1997–98 FC Hansa Rostock season

FC Hansa Rostock
1997–98 season
ManagerGermany Ewald Lienen
Bundesliga6th
DFB-PokalFirst round

Season summary

Hansa finished sixth and qualified for the Intertoto Cup.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Martin Pieckenhagen
2 MF Germany GER Timo Lange
4 MF Germany GER Jens Dowe
5 DF Germany GER Uwe Ehlers
7 MF Germany GER Martin Groth
8 MF Germany GER Hilmar Weilandt
9 MF North Macedonia MKD Toni Micevski
10 FW Germany GER Enrico Röver
12 DF Egypt EGY Yasser Radwan
13 MF North Macedonia MKD Borislav Tomovski
14 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Sergej Barbarez
15 DF Germany GER Ralf Ewen
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Germany GER Thomas Gansauge
17 DF Germany GER Heiko März
18 MF Poland POL Sławomir Majak
19 MF Germany GER Stefan Studer
20 FW Germany GER Steffen Baumgart
21 GK Germany GER Daniel Klewer
22 FW Croatia CRO Igor Pamić
24 DF Germany GER Marco Laaser
25 DF Germany GER Marco Zallmann
26 GK Germany GER Perry Bräutigam
27 FW Switzerland SUI Oliver Neuville[notes 1]
33 DF Germany GER Marko Rehmer

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Germany GER Christian Beeck (to Fortuna Düsseldorf)
6 MF Germany GER Thomas Ziemer (to 1. FC Nürnberg)
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF Poland POL Sławomir Chałaśkiewicz (to Carl Zeiss Jena)

Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 1997–98 Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 VfB Stuttgart 34 14 10 10 55 49 +6 52 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Schalke 04 34 13 13 8 38 32 +6 52
6 Hansa Rostock 34 14 9 11 54 46 +8 51 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
7 Werder Bremen 34 14 8 12 43 47 −4 50 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
8 MSV Duisburg 34 11 11 12 43 44 −1 44 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ As domestic cup winners Bayern Munich had qualified for UEFA Champions League, their place in the Cup Winners' Cup was transferred to finalists Duisburg.

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 1997–98 DFB-Pokal
16 August 1997 First round Hansa Rostock 0–2 Bayer Leverkusen Rostock
Report
(in German)		 N. Kovač 62'
Kirsten 77'		 Stadium: Ostseestadion
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)

References

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Hansa Rostock - 1997/98". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-06-26.

Notes

  1. ^ Neuville was born in Locarno, Switzerland, but also qualified to represent Germany and Italy internationally through his father and mother respectively, and would make his international debut for Germany in September 1998.