1997–98 Serie A

Serie A
Season	1997–98
Champions	Juventus 25th title
Relegated	Brescia Atalanta Lecce Napoli
Champions League	Juventus (group stage) Internazionale (second round)
UEFA Cup	Udinese Fiorentina Roma
Cup Winners' Cup	Lazio
Intertoto Cup	Bologna (third round) Sampdoria (second round)
Matches played	306
Goals scored	835 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorer	Oliver Bierhoff (27)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Serie A title was Juventus won its 25th national title, with Inter Milan placed second and qualified to the Champions League 1998-1999. Udinese, Roma, Fiorentina, Parma qualified to the UEFA Cup 1998-1999. Lazio qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners Cup courtesy of winning the Coppa Italia. Bologna and Sampdoria qualified to 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup. Brescia, Atalanta, Lecce and Napoli were relegated to Serie B.

Serie A 1997-98 team distribution

Personnel and Sponsoring

Team	Head Coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Atalanta	Emiliano Mondonico	Asics	Somet
Bari	Eugenio Fascetti	Lotto	Transport Gio Bi
Bologna	Renzo Ulivieri	Macron	Granarolo
Brescia	Edoardo Reja	Garman	Ristora
Empoli	Luciano Spalletti	Errea	Sammontana
Fiorentina	Alberto Malesani	Fila	Nintendo
Internazionale	Luigi Simoni	Umbro	Pirelli
Juventus	Marcelo Lippi	Kappa	Sony Minidisc
Lazio	Sven-Göran Eriksson	Umbro	Cirio
Lecce	Angelo Pereni	Asics	Banca 121
Milan	Fabio Capello	Lotto	Opel
Napoli	Giovanni Galeone	Nike	Polenghi
Parma	Carlo Ancelotti	Puma	Parmalat
Piacenza	Vincenzo Guerini	Lotto	No Sponsor
Roma	Zdeněk Zeman	Diadora	INA Assitalia
Sampdoria	Vujadin Boškov	Asics	Daewoo
Udinese	Alberto Zaccheroni	Hummel	Atreyu
Vicenza	Francesco Guidolin	Lotto	Pal Zileri

Teams and stadiums

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Atalanta	Bergamo	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia	7004265420000000000♠26,542
Bari	Bari	Stadio San Nicola	7004582700000000000♠58,270
Bologna	Bologna	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara	7004382790000000000♠38,279
Brescia	Brescia	Stadio Mario Rigamonti	7004163080000000000♠16,308
Empoli	Empoli	Stadio Carlo Castellani	7004197950000000000♠19,795
Fiorentina	Florence	Stadio Artemio Franchi	7004472820000000000♠47,282
Internazionale	Milan	San Siro	7004800740000000000♠80,074
Juventus	Turin	Stadio delle Alpi	7004692950000000000♠69,295
Lazio	Rome	Stadio Olimpico	7004726980000000000♠72,698
Lecce	Lecce	Stadio Via del Mare	7004338760000000000♠33,876
Milan	Milan	San Siro	7004800180000000000♠80,018
Napoli	Naples	Stadio San Paolo	7004602400000000000♠60,240
Parma	Parma	Stadio Ennio Tardini	7004279060000000000♠27,906
Piacenza	Piacenza	Stadio Leonardo Garilli	7004279060000000000♠27,906
Roma	Rome	Stadio Olimpico	7004726980000000000♠72,698
Sampdoria	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	7004366850000000000♠36,685
Udinese	Udine	Stadio Friuli²	7004306420000000000♠30,642
Vicenza	Vicenza	Stadio Romeo Menti	7004171630000000000♠17,163

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus !Juventus (C)	34	21	11	2	67	28	+39	74	1998–99 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Internazionale !Internazionale	34	21	6	7	62	27	+35	69	1998–99 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3	Udinese !Udinese	34	19	7	8	62	40	+22	64	1998–99 UEFA Cup First round
4	Roma !Roma	34	16	11	7	67	42	+25	59
5	Fiorentina !Fiorentina	34	15	12	7	65	36	+29	57
6	Parma !Parma	34	15	12	7	55	39	+16	57
7	Lazio !Lazio	34	16	8	10	53	30	+23	56	1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round
8	Bologna !Bologna	34	12	12	10	55	46	+9	48	1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
9	Sampdoria !Sampdoria	34	13	9	12	52	55	−3	48	1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
10	Milan !Milan	34	11	11	12	37	43	−6	44
11	Bari !Bari	34	10	8	16	30	45	−15	38
12	Empoli !Empoli	34	10	7	17	50	58	−8	37
13	Piacenza !Piacenza	34	7	16	11	29	38	−9	37
14	Vicenza !Vicenza	34	9	9	16	36	61	−25	36
15	Brescia !Brescia (R)	34	9	8	17	45	63	−18	35	Relegation to Serie B
16	Atalanta !Atalanta (R)	34	7	11	16	25	48	−23	32
17	Lecce !Lecce (R)	34	6	8	20	32	72	−40	26
18	Napoli !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; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Atalanta !ATA	Bari !BAR	Bologna !BOL	Brescia !BRE	Empoli !EMP	Fiorentina !FIO	Internazionale !INT	Juventus !JUV	Lazio !LAZ	Lecce !LCE	Milan !MIL	Napoli !NAP	Parma !PAR	Piacenza !PIA	Roma !ROM	Sampdoria !SAM	Udinese !UDI	Vicenza !VIC
Atalanta !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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
Internazionale !Internazionale	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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

Source: lega-calcio.it (Italian)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Oliver Bierhoff	Udinese	27
2	Ronaldo	Internazionale	25
3	Roberto Baggio	Bologna	22
4	Gabriel Batistuta	Fiorentina	21
4	Alessandro Del Piero	Juventus	21
6	Vincenzo Montella	Sampdoria	20
7	Filippo Inzaghi	Juventus	18
8	Dario Hübner	Brescia	16
9	Luis Oliveira	Fiorentina	15
10	Abel Balbo	Roma	14
10	Carmine Esposito	Empoli	14

References and sources

Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005

External links

Serie A

2015–16 clubs	Atalanta Bologna Carpi Chievo Empoli Fiorentina Frosinone Genoa Hellas Verona Internazionale Juventus Lazio Milan Napoli Palermo Roma Sampdoria Sassuolo Torino Udinese

Former clubs	Alessandria Ancona Ascoli Avellino Bari Brescia Cagliari Casale Catania Catanzaro Cesena Como Cremonese Foggia Lecce Lecco Legnano Livorno Lucchese Mantova Messina Modena Novara Padova Parma Perugia Pescara Piacenza Pisa Pistoiese Pro Patria Pro Vercelli Reggiana Reggina Salernitana Siena SPAL Ternana Treviso Triestina Varese Venezia Vicenza

Organisations	Lega Serie A Lega Calcio (defunct)

Competition	Champions Foreign players Managers

Statistics and awards	Records Average attendances Team of the Year Footballer of the Year Coach of the Year Goalkeeper of the Year Referee of the Year Football Club of the Year Italian Footballer of the Year Foreign Footballer of the Year Young Footballer of the Year Defender of the Year Top scorers

Finances	Richest clubs: Deloitte list Forbes' list

Associated competitions	Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana Serie B Lega Pro Serie D European UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League

Serie A seasons

Prima Categoria Prima Divisione Divisione Nazionale	1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29

Other	1921–22 (C.C.I.)^† 1944 1945–46^†

Serie A seasons	1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

^†Championships recognized as official by the Italian Football Federation

Football in Italy

Overview	National association League system List of clubs List of venues Records Scudetto Capocannoniere

International	Italy Under-21 Under-20 Under-19 Under-18 Under-17 Under-16 Under-15 Italy women

Leagues	Lega Serie A Lega Serie B Lega Pro Lega Nazionale Dilettanti Lega Calcio (defunct)

League competitions	Serie A Serie B Lega Pro Lega Pro Prima Divisione defunct Lega Pro Seconda Divisione defunct Serie D Eccellenza Promozione Prima Categoria Seconda Categoria Terza Categoria

Cup competitions	Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana Coppa Italia Lega Pro Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione Coppa Italia Serie D Coppa Italia Dilettanti

Youth competitions	Campionato Nazionale Primavera Coppa Italia Primavera Supercoppa Primavera Torneo di Viareggio Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti

Women's competitions	Serie A Coppa Italia

Awards	Gran Galà del Calcio AIC Italian Football Hall of Fame

Miscellaneous	Totonero 1980 Totonero 1986 Italian Law 91/1981, Article 18B financial doping scandals 2006 Italian football scandal 2011–12 Italian football scandal 2015 Italian football scandal Foreign Serie A players Foreign Serie B players

Seasons	1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

1997–98 in Italian football

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League cups	England Finland '97 '98 France Germany Iceland '97 '98 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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