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
Pre-season
DFB-Ligapokal
Bundesliga
Match results
Classification
Results summary
Results by round
DFB-Pokal
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
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Player statistics Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. No.Pos.Nat.NameBundesligaDFB-PokalDFB-LigapokalUEFA CLTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGoalkeepers1GKOliver Kahn 34060208050012GKSven Scheuer 000000000022GKBernd Dreher 0000000000Defenders2DFMarkus Babbel 27 (3)161217 (1)142 (4)43DFMarkus Münch 00000000004DFSamuel Kuffour 15 (2)230005023 (2)25DFThomas Helmer 28151207342510DFLothar Matthäus 25330205035311DFBixente Lizarazu 11 (8)02 (1)01 (1)00 (2)014 (12)015DFDennis Grassow 000 (1)000000 (1)018DFMichael Tarnat 28 (4)552208043 (4)728DFFrank Wiblishauser 000000000029DFChristian Saba 000000000030DFAlexander Bugera 0 (1)00000000 (1)033DFMarkus Weinzierl 0000000000Midfielders6MFChristian Nerlinger 31 (2)44 (1)21 (1)06 (1)042 (5)67MFMehmet Scholl 25 (7)9621 (1)08040 (8)118MFThomas Strunz 7 (9)32 (2)1202 (2)013 (13)414MFMario Basler 19 (3)552113 (2)128 (5)916MFDietmar Hamann 25 (3)253208140 (3)617MFThorsten Fink 24 (9)12 (4)11 (1)04 (4)031 (18)223MFFrank Gerster 0 (5)000000 (1)00 (6)024MFStefan Leitl 000000000031MFDavid Jarolím 000000000032MFEmanuel Bentil 0000000000Forwards9FWGiovane Élber 27 (1)1165227 (1)342 (2)2119FWCarsten Jancker 25 (4)135 (1)60 (1)07 (1)437 (7)2320FWRuggiero Rizzitelli 12 (8)40 (2)1102 (2)015 (12)521FWAlexander Zickler 11 (18)41 (2)1001 (4)013 (24)5
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