1997–98 Serie A

Serie A
Season 1997–98
Champions Juventus
25th title
Relegated Brescia
Atalanta
Lecce
Napoli
Champions League Juventus (group stage)
Internazionale (second round)
UEFA Cup Udinese
Fiorentina
Roma
Cup Winners' Cup Lazio
Intertoto Cup Bologna (third round)
Sampdoria (second round)
Matches played 306
Goals scored 835 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorer Oliver Bierhoff (27)

The 1997–98 Serie A title was Juventus won its 25th national title, with Inter Milan placed second and qualified to the Champions League 1998-1999. Udinese, Roma, Fiorentina, Parma qualified to the UEFA Cup 1998-1999. Lazio qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners Cup courtesy of winning the Coppa Italia. Bologna and Sampdoria qualified to 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup. Brescia, Atalanta, Lecce and Napoli were relegated to Serie B.

Personnel and Sponsoring

Team Head Coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Atalanta Italy Emiliano Mondonico Asics Somet
Bari Italy Eugenio Fascetti Lotto Transport Gio Bi
Bologna Italy Renzo Ulivieri Diadora Granarolo
Brescia Italy Edoardo Reja Erreà Ristora
Empoli Italy Luciano Spalletti Erreà Sammontana
Fiorentina Italy Alberto Malesani Fila Nintendo
Internazionale Italy Luigi Simoni Umbro Pirelli
Juventus Italy Marcelo Lippi Kappa Sony Minidisc
Lazio Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson Umbro Cirio
Lecce Italy Angelo Pereni Asics Banca 121
Milan Italy Fabio Capello Lotto Opel
Napoli Italy Giovanni Galeone Nike Polenghi
Parma Italy Carlo Ancelotti Puma Parmalat
Piacenza Italy Vincenzo Guerini Lotto No Sponsor
Roma Italy Zdeněk Zeman Diadora INA Assitalia
Sampdoria Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vujadin Boškov Asics Daewoo
Udinese Italy Alberto Zaccheroni Hummel Atreyu
Vicenza Italy 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

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 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Internazionale 34 21 6 7 62 27+35 69 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3 Udinese 34 19 7 8 62 40+22 64 1998–99 UEFA Cup First round
4 Roma 34 16 11 7 67 42+25 59
5 Fiorentina 34 15 12 7 65 36+29 57
6 Parma 34 15 12 7 55 39+16 57
7 Lazio 34 16 8 10 53 30+23 56 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round
8 Bologna 34 12 12 10 55 46+9 48 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
9 Sampdoria 34 13 9 12 52 553 48 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
10 Milan 34 11 11 12 37 436 44
11 Bari 34 10 8 16 30 4515 38
12 Empoli 34 10 7 17 50 588 37
13 Piacenza 34 7 16 11 29 389 37
14 Vicenza 34 9 9 16 36 6125 36
15 Brescia (R) 34 9 8 17 45 6318 35 Relegation to Serie B
16 Atalanta (R) 34 7 11 16 25 4823 32
17 Lecce (R) 34 6 8 20 32 7240 26
18 Napoli (R) 34 2 8 24 25 7651 14

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away ATA BAR BOLBREEMPFIOINTJUVLAZLCEMILNAPPARPIAROMSAMUDIVIC
Atalanta 20 42 01 10 10 12 11 00 00 12 10 00 22 01 02 11 13
Bari 00 00 21 20 01 21 05 02 22 10 20 02 00 13 01 00 00
Bologna 00 43 21 22 22 24 13 21 20 30 51 12 30 00 22 20 31
Brescia 22 11 13 31 13 01 11 11 32 22 21 21 20 11 33 04 40
Empoli 10 23 00 31 11 11 01 10 51 01 50 20 23 13 41 10 32
Fiorentina 50 31 11 51 12 11 30 13 50 20 40 11 11 00 11 10 11
Internazionale 40 01 01 21 41 32 10 11 50 22 20 10 00 30 30 20 21
Juventus 31 10 32 40 52 21 10 21 20 41 22 22 20 31 30 41 20
Lazio 02 32 10 10 31 14 30 01 40 21 20 12 00 20 30 23 40
Lecce 11 01 11 20 22 11 15 02 10 00 20 02 13 13 13 12 01
Milan 30 20 00 21 31 02 03 11 11 12 00 11 10 00 10 00 01
Napoli 01 22 00 03 21 11 02 12 00 24 12 04 12 02 02 13 20
Parma 22 10 20 13 20 12 10 22 11 21 31 31 11 02 22 40 21
Piacenza 30 01 00 00 00 00 01 11 00 10 11 10 13 33 10 02 11
Roma 30 21 21 50 43 41 12 00 13 31 50 62 22 11 20 12 22
Sampdoria 20 10 23 21 30 20 11 11 04 11 03 63 52 31 11 03 21
Udinese 10 20 43 31 22 23 10 11 02 60 21 11 11 20 42 32 30
Vicenza 10 12 32 21 10 15 13 00 21 13 14 11 00 32 11 11 13

Source: lega-calcio.it (Italian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Top scorers

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

Hat-tricks

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

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