1997–98 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1997–98 Christoph Daum BayArena Bundesliga 3rd Ulf Kirsten (22) Ulf Kirsten (27) DFB-Pokal Quarter-finals UEFA Champions League Quarter-finals 1996–97 1998–99 The 1997–98 season was the 94th season in the history of Bayer 04 Leverkusen and the club's 19th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Leverkusen participated in this season's editions of the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Champions League. Season summary Leverkusen dropped a place to third in the final league table. They also impressed on their Champions League debut, reaching the quarter-finals before elimination by eventual champions Real Madrid. Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/1997-1998/bundes/bayerlev.htm FootballSquads - Bayer 04 Leverkusen - 1997/98 www.footballsquads.co.ukhttps://www.worldfootball.net/teams/te205/bayer-leverkusen/squad/ Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Squad 1997/1998 worldfootball.net 24 September 2023 1 GK Rüdiger Vollborn GER 2 DF Robert KovačKovač was born in West Berlin, West Germany (now Berlin, Germany), but also qualified to represent Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in 1999. CRO 3 DF Markus Happe GER 4 DF Christian Wörns GER 5 DF Jens Nowotny GER 6 DF Boris ŽivkovićŽivković was born in Živinice, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally and made his international debut for Croatia in 1999. CRO 7 MF Niko KovačKovač was born in West Berlin, West Germany (now Berlin, Germany), but also qualified to represent Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in December 1996. CRO 9 FW Ulf Kirsten GER 10 MF Emerson BRA 11 FW Erik Meijer NED 12 MF Adam Ledwoń POL 14 FW Markus Feldhoff GER 15 FW Paulo RinkRink was born in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, but gained German citizenship and made his international debut for Germany in September 1998. BRA 16 MF Martin Frýdek CZE 17 MF Hans-Peter Lehnhoff GER 19 DF Jan Heintze DEN 20 MF Dirk Lottner GER 22 MF Stefan Beinlich GER 23 GK Dirk Heinen GER 24 FW Sebastian Helbig GER 25 MF Thorsten Nehrbauer GER 28 DF Carsten Ramelow GER 30 MF Manuel Cardoni LUX 31 GK Jörg Schmadtke GER MF Bent Skammelsrud NOR Left club during season 8 MF René Rydlewicz GER to Arminia Bielefeld 21 MF Andreas Neuendorf GER to Hertha MF Claudio Reyna USA to Wolfsburg Bayer 04 Leverkusen II 26 MF Thorsten Wittek GER 27 FW Thomas Reichenberger GER 29 MF Markus ZuraskiZuraski was born in Poland, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-21 level. GER MF Andreas Voss GER MF Daniel Addo GHA Transfers Out GER Lars Leese - ENG Barnsley, June, £250,000 GER Daniel Schumann - GER Freiburg USA Claudio Reyna - GER Wolfsburg, loan GER Mike Rietpietsch - GER Fortuna Düsseldorf BRA Zé Elias - ITA Inter Milan References Notes notes Category:Bayer 04 Leverkusen seasons Bayer 04 Leverkusen