1996–97 Frauen-Bundesliga

The 1996–97 Frauen-Bundesliga was the seventh season of the Frauen-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It was the last season, in which the first league was divided into two divisions. Beginning with the 1997–98 season all Bundesliga teams played in a single division. As the new uniform league had eight spaces less than the divided Bundesliga, eight teams had to play in the qualification with the champions of the Regionalligas.

Frauen-Bundesliga

Season	1996–97
Champions	Grün-Weiß Brauweiler 1st Bundesliga title 1st German title
Relegated	TuS Ahrbach Tennis Borussia Berlin VfL Sindelfingen VfL Wittekind Wildeshausen
Top goalscorer	Birgit Prinz (20)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

In the final the leaders of the northern division met. Grün-Weiß Brauweiler defeated FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen 4–3 on penalties. Previously the regular time had ended goalless. In the extra time Rumeln-Kaldenhausen had taken an early lead, but Brauweiler had equalized late in the game. It was Brauweiler's only championship.

Northern division

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Grün-Weiß Brauweiler	18	15	2	1	59	12	+47	47	Participant of the semi-final
2	FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen	18	15	1	2	60	12	+48	46
3	Sportfreunde Siegen[a]	18	13	1	4	52	15	+37	40
4	Eintracht Rheine	18	9	4	5	30	24	+6	31
5	Turbine Potsdam	18	8	3	7	32	29	+3	27	Had to play qualification for next Bundesliga season
6	Fortuna Sachsenroß Hannover	18	4	4	10	24	45	−21	16
7	Schmalfelder SV[b]	18	3	4	11	16	38	−22	13
8	WSV Wolfsburg	18	3	4	11	15	39	−24	13
9	VfL Wittekind Wildeshausen[b]	18	3	3	12	10	49	−39	12	Relegated to Regional-/Oberliga
10	Tennis Borussia Berlin	18	1	6	11	11	46	−35	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. 1995–96 Bundesliga champion
2. Promoted from the Regionalliga previous season

Results

Home \ Away	GWB	RUK	SFS	HRH	POT	FSH	SCH	WSV	WIW	TBB
Grün-Weiß Brauweiler		1–0	1–2	5–2	0–0	2–0	6–0	0–0	8–0	2–0
FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen	4–5		2–1	1–0	4–1	3–0	2–0	6–0	6–0	7–0
Sportfreunde Siegen	0–1	0–3		0–0	2–2	6–1	2–0	6–1	6–0	9–0
FC Eintracht Rheine	0–5	1–1	0–2		0–1	4–0	2–2	3–0	1–0	3–0
Turbine Potsdam	1–5	2–3	1–2	2–3		2–1	2–0	3–0	0–2	3–1
Fortuna Sachsenroß Hannover	1–6	0–3	1–5	2–2	2–4		2–1	2–0	1–2	3–3
Schmalfelder SV	0–2	1–4	0–3	1–3	2–1	0–3		1–1	2–0	1–1
WSV Wolfsburg	0–2	0–3	1–3	1–2	2–2	1–1	4–3		3–0	1–0
VfL Wittekind Wildeshausen	1–3	1–6	0–1	0–2	0–4	1–4	0–0	1–0		2–2
Tennis Borussia Berlin	1–5	0–3	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Southern division

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FSV Frankfurt	18	17	1	0	76	6	+70	52	Participant of the semi-final
2	SG Praunheim	18	12	2	4	45	11	+34	38
3	TuS Niederkirchen	18	8	5	5	36	30	+6	29
4	VfR 09 Saarbrücken	18	8	4	6	27	29	−2	28
5	TSV Crailsheim	18	6	4	8	23	24	−1	22	Had to play qualification for next Bundesliga season
6	SC Sand[a]	18	6	4	8	24	41	−17	22
7	Klinge Seckach	18	5	5	8	27	33	−6	20
8	FSV Schwarzbach[a]	18	5	3	10	16	44	−28	18
9	VfL Sindelfingen	18	4	4	10	22	39	−17	16	Relegated to Regional-/Oberliga
10	TuS Ahrbach	18	1	4	13	16	55	−39	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Promoted from the Regionalliga previous season

Results

Home \ Away	FSV	SGP	NIE	SAR	CRA	SCS	KLS	SBA	SIN	AHR
FSV Frankfurt		1–0	8–0	1–0	1–0	6–2	6–1	6–0	6–0	10–0
SG Praunheim	1–2		1–1	7–1	3–0	5–0	2–0	4–0	3–0	4–0
TuS Niederkirchen	1–4	0–0		2–2	1–4	5–2	3–1	4–1	4–0	1–1
VfR 09 Saarbrücken	0–1	1–0	1–3		3–2	3–1	0–3	3–1	3–0	1–1
TSV Crailsheim	1–4	2–1	0–1	0–0		1–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–2
SC Sand	0–5	0–6	1–0	0–1	1–0		2–0	1–1	1–1	4–2
Klinge Seckach	0–7	1–2	0–0	2–2	3–1	2–1		5–0	1–2	5–1
FSV Schwarzbach	0–6	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–0		3–2	3–1
VfL Sindelfingen	0–0	1–2	2–3	3–0	0–3	1–4	1–1	3–1		4–0
TuS Ahrbach	0–2	1–2	1–7	2–4	0–1	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semi-finals

Match		1st leg	2nd leg	Agg.
SG Praunheim	Grün-Weiß Brauweiler	2–4	1–1	3 – 5
FSV Frankfurt	FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen	2–1	1–3	3 – 4

Final

FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen	Grün-Weiß Brauweiler
8 June 1997 Duisburg-Homberg Spectators: 5,000 Referee: Elke Günther (Bamberg)
Sesek – Melanie Hoffmann – Claudia Mandrysch, Nicole Ferber – Puls (Ellen van Bergen 62), Martina Voss, Jutta Nardenbach, Maren Meinert, Sandra Albertz (Daniela Arndt 105) – Inka Grings, Jolanta Nieczypor	Manuela Goller – Claudia Klein – Urusla Gertheinrich, Natascha Schwind (Carmen Lieth 46) – Andrea Klein, Sonja Fuss, Tünde Nagy (Vidmar 80), Bettina Wiegmann, Nicole Brandebusemeyer (Patricia Menge 77) – Gudrun Gottschlich, Carmen Holinka
1–0 Grings (91)	1–1 Menge (117)
Penalty Shootout
2–2 Meinert 3–3 Hoffmann 4–4 Mandrysch Arndt (missed)	1–2 Wiegmann 2–3 Vidmar 3–4 Klein 4–5 Gertheinrich 4–5 Klein

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Birgit Prinz	FSV Frankfurt	20

Qualification

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Turbine Potsdam	6	4	2	0	17	3	+14	14	Qualified for the Bundesliga 1997–98
2	Wattenscheid 09	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10
3	WSV Wolfsburg	6	2	2	2	9	11	−2	8
4	Hertha Zehlendorf	6	0	1	5	7	21	−14	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Fortuna Sachsenroß Hannover[a]	6	4	2	0	14	6	+8	14
2	Hamburg	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	8	Qualified for the Bundesliga 1997–98
3	Schmalfelder SV	6	2	1	3	11	9	+2	7
4	TV Jahn Delmenhorst	6	1	1	4	6	15	−9	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Fortuna Sachsenroß declined for financial reasons. Hamburg thus took their place in the Bundesliga.

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	SC 07 Bad Neuenahr(A)	6	5	0	1	18	8	+10	15	Qualified for the Bundesliga 1997–98
2	TSV Crailsheim	6	4	0	2	14	10	+4	12
3	FSV Schwarzbach	6	2	0	4	11	14	−3	6
4	SC Freiburg	6	1	0	5	9	20	−11	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Klinge Seckach	6	5	1	0	20	2	+18	16	Qualified for the Bundesliga 1997–98
2	SC Sand	6	3	1	2	9	9	0	10
3	TSV Jahn Calden	6	2	2	2	11	12	−1	8
4	Wacker München	6	0	0	6	2	19	−17	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Sources

• "West Germany (Women) 1996/97". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 15 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-07-22.