1996–97 Bundesliga

Bundesliga
Season	1996–97
Dates	16 August 1996 – 31 May 1997
Champions	Bayern Munich; 13th Bundesliga title; 14th German title
Relegated	Düsseldorf; Freiburg; St. Pauli
Champions League	Bayern Munich; Bayer Leverkusen; Borussia Dortmund (title holders)
Cup Winners' Cup	VfB Stuttgart
UEFA Cup	VfL Bochum; Karlsruher SC; 1860 Munich; Schalke 04 (title holders)
Intertoto Cup	Werder Bremen; MSV Duisburg; 1. FC Köln; Hamburger SV
Matches played	306
Goals scored	886 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ulf Kirsten (22)
Biggest home win	Bochum 6–0 St. Pauli (24 May 1997)
Biggest away win	seven games with a differential of +4 each (1–5 once, 4–0 six times)
Highest scoring	M'gladbach 6–2 Bochum (8 goals) (17 May 1997); Leverkusen 5–3 Freiburg (8 goals) (22 September 1996); St. Pauli 4–4 Schalke (8 goals) (23 August 1996)
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 Bundesliga was the 34th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 16 August 1996^[1] and ended on 31 May 1997.^[2] Borussia Dortmund were the defending champions.

Competition format

Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received three points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the three teams with the fewest points were relegated to 2. Bundesliga.

Team changes to 1995–96

1. FC Kaiserslautern, Eintracht Frankfurt and KFC Uerdingen 05 were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by VfL Bochum, Arminia Bielefeld and MSV Duisburg.

Season overview

Team overview

Location of teams in Bundesliga 1996–97

Club	Location	Ground^[3]	Capacity^[3]
Arminia Bielefeld	Bielefeld	Stadion Alm	22,512
VfL Bochum	Bochum	Ruhrstadion	36,344
SV Werder Bremen	Bremen	Weserstadion	36,000
Borussia Dortmund	Dortmund	Westfalenstadion	55,000
MSV Duisburg	Duisburg	Wedaustadion	30,128
Fortuna Düsseldorf	Düsseldorf	Rheinstadion	55,850
SC Freiburg	Freiburg	Dreisamstadion	22,500
Hamburger SV	Hamburg	Volksparkstadion	62,000
Karlsruher SC	Karlsruhe	Wildparkstadion	33,800
1. FC Köln	Cologne	Müngersdorfer Stadion	55,000
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Leverkusen	BayArena	22,500
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mönchengladbach	Bökelbergstadion	34,500
TSV 1860 Munich	Munich	Olympiastadion	63,000
FC Bayern Munich	Munich	Olympiastadion	63,000
FC Hansa Rostock	Rostock	Ostseestadion	25,850
FC Schalke 04	Gelsenkirchen	Parkstadion	70,000
FC St. Pauli	Hamburg	Stadion am Millerntor	20,550
VfB Stuttgart	Stuttgart	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion	53,700

League table

Pos	Team	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^[a]
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^[a]
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
6	Karlsruher SC	34	13	10	11	55	44	+11	49
7	1860 Munich	34	13	10	11	56	56	0	49
8	Werder Bremen	34	14	6	14	53	52	+1	48	Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
9	MSV Duisburg	34	12	9	13	44	49	−5	45
10	1. FC Köln	34	13	5	16	62	62	0	44
11	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	12	7	15	46	48	−2	43
12	Schalke 04	34	11	10	13	35	40	−5	43	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]
13	Hamburger SV	34	10	11	13	46	60	−14	41	Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
14	Arminia Bielefeld	34	11	7	16	46	54	−8	40
15	Hansa Rostock	34	11	7	16	35	46	−11	40
16	Fortuna Düsseldorf (R)	34	9	6	19	26	57	−31	33	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
17	SC Freiburg (R)	34	8	5	21	43	67	−24	29
18	FC St. Pauli (R)	34	7	6	21	32	69	−37	27

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c 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, as Mönchengladbach did not apply for this competition, Hamburg.

Results

Home \ Away	DSC	BOC	SVW	BVB	DUI	F95	SCF	HSV	KSC	KOE	B04	BMG	M60	FCB	ROS	S04	STP	VFB
Arminia Bielefeld	—	3–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–4	0–1	0–2	2–3	2–0	1–3	0–1	1–2	2–0
VfL Bochum	1–1	—	3–2	1–0	1–0	3–1	3–2	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	6–0	2–1
Werder Bremen	2–1	5–1	—	0–4	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–2
Borussia Dortmund	5–0	2–0	2–1	—	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–3	4–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–1
MSV Duisburg	0–0	1–1	3–2	3–2	—	0–0	1–4	1–1	2–2	3–0	1–3	4–2	2–3	0–4	0–1	0–1	1–0	3–1
Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–2	2–2	4–1	2–0	1–1	—	2–1	1–1	0–3	0–3	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	0–4
SC Freiburg	2–1	0–1	3–2	1–2	2–0	1–2	—	0–4	1–1	1–3	1–2	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–3	4–0	1–1
Hamburger SV	2–2	2–2	3–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	5–1	—	2–0	0–4	0–2	2–1	2–3	0–3	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–4
Karlsruher SC	5–2	2–3	1–3	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	—	4–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	4–0	0–2
1. FC Köln	2–5	2–0	4–1	1–3	2–5	2–0	1–0	2–2	4–1	—	4–0	4–0	1–0	2–4	0–2	3–1	0–1	1–5
Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	2–0	2–1	4–2	1–0	0–1	5–3	5–0	3–1	4–2	—	3–0	3–0	5–2	4–1	2–0	3–0	0–0
Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–0	6–2	4–1	5–1	0–1	2–0	4–3	3–0	1–3	2–1	2–2	—	1–0	2–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–1
1860 Munich	1–3	0–1	0–3	1–3	1–1	3–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	—	3–3	2–0	2–1	4–2	2–5
Bayern Munich	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	5–2	5–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–2	4–2	1–0	1–1	—	2–1	3–0	3–0	4–2
Hansa Rostock	3–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	3–1	3–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–4	0–3	—	0–1	3–1	2–2
Schalke 04	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	4–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	—	0–0	1–0
FC St. Pauli	2–3	2–1	0–3	0–1	0–2	3–0	2–0	2–2	2–4	0–0	3–1	1–3	0–0	1–2	0–1	4–4	—	2–1
VfB Stuttgart	4–2	3–1	2–1	4–1	0–2	0–2	4–2	4–1	1–0	4–0	1–2	5–0	1–1	1–1	5–1	4–0	3–0	—

Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

22 goals

Ulf Kirsten (Bayer 04 Leverkusen)

21 goals

Toni Polster (1. FC Köln)

19 goals

Fredi Bobic (VfB Stuttgart)

17 goals

15 goals

Andreas Herzog (SV Werder Bremen)
Jürgen Klinsmann (FC Bayern Munich)

14 goals

Jonathan Akpoborie (FC Hansa Rostock)
Stefan Kuntz (Arminia Bielefeld)

References

^ "Schedule Round 1". DFB. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011.
^ "Archive 1996/1997 Round 34". DFB. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.

External links

DFB Bundesliga archive 1996/1997

[table_note_res_CLGS0.03780170159312-4] 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, as Mönchengladbach did not apply for this competition, Hamburg.

[1] "Schedule Round 1". DFB. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011.

[2] "Archive 1996/1997 Round 34". DFB. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012.

[Vereinslexikon-3] Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.

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