Squad of the German Bundesliga 1997/98

This article is an overview of the squads of the German Bundesliga 1997/98 .

All players are listed who belonged continuously or temporarily to the respective professional squad in the period from the first game of the respective club (1st, 2nd or 3rd August 1997) to the season finale on May 9, 1998. In addition, the players from the youth teams who were in the matchday squad at least once are listed. The teams are sorted according to the final table.

Remarks

• Coat of arms: Club coat of arms at the time of the season.
• Head coach: All head coaches who supervised the team during the season. The brackets indicate the age in years during the game days of the term of office as well as the game days on which the head coach held the coaching office, if this was not the case for the entire season. Interim coaches are only considered if they have completed a game. Nationality is only given for foreign head coaches.
• No .: the player's back number. In the case of the same numbers for several players, the respective number of an exit was taken over by an access or both players were never on the field at the same time.
• Nat .: nationality of the player. In the case of multiple nationalities, the country for which the player completed international matches or in which he was born. Players without information are Germans or dual citizens who played for German national teams or were born in Germany.
• Name: First and last name or the artist name of the player. The superscript period indicates the game days on which the player belonged to the respective squad, unless this was the case for the entire season. For example ^{up to 20} for a player who belonged to a squad up to and including the 20th match day (winter break) or ^{from 21} for a player who belonged to a squad from the 21st matchday (information only for external entries and exits). In addition, players are marked with ^II (second team) who were at least temporarily in the squad of a junior team.
• Position: Indication of the position of the player according to the position information of the squad lists on the websites of the respective clubs.
• Age : Age of the player in years in the period of the match days of the squad membership.
• Games: Games for the respective club in the 1997/98 season.
• Goals: Goals for the respective club in the 1997/98 season.
• Values ​​in bold are record values ​​for the season.

Squad

1. FC Kaiserslautern

Otto Rehhagel (here in 2010) became the champion with the newcomer.

Head coach : Otto Rehhagel (58/59)

No.	Nat.	Surname	position	Age	Games	Gates
01		Andreas Reinke	goal	28/29	31	0
02		Frank Greiner 1-5	midfield	31	1	0
03		Michael Ballack II	midfield	20/21	16	0
04th		Axel Roos	Defense	32/33	31	0
05		Miroslav Kadlec	Defense	33	32	1
06th		Andreas Brehme	Defense	36/37	5	0
07th		Marian Christow	midfield	24	22nd	5
08th		Martin Wagner	midfield	29/30	30th	4th
09		Pavel Kuka	Storm	29	22nd	5
10		Ciriaco Sforza	midfield	27/28	32	3
11		Olaf Marshal	Storm	31/32	24	21st
12		Stefan Ertl II	Storm	28/29	5	0
15th		János Hrutka from 21	Defense	22/23	3	0
16		Michael Schjønberg	Defense	30/31	32	4th
17th		Ratinho	midfield	26th	26th	4th
18th		Jürgen Rische	Storm	26/27	27	11
19th		Oliver Schäfer	Defense	28/29	10	0
21st		Petr Kouba 1-20	goal	28	Without any effort
22nd		Andreas Buck	midfield	29/30	31	1
23		Thomas Riedl II	midfield	21st	6th	1
24		Harry Koch	Defense	27/28	31	0
25th		Lajos Szűcs from 21	goal	24	3	0
26th		Pascal Ojigwe II	midfield	20/21	1	0
27		Marco Reich	midfield	19/20	31	1
29		Roger Lutz II	Defense	33	6th	0
30th		Thomas Franck	midfield	26/27	Without any effort
31		Mirko Bitzer II	goal	23/24	Without any effort
38		Gerry Ehrmann II	goal	38/39	Without any effort

FC Bayern Munich

Carsten Jancker (here in 2009) was Bayern's most accurate goalscorer.

Head coach : Giovanni Trapattoni (58/59)  

No.	Nat.	Surname	position	Age	Games	Gates
01		Oliver Kahn	goal	28	34	0
02		Markus Babbel	Defense	24/25	30th	1
03		Markus Münch 1–20	Defense	24/25	Without any effort
04th		Samuel Kuffour	Defense	20/21	17th	2
05		Thomas Helmer	Defense	32/33	28	1
06th		Christian Nerlinger	midfield	24/25	33	4th
07th		Mehmet Scholl	midfield	26/27	32	9
08th		Thomas Strunz	midfield	29/30	16	3
09		Giovane Elber	Storm	25th	28	11
10		Lothar Matthäus	midfield	36/37	25th	3
11		Bixente Lizarazu	Defense	27/28	19th	0
12		Sven Scheuer II	goal	26/27	Without any effort
14th		Mario Basler	midfield	28/29	22nd	5
15th		Dennis Grassow 1-20	Defense	25/26	Without any effort
16		Dietmar Hamann	midfield	23	28	2
17th		Thorsten Fink	midfield	29/30	33	1
18th		Michael Tarnat	Defense	27/28	32	5
19th		Carsten Jancker	Storm	22/23	29	13
20th		Ruggiero Rizzitelli	Storm	29/30	20th	4th
21st		Alexander Zickler	Storm	23/24	29	4th
22nd		Bernd Dreher	goal	30/31	Without any effort
23		Frank Gerster II	midfield	21/22	5	0
24		Stefan Leitl II	midfield	19/20	Without any effort
28		Frank Wiblishauser II	Defense	19/20	Without any effort
29		Christian Saba II	Defense	18/19	Without any effort
30th		Alexander Bugera II	Defense	18/19	1	0
31		David Jarolím II	midfield	18th	Without any effort
32		Emanuel Bentil II	midfield	18/19	Without any effort
33		Markus Weinzierl II	Defense	22/23	Without any effort
34		Jeffrey Aubynn	midfield	20th	Without any effort

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Ulf Kirsten got his third top scorer cannon .

Head coach : Christoph Daum (43/44)

No.	Nat.	Surname	position	Age	Games	Gates
01		Rüdiger Vollborn	goal	34/35	2	0
02		Robert Kovač	Defense	23/24	25th	0
03		Markus Happe	Defense	25/26	32	3
04th		Christian Wörns	Defense	25/25	29	1
05		Jens Nowotny	Defense	23/24	23	0
06th		Boris Živković	Defense	21/22	16	1
08th		René Rydlewicz 1-21	midfield	24	2	0
08th		Bent Skammelsrud 21-32	midfield	31	8th	0
09		Ulf Kirsten	Storm	31/32	27	22nd
10		Emerson	midfield	21/22	25th	1
11		Erik Meijer	Storm	28/28	26th	7th
12		Adam Ledwoń from 21	midfield	24	7th	0
14th		Markus Feldhoff	Storm	22/23	22nd	3
15th		Paulo Rink	Storm	24/25	29	8th
16		Martin Frýdek	midfield	28/29	10	0
17th		Hans-Peter Lehnhoff	midfield	34/34	31	3
19th		Jan Heintze	Defense	33/34	30th	3
20th		Dirk Lottner	midfield	25/26	14th	1
22nd		Stefan Beinlich	midfield	25/26	28	7th
23		Dirk Heinen	goal	26/27	32	0
24		Sebastian Helbig	Storm	20/21	Without any effort
25th		Thorsten Nehrbauer	midfield	19/20	Without any effort
26th		Thorsten Wittek	midfield	20/21	Without any effort
27		Thomas Reichenberger	Storm	22/23	Without any effort
28		Carsten Ramelow	midfield	23/24	33	2
29		Markus Zuraski II	Defense	20/21	Without any effort
30th		Niko Kovač	midfield	23/24	18th	1
31		Jörg Schmadtke	goal	33/34	Without any effort

VfB Stuttgart

The future world champion coach Joachim Löw (here 2018) completed his first Bundesliga season as head coach.

Head coach : Joachim Löw (37/38)

No.	Nat.	Surname	position	Age	Games	Gates
01		Franz Wohlfahrt	goal	33	32	0
02		Martin Spanring	Defense	27/28	11	0
03		Thorsten Legate	midfield	28/29	5	0
04th		Thomas Berthold	Defense	32/33	31	1
05		Frank Verlaat	Defense	29/30	30th	1
06th		Murat Yakin	Defense	22/23	23	2
07th		Matthias Hagner	midfield	22/23	21st	1
08th		Marco Haber	midfield	25/26	26th	0
09		Sreto Ristić II	Storm	21/22	13	1
10		Krassimir Balakov	midfield	31/32	31	11
11		Fredi Bobic	Storm	25/26	29	13
12		Danny Black II	midfield	22nd	12	0
14th		Thomas Schneider	Defense	24/25	18th	0
15th		Matthias Becker	Storm	23/24	8th	0
16		Kristijan Đorđević II	midfield	21/22	17th	3
17th		Marco Grimm	Defense	25th	Without any effort
18th		Florin Răducioiu	Storm	27/28	19th	4th
19th		Michael Bochtler II, 1-20	Defense	21/22	1	0
20th		Zvonimir Soldo	midfield	29/30	29	0
21st		Jochen Endress	Defense	24/25	17th	0
22nd		Krisztián Lisztes II	midfield	21st	14th	2
23		Gerhard Poschner	midfield	20/21	31	4th
25th		Marc Ziegler II	goal	21st	2	0
26th		Mitko Stojkovski	midfield	24/25	8th	0
27		Jonathan Akpoborie	Storm	28/29	30th	10
28		Eberhard Trautner II	goal	30/31	Without any effort

FC Schalke 04

Jens Lehmann (here in 2006) was in goal in 310 competitive games for FC Schalke.

Head coach : Huub Stevens (43/44)  

No.	Nat.	Surname	position	Age	Games	Gates
01		Jens Lehmann	goal	27/28	34	1
02		Thomas Linke	Defense	27/28	31	3
03		Radoslav Látal	midfield	27/28	26th	1
04th		Yves own smoke	Defense	26/27	13	0
06th		Andreas Mueller	midfield	34/35	21st	1
07th		Michaël Goossens	Storm	23/24	24	4th
08th		Ingo Anderbrügge	midfield	33/34	15th	2
09		Youri Mulder	Storm	28/29	4th	1
10		Olaf Thon	midfield	31/32	29	1
11		Martin Max	Storm	28/29	19th	4th
12		Marco van Hoogdalem	Defense	25th	28	5
13		Markus beginning	midfield	23	3	0
14th		Denis Kljujew	midfield	23/24	20th	1
15th		Arnold Dybek	midfield	22/23	Without any effort
16		Oliver hero	midfield	24/25	24	1
17th		Miguel Pereira	Storm	21/22	8th	0
18th		René Eijkelkamp	Storm	33/34	29	1
19th		Mike Büskens	midfield	29/30	33	1
20th		Jiří Němec	midfield	31	28	0
21st		Marco Kurz	Defense	28	13	0
22nd		Mathias Schober	goal	21/22	Without any effort
23		Filip Tapalović	midfield	20/21	Without any effort
24		Marc Wilmots	midfield	28/29	31	7th
25th		Johan de Kock	Defense	32/33	31	4th
27		Mark Schierenberg	midfield	25th	1	0

Hansa Rostock

Oliver Neuville became a German national player at FC Hansa.

Head coach : Ewald Lienen (43/44)

No.	Nat.	Surname	position	Age	Games	Gates
01		Martin Pieckenhagen	goal	25/26	20th	0
02		Timo Lange	Defense	29/30	30th	4th
04th		Jens Dowe	midfield	29	28	7th
05		Uwe Ehlers	Defense	22/23	16	1
06th		Peter Bosz from 21	Defense	33/34	14th	0
07th		Martin Groth	midfield	27/28	22nd	1
08th		Hilmar Weilandt	midfield	30/31	29	0
09		Toni Mičevski	midfield	27/28	27	1
10		Enrico Röver II	Storm	27/28	Without any effort
12		Radwan Yasser	midfield	25/26	24	0
13		Borislav Tomoski	midfield	24/25	1	0
14th		Sergei Barbarez	Storm	25/26	32	11
15th		Ralf Ewen	Defense	25/26	3	0
16		Thomas Gansauge	Defense	27	28	0
17th		Heiko March II	Defense	32	6th	0
18th		Sławomir Mayak	Storm	28/29	30th	6th
19th		Stefan Studer	midfield	33/34	26th	2
20th		Steffen Baumgart	Storm	25/26	22nd	2
21st		Daniel Klewer II	goal	20/21	Without any effort
22nd		Igor Pamic	Storm	27/28	27	7th
24		Marco Laaser II	Defense	20/21	Without any effort
25th		Marco Zallmann	Defense	29/30	19th	1
26th		Perry groom	goal	34/35	15th	0
27		Oliver Neuville	Storm	24/25	17th	8th
28		Bjorn Laars II	Defense	22/23	Without any effort
33		Marko Rehmer	Defense	25/26	34	2

Werder Bremen

Dixie Dörner (here 2017) had to vacate the coaching bench after three defeats in August 1997.

Head coach : Dixie Dörner (46; up to the 3rd matchday), Wolfgang Sidka (43; from the 4th matchday)

No.	Nat.	Surname	position	Age	Games	Gates
01		Oliver Reck	goal	32/33	33	0
02		Heiko Scholz 1-20	midfield	31	1	0
03		Raphael Wicky	midfield	20/21	31	0
04th		Hany Ramzy	Defense	28/29	25th	1
05		Dieter Eilts	midfield	32/33	33	1
06th		Jens Todt	midfield	27/28	31	2
07th		Heimo Pfeifenberger	Storm	30/31	18th	2
08th		Bernhard Trares	midfield	31/32	26th	0
09		Bruno Labbadia	Storm	31/32	27	6th
10		Håvard Flo	Storm	27/28	25th	5
11		Adrian Kunz from 21	Storm	30th	12	1
13		Andree Wiedener	Defense	27/28	9	0
14th		Thomas Wolter	midfield	33/34	13	0
15th		Dieter Frey	midfield	24/25	22nd	2
16		Jens Jaschob II	goal	28/29	Without any effort
17th		Marco Bode	Storm	28	28	9
18th		Andreas Herzog	midfield	28/29	18th	4th
19th		Viktor Skripnik	Defense	27/28	23	0
20th		Frank Rost	goal	24	2	0
21st		Uwe Harttgen II	midfield	33	5	0
22nd		Torsten Frings	midfield	20/21	28	2
23		Arie van Lent	Storm	26/27	13	1
24		Sven Benken	Defense	27/28	6th	0
25th		Sören Seidel II	midfield	24/25	1	0
26th		Thomas Penshorn II	Defense	19/20	Without any effort
27		Hendrik Völzke II, 1-20	midfield	22nd	Without any effort
27		Timo Schultz II	midfield	19/20	Without any effort
28		Christian Brand	midfield	25th	31	3
29		Matthias Plump II	Defense	18/19	Without any effort
30th		Bjorn Schierenbeck 1–20	Defense	23	1	0
31		Jens Lellek II	Defense	29/30	Without any effort
33		Mike Barten II	Defense	23/24	Without any effort
34		Jurij Maximow from 14	midfield	28/29	12	3

MSV Duisburg

Bachirou Salou (here in 2012) was the first Togo player to play in the Bundesliga.

Head coach : Friedhelm Funkel (43/44)

No.	Nat.	Surname	position	Age	Games	Gates
01		Holger Gehrke	goal	36/37	Without any effort
02		Joachim Hopp	Defense	31	3	0
03		Dietmar Hirsch	midfield	25/26	29	1
04th		Torsten Wohlert	Defense	31/32	33	3
05		Tomasz Hajto	Defense	24/25	25th	3
06th		Stig Tøfting from 21	midfield	28	12	0
07th		Slobodan Komljenović	Defense	26/27	33	2
08th		Markus Osthoff	midfield	28/29	31	4th
09		Bachirou Salou	Storm	26/27	32	10
11		Alexandru Popovici from 21	Storm	20/21	4th	0
12		Thomas Gill	goal	32	33	0
13		Markus Reiter	Defense	20/21	12	0
15th		Horst Steffen	midfield	28/29	16	1
16		Marc Kienle	Defense	24/25	1	0
17th		Thomas Puschmann	midfield	24/25	21st	1
18th		Uwe Spies	Storm	30th	32	6th
19th		Jörg Neun	Defense	31/32	18th	1
20th		Michael Zeyer	midfield	29	33	6th
21st		Thomas Vana	midfield	24/25	19th	0
22nd		Stefan Emmerling	Defense	31/32	28	0
23		Adem Kapič	midfield	22/23	1	0
24		Carsten Wolters	Defense	28	31	2
25th		Niklas Skoog	Storm	23	16	1
26th		Marius Ebbers	Storm	19/20	Without any effort
27		Thorsten Schramm	Defense	18/19	Without any effort
29		Gintaras Staučė	goal	27/28	1	0

Hamburger SV

Hasan Salihamidžić , who later won several titles with FC Bayern , came to Hamburg at the age of 15.

Head coach : Frank Pagelsdorf (39/40)

No.	Nat.	Surname	position	Age	Games	Gates
01		Richard Golz	goal	29	1	0
02		Thomas Gravesen	midfield	21/22	26th	2
03		Thomas Vogel	Defense	30/31	4th	0
05		Paweł Wojtala	Defense	24/25	7th	1
06th		Andreas Zeyer	midfield	29	29	1
07th		Sven Kmetsch	midfield	26/27	22nd	0
08th		Jacek Dembiński	Storm	27/28	31	8th
09		Karsten Bäron	Storm	24/25	Without any effort
10		Rodolfo Cardoso 1-20	midfield	28/29	15th	1
11		Hasan Salihamidžić	midfield	20/21	31	10
12		André Breitenreiter 1–20	Storm	23/24	4th	0
12		Andrej Panadic	Defense	28/29	13	2
13		Andreas Fischer	midfield	32/33	20th	1
14th		Uwe Jähnig	Storm	27/28	Without any effort
15th		Stefan Böger	Defense	31	30th	0
16		Michael Molata	Defense	24/25	13	0
17th		Martin Zafirow	Defense	23/24	1	0
17th		Anthony Yeboah from 8	Storm	31	23	2
18th		Markus Schopp 1-20	midfield	23	13	0
19th		Soner Uysal II, 1-20	Storm	19/20	5	0
20th		Bernd Hollerbach	Defense	27/28	23	1
21st		Harald Spörl	midfield	30/31	26th	5
22nd		Hans Jörg Butt	goal	20th	33	0
24		Josip Šimunić II	Defense	19/20	2	0
25th		Stefan Schnoor	Defense	26/27	23	2
26th		Allan Jepsen II	midfield	20th	12	0
27		Matthias Reincke	Storm	25/26	4th	0
28		Saša Ilić	goal	26/27	Without any effort
29		Ingo Hertzsch	midfield	20th	15th	0
30th		Dirk Weetendorf	Storm	24/25	19th	1
32		Marek Trejgis II	Storm	22/23	10	0
33		Christof Babatz II	Defense	22/23	7th	0
34		Özkan Gümüş II	Storm	19/20	1	0

Borussia Dortmund

“Susi” Zorc (here in 2014) ended his active career in the spring of 1998 after 20 years with BVB.

Head coach : Nevio Scala (49/50)  

No.	Nat.	Surname	position	Age	Games	Gates
01		Stefan Klos	goal	25/26	34	0
02		Knut Reinhardt	midfield	29/30	15th	0
03		René Schneider	Defense	24/25	8th	3
04th		Steffen friend	midfield	27/28	25th	2
05		Júlio César	Defense	34/35	17th	1
06th		Matthias Sammer	midfield	29/30	3	0
07th		Stefan Reuter	midfield	30/31	28	0
08th		Michael Zorc	midfield	34/35	22nd	1
09		Stéphane Chapuisat	Storm	28/28	27	14th
10		Andreas Möller	midfield	29/30	26th	10
11		Heiko Herrlich	Storm	25/26	21st	7th
12		Wolfgang de Beer	goal	33/34	Without any effort
13		Bashiru Gambo II	midfield	18/19	6th	0
14th		Paul Lambert 1-13	midfield	27/28	13	0
15th		Jürgen Kohler	Defense	31/32	23	3
16		Martin Kree	Defense	32/33	13	0
17th		Jörg Heinrich	midfield	27/28	31	5
18th		Lars Ricken	midfield	21st	25th	2
19th		Paulo Sousa 1-20	midfield	26/27	16	0
20th		Scott Booth 1-21	Storm	25/26	10	1
21st		Christian Timm II	Storm	18/19	7th	0
22nd		Ibrahim Tanko	Storm	20th	3	0
23		Jörg Sauerland	Defense	20/21	2	0
24		Harry Decheiver from 14	Storm	27/28	8th	3
26th		Frank Riethmann	midfield	21/22	1	0
27		Wolfgang Feiersinger	Defense	32/33	21st	0
28		Jovan Kirovski	Storm	21/22	13	0
29		Vladimir But	midfield	19/20	23	3
30th		Benjamin Knoche II	Defense	18/19	1	0
31		Steinar Pedersen from 21	Defense	21st	1	0
32		Manfred Binz from 18	Defense	31/32	12	0
34		Bjorn Mehnert	Defense	20/21	3	0

Hertha BSC

Gábor Király (here 2009) was known for his gray sweatpants.

Head coach : Jürgen Röber (43/44)

No.	Nat.	Surname	position	Age	Games	Gates
01		Christian Fiedler	goal	22/23	7th	0
02		Hendrik Herzog	Defense	28/29	27	0
04th		Dick van Burik	Defense	23/24	25th	1
06th		Eyjólfur Sverrisson	midfield	29	28	3
07th		Sergei Mandreko	Defense	26th	20th	0
08th		Steffen Karl	midfield	27/28	27	1
09		Bryan Roy	Storm	27/28	22nd	1
10		Kjetil Rekdal	midfield	28/29	26th	3
11		Michael Preetz	Storm	29/30	32	14th
12		Gábor Király	goal	21/22	27	0
13		Alphonse Tchami	Storm	25/26	18th	1
14th		Ante Čović	midfield	21/22	25th	4th
15th		Hasan Vural 1-20	Defense	23/24	1	0
16		Sixten Veit	midfield	27/28	28	1
17th		Michél Dinzey	midfield	24/25	29	1
18th		Pál Dárdai	midfield	21/22	14th	0
19th		Andreas Schmidt	midfield	23/24	31	5
20th		Axel Kruse	Storm	29/30	11	0
21st		Michael Hartmann	midfield	23	9	0
22nd		Carsten Lakies	Storm	26/27	3	0
23		Oliver Schmidt	Defense	23/24	2	0
24		Christian Fährmann	midfield	21/22	15th	0
25th		Marc Arnold	midfield	27	26th	2
26th		Marcel Rath II, 1-20	Storm	21/22	Without any effort
26th		Andreas Neuendorf from 21	midfield	22/23	1	0
27		Andreas Thom from 21	Storm	22nd	12	2

VfL Bochum

"Zaubermaus" Dariusz Wosz (here 2019) earned his nomination for the German national team as a Bochum resident.

Head coach : Klaus Toppmöller (45/46)

No.	Nat.	Surname	position	Age	Games	Gates
01		Uwe Gospodarek	goal	23/24	16	0
02		Thomas Stickroth	Defense	32/33	9	1
03		Torsten Kracht	Defense	29/30	28	0
04th		Mirko Dickhaut	midfield	26/27	30th	3
05		Tomasz Wałdoch	Defense	26th	27	1
06th		Peter Közle	Storm	29/30	12	0
07th		Kai Michalke	Storm	21/22	26th	4th
08th		Peter Peschel	midfield	25/26	24	5
09		Henryk Bałuszyński	Storm	25th	12	1
10		Dariusz Wosz	midfield	28	33	5
11		Georgi Donkov	Storm	27	23	3
12		Yıldıray Bastürk	midfield	18/19	17th	1
13		Norbert Hofmann	midfield	25/26	31	2
14th		Karsten Hutwelker	midfield	25/26	10	2
15th		Danny Winkler	Storm	23/24	1	0
16		Mirko Reichel	midfield	26/27	9	0
17th		Olaf Schreiber	midfield	27/28	27	0
18th		Delron Buckley	Storm	19/20	6th	0
19th		Axel Sundermann	Defense	29/30	23	1
20th		Zoran Mamić	Defense	25/26	22nd	3
21st		Thomas Ernst	goal	29/30	18th	0
22nd		Thomas Reis	Defense	23/24	23	1
23		Sergei Juran	Storm	28	23	4th
24		Neşat Gülünoğlu	midfield	18/19	14th	1
29		Frank Fahrenhorst	Defense	19/20	7th	0
31		Stefan Wächter	goal	19/20	Without any effort
?		Roland Wohlfarth 1–20	Storm	34/35	Without any effort

TSV 1860 Munich

The Austrian Harald Cerny stayed with the "Sechz'gern" for twelve years.

Head coach : Werner Lorant (48/49)

No.	Nat.	Surname	position	Age	Games	Gates
01		Bernd Meier	goal	25/26	23	0
02		Jochen Kientz	Defense	24/25	30th	0
03		Holger Fach 1–20	Defense	34/35	10	0
03		Ned Zelic from 21	midfield	26th	13	0
04th		Marco Walker	Defense	27/28	22nd	0
06th		André Hofschneider	midfield	27	12	0
07th		Horst Heldt	midfield	27/28	29	2
08th		Besnik Hasi	midfield	25/26	7th	0
09		Olaf Bodden	Storm	29/30	10	3
10		Piotr Nowak 1-20	midfield	33	12	0
10		Abderrahim Ouakili from 21	midfield	27	13	3
11		Bernhard Winkler	Storm	31	27	13
12		Daniel Hoffmann	goal	25/26	7th	0
13		Manfred Bender	midfield	31	21st	2
13		Harald Cerny	midfield	23/24	25th	2
15th		Holger Greilich	Defense	26th	18th	1
16		Jens Jeremies	midfield	23/24	22nd	0
17th		Daniel Borimirov	midfield	27/28	32	3
18th		Paul Agostino	Storm	22nd	16	4th
19th		Abedi Pelé	midfield	32/33	25th	1
20th		Miroslav Stević	midfield	27/28	28	1
22nd		Matthias Hamann 1-20	Defense	29/30	4th	0
23		Jörg Böhme	midfield	23/24	8th	0
23		Christo Jowow from 21	midfield	20th	5	0
24		Stefan Malz	Defense	25th	14th	1
25th		Michael Hofmann	goal	24/25	4th	0
29		Guido Gorges	Defense	24	17th	1
34		Bernd Hobsch from 21	Storm	29/30	14th	6th

VfL Wolfsburg

Defender Jens Keller (here in 2013) later returned to the Bundesliga as a coach.

Head coach : Willi Reimann (47/48; up to the 26th matchday), Uwe Erkenbrecher (43; interim coach on the 27th matchday), Wolfgang Wolf (40; from the 28th matchday)

No.	Nat.	Surname	position	Age	Games	Gates
01		Uwe Zimmermann	goal	35/36	29	0
02		Markus Kullig	midfield	22/23	Without any effort
02		Frank Greiner from 6	midfield	31	25th	2
03		Matthias Stammann	midfield	29/30	18th	1
04th		Jann Jensen	Defense	28/29	12	0
05		Zoran Tomčić	Defense	27/28	7th	0
06th		Jens Keller	Defense	26/27	31	1
07th		Roy Präger	Storm	25/26	33	12
08th		Holger Ballwanz	Defense	29/30	17th	0
09		Piotr Tyszkiewicz	Storm	26/27	12	1
10		Chad Deering	midfield	26/27	15th	0
11		Stefan Meissner	Storm	24/25	26th	3
12		Waldemar Kryger	Defense	28/29	27	0
13		Claudio Reyna	midfield	24	28	4th
14th		Maximilian Heidenreich	Defense	30/31	10	0
15th		Peter Kleeschätzky	Defense	27	20th	0
16		Pavel Novotný	Defense	23/24	15th	0
17th		Sven Ratke	midfield	25/26	13	0
17th		André Breitenreiter from 21	Storm	23	10	0
18th		Detlev Dammeier	midfield	28/29	27	3
19th		Marijan Kovačević	Defense	23/24	32	5
20th		Sead Kapetanović	midfield	25/26	20th	1
21st		Michael Spies	midfield	32	22nd	2
22nd		Holger Hiemann	goal	29/30	6th	0
24		Andreas Winkler 1-20	midfield	27/28	Without any effort
25th		Dragan Stevanović	Storm	25/26	15th	1
26th		Jan Schanda II	Defense	19/20	Without any effort
30th		Jörg Hoßbach	goal	32/33	Without any effort

Borussia Monchengladbach

"Urgestein" Uwe Kamps (here in 2007) was never under contract with any other club.

Head coach : Hannes Bongartz (45/46; up to the 17th matchday), Norbert Meier (39; from the 18th to the 28th matchday), Friedel Rausch (58; from the 29th matchday)

No.	Nat.	Surname	position	Age	Games	Gates
01		Uwe Kamps	goal	33	34	0
02		Thomas Kastenmaier	Defense	31	Without any effort
03		Michael Klinkert	Defense	29	25th	2
04th		Patrik Andersson	Defense	27/28	30th	3
05		Christian Hochstätter	midfield	33/34	19th	3
06th		Ioan Lupescu	midfield	28/29	21st	2
07th		Karlheinz Pflipsen	midfield	26/27	32	4th
08th		Peter Wynhoff	midfield	28/29	20th	4th
09		Andrzej Juskowiak	Storm	26/27	24	4th
10		Stefan Effenberg	midfield	29	28	8th
11		Jörgen Pettersson	Storm	21/22	33	13
12		Robert Enke	goal	19/20	Without any effort
12		Stephan Passlack	Defense	26/27	27	5
13		Martin Schneider	midfield	28/29	33	1
14th		Morten Pedersen 1-20	Defense	25th	5	0
16		Chiquinho	Storm	23/24	17th	1
17th		Hubert Fournier	Defense	29/30	9	0
18th		Marco Villa II	Storm	19th	6th	0
18th		Marcel Witeczek	Storm	28/29	31	1
19th		Thomas Hoersen	Defense	25/26	10	0
21st		Markus Hausweiler II	midfield	21/22	8th	1
22nd		Marcel Ketelaer	midfield	19/20	25th	0
23		Andrij Voronin II	Storm	18th	7th	1
26th		Per Pedersen from 9	Storm	28/29	14th	1
27		Sven Lintjens II	midfield	20/21	2	0
28		Chrissovalantis Anagnostou II	midfield	21/22	7th	0

Karlsruher SC

Trainer “Winnie” Schäfer (here in 2018) stayed with KSC for twelve years.

Head coach : Winfried Schäfer (47/48)

No.	Nat.	Surname	position	Age	Games	Gates
01		Claus Reitmaier	goal	33/34	29	0
02		Gunther Metz	Defense	29/30	24	1
03		Burkhard Reich	Defense	32/33	26th	1
04th		David Regis	Defense	28/29	30th	5
05		Michael Wittwer	Defense	30/31	12	0
06th		Thomas Ritter	Defense	29/30	21st	1
07th		Alex Nyarko	Defense	23/24	22nd	1
08th		Gunther Schepens	midfield	24/25	26th	4th
09		Radoslaw Gilewicz	Storm	26/27	26th	5
10		Thomas Häßler	midfield	31	34	12
11		Christian Wück	Storm	24	16	2
12		Sean Dundee	Storm	24/25	24	3
13		Markus Schroth	Storm	22/23	34	6th
14th		Dubravko Kolinger II	midfield	21/22	5	0
15th		Markus Bähr	Defense	22/23	8th	0
16		Thomas Hengen	Defense	22/23	30th	1
17th		Marc Keller	midfield	29/30	28	4th
18th		Simon Jentzsch II	goal	21/22	6th	0
19th		Raphael Krauss	Defense	24	19th	0
20th		Sergei Kirjakov	Storm	27/28	5	0
24		Christian Seeber	Storm	24/25	20th	2
25th		Martin Fischer II	goal	27/28	Without any effort
26th		Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien II	Storm	19/20	10	1
28		Mike Bodenstein II	midfield	18/19	1	0
29		Jens Bäumer II	midfield	18/19	11	0
31		Oktay Kuday	Storm	17/18	1	0
32		Sven Eller II	Storm	17/18	1	0
33		David Zitelli from 21	Storm	29	3	0
36		Guido Buchwald	Defense	36/19	9	0

1. FC Cologne

Even Toni cushion goals could not prevent relegation.

Head coach : Peter Neururer (42; up to the 8th matchday), Lorenz-Günther Köstner (45/46; from the 9th matchday)

No.	Nat.	Surname	position	Age	Games	Gates
01		Andreas Menger	goal	24/25	33	0
02		Uwe Scherr	midfield	30/31	8th	1
03		Karsten Baumann	Defense	27/28	33	3
04th		Bodo Schmidt	Defense	29/30	32	0
05		Michael Kostner	Defense	28/29	5	0
06th		Dirk Schuster	Defense	29/30	33	3
07th		Ralf Hauptmann	midfield	28/29	18th	0
08th		Dorinel Munteanu	midfield	29	33	3
09		Toni upholstery	Storm	33/34	33	13
10		Goran Vučević	midfield	26th	8th	0
11		Ion Vlădoiu	Storm	28/29	23	2
12		Christer Fursth	midfield	27	Without any effort
13		Holger Gaissmayer	Storm	27	25th	3
14th		Markus Münch from 21	Defense	24	13	2
15th		Alexander Rychkov	midfield	22/23	11	1
16		Michael Kraft	goal	31/32	2	0
17th		Khodadad Azizi	Storm	26th	20th	5
18th		Pablo Thiam	midfield	23/24	27	2
19th		Henrik Andersen	Defense	32/33	11	0
20th		Thomas Cichon	Defense	21st	24	0
21st		Sebastian Selke	goal	23/24	Without any effort
22nd		Marcell Fensch II	Defense	21/22	4th	0
23		René Tretschok	midfield	28/29	34	8th
24		Michael Rösele	midfield	22/23	20th	2
25th		Dennis Grassow from 21	Defense	26th	7th	0
26th		Dennis Vogt II	midfield	19th	1	0
28		Marco Weller	midfield	19/20	Without any effort
39		Tuncay Nadaroglu 1-21	Defense	23	2	0
41		Berkan Algan	midfield	21st	Without any effort
42		Luciano Emilio	Storm	18/19	2	0

Arminia Bielefeld

Stefan Kuntz (here in 2018) later became a DFB youth coach.

Head coach : Ernst Middendorp (38/39)

No.	Nat.	Surname	position	Age	Games	Gates
01		Zdenko Miletić	goal	29/30	14th	0
02		Sonny Silooy	Defense	33/34	17th	0
03		Günther Schäfer	Defense	35	20th	0
04th		Karim Bagheri	midfield	23/24	18th	3
05		Thomas Stratos	midfield	30/31	31	1
06th		Rob Maas	midfield	27/28	24	1
07th		Silvio Meissner	midfield	24/25	26th	2
08th		Jörg Reeb	midfield	25/26	33	2
09		Ali Daei	Storm	28/29	25th	7th
10		Matthias Breitkreutz	midfield	26th	19th	0
11		Stefan Kuntz	Storm	34/35	32	11
12		Ronald Maul	Defense	24/25	18th	1
13		Giuseppe Reina	Storm	25/26	34	4th
14th		Heiko Gerber	Defense	25th	28	1
15th		Jörg Bode	midfield	27/28	25th	0
16		Bernd Eigner 1–20	Defense	25th	Without any effort
18th		Michael Sternkopf	midfield	27/28	26th	2
19th		Josef Ivanović 1–20	Storm	23/24	6th	0
19th		Adalbert Zafirow	Defense	27/28	10	0
21st		Dejan Milosevic 1-20	goal	19th	Without any effort
23		Christian Alder	Defense	18/19	7th	0
28		Uwe Fuchs	Storm	31	10	3
30th		René Rydlewicz from 21	midfield	24	12	1
31		Frederik Goessling II	goal	19/20	Without any effort
35		Karsten Bremke	Defense	26th	6th	0
36		Georg Koch from 10	goal	25/26	22nd	0