1997–98 Derby County F.C. season

Derby County
1997–98 season
Chairman	Lionel Pickering
Manager	Jim Smith
Stadium	Pride Park
Premiership	9th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Wanchope (13) All: Wanchope (17)
Highest home attendance	30,492 vs. Liverpool (10 May 1998)
Lowest home attendance	25,625 vs. Southampton (27 September 1997)
Average home league attendance	29,105
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 English football season was Derby County's second consecutive season in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

Derby County began life at their new stadium by progressing further on the previous season's solid 12th place finish. Jim Smith's team emerged as surprise contenders for a UEFA Cup place, and European qualification (for the first time in over 20 years) was still a possibility on the final day of the season. But results didn't go Derby's way, and that final European place went to Aston Villa.

The end-of-season arrival of Argentine defender Horacio Carbonari gave Derby fans fresh hope of challenging for a place in Europe.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1.	Arsenal	38	23	9	6	68	33	+35	78
2.	Manchester United	38	23	8	7	73	26	+47	77
3.	Liverpool	38	18	11	9	68	42	+26	65
4.	Chelsea	38	20	3	15	71	43	+28	63
5.	Leeds United	38	17	8	13	57	46	+11	59
6.	Blackburn Rovers	38	16	10	12	57	52	+5	58
7.	Aston Villa	38	17	6	15	49	48	+1	57
8.	West Ham United	38	16	8	14	56	57	-1	56
9.	Derby County	38	16	7	15	52	49	+3	55
10.	Leicester City	38	13	14	11	51	41	+10	53
11.	Coventry City	38	12	16	10	46	44	+2	52
12.	Southampton	38	14	6	18	50	55	-5	48
13.	Newcastle United	38	11	11	16	35	44	-9	44
14.	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	11	16	44	56	-12	44
15.	Wimbledon	38	10	14	14	34	46	-12	44
16.	Sheffield Wednesday	38	12	8	18	52	67	-15	44
17.	Everton	38	9	13	16	41	56	-15	40
18.	Bolton Wanderers	38	9	13	16	41	61	-20	40
19.	Barnsley	38	10	5	23	37	82	-45	35
20.	Crystal Palace	38	8	9	21	37	71	-34	32

Key
Qualified for the Champions League
Qualified for the UEFA Cup
Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
Relegated to Division 1

Results

Derby County's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 1997	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-1	23,557
23 August 1997	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-1	25,886
30 August 1997	Barnsley	H	1-0	27,232	Eranio (pen)
13 September 1997	Everton	H	3-1	27,828	Hunt, C Powell, Sturridge
20 September 1997	Aston Villa	A	1-2	35,444	Baiano
24 September 1997	Sheffield Wednesday	A	5-2	22,391	Baiano (2), Laursen, Wanchope, Burton
27 September 1997	Southampton	H	4-0	25,625	Eranio, Wanchope, Baiano, Sturridge
6 October 1997	Leicester City	A	2-1	19,585	Baiano (2)
18 October 1997	Manchester United	H	2-2	30,014	Baiano, Wanchope
22 October 1997	Wimbledon	H	1-1	28,595	Baiano
25 October 1997	Liverpool	A	0-4	38,017
1 November 1997	Arsenal	H	3-0	30,004	Wanchope (2), Sturridge
8 November 1997	Leeds United	A	3-4	33,572	Sturridge (2), Asanović
22 November 1997	Coventry City	H	3-1	29,351	Baiano, Eranio (pen), Wanchope
29 November 1997	Chelsea	A	0-4	34,544
6 December 1997	West Ham United	H	2-0	29,300	Mikloško (own goal), Sturridge
14 December 1997	Bolton Wanderers	A	3-3	23,037	Eranio, Baiano (2)
17 December 1997	Newcastle United	A	0-0	36,289
20 December 1997	Crystal Palace	H	0-0	26,590
26 December 1997	Newcastle United	H	1-0	30,232	Eranio (pen)
28 December 1997	Barnsley	A	0-1	18,686
11 January 1998	Blackburn Rovers	H	3-1	27,823	Sturridge (2), Wanchope
17 January 1998	Wimbledon	A	0-0	13,031
31 January 1998	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-1	30,187	Sturridge, Wanchope
7 February 1998	Aston Villa	H	0-1	30,251
14 February 1998	Everton	A	2-1	34,876	Štimac, Wanchope
21 February 1998	Manchester United	A	0-2	55,170
28 February 1998	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3-0	30,203	Wanchope (2), Rowett
15 March 1998	Leeds United	H	0-5	30,217
28 March 1998	Coventry City	A	0-1	18,705
5 April 1998	Chelsea	H	0-1	30,062
11 April 1998	West Ham United	A	0-0	25,155
13 April 1998	Bolton Wanderers	H	4-0	29,126	Wanchope, Burton (2), Baiano
18 April 1998	Crystal Palace	A	1-3	18,101	Bohinen
26 April 1998	Leicester City	H	0-4	29,855
29 April 1998	Arsenal	A	0-1	38,121
2 May 1998	Southampton	A	2-0	15,202	Dailly, Sturridge
10 May 1998	Liverpool	H	1-0	30,492	Wanchope

FA Cup

Main article: 1997–98 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	3 January 1998	Southampton	H	2-0	27,992	Baiano, C Powell
R4	24 January 1998	Coventry City	A	0-2	22,824

League Cup

Main article: 1997–98 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	16 September 1997	Southend United	A	1-0	4,011	Wanchope
R2 Second Leg	1 October 1997	Southend United	H	5-0	18,490	Rowett (2), Wanchope, Sturridge, Trollope
R3	15 October 1997	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2-1	20,390	Wanchope (2)
R4	18 November 1997	Newcastle United	H	0-1	27,364

Squad

^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Russell Hoult
2	DF	Gary Rowett
3	DF	Chris Powell
4	DF	Darryl Powell
5	DF	Dean Yates
6	MF	Igor Štimac
7	MF	Robbie van der Laan
8	FW	Dean Sturridge
9	FW	Paulo Wanchope
10	MF	Rory Delap
11	FW	Ron Willems
14	MF	Lars Bohinen
15	MF	Marc Bridge-Wilkinson

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Jacob Laursen
18	MF	Lee Carsley
19	DF	Steve Elliott
20	MF	Stefano Eranio
21	GK	Mart Poom
22	DF	Christian Dailly
23	DF	Mauricio Solis
24	FW	Deon Burton
25	DF	Robert Kozluk
26	MF	Jonathan Hunt
27	FW	Francesco Baiano
28	DF	Craig Smith
29	GK	Richard Knight

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
10	MF	Aljoša Asanović (to Napoli)
12	FW	Ashley Ward (to Barnsley)
14	MF	Paul Simpson (to Wolves)
15	MF	Paul Trollope (to Fulham)

No.	Position	Player
17	DF	Matt Carbon (to West Bromwich Albion)
19	MF	Sean Flynn (to West Bromwich Albion)
28	DF	Wayne Sutton (to Woking)
	FW	Nick Wright (to Carlisle United)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
-		DF	Chris Boden
-		DF	Andrew Tretton

No.		Position	Player
-		MF	Mauricio Solís

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
1 August 1997	FW	Francesco Baiano	Fiorentina	£650,000
6 August 1997	FW	Deon Burton	Portsmouth	£1,000,000
6 February 1998	MF	Rory Delap	Carlisle United	£200,000
25 March 1998	MF	Lars Bohinen	Blackburn Rovers	£1,450,000
23 May 1998	DF	Horacio Carbonari	Rosario Central	£2,700,000

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
12 June 1997	GK	Martin Taylor	Wycombe Wanderers	Free transfer
6 August 1997	MF	Sean Flynn	West Bromwich Albion	£260,000
7 August 1997	MF	Kevin Cooper	Stockport County	£150,000
4 September 1997	FW	Ashley Ward	Barnsley	£1,300,000
1 November 1997	DF	Andrew Tretton	Chesterfield	Non-contract
11 November 1997	MF	Paul Simpson	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£75,000
27 November 1997	MF	Paul Trollope	Fulham	£600,000
29 December 1997	MF	Aljoša Asanović	Napoli	£350,000
26 January 1998	DF	Matt Carbon	West Bromwich Albion	£800,000
12 February 1998	FW	Nick Wright	Carlisle United	Transfer

Transfers in:

£6,000,000

Transfers out:

£3,535,000

Total spending:

£2,465,000

References

Derby County Football Club

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