1996 �97 FC BAYERN MUNICH SEASON

FC Bayern Munich
1996–97 season
Manager	Giovanni Trapattoni
Bundesliga	1st (champions)
UEFA Cup	First round
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jürgen Klinsmann (15); All: ; Jürgen Klinsmann (17)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 FC Bayern Munich season saw the club clinch its 13th Bundesliga title.

Players

Squad, appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		UEFA Cup		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	GER	Oliver Kahn	38	0	32	0	2	0	4	0
12	GK	GER	Sven Scheuer	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	GER	Markus Babbel	36	2	31	2	1	0	4	0
17	DF	GER	Christian Ziege	33	9	27	7	2	1	4	1
10	DF	GER	Lothar Matthäus	33	1	28	1	2	0	3	0
5	DF	GER	Thomas Helmer	26	4	24	4	0	0	2	0
15	DF	GHA	Samuel Kuffour	25	0	22	0	1	0	2	0
3	DF	GER	Markus Münch	14	0	11	0	1	0	2	0
4	DF	GER	Oliver Kreuzer	13	0	9	0	2	0	2	0
6	MF	GER	Christian Nerlinger	38	6	32	5	2	0	4	1
11	MF	GER	Marcel Witeczek	32	3	28	3	2	0	2	0
13	MF	GER	Mario Basler	31	8	27	8	1	0	3	0
16	MF	GER	Dietmar Hamann	29	1	23	1	2	0	4	0
7	MF	GER	Mehmet Scholl	28	6	23	5	2	0	3	1
8	MF	GER	Thomas Strunz	25	1	19	1	2	0	4	0
23	MF	GER	Frank Gerster	9	2	3	0	2	0	4	2
18	FW	GER	Jürgen Klinsmann	39	17	33	15	2	0	4	2
21	FW	GER	Alexander Zickler	38	8	33	7	1	0	4	1
20	FW	ITA	Ruggiero Rizzitelli	30	7	25	7	2	0	3	0
19	FW	GER	Carsten Jancker	24	1	22	1	1	0	1	0
14	FW	GER	Carsten Lakies	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goals

Pos.	Player	BL	UC	Cup	Overall
1	Jürgen Klinsmann	15	0	2	17
2	Christian Ziege	7	1	1	9
3	Alexander Zickler	7	0	1	8
3	Mario Basler	8	0	1	8
5	Ruggiero Rizzitelli	7	0	0	7

Bookings

N	Pos.	Name
1	GK	Oliver Kahn	2
10	DF	Lothar Matthäus	8	1
17	DF	Christian Ziege	8	1
15	DF	Samuel Kuffour	5
2	DF	Markus Babbel	4
4	DF	Oliver Kreuzer	3
3	DF	Markus Münch	1
5	DF	Thomas Helmer	1
6	MF	Christian Nerlinger	13	1
8	MF	Thomas Strunz	6
13	MF	Mario Basler	5
7	MF	Mehmet Scholl	2
11	MF	Marcel Witeczek	1
21	FW	Alexander Zickler	5		1
18	FW	Jürgen Klinsmann	5
20	FW	Ruggiero Rizzitelli	3
19	FW	Carsten Jancker	2

Source: Kicker
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Transfers

In

First Team

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
3	DF	Markus Münch	23	EU	Bayer Leverkusen	Transfer	Summer	€1,300,000
13	MF	Mario Basler	27	EU	Werder Bremen	Transfer	Summer	€4,100,000
14	FW	Carsten Lakies	25	EU	Darmstadt 98	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	worldfootball.net
19	FW	Carsten Jancker	21	EU	Rapid Wien	Transfer	Summer	€770,000	Footballdatabase.eu
20	FW	Ruggiero Rizzitelli	28	EU	Torino	Transfer	Summer	Free
22	GK	Bernd Dreher	29	EU	KFC Uerdingen	Transfer	Summer	€250,000
24	MF	Markus Oberleitner	22	EU	SpVgg Unterhaching	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed

Total spending: €6.42m

Out

First Team

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
3	MF	Dieter Frey	23	EU	SC Freiburg	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
9	FW	Jean-Pierre Papin	32	EU	Bordeaux	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Worldfootball.net
14	MF	Ciriaco Sforza	26	EU	Internazionale	Transfer	Summer	€3,100,000
19	FW	Emil Kostadinov	28	EU	Fenerbahçe	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
20	MF	Andreas Herzog	27	EU	Werder Bremen	Transfer	Summer	€1,750,000
24	MF	Markus Oberleitner	23	EU	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	Footballdatabase.eu

Total income: €4.85m

Management and coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Giovanni Trapattoni
Assistant manager	Klaus Augenthaler
Goalkeeping coach	Sepp Maier
President	Franz Beckenbauer
Vice-president	Fritz Scherer
Vice-president	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Business manager	Uli Hoeneß
Leading physician	Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt

Results

Friendlies

FC Zürich Centenary Trophy

28 July Semifinals	Bayern Munich	1–2	Juventus FC	Zürich, Switzerland
	Witeczek 14'	^[1]	Del Piero 30' Amoruso 81'	Stadium: Letzigrund

29 July Third place	Bayern Munich	3–2	Grasshopper Club Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland
	Rizzitelli 16' Zickler 21' Papin 64'	^[1]	Yakin 61' ( pen.) Bieli 76'	Stadium: Letzigrund

Fuji-Cup

5 August Semifinals	Bayern Munich	4–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Ulm
	Rizzitelli 23', 30' Klinsmann 63' Zickler 88' ( pen.)	^[2]

8 August Final	FC Schalke 04	2–2 (4–3 p)	Bayern Munich	Koblenz
	Mulder 15' Wilmots 65'	^[2]	Hamann 70', 88'

Opel Master Cup

Bayern Munich was crowned champion due to goal difference. All matches lasted 45 minutes.^[3]

12 August 2	Bayern Munich	2–0	Paris Saint-Germain F.C.	Berlin
	Klinsmann 17', 28'	^[3]		Stadium: Olympic Stadium (Berlin)

12 August 3	Bayern Munich	1–2	A.C. Milan	Berlin
	Klinsmann 14'	^[3]	Davids 43' Simone 45'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium (Berlin)

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	20	11	3	68	34	+34	71	Qualification to Champions League group stage^[a]
2	Bayer Leverkusen	34	21	6	7	69	41	+28	69	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Borussia Dortmund	34	19	6	9	63	41	+22	63	Qualification to Champions League group stage^[a]
4	VfB Stuttgart	34	18	7	9	78	40	+38	61	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
5	VfL Bochum	34	14	11	9	54	51	+3	53	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 won their respective European competitions in this season, so they qualified as title holders. As a consequence, the original UEFA Cup places of Dortmund and Stuttgart, who qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as domestic cup winners, were awarded to Karlsruhe and 1860 Munich; the Intertoto Cup berths of Karlsruhe and 1860 were handed to Köln and, as Mönchengladbach did not apply for this competition, Hamburg.

Matches

16 August 1996 1	St. Pauli	1–2	Bayern Munich	Hamburg
20:00 CEST	Driller 9'	Report	Rizzitelli 34' Basler 37'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion^[4] Attendance: 45,957 Referee: Georg Dardenne ( Nettersheim)

21 August 1996 2	Bayern Munich	1–1	VfL Bochum	Munich
19:30 CEST	Rizzitelli 52'	Report	Peschel 73'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Uwe Kemmling ( Kleinburgwedel)

25 August 1996 3	MSV Duisburg	0–4	Bayern Munich	Duisburg
18:00 CEST		Report	Klinsmann 15' Ziege 24', 90' Witeczek 60'	Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 30,128 (sellout) Referee: Bernd Heynemann ( Magdeburg)

28 August 1996 4	Bayern Munich	4–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Munich
19:30 CEST	Zickler 25' Helmer 36' Klinsmann 43' Rizzitelli 48'	Report	Paulo Sérgio 24' Feldhoff 53'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Alfons Berg ( Konz)

7 September 1996 5	Bayern Munich	1–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Munich
15:30 CEST	Ziege 58'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 55000 Referee: Torsten Koop ( Lüttenmark)

14 September 1996 6	Schalke	1–1	Bayern Munich	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST	Max 36'	Report	Strunz 70'	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 70,500 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich ( Berlin)

21 September 1996 7	Bayern Munich	1–0	Karlsruher SC	Munich
15:30 CEST	Zickler 18'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 63,000 (sellout) Referee: Hellmut Krug ( Gelsenkirchen)

28 September 1996 8	Werder Bremen	3–0	Bayern Munich	Bremen
15:30 CEST	Herzog 23' ( pen.), 47' Labbadia 70'	Report		Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 36,000 (sellout) Referee: Jürgen Jansen ( Essen)

5 October 1996 9	Bayern Munich	2–1	Hamburg	Munich
15:30 CEST	Zickler 7' Nerlinger 63'	Report	Spörl 53'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 63,000 (sellout) Referee: Herbert Fandel ( Kyllburg)

12 October 1996 10	Köln	2–4	Bayern Munich	Cologne
15:30 CEST	Hauptmann 59' Polster 77' ( pen.)	Report	Klinsmann 35', 68' Scholl 56' ( pen.) Witeczek 90'	Stadium: Müngersdorferstadion Attendance: 52,000 {sellout} Referee: Markus Merk ( Kaiserslautern)

20 October 1996 11	Bayern Munich	0–0	Borussia Dortmund	Munich
15:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 63,000 (sellout) Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich ( Berlin)

26 October 1996 12	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–2	Bayern Munich	Düsseldorf
15:30 CEST		Report	Hamann 38' Scholl 83'	Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 52,000 (sellout) Referee: Edgar Steinborn ( Remagen)

1 November 1996 13	Bayern Munich	1–1	1860 Munich	Munich
18:00 CET	Markus Babbel 34'	Report	Nowak 55'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 69000 (sellout) Referee: Alfons Berg ( Konz)

16 November 1996 14	Freiburg	0–0	Bayern Munich	Freiburg
15:30 CET		Report		Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 22,500 (sellout) Referee: Bernd Heynemann ( Magdeburg)

23 November 1996 15	Bayern Munich	2–1	Hansa Rostock	Munich
15:30 CET	Basler 31' ( pen.), 43'	Report	Akpoborie 63'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Hellmut Krug ( Gelsenkirchen)

1 December 1996 16	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	Bayern Munich	Stuttgart
19:00 CET	Verlaat 80'	Report	Basler 7' ( pen.)	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 53,000 (sellout) Referee: Hartmut Strampe ( Handorf)

7 December 1996 17	Bayern Munich	1–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Munich
14:30 CET	Klinsmann 51'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 63,000 (sellout) Referee: Jürgen Aust ( Cologne)

15 February 1997 18	Bayern Munich	3–0	St. Pauli	Munich
15:30 CET	Klinsmann 28', 75' Helmer 53'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Frank Fleske ( Schönow)

22 February 1997 19	VfL Bochum	1–1	Bayern Munich	Bochum
15:30 CET	Kracht 55'	Report	Klinsmann 66'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 36,344 (sellout) Referee: Bernd Heynemann ( Magdeburg)

1 March 1997 20	Bayern Munich	5–2	MSV Duisburg	Munich
15:30 CET	Basler 3' Klinsmann 26' Ziege 48', 59' Reiter 53' ( o.g.)	Report	Nijhuis 72', 83'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Uwe Kemmling ( Kleinburgwedel)

9 March 1997 21	Bayer Leverkusen	5–2	Bayern Munich	Leverkusen
19:00 CET	Paulo Sérgio 5' Rydlewicz 37' Feldhoff 42', 80', 84'	Report	Nerlinger 64' Basler 71'	Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion Attendance: 22,500 (sellout) Referee: Edgar Steinborn ( Remagen)

12 March 1997 23	Arminia Bielefeld	2–0	Bayern Munich	Bielefeld
20:00 CET	Kuntz 11', 29'	Report		Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 22,512 (sellout) Referee: Georg Dardenne ( Nettersheim)

15 March 1997 23	Bayern Munich	3–0	Schalke	Munich
15:30 CET	Helmer 13' Nerlinger 87' Klinsmann 90'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 63,000 (sellout) Referee: Markus Merk ( Kaiserslautern)

23 March 1997 24	Karlsruher SC	0–2	Bayern Munich	Karlsruhe
19:00 CET		Report	Zickler 30', 90'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 33,000 (sellout) Referee: Hellmut Krug ( Gelsenkirchen)

29 March 1997 25	Bayern Munich	1–0	Werder Bremen	Munich
15:30 CET	Zickler 1'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 63,00 (sellout) Referee: Jürgen Jansen ( Essen)

5 April 1997 26	Hamburg	0–3	Bayern Munich	Hamburg
15:30 CEST		Report	Klinsmann 16' Basler 43' Helmer 64'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,950 Referee: Bernd Heynemann ( Magdeburg)

12 April 1997 27	Bayern Munich	3–2	Köln	Munich
15:30 CEST	Markus Babbel 43' Klinsmann 51' Rizzitelli 59'	Report	Scherr 79' Zdebel 88'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 63,000 (sellout) Referee: Hartmut Strampe ( Handorf)

19 April 1997 28	Borussia Dortmund	1–1	Bayern Munich	Dortmund
15:30 CEST	Riedle 2'	Report	Rizzitelli 3'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Alfons Berg ( Konz)

26 April 1997 29	Bayern Munich	5–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Munich
15:30 CEST	Nerlinger 6' Basler 35' Rizzitelli 38' Zickler 45' Matthäus 52'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 61,000 Referee: Bernhard Zerr ( Ottersweiser)

4 May 1997 30	1860 Munich	3–3	Bayern Munich	Munich
18:00 CEST	Heldt 15', 18' Böhme 82'	Report	Klinsmann 45' Scholl 57' Jancker 88'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 69000 (sellout) Referee: Hans-Jurgen Weber ( Essen)

10 May 1997 31	Bayern Munich	0–0	Freiburg	Munich
15:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 63,000 (sellout) Referee: Frank Fleske (Schönow)

16 May 1997 32	Hansa Rostock	0–3	Bayern Munich	Rostock
20:00 CEST		Report	Ziege 33' Klinsmann 56' Scholl 62'	Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 24,200 (sellout) Referee: Hellmut Krug ( Gelsenkirchen)

24 May 1997 33	Bayern Munich	4–2	VfB Stuttgart	Munich
15:30 CEST	Ziege 33' Scholl 45' Rizzitelli 65' Witeczek 78'	Report	Schwarz 17' Bobic 51'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 63,000 (sellout) Referee: Markus Merk ( Kaiserslautern)

31 May 1997 34	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–2	Bayern Munich	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST	Paßlack 44' Pflipsen 47'	Report	Klinsmann 42' Nerlinger 86'	Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 34,500 (sellout) Referee: Alfons Berg ( Konz)

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	D
Position	5	3	2	1	1	2	1	3	3	2	2	2	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Kicker
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

DFB Pokal

10 August 1996 1st Round	Tennis Borussia Berlin	0–3	Bayern Munich	Berlin
15:30 CEST		Report	Nerlinger 49' Scholl 88' Strunz 90'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 39,542 Referee: Hellmut Krug ( Gelsenkirchen)

2 October 1996 2nd Round	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–2	Bayern Munich	Mönchengladbach
20:30 CEST	Neun 9'	Report	Strunz 28' Zickler 85'	Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 34,500 (sellout) Referee: Hartmut Strampe ( Handorf)

12 November 1996 Round of 16	Bayern Munich	3–0	1. FSV Mainz 05	Munich
20:30 CET	Klinsmann 45', 89' Ziege 65'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Georg Dardenne ( Nettersheim)

19 February 1997 QF	Karlsruher SC	1–0	Bayern Munich	Karlsruhe
20:30 CET	Fink 21'	Report		Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 33,0000 Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber ( Essen)

UEFA Cup

10 September 1996

Valencia	3 – 0	Bayern Munich
Engonga 19' ( pen.) López 26' Moya 47'

Valencia

24 September 1996

Bayern Munich	1 – 0	Valencia
Ziege 3'

Munich

Valencia won 3–1 on aggregate.

References

^ ^a ^b "FC Zürich Centenary Trophy 1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Fuji Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Opel Master Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
^ "Klinsmann ein Totalausfall".

Sources

[table_note_res_CLGS0.5657126668681-4] Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 won their respective European competitions in this season, so they qualified as title holders. As a consequence, the original UEFA Cup places of Dortmund and Stuttgart, who qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as domestic cup winners, were awarded to Karlsruhe and 1860 Munich; the Intertoto Cup berths of Karlsruhe and 1860 were handed to Köln and, as Mönchengladbach did not apply for this competition, Hamburg.

[Zurich-1] "FC Zürich Centenary Trophy 1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 4 July 2013.

[FujiCup-2] "Fuji Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 4 July 2013.

[OpelMasterCup-3] "Opel Master Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 4 July 2013.

[5] "Klinsmann ein Totalausfall".

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Players

Squad, appearances and goals

Goals

Bookings

Transfers

In

Out

Management and coaching staff

Results

Friendlies

FC Zürich Centenary Trophy

Fuji-Cup

Opel Master Cup

Bundesliga

League table

Matches

Results by round

DFB Pokal

UEFA Cup

References

Sources

Players

Squad, appearances and goals

Goals

Bookings

Transfers

In

Out

Management and coaching staff

Results

Friendlies

FC Zürich Centenary Trophy

Fuji-Cup

Opel Master Cup

Bundesliga

League table

Matches

Results by round

DFB Pokal

UEFA Cup

References

Sources

Videos

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