1997–98 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

January 2021 June 2025 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1997–98 Otto Rehhagel Fritz-Walter-Stadion Bundesliga 1st DFB-Pokal Round of 16 Olaf Marschall (21 goals) Olaf Marschall (23 goals) 38,000 _FCK_9697h _FCK_9697h _FCK_9697h _FCK_9697h _FCK_9697h FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF FF0000 _FCK_9798a _FCK_9798a _FCK_9798a _FCK_9798a _FCK_9798a C3C3C3 FFFFFF C3C3C3 000000 C3C3C3 5–0 v. Kaiserslautern II (A) 16 August 1997 0-3 v. Bayer Leverkusen (H) 28 March 1998 1996–97 1998–99 Season summary Kaiserslautern started their season with a shock 1–0 win at reigning champions Bayern Munich,https://www.goal.com/en/news/15/german-football/2008/10/13/910846/remember-kaiserslautern-1998 Remember Kaiserslautern 1998 | Goal.com www.goal.com 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.https://www.dw.com/en/kaiserslautern-defy-bayern-munich-and-the-odds-to-win-1997-98-bundesliga/a-52932203 Kaiserslautern defy Bayern Munich and the odds to win 1997–98 Bundesliga | DW | 28.03.2020 DW.COMhttps://www.footballcritic.com/season-reviews/when-kaiserslautern-stunned-german-football-the-bundesliga-in-1997-98/144 Bundesliga 1997–98: Newly-promoted Kaiserslautern shock German football www.footballcritic.com Bayern continued to falter and Kaiserslautern confirmed their second-ever Bundesliga title with a 4–0 victory over Wolfsburg in the penultimate round.https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11712/10260273/the-german-leicester The German Leicester... how Kaiserslautern shocked the Bundesliga in 1998 Sky Sports 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 seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/1997-1998/bundes/kaisersl.htm FootballSquads – 1.FC Kaiserslautern – 1997/98 www.footballsquads.co.ukhttps://www.worldfootball.net/teams/te6/1-fc-kaiserslautern/squad/ 1. FC Kaiserslautern – Squad 1997/1998 worldfootball.net 1 GK Andreas Reinke GER 3 MF Michael Ballack GER 4 DF Axel Roos GER 5 DF Miroslav Kadlec CZE 6 DF Andreas Brehme GER 7 MF Marian Hristov BUL 8 MF Martin Wagner GER 9 FW Pavel Kuka CZE 10 MF Ciriaco Sforza SUI 11 FW Olaf Marschall GER 12 MF Stefan Ertl GER 13 DF Roger Lutz GER 15 DF János Hrutka HUN 16 DF Michael Schjønberg DEN 17 MF Ratinho BRA 18 FW Jürgen Rische GER 19 DF Oliver Schäfer GER 22 MF Andreas Buck GER 23 MF Thomas Riedl GER 24 DF Harry Koch GER 25 GK Lajos Szűcs HUN 26 MF Pascal Ojigwe NGA 27 MF Marco Reich GER 30 MF Thomas Franck GER MF Dietmar Hamann GER Left club during season 2 DF Frank Greiner GER to Wolfsburg 30 GK Petr Kouba CZE to Viktoria Žižkov Competitions #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #CCCCCC Postponed 1px solid #AAAAAA Overall record 2 Bundesliga 2 August 1997 9 May 1998 Matchday 1 Winners 19 11 4 63 39 DFB-Pokal 16 August 1997 28 October 1997 First round Round of 16 2 0 1 10 2 Bundesliga 1997–98 Bundesliga League table FCK Matches 1 2 August 1997 15:30 Bayern Munich 0–1 Kaiserslautern Schjönberg 80 Munich Munich Olympic Stadium 63,000 Lutz-Michael Fröhlich W 2 6 August 1997 20:00 Kaiserslautern 1–0 Hertha BSC Marschall 75 Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 38,000 Jürgen Jansen W 3 9 August 1997 15:30 Köln 0–0 Kaiserslautern Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion 36,000 Winfried Buchhart D 4 23 August 1997 15:30 Kaiserslautern 3–0 Schalke 04 Marschall 32, 63Sforza 40 Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 38,000 Hermann Albrecht W 5 29 August 1997 20:00 VfL Bochum 1–3 Kaiserslautern Stickroth 68 pen Kuka 19, 90Marschall 72 Bochum Ruhrstadion 28,600 Wolfgang Stark W 6 14 September 1997 18:00 Kaiserslautern 4–3 VfB Stuttgart Marschall 20, 58, 80Ratinho 55 Bobic 14Akpoborie 36Raducioiu 90 Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 38,000 Jürgen Aust W 7 19 September 1997 20:00 Karlsruher SC 2–4 Kaiserslautern Häßler 50Keller 57 Ratinho 17Wagner 23 penKuka 52Reich 90 Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 33,000 Hellmut Krug W 8 27 September 1997 15:30 Kaiserslautern 1–3 Werder Bremen Marschall 6 Labbadia 56Flo 85Frey 89 Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 38,000 Bernhard Zerr L 9 3 October 1997 20:00 1860 Munich 1–3 Kaiserslautern Winkler 14 Marschall 22, 84Sforza 34 Munich Munich Olympic Stadium 62,000 Hartmut Strampe W 10 15 October 1997 20:00 Kaiserslautern 3–1 Arminia Bielefeld Rische 18, 66Kadlec 32 Kuntz 38 Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 38,000 Lutz Wagner W 11 18 October 1997 15:30 Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 Kaiserslautern Happe 72 Rische 86 Leverkusen BayArena 22,500 Hermann Albrecht D 12 24 October 1997 20:00 Kaiserslautern 1–0 MSV Duisburg Marschall 21 Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 38,000 Lutz-Michael Fröhlich W 13 31 October 1997 20:00 Borussia Dortmund 2–2 Kaiserslautern Freund 1Heinrich 30 Marschall 41, 76 Dortmund Westfalenstadion 55,000 Bernd Heynemann D 14 7 November 1997 20:00 Kaiserslautern 4–3 Hansa Rostock Sforza 2Rische 38, 83Schjönberg 47 Barbarez 8Dowe 18Neuville 67 Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 38,000 Georg Dardenne W 15 19 November 1997 20:00 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–3 1. FC Kaiserslautern Andersson 65 Buck 29Kuka 49Rische 76 Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 26,300 Wolfgang Stark W 16 22 November 1997 15:30 VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 Kaiserslautern Spies 25Keller 81 Wagner 65 Wolfsburg VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg 20,112 Hellmut Krug L 17 29 November 1997 15:30 Kaiserslautern 2–1 Hamburger SV Ratinho 75Hristov 90 Salihamidžić 58 Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 38,000 Winfried Buchhart W 18 5 December 1997 20:00 Kaiserslautern 2–0 Bayern Munich Hamann 44Hristov 85 Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 38,000 Lutz-Michael Fröhlich W 19 12 December 1997 20:00 Hertha BSC 2–0 Kaiserslautern Karl 2Preetz 72 Berlin Berlin Olympic Stadium 61,445 Markus Weber L 20 20 December 1997 15:30 Kaiserslautern 3–2 Köln Hristov 24Riedl 59Schjönberg 82 Munteanu 45Polster 75 Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 38,000 Bernd Heynemann W 21 31 January 1998 15:30 Schalke 04 1–1 Kaiserslautern van Hoogdalem 58 Hristov 9 Gelsenkirchen Parkstadion 51,600 Winfried Buchhart D 22 6 February 1998 20:00 Kaiserslautern 3–0 VfL Bochum Wagner 32Rische 45, 82 Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 38,000 Uwe Kemmling W 23 14 February 1998 15:30 VfB Stuttgart 0–1 Kaiserslautern Hristov 81 Stuttgart Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion 53,000 Hermann Albrecht W 24 27 February 1998 20:00 Kaiserslautern 0–0 Karlsruher SC Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 38,000 Georg Dardenne D 25 8 March 1997 20:00 Werder Bremen 1–1 Kaiserslautern Pfeifenberger 14 Schjönberg 35 pen Bremen Weserstadion 34,804 Markus Weber D 26 14 March 1998 15:30 Kaiserslautern 1–0 1860 Munich Ratinho 45 Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 38,000 Hartmut Strampe W 27 29 April 1998 20:00 Arminia Bielefeld 2–2 Kaiserslautern Daei 35, 64 Marschall 24Rische 87 Bielefeld Stadion Alm 22,512 Jörg Keßler D 28 28 March 1998 15:30 Kaiserslautern 0–3 Bayer Leverkusen Beinlich 61Rink 78Kirsten 90 Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 38,000 Bernhard Zerr L 29 3 April 1998 20:00 MSV Duisburg 1–1 Kaiserslautern Hajto 65 Marschall 40 Duisburg Wedaustadion 19,941 Torsten Koop D 30 9 April 1998 20:00 Kaiserslautern 1–1 Borussia Dortmund Kuka 80 Freund 69 Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 38,000 Wolfgang Stark D 31 18 April 1998 15:30 Hansa Rostock 2–2 Kaiserslautern Barbarez 1Dowe 46 Rische 20Gansauge 69 o.g. Rostock Ostseestadion 24,500 Jürgen Aust D 32 24 April 1998 20:00 Kaiserslautern 3–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Marschall 45, 61, 90+1 Hausweiler 16Pettersson 43 Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 38,000 Bernd Heynemann W 33 2 May 1998 15:30 Kaiserslautern 4–0 VfL Wolfsburg Marschall 24, 55Wagner 52Rische 88 Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 38,000 Jürgen Jansen W 34 9 May 1998 15:30 Hamburger SV 1–1 Kaiserslautern Dembiński 50 Marschall 88 pen Hamburg Volksparkstadion 58,000 Hellmut Krug D DFB-Pokal 1997-98 DFB-Pokal First round 16 August 1997 15:30 Kaiserslautern II 0–5 Kaiserslautern Marschall 17Rische 31Kuka 73, 81Ratinho 78 Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern 11,000 Stephan Kammerer W Second round 24 September 1997 19:30 1. FC Saarbrücken 0–4 Kaiserslautern Marschall 2Trautmann 7 o.g.Reich 52Rische 61 Ludwigsparkstadion, Saarbrücken 33,000 Hans-Jürgen Weber W Round of 16 28 October 1997 20:30 Kaiserslautern 1–2 Bayern Munich Sforza 25 Nerlinger 3Jancker 75 Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern 38,000 Jürgen Jansen L References Category:1. FC Kaiserslautern seasons Kaiserslautern Category:German football championship–winning seasons