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Rare home shirt with classic Crunchips sponsor as worn during an immensely successful period for the Red Devils where Otto Rehhagel’s men won the 2. Bundesliga in 1997, amazingly going on to win the Bundesliga in 1998. After storming to the second tier title with a 10 point lead, FCK would begin life in the top tier with a 1-0 away victory over behemothic Bayern Munchen which would set out their intentions. Along their route to victory, the side would record several impressive victories including thrilling victories over Stuttgart and Karlsruhe and a 2-0 home dispatching of Bayern to complete the league double. Powerful attacker Olaf Marschall would finish the season as top scorer with 23 goals in all competitions. Kaiserslautern’s feat in this campaign remains the only time to date that a newly-promoted team has won the Bundesliga