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1997–98 UEFA Champions League#Group stage

{{Short description|43rd season of the UEFA club football tournament}}

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = UEFA Champions League

| year = 1997–98

| other_titles =

| image = Amsterdam Arena .jpg

| size = 300px

| caption = The Amsterdam Arena held the final

| country =

| dates = Qualifying:
23 July – 27 August 1997
Competition proper:
17 September 1997 – 20 May 1998

| num_teams = Competition proper: 24
Total: 55

| champion_other = {{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

| count = 7

| second_other = {{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus

| matches = 85

| goals = 239

| attendance = 2868568

| top_scorer = Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)
10 goals

| player =

| prevseason = 1996–97

| nextseason = 1998–99

}}

The 1997–98 UEFA Champions League was the 43rd season of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA's premier club football tournament, and the sixth since its re-branding from the "European Champion Clubs' Cup" or "European Cup". The tournament was won by Real Madrid, winning for the first time in 32 years, beating 1–0 Juventus who were playing in a third consecutive final. It started a run of three victories in five seasons for the Spanish club.

This season was the first to have six groups, instead of previous four, which meant that only two group runners-up qualified for the quarter-finals as opposed to all the second-placed teams. It was also the first to have two qualifying rounds instead of just one. After three years of entering the UEFA Cup, champions of smaller nations returned to the Champions League. For the first time, the runners-up of eight domestic leagues entered into the competition.{{Cite web |last=Berlin |first=Peter |date=September 19, 1997 |title=European Soccer: Fans Aren't Cheering Champions League |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/19/sports/IHT-european-soccer-fans-arent-cheering-champions-league.html |access-date=December 22, 2023 |website=New York Times}} With Borussia Dortmund being the title holders but finishing third in their domestic league the previous season, Germany became the first association to provide three teams to the premier European competition.

Borussia Dortmund, the defending champions, were eliminated in the semi-finals by eventual winners Real Madrid.

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Slovakia and the Republic of Macedonia all entered their champions for the first time, while the champion of Yugoslavia returned to this competition for the first time since 1991–92 season after the UN ban was lifted.

Association team allocation

Number of teams per country as well as the starting round for each club and seeding were based on UEFA association coefficients.{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method1/crank1997.html|title=UEFA Country Ranking 1997|access-date=17 October 2019}}

  • Associations ranked 1–8 each have two participants
  • Associations ranked 9–48 each have one participant (except Liechtenstein and Albania)

=Association ranking=

For the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 1997 UEFA association coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 1992–93 to 1996–97.{{cite web |last=Protzen |first=Martin |url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/history/faq1997.txt |title=FAQ: Qualification and Seeding for the European Cups |publisher=RSSSF |date=3 June 1997 |access-date=29 January 2025}}

Apart from the allocation based on the association coefficients, an association could have an additional team participating in the Champions League, as noted below:

  • {{small|(TH)}} – Additional berth for UEFA Champions League title holders

+Association ranking for 1997–98 UEFA Champions League
valign=top style="font-size:90%"

|

{| class="wikitable"

Rank

!Association

!Coeff.

!Teams

!Notes

1

|{{fba|ITA}}

|align=right|60.735

|align=center rowspan=8|2

|

2

|{{fba|ESP}}

|align=right|46.532

|

3

|{{fba|FRA|1974}}

|align=right|45.733

|

4

|{{fba|GER}}

|align=right|43.949

|{{small|+1 (TH)}}

5

|{{fba|NED}}

|align=right|36.350

|

6

|{{fba|POR}}

|align=right|34.800

|

7

|{{fba|ENG}}

|align=right|30.816

|

8

|{{fba|TUR}}

|align=right|25.000

|

9

|{{fba|GRE}}

|align=right|25.000

|align=center rowspan=9|1

|

10

|{{fba|AUT}}

|align=right|24.950

|

11

|{{fba|RUS}}

|align=right|24.866

|

12

|{{fba|BEL}}

|align=right|24.400

|

13

|{{fba|DEN}}

|align=right|22.950

|

14

|{{fba|SWE}}

|align=right|22.750

|

15

|{{fba|NOR}}

|align=right|22.249

|

16

|{{fba|CZE}}

|align=right|21.666

|

17

|{{fba|SUI}}

|align=right|21.500

|

|

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Association

!Coeff.

!Teams

!Notes

18

|{{fba|POL}}

|align=right|19.500

|align=center rowspan=16|1

|

19

|{{fba|SCO}}

|align=right|18.800

|

20

|{{fba|ROU}}

|align=right|18.650

|

21

|{{fba|CRO}}

|align=right|18.500

|

22

|{{fba|UKR}}

|align=right|17.998

|

23

|{{fba|CYP|1960}}

|align=right|16.665

|

24

|{{fba|ISR}}

|align=right|16.416

|

25

|{{fba|HUN}}

|align=right|16.249

|

26

|{{fba|GEO|1990}}

|align=right|16.000

|

27

|{{fba|SVK}}

|align=right|15.999

|

28

|{{fba|LVA}}

|align=right|13.832

|

29

|{{fba|SVN}}

|align=right|12.998

|

30

|{{fba|FIN}}

|align=right|12.082

|

31

|{{fba|BLR|1995}}

|align=right|11.500

|

32

|{{fba|ISL}}

|align=right|10.999

|

33

|{{fba|BUL}}

|align=right|10.666

|

34

|{{fba|MKD|name=Macedonia}}

|align=right|7.333

|

|

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Association

!Coeff.

!Teams

!Notes

35

|{{fba|LTU|1988}}

|align=right|6.000

|align=center rowspan=3|1

|

36

|{{fba|MDA}}

|align=right|6.000

|

37

|{{fba|NIR}}

|align=right|5.332

|

38

|{{fba|LIE}}

|align=right|5.000

|align=center|0

|

39

|{{fba|WAL}}

|align=right|4.999

|align=center rowspan=8|1

|

40

|{{fba|FRY}}

|align=right|4.750

|

41

|{{fba|EST}}

|align=right|4.666

|

42

|{{fba|MLT}}

|align=right|4.664

|

43

|{{fba|IRL}}

|align=right|4.331

|

44

|{{fba|ARM}}

|align=right|4.166

|

45

|{{fba|LUX}}

|align=right|3.666

|

46

|{{fba|FRO}}

|align=right|3.000

|

47

|{{fba|ALB|1992}}

|align=right|2.666

|align=center|0

|{{Cref2|Note ALB}}

48

|{{fba|AZE}}

|align=right|1.833

|align=center|1

|

49

|{{fba|AND}}

|align=right|0.000

|align=center rowspan=2|0

|

50

|{{fba|SMR}}

|align=right|0.000

|

|}

=Distribution=

class="wikitable"
colspan=2|

!Teams entering in this round

!Teams advancing from previous round

colspan=2|First qualifying round
(30 teams)

|

  • 30 champions from associations 17–48 (except Liechtenstein and Albania){{Cref2|Note ALB}}

|

colspan=2|Second qualifying round
(32 teams)

|

  • 9 champions from associations 8–16
  • 8 runners-up from associations 1–8

|

  • 15 winners from the first qualifying round
colspan=2|Group stage
(24 teams)

|

  • Champions League title holders (Borussia Dortmund)
  • 7 champions from associations 1–7

|

  • 16 winners from the second qualifying round
colspan=2|Knockout phase
(8 teams)

|

|

  • 6 group winners from the group stage
  • 2 best-ranked group runners-up from the group stage

=Teams=

55 teams entered the competition: the national champions of each of the top 48 nations in the UEFA coefficient rankings (except Liechtenstein and Albania), plus the runners-up from each of the top eight nations and UEFA Champions League holders, Borussia Dortmund. The national champions of the associations ranked 1–7 (Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal and England), plus the title holders, all received a bye to the group stage, while the national champions of the associations ranked 8–16 and the runners-up of the associations ranked 1–8 all entered in the second qualifying round. The remaining national champions from the associations ranked 17–48 entered in the first qualifying round.

class="wikitable"
colspan=4|Group stage
{{fbaicon|GER}} Borussia Dortmund {{small|(TH)}}

|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|POR}} Porto {{small|(1st)}}

{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Monaco {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|NED}} PSV Eindhoven {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United {{small|(1st)}}

colspan=4|Second qualifying round
{{fbaicon|ITA}} Parma {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|POR}} Sporting CP {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|GRE}} Olympiacos {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|DEN}} Brøndby {{small|(1st)}}

{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Newcastle United {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|AUT}} Wüstenrot Salzburg {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|SWE}} IFK Göteborg {{small|(1st)}}

{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Paris Saint-Germain {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|TUR}} Galatasaray {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|RUS}} Spartak Moscow {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|NOR}} Rosenborg {{small|(1st)}}

{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayer Leverkusen {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|TUR}} Beşiktaş {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|BEL}} Lierse {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|CZE}} Sparta Prague {{small|(1st)}}

{{fbaicon|NED}} Feyenoord {{small|(2nd)}}

|

|

|

colspan=4|First qualifying round
{{fbaicon|SUI}} Sion {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|HUN}} MTK {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|BUL}} CSKA Sofia {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|EST}} Lantana {{small|(1st)}}

{{fbaicon|POL}} Widzew Łódź {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|GEO|1990}} Dinamo Tbilisi {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|MKD}} Sileks {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|MLT}} Valletta {{small|(1st)}}

{{fbaicon|SCO}} Rangers {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|SVK}} Košice {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|LTU|1988}} Kareda {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|IRL}} Derry City {{small|(1st)}}

{{fbaicon|ROU}} Steaua București {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|LVA}} Skonto {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|MDA}} Constructorul Chișinău {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|ARM}} Pyunik {{small|(1st)}}

{{fbaicon|CRO}} Croatia Zagreb {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|SVN}} Maribor {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|NIR}} Crusaders {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|LUX}} Jeunesse Esch {{small|(1st)}}

{{fbaicon|UKR}} Dynamo Kyiv {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|FIN}} Jazz {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|WAL}} Barry Town {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|FRO}} GÍ {{small|(1st)}}

{{fbaicon|CYP|1960}} Anorthosis Famagusta {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|BLR|1995}} MPKC Mozyr {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|FRY}} Partizan {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|AZE}} Neftçi {{small|(1st)}}

{{fbaicon|ISR}} Beitar Jerusalem {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|ISL}} ÍA {{small|(1st)}}

|

|

;Notes

{{Cnote2 Begin}}

{{Cnote2|Note ALB|Albania (ALB): Clubs from Albania were not admitted to UEFA competitions as 1996–97 Albanian Superliga was suspended for several months due to the 1997 Albanian civil unrest and eventually ended in mid-August 1997 (won by Tirana), past the UEFA deadline.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/alba97.html|title=Albania 1996/97|website=www.rsssf.org}}}}

{{Cnote2 End}}

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held in Geneva, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Phase

!Round

!Draw date

!First leg

!Second leg

rowspan=2|Qualifying

|First qualifying round

|rowspan=2|9 July 1997

|23 July 1997

|30 July 1997

Second qualifying round

|13 August 1997

|27 August 1997

rowspan=6|Group stage

|Matchday 1

|rowspan=6|29 August 1997

|colspan=2|17 September 1997

Matchday 2

|colspan=2|1 October 1997

Matchday 3

|colspan=2|22 October 1997

Matchday 4

|colspan=2|5 November 1997

Matchday 5

|colspan=2|26–27 November 1997

Matchday 6

|colspan=2|10 December 1997

rowspan=3|Knockout phase

|Quarter-finals

|17 December 1997

|4 March 1998

|18 March 1998

Semi-finals

|rowspan=2|20 March 1998
(Lausanne)

|1 April 1998

|15 April 1998

Final

|colspan=2|20 May 1998 at Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam

Qualifying rounds

{{main|1997–98 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds}}

=First qualifying round=

{{#lst:1997–98 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds|Q1}}

=Second qualifying round=

{{#lst:1997–98 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds|Q2}}

Group stage

{{main|1997–98 UEFA Champions League group stage}}

{{Location map+ |Europe |width=600 |float=right |caption=Location of teams of the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League group stage.
8px Brown: Group A; 8px Red: Group B; 8px Orange: Group C; 8px Yellow: Group D; 8px Green: Group E; 8px Blue: Group F.

|places=

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{{Location map~|Europe|lat=50.099803|long=14.415911|label={{small|Sparta}}|mark=Brown pog.svg|position=}}

{{Location map~|Europe|lat=53.463056|long=-2.291389|label={{small|Man. United}}|mark=Red pog.svg|position=}}

{{Location map~|Europe|lat=54.975556|long=-1.621667|label={{small|Newcastle}}|mark=Orange pog.svg|position=}}

{{Location map~|Europe|lat=40.45306|long=-3.68835|label={{small|Real Madrid}}|mark=Yellow pog.svg|position=}}

{{Location map~|Europe|lat=41.38087|long=2.122802|label={{small|Barcelona}}|mark=Orange pog.svg|position=}}

{{Location map~|Europe|lat=48.841389|long=2.253056|label={{small|PSG}}|mark=Green pog.svg|position=}}

{{Location map~|Europe|lat=43.727606|long=7.415614|label={{small|Monaco}}|mark=Blue pog.svg|position=}}

{{Location map~|Europe|lat=51.038256|long=7.002206|label={{small|Leverkusen}}|mark=Blue pog.svg|position=}}

{{Location map~|Europe|lat=51.492569|long=7.451842|label={{small|Dortmund}}|mark=Brown pog.svg|position=}}

{{Location map~|Europe|lat=48.218775|long=11.624753|label={{small|Bayern}}|mark=Green pog.svg|position=}}

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{{Location map~|Europe|lat=45.109444|long=7.641111|label={{small|Juventus}}|mark=Red pog.svg|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Europe|lat=44.794722|long=10.338611|label={{small|Parma}}|mark=Brown pog.svg|position=}}

{{Location map~|Europe|lat=51.893894|long=4.523253|label={{small|Feyenoord}}|mark=Red pog.svg|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Europe|lat=51.441781|long=5.467442|label={{small|PSV}}|mark=Orange pog.svg|position=top}}

{{Location map~|Europe|lat=63.4125|long=10.405|label={{small|Rosenborg}}|mark=Yellow pog.svg|position=}}

{{Location map~|Europe|lat=38.761194|long=-9.160783|label={{small|Sporting}}|mark=Blue pog.svg|position=}}

{{Location map~|Europe|lat=41.161758|long=-8.583933|label={{small|Porto}}|mark=Yellow pog.svg|position=}}

{{Location map~|Europe|lat=48.740836|long=21.244497|label={{small|Košice}}|mark=Red pog.svg|position=}}

{{Location map~|Europe|lat=57.706111|long=11.980556|label={{small|Göteborg}}|mark=Green pog.svg|position=}}

{{Location map~|Europe|lat=41.039206|long=28.994742|label={{small|Beşiktaş}}|mark=Green pog.svg|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Europe|lat=41.102869|long=28.990419|label={{small|Galatasaray}}|mark=Brown pog.svg|position=}}

{{Location map~|Europe|lat=50.433439|long=30.522114|label={{small|Dynamo}}|mark=Orange pog.svg|position=G}}

}}

Bayer Leverkusen, Beşiktaş, Košice, Feyenoord, Lierse, Newcastle United, Olympiacos, Parma, Sparta Prague (who already qualified for the 1991-92 European Cup group stage) and Sporting CP made their debut in the group stage. Košice lost all six of their group stage matches and thus became the first team to finish a Champions League group stage with no points. They were also first team from Slovakia to play in group stage.

{{clear}}

=Group A=

{{:1997–98 UEFA Champions League group stage|transcludesection=Group A|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

=Group B=

{{:1997–98 UEFA Champions League group stage|transcludesection=Group B|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

=Group C=

{{:1997–98 UEFA Champions League group stage|transcludesection=Group C|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

=Group D=

{{:1997–98 UEFA Champions League group stage|transcludesection=Group D|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

=Group E=

{{:1997–98 UEFA Champions League group stage|transcludesection=Group E|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

=Group F=

{{:1997–98 UEFA Champions League group stage|transcludesection=Group F|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

=Ranking of second-placed teams=

{{:1997–98 UEFA Champions League group stage|transcludesection=2nd place}}

Knockout stage

{{main|1997–98 UEFA Champions League knockout stage}}

=Bracket=

{{trim|{{#section-h:1997–98 UEFA Champions League knockout stage|Bracket}}}}

=Quarter-finals=

{{#lst:1997–98 UEFA Champions League knockout stage|QF}}

=Semi-finals=

{{#lst:1997–98 UEFA Champions League knockout stage|SF}}

=Final=

{{#lst:1997–98 UEFA Champions League knockout stage|F}}

Top goalscorers

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Rank

!Name

!Team

!Goals

1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} Alessandro Del Piero

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus

|10

2

|align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Thierry Henry

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Monaco

|7

rowspan="2"|3

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} Filippo Inzaghi

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus

|6

align="left"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Serhiy Rebrov

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|UKR}} Dynamo Kyiv

|6

rowspan="2"|5

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Andy Cole

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United

|5

align="left"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Andriy Shevchenko

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|UKR}} Dynamo Kyiv

|5

rowspan="12"|7

|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} Stefan Beinlich

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayer Leverkusen

|4

align="left"|{{flagicon|TUR}} Oktay Derelioğlu

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|TUR}} Beşiktaş

|4

align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Emerson

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayer Leverkusen

|4

align="left"|{{flagicon|NGA}} Victor Ikpeba

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Monaco

|4

align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} Carsten Jancker

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich

|4

align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Fernando Morientes

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

|4

align="left"|{{flagicon|NOR}} Sigurd Rushfeldt

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|NOR}} Rosenborg

|4

align="left"|{{flagicon|CRO}} Davor Šuker

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

|4

align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} David Trezeguet

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Monaco

|4

align="left"|{{flagicon|SUI}} Stéphane Chapuisat

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|GER}} Borussia Dortmund

|4

align="left"|{{flagicon|NOR}} Harald Brattbakk

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|NOR}} Rosenborg

|4

align="left"|{{flagicon|NOR}} Roar Strand

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|NOR}} Rosenborg

|4

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

{{commons category}}

  • [https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/seasons/1997/matches/ 1997–98 All matches – season at UEFA website]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20130404132301/http://www.rsssf.com/ec/ec199798.html#cc European Cup results at RSSSF]
  • All scorers 1997–98 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) according to [https://web.archive.org/web/20141110083611/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1997/statistics/round=1141/players/type=topscorers/index.html protocols UEFA] + all scorers [https://web.archive.org/web/20141110104109/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1997/statistics/round=747/players/type=topscorers/index.html qualifying round]
  • [https://archive.today/20120716063247/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/history/Season=1997/intro.html 1997/98 UEFA Champions League] - results and line-ups (archive)

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