhrstadion	36,344
Bremen SV Werder Bremen	Weserstadion	36,000
Dortmund Borussia Dortmund	Westfalenstadion	55,000
Duisburg MSV Duisburg	Wedaustadion	30,128
Dusseldorf Fortuna Düsseldorf	Rheinstadion	55,850
Freiburg SC Freiburg	Dreisamstadion	22,500
Hamburg Hamburger SV	Volksparkstadion	62,000
Karlsruhe Karlsruher SC	Wildparkstadion	33,800
Koln 1. FC Köln	Müngersdorfer Stadion	55,000
Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen	BayArena	22,500
Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bökelbergstadion	34,500
München 1860 TSV 1860 Munich	Olympiastadion	63,000
München Bayern FC Bayern Munich	Olympiastadion	63,000
Rostock F.C. Hansa Rostock	Ostseestadion	25,850
Schalke FC Schalke 04	Parkstadion	70,000
St. Pauli FC St. Pauli	Stadion am Millerntor	20,550
Stuttgart VfB VfB Stuttgart	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion	53,700

[edit] League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	20	11	3	68	34	+34	71	UEFA Champions League 1997–98 Group stage
2	Bayer Leverkusen	34	21	6	7	69	41	+28	69	UEFA Champions League 1997–98 Second qualifying round
3	Borussia Dortmund	34	19	6	9	63	41	+22	63	UEFA Champions League 1997–98 Group stage 1
4	Stuttgart	34	18	7	9	78	40	+38	61	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1997–98 First round
5	Bochum	34	14	11	9	54	51	+3	53	UEFA Cup 1997–98 First round
6	Karlsruhe	34	13	10	11	55	44	+11	49
7	1860 Munich	34	13	10	11	56	56	0	49
8	Werder Bremen	34	14	6	14	53	52	+1	48	UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 Group stage
9	Duisburg	34	12	9	13	44	49	−5	45
10	Köln	34	13	5	16	62	62	0	44
11	Mönchengladbach	34	12	7	15	46	48	−2	43
12	Schalke 04	34	11	10	13	35	40	−5	43	UEFA Cup 1997–98 First round 1
13	Hamburg	34	10	11	13	46	60	−14	41	UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 Group stage
14	Arminia Bielefeld	34	11	7	16	46	54	−8	40
15	Hansa Rostock	34	11	7	16	35	46	−11	40
16	Fortuna Düsseldorf  (R)	34	9	6	19	26	57	−31	33	2. Fußball-Bundesliga
17	Freiburg  (R)	34	8	5	21	43	67	−24	29
18	St. Pauli  (R)	34	7	6	21	32	69	−37	27

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
¹Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 won their respective European competitions in this season, so they qualified as title holders. As a consequence, the original UEFA Cup places of Dortmund and Stuttgart, who qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as domestic cup winners, were awarded to Karlsruhe and 1860 Munich; the Intertoto Cup berths of Karlsruhe and 1860 were handed to Köln and, as Mönchengladbach did not apply for this competition, Hamburg.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] Results

[edit] Top goalscorers

22 goals

• Ulf Kirsten (Bayer 04 Leverkusen)

21 goals

• Toni Polster (1. FC Köln)

19 goals

• Fredi Bobic (VfB Stuttgart)

17 goals

• Sean Dundee (Karlsruher SC)
• Élber (VfB Stuttgart)
• Paulo Sérgio (Bayer 04 Leverkusen)
• Bernhard Winkler (TSV 1860 Munich)

15 goals

• Andreas Herzog (SV Werder Bremen)
• Jürgen Klinsmann (FC Bayern Munich)

14 goals

• Jonathan Akpoborie (F.C. Hansa Rostock)
• Stefan Kuntz (Arminia Bielefeld)

[edit] Champion Squad

1.

FC Bayern Munich

Goalkeepers: Oliver Kahn (32); Sven Scheuer (2). Defenders: Markus Babbel (31 / 1); Lothar Matthäus (28 / 1); Thomas Helmer (24 / 4); Samuel Kuffour (22); Markus Münch (11); Oliver Kreuzer (9). Midfielders: Christian Nerlinger (32 / 5); Marcel Witeczek (28 / 3); Mario Basler (27 / 8); Christian Ziege (27 / 7); Mehmet Scholl (23 / 5); Dietmar Hamann (23 / 1); Thomas Strunz (19 / 1); Frank Gerster (3). Forwards: Jürgen Klinsmann (33 / 15); Alexander Zickler (33 / 7); Ruggiero Rizzitelli (25 / 8); Carsten Jancker (22 / 1); Carsten Lakies (1). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Giovanni Trapattoni . On the roster but have not played in a league game: Bernd Dreher; Frank Wiblishauser; Stefan Leitl; Markus Oberleitner. Transferred out during the season: Markus Oberleitner (to Fortuna Düsseldorf).

[edit] See also

• 2. Bundesliga 1996–97
• DFB-Pokal 1996–97

[edit] External links

• DFB Bundesliga archive 1996/1997

[edit] References

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