# 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.

## Bundesliga
### Match results
### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 52 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |

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

### Knockout stage
#### Quarter-finals
## Player statistics

    Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Ligapokal | DFB-Ligapokal | UEFA CL | UEFA CL | Total | 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 |