1997–98 Atlético Madrid season

The 1997–1998 campaign was the 92nd season in Atlético Madrid's history and their 63rd season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football.

Atlético Madrid
1997–98 season
President Jesús Gil
Head coach Radomir Antić
StadiumVicente Calderón
La Liga7th (qual. for UEFA Cup)
Copa del ReyRound of 16
UEFA CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Christian Vieri (24)

All:
Christian Vieri (29)

Season summary

Atlético Madrid failed to regain the title they had won in 1996 and finished the season in 7th place. One of the high points of the season was the club's run in the UEFA Cup, reaching the semi-finals. Striker Christian Vieri was the club's top scorer, scoring 24 goals in La Liga (he finished as the league's top scorer and was awarded the Pichichi Trophy) and 29 in all competitions, but transferred to Lazio (who knocked Atlético out of the UEFA Cup) at the end of the season.

Squad

Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ESP José Francisco Molina
3 DF  ESP Toni
4 DF  BRA Andrei Frascarelli
5 DF  ESP Juan Manuel López
6 DF  ESP Santi
7 MF  BRA Juninho
8 MF  ESP Juan Vizcaíno
9 FW  ITA Christian Vieri
10 MF  YUG Milinko Pantić
11 FW  ESP Jordi Lardín
12 FW  POR Paulo Futre
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK  ESP Pedro Jaro
14 FW  ESP José Mari
15 DF  ESP Carlos Aguilera
19 FW  ESP Kiko
20 DF  ESP Delfí Geli
21 MF  ESP José Luis Caminero
23 DF  ROU Daniel Prodan
24 MF  CZE Radek Bejbl
25 MF  YUG Veljko Paunović
26 MF  ISR Avi Nimni
27 MF  ESP Ivo
28 DF  ESP Ramón

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW  ESP Santiago Ezquerro (to Mallorca)
17 FW  YUG Rade Bogdanović (to NAC Breda)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  ESP Roberto (on loan to Espanyol)

Transfers

In

Out

Winter

La Liga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Mallorca 38 16 12 10 55 39 +16 60[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 2]
6 Celta de Vigo 38 17 9 12 54 47 +7 60[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
7 Atlético Madrid 38 16 12 10 79 56 +23 60[lower-alpha 1]
8 Betis 38 17 8 13 49 50 1 59
9 Valencia 38 16 7 15 58 52 +6 55 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. MLL: 9 pts; CEL: 5 pts; ATM: 2 pts
  2. Since Barcelona, winners of 1997–98 Copa del Rey, was qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League, losing cup finalists RCD Mallorca earned a spot in the first round of the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

Results by round

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ResultDWLDWWWLWWDDWDWDLLWDLWDWLWDDLLDLWWDLWW
Position929106337545533334645545443347789878877

Matches

29 August 1997 1 Real Madrid 1-1 Atlético de Madrid Madrid
Seedorf 75' Report Juninho 15' Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Referee: Juan Brito Arceo
16 December 1997 17 Atlético de Madrid 2-3 RCD Mallorca Madrid
Santi 11'
Bogdanovic 49'
Report Pepe Galvez 1'
Carreras 42'
Valeron 69'
Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón
16 January 1998 21 Real Valladolid 2-1 Atlético de Madrid Valladolid
Santi 30' (o.g.)
Peternac 62' (pen)
Report Kiko 34' Stadium: Estadio Jose Zorrilla
Referee: Dauden Ibañez
14 February 1998 25 CP Mérida 2-1 Atlético de Madrid Mérida
Sinval 68'
Sinval 89'
Report Vieri 48'
27 February 1998 27 RCD Espanyol 2-2 Atlético de Madrid Barcelona
Ouedec 27'
Benitez 47'
Report Jose Mari 58'
Vieri 59'
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde
2 May 1998 36 RCD Mallorca 2-1 Atlético de Madrid Palma de Mallorca
Pepe Galvez 43'
Moya 47'
Paunovic 15' Stadium: Estadio Lluys Sitjar

UEFA Cup

First round

16 September 1997 Atlético Madrid 2–1 Leicester City Madrid
21:30 Juninho 69'
Vieri 71' (pen.)
Report Marshall 11' Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 25,000
30 September 1997 Leicester City 0–2 Atlético Madrid Leicester
20:45 Report Juninho 72'
Kiko 88'
Attendance: 20,776

Second round

21 October 1997 Atlético Madrid 5–2 PAOK Madrid
21:30 Vieri 10', 31', 55'
Lardín 12'
Kiko 75'
Report Frantzeskos 19'
Marangos 65'
Attendance: 50,000
4 November 1997 PAOK 4–4 Atlético Madrid Thessaloniki
20:45 Frantzeskos 17'
Olivares 55'
Zagorakis 76' (pen.)
Zouboulis 81'
Report Lardín 2'
Bogdanović 28'
Santi 51'
Kiko 90'
Attendance: 25,000

Eightfinals

25 November 1997 Croatia Zagreb 1–1 Atlético Madrid Zagreb
20:45 Mujčin 2' Report Caminero 61' Attendance: 40,000

Quarterfinals

3 March 1998 Atlético Madrid 1–0 Aston Villa Madrid
21:30 Vieri 42' (pen.) Report Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Stefano Braschi

Semifinals

31 March 1998 Atlético Madrid 0–1 Lazio Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid
21:30 Report Jugović 33' Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Paul Durkin
14 April 1998 Lazio 0–0 Atlético Madrid Rome
20:45 Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: László Vágner

Copa del Rey

Second round

Statistics

Players statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total1997–98 La Liga1997–98 Copa del Rey1997–98 UEFA Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK  ESP Molina 37-5437-54
15 DF  ESP Carlos Aguilera 362362
6 DF  ESP Santi 333333
4 DF  BRA Andrei 314314
20 DF  ESP Geli 28122+61
8 MF  ESP Vizcaino 33127+61
7 MF  BRA Juninho 235235
21 MF  ESP Caminero 25222+32
19 FW  ESP Kiko 31630+16
11 FW  ESP Lardin 32429+34
9 FW  ITA Vieri 24242424
3 DF  ESP Toni 13011+20
5 DF  ESP López 704+30
10 MF  YUG Pantic 29315+143
12 FW  POR Futre 1000+100
13 GK  ESP Jaro 1-21-2
14 FW  ESP José Mari 3598+279
23 DF  ROU Prodan 170170
24 MF  CZE Bejbl 27021+60
25 MF  YUG Paunovic 1466+86
26 MF  ISR Nimni 703+40
27 MF  ESP Ivo 200+20
28 DF  ESP Ramón 604+20
16 FW  ESP Ezquerro 402+20
17 FW  YUG Bogdanovic 14610+46
18 MF  ESP Roberto 312+11

La Liga

UEFA Cup

Overall

See also

References

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