1997–98 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

1. FC Kaiserslautern
1997–98 season
ManagerOtto Rehhagel
Bundesliga1st
DFB-PokalRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Olaf Marschall (21)
All: Olaf Marschall (23)

Season summary

Kaiserslautern started their season with a shock 1–0 win at reigning champions Bayern Munich,[1] and followed this with a 1–0 victory against Hertha BSC that left them top of the table. From the fourth matchday onwards Kaiserslautern would not relinquish first place. By the beginning of the second half of the season Kaiserslautern were four points clear of Bayern, a lead increased to seven points after completing the double over the Bavarians.[2][3] Bayern continued to falter and Kaiserslautern confirmed their second-ever Bundesliga title with a 4–0 victory over Wolfsburg in the penultimate round.[4] This is the only time in Bundesliga history that a newly promoted side has won the title - the closest any team has come to repeating this feat was RB Leipzig's second place in 2016–17.

Players

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[5][6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GER Andreas Reinke
3 MF  GER Michael Ballack
4 DF  GER Axel Roos
5 DF  CZE Miroslav Kadlec
6 DF  GER Andreas Brehme
7 MF  BUL Marian Hristov
8 MF  GER Martin Wagner
9 FW  CZE Pavel Kuka
10 MF   SUI Ciriaco Sforza
11 FW  GER Olaf Marschall
12 MF  GER Stefan Ertl
13 DF  GER Roger Lutz
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF  HUN János Hrutka
16 DF  DEN Michael Schjønberg
17 MF  BRA Ratinho
18 FW  GER Jürgen Rische
19 DF  GER Oliver Schäfer
22 MF  GER Andreas Buck
23 MF  GER Thomas Riedl
24 DF  GER Harry Koch
25 GK  HUN Lajos Szűcs
26 MF  NGA Pascal Ojigwe
27 MF  GER Marco Reich
30 MF  GER Thomas Franck

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  GER Frank Greiner (to Wolfsburg)
No. Pos. Nation Player
30 GK  CZE Petr Kouba (to Viktoria Žižkov)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Bundesliga
Main article: 1997–98 Bundesliga

League table
Pos Team 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
5 Schalke 04 34 13 13 8 38 32 +6 52
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion

References
  1. "Remember Kaiserslautern 1998 | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  2. "Kaiserslautern defy Bayern Munich and the odds to win 1997-98 Bundesliga | DW | 28.03.2020". DW.COM.
  3. "Bundesliga 1997-98: Newly-promoted Kaiserslautern shock German football". www.footballcritic.com.
  4. "The German Leicester... how Kaiserslautern shocked the Bundesliga in 1998". Sky Sports.
  5. "FootballSquads - 1.FC Kaiserslautern - 1997/98". www.footballsquads.co.uk.
  6. "1. FC Kaiserslautern - Squad 1997/1998". worldfootball.net.
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