Borussia Dortmund
1997–98 season
ManagerItaly Nevio Scala
Bundesliga10th
DFB-PokalRound of 16
DFB-LigapokalSemi-finals
UEFA Super CupRunners-up
UEFA Champions LeagueSemi-finals
Intercontinental CupWinners
Top goalscorer
Stéphane Chapuisat (14)

Season summary

Manager Ottmar Hitzfeld was promoted to sporting director, and Nevio Scala was appointed as his replacement. Under Scala, Dortmund made a strong showing in the Champions League: although they failed to defend the title, there was no shame in their semi-final defeat to eventual winners Real Madrid. Of more concern was their league form, coming 10th (their lowest finish since 1991). This prompted his departure; replacing him was his assistant Michael Skibbe, making him (until 2016) the youngest Bundesliga head coach of all time.

Kit

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Stefan Klos
2 MF Germany GER Knut Reinhardt
3 DF Germany GER René Schneider
4 MF Germany GER Steffen Freund
5 DF Brazil BRA Júlio César
6 MF Germany GER Matthias Sammer
7 DF Germany GER Stefan Reuter
8 MF Germany GER Michael Zorc
9 FW Switzerland SUI Stéphane Chapuisat
10 MF Germany GER Andreas Möller
11 FW Germany GER Heiko Herrlich
12 GK Germany GER Wolfgang de Beer
13 FW Ghana GHA Bashiru Gambo
15 DF Germany GER Jürgen Kohler
16 DF Germany GER Martin Kree
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Germany GER Jörg Heinrich
18 MF Germany GER Lars Ricken
21 FW Germany GER Christian Timm
22 FW Ghana GHA Ibrahim Tanko
23 DF Germany GER Jörg Sauerland
24 FW Netherlands NED Harry Decheiver
26 MF Germany GER Frank Riethmann
27 DF Austria AUT Wolfgang Feiersinger
28 DF Germany GER Benjamin Knoche
29 MF Russia RUS Vladimir But
30 FW United States USA Jovan Kirovski
31 DF Norway NOR Steinar Pedersen
32 DF Germany GER Manfred Binz
33 DF Germany GER Deniz Sahin
34 DF Germany GER Björn Mehnert

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Scotland SCO Paul Lambert (to Celtic)
19 MF Portugal POR Paulo Sousa (to Internazionale)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Scotland SCO Scott Booth (to Utrecht)

Competitions

DFB-Ligapokal

Preliminary round

20 July 1997 Borussia Dortmund 1–0 VfL Bochum Stadion Oberwerth, Koblenz
20:30 Chapuisat 62' (pen.) Report Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Hans-Peter Best

Semi-finals

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
8 MSV Duisburg 34 11 11 12 43 44 −1 44 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
9 Hamburger SV 34 11 11 12 38 46 −8 44
10 Borussia Dortmund 34 11 10 13 57 55 +2 43
11 Hertha BSC 34 12 7 15 41 53 −12 43
12 VfL Bochum 34 11 8 15 41 49 −8 41
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ↑ As domestic cup winners Bayern Munich had qualified for UEFA Champions League, their place in the Cup Winners' Cup was transferred to finalists Duisburg.

UEFA Super Cup

11 March 1998 Borussia Dortmund Germany 1–1
(1–3 agg.)		 Spain Barcelona Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
20:00 CET Heinrich 64' Report Giovanni 8' Attendance: 32,500
Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)

Intercontinental Cup

Final

Champions League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 5 0 1 14 3 +11 15 Advance to knockout stage
2 Italy Parma 6 2 3 1 6 5 +1 9
3 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 6 1 2 3 6 11 −5 5
4 Turkey Galatasaray 6 1 1 4 4 11 −7 4
Source: UEFA
22 October 1997 Parma Italy 1–0 Germany Borussia Dortmund Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
20:45 Crespo 62' Report Attendance: 13,449
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
5 November 1997 Borussia Dortmund Germany 2–0 Italy Parma Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
20:45 Möller 50', 75' Report Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
27 November 1997 Borussia Dortmund Germany 4–1 Turkey Galatasaray Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
20:45 But 22'
Herrlich 34'
Zorc 48', 86'		 Report Penbe 87' Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

15 April 1998 Borussia Dortmund Germany 0–0
(0–2 agg.)		 Spain Real Madrid Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
20:45 Report Attendance: 48,500
Referee: Paul Durkin (England)

Statistics

Transfers

References

  1. ↑ "FootballSquads - Borussia Dortmund - 1997/98".
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