# 1996–97 Frauen-Bundesliga

The 1996–97 Frauen-Bundesliga was the seventh season of the Frauen-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It was the last season, in which the first league was divided into two divisions. Beginning with the 1997–98 season all Bundesliga teams played in a single division. As the new uniform league had eight spaces less than the divided Bundesliga, eight teams had to play in the qualification with the champions of the Regionalligas.
In the final the leaders of the northern division met. Grün-Weiß Brauweiler defeated FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen 4–3 on penalties. Previously the regular time had ended goalless. In the extra time Rumeln-Kaldenhausen had taken an early lead, but Brauweiler had equalized late in the game. It was Brauweiler's only championship.

## Northern division
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Grün-Weiß Brauweiler | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 59 | 12 | +47 | 47 | Participant of the semi-final |
| 2 | FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 60 | 12 | +48 | 46 | Participant of the semi-final |
| 3 | Sportfreunde Siegen | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 52 | 15 | +37 | 40 | |
| 4 | Eintracht Rheine | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 31 | |
| 5 | Turbine Potsdam | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 27 | Had to play qualification for next Bundesliga season |
| 6 | Fortuna Sachsenroß Hannover | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 45 | −21 | 16 | Had to play qualification for next Bundesliga season |
| 7 | Schmalfelder SV | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 38 | −22 | 13 | Had to play qualification for next Bundesliga season |
| 8 | WSV Wolfsburg | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 39 | −24 | 13 | Had to play qualification for next Bundesliga season |
| 9 | VfL Wittekind Wildeshausen | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 49 | −39 | 12 | Relegated to Regional-/Oberliga |
| 10 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 46 | −35 | 9 | Relegated to Regional-/Oberliga |
* ↑ 1995–96 Bundesliga champion
* 1 2 Promoted from the Regionalliga previous season

### Results

| Home \ Away | GWB | RUK | SFS | HRH | POT | FSH | SCH | WSV | WIW | TBB |
| Grün-Weiß Brauweiler | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 8–0 | 2–0 |
| FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen | 4–5 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 6–0 | 7–0 |
| Sportfreunde Siegen | 0–1 | 0–3 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 6–0 | 9–0 |
| FC Eintracht Rheine | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Turbine Potsdam | 1–5 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| Fortuna Sachsenroß Hannover | 1–6 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 2–4 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 |
| Schmalfelder SV | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| WSV Wolfsburg | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| VfL Wittekind Wildeshausen | 1–3 | 1–6 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–2 |
| Tennis Borussia Berlin | 1–5 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |

## Southern division
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | FSV Frankfurt | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 6 | +70 | 52 | Participant of the semi-final |
| 2 | SG Praunheim | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 11 | +34 | 38 | Participant of the semi-final |
| 3 | TuS Niederkirchen | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 29 | |
| 4 | VfR 09 Saarbrücken | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 28 | |
| 5 | TSV Crailsheim | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 22 | Had to play qualification for next Bundesliga season |
| 6 | SC Sand | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 41 | −17 | 22 | Had to play qualification for next Bundesliga season |
| 7 | Klinge Seckach | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 20 | Had to play qualification for next Bundesliga season |
| 8 | FSV Schwarzbach | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 44 | −28 | 18 | Had to play qualification for next Bundesliga season |
| 9 | VfL Sindelfingen | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 39 | −17 | 16 | Relegated to Regional-/Oberliga |
| 10 | TuS Ahrbach | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 55 | −39 | 7 | Relegated to Regional-/Oberliga |
* 1 2 Promoted from the Regionalliga previous season

### Results

| Home \ Away | FSV | SGP | NIE | SAR | CRA | SCS | KLS | SBA | SIN | AHR |
| FSV Frankfurt | | 1–0 | 8–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 6–1 | 6–0 | 6–0 | 10–0 |
| SG Praunheim | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| TuS Niederkirchen | 1–4 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| VfR 09 Saarbrücken | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| TSV Crailsheim | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| SC Sand | 0–5 | 0–6 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| Klinge Seckach | 0–7 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 5–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 |
| FSV Schwarzbach | 0–6 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| VfL Sindelfingen | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 4–0 |
| TuS Ahrbach | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–7 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |

## Semi-finals

| Match | Match | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Agg. |
| SG Praunheim | Grün-Weiß Brauweiler | 2–4 | 1–1 | 3 – 5 |
| FSV Frankfurt | FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3 – 4 |

## Final

| FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen | Grün-Weiß Brauweiler |
| 8 June 1997 Duisburg-Homberg Spectators: 5,000 Referee: Elke Günther (Bamberg) ||
| Sesek – Melanie Hoffmann – Claudia Mandrysch, Nicole Ferber – Puls (Ellen van Bergen 62), Martina Voss, Jutta Nardenbach, Maren Meinert, Sandra Albertz (Daniela Arndt 105) – Inka Grings, Jolanta Nieczypor | Manuela Goller – Claudia Klein – Urusla Gertheinrich, Natascha Schwind (Carmen Lieth 46) – Andrea Klein, Sonja Fuss, Tünde Nagy (Vidmar 80), Bettina Wiegmann, Nicole Brandebusemeyer (Patricia Menge 77) – Gudrun Gottschlich, Carmen Holinka |
| 1–0 Grings (91) | 1–1 Menge (117) |
| Penalty Shootout ||
| 2–2 Meinert 3–3 Hoffmann 4–4 Mandrysch Arndt (missed) | 1–2 Wiegmann 2–3 Vidmar 3–4 Klein 4–5 Gertheinrich 4–5 Klein |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Birgit Prinz | FSV Frankfurt | 20 |

## Qualification
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Turbine Potsdam | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 14 | Qualified for the Bundesliga 1997–98 |
| 2 | Wattenscheid 09 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 | |
| 3 | WSV Wolfsburg | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 8 | |
| 4 | Hertha Zehlendorf | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 21 | −14 | 1 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Fortuna Sachsenroß Hannover | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 14 | |
| 2 | Hamburg | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 8 | Qualified for the Bundesliga 1997–98 |
| 3 | Schmalfelder SV | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 7 | |
| 4 | TV Jahn Delmenhorst | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 4 | |
* ↑ Fortuna Sachsenroß declined for financial reasons. Hamburg thus took their place in the Bundesliga.

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | SC 07 Bad Neuenahr(A) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 15 | Qualified for the Bundesliga 1997–98 |
| 2 | TSV Crailsheim | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 12 | |
| 3 | FSV Schwarzbach | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 6 | |
| 4 | SC Freiburg | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 3 | |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Klinge Seckach | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 16 | Qualified for the Bundesliga 1997–98 |
| 2 | SC Sand | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 | |
| 3 | TSV Jahn Calden | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 8 | |
| 4 | Wacker München | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 0 | |

## Sources

* "West Germany (Women) 1996/97". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 15 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
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