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
Season1996–97
ChampionsGrün-Weiß Brauweiler
1st Bundesliga title
1st German title
RelegatedTuS Ahrbach
Tennis Borussia Berlin
VfL Sindelfingen
VfL Wittekind Wildeshausen
Top goalscorerGermany Birgit Prinz (20)

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

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Final standings

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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. ^ a b Promoted from the Regionalliga previous season

Results

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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

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Final standings

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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. ^ a b Promoted from the Regionalliga previous season

Results

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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

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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

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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 GollerClaudia 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

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Rank Player Team Goals
1   Birgit Prinz FSV Frankfurt 20

Qualification

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Group 1

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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

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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

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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

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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

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