1997–98 2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga
Season1997–98
ChampionsEintracht Frankfurt
PromotedEintracht Frankfurt
SC Freiburg
1. FC Nürnberg
RelegatedVfB Leipzig
FC Carl Zeiss Jena
FSV Zwickau
SV Meppen
Matches played306
Top goalscorerAngelo Vier
(18 goals)
Average attendance9,291

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 Nürnberg were promoted to the Bundesliga while VfB Leipzig, FC Carl Zeiss Jena, FSV Zwickau and SV Meppen were relegated to the Regionalliga.

League table

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.

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Locations of the participating teams of the 1997–98 season
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Eintracht Frankfurt (C, P) 34 17 13 4 50 32 +18 64 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 SC Freiburg (P) 34 18 7 9 57 36 +21 61
3 1. FC Nürnberg (P) 34 17 8 9 52 35 +17 59
4 FC St. Pauli 34 14 14 6 43 31 +12 56
5 FC Gütersloh 34 13 16 5 43 26 +17 55
6 Fortuna Köln 34 11 13 10 53 53 0 46
7 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 13 7 14 52 54 −2 46
8 Energie Cottbus 34 10 15 9 38 36 +2 45
9 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 34 11 12 11 32 32 0 45
10 Mainz 05 34 10 14 10 55 48 +7 44
11 SpVgg Unterhaching 34 10 14 10 41 35 +6 44
12 Stuttgarter Kickers 34 12 8 14 44 47 −3 44
13 KFC Uerdingen 34 11 10 13 36 40 −4 43
14 SG Wattenscheid 09 34 10 10 14 41 41 0 40
15 VfB Leipzig (R) 34 10 9 15 31 51 −20 39 Relegation to Regionalliga[a]
16 Carl Zeiss Jena (R) 34 8 9 17 39 61 −22 33
17 FSV Zwickau (R) 34 6 10 18 32 55 −23 28
18 SV Meppen (R) 34 6 9 19 35 61 −26 27
Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ VfB Leipzig, FC Carl Zeiss Jena, and FSV Zwickau were relegated to Regionalliga Nordost. SV Meppen was relegated to Regionalliga Nord.

Results

Home \ Away FCE F95 SGE SCF SGF FCG JEN FKO LEI M05 SVM FCN STP SKI KFC UNT SGW ZWI
Energie Cottbus — 2–1 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 2–1
Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–2 — 0–0 2–4 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–3 2–0 2–0 4–3 2–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–1
Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 3–2 — 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 4–2 3–2 2–2 1–0 4–1 4–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1
SC Freiburg 2–0 2–0 0–0 — 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 5–2 2–1 4–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 4–0 1–3
Greuther Fürth 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 — 0–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–0
FC Gütersloh 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 — 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 4–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 5–0
Carl Zeiss Jena 0–3 3–4 2–1 1–4 0–1 2–1 — 1–3 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–3 1–1 2–1 0–3 2–3 1–1 2–3
Fortuna Köln 2–0 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–3 — 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 3–2 5–2
VfB Leipzig 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–4 — 1–3 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–1
Mainz 05 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 4–1 1–1 5–0 2–2 2–1 — 3–0 2–5 0–0 3–3 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–2
SV Meppen 3–1 2–2 1–1 0–5 2–1 0–2 0–2 2–2 6–0 0–3 — 1–0 0–3 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–1
1. FC Nürnberg 3–3 0–1 0–1 4–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 3–1 1–0 4–0 — 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–0
FC St. Pauli 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–1
Stuttgarter Kickers 2–1 2–4 2–3 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 — 2–2 2–3 2–0 1–0
KFC Uerdingen 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–3 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–3 0–2 0–2 — 2–2 2–1 2–2
SpVgg Unterhaching 0–0 3–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–2 1–4 2–0 2–0 — 0–0 2–0
SG Wattenscheid 0–2 4–0 0–1 1–4 2–1 1–2 2–0 4–2 4–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 4–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 — 2–1
FSV Zwickau 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–3 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 4–0 0–1 1–0 0–4 0–0 —
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:[1]

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

References

  1. ^ 2. Bundesliga 1997/1998 » Torschützenliste (in German) Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, retrieved 17 November 2015