1997–98 Copa del Rey

1997–98 Copa del Rey
96th Copa del Rey
Country	Spain
Dates	3 September 1997 – 29 April 1998
Teams	66
Champions	Barcelona
Runners-up	Mallorca
Matches played	129
Goals scored	317 (2.46 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Rivaldo (8)
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Copa del Rey was the 96th staging of the Copa del Rey.

The competition started on 3 September 1997 and concluded on 29 April 1998 with the final, held at the Mestalla Stadium in Valencia.^{[citation needed]}

Format[]

Schedule
Round	Fixture	Clubs	Gain entry
First round	23	66 → 43	Teams from: 2ª División and 2ª División B
Second round	18	43 → 25	Teams from: 1ª División
Third round	9	25 → 16
Round of 16	8	16 → 8	Teams playing European competitions (*)
Quarter-finals	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	2	4 → 2
Final	1	2 → 1

Teams
Division	No. clubs
1ª División	20
2ª División	21
2ª División B	25
Total teams	66

All rounds are played over two legs apart the final which is played a single match in a neutral venue.
In the event that aggregate scores finish level, the away goals rule. (This rule applies also in extra time)
In case of a tie on aggregate, will play an extra time of 30 minutes, and if no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shootout.
The winners of the competition will earn a place in the group stage of next season's UEFA Cup, if they have not already qualified for European competition, if so then the runners-up will instead take this berth.
The teams that play European competitions are exempt until the round of 16.
Reserve teams are excluded from the tournament.

(*) Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Deportivo La Coruña, Real Betis, Real Madrid, Valladolid from 1ª División.

First round[]

showFirst round
Home 1st leg	Agg.	Home 2nd leg	1st leg			2nd leg			Notes
Caudal	3–3 (a)	Ourense	3 Sep 1997	2–3	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	0–1	Rep.
Lemona	1–2	Eibar	3 Sep 1997	0–1	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	1–1	Rep.
Barakaldo	1–4	Osasuna	3 Sep 1997	1–0	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	4–0	Rep.
Burgos	3–1	Logroñés	3 Sep 1997	1–0	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	1–2	Rep.
Aurrerá	1–2	Alavés	3 Sep 1997	1–0	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	2–0	Rep.
Zamora	4–5 (aet)	Numancia	3 Sep 1997	1–3	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	2–3	Rep.
Endesa Andorra	1–6	Lleida	3 Sep 1997	0–3	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	3–1	Rep.
Gimnàstic	0–3	Figueres	3 Sep 1997	0–2	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	1–0	Rep.
Gramenet	2–2 (a)	Sóller	3 Sep 1997	1–2	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	0–1	Rep.
Plasencia	1–2	Extremadura	3 Sep 1997	1–1	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	1–0	Rep.
Moralo	1–1 (a)	Badajoz	3 Sep 1997	1–1	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	0–0	Rep.
Leganés	1–2	Rayo Vallecano	3 Sep 1997	0–0	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	2–1	Rep.
Manchego	4–6 (aet)	Albacete	3 Sep 1997	1–3	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	3–3	Rep.
Talavera	0–2	Toledo	3 Sep 1997	0–0	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	2–0	Rep.
Ontinyent	2–4	Hércules	3 Sep 1997	1–2	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	2–1	Rep.
Novelda	5–4	Levante	3 Sep 1997	4–4	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	0–1	Rep.
Elche	1–0	Villarreal	3 Sep 1997	0–0	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	0–1	Rep.
Écija	2–3	Xerez	3 Sep 1997	2–1	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	2–0	Rep.
	4–4 (a)	Sevilla	3 Sep 1997	1–2	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	2–3	Rep.
Recreativo Huelva	4–2	Córdoba	3 Sep 1997	1–1	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	1��3	Rep.
Almería	2–2 (a)	Real Jaén	3 Sep 1997	2–1	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	1–0	Rep.
Motril	0–2	Lorca	3 Sep 1997	0–1	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	1–0	Rep.
Pájara Playas de Jandía	4–5	Las Palmas	3 Sep 1997	3–1	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	4–1	Rep.
Bye: Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Deportivo La Coruña, Betis, Real Madrid, Valladolid.

Second round[]

showSecond round
Home 1st leg	Agg.	Home 2nd leg	1st leg			2nd leg			Notes
Ourense	1–3 (aet)	Celta Vigo	8 Oct 1997	0–1	Rep.	28 Oct 1997	2–1	Rep.
Alavés	1–0	Oviedo	8 Oct 1997	1–0	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	0–0	Rep.
Eibar	0–1	Compostela	8 Oct 1997	0–0	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	1–0	Rep.
Numancia	2–3	Racing Santander	8 Oct 1997	2–2	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	1–0	Rep.
Burgos	0–2	Real Sociedad	7 Oct 1997	0–2	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	0–0	Rep.
Osasuna	2–1	Sporting Gijón	8 Oct 1997	1–1	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	0–1	Rep.
Figueres	3–2	Espanyol	8 Oct 1997	1–1	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	1–2	Rep.
Lleida	2–3	Zaragoza	8 Oct 1997	1–1	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	2–1	Rep.
Badajoz	0–3	Mérida	9 Oct 1997	0–0	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	3–0	Rep.
Toledo	0–3	Salamanca	8 Oct 1997	0–1	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	2–0	Rep.
Rayo Vallecano	0–1	Extremadura	8 Oct 1997	0–1	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	0–0	Rep.
Hércules	0–4	Valencia	8 Oct 1997	0–3	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	1–0	Rep.
Novelda	1–0	Elche	8 Oct 1997	1–0	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	0–0	Rep.
Lorca	4–4 (a)	Albacete	8 Oct 1997	0–2	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	2–4	Rep.
Sóller	1–7	Mallorca	8 Oct 1997	1–1	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	6–0	Rep.
Xerez	1–1 (a)	Real Jaén	8 Oct 1997	0–0	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	1–1	Rep.
	1–4	Recreativo Huelva	8 Oct 1997	1–2	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	2–0	Rep.
Las Palmas	5–4	Tenerife	8 Oct 1997	3–2	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	2–2	Rep.
Bye: Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Deportivo La Coruña, Betis, Real Madrid, Valladolid.

Third round[]

showThird round
Home 1st leg	Agg.	Home 2nd leg	1st leg			2nd leg			Notes
Las Palmas	4–4 (a)	Mallorca	2 Dec 1997	3–2	Rep.	7 Jan 1998	2–1	Rep.
Recreativo Huelva	2–6	Celta Vigo	3 Dec 1997	0–1	Rep.	7 Jan 1998	5–2	Rep.
Figueres	2–3 (aet)	Valencia	3 Dec 1997	1–1	Rep.	7 Jan 1998	2–1	Rep.
Novelda	3–7	Zaragoza	3 Dec 1997	2–2	Rep.	7 Jan 1998	5–1	Rep.
Lorca	3–4	Mérida	3 Dec 1997	2–0	Rep.	7 Jan 1998	4–1	Rep.
Alavés	3–2	Compostela	3 Dec 1997	1–0	Rep.	6 Jan 1998	2–2	Rep.
Xerez	3–4	Real Sociedad	4 Dec 1997	1–0	Rep.	7 Jan 1998	4–2	Rep.
Osasuna	3–2	Racing Santander	3 Dec 1997	3–0	Rep.	7 Jan 1998	2–0	Rep.
Extremadura	2–2 (a)	Salamanca	3 Dec 1997	1–0	Rep.	8 Jan 1998	2–1	Rep.
Bye: Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Deportivo La Coruña, Betis, Real Madrid, Valladolid.

Bracket[]

Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final

Barcelona	2	3	5

Valencia	1	1	2
				Barcelona	2	3	5

				Mérida	0	0	0
Valladolid	1	1	2

Mérida	1	3	4
								Barcelona	5	0	5

								Zaragoza	2	0	2
Zaragoza	2	1	3

Atlético Madrid	0	2	2
				Zaragoza	3	2	5

				Betis	0	2	2
Real Sociedad	0	1	2

Betis	2	1	3
												Barcelona (5–4 p)	1

												Mallorca	1
Alavés (a)	1	1	2

Real Madrid	0	2	2
				Alavés	3	0	3

				Deportivo La Coruña	1	0	1
Osasuna	0	1	1

Deportivo La Coruña	1	2	3
								Alavés	1	0	1

								Mallorca	2	1	3
Extremadura	2	1	3

Athletic Bilbao	0	4	4
				Athletic Bilbao	2	0	2

				Mallorca (a)	1	1	2
Mallorca (a)	1	1	2

Celta Vigo	0	2	2

Round of 16[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona	5–2	Valencia	2–1	3–1
Valladolid	2–4	Mérida	1–1	1–3
Zaragoza	3–2	Atlético Madrid	2–0	1–2
Real Sociedad	1–3	Betis	0–2	1–1
Alavés	2–2 (a)^[1]	Real Madrid	1–0	1–2
Osasuna	1–3	Deportivo La Coruña	0–1	1–2
Extremadura	3–4	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	1–4
Mallorca	2–2 (a)	Celta Vigo	1–0	1–2

First leg[]

13 January 1998	Alavés	1–0	Real Madrid	showVitoria-Gasteiz
21:30 CET	70'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Daudén Ibáñez

14 January 1998	Real Sociedad	0–2	Betis	showSan Sebastián
20:15 CET		Report (in Spanish)	Finidi 30' Pérez 90+1'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 16,000 Referee:

14 January 1998	Osasuna	0–1	Deportivo La Coruña	showPamplona
20:30 CET		Report (in Spanish)	Abreu 50'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 15,000 Referee:

14 January 1998	Zaragoza	2–0	Atlético Madrid	showZaragoza
20:45 CET	José Ignacio 7' Pier 90'	Report (in Spanish)	Andrei 77'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: — Referee: Díaz Vega

14 January 1998	Valladolid	1–1	Mérida	showValladolid
21:00 CET	Eusebio 60'	Report (in Spanish)	Biagini 69'	Stadium: Nuevo José Zorrilla Attendance: 23,000 Referee:

14 January 1998	Extremadura	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	showAlmendralejo
21:00 CET	Rueda 59' 70'	Report (in Spanish)	Nagore 60' Larrazábal 73'	Stadium: Francisco de la Hera Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Pérez Burrull

14 January 1998	Mallorca	1–0	Celta Vigo	showPalma
21:15 CET	Marcelino 84'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Lluís Sitjar Attendance: 10,357 Referee: Iturralde González

15 January 1998	Barcelona	2–1	Valencia	showBarcelona
21:30 CET	Luis Enrique 4' Rivaldo 66'	Report (in Spanish)	Fernando 37' (pen.)	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Mejuto González

Second leg[]

20 January 1998	Atlético Madrid	2–1	Zaragoza	showMadrid
21:30 CET	Juninho 29' Kiko 37'	Report (in Spanish)	José Ignacio 84'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 45,000 Referee:

21 January 1998	Athletic Bilbao	4–1	Extremadura	showBilbao
20:30 CET	Urzaiz 13' Etxeberria 49', 55' Ziganda 59'	Report (in Spanish)	Rueda 40'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 45,000 Referee:

21 January 1998	Deportivo La Coruña	2–1	Osasuna	showA Coruña
20:45 CET	Djalminha 65' Bassir 80'	Report (in Spanish)	Palacios 84'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 18,000 Referee:

21 January 1998	Real Madrid	2–1	Alavés	showMadrid
21:00 CET	Roberto Carlos 13' Šuker 55'	Report (in Spanish)	Riesco 10'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 35,000 Referee:

21 January 1998	Mérida	3–1	Valladolid	showMérida
21:00 CET	Canabal 6' (o.g.) 53' Sabas 68'	Report (in Spanish)	Klimowicz 11'	Stadium: Romano José Fouto Attendance: 11,500 Referee:

21 January 1998	Celta Vigo	2–1	Mallorca	showVigo
21:00 CET	Mostovoi 42' Moisés 52' (pen.)	Report (in Spanish)	Ezquerro 77'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 23,000 Referee:

21 January 1998	Betis	1–1	Real Sociedad	showSeville
21:30 CET	Oli 23'	Report (in Spanish)	80'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 20,000 Referee:

22 January 1998	Valencia	1–3	Barcelona	showValencia
21:30 CET	Angloma 68'	Report (in Spanish)	Rivaldo 26' (pen.), 79' Giovanni 90+1'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 48,000 Referee: López Nieto

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona	5–0	Mérida	2–0	3–0
Zaragoza	5–2	Betis	3–0	2–2
Alavés	3–1^[2]	Deportivo La Coruña	3–1	0–0
Athletic Bilbao	2–2 (a)	Mallorca	2–1	0–1

First leg[]

3 February 1998	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	Mallorca	showBilbao
21:30 CET	Urzaiz 6' Alkiza 50'	Report (in Spanish)	21'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 36,000 Referee:

4 February 1998	Alavés	3–1	Deportivo La Coruña	showVitoria-Gasteiz
19:15 CET	Begoña 8' Riesco 25' Moreno 70'	Report (in Spanish)	Donato 32' (pen.)	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 8,500 Referee: García-Aranda

4 February 1998	Zaragoza	3–0	Betis	showZaragoza
21:30 CET	Acuña 13' Pier 34' Garitano 71'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 22,000 Referee:

5 February 1998	Barcelona	2–0	Mérida	showBarcelona
22:00 CET	Luis Enrique 16' Figo 79'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 25,000 Referee:

Second leg[]

10 February 1998	Mallorca	1–0	Athletic Bilbao	showPalma
22:00 CET	Stanković 67'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Lluís Sitjar Attendance: 20,000 Referee:

11 February 1998	Deportivo La Coruña	0–0	Alavés	showA Coruña
19:30 CET		Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Díaz Vega

11 February 1998	Mérida	0–3	Barcelona	showMérida
22:00 CET		Report (in Spanish)	Sergi 2' Rivaldo 52' (pen.) Ćirić 80'	Stadium: Romano José Fouto Attendance: 15,000 Referee:

12 February 1998	Betis	2–2	Zaragoza	showSeville
21:30 CET	Alfonso 43' Finidi 64'	Report (in Spanish)	Jamelli 15' Pier 17'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Fernández Marín

Semi-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona	5–2	Zaragoza	5–2 ^[3]	0–0
Alavés	1–3 ^[4]	Mallorca	1–2	0–1

First leg[]

18 February 1998	Barcelona	5–2	Zaragoza	showBarcelona
21:30 CET	Rivaldo 3', 6', 47' Giovanni 11' Luis Enrique 20'	Report (in Spanish)	Garitano 1', 40'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 45,000 Referee: López Nieto

19 February 1998	Alavés	1–2	Mallorca	showVitoria-Gasteiz
22:00 CET	49'	Report (in Spanish)	Ezquerro 45+1' Stanković 82'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 9,000 Referee:

Second leg[]

25 February 1998	Mallorca	1–0	Alavés	showPalma
21:30 CET	Gálvez 89'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Lluís Sitjar Attendance: 22,382 Referee: Fernández Marín

26 February 1998	Zaragoza	0–0	Barcelona	showZaragoza
22:00 CET	Aguado 88'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Díaz Vega

Final[]

29 April 1998

21:00 CET

Barcelona	1–1^[5] (a.e.t.)	Mallorca
Rivaldo 66'	Report (in Spanish)	Stanković 6' Mena 84' Romero 90+3'
Penalties
Rivaldo Giovanni Celades Pizzi Roger Figo Óscar Reiziger	5–4	Iván Rocha Soler Campo Olaizola Roa Stanković Amato Eskurza

Valencia
Stadium: Mestalla

Attendance: 54,000

Referee: Daudén Ibáñez

Copa del Rey 1997–98 winners
Barcelona 24th title

Top goalscorers[]

Player	Goals	Team
Rivaldo	8	Barcelona
Pier	5	Zaragoza
Jovan Stanković	5	Mallorca
Turu Flores	4	Las Palmas
	4	Alavés
Pepe Gálvez	4	Mallorca
José Ignacio	4	Zaragoza
Bolo	4	Hércules
Vladimir Gudelj	4	Celta Vigo
Luis Rueda	4	Extremadura

References[]

^ "Round Of 16: Deportivo Alavés vs Real Madrid CF" (in Spanish). Dailymotion.
^ "Quarters: Deportivo Alavés vs Deportivo de La Coruña" (in Spanish). Dailymotion.
^ "Semi: FC Barcelona vs Real Zaragoza (1st leg)" (in Spanish). Youtube.
^ "Semi: Deportivo Alavés vs RCD Mallorca" (in Spanish). Dailymotion.
^ "Final: FC Barcelona vs RCD Mallorca" (in Spanish). Youtube.

External links[]

(in English) RSSSF
(in Spanish) Linguasport
(in Spanish) Dailymotion: Deportivo Alavés career cup 1997-98 (early rounds)

[1] "Round Of 16: Deportivo Alavés vs Real Madrid CF" (in Spanish). Dailymotion.

[2] "Quarters: Deportivo Alavés vs Deportivo de La Coruña" (in Spanish). Dailymotion.

[3] "Semi: FC Barcelona vs Real Zaragoza (1st leg)" (in Spanish). Youtube.

[4] "Semi: Deportivo Alavés vs RCD Mallorca" (in Spanish). Dailymotion.

[5] "Final: FC Barcelona vs RCD Mallorca" (in Spanish). Youtube.

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