1996–97 Bundesliga
| Season | 1996–97 |
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| Champions |
Bayern Munich 13th Bundesliga title 14th German title |
| Relegated |
Düsseldorf Freiburg St. Pauli |
| Champions League |
Bayern Munich Bayer Leverkusen Borussia Dortmund (title holders) |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Stuttgart |
| UEFA Cup |
Bochum Karlsruhe 1860 Munich Schalke 04 (title holders) |
| Intertoto Cup |
Werder Bremen Duisburg Köln Hamburg |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 886 (2.9 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ulf Kirsten (22) |
| Biggest home win | Bochum 6–0 St. Pauli (24 May 1997) |
| Biggest away win | seven games with a differential of +4 each (1–5 once, 4–0 six times) |
| Highest scoring |
M'gladbach 6–2 Bochum (8 goals) (17 May 1997) Leverkusen 5–3 Freiburg (8 goals) (22 September 1996) St. Pauli 4–4 Schalke (8 goals) (23 August 1996) |
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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 defending champions.
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 least points were relegated to 2. Bundesliga.
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.
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Borussia 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.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
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