1997–98 Serie A

Serie A
Season	1997–98
Dates	31 August 1997 – 16 May 1998
Champions	Juventus; 25th title
Relegated	Brescia; Atalanta; Lecce; Napoli
Champions League	Juventus; Internazionale
Cup Winners' Cup	Lazio
UEFA Cup	Udinese; Fiorentina; Roma; Parma
Intertoto Cup	Bologna; Sampdoria
Matches played	306
Goals scored	835 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorer	Oliver Bierhoff ; (27 goals)
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Serie A saw Juventus win their 25th national title, with Internazionale placing second; both teams qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League. Udinese, Roma, Fiorentina, Parma qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup. Lazio qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners Cup courtesy of winning the Coppa Italia. Bologna and Sampdoria qualified for the 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup. Brescia, Atalanta, Lecce and Napoli were relegated to Serie B.

1997–98 Serie A team distribution

Personnel and Sponsoring

Team	Head Coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Atalanta	Emiliano Mondonico	Asics	Somet
Bari	Eugenio Fascetti	Lotto	Gio.Bi. Trasporti
Bologna	Renzo Ulivieri	Diadora	Granarolo
Brescia	Edigio Salvi & Adriano Bacconi	Erreà	Ristora
Empoli	Luciano Spalletti	Erreà	Sammontana
Fiorentina	Alberto Malesani	Fila	Nintendo
Internazionale	Luigi Simoni	Umbro	Pirelli
Juventus	Marcello Lippi	Kappa	Sony MiniDisc
Lazio	Sven-Göran Eriksson	Umbro	Cirio
Lecce	Nedo Sonetti	Asics	Banca del Salento
Milan	Fabio Capello	Lotto	Opel
Napoli	Vincenzo Montefusco	Nike	Polenghi
Parma	Carlo Ancelotti	Puma	Parmalat
Piacenza	Vincenzo Guerini	Lotto	None
Roma	Zdeněk Zeman	Diadora	INA Assitalia
Sampdoria	Vujadin Boškov	Asics	Daewoo
Udinese	Alberto Zaccheroni	Hummel	Atreyu
Vicenza	Francesco Guidolin	Lotto	Pal Zileri

Teams and stadiums

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Atalanta	Bergamo	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia	26,542
Bari*	Bari	Stadio San Nicola	58,270
Bologna	Bologna	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara	38,279
Brescia*	Brescia	Stadio Mario Rigamonti	16,308
Empoli*	Empoli	Stadio Carlo Castellani	19,795
Fiorentina	Florence	Stadio Artemio Franchi	47,282
Internazionale	Milan	San Siro	80,074
Juventus	Turin	Stadio delle Alpi	69,295
Lazio	Rome	Stadio Olimpico	72,698
Lecce*	Lecce	Stadio Via del Mare	33,876
Milan	Milan	San Siro	80,018
Napoli	Naples	Stadio San Paolo	60,240
Parma	Parma	Stadio Ennio Tardini	27,906
Piacenza	Piacenza	Stadio Leonardo Garilli	27,906
Roma	Rome	Stadio Olimpico	72,698
Sampdoria	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	36,685
Udinese	Udine	Stadio Friuli²	30,642
Vicenza	Vicenza	Stadio Romeo Menti	17,163

(*) Promoted from Serie B.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	34	21	11	2	67	28	+39	74	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Internazionale	34	21	6	7	62	27	+35	69	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Udinese	34	19	7	8	62	40	+22	64	Qualification to UEFA Cup
4	Roma	34	16	11	7	67	42	+25	59
5	Fiorentina	34	15	12	7	65	36	+29	57^[a]
6	Parma	34	15	12	7	55	39	+16	57
7	Lazio	34	16	8	10	53	30	+23	56	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
8	Bologna	34	12	12	10	55	46	+9	48^[b]	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round^[1]
9	Sampdoria	34	13	9	12	52	55	−3	48	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
10	Milan	34	11	11	12	37	43	−6	44
11	Bari	34	10	8	16	30	45	−15	38
12	Piacenza	34	7	16	11	29	38	−9	37
13	Empoli	34	10	7	17	50	58	−8	37
14	Vicenza	34	9	9	16	36	61	−25	36
15	Brescia (R)	34	9	8	17	45	63	−18	35	Relegation to Serie B
16	Atalanta (R)	34	7	11	16	25	48	−23	32
17	Lecce (R)	34	6	8	20	32	72	−40	26
18	Napoli (R)	34	2	8	24	25	76	−51	14

Source: 1997–98 Serie A, RSSSF.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Fiorentina finished ahead of Parma on head-to-head points: FIO 1–1 PAR; PAR 1–2 FIO.
^ Bologna finished ahead of Sampdoria on head-to-head points: BOL 2–2 SAM; SAM 2–3 BOL.

Results

Home \ Away	ATA	BAR	BOL	BRE	EMP	FIO	INT	JUV	LAZ	LCE	MIL	NAP	PAR	PIA	ROM	SAM	UDI	VIC
Atalanta		2–0	4–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–3
Bari	0–0		0–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–5	0–2	2–2	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–3	0–1	0–0	0–0
Bologna	0–0	4–3		2–1	2–2	2–2	2–4	1–3	2–1	2–0	3–0	5–1	1–2	3–0	0–0	2–2	2–0	3–1
Brescia	2–2	1–1	1–3		3–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–3	0–4	4–0
Empoli	1–0	2–3	0–0	3–1		1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	5–1	0–1	5–0	2–0	2–3	1–3	4–1	1–0	3–2
Fiorentina	5–0	3–1	1–1	5–1	1–2		1–1	3–0	1–3	5–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1
Internazionale	4–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	4–1	3–2		1–0	1–1	5–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	2–1
Juventus	3–1	1–0	3–2	4–0	5–2	2–1	1–0		2–1	2–0	4–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	3–0	4–1	2–0
Lazio	0–2	3–2	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–4	3–0	0–1		4–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–3	4–0
Lecce	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–5	0–2	1–0		0–0	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–2	0–1
Milan	3–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	0–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–2		0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1
Napoli	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–3	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–0	2–4	1–2		0–4	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–0
Parma	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–1		1–1	0–2	2–2	4–0	2–1
Piacenza	3–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–3		3–3	1–0	0–2	1–1
Roma	3–0	2–1	2–1	5–0	4–3	4–1	1–2	0–0	1–3	3–1	5–0	6–2	2–2	1–1		2–0	1–2	2–2
Sampdoria	2–0	1–0	2–3	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–3	6–3	5–2	3–1	1–1		0–3	2–1
Udinese	1–0	2–0	4–3	3–1	2–2	2–3	1–0	1–1	0–2	6–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–2	3–2		3–0
Vicenza	1–0	1–2	3–2	2–1	1–0	1–5	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–3	1–4	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–3

Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Oliver Bierhoff	Udinese	27
2	Ronaldo	Internazionale	25
3	Roberto Baggio	Bologna	22
4	Gabriel Batistuta	Fiorentina	21
4	Alessandro Del Piero	Juventus	21
6	Vincenzo Montella	Sampdoria	20
7	Filippo Inzaghi	Juventus	18
8	Dario Hübner	Brescia	16
9	Luís Oliveira	Fiorentina	15
10	Abel Balbo	Roma	14
10	Carmine Esposito	Empoli	14

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Gabriel Batistuta	Fiorentina	Udinese	3-2	31 August 1997
Dario Hübner	Brescia	Sampdoria	3-3	13 September 1997
Abel Balbo	Roma	Napoli	6-2	5 October 1997
Roberto Baggio	Bologna	Napoli	5-1	2 November 1997
Alessandro Del Piero	Juventus	Empoli	5-2	21 December 1997
Vincenzo Montella	Sampdoria	Napoli	6-3	21 December 1997
Ronaldo	Internazionale	Lecce	5-0	15 February 1998
Kennet Andersson	Bologna	Sampdoria	3-2	29 March 1998
George Weah	Milan	Atalanta	3-0	11 April 1998
Filippo Inzaghi	Juventus	Bologna	3-2	10 May 1998

References and sources

Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005

References

^ With consequent qualification to UEFA Cup
^ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

External links

All results on RSSSF
1997–98 Serie A squads
Serie A 1997/98: Classifica Marcatori (in Italian)

[table_hth_FIO0.98136554704111-2] Fiorentina finished ahead of Parma on head-to-head points: FIO 1–1 PAR; PAR 1–2 FIO.

[table_hth_BOL0.98136554704111-3] Bologna finished ahead of Sampdoria on head-to-head points: BOL 2–2 SAM; SAM 2–3 BOL.

[1] With consequent qualification to UEFA Cup

[4] Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

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v t e Serie A seasons
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Wartime tournaments: 1916 Coppa Federale 1944 Alta Italia

v t e 1997–98 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '97 '98 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '97 '98 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzeg-Bosnia, Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '97 '98 Latvia '97 '98 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '97 '98 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '97 '98 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Latvia '97 '98 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '97 '98 France Germany Iceland '97 '98 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup