The 1997–98 FC Bayern Munich season was Bayern Munich's 33rd consecutive season in the Bundesliga, the top division of German football. After they won the title in the previous season, Bayern have been only second behind promoted team 1. FC Kaiserslautern. At Olympiastadion Berlin, Bayern beat MSV Duisburg 2–1 in the 1998 DFB-Pokal final, which meant the first DFB-Pokal title since 1986. In the UEFA Champions League Bayern were eliminated in the quarterfinals after extra time by national rival and cup holder Borussia Dortmund.

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FC Bayern Munich

1997–98 season
Chairman	Franz Beckenbauer
Manager	Giovanni Trapattoni
Stadium	Olympiastadion
Bundesliga	2nd
DFB-Ligapokal	Winners
DFB-Pokal	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Carsten Jancker (13) All: Carsten Jancker (23)
Highest home attendance	69,000 (vs 1860 Munich, 11 April 1998)
Lowest home attendance	12,000 (vs Leverkusen, 17 December 1997)
Average home league attendance	48,739
Home colours Away colours Special colours
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FC Mindelzell v Bayern Munich

5 July 1997 Friendly	FC Mindelzell	0–12	Bayern Munich	Mindelzell
			Jancker (4) Zickler (3) Bugera (2) Strunz Nerlinger Hamann

Fenerbahçe v Bayern Munich

6 July 1997 Friendly	Fenerbahçe	0–2	Bayern Munich
			Scholl (2)

Magdeburg v Bayern Munich

9 July 1997 Friendly	Magdeburg	1–2	Bayern Munich	Magdeburg
			Élber Zickler	Stadium: Ernst Grube Stadium

Eintracht Schwerin v Bayern Munich

13 July 1997 Friendly	Eintracht Schwerin	0–4	Bayern Munich	Schwerin
			Jancker (2) Hamann Scholl	Stadium: Sportpark Paulshöhe

Greifswalder SC v Bayern Munich

16 July 1997 Friendly	Greifswalder SC	0–4	Bayern Munich	Greifswald
			Helmer (2) Jancker Unknown (o.g.)	Stadium: Volksstadion

Sachsen Leipzig v Bayern Munich

18 July 1997 Friendly	Sachsen Leipzig	1–3	Bayern Munich	Leipzig
	Unknown		Hamann Élber Münch	Stadium: Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark

Hertha BSC v Bayern Munich

28 July 1997 Opel Master Cup (Semi-final)	Hertha BSC	0–1	Bayern Munich	Berlin
		Report	5' Élber	Stadium: Olympiastadion

Milan v Bayern Munich

28 July 1997 Opel Master Cup (Final)	Milan	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Bayern Munich	Berlin
		Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion
	Penalties
	Boban Costacurta André Cruz Ziege Maldini		Strunz Scholl Helmer Tarnat

Juventus v Bayern Munich

11 August 1997 Coppa San Benedetto del Tronto	Juventus	1–0	Bayern Munich	San Benedetto del Tronto
	Inzaghi 22'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Riviera delle Palme Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Bayern Munich qualified for the group stage of the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League by finishing first in the Bundesliga in 1996–97.

Group stage

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bayern Munich	6	4	0	2	13	6	+7	12	Advance to knockout stage
2	Paris Saint-Germain	6	4	0	2	11	10	+1	12
3	Beşiktaş	6	2	0	4	6	9	−3	6
4	IFK Göteborg	6	2	0	4	4	9	−5	6

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Bayern Munich v Beşiktaş

17 September 1997 1	Bayern Munich	2–0	Beşiktaş	Munich
20:45 CEST	Helmer 3' Basler 70'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

IFK Göteborg v Bayern Munich

1 October 1997 2	IFK Göteborg	1–3	Bayern Munich	Gothenburg
20:45 CEST	Lučić 85'	Report	2' Jancker 35' Hamann 90' Élber	Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 26,503 Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

Bayern Munich v PSG

22 October 1997 3	Bayern Munich	5–1	PSG	Munich
20:45 CEST	Élber 4', 73' Jancker 20', 47' Helmer 50'	Report	48' Simone	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

PSG v Bayern Munich

5 November 1997 4	PSG	3–1	Bayern Munich	Paris
20:45 CET	Gava 18' Tarnat (o.g.) 72' Leroy 75'	Report	29' Babbel	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 32,274 Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)

Beşiktaş v Bayern Munich

26 November 1997 5	Beşiktaş	0–2	Bayern Munich	Istanbul
21:45 EET		Report	5' Jancker 31' Helmer	Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium Attendance: 26,000 (sell-out) Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Bayern Munich v IFK Göteborg

10 December 1997 6	Bayern Munich	0–1	IFK Göteborg	Munich
20:45 CET		Report	51' Babbel (o.g.)	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Bayern Munich v Dortmund

4 March 1998 1st leg	Bayern Munich	0–0	Dortmund	Munich
20:45 CET		Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Dortmund v Bayern Munich

18 March 1998 2nd leg	Dortmund	1–0 (a.e.t.) (1–0 agg.)	Bayern Munich	Dortmund
20:45 CET	Chapuisat 109'	Report		Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 48,500 (sell-out) Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

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No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		DFB-Ligapokal		UEFA CL		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	GER	Oliver Kahn	34	0	6	0	2	0	8	0	50	0
12	GK	GER	Sven Scheuer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	GER	Bernd Dreher	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	GER	Markus Babbel	27 (3)	1	6	1	2	1	7 (1)	1	42 (4)	4
3	DF	GER	Markus Münch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	GHA	Samuel Kuffour	15 (2)	2	3	0	0	0	5	0	23 (2)	2
5	DF	GER	Thomas Helmer	28	1	5	1	2	0	7	3	42	5
10	DF	GER	Lothar Matthäus	25	3	3	0	2	0	5	0	35	3
11	DF	FRA	Bixente Lizarazu	11 (8)	0	2 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	0 (2)	0	14 (12)	0
15	DF	GER	Dennis Grassow	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
18	DF	GER	Michael Tarnat	28 (4)	5	5	2	2	0	8	0	43 (4)	7
28	DF	GER	Frank Wiblishauser	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	GHA	Christian Saba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	GER	Alexander Bugera	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
33	DF	GER	Markus Weinzierl	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	GER	Christian Nerlinger	31 (2)	4	4 (1)	2	1 (1)	0	6 (1)	0	42 (5)	6
7	MF	GER	Mehmet Scholl	25 (7)	9	6	2	1 (1)	0	8	0	40 (8)	11
8	MF	GER	Thomas Strunz	7 (9)	3	2 (2)	1	2	0	2 (2)	0	13 (13)	4
14	MF	GER	Mario Basler	19 (3)	5	5	2	1	1	3 (2)	1	28 (5)	9
16	MF	GER	Dietmar Hamann	25 (3)	2	5	3	2	0	8	1	40 (3)	6
17	MF	GER	Thorsten Fink	24 (9)	1	2 (4)	1	1 (1)	0	4 (4)	0	31 (18)	2
23	MF	GER	Frank Gerster	0 (5)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (6)	0
24	MF	GER	Stefan Leitl	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	CZE	David Jarolím	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	GHA	Emanuel Bentil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	BRA	Giovane Élber	27 (1)	11	6	5	2	2	7 (1)	3	42 (2)	21
19	FW	GER	Carsten Jancker	25 (4)	13	5 (1)	6	0 (1)	0	7 (1)	4	37 (7)	23
20	FW	ITA	Ruggiero Rizzitelli	12 (8)	4	0 (2)	1	1	0	2 (2)	0	15 (12)	5
21	FW	GER	Alexander Zickler	11 (18)	4	1 (2)	1	0	0	1 (4)	0	13 (24)	5

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