1997–98 Atlético Madrid season

Atlético Madrid
1997–98 season
President	Jesús Gil
Head coach	Radomir Antić
Stadium	Vicente Calderón
La Liga	7th (qual. for UEFA Cup)
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
UEFA Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Christian Vieri (24); All: ; Christian Vieri (29)
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

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.

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)

Starting 11[]

Transfers[]

In[]

Paulo Futre – West Ham United
Juninho – Middlesbrough
Christian Vieri – Juventus
Rade Bogdanović – JEF United Ichihara

Out[]

Santiago Ezquerro – Mallorca

Winter

Rade Bogdanović – NAC Breda
Roberto – Espanyol, loan

La Liga[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Mallorca	38	16	12	10	55	39	+16	60^[a]	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[b]
6	Celta de Vigo	38	17	9	12	54	47	+7	60^[a]	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
7	Atlético Madrid	38	16	12	10	79	56	+23	60^[a]
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:

^ ^a ^b ^c MLL: 9 pts; CEL: 5 pts; ATM: 2 pts
^ 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[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	W
Position	9	2	9	10	6	3	3	7	5	4	5	5	3	3	3	3	4	6	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	7	7	8	9	8	7	8	8	7	7

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Group stage; = 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round; = 1998–99 UEFA Cup First round; = 1998–99 UEFA Cup First round; = 1998–99 UEFA Cup First round; = 1998–99 UEFA Cup First round; = 1998–99 UEFA Cup First round; = 1998–99 UEFA Cup First round; = 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round

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

5 September 1997 2	Atlético de Madrid	5-0	Real Valladolid	Madrid
	Bogdanovic 17' Bogdanovic 37' Santi 67' (pen) Lardin 69' Kiko 89'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

12 September 1997 3	Athletic de Bilbao	1-0	Atlético de Madrid	Bilbao
	Etxeberria 8'	Report		Stadium: Estadio San Mames

26 September 1997 4	Atlético de Madrid	3-3	Celta de Vigo	Madrid
	Vieri 75' Jose Mari 77' Vieri 81' (pen)	Report	Revivo 2' Cadete 56' Berges 89'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

5 October 1997 5	Real Oviedo	0-2	Atlético de Madrid	Oviedo
		Report	Caminero 14' Vieri 43'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere

14 October 1997 6	Atlético de Madrid	4-0	CP Mérida	Madrid
	Vieri 41' Kiko 47' Juninho 53' Jose Mari 89'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

17 October 1997 7	Real Zaragoza	1-5	Atlético de Madrid	Zaragoza
	Garitano 73' (pen)	Report	Kiko 3' Vieri 19', 39', 63' Jose Mari 82'	Stadium: Estadio La Romareda

26 October 1997 8	Atlético de Madrid	0-2	RCD Espanyol	Madrid
		Report	Kiko 11' (o.g.) Galca 89'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

31 October 1997 9	Real Betis	2-3	Atlético de Madrid	Sevilla
	Andrei 1' (o.g.) Finidi 89'	Report	Juninho 20' Vieri 44' Lardin 87'	Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarin

10 November 1997 10	Atlético de Madrid	3-1	SD Compostela	Madrid
	Aguilera 20' Bogdanovic 34' Pantic 86' (pen)	Report	Penev 89'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

13 November 1997 11	Atlético de Madrid	1-1	UD Salamanca	Madrid
	Andrei 73'	Report	Pauleta 65'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

16 November 1997 12	Real Sociedad	0-0	Atlético de Madrid	San Sebastián
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Anoeta

21 November 1997 13	Atlético de Madrid	3-1	Valencia CF	Madrid
	Bogdanovic 25' Juninho 60' (pen) Pantic 84'	Report	Vlaovic 49'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

29 November 1997 14	Deportivo La Coruña	2-2	Atlético de Madrid	La Coruña
	Madar 39' Naybet 85'	Report	Lardin 8' Andrei 80'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor

5 December 1997 15	Atlético de Madrid	2-1	Sporting de Gijón	Madrid
	Bogdanovic 56' Geli 72'	Report	Luna 85'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

13 December 1997 16	CD Tenerife	2-2	Atlético de Madrid	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
	Makaay 29' Kodro 43' (pen)	Report	Jose Mari 78' Pantic 89'	Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodriguez

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

19 December 1997 18	FC Barcelona	3-1	Atlético de Madrid	Barcelona
	Luis Enrique 48', 70' Giovanni 65' (pen)	Report	Roberto 21'	Stadium: Camp Nou

3 January 1997 19	Atlético de Madrid	2-1	Racing de Santander	Madrid
	Vieri 42' Aguilera 50'	Report	Diego Lopez 76'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

9 January 1998 20	Atlético de Madrid	1-1	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Jose Mari 86'	Report	Savio 68'	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

23 January 1998 22	Atlético de Madrid	3-0	Athletic de Bilbao	Madrid
	Vieri 12' Vieri 50' Frascarelli 72'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

31 January 1998 23	Celta de Vigo	1-1	Atlético Madrid	Vigo
	Ito 29'	Report	Juninho 25' (pen)	Stadium: Estadio Balaídos

8 February 1998 24	Atlético Madrid	4-1	Real Oviedo	Madrid
	Jose Mari 25' Vieri 35', 66' Paunovic 86'	Report	83'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

14 February 1998 25	CP Mérida	2-1	Atlético de Madrid	Mérida
	68' 89'	Report	Vieri 48'

22 February 1998 26	Atlético de Madrid	2-1	Real Zaragoza	Madrid
	Vieri 52' Kiko 74'	Report	Miquel Soler 88'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

27 February 1998 27	RCD Espanyol	2-2	Atlético de Madrid	Barcelona
	Ouedec 27' 47'	Report	Jose Mari 58' Vieri 59'	Referee: Eduardo Iturralde

7 March 1998 28	Atlético de Madrid	0-0	Real Betis	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

13 March 1998 29	SD Compostela	2-1	Atlético de Madrid	Santiago de Compostela
	Sion 79' Bellido 82'	Report	Vieri 59'	Referee: Lopez Nieto

20 March 1998 30	UD Salamanca	5-4	Atlético de Madrid	Salamanca
	Popescu 15' Popescu 30' Silvani 47' Popescu 74' Alonso 89'	Report	Vieri 11' Vieri 43' Vieri 82' (pen) Vieri 84'

27 March 1998 31	Atlético de Madrid	2-2	Real Sociedad	Madrid
	Vizcaíno 42' Lardin 57'	Report	Aldeondo 61' Adepoju 74'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

4 April 1998 32	Valencia CF	4-1	Atlético de Madrid	Valencia
	Ilie 46' Mendieta 68' (pen) Mendieta 71' (pen) Piojo Lopez 75'	Report	Kiko 73'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

10 April 1998 33	Atlético de Madrid	3-0	Deportivo La Coruña	Madrid
	Jose Mari 2' Jemez 20' (o.g.) Santi 44' (pen)			Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

18 April 1998 34	Sporting de Gijón	2-3	Atlético de Madrid	Gijón
	42' Trotta 44'		Paunovic 56' Vieri 64' Paunovic 70'	Stadium: Estadio El Molinon

25 April 1998 35	Atlético de Madrid	2-2	CD Tenerife	Madrid
	Paunovic 18' Jose Mari 84'		Aguilera 26' (o.g.) Alexis 89' (pen)	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

2 May 1998 36	RCD Mallorca	2-1	Atlético de Madrid	Palma de Mallorca
	43' Moya 47'		Paunovic 15'	Stadium:

9 May 1998 37	Atlético de Madrid	5-2	FC Barcelona	Madrid
	Paunovic 19' Couto 25' (o.g.) Vieri 60' Caminero 70' Vieri 82'	Report	Rivaldo 12' de la Peña 81'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

10 May 1998 38	Racing de Santander	0-1	Atlético de Madrid	Santander
		Report	Andrei 1'	Stadium: Estadio El Sardinero

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

9 December 1997	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Croatia Zagreb	Madrid
21:30	Caminero 44'	Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium Attendance: 30,000

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

17 March 1998	Aston Villa	2–1	Atlético Madrid	Villa Park, Birmingham
20:45	Taylor 72' Collymore 74'	Report	Caminero 29'	Attendance: 39,163 Referee: Mario van der Ende

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

14 January 1998	Real Zaragoza	2-0	Atlético de Madrid	Zaragoza
		Report		Stadium: Estadio La Romareda

20 January 1998	Atlético de Madrid	2-1 (3-2 agg.)	Real Zaragoza	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

Statistics[]

Players statistics[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1997–98 La Liga		1997–98 Copa del Rey		1997–98 UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ESP	Molina	37	-54	37	-54
15	DF	ESP	Carlos Aguilera	36	2	36	2
6	DF	ESP	Santi	33	3	33	3
4	DF	BRA	Andrei	31	4	31	4
20	DF	ESP	Geli	28	1	22+6	1
8	MF	ESP	Vizcaino	33	1	27+6	1
7	MF	BRA	Juninho	23	5	23	5
21	MF	ESP	Caminero	25	2	22+3	2
19	FW	ESP	Kiko	31	6	30+1	6
11	FW	ESP	Lardin	32	4	29+3	4
9	FW	ITA	Vieri	24	24	24	24
3	DF	ESP	Toni	13	0	11+2	0
5	DF	ESP	López	7	0	4+3	0
10	MF	YUG	Pantic	29	3	15+14	3
12	FW	POR	Futre	10	0	0+10	0
13	GK	ESP	Jaro	1	-2	1	-2
14	FW	ESP	José Mari	35	9	8+27	9
23	DF	ROU	Prodan	17	0	17	0
24	MF	CZE	Bejbl	27	0	21+6	0
25	MF	YUG	Paunovic	14	6	6+8	6
26	MF	ISR	Nimni	7	0	3+4	0
27	MF	ESP	Ivo	2	0	0+2	0
28	DF	ESP	Ramón	6	0	4+2	0
16	FW	ESP	Ezquerro	4	0	2+2	0
17	FW	YUG	Bogdanovic	14	6	10+4	6
18	MF	ESP	Roberto	3	1	2+1	1

Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1997-987.html