European Cup Winners' Cup 1997/98

European Cup Winners' Cup 1997/98
Cup winners	Chelsea FC (2nd title)
Beginning	August 14, 1997
final	May 13, 1998
Final stadium	Råsunda Stadium , Solna
Teams	47
Games	91
Gates	281  (ø 3.09 per game)
Top scorer	Pasquale Luiso (8)
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The 1997/98 European Cup Winners 'Cup was the 38th edition of the European Cup Winners' Cup. 47 club teams took part, including 32 national cup winners and 15 defeated cup finalists (Betis Sevilla, FC Luzern, Lewski-1913 Sofia, FC Dinamo Batumi, NK Zagreb, FC Dinaburg, US Luxembourg, Hibernians Paola, HB Tórshavn, FK Sloga Jugomagnat Skopje, FC National Bucharest, NK Primorje, Budapest VSC, ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar and Cwmbran Town). The defending champions and Spanish Cup winners FC Barcelona had also become Spain's runner-up and qualified for the UEFA Champions League . But cup finalist Betis Sevilla steppedon. There was no representative from Albania this season.

DFB Cup winner VfB Stuttgart from Germany, ÖFB Cup winner SK Sturm Graz from Austria , Cup finalist FC Luzern from Switzerland and Cup winner FC Balzers from Liechtenstein competed .

The final in the Råsundastadion in Solna (near Stockholm) won the FC Chelsea 1-0 against VfB Stuttgart. Chelsea FC won its second title in this competition after 1971 .

The top scorer was the Belgian Pasquale Luiso from Vicenza Calcio with 8 goals.

mode

As usual, the participants played the winner in pure cup mode with home and return matches. If there was a tie after both games, the number of goals scored away decided ( away goal rule ). If their number was also the same, extra time took place in the second leg, in which the away goals rule also applied. If there was still a tie at the end of extra time, a penalty shoot- out was carried out. The final was decided in a game on a neutral court. In the event of a tie after extra time, the winner would also have been determined in a penalty shoot-out.

qualification

The first legs took place from August 13th to 15th, the second legs on August 27th / 28th. August 1997.

	total		First leg	Return leg
HB Tórshavn	1: 7	APOEL Nicosia	1: 1	0: 6
Hibernians Football Club	0: 4	ÍBV Vestmannaeyja	0: 1	0: 3
Glenavon FC	1: 5	Legia Warsaw	1: 1	0: 4
Cwmbran Town	02:12	FC National Bucharest	2: 5	0: 7
FK Žalgiris Vilnius	1: 2	Hapoel Beer Sheva	0-0	1: 2 a.d.
Zimbru Chișinău	1: 4	Shakhtar Donetsk	1: 1	0: 3
FC Dinaburg	2-0	PFK Kəpəz	1-0	1-0
FC Kilmarnock	3: 2	Shelbourne FC	2: 1	1: 1
HJK Helsinki	1: 3	Red Star Belgrade	1-0	0: 3
FK Sloga Jugomagnat Skopje	1: 4	NK Zagreb	1: 2	0: 2
FC Balzers	1: 5	Budapesti VSC	1: 3	0: 2
Tallinna Sadam	2: 5	Belshyna Babruysk	1: 1	1: 4
NK Primorye	3-0	US Luxembourg	2-0	1-0
Levski -1913 Sofia	2: 3	ŠK Slovan Bratislava	1: 1	1: 2
FC Dinamo Batumi	2: 3	FC Ararat Yerevan	10: 3 1	2-0

¹The first leg ended 4-2 for FC Dinamo Batumi. The game was rated 0: 3 for FC Ararat Yerevan because FC Dinamo used a player who was not eligible to play.

1 round

The first leg took place on September 18, the second leg on October 2, 1997.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Kocaelispor	3-0	FC National Bucharest	2-0	1-0
APOEL Nicosia	0: 4	SK Sturm Graz	0: 1	0: 3
ÍBV Vestmannaeyja	2: 5	VfB Stuttgart	1: 3	1: 2
Boavista Porto	3: 4	Shakhtar Donetsk	2: 3	1: 1
Germinal Ekeren	4: 3	Red Star Belgrade	3: 2	1: 1
AIK Solna	1: 2	NK Primorye	0: 1	1: 1 a.d.
AEK Athens	9: 2	FC Dinaburg	5-0	4: 2
Slavia Prague	6: 2	FC Luzern	4: 2	2-0
Hapoel Beer Sheva	01:14	Roda JC Kerkrade	1: 4	00:10
NK Zagreb	5: 6	Tromso IL	3: 2	2: 4 a.d.
FC Copenhagen	5-0	FC Ararat Yerevan	3-0	2-0
Belshyna Babruysk	1: 5	Moscow locomotive	1: 2	0: 3
Chelsea FC	4-0	ŠK Slovan Bratislava	2-0	2-0
OGC Nice	4: 2	FC Kilmarnock	3: 1	1: 1
Betis Seville	4-0	Budapesti VSC	2-0	2-0
Vicenza Calcio	3: 1	Legia Warsaw	2-0	1: 1

2nd round

The first leg took place on October 23, the second leg on November 6, 1997.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Tromso IL	4: 9	Chelsea FC	3: 2	1: 7
Germinal Ekeren	4: 6	VfB Stuttgart	0: 4	4: 2
Moscow locomotive	2: 1	Kocaelispor	2: 1	0-0
Shakhtar Donetsk	2: 5	Vicenza Calcio	1: 3	1: 2
Betis Seville	3: 1	FC Copenhagen	2-0	1: 1
AEK Athens	2: 1	SK Sturm Graz	2-0	0: 1
OGC Nice	(a)3: 3 ( a )	Slavia Prague	2: 2	1: 1
NK Primorye	0: 6	Roda JC Kerkrade	0: 2	0: 4

Quarter finals

The first leg took place on March 5, the second leg on March 19, 1998.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Roda JC Kerkrade	1: 9	Vicenza Calcio	1: 4	0: 5
Slavia Prague	1: 3	VfB Stuttgart	1: 1	0: 2
AEK Athens	1: 2	Moscow locomotive	0-0	1: 2
Betis Seville	2: 5	Chelsea FC	1: 2	1: 3

Semifinals

The first leg took place on April 2, the second leg on April 16, 1998.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Vicenza Calcio	2: 3	Chelsea FC	1-0	1: 3
VfB Stuttgart	3: 1	Moscow locomotive	2: 1	1-0

final

Chelsea FC		VfB Stuttgart		Lineup
	May 13, 1998 in Solna ( Råsundastadion ) Result: 1: 0 (0: 0) Spectators: 30,216 Referee: Stefano Braschi ( Italy )
	Ed de Goey - Danny Granville , Frank Lebœuf , Michael Duberry , Steve Clarke , Dan Petrescu - Dennis Wise , Roberto Di Matteo , Gustavo Poyet (80th Eddie Newton ) - Tore André Flo (71st Gianfranco Zola ), Gianluca Vialli Trainer: Gianluca Vialli ( Italy )	Franz Wohlfahrt - Murat Yakin - Thomas Berthold , Thomas Schneider (55th Jochen Endreß ) - Marco Haber (75th Kristijan Đorđević ), Zvonimir Soldo , Gerhard Poschner , Matthias Hagner (79th Sreto Ristić ) - Krassimir Balakow - Fredi Bobic , Jonathan Akpoborie Trainer: Joachim Loew
	1-0 Gianfranco Zola (71.)
	Dennis Wise	Jonathan Akpoborie
	Dan Petrescu (85.)	Gerhard Poschner (90.)

Players used Chelsea FC

1.

Chelsea FC

Goal : Ed de Goey (9 / -) Defense : Frank Lebœuf (9 / -); Dan Petrescu (7/2); Steve Clarke (7 / -); Michael Duberry (6 / -); Frank Sinclair (5/1); Danny Granville (4/1); Celestine Babayaro (3 / -); Bernard Lambourde (3 / -); Graeme Le Saux (3 / -); Andrew Myers (3 / -); Laurent Charvet (1 / -) Midfield : Dennis Wise (9 / -); Roberto Di Matteo (8/3); Eddie Newton (7 / -); Gustavo Poyet (4/1); Jody Morris (2 / -); Paul Hughes (1 / -) Storm : Gianluca Vialli (8/6); Gianfranco Zola (8/4); Tore André Flo (5/2); Mark Hughes (3/1); Mark Nicholls (2 / -) Coach : Gianluca Vialli

See also

• 1997/98 UEFA Cup

Web links

• Official UEFA website for the 1997/98 season
• Game details on fussballdaten.de
• Game details on rsssf.com