The 1996–97 Bundesliga was the 34th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 16 August 1996 and ended on 31 May 1997. 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
Club Location Ground Capacity Bielefeld Stadion Alm 22,512 Bochum Ruhrstadion 36,344 Bremen Weserstadion 36,000 Dortmund Westfalenstadion 55,000 Duisburg Wedaustadion 30,128 Düsseldorf Rheinstadion 55,850 Freiburg Dreisamstadion 22,500 Hamburg Volksparkstadion 62,000 Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 33,800 Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion 55,000 Leverkusen BayArena 22,500 Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500 Munich Olympiastadion 63,000 Munich Olympiastadion 63,000 Rostock Ostseestadion 25,850 Gelsenkirchen Parkstadion 70,000 Hamburg Stadion am Millerntor 20,550 Stuttgart Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion 53,700
League table
Results
Top goalscorers 22 goals Ulf Kirsten (Bayer 04 Leverkusen)
21 goals Toni Polster (1. FC Köln)
19 goals Fredi Bobic (VfB Stuttgart)
17 goals Sean Dundee (Karlsruher SC) Giovane Élber (VfB Stuttgart) Paulo Sérgio (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) Bernhard Winkler (TSV 1860 Munich)
15 goals Andreas Herzog (SV Werder Bremen) Jürgen Klinsmann (FC Bayern Munich)
14 goals Jonathan Akpoborie (FC Hansa Rostock) Stefan Kuntz (Arminia Bielefeld)
Attendances Source:
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