1997–98 Serie A

Juventus won the title in controversial circumstances. In their match on Sunday, 26 April 1998, against eventual runners-up, Inter, Ronaldo was denied what appeared a clear penalty for Inter after being blocked by Mark Iuliano of Juventus. Had the penalty been awarded and then dispatched, the outcome of the title race may well have been different. The incident is still talked about to this day by football pundits in Italy.

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Final classification

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C) 34 21 11 2 67 28 +39 74 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Internazionale 34 21 6 7 62 27 +35 69 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3 Udinese 34 19 7 8 62 40 +22 64 1998–99 UEFA Cup First round
4 Roma 34 16 11 7 67 42 +25 59
5 Fiorentina 34 15 12 7 65 36 +29 57
6 Parma 34 15 12 7 55 39 +16 57
7 Lazio 34 16 8 10 53 30 +23 56 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round
8 Bologna 34 12 12 10 43 38 +5 48 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
9 Sampdoria 34 13 9 12 52 55 −3 48 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
10 Milan 34 11 11 12 37 43 −6 44
11 Bari 34 10 8 16 30 45 −15 38
12 Empoli 34 10 7 17 50 58 −8 37
13 Piacenza 34 7 16 11 29 38 −9 37
14 Vicenza 34 9 9 16 36 61 −25 36
15 Brescia (R) 34 9 8 17 45 63 −18 35 Relegation to the Serie B
16 Atalanta (R) 34 7 11 16 25 48 −23 32
17 Lecce (R) 34 6 8 20 32 72 −40 26
18 Napoli (R) 34 2 8 24 25 76 −51 14

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

  Atalanta Bari Bologna Brescia Empoli Fiorentina Inter Juventus Lazio Lecce Milan Napoli Parma Piacenza Roma Sampdoria Udinese Vicenza
Atalanta   2-0 4-2 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-0 0-0 2-2 0-1 0-2 1-1 1-3
Bari 0-0   0-0 2-1 2-0 0-1 2-1 0-5 0-2 2-2 1-0 2-0 0-2 0-0 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-0
Bologna 0-0 4-3   2-1 2-2 2-2 2-4 1-3 2-1 2-0 3-0 5-1 1-2 3-0 0-0 2-2 2-0 3-1
Brescia 2-2 1-1 1-3   3-1 1-3 0-1 1-1 1-1 3-2 2-2 2-1 2-1 2-0 1-1 3-3 0-4 4-0
Empoli 1-0 2-3 0-0 3-1   1-1 1-1 0-1 1-0 5-1 0-1 5-0 2-0 2-3 1-3 4-1 1-0 3-2
Fiorentina 5-0 3-1 1-1 5-1 1-2   1-1 3-0 1-3 5-0 2-0 4-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 1-1 1-0 1-1
Inter 4-0 0-1 0-1 2-1 4-1 3-2   1-0 1-1 5-0 2-2 2-0 1-0 0-0 3-0 3-0 2-0 2-1
Juventus 3-1 1-0 3-2 4-0 5-2 2-1 1-0   2-1 2-0 4-1 2-2 2-2 2-0 3-1 3-0 4-1 2-0
Lazio 0-2 3-2 1-0 1-0 3-1 1-4 3-0 0-1   4-0 2-1 2-0 1-2 0-0 2-0 3-0 2-3 4-0
Lecce 1-1 0-1 1-1 2-0 2-2 1-1 1-5 0-2 1-0   0-0 2-0 0-2 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-2 0-1
Milan 3-0 2-0 0-0 2-1 3-1 0-2 0-3 1-1 1-1 1-2   0-0 1-1 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-1
Napoli 0-1 2-2 0-0 0-3 2-1 1-1 0-2 1-2 0-0 2-4 1-2   0-4 1-2 0-2 0-2 1-3 2-0
Parma 2-2 1-0 2-0 1-3 2-0 1-2 1-0 2-2 1-1 2-1 3-1 3-1   1-1 0-2 2-2 4-0 2-1
Piacenza 3-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-1 0-0 1-0 1-1 1-0 1-3   3-3 1-0 0-2 1-1
Roma 3-0 2-1 2-1 5-0 4-3 4-1 1-2 0-0 1-3 3-1 5-0 6-2 2-2 1-1   2-0 1-2 2-2
Sampdoria 2-0 1-0 2-3 2-1 3-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 0-4 1-1 0-3 6-3 5-2 3-1 1-1   0-3 2-1
Udinese 1-0 2-0 4-3 3-1 2-2 2-3 1-0 1-1 0-2 6-0 2-1 1-1 1-1 2-0 4-2 3-2   3-0
Vicenza 1-0 1-2 3-2 2-1 1-0 1-5 1-3 0-0 2-1 1-3 1-4 1-1 0-0 3-2 1-1 1-1 1-3  

Top scorers

27 goals
25 goals
22 goals
21 goals
20 goals
18 goals
16 goals
15 goals
14 goals

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