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)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

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.

Atalanta

Bari

Bologna

Brescia

Empoli

Fiorentina

Inter
Milan

Juventus

Lazio
Roma

Lecce

Napoli

Parma

Piacenza

Sampdoria

Udinese

Vicenza

Serie A 1997-98 team distribution

Personnel and Sponsoring

Team	Head Coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Atalanta	Emiliano Mondonico	Asics	Somet
Bari	Eugenio Fascetti	Lotto	Transport Gio Bi
Bologna	Renzo Ulivieri	Macron	Granarolo
Brescia	Edoardo Reja	Garman	Ristora
Empoli	Luciano Spalletti	Errea	Sammontana
Fiorentina	Alberto Malesani	Fila	Nintendo
Internazionale	Luigi Simoni	Umbro	Pirelli
Juventus	Marcelo Lippi	Kappa	Sony Minidisc
Lazio	Sven-Göran Eriksson	Umbro	Cirio
Lecce	Angelo Pereni	Asics	Banca 121
Milan	Fabio Capello	Lotto	Opel
Napoli	Giovanni Galeone	Nike	Polenghi
Parma	Carlo Ancelotti	Puma	Parmalat
Piacenza	Vincenzo Guerini	Lotto	No Sponsor
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

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	55	−3	48	1998 UEFA 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	Empoli	34	10	7	17	50	58	−8	37
13	Piacenza	34	7	16	11	29	38	−9	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: 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

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

References and sources

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

External links

• All results on RSSSF
• 1997–98 Serie A squads