1997–98 Inter Milan season

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Internazionale
1997–98 season
ChairmanMassimo Moratti
ManagerLuigi Simoni
Serie A2nd
Coppa ItaliaQuarter-finals
UEFA CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Ronaldo (25)
All: Ronaldo (34)
Highest home attendance80,095 vs. Milan
(22 November 1997)
Lowest home attendance16,085 vs. Lyon
(21 October 1997)
Average home league attendance67,825
All statistics correct as of 16 May 1998.

In the 1997–98 season, the Italian football club Inter Milan, managed by Luigi Simoni, won the UEFA Cup and achieved second place in the Serie A league.

Season overview[]

Massimo Moratti relied on Luigi Simoni as coach and on Ronaldo as star.[1] Further purchases resulted in Diego Simeone, Francesco Moriero and Álvaro Recoba who – in his debut – scored twice, helping Inter beat Brescia in a 2–1 comeback.[2] Compared to the previous seasons, it proved to be better for Inter who mounted their first serious shot at the title since 1989.[3]

However, with a loss at Juventus, the reigning champions won 1–0, holding three points over Inter.[4] Ten days later, Inter conquered – for the third time in the last seven years – the UEFA Cup beating Lazio 3–0.[5] The domestic league ended with Inter in second place, last achieved in 1993.

Players[]

Squad information[]

Squad no. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1 Gianluca Pagliuca Italy GK (1966-12-18)18 December 1966 (aged 30)
12 Andrea Mazzantini Italy GK (1968-07-11)11 July 1968 (aged 28)
22 Raffaele Nuzzo Italy GK (1973-02-21)21 February 1973 (aged 24)
Defenders
2 Giuseppe Bergomi (captain) Italy RB / CB / SW (1963-12-22)22 December 1963 (aged 33)
3 Massimo Tarantino Italy LB (1971-05-20)20 May 1971 (aged 26)
4 Javier Zanetti Argentina RB / CM / RM (1973-08-10)10 August 1973 (aged 23)
5 Fabio Galante Italy CB (1973-11-20)20 November 1973 (aged 23)
7 Salvatore Fresi Italy CB / SW (1973-01-18)18 January 1973 (aged 24)
16 Taribo West Nigeria LB / CB (1974-03-26)26 March 1974 (aged 23)
21 Luca Mezzano Italy CB (1977-08-01)1 August 1977 (aged 19)
24 Luigi Sartor Italy RB / CB / RM (1975-01-30)30 January 1975 (aged 22)
33 Francesco Colonnese Italy CB / RB (1971-08-10)10 August 1971 (aged 25)
35 Martín Rivas Uruguay CB / LB (1977-02-17)17 February 1977 (aged 20)
36 Mauro Milanese Italy LB / LM (1971-02-17)17 February 1971 (aged 26)
Midfielders
6 Youri Djorkaeff France AM / SS / CF (1968-03-09)9 March 1968 (aged 29)
8 Aron Winter Netherlands DM / CM (1967-03-01)1 March 1967 (aged 30)
13 Zé Elias Brazil DM / CM (1975-09-25)25 September 1975 (aged 21)
14 Diego Simeone Argentina CM / RM / LM (1970-04-28)28 April 1970 (aged 27)
15 Benoît Cauet France CM / DM (1969-05-02)2 May 1969 (aged 28)
17 Francesco Moriero Italy RM / RW (1969-03-31)31 March 1969 (aged 28)
18 Nicola Berti Italy CM / LM / DM (1967-04-14)14 April 1967 (aged 30)
40 Paulo Sousa Portugal DM / CM / AM (1970-08-30)30 August 1970 (aged 26)
Forwards
9 Iván Zamorano Chile CF (1967-01-18)18 January 1967 (aged 30)
10 Ronaldo Brazil CF (1976-09-18)18 September 1976 (aged 20)
11 Nwankwo Kanu Nigeria CF / SS (1976-08-01)1 August 1976 (aged 20)
20 Álvaro Recoba Uruguay SS / CF / AM / LW (1976-03-17)17 March 1976 (aged 21)
23 Maurizio Ganz Italy CF (1968-10-13)13 October 1968 (aged 28)
27 Marco Branca Italy CF (1965-01-06)6 January 1965 (aged 32)
27 Alessandro Sgrigna Italy SS / LW / RW (1980-04-24)24 April 1980 (aged 17)

Competitions[]

Serie A[]

Main article: 1997–98 Serie A

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 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Internazionale 34 21 6 7 62 27 +35 69 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Udinese 34 19 7 8 62 40 +22 64 Qualification to UEFA Cup
4 Roma 34 16 11 7 67 42 +25 59
5 Fiorentina 34 15 12 7 65 36 +29 57[a]
Source: 1997–98 Serie A, RSSSF.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[6]
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. ^ Fiorentina finished ahead of Parma on head-to-head points: FIO 1–1 PAR; PAR 1–2 FIO.

Matches[]

31 August 1997 1 Internazionale 2–1 Brescia Milan
16:00 CET Recoba Goal 80', 85' Report Hübner Goal 73' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 69,682
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
14 September 1997 2 Bologna 2–4 Internazionale Bologna
16:00 CET R. Baggio Goal 45', 58' (pen.) Report Galante Goal 12'
Ganz Goal 38'
Ronaldo Goal 52'
Zamorano Goal 66'		 Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 36,267
Referee: Stefano Braschi
21 September 1997 3 Internazionale 3–2 Fiorentina Milan
16:00 CET Ronaldo Goal 45'
Moriero Goal 72'
Djorkaeff Goal 81'		 Report Serena Goal 46'
Batistuta Goal 47'		 Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 73,375
Referee: Graziano Cesari
27 September 1997 4 Lecce 1–5 Internazionale Lecce
20:30 CET Palmieri Goal 61' (pen.) Report Djorkaeff Goal 33', 78'
Ronaldo Goal 48', 81'
Ganz Goal 84'		 Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 35,535
Referee: Stefano Farina
5 October 1997 5 Internazionale 1–1 Lazio Milan
20:30 CET Ronaldo Goal 41' (pen.) Report Nedvěd Goal 35' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 65,656
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi
18 October 1997 6 Napoli 0–2 Internazionale Naples
15:30 CET Report Galante Goal 10'
Turrini Goal 69' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 55,881
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto
1 November 1997 7 Internazionale 1–0 Parma Milan
14:30 CET Ronaldo Goal 15' Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Piero Ceccarini
9 November 1997 8 Atalanta 1–2 Internazionale Bergamo
15:00 CET Caccia Goal 81' Report Djorkaeff Goal 28'
West Goal 88'		 Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Attendance: 23,870
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
22 November 1997 9 Internazionale 2–2 Milan Milan
20:30 CET Simeone Goal 13'
Ronaldo Goal 68' (pen.)		 Report Weah Goal 29'
Cruz Goal 80' (pen.)		 Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 80,905
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
30 November 1997 10 Vicenza 1–3 Internazionale Vicenza
15:00 CET Ambrosini Goal 59' Report Simeone Goal 33, 39'
Ronaldo Goal 68'		 Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti
Attendance: 19,744
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
6 December 1997 11 Sampdoria 1–1 Internazionale Genoa
14:30 CET Montella Goal 31' (pen.) Report Ronaldo Goal 9' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 35,375
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi
14 December 1997 12 Internazionale 3–0 Roma Milan
14:30 CET Djorkaeff Goal 40' (pen.)
Branca Goal 49'
Petruzzi Goal 71' (o.g.)		 Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 65,846
Referee: Domenico Messina
21 December 1997 13 Udinese 1–0 Internazionale Udine
20:30 CET Bierhoff Goal 90+1' Report Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 29,123
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
4 January 1998 14 Internazionale 1–0 Juventus Milan
20:30 CET Djorkaeff Goal 47' Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 80,569
Referee: Stefano Braschi
11 January 1998 15 Piacenza 0–1 Internazionale Piacenza
14:30 CET Report Moriero Goal 70' Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli
Attendance: 17,508
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
18 January 1998 16 Internazionale 0–1 Bari Milan
14:30 CET Report Masinga Goal 77' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 63,846
Referee: Stefano Farina
25 January 1998 17 Empoli 1–1 Internazionale Empoli
14:30 CET Esposito Goal 3' Report Recoba Goal 82' Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 19,720
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
1 February 1998 18 Brescia 0–1 Internazionale Brescia
14:30 CET Report Ronaldo Goal 75' Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Attendance: 26,121
Referee: Graziano Cesari
8 February 1998 19 Internazionale 0–1 Bologna Milan
14:30 CET Report Paramatti Goal 56' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 66,327
Referee: Roberto Bettin
11 February 1998 20 Fiorentina 1–1 Internazionale Florence
20:30 CET Batistuta Goal 42' Report Ronaldo Goal 26' Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 40,547
Referee: Robert Boggi
15 February 1998 21 Internazionale 5–0 Lecce Milan
15:00 CET Ronaldo Goal 18', 70' (pen.), 79'
Milanese Goal 29'
Cauet Goal 40'		 Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 57,362
Referee: Tarcisio Serena
22 February 1998 22 Lazio 3–0 Internazionale Rome
15:00 CET Fuser Goal 25'
Bokšić Goal 29'
Casiraghi Goal 61'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 66,535
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
28 February 1998 23 Internazionale 2–0 Napoli Milan
20:30 CET Zamorano Goal 63'
Ronaldo Goal 73'		 Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 57,564
Referee: Pierpaolo Rossi
8 March 1998 24 Parma 1–0 Internazionale Parma
15:30 CET Crespo Goal 78' Report Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 27,924
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
14 March 1998 25 Internazionale 4–0 Atalanta Milan
15:00 CET Moriero Goal 66'
Kanu Goal 74'
Ronaldo Goal 78'
Cauet Goal 89'		 Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 60,131
Referee: Massimo De Santis
22 March 1998 26 Milan 0–3 Internazionale Milan
20:30 CET Report Simeone Goal 42', 87'
Ronaldo Goal 77'		 Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 80,227
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
28 March 1998 27 Internazionale 2–1 Vicenza Milan
15:00 CET Simeone Goal 67'
Ronaldo Goal 90+5' (pen.)		 Report Zauli Goal 82' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 64,674
Referee: Domenico Messina
5 April 1998 28 Internazionale 3–0 Sampdoria Milan
15:00 CET Hugo Goal 50' (o.g.)
Sartor Goal 53'
Ronaldo Goal 88'		 Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 69,273
Referee: Robert Boggi
11 April 1998 29 Roma 1–2 Internazionale Rome
16:00 CET Cafu Goal 63' Report Ronaldo Goal 53', 75' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 71,766
Referee: Graziano Cesari
19 April 1998 30 Internazionale 2–0 Udinese Milan
16:00 CET Djorkaeff Goal 80'
Ronaldo Goal 85'		 Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 77,172
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
26 April 1998 31 Juventus 1–0 Internazionale Turin
16:00 CET Del Piero Goal 21' Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 64,001
Referee: Piero Ceccarini
3 May 1998 32 Internazionale 0–0 Piacenza Milan
16:00 CET Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 65,484
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
10 May 1998 33 Bari 2–1 Internazionale Bari
16:00 CET Ventola Goal 86'
Masinga Goal 89'		 Report Ronaldo Goal 34' Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Attendance: 48,614
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
16 May 1998 34 Internazionale 4–1 Empoli Milan
16:00 CET Colonnese Goal 23'
Goal 31' (o.g.)
Ronaldo Goal 62' (pen.), 72'		 Report Cappellini Goal 79' (pen.) Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 58,205
Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Coppa Italia[]

Main article: 1997–98 Coppa Italia

Round of 32[]

3 September 1997 First leg Foggia 0–1 Internazionale Foggia
20:45 CET Recoba Goal 21' Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto
23 September 1997 Second leg Internazionale 3–2
(4–2 agg.)		 Foggia Milan
20:45 CET Recoba Goal 3' (pen.)
Zé Elias Goal 82'
Winter Goal 90+4'		 Bergomi Goal 45' (o.g.)
Di Michele Goal 67'		 Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Pierpaolo Rossi

Round of 16[]

15 October 1997 First leg Piacenza Calcio 0–3 Internazionale Piacenza
20:45 CET Ronaldo Goal 17', 19', 58' Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
18 November 1997 Second leg Internazionale 0–1
(3–1 agg.)		 Piacenza Calcio Milan
20:45 CET Stroppa Goal 90' Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Lorenzo Branzoni

Quarter-finals[]

8 January 1998 First leg Milan 5–0 Internazionale Milan
20:45 CET Albertini Goal 29' (pen.)
Ganz Goal 33'
Savićević Goal 44'
Colonnese Goal 46' (o.g.)
Nilsen Goal 60'		 Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Graziano Cesari
21 January 1998 Second leg Internazionale 1–0
(1–5 agg.)		 Milan Milan
20:45 CET Branca Goal 90' Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Roberto Bettin

UEFA Cup[]

Main article: 1997–98 UEFA Cup

First round[]

16 September 1997 Internazionale Italy 2–0 Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax Milan
20:45 (CET) Ronaldo Goal 59'
Zé Elias Goal 71'		 Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)
30 September 1997 Neuchâtel Xamax Switzerland 0–2 Italy Internazionale Neuchâtel
20:45 (CET) Report Moriero Goal 26'
Ganz Goal 69'		 Stadium: La Maladière
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)

Second round[]

21 October 1997 Internazionale Italy 1–2 France Lyon Milan
20:45 (CET) Ganz Goal 69' Report Giuly Goal 22'
Caveglia Goal 80' (pen.)		 Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 16,085
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
4 November 1997 Lyon France 1–3 Italy Internazionale Lyon
20:45 (CET) Bąk Goal 67' Report Moriero Goal 9', 69'
Cauet Goal 46'		 Stadium: Stade Gerland
Attendance: 29,591
Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

Round of 16[]

25 November 1997 Strasbourg France 2–0 Italy Internazionale Strasbourg
20:45 (CET) Baticle Goal 11'
Ismaël Goal 19'		 Report Stadium: Stade de la Meinau
Attendance: 25,101
Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)
9 December 1997 Internazionale Italy 3–0 France Strasbourg Milan
20:45 (CET) Ronaldo Goal 27'
Zanetti Goal 48'
Simeone Goal 73'		 Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 46,560
Referee: (Bulgaria)

Quarter-finals[]

3 March 1998 Internazionale Italy 1–0 Germany Schalke 04 Milan
20:45 (CET) Ronaldo Goal 17' Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Urs Meier (Czech Republic)
17 March 1998 Schalke 04 Germany 1–1 Italy Internazionale Gelsenkirchen
20:30 (CET) Goossens Goal 90+2' Report West Goal 90+1' Stadium: Parkstadion
Attendance: 56,824
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

Semi-finals[]

31 March 1998 Internazionale Italy 2–1 Russia Spartak Moscow Milan
20:45 (CET) Zamorano Goal 45'
Zé Elias Goal 89'		 Report Alenichev Goal 48' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 57,803
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
14 April 1998 Spartak Moscow Russia 1–2 Italy Internazionale Moscow
17:30 (CET) Tikhonov Goal 12' Report Ronaldo Goal 45', 75' Stadium: Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 36,500
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Final[]

Main article: 1998 UEFA Cup Final
6 May 1998 Internazionale Italy 3–0 Italy Lazio Paris
20:45 (CET) Zamorano Goal 5'
Zanetti Goal 60'
Ronaldo Goal 70'		 Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 44,412
Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)

Statistics[]

Players statistics[]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Italy ITA Pagliuca 49 -42 34 -26 4 -8 11 -8
4 DF Argentina ARG Zanetti J 41 2 25+3 0 4 0 9 2
2 DF Italy ITA Bergomi 42 0 28 0 5 0 9 0
24 DF Italy ITA Sartor 38 1 23 1 6 0 9 0
5 DF Italy ITA Galante 31 2 20 2 4 0 7 0
16 DF Nigeria NGA West 34 2 22+1 1 3 0 8 1
17 MF Italy ITA Moriero 44 6 26+2 3 6 0 10 3
14 MF Argentina ARG Simeone 41 7 27+3 6 2 0 9 1
8 MF Netherlands NED Winter 35 1 23+1 0 3 1 8 0
6 MF France FRA Djorkaeff 42 8 25+4 8 4 0 9 0
10 FW Brazil BRA Ronaldo 47 34 32 25 4 3 11 6
12 GK Italy ITA Mazzantini 3 -2 0+1 -1 2 -1 0 0
33 DF Italy ITA Colonnese 29 1 17+4 1 3 0 5 0
15 MF France FRA Cauet 42 3 15+13 2 5 0 9 1
7 DF Italy ITA Fresi 23 0 13+3 0 2 0 5 0
13 MF Brazil BRA Zé Elias 30 2 12+8 0 3 1 7 1
40 MF Portugal POR Paulo Sousa 11 0 10+1 0 0 0 0 0
36 DF Italy ITA Milanese 9 1 5+4 1 0 0 0 0
9 FW Chile CHI Zamorano 20 3 4+9 1 2 0 5 2
27 FW Italy ITA Branca 8 1 3+4 1 0 0 1 0
23 FW Italy ITA Ganz 10 4 3+3 2 1 0 3 2
11 FW Nigeria NGA Kanu 18 1 3+8 1 2 0 5 0
20 FW Uruguay URU Recoba 19 5 2+6 3 5 2 6 0
21 DF Italy ITA Mezzano 8 0 2+2 0 2 0 2 0
18 MF Italy ITA Berti 4 0 0+4 0
22 GK Italy ITA 0 0 0 0
19 DF Italy ITA Paganin
35 DF Uruguay URU Rivas 3 0 0+1 0 1 0 1 0
3 DF Italy ITA Tarantino 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

Goalscorers[]

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup Total
1 10 FW Brazil Ronaldo 25 3 6 34
2 6 MF France Youri Djorkaeff 7 0 0 7
14 MF Argentina Diego Simeone 6 0 1 7
4 17 MF Italy Francesco Moriero 3 0 3 6
5 20 FW Uruguay Álvaro Recoba 3 2 0 5
6 9 FW Chile Iván Zamorano 2 0 2 4
23 FW Italy Maurizio Ganz 2 0 2 4
8 13 MF Brazil Zé Elias 0 1 2 3
15 MF France Benoît Cauet 2 0 1 3
10 4 DF Argentina Javier Zanetti 0 0 2 2
5 DF Italy Fabio Galante 2 0 0 2
16 DF Nigeria Taribo West 1 0 1 2
27 FW Italy Marco Branca 1 1 0 2
14 8 MF Netherlands Aron Winter 0 1 0 1
11 FW Nigeria Nwankwo Kanu 1 0 0 1
24 DF Italy Luigi Sartor 1 0 0 1
33 DF Italy Francesco Colonnese 1 0 0 1
36 DF Italy Mauro Milanese 1 0 0 1
Own goal 4 0 0 4
Totals 62 8 20 90

References[]

  1. ^ Enrico Currò (May 30, 1997). "Ronaldo, è proprio Inter". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 51.
  2. ^ Gianni Mura (September 1, 1997). "Recoba l' altro fenomeno Entra, segna e salva l' Inter". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 40.
  3. ^ Gianni Piva (January 26, 1998). "SORPASSO/INTER 37 Recoba evita l' umiliazione". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 32.
  4. ^ Licia Granello (April 27, 1998). "Juventus, toccata e fuga". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 32.
  5. ^ Alberto Cerruti; Luigi Garlando; Antonello Capone (May 7, 1998). "Champagne per l' Inter". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
  6. ^ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

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