1997–98 F.C. Internazionale Milano season

Internazionale

1997–98 season
Chairman	Massimo Moratti
Manager	Luigi Simoni
Serie A	2nd
Coppa Italia	Quarter Finals
UEFA Cup	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: Ronaldo (25) All: Ronaldo (34)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

F.C. Internazionale Milano mounted its first serious Serie A title assault for several years, with a dubious penalty for Juventus in a match against the Milanese side a few games from the end of the season being the pivotal point. The consolation prize was winning the UEFA Cup, following a 3-0 victory against Lazio in the final.

The most noticeable difference compared to Inter's previous seasons was the availability of a world-class striker in Ronaldo after Ronaldo snubbed Manchester United in favour of Teddy Sheringham as a replacement for retired Eric Cantona. The young Brazilian was bought on a world record transfer fee from Barcelona, and scored 34 goals in all competitions

Squad

Goalkeepers

• 01. Gianluca Pagliuca
• 12. Andrea Mazzantini
• 22. Raffaele Nuzzo

Defenders

• 02. Giuseppe Bergomi
• 03. Massimo Tarantino
• 04. Javier Zanetti
• 05. Fabio Galante
• 07. Salvatore Fresi
• 16. Taribo West
• 21. Luca Mezzano
• 24. Luigi Sartor
• 33. Francesco Colonnese
• 35. Martín Rivas
• 36. Mauro Milanese

Midfielders

• 06. Youri Djorkaeff
• 08. Aron Winter
• 13. Zé Elias
• 14. Diego Simeone
• 15. Benoît Cauet
• 17. Francesco Moriero
• 18. Nicola Berti
• 40. Paulo Sousa

Attackers

• 09. Iván Zamorano
• 10. Ronaldo
• 11. Nwankwo Kanu
• 20. Álvaro Recoba
• 23. Maurizio Ganz
• 27. Marco Branca
• 27. Alessandro Sgrigna

Results

Serie A

1	Inter	2–1	Brescia
	Recoba  80, 85'		Hübner  73'

2	Bologna	2–4	Inter
	R. Baggio  45', 58' (pen.)		Galante  12' Ganz  38' Ronaldo  52' Zamorano  66'

3	Inter	3–2	Fiorentina
	Ronaldo  45' Moriero  72' Djorkaeff  81'		Serena  46' Batistuta  47'

4	Lecce	1–5	Inter
	Palmieri  61' (pen.)		Djorkaeff  33, 78' Ronaldo  48, 81' Ganz  84'

5	Inter	1–1	Lazio
	Ronaldo  41' (pen.)		Nedvěd  35'

6	Napoli	0–2	Inter
			Galante  10' Turrini  69' (o.g.)

7	Inter	1–0	Parma
	Ronaldo  15'

8	Atalanta	1–2	Inter
	Caccia  81'		Djorkaeff  28' West  88'

9	Inter	2–2	Milan
	Simeone  13' Ronaldo  68' (pen.)		Weah  29' André Cruz  80' (pen.)

10	Vicenza	1–3	Inter
	Ambrosini  59'		Simeone  33, 39' Ronaldo  68'

11	Sampdoria	1–1	Inter
	Montella  31' (pen.)		Ronaldo  9'

12	Inter	3–0	Roma
	Djorkaeff  40' (pen.) Branca  49' Petruzzi  71' (o.g.)

13	Udinese	1–0	Inter
	Bierhoff  90 + 1'

14	Inter	1–0	Juventus
	Djorkaeff  47'

15	Piacenza	0–1	Inter
			Moriero  70'

16	Inter	0–1	Bari
			Masinga  77'

17	Empoli	1–1	Inter
	Esposito  3'		Recoba  82'

18	Brescia	0–1	Inter
			Ronaldo  75'

19	Inter	0–1	Bologna
			Paramatti  56'

20	Fiorentina	1–1	Inter
	Batistuta  42'		Ronaldo  26'

21	Inter	5–0	Lecce
	Ronaldo  18', 70' (pen.), 79' Milanese  29' Cauet  40'

22	Lazio	3–0	Inter
	Fuser  25' Bokšić  29' Casiraghi  61'

23	Inter	2–0	Napoli
	Zamorano  63' Ronaldo  73'

24	Parma	1–0	Inter
	Crespo  78'

25	Inter	4–0	Atalanta
	Moriero  66' Kanu  74' Ronaldo  78' Cauet  89'

26	Milan	0–3	Inter
			Simeone  42, 87' Ronaldo  77'

27	Inter	2–1	Vicenza
	Simeone  67' Ronaldo  90 + 5' (pen.)		Zauli  82'

28	Inter	3–0	Sampdoria
	Hugo  50' (o.g.) Sartor  53' Ronaldo  88'

29	Roma	1–2	Inter
	Cafu  63'		Ronaldo  53, 75'

30	Inter	2–0	Udinese
	Djorkaeff  80' Ronaldo  85'

31	Juventus	1–0	Inter
	Del Piero  21'

32	Inter	0–0	Piacenza

33	Bari	2–1	Inter
	Ventola  86' Masinga  89'		Ronaldo  34'

34	Inter	4–1	Empoli
	Colonnese  23' Fusco  31' (o.g.) Ronaldo  62' (pen.), 72'		Cappellini  79' (pen.)

Statistics

Top scorers

Serie A

• Ronaldo 25
• Youri Djorkaeff 8
• Diego Simeone 6
• Álvaro Recoba 3

Sources

RSSSF - Italy 1997/98

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