1997–98 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

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

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

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

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

Bayer 04 Leverkusen II

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

Transfers

Out

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

Notes
  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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