Primera División 1997/98

Primera División 1997/98
master	FC Barcelona
Champions League	FC Barcelona, Real Madrid (defending champion)
Champions League qualification	Athletic Bilbao
Uefa cup	Real Sociedad , Celta Vigo , Atlético Madrid , Betis Sevilla
UI cup	Valencia CF , Espanyol Barcelona
Cup winners	FC Barcelona
European Cup Winners' Cup	RCD Mallorca
Relegation ↓	SD Compostela , Real Oviedo
Relegated	CP Mérida , Sporting Gijón SD Compostela
Teams	20th
Games	380 + 4 relegation games
Gates	1.009  (ø 2.66 per game)
Top scorer	Christian Vieri (Atlético Madrid)
← Primera División 1996/97 Primera División 1998/99 →
Segunda División 1997/98 ↓

The Primera División 1997/98 was the 67th season of the highest Spanish football league . It started on August 30, 1997 and ended on May 17, 1998.

FC Barcelona became Spanish champions for the 15th time.

Before the season

• The 27-time champions Real Madrid started the race as defending champions . Last year's runner-up was FC Barcelona .
• Ascended from the Segunda División are CP Merida , UD Salamanca and RCD Mallorca .

societies

Atl. Bilbao real Madrid Atlético Madrid FC Barcelona Espanyol Barcelona Valencia CF Real Sociedad Real Zaragoza Betis Seville Sp. Gijón Real Valladolid SD Compostela Dep. La Coruña Real Oviedo Celta Vigo Rac. Santander RCD Mallorca CP Mérida UD Salamanca CD Tenerife Canary Islands

Venues of the Spanish Primera División 1997/98

society	city	Stadion
FC Barcelona	Barcelona	Camp Nou
Espanyol Barcelona	Barcelona	Olympic Stadium Barcelona
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	Estadio San Mamés
Sporting Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón
Deportivo La Coruña	La Coruña	Estadio Riazor
real Madrid	Madrid	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Estadio Vicente Calderón
RCD Mallorca	Palma de Mallorca	Estadio Lluis Sitjar
CP Mérida	Merida	Estadio Romano
Real Oviedo	Oviedo	Estadio Carlos Tartiere
UD Salamanca	Salamanca	Estadio Helmántico
Real Sociedad	San Sebastian	Estadio Anoeta
CD Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López
Racing Santander	Santander	Campos de Sport de El Sardinero
SD Compostela	Santiago de Compostela	Estadio Vero Boquete de San Lázaro
Real Zaragoza	Zaragoza	La Romareda
Betis Seville	Seville	Estadio Benito Villamarín
Valencia CF	Valencia	Estadio Mestalla
Real Valladolid	Valladolid	Estadio José Zorrilla
Celta Vigo	Vigo	Estadio Balaídos

Closing table

League leader

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Barcelona (P)	38	23	5	10	078:560	+22	74
2.	Athletic Bilbao	38	17th	14th	7th	052:420	+10	65
3.	Real Sociedad	38	16	15th	7th	060:370	+23	63
4th	Real Madrid (M)	38	17th	12	9	063:450	+18	63
5.	RCD Mallorca (N)	38	16	12	10	055:390	+16	60
6th	Celta Vigo	38	17th	9	12	054:470	+7	60
7th	Atlético Madrid	38	16	12	10	079:560	+23	60
8th.	Betis Seville	38	17th	8th	13	049:500	−1	59
9.	Valencia CF	38	16	7th	15th	058:520	+6	55
10.	Espanyol Barcelona	38	12	17th	9	044:310	+13	53
11.	Real Valladolid	38	13	11	14th	036:470	−11	50
12.	Deportivo La Coruña	38	12	13	13	044:460	−2	49
13.	Real Zaragoza	38	12	12	14th	045:530	−8	48
14th	Racing Santander	38	12	9	17th	046:550	−9	45
15th	UD Salamanca (N)	38	12	9	17th	046:460	± 0	45
16.	CD Tenerife	38	11	12	15th	044:570	−13	45
17th	SD Compostela	38	11	11	16	056:660	−10	44
18th	Real Oviedo	38	9	13	16	036:510	−15	40
19th	CP Mérida (N)	38	9	12	17th	033:530	−20	39
20th	Sporting Gijón	38	2	7th	29	031:800	−49	13

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored

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

Participation in qualifying for the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 1998/99 UEFA Cup

Participation in the 1998/99 European Cup Winners' Cup as a finalist of the Copa del Rey

Participation in the 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Participation in the relegation games against the third and fourth placed of the Segunda División

Relegation to the Segunda División

(M)	reigning master
(P)	reigning cup winner
(N)	Newcomers last season

Crosstab

1997/98
FC Barcelona		4-0	3-0	3-0	0-0	3: 2	3: 1	1: 3	3: 4	3: 1	1: 2	2: 1	1-0	2-0	1: 4	3: 2	2-0	2: 1	3: 1	2: 1
Athletic Bilbao	3-0		1: 1	1: 1	3: 1	2: 1	1-0	0-0	0: 3	1: 3	2-0	1: 1	1-0	4: 3	1-0	3-0	2-0	3-0	5: 1	2: 2
Real Sociedad	2: 2	1: 1		4: 2	1-0	2: 1	0-0	2-0	1: 1	2-0	3-0	1: 1	0: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	5: 1	2: 2	2: 1	2: 1
real Madrid	2: 3	0-0	2-0		2-0	3: 1	1: 1	1-0	1: 2	2: 1	3: 1	0-0	0: 2	2: 2	1-0	3-0	2: 1	5: 1	1-0	3-0
RCD Mallorca	0: 1	4-0	0: 1	0-0		4: 2	2: 1	1: 2	2: 1	2: 2	1: 1	0-0	0: 2	2: 1	1-0	5: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1-0	6: 2
Celta Vigo	3: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2: 1	1-0		1: 1	2-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	2: 1	2: 1	1: 2	4: 1	0-0	3: 3	3-0	2-0	1-0
Atlético Madrid	5: 2	3-0	2: 2	1: 1	2: 3	3: 3		0-0	3: 1	0: 2	5-0	3-0	2: 1	2: 1	1: 1	2: 2	3: 1	4: 1	4-0	2: 1
Betis Seville	0: 2	1: 1	0-0	3: 2	2: 1	2-0	2: 3		1-0	1: 3	3-0	1-0	3: 3	0: 2	2: 1	3-0	1-0	1: 1	2: 1	2: 1
Valencia CF	0: 3	1: 1	3: 2	0: 2	0-0	2: 1	4: 1	1-0		0-0	1: 2	1-0	2: 1	6: 1	0: 1	1: 2	4: 1	1: 1	3-0	2: 2
Espanyol Barcelona	1: 1	0: 1	0: 3	1-0	1-0	1: 1	2: 2	5-0	3-0		2-0	2-0	0: 1	0-0	3-0	2-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	1: 1
Real Valladolid	1: 2	3-0	0: 4	1: 1	0-0	0-0	2: 1	1: 3	0: 3	0-0		1-0	4-0	0-0	1: 2	2: 1	4: 1	1-0	0-0	1: 1
Deportivo La Coruña	3: 1	3-0	1: 1	2: 2	1: 1	1: 1	2: 2	2-0	1: 2	1: 1	1: 3		2: 1	4: 1	1-0	1-0	2: 6	2: 1	0: 1	2: 1
Real Zaragoza	1: 2	1: 1	0-0	2: 2	2: 3	1-0	1: 5	3: 1	0: 2	1: 1	0-0	1: 2		2-0	1: 1	1-0	2: 2	3: 3	1: 1	0-0
Racing Santander	2: 4	0-0	3: 1	1: 2	0: 1	2: 1	0: 1	2-0	2: 1	1: 1	1: 2	0: 1	2: 3		1-0	2: 1	1: 1	0-0	2-0	4: 1
UD Salamanca	4: 3	0-0	0-0	0: 2	1: 1	0: 1	5: 4	0-0	6-0	2: 1	1-0	4: 1	1: 2	0-0		2-0	0: 1	0: 2	3: 1	4-0
CD Tenerife	1: 1	0: 2	0-0	4: 3	1: 4	1: 3	2: 2	3: 1	3: 2	0-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	2: 2	2-0		5: 1	1-0	1: 1	2: 1
SD Compostela	2: 2	1: 4	1: 3	2: 3	2: 2	0-0	2: 1	2: 3	3: 1	1: 1	0-0	0-0	2-0	3: 1	2-0	1: 2		1-0	3-0	2-0
Real Oviedo	1-0	1: 2	0: 5	1: 1	0: 1	3: 1	0: 2	0-0	0-0	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	3-0	0: 1	2-0	1-0	1: 1		2-0	2: 1
CP Mérida	1: 2	0-0	3: 1	2: 2	0-0	4-0	2: 1	1: 3	1-0	1: 1	0-0	1-0	0: 1	1: 2	1-0	1: 1	3: 3	2: 1		1-0
Sporting Gijón	1: 4	1: 2	0: 2	0: 2	1: 3	0: 1	2: 3	2: 3	0: 3	1-0	1: 2	0: 3	2: 3	2: 1	1: 1	0: 2	0: 2	1: 2	0-0

Relegation

date		total		First leg	Return leg
May 21 and 24, 1998	Villarreal CF	( a ) 1: 1(a)	SD Compostela	0-0	1: 1
May 22nd and 25th, 1998	Real Oviedo	4: 3	UD Las Palmas	3-0	1: 3

After the season

International competitions

• 1. - FC Barcelona - UEFA Champions League
• Defending champions of the UEFA Champions League - Real Madrid - UEFA Champions League
• 2. - Athletic Bilbao - UEFA Champions League Qualification
• Finalist of the Copa del Rey - RCD Mallorca - European Cup Winners' Cup
• 3rd - Real Sociedad - UEFA Cup
• 6th - Celta Vigo - UEFA Cup
• 7th - Atlético Madrid - UEFA Cup
• 8th - Betis Sevilla - UEFA Cup
• 9th - Valencia CF - UEFA Intertoto Cup
• 10th - Espanyol Barcelona - UEFA Intertoto Cup

Relegated to the Segunda División

• 18. - SD Compostela
• 19th - Merida CP
• 20th - Sporting Gijón

Promoted to the Primera División

• Deportivo Alavés
• FC Extremadura
• Villarreal CF

Pichichi trophy

The Pichichi trophy is awarded annually to the best goalscorer of the season.

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Christian Vieri	Atlético Madrid	24
2		Rivaldo	FC Barcelona	19th
3		Luis Enrique	FC Barcelona	18th
4th		Darko Kovačević	Real Sociedad	17th
5		Lyuboslav Penew	SD Compostela	16
6th		Pauleta	UD Salamanca	15th

The championship team of FC Barcelona

1.

FC Barcelona

Goal : Ruud Hesp (36 / -); Vítor Baía (2 / -); Carles Busquets (1 / -) Defense : Sergi (31/2); Michael Reiziger (29 / -); Albert Ferrer (24 / -); Miguel Ángel Nadal (21 / -); Winston Bogarde (19/2); Fernando Couto (18 / -); Abelardo (15 / -) Midfield : Albert Celades (36 / -); Luís Figo (35/5); Luis Enrique (34/18); Guillermo Amor (23 / -); Dragan Ćirić (21 / -); Roger (18 / -); Iván de la Peña (17/2); Óscar (16/5); Pep Guardiola (6 / -); Jofre (1/1); Mario Rosas (1 / -) Storm : Rivaldo (34/19); Giovanni (27/9); Sonny Anderson (23/10); Juan Antonio Pizzi (15/2); Christophe Dugarry (7 / -); Christo Stoitschkow (2 / -) Coach : Louis van Gaal

Web links

Spain - List of Champions rsssf.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Primera División 1997/98. In: eu-football.info. Retrieved June 15, 2019 .