German A-Juniors football championship 1997/98

The German soccer championship of the A-Juniors in 1998 was the 30th edition of this competition. Borussia Dortmund won their fifth championship in a row with a 2-1 on penalties (2-2 after extra time) in Dortmund against Bayern Munich .

Participating teams

The five champions of the regional leagues as well as the runners-up from the north, south and south-west took part in the youth championship. The Regionalliga Nordost played in two groups (North / South). The finals for the NOFV championship were won by Tennis Borussia Berlin against Dynamo Dresden (2: 2.6: 0)

Regional Association North	Regional Association West	Regional Association Southwest	Regional Association South	Regional Association Northeast
Champion : FC St. Pauli Runner-up: Hannover 96	Champion: Borussia Dortmund	Champion: 1. FSV Mainz 05 Runner-up: 1. FC Kaiserslautern	Champion: FC Augsburg Runner-up: FC Bayern Munich	Master: Tennis Borussia Berlin

Quarter finals

1st leg: Sun 14.06. Second leg: Sun 21.06.

	total		First leg	Return leg
1. FC Kaiserslautern	3: 3 (2: 4 in good condition )	FC St. Pauli	2: 2	1: 1
Hannover 96	4: 9	Borussia Dortmund	1: 5	3: 4
Tennis Borussia Berlin	3: 3 (1: 3 i. E. )	FC Augsburg	3: 1	0: 2
FC Bayern Munich	11: 10	FSV Mainz 05	4: 1	7-0

Semifinals

1st leg: Wed 24.06. Second legs : Sun 28.06.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC St. Pauli	2: 8	Borussia Dortmund	1: 3	1: 5
FC Augsburg	1: 6	FC Bayern Munich	0: 2	1: 4

final

Borussia Dortmund		FC Bayern Munich
	Sunday, July 5, 1998 at 10:00 a.m. in Dortmund ( Rote Erde Stadium ) Result: 2: 2 n.v. (2: 2, 0: 0), 2: 1 i. E. Spectators: 6,000 Referee: Bernhard Zerr ( Ottersweier )
	Alexander Kuschmann - Michael Rothholz - Heiko Hesse, Benjones Ballout - Shlomi Dahan (85th Mohammed Abdulai), Daniel Rios (75th Sascha Lindner), Tobias Schäper , Kurtulus Öztürk (80th Tobias Stock) - Francis Bugri (66th Tobias Beckmann) , Sedat Akcay, Christian Timm Trainer: Edwin Boekamp	Mario Bartulovic - Stefan Strunz, Thomas Reiss, Nils-Eric Johansson , Christian Lessmann - Steffen Hofmann , Sebastian Backer (105th Philipp Bönig ), Owen Hargreaves , Patrick Mölzl - Michael Fischer (98th Daniel Bierofka ), Berkant Göktan Trainer: Björn Andersson
	1: 0 Sedat Akcay (58.) 2: 2 Tobias Beckmann (90.)	1: 1 Patrick Mölzl (63.) 1: 2 Steffen Hofmann (65.)
	penalties shoot
	1: 1 Tobias Schäper 2: 1 Daniel Rios Christian Timm fails to Bartulovic Sedat Akcay fails to Bartulovic Michael Rothholz fails to Bartulovic	0: 1 Steffen Hofmann Patrick Mölzl fails to Kuschmann Owen Hargreaves fails to Kuschmann Mario Bartulovic fails to Kuschmann Berkant Göktan fails to Kuschmann
	Schäper	Hofmann, fisherman
	Kuschmann saves a penalty from Göktan (67.)

Individual evidence

Kicker sports magazine : Born in 1998 , Olympia-Verlag GmbH, ISSN  0023-1290