1997–98 Atlético Madrid season

92nd season in existence of Atlético Madrid
Atlético Madrid 1997–98 football season
Atlético Madrid
1997–98 season
PresidentSpain Jesús Gil
Head coachFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Radomir Antić
StadiumVicente Calderón
La Liga7th (qual. for UEFA Cup)
Copa del ReyRound of 16
UEFA CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Italy Christian Vieri (24)
All:
Italy Christian Vieri (29)
Home colours
Away colours

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 Spain ESP José Francisco Molina
3 DF Spain ESP Toni
4 DF Brazil BRA Andrei Frascarelli
5 DF Spain ESP Juan Manuel López
6 DF Spain ESP Santi
7 MF Brazil BRA Juninho
8 MF Spain ESP Juan Vizcaíno
9 FW Italy ITA Christian Vieri
10 MF Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Milinko Pantić
11 FW Spain ESP Jordi Lardín
12 FW Portugal POR Paulo Futre
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK Spain ESP Pedro Jaro
14 FW Spain ESP José Mari
15 DF Spain ESP Carlos Aguilera
19 FW Spain ESP Kiko
20 DF Spain ESP Delfí Geli
21 MF Spain ESP José Luis Caminero
23 DF Romania ROU Daniel Prodan
24 MF Czech Republic CZE Radek Bejbl
25 MF Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Veljko Paunović
26 MF Israel ISR Avi Nimni
27 MF Spain ESP Ivo
28 DF Spain ESP Ramón

Transfers

Winter

In
Pos. Name from Type

Out

La Liga

League table

Pos Team
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 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:
  1. ^ a b c MLL: 9 pts; CEL: 5 pts; ATM: 2 pts
  2. ^ 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

Matches

Real Madrid v Atlético de Madrid
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
Atlético de Madrid v Celta de Vigo
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
Atlético de Madrid v CP Mérida
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
Real Zaragoza v Atlético de Madrid
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
Atlético de Madrid v SD Compostela
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
Atlético de Madrid v RCD Mallorca
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
FC Barcelona v Atlético de Madrid
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
Atlético de Madrid v Racing de Santander
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
Atlético de Madrid v Real Madrid
9 January 1998 20 Atlético de Madrid 1-1 Real Madrid Madrid
Jose Mari 86' Report Savio 68' Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón
Real Valladolid v Atlético de Madrid
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
Celta de Vigo v Atlético Madrid
31 January 1998 23 Celta de Vigo 1-1 Atlético Madrid Vigo
Ito 29' Report Juninho 25' (pen) Stadium: Estadio Balaídos
Atlético Madrid v Real Oviedo
8 February 1998 24 Atlético Madrid 4-1 Real Oviedo Madrid
Jose Mari 25'
Vieri 35', 66'
Paunovic 86'		 Report Dely Valdés 83' Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón
RCD Espanyol v Atlético de Madrid
27 February 1998 27 RCD Espanyol 2-2 Atlético de Madrid Barcelona
Ouedec 27'
Benitez 47'		 Report Jose Mari 58'
Vieri 59'		 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde
SD Compostela v Atlético de Madrid
13 March 1998 29 SD Compostela 2-1 Atlético de Madrid Santiago de Compostela
Sion 79'
Bellido 82'		 Report Vieri 59' Referee: Lopez Nieto
UD Salamanca v Atlético de Madrid
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'
Valencia CF v Atlético de Madrid
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
Atlético de Madrid v CD Tenerife
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
RCD Mallorca v Atlético de Madrid
2 May 1998 36 RCD Mallorca 2-1 Atlético de Madrid Palma de Mallorca
Pepe Galvez 43'
Moya 47'		 Paunovic 15' Stadium: Estadio Lluys Sitjar

UEFA Cup

First round

Atlético Madrid Spain v England Leicester City
16 September 1997 Atlético Madrid Spain 2–1 England Leicester City Madrid
21:30 Juninho 69'
Vieri 71' (pen.)		 Report Marshall 11' Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 25,000
Leicester City England v Spain Atlético Madrid
30 September 1997 Leicester City England 0–2 Spain Atlético Madrid Leicester
20:45 Report Juninho 72'
Kiko 88'		 Attendance: 20,776

Second round

Atlético Madrid Spain v Greece PAOK
21 October 1997 Atlético Madrid Spain 5–2 Greece PAOK Madrid
21:30 Vieri 10', 31', 55'
Lardín 12'
Kiko 75'		 Report Frantzeskos 19'
Marangos 65'		 Attendance: 50,000
PAOK Greece v Spain Atlético Madrid
4 November 1997 PAOK Greece 4–4 Spain 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

Croatia Zagreb Croatia v Spain Atlético Madrid
25 November 1997 Croatia Zagreb Croatia 1–1 Spain Atlético Madrid Zagreb
20:45 Mujčin 2' Report Caminero 61' Attendance: 40,000
Atlético Madrid Spain v Croatia Croatia Zagreb
9 December 1997 Atlético Madrid Spain 1–0 Croatia Croatia Zagreb Madrid
21:30 Caminero 44' Report Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium
Attendance: 30,000

Quarterfinals

Atlético Madrid Spain v England Aston Villa
3 March 1998 Atlético Madrid Spain 1–0 England Aston Villa Madrid
21:30 Vieri 42' (pen.) Report Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: ItalyStefano Braschi
Aston Villa England v Spain Atlético Madrid
17 March 1998 Aston Villa England 2–1 Spain Atlético Madrid Villa Park, Birmingham
20:45 Taylor 72'
Collymore 74'		 Report Caminero 29' Attendance: 39,163
Referee: NetherlandsMario van der Ende

Semifinals

Atlético Madrid Spain v Italy Lazio
31 March 1998 Atlético Madrid Spain 0–1 Italy Lazio Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid
21:30 Report Jugović 33' Attendance: 55,000
Referee: EnglandPaul Durkin
Lazio Italy v Spain Atlético Madrid
14 April 1998 Lazio Italy 0–0 Spain Atlético Madrid Rome
20:45 Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: HungaryLászló Vágner

Copa del Rey

Second round

Statistics

Players statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total 1997–98 La Liga 1997–98 Copa del Rey 1997–98 UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Spain ESP Molina 37 -54 37 -54
15 DF Spain ESP Carlos Aguilera 36 2 36 2
6 DF Spain ESP Santi 33 3 33 3
4 DF Brazil BRA Andrei 31 4 31 4
20 DF Spain ESP Geli 28 1 22+6 1
8 MF Spain ESP Vizcaino 33 1 27+6 1
7 MF Brazil BRA Juninho 23 5 23 5
21 MF Spain ESP Caminero 25 2 22+3 2
19 FW Spain ESP Kiko 31 6 30+1 6
11 FW Spain ESP Lardin 32 4 29+3 4
9 FW Italy ITA Vieri 24 24 24 24
13 GK Spain ESP Jaro 1 -2 1 -2
24 MF Czech Republic CZE Bejbl 27 0 21+6 0
23 DF Romania ROU Prodan 17 0 17 0
10 MF Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Pantic 29 3 15+14 3
3 DF Spain ESP Toni 13 0 11+2 0
17 FW Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Bogdanovic 14 6 10+4 6
14 FW Spain ESP José Mari 35 9 8+27 9
25 MF Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Paunovic 14 6 6+8 6
5 DF Spain ESP López 7 0 4+3 0
28 DF Spain ESP Ramón 6 0 4+2 0
26 MF Israel ISR Nimni 7 0 3+4 0
16 FW Spain ESP Ezquerro 4 0 2+2 0
18 MF Spain ESP Roberto 3 1 2+1 1
12 FW Portugal POR Futre 10 0 0+10 0
27 MF Spain ESP Ivo 2 0 0+2 0
  • Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1997-987.html

Top scorers

Rank Position Number Player La Liga Copa del Rey UEFA Cup Total
1 FW 9 Italy Christian Vieri 24 0 5 29
2 FW 19 Spain Kiko 6 1 3 10
3 FW 14 Spain José Mari 9 0 0 9
4 MF 7 Brazil Juninho Paulista 5 1 2 8
5 FW 17 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Rade Bogdanović1 6 0 1 7
6 FW 11 Spain Jordi Lardín 4 0 2 6
MF 25 Serbia and Montenegro Veljko Paunović 6 0 0 6
8 MF 21 Spain José Luis Caminero 2 0 3 5
9 DF 4 Brazil Andrei 4 0 0 4
DF 6 Spain Santi Denia 3 0 1 4
11 MF 10 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milinko Pantić 3 0 0 3
12 DF 15 Spain Aguilera 2 0 0 2
13 MF 8 Spain Juan Vizcaíno 1 0 0 1
MF 18 Spain Roberto Fresnedoso1 1 0 0 1
DF 20 Spain Delfí Geli 1 0 0 1
Own goals 2 0 0 2
Totals 79 2 17 98

1Player left the club during the season.

Results

See also

References

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Atlético Madrid - 1997/98".
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