Football league season
| Season | 1997–98 |
|---|---|
| Champions | FSV Frankfurt 1st Bundesliga title 2nd German title |
| Relegated | Hamburg Klinge Seckach |
| Goals scored | 459 |
| Average goals/game | 3.48 |
| Top goalscorer |  Birgit Prinz (23) |
| ← 1996–97 1998–99 → | |
The 1997–98 Frauen-Bundesliga was the eighth season of the Frauen-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football 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 | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FSV Frankfurt | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 80 | 19 | +61 | 56 | 1997–98 Bundesliga (women) champions |
| 2 | SG Praunheim | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 58 | 22 | +36 | 50 | |
| 3 | FCR Duisburg | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 57 | 22 | +35 | 47 | |
| 4 | Grün-Weiß Brauweiler | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 39 | |
| 5 | Sportfreunde Siegen | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 38 | |
| 6 | SSV Turbine Potsdam | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 30 | |
| 7 | FC Eintracht Rheine | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 29 | |
| 8 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 29 | |
| 9 | TuS Niederkirchen | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 44 | −18 | 20 | |
| 10 | SC 07 Bad Neuenahr | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 49 | −26 | 19 | |
| 11 | SC Klinge Seckach | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 58 | −35 | 18 | Will be relegated to the 2. Bundesliga (women) |
| 12 | Hamburger SV | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 78 | −61 | 5 |
Notes:
- 1996–97 Bundesliga (women) champion
- ^ Promoted from the 2. Bundesliga (women) last season
Results
| Home \ Away | FSV | SGP | DUI | GWB | SFS | POT | HRH | SAR | NIE | NEU | KLS | HSV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FSV Frankfurt | 0–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 9–1 | 7–0 | 11–2 | |
| SG Praunheim | 0–5 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | |
| FCR Duisburg | 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 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | |
| Sportfreunde 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 | 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 | 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 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
| TuS Niederkirchen | 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 | 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 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
| Hamburger SV | 0–4 | 2–8 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top scorers
| Player | Team | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birgit Prinz
|
FSV Frankfurt | 23 |
| 2 | Sandra Smisek
|
FSV Frankfurt | 20 |
| 3 | Inka Grings
|
FCR Duisburg | 13 |
| Thekla Krause
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Sportfreunde Siegen | 13 | |
| Claudia Müller
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WSV Wendschott | 13 | |
 Jolanta Nieczypor
|
FCR Duisburg | 13 |
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