1997–98 2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga

Season	1997–98
Champions	Eintracht Frankfurt
Promoted	Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg 1. FC Nuremberg
Relegated	VfB Leipzig FC Carl Zeiss Jena FSV Zwickau SV Meppen
Matches played	306
Top goalscorer	Angelo Vier (18 goals)
Average attendance	9,291
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 2. Bundesliga season was the twenty-fourth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.

Eintracht Frankfurt, SC Freiburg and 1. FC Nuremberg were promoted to the Bundesliga while VfB Leipzig, FC Carl Zeiss Jena, FSV Zwickau and SV Meppen were relegated to the Regionalliga.

Final standings

For the 1997–98 season SpVgg Greuther Fürth, Energie Cottbus, SG Wattenscheid 09 and 1. FC Nürnberg were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while Fortuna Düsseldorf, SC Freiburg and FC St. Pauli had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.

Cologne

Cottbus

Düsseldorf

Freiburg

Frankfurt

Fürth

Gütersloh

Jena

Leipzig

Mainz

Meppen

Nuremberg

St. Pauli

Stuttgart

Uerdingen

Unterhaching

Wattenscheid

Zwickau

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Locations of the participating teams of the 1997–98 season

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:

Goals	Player	Team
18	Angelo Vier	FC Gütersloh
16	Marco Weißhaupt	SC Freiburg
15	Sven Demandt	1. FSV Mainz 05
	Marcus Feinbier	SG Wattenscheid 09
	Rainer Krieg	Fortuna Köln
13	Daniel Stendel	SV Meppen
	Igli Tare	Fortuna Düsseldorf
12	Markus Beierle	Stuttgarter Kickers
11	Michael Wiesinger	1. FC Nuremberg
10	Steffen Heidrich	VfB Leipzig
	Adnan Kevric	Stuttgarter Kickers
	Abderrahim Ouakili	1. FSV Mainz 05
	Thomas Sobotzik	Eintracht Frankfurt

External links

• 2. Bundesliga 1997/1998 at Weltfussball.de Template:De icon
• 1997–98 2. Bundesliga Template:De icon kicker.de