1997–98 FC Barcelona season

FC Barcelona
1997–98 season
President	Josep Lluís Núñez
Head Coach	Louis van Gaal
Stadium	Camp Nou
La Liga	1st
Copa del Rey	Winners
Supercopa de España	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Group stage (4th)
UEFA Super Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Rivaldo (19); All: ; Rivaldo (28)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

FC Barcelona returned to its previous glorious league ways under the guidance of new coach Louis van Gaal. The highly rated coach, hired from Ajax Amsterdam, brought lethal striker Sonny Anderson and the attacking midfielder Rivaldo with him. But surprisedly Barcelona sold Ronaldo to Inter Milan just before season begin and thus handed Sonny Anderson as main striker. He introduced Barcelona to his 4-3-3 formation, in which Rivaldo scored 20 goals in the league as centre forward. Under van Gaal at helm on his first season, Barcelona won their 15th La Liga title, 2nd European Super Cup title as well as 24th Copa del Rey title (thus winning their domestic double) but Barcelona crashed out of the UEFA Champions League, following a lackluster performance in the First Group Phase. In fact, Barcelona ended up last in the group, contributing only single victory, two draws and three defeats and thus preventing Barcelona's first treble glory.

Barcelona had a marvelous second half of the season, in which it kept pace with La Liga championship leaders Real Madrid, then passing the Madrids when they had a couple of slips. In the end, a win in the 36th round was more than enough to clinch Barcelona's first league title in four years.

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	POR	Vítor Baía
2	DF	ESP	Albert Ferrer
3	DF	ESP	Abelardo Fernández
4	MF	ESP	Josep Guardiola (captain)
5	DF	POR	Fernando Couto
6	MF	ESP	Óscar García
7	MF	POR	Luís Figo
8	FW	BUL	Hristo Stoichkov
9	FW	BRA	Sonny Anderson
10	MF	BRA	Giovanni
11	MF	BRA	Rivaldo
12	DF	ESP	Sergi Barjuán
13	GK	NED	Ruud Hesp
14	MF	NGA	Emmanuel Amunike
15	FW	FRA	Christophe Dugarry


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	YUG	Dragan Ćirić
17	DF	NED	Winston Bogarde
18	MF	ESP	Guillermo Amor
19	FW	ESP	Juan Antonio Pizzi
20	DF	ESP	Miguel Ángel Nadal
21	MF	ESP	Luis Enrique
22	DF	NED	Michael Reiziger
23	MF	ESP	Iván de la Peña
25	GK	ESP	Carles Busquets
26	MF	ESP	Albert Celades
27	MF	ESP	Roger García
28	DF	ESP	Carles Puyol
29	MF	ESP	Xavi Hernández
31	MF	ESP	Mario Rosas
32	MF	ESP	Jofre

Transfers[]

Name	From/To	Type
In
Sonny Anderson	AS Monaco
Rivaldo	Deportivo La Coruña
Ruud Hesp	Roda JC
Michael Reiziger	A.C. Milan
Christophe Dugarry	A.C. Milan
Dragan Ćirić	Partizan Belgrado
Out
Ronaldo	Internazionale
Laurent Blanc	Olympique Marseille
Gheorghe Popescu	Galatasaray
Ángel Cuéllar	Real Betis
Julen Lopetegui	Rayo Vallecano
Goran Vučević	FC Köln
Quique Álvarez	Logroñés	Loan

Winter[]

Name	Nationality	From/To	Type
In
Winston Bogarde		A.C. Milan
Out
Christophe Dugarry		Olympique Marseille
Hristo Stoichkov		CSKA Sofia

Competitions[]

La Liga[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona (C)	38	23	5	10	78	56	+22	74	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Athletic Bilbao	38	17	14	7	52	42	+10	65	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Real Sociedad	38	16	15	7	60	37	+23	63^[a]	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Real Madrid	38	17	12	9	63	45	+18	63^[a]	Qualification for the Champions League group stage^[b]
5	Mallorca	38	16	12	10	55	39	+16	60^[c]	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[d]

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.
(C) Champion
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b RMA 2–0 RSO; RSO 4–2 RMA
^ Real Madrid was qualified directly for the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League as holders.
^ 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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	L
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

31 August 1997 1	FC Barcelona	3-0	Real Sociedad	showBarcelona
	Rivaldo 26' 80' Giovanni 56'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

8 September 1997 2	Valencia CF	0-3	FC Barcelona	showValencia
		Report	Anderson 1' Rivaldo 37' (pen.) de la Peña 81'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

13 September 1997 3	FC Barcelona	2-1	Deportivo La Coruña	showBarcelona
	Enrique 23' Anderson 87'	Report	Luizão 89'	Stadium: Camp Nou

27 September 1997 4	Sporting de Gijón	1-4	FC Barcelona	showGijón
	Bango 30'	Report	Enrique 2' 73' Rivaldo 8' 82'	Stadium: Estadio El Molinon

5 October 1997 5	FC Barcelona	3-2	CD Tenerife	showBarcelona
	Óscar 6' 31' Enrique 50'	Report	Juanele 24' Paz 28'	Stadium: Camp Nou

14 October 1997 6	RCD Mallorca	0-1	FC Barcelona	showPalma de Mallorca
		Report	Enrique 5'	Stadium: Estadio Son Moix

18 October 1997 7	SD Compostela	2-2	FC Barcelona	showSantiago de Compostela
	Penev 36' Nacho 56'	Report	Óscar 59' Rivaldo 73'

26 October 1997 8	FC Barcelona	2-0	Racing de Santander	showBarcelona
	Óscar 51' Enrique 68'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

1 November 1997 9	Real Madrid	2-3	FC Barcelona	showMadrid
	Raúl 48' Šuker 61'	Report	Rivaldo 5' Enrique 50' Anderson 79'	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

9 November 1997 10	FC Barcelona	1-2	Real Valladolid	showBarcelona
	Pizzi 89'	Report	Eusebio 10' Peternac 50'	Stadium: Camp Nou

13 November 1997 11	Athletic de Bilbao	3-0	FC Barcelona	showBilbao
	Ziganda 40' Alkiza 50' Urzaiz 72'	Report		Stadium: Estadio San Mames

16 November 1997 12	FC Barcelona	3-2	Celta de Vigo	showBarcelona
	Eggen 10' (o.g.) Rivaldo 60' Pizzi 66'	Report	Cadete 37' Sánchez 84'	Stadium: Camp Nou

22 November 1997 13	Real Oviedo	1-0	FC Barcelona	showOviedo
	Pompei 67' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere

1 December 1997 14	FC Barcelona	3-1	CP Mérida	showBarcelona
	Anderson 34' Enrique 70' Rivaldo 73' (pen.)	Report	81' (pen.)	Stadium: Camp Nou

6 December 1997 15	Real Zaragoza	1-2	FC Barcelona	showZaragoza
	Aragón 54'	Report	Barjuán 17' Rivaldo 30'	Stadium: Estadio La Romareda

13 December 1997 16	FC Barcelona	3-1	RCD Espanyol	showBarcelona
	Enrique 24' Giovanni 51' Barjuán 72'	Report	Esnáider 58' (pen.)	Stadium: Camp Nou

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

5 January 1998 19	UD Salamanca	4-3	FC Barcelona	showSalamanca
	Zegarra 43' Brito 80' (pen.) 83' Silvani 87'	Report	Anderson 12' Enrique 50' Giovanni 68' (pen.)

11 January 1998 20	Real Sociedad	2-2	FC Barcelona	showSan Sebastián
	Loren 82' de Paula 89'	Report	Enrique 30' Anderson 70'	Stadium: Estadio Anoeta

19 January 1998 21	FC Barcelona	3-4	Valencia CF	showBarcelona
	Enrique 32' Rivaldo 49' Cáceres 54' (o.g.)	Report	Morigi 69' López 75' 87' Ortega 88'	Stadium: Camp Nou

25 January 1998 22	Deportivo La Coruña	3-1	FC Barcelona	showLa Coruña
	Fran 3' Abreu 75' Djalminha 84'	Report	Donato 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Riazor

1 February 1998 23	FC Barcelona	2-1	Sporting de Gijón	showBarcelona
	Rivaldo 18' 37'	Report	Cheryshev 35'	Stadium: Camp Nou

8 February 1998 24	CD Tenerife	1-1	FC Barcelona	showSanta Cruz de La Palma
	Jokanović 46'	Report	Rivaldo 44'	Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodriguez

15 February 1998 25	FC Barcelona	0-0	RCD Mallorca	showBarcelona
		Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

22 February 1998 26	FC Barcelona	2-0	SD Compostela	showBarcelona
	Figo 14' Enrique 29'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

2 March 1998 27	Racing de Santander	2-4	FC Barcelona	showSantander
	Correa 10' (pen.) 80'	Report	Rivaldo 69' 72' Anderson 82' 89'	Stadium: Estadio El Sardinero

7 March 1998 28	FC Barcelona	3-0	Real Madrid	showBarcelona
	Anderson 69' Figo 80' Giovanni 85'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

15 March 1998 29	Real Valladolid	1-2	FC Barcelona	showValladolid
	Chema 12'	Report	Rivaldo 56' Figo 89'	Stadium: Estadio Jose Zorrilla

22 March 1998 30	FC Barcelona	4-0	Athletic de Bilbao	showBarcelona
	Giovanni 3' Anderson 13' 47' Óscar 79'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

29 March 1998 31	Celta de Vigo	3-1	FC Barcelona	showVigo
	Revivo 21' Mostovoy 32' Mazinho 70'	Report	Enrique 27'	Stadium: Estadio Balaídos

4 April 1998 32	FC Barcelona	2-1	Real Oviedo	showBarcelona
	Enrique 31' Bogarde 41'	Report	Bogarde 69' (o.g.)	Stadium: Camp Nou

7 April 1998 17	Real Betis	0-2	FC Barcelona	showSevilla
		Report	Giovanni 52' Rivaldo 59'	Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarin

11 April 1998 33	CP Mérida	1-2	FC Barcelona	showMérida
	Biagini 80'	Report	Figo 66' Enrique 71'

18 April 1998 34	FC Barcelona	1-0	Real Zaragoza	showBarcelona
	Giovanni 77'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

25 April 1998 35	RCD Espanyol	1-1	FC Barcelona	showBarcelona
	Sergio 56'	Report	Figo 37'	Stadium:

3 May 1998 36	FC Barcelona	1-3	Real Betis	showBarcelona
	Bogarde 24'	Report	Alfonso 44' George 58' 89'	Stadium: Camp Nou

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

15 May 1998 38	FC Barcelona	1-4	UD Salamanca	showBarcelona
	Jofre 89'	Report	Silvani 18' Pauleta 52' 55' Brito 72'	Stadium: Camp Nou

Copa del Rey[]

Eightfinals[]

15 January 1998 (1998-01-15)	FC Barcelona	2-1	Valencia CF	showBarcelona
20:30	Enrique 4' Rivaldo 66'		Gómez 37' (pen.)	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González

22 January 1998 (1998-01-22)	Valencia CF	1-3	FC Barcelona	showValencia
20:30	Angloma 68'		Rivaldo 26' (pen.) 79' Giovanni 90'	Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Antonio López Nieto

Quarterfinals[]

5 February 1998 (1998-02-05)	FC Barcelona	2-0	CP Mérida	showBarcelona
21:00	Enrique 16' Figo 79'			Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Víctor Esquinas Torres

11 February 1998 (1998-02-11)	CP Mérida	0-3	FC Barcelona	showMérida
21:00			Barjuán 2' Rivaldo 52' (pen.) Ćirić 80'	Stadium: Estadio Romano Attendance: 15,000 Referee: José López De La Fuente

Semifinals[]

18 February 1998 (1998-02-18)	FC Barcelona	5-2	Real Zaragoza	showBarcelona
20:30	Rivaldo 3' 6' 47' Giovanni 11' Enrique 20'		Garitano 1' 40'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Antonio López Nieto

26 February 1998 (1998-02-26)	Real Zaragoza	0–0	FC Barcelona	showZaragoza
21:00				Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega

Final[]

29 April 1998	Barcelona	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Mallorca	showValencia Stadium: Mestalla
21:00 CET	Rivaldo 66'		Stanković 6'	Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Daudén Ibáñez
	Penalties
	Rivaldo Giovanni Celades Pizzi Roger Figo Óscar Reiziger		Iván Rocha Soler Campo Olaizola Roa Stanković Amato Eskurza

UEFA Champions League[]

Group stage[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dynamo Kyiv	6	3	2	1	13	6	+7	11	Advance to knockout stage
2	PSV Eindhoven	6	2	3	1	9	8	+1	9
3	Newcastle United	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7
4	Barcelona	6	1	2	3	7	14	−7	5

Source: UEFA

17 September 1997	Newcastle United	3–2	Barcelona	showSt James' Park, Newcastle
20:45	Asprilla 22' (pen.), 31', 49'	Report	Luis Enrique 73' Figo 89'	Attendance: 35,274 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

1 October 1997	Barcelona	2–2	PSV Eindhoven	showCamp Nou, Barcelona
20:45	Luis Enrique 61', 74'	Report	Cocu 70' Møller 86'	Attendance: 82,000 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

22 October 1997	Dynamo Kyiv	3–0	Barcelona	showOlympic Stadium, Kiev
20:45	Rebrov 6' Maximov 32' Kalitvintsev 65'	Report		Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

5 November 1997	Barcelona	0–4	Dynamo Kyiv	showCamp Nou, Barcelona
20:45		Report	Shevchenko 9', 32', 44' (pen.) Rebrov 79'	Attendance: 52,200 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

26 November 1997	Barcelona	1–0	Newcastle United	showCamp Nou, Barcelona
20:45	Giovanni 17'	Report		Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Marc Batta (France)

10 December 1997	PSV Eindhoven	2–2	Barcelona	showPhilips Stadion, Eindhoven
20:45	Abelardo 54' (o.g.) De Bilde 56'	Report	Abelardo 32' Giovanni 66'	Attendance: 29,400 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Supercopa de España[]

20 August 1997 (1997-08-20)	FC Barcelona	2-1	Real Madrid CF	showBarcelona
21:30	Nadal 11' Giovanni 85' (pen.)		Raúl 5'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 120,000 Referee: Gracia Redondo

23 August 1997 (1997-08-23)	Real Madrid CF	4-1	FC Barcelona	showMadrid
22:00	Raúl 42' 54' Mijatović 58' Seedorf 65'	Report	Giovanni 80'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Dauden Ibáñez

UEFA Super Cup[]

8 January 1998 (1998-01-08)	FC Barcelona	2-0	Borussia Dortmund	showBarcelona
21:00	Enrique 8' Rivaldo 61' (pen.)			Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 50,000 Referee: David Elleray

11 March 1998 (1998-03-11)	Borussia Dortmund	1-1	FC Barcelona	showDortmund
20:00	Heinrich 64'	Report	Giovanni 8'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 32,500 Referee: Piero Ceccarini

Results[]

GAMES [1]
20-8-1997 SUPERCOPA DE ESPAÑA BARCELONA-REAL MADRID 2-1 23-8-1997 SUPERCOPA DE ESPAÑA REAL MADRID-BARCELONA 4-1 15-1-1998 COPA DEL REY BARCELONA-VALENCIA 2-1 22-1-1998 COPA DEL REY VALENCIA-BARCELONA 1-3 5-2-1998 COPA DEL REY BARCELONA-MERIDA 2-0 11-2-1998 COPA DEL REY MERIDA-BARCELONA 0-3 18-2-1998 COPA DEL REY BARCELONA-ZARAGOZA 5-2 26-2-1998 COPA DEL REY ZARAGOZA-BARCELONA 0-0 29-4-1998 COPA DEL REY FINAL BARCELONA-MALLORCA 1-1 /5-4/ PENALS 13-8-1998 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BARCELONA-SKONTO 3-2 28-8-1998 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SKONTO-BARCELONA 0-1 17-9-1997 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE NEWCASTLE-BARCELONA 3-2 1-10-1997 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BARCELONA-PSV EINDHOVEN 2-2 22-10-1997 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DYNAMO KYIV-BARCELONA 3-0 5-11-1997 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BARCELONA-DYNAMO KYIV 0-4 26-11-1997 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BARCELONA-NEWCASTLE 1-0 10-12-1997 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PSV EINDHOVEN-BARCELONA 2-2 8-1-1998 UEFA SUPER CUP BARCELONA-BORUSSIA DORTMUND 2-0 11-3-1998 UEFA SUPER CUP BORUSSIA DORTMUND-BARCELONA 1-1 24-3-1998 COPA CATALUNYA LLEIDA-BARCELONA 1-2 5-5-1998 COPA CATALUNYA BARCELONA-EUROPA 1-1 /3-4/ PENALTY 25-7-1997 FRIENDLY IF ELFSBORG-BARCELONA 0-3 3-8-1997 FRIENDLY AZ ALKMAAR-BARCELONA 1-2 6-8-1997 FRIENDLY FC TWENTE-BARCELONA 0-1 9-8-1997 FRIENDLY MALLORCA-BARCELONA 1-1 16-8-1997 Joan Gamper Trophy BARCELONA-SAMPDORIA 2-2 /6-5/ PENALTY 27-1-1998 FRIENDLY BARCELONA-PARTIZAN 1-0 12-5-1998 FRIENDLY BARCELONA-SOUTHAMPTON 4-0

Statistics[]

Players statistics[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		UEFA Champions League		Supercopa		UEFA Super Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
13	GK		Hesp	52	-68	36	-47	7	-5	7	-11	2	-5
22	DF		Reiziger	43	0	25+4	0	4	0	8	0	2	0
2	DF		Ferrer	36	0	21+3	0	4	0	4+2	0	1+1	0
17	DF		Bogarde	22	2	19	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF		Sergi	45	1	31	0	6	1	6	0	2	0
10	MF		Giovanni	39	17	21+6	9	4+1	2	5	4	2	2
26	MF		Celades	50	0	34+2	0	7	0	5	0	2	0
21	MF		Luis Enrique	45	24	34	18	6	3	4	3	1	0
7	FW		Figo	49	7	35	5	6	1	7	1	1	0
9	FW		Anderson	35	11	20+3	10	4+1	0	5	1	2	0
11	FW		Rivaldo	49	27	34	19	7	8	6	0	2	0
1	GK		Baia	3	-12	2	-8	0	0	1	-4
3	DF		Abelardo	22	1	13+2	0	3	0	3	1	1	0
4	MF		Guardiola	14	0	5+1	0	1	0	4+1	0	2	0
5	DF		Couto	25	0	13+5	0	1+1	0	4+1	0
6	MF		Óscar	23	5	11+5	5	3+1	0	2	0	0+1	0
8	FW		Stoichkov	6	1	1+1	0	0+1	0	0+2	1	0+1	0
14	MF		Amunike	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	FW		Dugarry	13	0	4+3	0	0	0	1+3	0	0+2	0
16	MF		Ciric	34	1	6+15	0	1+2	1	5+3	0	0+2	0
18	MF		Amor	32	0	10+12	0	2+2	0	1+3	0	2	0
19	FW		Pizzi	23	2	4+11	2	0+4	0	0+4	0
20	DF		Nadal	32	1	18+3	0	4+1	0	3+2	0	1	1
23	MF		Iván de la Peña	22	2	13+4	2	2	0	2	0	1	0
25	GK		Busquets	2	-2	1	-1	0	0	1	-1
27	MF		Roger	25	0	7+11	0	2+3	0	2	0
28	DF		Puyol	0	0	0	0
29	MF		Xavi	0	0	0	0
31	MF		Rosas	1	0	1	0
32	MF		Jofre	1	1	0+1	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ "FootballSquads - Barcelona - 1997/98". Archived from the original on 2013-07-13. Retrieved 2013-07-10.

External links[]

FC Barcelona official website at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2010-08-23)
FCBarcelonaweb.co.uk English Speaking FC Barcelona Supporters
ESPNsoccernet: Barcelona Team Page
FC Barcelona (Spain) profile
uefa.com - UEFA Champions League
Web Oficial de la Liga de Fútbol Profesional
FIFA.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-12-25)
Federació Catalana de Futbol at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-12-23)

[table_hth_RMA0.94252132807976-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b RMA 2–0 RSO; RSO 4–2 RMA

[table_note_res_RMA0.94252132807976-3] Real Madrid was qualified directly for the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League as holders.

[table_hth_MLL0.94252132807976-4] MLL: 9 pts; CEL: 5 pts; ATM: 2 pts

[table_note_res_UCWC10.94252132807976-5] 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.

[1] "FootballSquads - Barcelona - 1997/98". Archived from the original on 2013-07-13. Retrieved 2013-07-10.

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