1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Dates 14 August 1997 – 13 May 1998
Teams 32 (first round)
47 (qualifying round)
Final positions
Champions England Chelsea (2nd title)
Runners-up Germany Stuttgart
Tournament statistics
Matches played 91
Goals scored 272 (2.99 per match)
Top scorer(s) Italy Pasquale Luiso
(8 goals)

The 1997–98 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Chelsea in the final against Stuttgart.

Qualifying round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
HB Tórshavn Faroe Islands 1–7 Cyprus APOEL 1–1 0–6
Hibernians Malta 0–4 Iceland ÍBV 0–1 0–3
Glenavon Northern Ireland 1–5 Poland Legia Warsaw 1–1 0–4
Cwmbrân Town Wales 2–12 Romania Național București 2–5 0–7
Žalgiris Vilnius Lithuania 1–2 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva 0–0 1–2 (aet)
Zimbru Chișinău Moldova 1–4 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 1–1 0–3
Dinaburg Latvia 2–0 Azerbaijan Kapaz 1–0 1–0
Kilmarnock Scotland 3–2 Republic of Ireland Shelbourne 2–1 1–1
HJK Finland 1–3 Serbia and Montenegro Red Star Belgrade 1–0 0–3
Sloga Jugomagnat Republic of Macedonia 1–4 Croatia Zagreb 1–2 0–2
Balzers Liechtenstein 1–5 Hungary BVSC Budapest 1–3 0–2
Tallinna Sadam Estonia 2–5 Belarus Belshina Bobruisk 1–1 1–4
Primorje Slovenia 3–0 Luxembourg Union Luxembourg 2–0 1–0
Levski Sofia Bulgaria 2–3 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 1–1 1–2
Dinamo Batumi Georgia (country) 2–31 Armenia Ararat Yerevan 0–3 2–0
Notes

First leg

14 August 1997
19:00
HB Tórshavn Faroe Islands 1–1 Cyprus APOEL
Arge  19' Lineups Alexandrou  40'
Svangaskarð, Toftir
Attendance: 100
Referee: Oleg Timofejev (Estonia)

14 August 1997
19:30
Hibernians Malta 0–1 Iceland ÍBV
Lineups Guðmundsson  70'

14 August 1997
18:00
Glenavon Northern Ireland 1–1 Poland Legia Warsaw
Grant  59' Lineups Sokołowski  33'
Mourneview Park, Lurgan
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Juan Fernández Marin (Spain)

14 August 1997
19:00
Cwmbrân Town Wales 2–5 Romania Național București
Parfitt  75' (pen.)
Townsend  83'
Lineups Vasc  31'
Niculescu  47', 61'
Lita  76', 80'
Cwmbran Stadium, Cwmbran
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sergey Shmolik (Belarus)

14 August 1997
18:00
Žalgiris Vilnius Lithuania 0–0 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Lineups
Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Morgan Norman (Sweden)

14 August 1997
19:00
Zimbru Chișinău Moldova 1–1 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Zgura  72' Lineups Atelkin  45'
Stadionul Republican, Chişinău
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Taras Bezoubiak (Russia)

14 August 1997
18:00
Dinaburg Latvia 1–0 Azerbaijan Kapaz
Tarasovs  36' Lineups
Celtnieks Stadium, Daugavpils
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Alan Howells (Wales)

14 August 1997
19:30
Kilmarnock Scotland 2–1 Republic of Ireland Shelbourne
Wright  66' (pen.), 90' Lineups Rutherford  12'
Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Attendance: 9,041
Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine)

14 August 1997
20:00
HJK Finland 1–0 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Helin  58' Lineups

14 August 1997
17:00
Sloga Jugomagnat Republic of Macedonia 1–2 Croatia Zagreb
Petkov  60' Lineups Bule  65'
Čižmek  90'
Gradski stadion, Skopje
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Andreas Schluchter (Switzerland)

14 August 1997
18:00
Balzers Liechtenstein 1–3 Hungary BVSC Budapest
Wörnhard  38' Lineups Telser  50' (o.g.)
Füzi  76'
Csordás  84'
Sportplatz Rheinau, Balzers
Referee: Ante Kulušić (Croatia)

14 August 1997
18:00
Tallinna Sadam Estonia 1–1 Belarus Belshina Bobruisk
Olumets  48' Lineups Khripach  19'
Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 500
Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)

14 August 1997
17:30
Primorje Slovenia 2–0 Luxembourg Union Luxembourg
Sabadin  37'
Sculac  85' (pen.)
Lineups
Ajdovščina Football Stadium, Ajdovščina
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Roland Beck (Liechtenstein)

14 August 1997
18:00
Levski Sofia Bulgaria 1–1 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
G. Ivanov  18' Lineups Novák  64'
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain)

14 August 1997
18:30
Dinamo Batumi Georgia (country) 0–3
Awarded1
Armenia Ararat Yerevan
Guchua  25', 31'
Glonti  78'
Shekiladze  90'
Lineups Ter-Petrosyan  59'
Nazaryan  81'
Tsentral Stadium, Batumi
Referee: Manfred Schüttengruber (Austria)

Second leg

28 August 1997
19:30
APOEL Cyprus 6–0 Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn
Hörtnagl  15', 21'
Sotiriou  52'
Ioannou  77', 79'
Fasouliotis  81'
Lineups
Makario Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

APOEL won 7–1 on aggregate.


27 August 1997
18:00
ÍBV Iceland 3–0 Malta Hibernians
Helgason  22'
Guðmundsson  34', 88'
Lineups
Hásteinsvöllur, Vestmannaeyjar
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Juha Hirviniemi (Finland)

ÍBV won 4–0 on aggregate.


28 August 1997
19:00
Legia Warsaw Poland 4–0 Northern Ireland Glenavon
Kacprzak  73'
Sokołowski  75', 89' (pen.)
Skrzyek  85'
Lineups
Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Loizos Loizou (Cyprus)

Legia Warsaw won 5–1 on aggregate.


28 August 1997
21:00
Național București Romania 7–0 Wales Cwmbrân Town
Niculescu  15'
Pigulea  23', 41', 70'
Albeanu  25', 38'
Savu  47'
Lineups
Stadionul Cotroceni, Bucharest
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Roger Philippi (Luxembourg)

Național București won 12–2 on aggregate.


28 August 1997
19:00
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel 2–1 (a.e.t.) Lithuania Žalgiris Vilnius
Benayoun  106' (pen.)
Buchnik  115'
Lineups Radžius  96'
Vasermil Stadium, Beersheba
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Attila Juhos (Hungary)

Hapoel Be'er Sheva won 2–1 on aggregate.


28 August 1997
18:00
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 3–0 Moldova Zimbru Chișinău
Orbu  28'
Atelkin  44'
Kriventsov  81'
Lineups
Centralny Stadium, Donetsk
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Dan Dragoş Crăciun (Romania)

Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–1 on aggregate.


28 August 1997
17:00
Kapaz Azerbaijan 0–1 Latvia Dinaburg
Lineups Isayev  70'
Ganja City Stadium, Ganja
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Milan Mitrović (Slovenia)

Dinaburg won 2–0 on aggregate.


28 August 1997
19:45
Shelbourne Republic of Ireland 1–1 Scotland Kilmarnock
Baker  38' Lineups McIntyre  22'
Tolka Park, Dublin
Attendance: 8,100
Referee: Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)

Kilmarnock won 3–2 on aggregate.


28 August 1997
20:00
Red Star Belgrade Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 3–0 Finland HJK
Stanković  6', 25'
Njeguš  90' (pen.)
Lineups
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Robert Boggi (Italy)

Red Star Belgrade won 3–1 on aggregate.


28 August 1997
16:30
Zagreb Croatia 2–0 Republic of Macedonia Sloga Jugomagnat
Sopić  2'
Bule  7'
Lineups
Stadion Kranjčevićeva, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium)

Zagreb won 4–1 on aggregate.


28 August 1997
19:00
BVSC Budapest Hungary 2–0 Liechtenstein Balzers
Komlósi  12'
Bükszegi  90'
Lineups
Szőnyi úti Stadion, Budapest
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Richard O'Hanlon (Republic of Ireland)

BVSC Budapest won 5–1 on aggregate.


28 August 1997
17:00
Belshina Bobruisk Belarus 4–1 Estonia Tallinna Sadam
Smirnykh  3'
Timofeev  58'
Hlebasolaw  74'
Putrash  75'
Lineups Rychkov  69' (pen.)
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ladislav Gádoši (Slovakia)

Belshina Bobruisk won 5–2 on aggregate.


28 August 1997
20:00
Union Luxembourg Luxembourg 0–1 Slovenia Primorje
Lineups Rudonja  18'
Stade Achille Hammerel, Luxembourg
Attendance: 400
Referee: Vanco Kocev (Macedonia)

Primorje won 3–0 on aggregate.


28 August 1997
18:00
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia 2–1 Bulgaria Levski Sofia
Novak  15'
Mužlay  51'
Lineups Todorov  2'
Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Claude Détruche (Switzerland)

Slovan Bratislava won 3–2 on aggregate.


28 August 1997
19:00
Ararat Yerevan Armenia 0–2 Georgia (country) Dinamo Batumi
Lineups Torgashvili  2'
Makharadze  36'
Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Marek Kowalczyk (Poland)

Ararat Yerevan won 3–2 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kocaelispor Turkey 3–0 Romania Național București 2–0 1–0
APOEL Cyprus 0–4 Austria Sturm Graz 0–1 0–3
ÍBV Iceland 2–5 Germany Stuttgart 1–3 1–2
Boavista Portugal 3–4 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 2–3 1–1
Germinal Ekeren Belgium 4–3 Serbia and Montenegro Red Star Belgrade 3–2 1–1
AIK Sweden 1–2 Slovenia Primorje 0–1 1–1 (aet)
AEK Athens Greece 9–2 Latvia Dinaburg 5–0 4–2
Slavia Prague Czech Republic 6–2 Switzerland Luzern 4–2 2–0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel 1–14 Netherlands Roda 1–4 0–10
Zagreb Croatia 5–6 Norway Tromsø 3–2 2–4 (aet)
Copenhagen Denmark 5–0 Armenia Ararat Yerevan 3–0 2–0
Belshina Bobruisk Belarus 1–5 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 1–2 0–3
Chelsea England 4–0 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 2–0 2–0
Nice France 4–2 Scotland Kilmarnock 3–1 1–1
Real Betis Spain 4–0 Hungary BVSC Budapest 2–0 2–0
Vicenza Italy 3–1 Poland Legia Warsaw 2–0 1–1

First leg


18 September 1997
19:30
APOEL Cyprus 0–1 Austria Sturm Graz
Lineups Spiteri  80'
Makario Stadium, Nicosia
Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia)

18 September 1997
18:30
ÍBV Iceland 1–3 Germany Stuttgart
Ólafsson  40' Lineups Bobic  9', 12'
Akpoborie  70'
Laugardalsvöllur, Vestmannaeyjar
Referee: John Ashman (Wales)

18 September 1997
21:30
Boavista Portugal 2–3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Rui Miguel  35'
Litos  44'
Lineups Zubov  29'
Atelkin  60', 63'
Estádio do Bessa, Porto
Referee: Luc Huyghe (Belgium)

18 September 1997
20:00
Germinal Ekeren Belgium 3–2 Serbia and Montenegro Red Star Belgrade
Kovács  17'
Hofmans  57'
Dauwe  70'
Lineups Ognjenović  60'
Stanković  63'
Veltwijckstadion, Ekeren
Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

18 September 1997
19:00
AIK Sweden 0–1 Slovenia Primorje
Lineups Rudonja  84'

18 September 1997
18:30
AEK Athens Greece 5–0 Latvia Dinaburg
Kopitsis  36' (pen.), 45'
Katsavos  64'
Kalitzakis  67'
Marcelo  77'
Lineups

18 September 1997
20:00
Slavia Prague Czech Republic 4–2 Switzerland Luzern
Ašanin  4'
Vácha  13'
Vágner  48'
Labant  53'
Lineups Aleksandrov  6'
Koilov  74'
Stadion Eden, Prague
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi (Italy)

18 September 1997
20:30
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel 1–4 Netherlands Roda
Benayoun  63' (pen.) Lineups Van Houdt  14', 30'
Torma  23', 34'
Vasermil Stadium, Beersheba
Referee: Arturo Dauden Ibañez (Spain)

18 September 1997
16:45
Zagreb Croatia 3–2 Norway Tromsø
Lalić  44'
Sopić  49'
Baturina  50'
Lineups B. Johansen  56'
Årst  79'
Stadion Kranjčevićeva, Zagreb
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Attila Juhos (Hungary)

18 September 1997
19:00
Copenhagen Denmark 3–0 Armenia Ararat Yerevan
Jónsson  16'
Højer  54'
Tur  89'
Lineups
Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 7,563
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

18 September 1997
17:00
Belshina Bobruisk Belarus 1–2 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
Hlebasolaw  14' (pen.) Lineups Loskov  49'
Borodyuk  72'
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Referee: Kostadin Gerginov (Bulgaria)

18 September 1997
19:45
Chelsea England 2–0 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
Di Matteo  6'
Granville  80'
Lineups
Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 23,067
Referee: Robert Boggi (Italy)

18 September 1997
20:30
Nice France 3–1 Scotland Kilmarnock
Kohn  13', 48'
Rol  79'
Lineups Wright  78' (pen.)
Stade du Ray, Nice
Attendance: 10,812
Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey)

18 September 1997
21:30
Real Betis Spain 2–0 Hungary BVSC Budapest
Alfonso  58', 73' Lineups
Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)

18 September 1997
20:45
Vicenza Italy 2–0 Poland Legia Warsaw
Luiso  10'
Ambrosetti  24'
Lineups
Stadio Romeo Menti, Vicenza
Attendance: 10,081
Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Germany)

Second leg

Kocaelispor won 3–0 on aggregate.


2 October 1997
20:30
Sturm Graz Austria 3–0 Cyprus APOEL
Reinmayr  3'
Vastić  29'
Haas  43'
Lineups
Arnold Schwarzenegger-Stadium, Graz
Referee: Haim Lipkovitz (Israel)

Sturm Graz won 4–0 on aggregate.


2 October 1997
19:15
Stuttgart Germany 2–1 Iceland ÍBV
Akpoborie  73', 76' Lineups Lárusson  79'
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Marek Kowalczyk (Poland)

Stuttgart won 5–2 on aggregate.


2 October 1997
20:30
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 1–1 Portugal Boavista
Potskhveria  79' Lineups Latapy  89'
Centralny Stadium, Donetsk
Referee: Claude Détruche (Switzerland)

Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–3 on aggregate.


Germinal Ekeren won 4–3 on aggregate.


2 October 1997
15:30
Primorje Slovenia 1–1 (a.e.t.) Sweden AIK
Rudonja  110' Lineups Novaković  78'
Ajdovščina Football Stadium, Ajdovscina
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Sotirios Vorgias (Greece)

Primorje won 2–1 on aggregate.


2 October 1997
21:00
Dinaburg Latvia 2–4 Greece AEK Athens
Fedotovs  34'
Isayev  62'
Lineups Nikolaidis  35', 80'
Vlachos  50'
Kostis  72'

AEK Athens won 9–2 on aggregate.


2 October 1997
20:00
Luzern Switzerland 0–2 Czech Republic Slavia Prague
Lineups Koilov  55' (o.g.)
Vágner  74'
Stadion Allmend, Luzern
Referee: Mikko Vuorela (Finland)

Slavia Prague won 6–2 on aggregate.


2 October 1997
20:30
Roda Netherlands 10–0 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Van Houdt  18', 31', 69'
Lawal  40', 60'
Ooijer  50', 85' (pen.)
Vrede  54'
Torma  71', 90'
Lineups

Roda won 14–1 on aggregate.


2 October 1997
20:00
Tromsø Norway 4–2 (a.e.t.) Croatia Zagreb
Lange  14', 117'
Årst  75'
S.M. Johansen  90'
Lineups Vukić  54'
Bule  58'
Alfheim Stadion, Tromsø
Referee: Andreas Schluchter (Switzerland)

Tromsø won 6–5 on aggregate.


2 October 1997
18:00
Ararat Yerevan Armenia 0–2 Denmark Copenhagen
Lineups M. Nielsen  87'
Šestan  89'
Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan
Referee: Ladislav Gádoši (Hungary)

Copenhagen won 5–0 on aggregate.


Lokomotiv Moscow won 5–1 on aggregate.


2 October 1997
20:35
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia 0–2 England Chelsea
Lineups Vialli  27'
Di Matteo  60'
Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Attendance: 13,850
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Chelsea won 4–0 on aggregate.


2 October 1997
19:30
Kilmarnock Scotland 1–1 France Nice
Reilly  32' Lineups Milinković  76'
Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Attendance: 8,402
Referee: Juha Hirviniemi (Finland)

Nice won 4–2 on aggregate.


2 October 1997
20:30
BVSC Budapest Hungary 0–2 Spain Real Betis
Lineups Alexis Trujillo  7'
Alfonso  49'
Szőnyi úti Stadion, Budapest
Referee: Kazimir Znaydinsky (Belarus)

Real Betis won 4–0 on aggregate.


2 October 1997
20:45
Legia Warsaw Poland 1–1 Italy Vicenza
Kacprzak  57' Lineups Zauli  86'
Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Milan Mitrović (Slovenia)

Vicenza won 3–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tromsø Norway 4–9 England Chelsea 3–2 1–7
Germinal Ekeren Belgium 4–6 Germany Stuttgart 0–4 4–2
Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 2–1 Turkey Kocaelispor 2–1 0–0
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 2–5 Italy Vicenza 1–3 1–2
Real Betis Spain 3–1 Denmark Copenhagen 2–0 1–1
AEK Athens Greece 2–1 Austria Sturm Graz 2–0 0–1
Nice France 3–3 (a) Czech Republic Slavia Prague 2–2 1–1
Primorje Slovenia 0–6 Netherlands Roda 0–2 0–4

First leg

23 October 1997
21:05
Tromsø Norway 3–2 England Chelsea
Nilsen  6'
Fermann  19'
Årst  86'
Lineups Vialli  85', 90'
Alfheim Stadion, Tromsø
Attendance: 6,438
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

23 October 1997
20:30
Germinal Ekeren Belgium 0–4 Germany Stuttgart
Lineups Bobic  43', 61'
Akpoborie  55', 75'
Veltwijckstadion, Ekeren
Attendance: 4,000[1]
Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

23 October 1997
19:00
Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 2–1 Turkey Kocaelispor
Kharlachyov  33'
Janashia  82'
Lineups Uzun  73'
Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Georg Dardenne (Germany)

23 October 1997
21:00
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 1–3 Italy Vicenza
Zubov  62' Lineups Luiso  1', 90+3'
Beghetto  56'
Centralny Stadium, Donetsk
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Pascal Garibian (France)

23 October 1997
21:30
Real Betis Spain 2–0 Denmark Copenhagen
Oli  25'
Cañas  39'
Lineups
Estadio Benito Villamarín, Seville
Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)

23 October 1997
20:00
AEK Athens Greece 2–0 Austria Sturm Graz
Batista  75'
Marcelo  84'
Lineups
Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 13,329
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

23 October 1997
20:30
Nice France 2–2 Czech Republic Slavia Prague
Aulanier  6' (pen.) Lineups Vácha  14', 35'
Stade du Ray, Nice
Attendance: 14,274
Referee: Celino Gracia Redondo (Spain)

23 October 1997
20:30
Primorje Slovenia 0–2 Netherlands Roda
Lineups Lawal  15'
Van Houdt  67'
Olimpija Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 1,250
Referee: Metin Tokat (Turkey)

Second leg

6 November 1997
19:45
Chelsea England 7–1 Norway Tromsø
Petrescu  12', 85'
Vialli  24', 60', 75'
Zola  43'
Leboeuf  54' (pen.)
Lineups B. Johansen  39'
Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 29,363
Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine)

Chelsea won 9–4 on aggregate.


6 November 1997
20:30
Stuttgart Germany 2–4 Belgium Germinal Ekeren
Verlaat  12'
Poschner  34'
Lineups Van Ankeren  43', 82'
Van Geneugden  45'
Karagiannis  72'

Stuttgart won 6–4 on aggregate.


23 October 1997
20:00
Kocaelispor Turkey 0–0 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
Lineups
İsmet Paşa Stadium, İzmit
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Fernand Meese (Belgium)

Lokomotiv Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate.


6 November 1997
20:45
Vicenza Italy 2–1 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Luiso  24'
Viviani  70'
Lineups Atelkin  59'
Stadio Romeo Menti, Vicenza
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Roy Helge Olsen (Norway)

Vicenza won 5–2 on aggregate.


6 November 1997
19:00
Copenhagen Denmark 1–1 Spain Real Betis
P. Nielsen  60' (pen.) Lineups Ureña  80'
Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 10,140
Referee: Willie Young (Scotland)

Real Betis won 3–1 on aggregate.


6 November 1997
21:00
Sturm Graz Austria 1–0 Greece AEK Athens
Spiteri  82' Lineups

AEK Athens won 2–1 on aggregate.


6 November 1997
20:30
Slavia Prague Czech Republic 1–1 France Nice
Labant  80' Lineups Vandecasteele  74'
Stadion Eden, Prague
Attendance: 7,312
Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Germany)

3–3 on aggregate. Slavia Prague won on away goals.


6 November 1997
20:30
Roda Netherlands 4–0 Slovenia Primorje
Van der Luer  44'
Peeters  49'
Zafarin  74'
Valgaeren  84'
Lineups

Roda won 6–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Roda Netherlands 1–9 Italy Vicenza 1–4 0–5
Slavia Prague Czech Republic 1–3 Germany Stuttgart 1–1 0–2
AEK Athens Greece 1–2 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 0–0 1–2
Real Betis Spain 2–5 England Chelsea 1–2 1–3

First leg

5 March 1998
20:45
Roda Netherlands 1–4 Italy Vicenza
Peeters  73' Lineups Luiso  17', 40'
Belotti  29'
Otero  67'

5 March 1998
20:45
Slavia Prague Czech Republic 1–1 Germany Stuttgart
Vácha  39' Lineups Poschner  51'


5 March 1998
20:45
Real Betis Spain 1–2 England Chelsea
Alfonso  46' Lineups Flo  7', 12'

Second leg

19 March 1998
20:45
Vicenza Italy 5–0 Netherlands Roda
Luiso  4'
Firmani  24'
Méndez  38'
Ambrosetti  42'
Zauli  47'
Lineups
Stadio Romeo Menti, Vicenza
Attendance: 14,362
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Vicenza won 9–1 on aggregate.


19 March 1998
20:30
Stuttgart Germany 2–0 Czech Republic Slavia Prague
Balakov  9', 88' Lineups

Stuttgart won 3–1 on aggregate.


19 March 1998
19:00
Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 2–1 Greece AEK Athens
Kharlachyov  53'
Chugainov  90'
Lineups Kopitsis  67' (pen.)
Lokomotiv Moscow, Moscow
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Lokomotiv Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate.


19 March 1998
19:45
Chelsea England 3–1 Spain Real Betis
Sinclair  30'
Di Matteo  50'
Zola  90'
Lineups Finidi  20'
Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 32,300
Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

Chelsea won 5–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vicenza Italy 2–3 England Chelsea 1–0 1–3
Stuttgart Germany 3–1 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 2–1 1–0

First leg

2 April 1998
20:45
Vicenza Italy 1–0 England Chelsea
Zauli  16' Lineups
Stadio Romeo Menti, Vicenza
Attendance: 19,319
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)


Second leg

16 April 1998
19:45
Chelsea England 3–1 Italy Vicenza
Poyet  34'
Zola  50'
M. Hughes  76'
Lineups Luiso  32'
Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 33,810
Referee: Marc Batta (France)

Chelsea won 3–2 on aggregate.


Stuttgart won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

13 May 1998
20:45
Chelsea England 1–0 Germany Stuttgart
Zola  71' Lineups
Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm
Attendance: 30,216
Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

Top goalscorers

The top goalscorers from the 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Italy Pasquale Luiso Italy Vicenza 8
2 Nigeria Jonathan Akpoborie Germany Stuttgart 6
Germany Fredi Bobic Germany Stuttgart 6
Belgium Peter Van Houdt Netherlands Roda 6
Italy Gianluca Vialli England Chelsea 6
6 Spain Alfonso Spain Real Betis 4
Hungary Gábor Torma Netherlands Roda 4
Czech Republic Karel Vácha Czech Republic Slavia Prague 4
Italy Gianfranco Zola England Chelsea 4
10 Norway Ole Martin Årst Norway Tromsø 3
Ukraine Serhiy Atelkin Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 3
Croatia Nino Bule Croatia Zagreb 3
Italy Roberto Di Matteo England Chelsea 3
Iceland Tryggvi Guðmundsson Iceland ÍBV 3
Russia Yevgeni Kharlachyov Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 3
Greece Charis Kopitsis Greece AEK Athens 3
Nigeria Garba Lawal Netherlands Roda 3
Romania Radu Niculescu Romania Național București 3
Romania Adrian Pigulea Romania Național București 3
Slovenia Mladen Rudonja Slovenia Primorje 3
Poland Tomasz Sokołowski Poland Legia Warsaw 3
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Stanković Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 3
Scotland Paul Wright Scotland Kilmarnock 3

See also

References

  1. "Bobic und Akpoborie mit je zwei Treffern". Kicker (sports magazine) (in German). 23 October 1997. Archived from the original on 31 January 1998. Retrieved 29 August 2012.

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