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1997–98 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

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.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1997–98 season
ManagerChristoph Daum
StadiumBayArena
Bundesliga3rd
DFB-PokalQuarter-finals
UEFA Champions LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Ulf Kirsten (22)
All: Ulf Kirsten (27)

Season summary edit

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 edit

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season[1][2]

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   GER Rüdiger Vollborn
2 DF   GER Robert Kovač[notes 1]
3 DF   GER Markus Happe
4 DF   GER Christian Wörns
5 DF   CZE Jens Nowotny
6 DF   BIH Boris Živković[notes 2]
7 MF   CRO Niko Kovač[notes 3]
9 FW   GER Ulf Kirsten
10 MF   BRA Emerson
11 FW   NED Erik Meijer
12 MF   POL Adam Ledwoń
14 FW   GER Markus Feldhoff
15 FW   BRA Paulo Rink[notes 4]
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF   CZE Martin Frýdek
17 MF   GER Hans-Peter Lehnhoff
19 DF   DEN Jan Heintze
20 MF   GER Dirk Lottner
22 MF   GER Stefan Beinlich
23 GK   GER Dirk Heinen
24 FW   GER Sebastian Helbig
25 MF   GER Thorsten Nehrbauer
28 DF   GER Carsten Ramelow
30 MF   LUX Manuel Cardoni
31 GK   GER Jörg Schmadtke
— MF   NOR Bent Skammelsrud

Left club during season edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF   GER René Rydlewicz (to Arminia Bielefeld)
21 MF   GER Andreas Neuendorf (to Hertha)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   USA Claudio Reyna (to Wolfsburg)

Bayer 04 Leverkusen II edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
26 MF   GER Thorsten Wittek
27 FW   GER Thomas Reichenberger
29 MF   GER Markus Zuraski[notes 5]
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   GER Andreas Voss
— MF   GHA Daniel Addo

Transfers edit

Out edit

References edit

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Bayer 04 Leverkusen - 1997/98". www.footballsquads.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Squad 1997/1998". worldfootball.net. 24 September 2023.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Kovač 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.
  2. ^ Živković 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.
  3. ^ Kovač 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.
  4. ^ Rink was born in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, but gained German citizenship and made his international debut for Germany in September 1998.
  5. ^ Zuraski was born in Poland, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-21 level.
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