Premier League 1997/98

Premier League 1997/98
master	Arsenal FC
Champions League	Arsenal FC
Champions League qualification	Manchester United
Uefa cup	Liverpool FC , Leeds United , Blackburn Rovers , Aston Villa
UI cup	Crystal Palace
Cup winners	Arsenal FC
European Cup Winners' Cup	Chelsea FC (TV) Newcastle United
Relegated	Bolton Wanderers , Barnsley FC , Crystal Palace
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	1,019  (ø 2.68 per game)
Top scorer	Dion Dublin ( Coventry City ), Michael Owen ( Liverpool FC ), Chris Sutton (Blackburn Rovers)
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Football League First Division 1997/98 ↓

The Premier League 1997/98 was the sixth season of the Premier League , which was hosted by the FA , and at the same time the 99th first division season in English football. It started on August 9, 1997 and ended on May 10, 1998.

Arsenal FC became English champions for the first time since 1991 and also won the FA Cup . All three newcomers, Crystal Palace , Barnsley FC and the Bolton Wanderers , had to relegate straight back to the First Division . The top scorer was Dion Dublin from Coventry City , Michael Owen from Liverpool FC and Chris Sutton from Blackburn Rovers with 18 goals each .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Arsenal FC	38	23	9	6th	068:330	+35	78
2.	Manchester United (M)	38	23	8th	7th	073:260	+47	77
3.	Liverpool FC	38	18th	11	9	068:420	+26	65
4th	Chelsea FC (P)	38	20th	3	15th	071:430	+28	63
5.	Leeds United	38	17th	8th	13	057:460	+11	59
6th	Blackburn Rovers	38	16	10	12	057:520	+5	58
7th	Aston Villa	38	17th	6th	15th	049:480	+1	57
8th.	West Ham United	38	16	8th	14th	056:570	−1	56
9.	Derby County	38	16	7th	15th	052:490	+3	55
10.	Leicester City (L)	38	13	14th	11	051:410	+10	53
11.	Coventry City	38	12	16	10	046:440	+2	52
12.	Southampton FC	38	14th	6th	18th	050:550	−5	48
13.	Newcastle United	38	11	11	16	035:440	−9	44
14th	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	11	16	044:560	−12	44
15th	Wimbledon FC	38	10	14th	14th	034:460	−12	44
16.	Sheffield Wednesday	38	12	8th	18th	052:670	−15	44
17th	Everton FC	38	9	13	16	041:560	−15	40
18th	Bolton Wanderers (N)	38	9	13	16	041:610	−20	40
19th	Barnsley FC (N)	38	10	5	23	037:820	−45	35
20th	Crystal Palace (N)	38	8th	9	21st	037:710	−34	33

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

English champion and participation in the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the second qualifying round for the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 1998/99 UEFA Cup

Participation in the 1998/99 European Cup Winners' Cup as defending champion

FA Cup finalist and participation in the 1998/99 European Cup Winners' Cup

Relegation to the Football League First Division

Relegation to the Football League First Division and participation in the 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup

(M)	reigning English champion
(P)	reigning FA Cup winner
(L)	reigning league cup winner
(N)	Newcomers last season

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

	ARS	AST	BAR	BLA	BOL	CHE	COV	CRY	OF THE	EVE	LEE	LEI	LIV	MNU	NEW	SHW	SOT	DEAD	WHU	WIM
Arsenal FC		0-0	5-0	1: 3	4: 1	2-0	2-0	1-0	1-0	4-0	2: 1	2: 1	0: 1	3: 2	3: 1	1-0	3-0	0-0	4-0	5-0
Aston Villa	1-0		0: 1	0: 4	1: 3	0: 2	3-0	3: 1	2: 1	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	2: 1	0: 2	0: 1	2: 2	1: 1	4: 1	2-0	1: 2
Barnsley FC	0: 2	0: 3		1: 1	2: 1	0: 6	2-0	1-0	1-0	2: 2	2: 3	0: 2	2: 3	0: 2	2: 2	2: 1	4: 3	1: 1	1: 2	2: 1
Blackburn Rovers	1: 4	5-0	2: 1		3: 1	1-0	0-0	2: 2	1-0	3: 2	3: 4	5: 3	1: 1	1: 3	1-0	7: 2	1-0	0: 3	3-0	0-0
Bolton Wanderers	0: 1	0: 1	1: 1	2: 1		1-0	1: 5	5: 2	3: 3	0-0	2: 3	2-0	1: 1	0-0	1-0	3: 2	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	1-0
Chelsea FC	2: 3	0: 1	2-0	0: 1	2-0		3: 1	6: 2	4-0	2-0	0-0	1-0	4: 1	0: 1	1-0	1-0	4: 2	2-0	2: 1	1: 1
Coventry City	2: 2	1: 2	1-0	2-0	2: 2	3: 2		1: 1	1-0	0-0	0-0	0: 2	1: 1	3: 2	2: 2	1-0	1-0	4-0	1: 1	0-0
Crystal Palace	0-0	1: 1	0: 1	1: 2	2: 2	0: 3	0: 3		3: 1	1: 3	0: 2	0: 3	0: 3	0: 3	1: 2	1-0	1: 1	1: 3	3: 3	0: 3
Derby County	3-0	0: 1	1-0	3: 1	4-0	0: 1	3: 1	0-0		3: 1	0: 5	0: 4	1-0	2: 2	1-0	3-0	4-0	2: 1	2-0	1: 1
Everton FC	2: 2	1: 4	4: 2	1-0	3: 2	3: 1	1: 1	1: 2	1: 2		2-0	1: 1	2-0	0: 2	0-0	1: 3	0: 2	0: 2	2: 1	0-0
Leeds United	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	4-0	2-0	3: 1	3: 3	0: 2	4: 3	0-0		0: 1	0: 2	1-0	4: 1	1: 2	0: 1	1-0	3: 1	1: 1
Leicester City	3: 3	1-0	1-0	1: 1	0-0	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 2	0: 1	1-0		0-0	0-0	0-0	1: 1	3: 3	3-0	2: 1	0: 1
Liverpool FC	4-0	3-0	0: 1	0-0	2: 1	4: 2	1-0	2: 1	4-0	1: 1	3: 1	1: 2		1: 3	1-0	2: 1	2: 3	4-0	5-0	2-0
Manchester United	0: 1	1-0	7-0	4-0	1: 1	2: 2	3-0	2-0	2-0	2-0	3-0	0: 1	1: 1		1: 1	6: 1	1-0	2-0	2: 1	2-0
Newcastle United	0: 1	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	2: 1	3: 1	0-0	1: 2	0-0	1-0	1: 1	3: 3	1: 2	0: 1		2: 1	2: 1	1-0	0: 1	1: 3
Sheffield Wednesday	2-0	1: 3	2: 1	0-0	5-0	1: 4	0-0	1: 3	2: 5	3: 1	1: 3	1-0	3: 3	2-0	2: 1		1-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 1
Southampton FC	1: 3	1: 2	4: 1	3-0	0: 1	1-0	1: 2	1-0	0: 2	2: 1	0: 2	2: 1	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	2: 3		3: 2	3-0	0: 1
Tottenham Hotspur	1: 1	3: 2	3-0	0-0	1-0	1: 6	1: 1	0: 1	1-0	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	3: 3	0: 2	2-0	3: 2	1: 1		1-0	0-0
West Ham United	0-0	2: 1	6-0	2: 1	3-0	2: 1	1-0	4: 1	0-0	2: 2	3-0	4: 3	2: 1	1: 1	0: 1	1-0	2: 4	2: 1		3: 1
Wimbledon FC	0: 1	2: 1	4: 1	0: 1	0-0	0: 2	1: 2	0: 1	0-0	0-0	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	2: 5	0-0	1: 1	1-0	2: 6	1: 2

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	Dion Dublin	Coventry City	18th
=	Michael Owen	Liverpool FC	=
=	Chris Sutton	Newcastle United	=
4th	Dennis Bergkamp	Arsenal FC	16
=	Kevin Gallacher	Blackburn Rovers	=
=	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Leeds United	=
7th	Andrew Cole	Manchester United	15th
=	John Hartson	West Ham United	=
9	Darren Huckerby	Coventry City	14th
10	Paulo Wanchope	Derby County	13

Awards during the season

month	Trainer of the month	Player of the month
August 1997	Roy Hodgson (Blackburn Rovers)	Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal FC)
September 1997	Martin O'Neill (Leicester City)	Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal FC)
October 1997	Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)	Paulo Wanchope (Derby County)
November 1997	George Graham (Leeds United)	Andrew Cole (Manchester United) Kevin Davies (Southampton FC)
December 1997	Roy Hodgson (Blackburn Rovers)	Steve McManaman (Liverpool FC)
January 1998	Howard Kendall (Everton FC)	Dion Dublin (Coventry City)
February 1998	Gordon Strachan (Coventry City)	Chris Sutton (Blackburn Rovers)
March 1998	Arsène Wenger (Arsenal FC)	Alexander Manninger (Arsenal FC)
April 1998	Arsène Wenger (Arsenal FC)	Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal FC)

The Arsenal FC championship team

According to the rules of the Premier League, a player receives an official winner's medal if he completes at least 10 Premier League games for the master club (in addition, a medal was awarded to Alexander Manninger, who played seven times). With this in mind, the following players count as English champions of the 1997/98 season. The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.

1.

Arsenal FC

Goal: David Seaman (32 / -); Alexander Manninger (7 / -) Defense: Nigel Winterburn (37/1); Lee Dixon (29 / -); Tony Adams (26/3); Steve Bould (25 / -); Martin Keown (19 / -); Rémi Guard (10 / -) Midfield: Ray Parlor (35/5); Patrick Vieira (34/2); Marc Overmars (33/12); David Platt (32/3); Emmanuel Petit (32/2); Gilles Grimandi (22/1); Stephen Hughes (16/2); Luís Boa Morte (15 / -) Storm: Dennis Bergkamp (29/16); Nicolas Anelka (26/6); Ian Wright (25/10); Christopher Wreh (16/3) Coach: Arsène Wenger