1. Bundesliga (Germany) 1997/1998

#	Club	M	W	D	L	Goal	Pts	GD	Result
1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	19	11	4	63 - 39	68	+24	Champion (Champions League)
2	FC Bayern Munich	34	19	9	6	69 - 37	66	+32	Vice-champion (Champions League)
3	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	34	14	13	7	66 - 39	55	+27	UEFA Cup
4	VfB Stuttgart	34	14	10	10	55 - 49	52	+6	UEFA Cup
5	FC Schalke 04	34	13	13	8	38 - 32	52	+6	UEFA Cup
6	Hansa Rostock	34	14	9	11	54 - 46	51	+8	Intertoto Cup
7	SV Werder Bremen	34	14	8	12	43 - 47	50	-4	Intertoto Cup
8	MSV Duisburg	34	11	11	12	43 - 44	44	-1	Cup Winner Cup (cup finalist)
9	Hamburger SV	34	11	11	12	38 - 46	44	-8
10	Borussia Dortmund	34	11	10	13	57 - 55	43	+2
11	Hertha BSC	34	12	7	15	41 - 53	43	-12
12	VfL Bochum	34	11	8	15	41 - 49	41	-8
13	TSV 1860 Munich	34	11	8	15	43 - 54	41	-11
14	VfL Wolfsburg	34	11	6	17	38 - 54	39	-16
15	Borussia Moenchengladbach	34	9	11	14	54 - 59	38	-5
16	Karlsruher SC	34	9	11	14	48 - 60	38	-12	Relegated
17	1. FC Koeln	34	10	6	18	49 - 64	36	-15	Relegated
18	Arminia Bielefeld	34	8	8	18	43 - 56	32	-13	Relegated
Pts = Points M = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GD = Goal difference;
							Notes: - Champion - national cup holder - participation in European competition - promoted - relegated

1. Bundesliga (Germany) 1997/1998: final table of First division