The Fußball-Bundesliga 1997–98 was the 8th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga (women)

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, Germany

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's premier football

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 league. It began on 17 August 1997 and ended on 7 June 1998. It was the first season in which the Bundesliga used the modern system of one united league on the national level instead of a southern and northern division as in the years before.

Final standings

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1.	FSV Frankfurt FSV Frankfurt FSV Frankfurt is a German association football club based in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse and founded in 1899. The club plays in the shadow of larger and much more successful Eintracht Frankfurt, which has recently returned to 2nd tier football...	22	18	2	2	80	19	+61	56
2.	SG Praunheim 1. FFC Frankfurt 1. FFC Frankfurt is a German women's association football club based in Frankfurt, Hesse and has a membership of about 430. The team currently plays in the German first division women's Bundesliga.- History :...	22	16	2	4	58	22	+36	50
3.	FCR Duisburg FCR 2001 Duisburg FCR 2001 Duisburg is a German women's football club from Duisburg. The first team plays in the Fußball-Bundesliga . They originate from a women's team formed in 1977 under the umbrella of FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen and have existed as an independent club since 8th. June 2001...	22	15	2	5	57	22	+35	47
4.	Grün-Weiß Brauweiler FFC Brauweiler Pulheim FFC Brauweiler Pulheim 2000 was a German women's football club based in Pulheim, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was founded when the women's section of Grün-Weiß Brauweiler in 2000 established its own club. The team played its last season in the Regionalliga, the German third division. Afterwards the...  (C)	22	12	3	7	35	28	+7	39
5.	Sportfreunde Siegen Sportfreunde Siegen Sportfreunde Siegen is a German association football club based in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded in 1899 as the football department of the gymnastics club Turn Verein Jahn von 1879 Siegen...	22	12	2	8	46	23	+23	38
6.	SSV Turbine Potsdam 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam is a women's football club team in Potsdam, Germany. The full name is 1. Frauen-Fußball-Club Turbine Potsdam 71 e. V. . They are one of the most successful teams in Germany...	22	9	3	10	34	43	-9	30
7.	FC Eintracht Rheine FFC Heike Rheine FFC Heike Rhine is a German women's football club based in Rheine, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team currently plays in the German third division Regionalliga West. Heike Rheine was the first independent women's football club in Germany.-History:...	22	9	2	11	28	32	-4	29
8.	1. FC Saarbrücken 1. FC Saarbrücken 1. FC Saarbrücken is a German association football club based in the city of Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club began its existence as the football department of Turnverein Malstatt formed in 1903...	22	9	2	11	32	41	-9	29
9.	TuS Niederkirchen 1. FFC 08 Niederkirchen 1. FFC 08 Niederkirchen is a German women's football club based in Niederkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate. The team was founded in 2008 as the descendant of TuS Niederkirchen, a former national champion. The team currently plays in the German 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.- History :TuS Niederkirchen was...	22	5	5	12	26	44	-18	20
10.	SC 07 Bad Neuenahr SC 07 Bad Neuenahr SC 07 Bad Neuenahr is a German football club from Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate. The best-known section within the club is its women's football team, which was founded in 1969 and won the German Championship in 1978...  (N)	22	5	4	13	23	49	-26	19
11.	SC Klinge Seckach SC Klinge Seckach SC Klinge Seckach is a German women's football club based in Seckach, Baden-Württemberg. The club has played eight seasons in the Bundesliga, but at the end of the 1990s their performance fell off and today Klinge Seckach's first team plays in the fifth-tier Verbandsliga.- History :The origins of...	22	5	3	14	23	58	-25	18
12.	Hamburger SV Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department...  (N)	22	1	2	19	17	78	-61	5

	1997–98 Bundesliga (women) champions
	Will be relegated to the 2. Bundesliga (women) 2. Fußball-Bundesliga (women) The 2nd Women's Football Bundesliga is the second league competition for women's football in Germany. It is divided into 2 groups of north and south...
(N)	Promoted from the 2. Bundesliga (women) 2. Fußball-Bundesliga (women) The 2nd Women's Football Bundesliga is the second league competition for women's football in Germany. It is divided into 2 groups of north and south...  last season
(C)	1996–97 Bundesliga (women) champion

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results

1997–98

FSV

SGP

DUI

GWB

SFS

POT

HRH

SAR

TuS

NEU

KLS

HSV

FSV Frankfurt FSV Frankfurt FSV Frankfurt is a German association football club based in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse and founded in 1899. The club plays in the shadow of larger and much more successful Eintracht Frankfurt, which has recently returned to 2nd tier football...

0–2

3–1

5–0

5–1

1–0

2–0

6–2

3–0

9–1

7–0

11–2

SG Praunheim 1. FFC Frankfurt 1. FFC Frankfurt is a German women's association football club based in Frankfurt, Hesse and has a membership of about 430. The team currently plays in the German first division women's Bundesliga.- History :...

0–5

1–0

3–1

1–1

7–1

3–0

2–0

4–2

6–1

3–1

6–0

FCR Duisburg FCR 2001 Duisburg FCR 2001 Duisburg is a German women's football club from Duisburg. The first team plays in the Fußball-Bundesliga . They originate from a women's team formed in 1977 under the umbrella of FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen and have existed as an independent club since 8th. June 2001...

4–1

1–3

3–0

2–1

1–3

0–0

1–0

7–0

3–0

5–1

6–1

Grün-Weiß Brauweiler FFC Brauweiler Pulheim FFC Brauweiler Pulheim 2000 was a German women's football club based in Pulheim, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was founded when the women's section of Grün-Weiß Brauweiler in 2000 established its own club. The team played its last season in the Regionalliga, the German third division. Afterwards the...

1–2

1–2

0–1

1–0

1–0

1–2

1–1

2–2

2–0

3–2

3–0

Sportfreunde Siegen Sportfreunde Siegen Sportfreunde Siegen is a German association football club based in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded in 1899 as the football department of the gymnastics club Turn Verein Jahn von 1879 Siegen...

1–1

0–1

0–1

1–2

6–0

4–0

4–2

3–1

3–0

5–0

1–0

SSV Turbine Potsdam 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam is a women's football club team in Potsdam, Germany. The full name is 1. Frauen-Fußball-Club Turbine Potsdam 71 e. V. . They are one of the most successful teams in Germany...

2–4

0–0

0–3

2–2

0–4

0–1

0–1

2–1

4–1

6–2

4–2

FC Eintracht Rheine FFC Heike Rheine FFC Heike Rhine is a German women's football club based in Rheine, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team currently plays in the German third division Regionalliga West. Heike Rheine was the first independent women's football club in Germany.-History:...

1–4

1–0

1–5

0–1

1–2

0–1

1–2

2–0

4–0

3–0

3–0

1. FC Saarbrücken 1. FC Saarbrücken 1. FC Saarbrücken is a German association football club based in the city of Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club began its existence as the football department of Turnverein Malstatt formed in 1903...

1–4

0–3

3–2

1–2

1–0

1–3

2–1

0–0

3–0

0–1

2–0

TuS Niederkirchen 1. FFC 08 Niederkirchen 1. FFC 08 Niederkirchen is a German women's football club based in Niederkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate. The team was founded in 2008 as the descendant of TuS Niederkirchen, a former national champion. The team currently plays in the German 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.- History :TuS Niederkirchen was...

0–1

2–1

2–2

0–2

0–3

4–2

0–1

4–1

1–2

0–2

4–2

SC 07 Bad Neuenahr SC 07 Bad Neuenahr SC 07 Bad Neuenahr is a German football club from Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate. The best-known section within the club is its women's football team, which was founded in 1969 and won the German Championship in 1978...

0–2

0–1

1–2

1–2

0–2

0–0

4–2

3–1

0–0

5–1

1–1

SC Klinge Seckach SC Klinge Seckach SC Klinge Seckach is a German women's football club based in Seckach, Baden-Württemberg. The club has played eight seasons in the Bundesliga, but at the end of the 1990s their performance fell off and today Klinge Seckach's first team plays in the fifth-tier Verbandsliga.- History :The origins of...

0–0

3–1

1–3

0–5

2–1

1–2

1–1

2–5

0–1

0–0

3–0

Hamburger SV Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department...

0–4

2–8

0–4

0–2

2–3

0–2

0–2

0–3

1–3

2–2

2–0

Top scorers

Player	Team	Goals
1	Birgit Prinz Birgit Prinz Birgit Prinz is a former German female professional association football player. She last played for 1. FFC Frankfurt and the German national team. Prinz is one of the game's most prolific strikers and the FIFA Women's World Cup all-time leading scorer with 14 goals . She has been named FIFA...	FSV Frankfurt FSV Frankfurt FSV Frankfurt is a German association football club based in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse and founded in 1899. The club plays in the shadow of larger and much more successful Eintracht Frankfurt, which has recently returned to 2nd tier football...	23
2	Sandra Smisek Sandra Smisek Sandra Smisek is a German football striker. She currently plays for 1. FFC Frankfurt and the German national team.Smisek has played for Germany at four FIFA Women's World Cup finals.-References:...	FSV Frankfurt	20
3	Inka Grings Inka Grings Inka Grings is a German footballer. She played sixteen years as a striker for FCR 2001 Duisburg, today she plays for FC Zürich Frauen. She also plays for the German national team. Grings is the all-time leading goalscorer in Germany's top division, the Bundesliga, having claimed the league's...	FCR Duisburg FCR 2001 Duisburg FCR 2001 Duisburg is a German women's football club from Duisburg. The first team plays in the Fußball-Bundesliga . They originate from a women's team formed in 1977 under the umbrella of FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen and have existed as an independent club since 8th. June 2001...	13
	Thekla Krause	Sportfreunde Siegen Sportfreunde Siegen Sportfreunde Siegen is a German association football club based in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded in 1899 as the football department of the gymnastics club Turn Verein Jahn von 1879 Siegen...	13
	Claudia Müller Claudia Müller Claudia Müller is a retired German football striker. She scored 23 goals in 46 caps for the German national team between 1996 and 2001....	WSV Wendschott VfL Wolfsburg VfL Wolfsburg is a professional German association football club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, who play in the Bundesliga football competition. Wolfsburg have won the Bundesliga once in their history, in the 2008–09 season, and were DFB-Pokal runners-up in 1995. The current head coach is Felix...	13
	Jolanta Nieczypor	FCR Duisburg	13