1997–98 La Liga

La Liga
Season	1997–98
Champions	Barcelona; 15th title
Relegated	Compostela (relegation playoff); Mérida; Sporting
Champions League	Real Madrid (group stage) (via UEFA Champions League); Barcelona (group stage); Athletic Bilbao (second qualifying round)
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Mallorca (first round) (Copa del Rey runner-up)
UEFA Cup	Real Sociedad (first round); Celta Vigo (first round); Atlético Madrid (first round); Betis (first round)
Intertoto Cup	Valencia (third round); Espanyol (second round)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,009 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Christian Vieri; (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Salamanca 6–0 Valencia; (12 April 1998)
Biggest away win	Real Oviedo 0–5 Real Sociedad; (19 October 1997)
Highest scoring	Salamanca 5–4 Atlético Madrid; (21 March 1998)
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 La Liga season, the 67th since its establishment, started on 30 August 1997 and finished on 16 May 1998. On 29 March 1998, Sporting Gijón drew 0–0 with Real Zaragoza while Racing Santander, who were 19th in the table at the time, lost by Athletic Bilbao 4–3, to make Sporting Gijón the first team in La Liga history to be relegated in March, ending the season with a League record low points tally of just 13.

Promotion and relegation[]

Teams promoted from 1996–97 Segunda División

CP Mérida
UD Salamanca
RCD Mallorca

Teams relegated to 1997–98 Segunda División

Rayo Vallecano
CF Extremadura
Sevilla FC
Hércules CF
CD Logroñés

Team information[]

Clubs and locations[]

Athletic

Atlético

Barcelona

Betis

Compostela

Celta

Deportivo

Espanyol

Mallorca

Mérida

Oviedo

Racing

Real Madrid

Real Sociedad

Salamanca

Sporting

Valencia

Valladolid

Zaragoza

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Location of teams in La Liga 1997–98

Tenerife

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Canary Islands

1997–98 season was composed of the following clubs:

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Barcelona	Camp Nou	98,772
Real Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu	80,354
Espanyol	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc	55,926
Atlético Madrid	Vicente Calderón	55,005
Valencia	Mestalla	55,000
Real Betis	Manuel Ruiz de Lopera	52,132
Athletic Bilbao	San Mamés	39,750
Deportivo de La Coruña	Riazor	34,600
Real Zaragoza	La Romareda	34,596
Celta de Vigo	Estadio Balaídos	32,500
Real Sociedad	Anoeta	32,200
Real Oviedo	Carlos Tartiere	30,500
Valladolid	José Zorrilla	27,846
Sporting de Gijón	El Molinón	25,885
Mallorca	Son Moix	23,142
Tenerife	Heliodoro Rodríguez López	22,824
Racing de Santander	El Sardinero	22,222
Salamanca	Helmántico	17,341
Mérida	Estadio Romano	14,600
Compostela	San Lázaro	12,000

League table[]

Pos	Team	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]
6	Celta de Vigo	38	17	9	12	54	47	+7	60^[c]	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
7	Atlético Madrid	38	16	12	10	79	56	+23	60^[c]
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
10	Espanyol	38	12	17	9	44	31	+13	53	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
11	Valladolid	38	13	11	14	36	47	−11	50
12	Deportivo La Coruña	38	12	13	13	44	46	−2	49
13	Zaragoza	38	12	12	14	45	53	−8	48
14	Racing Santander	38	12	9	17	46	55	−9	45^[e]
15	Salamanca	38	12	9	17	46	46	0	45^[e]
16	Tenerife	38	11	12	15	44	57	−13	45^[e]
17	Compostela (R)	38	11	11	16	56	66	−10	44	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
18	Oviedo (O)	38	9	13	16	36	51	−15	40	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
19	Mérida (R)	38	9	12	17	33	53	−20	39	Relegation to the Segunda División
20	Sporting Gijón (R)	38	2	7	29	31	80	−49	13	Relegation to the Segunda División

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; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b RMA 2–0 RSO; RSO 4–2 RMA
^ Real Madrid was qualified directly for the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League as holders.
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b ^c RAC: 8 pts; SAL: 4 pts → SAL 2-0 TEN; TEN: 4 pts → TEN 2-0 SAL

Positions by round[]

Team ╲ 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
Team ╲ Round
Barcelona	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Athletic Bilbao	17	16	13	15	15	13	11	9	8	8	8	8	9	11	9	8	7	5	6	4	4	5	4	5	6	7	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	3	3	2	2	2
Real Sociedad	20	12	15	8	10	8	7	4	6	5	6	6	6	4	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	3	3	3	3	5	4	4	3	3
Real Madrid	10	7	3	3	4	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4
Mallorca	6	9	2	2	2	4	4	5	7	6	7	7	7	8	10	11	9	8	9	9	9	9	6	6	7	5	7	8	9	8	7	4	4	4	5	5	5	5
Celta de Vigo	7	10	4	4	3	5	5	6	4	3	3	3	5	6	6	6	6	4	7	7	6	6	7	7	5	6	5	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	8	6
Atlético Madrid	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	9	7	7
Betis	2	5	12	14	7	9	9	8	9	10	10	12	11	10	7	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	10	6	6	5	5	5	7	7	8	7	6	6	8
Valencia	14	18	18	18	17	16	17	16	17	17	18	17	17	18	19	16	13	13	13	15	13	11	10	11	11	9	10	9	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	9	9
Espanyol	3	6	8	7	8	6	6	3	2	7	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	7	5	6	7	7	8	9	10	8	9	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Valladolid	16	20	19	20	20	18	19	19	18	18	17	18	18	17	18	14	16	14	16	18	16	19	19	16	15	14	12	12	13	13	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	11
Deportivo La Coruña	12	13	16	11	11	15	14	14	15	16	12	13	15	14	14	15	17	17	17	14	14	14	11	12	13	12	14	13	14	11	13	12	12	11	12	13	13	12
Zaragoza	13	14	11	13	13	12	15	12	10	11	13	11	10	9	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	9	11	11	10	10	12	11	13	13	14	13	12	12	13
Racing Santander	8	11	6	9	5	7	8	11	14	15	14	15	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	13	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	17	19	16	14	13	14	14	14	14
Salamanca	15	17	14	16	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	16	17	14	15	14	16	18	15	17	19	19	18	17	15	17	16	17	17	15	15	15	15	15	15
Tenerife	11	8	5	5	9	11	12	10	12	13	15	16	16	16	17	19	19	19	18	19	19	16	18	18	18	16	18	18	19	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16
Compostela	4	3	10	12	12	14	13	15	13	14	16	14	14	15	15	18	18	18	19	17	15	18	15	15	17	19	19	19	18	19	16	19	19	19	18	17	17	17
Real Oviedo	5	4	7	6	14	10	10	13	11	9	9	9	8	7	8	10	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	14	12	14	14	14	16	16	17	19	18	18
Mérida	18	15	17	17	18	19	16	17	16	12	11	10	12	13	13	13	15	16	15	13	17	17	16	17	16	17	15	17	15	15	15	15	17	18	19	18	19	19
Sporting de Gijón	19	19	20	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Leader
	1998–99 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
	1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
	1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round
	1998–99 UEFA Cup First round
	1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
	1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
	Play-off relegation to 1998–99 Segunda División
	Relegation to 1998–99 Segunda División

Source: LFP 1-4 5-8 9-12 13-16 17-20
Notes: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup spot (in yellow) being non-related with a position in La Liga, does not appear until the team is assured to be qualified. Conditions to be assured are: Copa del Rey winner cannot reach UEFA Champions League's places or one of finalists' Copa del Rey cannot qualify mathematically to UEFA Champions League. Barcelona was qualified to UEFA Champions League since 33rd round, since this round, Mallorca's places are coloured in yellow where place is not of Champions League. In light yellow the spot expected for 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

Results[]

Home \ Away	ATH	ATM	FCB	BET	CEL	COM	RCD	ESP	MLL	MER	RAC	RMA	ROV	RSO	SAL	RSG	TEN	VCF	VLD	ZAR
Athletic Bilbao		1–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–1	5–1	4–3	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	0–3	2–0	1–0
Atlético Madrid	3–0		5–2	0–0	3–3	3–1	3–0	0–2	2–3	4–0	2–1	1–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–1	5–0	2–1
Barcelona	4–0	3–1		1–3	3–2	2–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–4	2–1	3–2	3–4	1–2	1–0
Betis	1–1	2–3	0–2		2–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	2–1	2–1	0–2	3–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	3–3
Celta de Vigo	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0		3–3	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	3–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–1
Compostela	1–4	2–1	2–2	2–3	0–0		0–0	1–1	2–2	3–0	3–1	2–3	1–0	1–3	2–0	2–0	1–2	3–1	0–0	2–0
Deportivo La Coruña	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–6		1–1	1–1	0–1	4–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–3	2–1
Espanyol	0–1	2–2	1–1	5–0	1–1	1–0	2–0		1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–3	3–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	0–1
Mallorca	4–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	4–2	2–1	0–0	2–2		1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	6–2	5–1	2–1	1–1	0–2
Mérida	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–3	4–0	3–3	1–0	1–1	0–0		1–2	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–1
Racing Santander	0–0	0–1	2–4	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–0		1–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	4–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–3
Real Madrid	0–0	1–1	2–3	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–2		5–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–2	3–1	0–2
Oviedo	1–2	0–2	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–1		0–5	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–0
Real Sociedad	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	5–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	4–2	2–2		1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–1
Salamanca	0–0	5–4	4–3	0–0	0–1	0–1	4–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–2	0–2	0–0		4–0	2–0	6–0	1–0	1–2
Sporting Gijón	1–2	2–3	1–4	2–3	0–1	0–2	0–3	1–0	1–3	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–2	1–1		0–2	0–3	1–2	2–3
Tenerife	0–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–3	5–1	0–0	0–0	1–4	1–1	2–2	4–3	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1		3–2	1–0	0–0
Valencia	1–1	4–1	0–3	1–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	6–1	0–2	1–1	3–2	0–1	2–2	1–2		1–2	2–1
Valladolid	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–3	0–0	4–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–4	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–3		4–0
Zaragoza	1–1	1–5	1–2	3–1	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–3	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–3	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–0

Source: LFP (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Villarreal CF	(a) 1–1	SD Compostela	0–0	1–1
Real Oviedo	4–3	UD Las Palmas	3–0	1–3

First Leg[]

21 May 1998	Villarreal CF	0–0	SD Compostela	Villarreal
21:45		Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 9,000 Referee:

22 May 1998	Real Oviedo	3–0	UD Las Palmas	Oviedo
21:45	Iván Ania 9' (pen.), 27' Dely Valdés 59'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Carlos Tartiere Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

Second Leg[]

24 May 1998	SD Compostela	1–1 (1–1 agg.)	Villarreal CF	Santiago de Compostela
21:45	Chiba 57'	Report (in Spanish)	7'	Stadium: Multiusos de San Lázaro Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega

25 May 1998	UD Las Palmas	3–1 (3–4 agg.)	Real Oviedo	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
22:00	Gamboa 20' Walter Pico 65' Paquito 66'	Report (in Spanish)	Gamboa 29' (o.g.)	Stadium: Insular Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto

Awards[]

Pichichi Trophy[]

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

Rank	Goalscorers	Goals	Club
1	Christian Vieri	24	Atlético Madrid
2	Rivaldo	19	Barcelona
3	Luis Enrique	18	Barcelona
4	Darko Kovačević	17	Real Sociedad
5	Lyuboslav Penev	16	Compostela
6	Pauleta	15	Salamanca
7	Fernando Correa	14	Racing Santander
8	Juan Esnáider	13	Espanyol
	Alen Peternac	13	Valladolid
	Gabriel Amato	13	Mallorca

Zamora Trophy[]

The Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with least goals to games ratio.

Rank	Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
1	Toni	31	37	0.84	Espanyol
2	Alberto	37	38	0.97	Real Sociedad
3	Bogdan Stelea	32	30	1.07	Salamanca
4	Imanol Etxeberria	42	38	1.11	Athletic Bilbao
5	Andoni Zubizarreta	40	34	1.18	Valencia

Signings[]

Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/es/t/t1996-97.html

Team	Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Barcelona	Ruud Hesp (Roda) 0 0	Winston Bogarde (Milan) Michael Reiziger (Milan) 0	Dragan Ćirić (Partizan) 0 0	Sonny Anderson (Monaco) Christophe Dugarry (Milan) Rivaldo (Deportivo)
Athletic Bilbao		Rafael Alkorta (Real Madrid) Patxi Ferreira (Valencia) Jesús Lacruz (Osasuna) Mikel Lasa (Real Madrid) Roberto Ríos (Betis)	Gaizka Garitano (Lleida) Javi González (Celta) Txomin Nagore (Osasuna) 0 0	(Eibar) 0 0 0 0
Real Sociedad		Mikel Antía (Valladolid) (Eibar)	Dietmar Kühbauer (Rapid Wien) 0	Igor Cvitanović (Croatia Zagreb) Ricardo Sá Pinto (Sporting CP)
Real Madrid		Aitor Karanka (Athletic Bilbao) 0	Sávio (Flamengo) Christian Karembeu (Sampdoria)	Manuel Canabal (Mérida) Fernando Morientes (Zaragoza)
Mallorca	Carlos Roa (Lanús) 0 0 0 0 0	Iván Campo (Valencia) Milan Milijaš (Zemun) Enrique Romero (Valencia) 0 0 0	Vicente Engonga (Valencia) Xabier Eskurza (Valencia) (Lanús) Palhinha (Cruzeiro) (Racing Santander) Juan Carlos Valerón (Las Palmas)	Gabriel Amato (Hércules) Gabi Moya (Valencia) 0 0 0 0
Celta Vigo		Goran Đorović (Red Star Belgrade) Dan Eggen (Brøndby) Michel Salgado (Salamanca)	Ito Álvarez (Extremadura) Bruno Caires (Benfica) Valeri Karpin (Valencia)	Jorge Cadete (Celtic) 0 0
Atlético Madrid	Pedro Jaro (Betis) 0 0 0	(Málaga) Andrei Frascarelli (Atlético Paranaense) Ramón González (Valladolid) 0	Paulo Futre (West Ham United) Avi Nimni (Maccabi Tel Aviv) 0 0	Rade Bogdanović (JEF United) Jordi Lardín (Espanyol) José Mari Romero (Sevilla) Christian Vieri (Juventus)
Betis		Jorge Otero (Valencia) Roberto Solozábal (Atlético Madrid) Joaquín Valerio (Albacete)	Fernando Sánchez (Valladolid) 0 0	Oli Álvarez (Oviedo) Ángel Cuéllar (Barcelona) Iván Pérez (Extremadura)
Valencia	Gustavo Campagnuolo (Dep. Español) 0 0 0 0 0	Jocelyn Angloma (Internazionale) Amedeo Carboni (Roma) Miroslav Đukić (Dep. La Coruña) Juanfran García (Levante) 0 0	Marcelinho Carioca (Corinthians) Gerard López (Barcelona B) Luis Milla (Real Madrid) Guillermo Morigi (Vélez Sarsfield) Moussa Saïb (Auxerre) José del Solar (Celta)	Adrian Ilie (Galatasaray) Nico Olivera (Defensor) 0 0 0 0
Espanyol		Goran Milošević (Iraklis) 0 0	Roberto Fresnedoso (Atlético Madrid) Constantin Gâlcă (Mallorca) (Alavés)	Juan Esnáider (Atlético Madrid) Quique Martín (Mérida) 0
Valladolid	José Belman (Zaragoza) 0 0	(River Plate (M)) José García Calvo (Real Madrid) Gabriel Heinze (Newell's Old Boys)	Chema Jiménez (Atlético Madrid B) Eusebio Sacristán (Celta) 0	Juan Carlos Gómez Diego Klimowicz (Rayo Vallecano) 0
Deportivo	Peter Rufai (Hércules) 0 0 0	(Sevilla) Lionel Scaloni (Estudiantes) 0 0	Djalminha (Palmeiras) Mustapha Hadji (Sporting CP) 0 0	Sebastián Abreu (San Lorenzo) Salaheddine Bassir (Al-Hilal) Luizão Goulart (Palmeiras) Manteca Martínez (Boca Juniors)
Zaragoza		Gary Sundgren (AIK) 0 0 0	Roberto Acuña (Independiente) José Ignacio Sáenz (Valencia) Marcos Vales (Sporting Gijón) Nordin Wooter (Ajax)	Yordi González (Atlético Madrid) Paulo Jamelli (Kashiwa Reysol) Pier Loggi (Betis) 0
Racing Santander		José Manuel Sietes (Valencia) Washington Tais (Peñarol) 0 0	Nelson Abeijón (Nacional Montev.) Ignacio Conte (Tenerife) José Félix Guerrero (Eibar) Hugo Porfírio (Sporting Portugal)	Nando Có (Vitória Setubal) 0 0 0
Salamanca	Bogdan Stelea (Steaua) 0 0 0 0 0	(Os Belenenses) Sergio Korino (Athletic Bilbao) Marco Lanna (Roma) Gustavo Lombardi (River Plate) Dubravko Pavličić (Hércules) Axel Smeets (Gent)	Edu Alonso (Athletic Bilbao) Gabi Popescu () Manuel Tulipa (Boavista) 0 0 0	Ronen Harazi (Beitar) Walter Silvani (Extremadura) 0 0 0 0
Tenerife	Juan Carlos Unzué (Sevilla) 0	André Luiz Moreira (Corinthians) Ferdi Vierklau (Vitesse)	Emerson Costa (Mifddlebrough) Samuel Slovák (Slovan Bratislava)	Roy Makaay (Vitesse) Domingos (Porto)
Compostela	René Ponk (Utrecht) 0 0 0 0	Borja Agirretxu (Celta) Toño Castro (Almería) Jean-Fr. Hernandez (Marseille) Pignol () Óscar Tabuenka (Athletic Bilbao)		Romano Sion (Emmen) 0 0 0 0
Oviedo	José María Buljubasich (Lleida) 0	Joyce Moreno (Real Madrid B) 0	Roberto Pompei (Boca Juniors) 0	Julio Dely Valdés (PSG) Juan González (Nacional Montev.)
Mérida	Leo Franco (Independiente) Carlos N. Montoya (Extremadura) 0 0 0 0	Pablo Alfaro (Atlético Madrid) José Cortés (Extremadura) Ramón de Quintana (Rayo Vallecano) 0 0 0	Marcos Martín (Sevilla) (Compostela) (Levante) Gonzalo de los Santos (Peñarol) 0 0	(Barcelona B) Leonardo Biagini (Atlético Madrid) Cléber Eduardo (Atlético Paranaense) Iván Gabrich (Ajax) Dmitri Radchenko (Rayo Vallecano) Juan Sabas (Betis)
Sporting Gijón	Dragoje Leković (Kilmarnock) 0 0 0 0	Carles Mingo (Barcelona B) Roberto Trotta (Racing Club) 0 0 0	José Manuel Colmenero (Mallorca) Mario Cotelo (Badajoz) Rodrigão (Braga) Alexei Kosolapov (Lokomotiv Moscow) (Valencia)	Cezary Kucharski (Legia) (Levante) Vladimir Popović (Zemun) 0 0

References[]

^ "Salamanca 6-0 Valencia". LFP. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
^ "Real Oviedo 0–5 Real Sociedad". LFP. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
^ "Salamanca 5-4 Atlético Madrid". LFP. Retrieved 14 September 2010.

[table_hth_RMA0.12158897664472-4] RMA 2–0 RSO; RSO 4–2 RMA

[table_note_res_RMA0.12158897664472-5] Real Madrid was qualified directly for the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League as holders.

[table_hth_MLL0.12158897664472-6] MLL: 9 pts; CEL: 5 pts; ATM: 2 pts

[table_note_res_UCWC10.12158897664472-7] 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.

[table_hth_RAC0.12158897664472-8] RAC: 8 pts; SAL: 4 pts → SAL 2-0 TEN; TEN: 4 pts → TEN 2-0 SAL

[Salamanca_6-0_Valencia-1] "Salamanca 6-0 Valencia". LFP. Retrieved 14 September 2010.

[Real_Oviedo_0–5_Real_Sociedad-2] "Real Oviedo 0–5 Real Sociedad". LFP. Retrieved 14 September 2010.

[Salamanca_5-4_Atlético_Madrid-3] "Salamanca 5-4 Atlético Madrid". LFP. Retrieved 14 September 2010.

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