1996–97 Bundesliga

Bundesliga
Season1996–97
Dates16 August 1996 – 31 May 1997
ChampionsBayern Munich
13th Bundesliga title
14th German title
RelegatedDüsseldorf
Freiburg
St. Pauli
Champions LeagueBayern Munich
Bayer Leverkusen
Borussia Dortmund (title holders)
Cup Winners' CupVfB Stuttgart
UEFA CupVfL Bochum
Karlsruher SC
1860 Munich
Schalke 04 (title holders)
Intertoto CupWerder Bremen
MSV Duisburg
1. FC Köln
Hamburger SV
Matches played306
Goals scored886 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorerUlf Kirsten (22)
Biggest home winBochum 6–0 St. Pauli (24 May 1997)
Biggest away winseven games with a differential of +4 each (1–5 once, 4–0 six times)
Highest scoringM'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)

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

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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:
  1. ^ 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 Hamburg, as Mönchengladbach did not apply for this competition.

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
21 goals
19 goals
17 goals
15 goals
14 goals

See also

References

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