1996–97 Bundesliga

34th season of the Bundesliga March 2023 Bundesliga 1996–97 16 August 1996 – 31 May 1997 Bayern Munich13th Bundesliga title14th German title DüsseldorfFreiburgSt. Pauli Champions League Bayern MunichBayer LeverkusenBorussia Dortmund (title holders) Cup Winners' Cup VfB Stuttgart UEFA Cup VfL BochumKarlsruher SC1860 MunichSchalke 04 (title holders) Intertoto Cup Werder BremenMSV Duisburg1. FC KölnHamburger SV Ulf Kirsten (22) Bochum 6–0 St. Pauli (24 May 1997) seven games with a differential of +4 each (1–5 once, 4–0 six times) 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) 306 886 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 1996https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=321975 Schedule Round 1 DFB dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110608093931/https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=321975 8 June 2011 and ended on 31 May 1997.https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=322337 Archive 1996/1997 Round 34 DFB dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120331173841/https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=322337 31 March 2012 Borussia Dortmund were the two-time 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. Team overview Germany 375 right Location of teams in Bundesliga 1996–97 Germany 52.022833 8.522395 Bielefeld Germany 51.482987 7.211397 Germany 53.065337 8.836722 Bremen left Germany 51.512139 7.463394 Dortmund Germany 51.409033 6.778664 MSV left Germany 51.261593 6.733204 Düsseldorf Germany 47.988945 7.892947 Freiburg Germany 53.587095 9.898711 Hamburg left Germany 49.021176 8.413021 Karlsruhe Germany 50.933224 6.874697 Köln bottom Germany 51.037708 7.002651 Leverkusen Germany 51.208908 6.439549 MGL left Germany 48.173086 11.545509 1860Bayern Germany 54.084953 12.095144 Rostock Germany 51.559146 7.067248 Schalke left Germany 53.554568 9.967646 St. Pauli Germany 48.792295 9.232141 Stuttgart Germany TransparentPlaceholder.png 51.559146 7.067248 Bochum top Club Location GroundGrüne Hardy Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon AGON Sportverlag Kassel 2001 3-89784-147-9 de Capacity Bielefeld Arminia Bielefeld Bielefeld Stadion Alm 22,512 Bochum VfL Bochum Bochum Ruhrstadion 36,344 Bremen SV Werder Bremen Bremen Weserstadion 36,000 Dortmund Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Westfalenstadion 55,000 Duisburg MSV Duisburg Duisburg Wedaustadion 30,128 Dusseldorf Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Rheinstadion 55,850 Freiburg SC Freiburg Freiburg Dreisamstadion 22,500 Hamburg Hamburger SV Hamburg Volksparkstadion 62,000 Karlsruhe Karlsruher SC Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 33,800 Koln 1. FC Köln Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion 55,000 Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen Leverkusen BayArena 22,500 Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500 München 1860 TSV 1860 Munich Munich Olympiastadion 63,000 München Bayern FC Bayern Munich Munich Olympiastadion 63,000 Rostock FC Hansa Rostock Rostock Ostseestadion 25,850 Schalke FC Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Parkstadion 70,000 St. Pauli FC St. Pauli Hamburg Stadion am Millerntor 20,550 Stuttgart VfB VfB Stuttgart Stuttgart Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion 53,700 League table main WDL 5 QR FCB Bayern Munich B04 Bayer Leverkusen BVB Borussia Dortmund VFB VfB Stuttgart BOC VfL Bochum KSC Karlsruher SC M60 1860 Munich SVW Werder Bremen DUI MSV Duisburg KOE 1. FC Köln BMG Borussia Mönchengladbach S04 Schalke 04 HSV Hamburger SV DSC Arminia Bielefeld ROS Hansa Rostock F95 Fortuna Düsseldorf SCF SC Freiburg STP FC St. Pauli 20 11 3 68 34 C 21 6 7 69 41 19 6 9 63 41 18 7 9 78 40 14 11 9 54 51 13 10 11 55 44 13 10 11 56 56 14 6 14 53 52 12 9 13 44 49 13 5 16 62 62 12 7 15 46 48 11 10 13 35 40 10 11 13 46 60 11 7 16 46 54 11 7 16 35 46 9 6 19 26 57 R 8 5 21 43 67 R 7 6 21 32 69 R green1 Qualification to Champions League group stage CLGS CLGS 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. green2 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round CL2 yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round UCWC1 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC1 UC1 UC1 #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage ICGS ICGS ICGS ICGS blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round CLGS S04 red1 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga R R R complete 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. www.dfb.de Results main DFB complete FBR DSC Arminia Bielefeld BOC VfL Bochum SVW Werder Bremen BVB Borussia Dortmund DUI MSV Duisburg F95 Fortuna Düsseldorf SCF SC Freiburg HSV Hamburger SV KSC Karlsruher SC KOE 1. FC Köln B04 Bayer Leverkusen BMG Borussia Mönchengladbach M60 1860 Munich FCB Bayern Munich ROS Hansa Rostock S04 Schalke 04 STP FC St. Pauli VFB VfB Stuttgart 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Top goalscorers 22 goals Germany Ulf Kirsten (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 21 goals Austria Toni Polster (1. FC Köln) 19 goals Germany Fredi Bobic (VfB Stuttgart) 17 goals Germany Sean Dundee (Karlsruher SC) Brazil Giovane Élber (VfB Stuttgart) Brazil Paulo Sérgio (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) Germany Bernhard Winkler (TSV 1860 Munich) 15 goals Austria Andreas Herzog (SV Werder Bremen) Germany Jürgen Klinsmann (FC Bayern Munich) 14 goals Nigeria Jonathan Akpoborie (FC Hansa Rostock) Germany Stefan Kuntz (Arminia Bielefeld) Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ger/aveger97.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk 26 July 2026 No. Team Attendance Change Highest 1 Bayern München 58,059 -2.4% 69,000 2 Borussia Dortmund 53,082 20.7% 55,000 3 VfB Stuttgart 42,500 36.3% 53,000 4 Schalke 04 39,122 2.1% 71,021 5 TSV 1860 38,765 9.2% 69,000 6 1. FC Köln 31,088 -5.5% 52,000 7 Werder Bremen 30,553 9.6% 36,200 8 Borussia Mönchengladbach 30,152 -3.5% 35,500 9 Hamburger SV 29,746 6.4% 57,590 10 VfL Bochum 28,404 82.4% 36,344 11 Karlsruher SC 27,096 1.1% 33,515 12 FC St. Pauli 23,342 6.2% 45,957 13 SC Freiburg 22,394 -0.5% 22,500 14 Fortuna 95 21,265 -15.2% 53,000 15 Arminia Bielefeld 21,185 58.7% 22,512 16 Bayer Leverkusen 20,729 -6.0% 23,000 17 MSV Duisburg 19,417 68.2% 30,500 18 Hansa Rostock 18,971 -29.3% 24,200 See also 1996–97 2. Bundesliga 1996–97 DFB-Pokal References External links DFB Bundesliga archive 1996/1997 Category:Bundesliga seasons 1 Germany