# 1996–97 FC Bayern Munich season

The 1996–97 FC Bayern Munich season saw the club clinch its 13th Bundesliga title.

## Players
### Squad, appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GER | Oliver Kahn | 38 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | GER | Sven Scheuer | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GER | Markus Babbel | 36 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | GER | Christian Ziege | 33 | 9 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | GER | Lothar Matthäus | 33 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Thomas Helmer | 26 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GHA | Samuel Kuffour | 25 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Markus Münch | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Oliver Kreuzer | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Christian Nerlinger | 38 | 6 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | GER | Marcel Witeczek | 32 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | GER | Mario Basler | 31 | 8 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | GER | Dietmar Hamann | 29 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Mehmet Scholl | 28 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Thomas Strunz | 25 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Frank Gerster | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 18 | FW | GER | Jürgen Klinsmann | 39 | 17 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 21 | FW | GER | Alexander Zickler | 38 | 8 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Ruggiero Rizzitelli | 30 | 7 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | GER | Carsten Jancker | 24 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | GER | Carsten Lakies | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Transfers
#### In

First Team
| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 3 | DF | Markus Münch | 23 | EU | Bayer Leverkusen | Transfer | Summer | €1,300,000 | |
| 13 | MF | Mario Basler | 27 | EU | Werder Bremen | Transfer | Summer | €4,100,000 | |
| 14 | FW | Carsten Lakies | 25 | EU | Darmstadt 98 | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | worldfootball.net |
| 19 | FW | Carsten Jancker | 21 | EU | Rapid Wien | Transfer | Summer | €770,000 | Footballdatabase.eu |
| 20 | FW | Ruggiero Rizzitelli | 28 | EU | Torino | Transfer | Summer | Free | |
| 22 | GK | Bernd Dreher | 29 | EU | KFC Uerdingen | Transfer | Summer | €250,000 | |
| 24 | MF | Markus Oberleitner | 22 | EU | SpVgg Unterhaching | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | |
Total spending: €6.42m

#### Out

First Team
| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 3 | MF | Dieter Frey | 23 | EU | SC Freiburg | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | |
| 9 | FW | Jean-Pierre Papin | 32 | EU | Bordeaux | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Worldfootball.net |
| 14 | MF | Ciriaco Sforza | 26 | EU | Internazionale | Transfer | Summer | €3,100,000 | |
| 19 | FW | Emil Kostadinov | 28 | EU | Fenerbahçe | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | |
| 20 | MF | Andreas Herzog | 27 | EU | Werder Bremen | Transfer | Summer | €1,750,000 | |
| 24 | MF | Markus Oberleitner | 23 | EU | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | Footballdatabase.eu |
Total income: €4.85m

## Management and coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Giovanni Trapattoni |
| Assistant manager | Klaus Augenthaler |
| Goalkeeping coach | Sepp Maier |
| President | Franz Beckenbauer |
| Vice-president | Fritz Scherer |
| Vice-president | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge |
| Business manager | Uli Hoeneß |
| Leading physician | Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt |

## Results
### Friendlies
#### Opel Master Cup

Bayern Munich was crowned champion due to goal difference. All matches lasted 45 minutes.

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bayern Munich (C) | 34 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 68 | 34 | +34 | 71 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 69 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 63 | 41 | +22 | 63 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 4 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 78 | 40 | +38 | 61 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 54 | 51 | +3 | 53 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
* 1 2 Borussia 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 Hamburg, as Mönchengladbach did not apply for this competition.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | D |
| Position | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### UEFA Cup

Valencia won 3–1 on aggregate.