1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

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8px Yellow: Did not qualify from qualifying round; 8px Red: Qualified for first round.

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{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|HB Tórshavn|FRO|1–7|APOEL|CYP|var2=1960|1–1|0–6}}

{{TwoLegResult|Hibernians|MLT|0–4|ÍBV|ISL|0–1|0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Glenavon|NIR|1–5|Legia Warsaw|POL|1–1|0–4}}

{{TwoLegResult|Cwmbrân Town|WAL|2–12|Național București|ROU|2–5|0–7}}

{{TwoLegResult|Žalgiris Vilnius|LTU|var1=1988|1–2|Hapoel Be'er Sheva|ISR|0–0|1–2 (aet)}}

{{TwoLegResult|Zimbru Chișinău|MDA|1–4|Shakhtar Donetsk|UKR|var2=1992|1–1|0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Dinaburg|LAT|2–0|Kapaz|AZE|1–0|1–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Kilmarnock|SCO|3–2|Shelbourne|IRL|2–1|1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|HJK|FIN|1–3|Red Star Belgrade|FRY|1–0|0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Sloga Jugomagnat|MKD|1–4|NK Zagreb|CRO|1–2|0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Balzers|LIE|1–5|BVSC|HUN|1–3|0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Tallinna Sadam|EST|2–5|Belshina Bobruisk|BLR|var2=1995|1–1|1–4}}

{{TwoLegResult|Primorje|SVN|3–0|Union Luxembourg|LUX|2–0|1–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Levski Sofia|BUL|2–3|Slovan Bratislava|SVK|1–1|1–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Dinamo Batumi|GEO|var1=1990|2–3¹|Ararat Yerevan|ARM|0–3|2–0}}

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;Notes

• Note 1: Ararat Yerevan were awarded a 3–0 win in the qualifying round first leg after Dinamo Batumi were found guilty of fielding an ineligible player — Sotogashvili. The match originally ended as a 4–2 win for Dinamo Batumi.

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|date = 14 August 1997

|time = 19:00

|team1 = HB Tórshavn {{flagicon|FRO}}

|score = 1–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040604001721/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54140/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|CYP|1960}} APOEL

|goals1 = Arge {{goal|19}}

|goals2 = Alexandrou {{goal|40}}

|stadium = Svangaskarð, Toftir

|attendance = 62

|referee = Oleg Timofejev (Estonia)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 14 August 1997

|time = 19:30

|team1 = Hibernians {{flagicon|MLT}}

|score = 0–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040706044158/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54138/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|ISL}} ÍBV

|goals2 = Guðmundsson {{goal|70}}

|stadium = Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

|attendance = 631{{UEFA match attendance|54138|Hibernians v ÍBV, 14 August 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 14 August 1997

|time = 18:00

|team1 = Glenavon {{flagicon|NIR}}

|score = 1–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040611184612/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54112/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|POL}} Legia Warsaw

|goals1 = Tony Grant (Irish footballer) {{goal|59}}

|goals2 = Sokołowski {{goal|33}}

|stadium = Mourneview Park, Lurgan

|attendance = 1,075{{UEFA match attendance|54112|Glenavon v Legia Warsaw, 14 August 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Juan Fernández Marin (Spain)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 14 August 1997

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Cwmbrân Town {{flagicon|WAL}}

|score = 2–5

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040604022004/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54114/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|ROU}} Național București

|goals1 = Parfitt {{goal|75|pen.}}
Townsend {{goal|83}}

|goals2 = Vasc {{goal|31}}
Niculescu {{goal|47||61}}
Liță {{goal|76||80}}

|stadium = Cwmbran Stadium, Cwmbran

|attendance = 1,800{{UEFA match attendance|54114|Cwmbrân Town v Național București, 14 August 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Sergey Shmolik (Belarus)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 14 August 1997

|time = 18:00

|team1 = Žalgiris Vilnius {{flagicon|LTU|1988}}

|score = 0–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040706044154/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54116/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Be'er Sheva

|stadium = Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius

|attendance = 2,000

|referee = Morgan Norman (Sweden)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 14 August 1997

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Zimbru Chișinău {{flagicon|MDA}}

|score = 1–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040604022012/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54118/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|UKR}} Shakhtar Donetsk

|goals1 = Zghura {{goal|72}}

|goals2 = Atelkin {{goal|45}}

|stadium = Stadionul Republican, Chişinău

|attendance = 2,500{{UEFA match attendance|54118|Zimbru Chișinău v Shakhtar Donetsk, 14 August 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Taras Bezubyak (Russia)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 14 August 1997

|time = 18:00

|team1 = Dinaburg {{flagicon|LAT}}

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040604022016/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54120/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|AZE}} Kapaz

|goals1 = Tarasovs {{goal|36}}

|stadium = Celtnieks Stadium, Daugavpils

|attendance = 1,000

|referee = Alan Howells (Wales)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 14 August 1997

|time = 19:30

|team1 = Kilmarnock {{flagicon|SCO}}

|score = 2–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040604022023/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54122/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|IRE}} Shelbourne

|goals1 = Wright {{goal|66|pen.|90}}

|goals2 = Rutherford {{goal|12}}

|stadium = Rugby Park, Kilmarnock

|attendance = 9,041

|referee = Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 14 August 1997

|time = 20:00

|team1 = HJK {{flagicon|FIN}}

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040604022032/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54124/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} Red Star Belgrade

|goals1 = Helin {{goal|58}}

|stadium = Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

|attendance = 5,140

|referee = Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 14 August 1997

|time = 17:00

|team1 = Sloga Jugomagnat {{flagicon|MKD}}

|score = 1–2

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040626122405/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54126/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|CRO}} NK Zagreb

|goals1 = Petkov {{goal|60}}

|goals2 = Bule {{goal|65}}
Čižmek {{goal|90}}

|stadium = Gradski stadion, Skopje

|attendance = 3,000

|referee = Andreas Schluchter (Switzerland)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 14 August 1997

|time = 18:00

|team1 = Balzers {{flagicon|LIE}}

|score = 1–3

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040604022036/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54128/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|HUN}} BVSC Budapest

|goals1 = Wörnhard {{goal|38}}

|goals2 = Telser {{goal|50|o.g.}}
Füzi {{goal|76}}
Csordás {{goal|84}}

|stadium = Sportplatz Rheinau, Balzers

|attendance = 660

|referee = Ante Kulušić (Croatia)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 14 August 1997

|time = 18:00

|team1 = Tallinna Sadam {{flagicon|EST}}

|score = 1–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040611184622/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54130/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|BLR|1995}} Belshina Bobruisk

|goals1 = Olumets {{goal|48}}

|goals2 = Khripach {{goal|19}}

|stadium = Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn

|attendance = 332{{UEFA match attendance|54130|Tallinna Sadam v Belshina Bobruisk, 14 August 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 14 August 1997

|time = 17:30

|team1 = Primorje {{flagicon|SVN}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040612041633/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54132/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|LUX}} Union Luxembourg

|goals1 = Sabadin {{goal|37}}
Ščulac {{goal|85|pen.}}

|stadium = Ajdovščina Football Stadium, Ajdovščina

|attendance = 1,200{{UEFA match attendance|54132|Primorje v Union Luxembourg, 14 August 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Roland Beck (Liechtenstein)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 14 August 1997

|time = 18:00

|team1 = Levski Sofia {{flagicon|BUL}}

|score = 1–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040612041640/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54134/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|SVK}} Slovan Bratislava

|goals1 = G. Ivanov {{goal|18}}

|goals2 = Novák {{goal|64}}

|stadium = Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

|attendance = 14,373{{UEFA match attendance|54134|Levski Sofia v Slovan Bratislava, 14 August 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 14 August 1997

|time = 18:30

|team1 = Dinamo Batumi {{flagicon|GEO|1990}}

|score = 0–3
Awarded¹

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040608031214/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54136/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|ARM}} Ararat Yerevan

|goals1 = Guchua {{goal|25||31}}
Glonti {{goal|78}}
Shekiladze {{goal|90}}

|goals2 = Ter-Petrosyan {{goal|59}}
Nazaryan {{goal|81}}

|stadium = Tsentral Stadium, Batumi

|attendance = 4,500{{UEFA match attendance|54136|Dinamo Batumi v Ararat Yerevan, 14 August 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Manfred Schüttengruber (Austria)

}}

{{football box

|date = 28 August 1997

|time = 19:30

|team1 = APOEL {{flagicon|CYP|1960}}

|score = 6–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040604022048/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54141/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|FRO}} HB Tórshavn

|goals1 = Hörtnagl {{goal|15||21}}
Sotiriou {{goal|52}}
Ioannou {{goal|77||79}}
Fasouliotis {{goal|81}}

|stadium = Makario Stadium, Nicosia

|attendance = 3,498{{UEFA match attendance|54141|APOEL v HB Tórshavn, 28 August 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Konrad Plautz (Austria)

}}

APOEL won 7–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 27 August 1997

|time = 18:00

|team1 = ÍBV {{flagicon|ISL}}

|score = 3–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040608031222/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54139/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|MLT}} Hibernians

|goals1 = Helgason {{goal|22}}
Guðmundsson {{goal|34||88}}

|stadium = Hásteinsvöllur, Vestmannaeyjar

|attendance = 1,400

|referee = Juha Hirviniemi (Finland)

}}

ÍBV won 4–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 28 August 1997

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Legia Warsaw {{flagicon|POL}}

|score = 4–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040604022001/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54113/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|NIR}} Glenavon

|goals1 = Kacprzak {{goal|73}}
Sokołowski {{goal|75||89|pen.}}
Skrzyek {{goal|85}}

|stadium = Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw

|attendance = 4,000

|referee = Loizos Loizou (Cyprus)

}}

Legia Warsaw won 5–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 28 August 1997

|time = 21:00

|team1 = Național București {{flagicon|ROU}}

|score = 7–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040608031212/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54115/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|WAL}} Cwmbrân Town

|goals1 = Niculescu {{goal|15}}
Pigulea {{goal|23||41||70}}
Albeanu {{goal|25||38}}
Savu {{goal|47}}

|stadium = Stadionul Cotroceni, Bucharest

|attendance = 2,500

|referee = Roger Philippi (Luxembourg)

}}

Național București won 12–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 28 August 1997

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Hapoel Be'er Sheva {{flagicon|ISR}}

|score = 2–1

|aet = yes

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040604022008/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54117/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|LTU|1988}} Žalgiris Vilnius

|goals1 = Benayoun {{goal|106|pen.}}
Buchnik {{goal|115}}

|goals2 = Radžius {{goal|96}}

|stadium = Vasermil Stadium, Be'er Sheva

|attendance = 8,700{{UEFA match attendance|54117|Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Žalgiris Vilnius, 28 August 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Attila Juhos (Hungary)

}}

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

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{{football box

|date = 28 August 1997

|time = 18:00

|team1 = Shakhtar Donetsk {{flagicon|UKR}}

|score = 3–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040604001718/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54119/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|MDA}} Zimbru Chișinău

|goals1 = Orbu {{goal|28}}
Atelkin {{goal|44}}
Kryventsov {{goal|81}}

|stadium = Shakhtar Central Stadium, Donetsk

|attendance = 21,000{{UEFA match attendance|54119|Shakhtar Donetsk v Zimbru Chișinău, 28 August 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Dan Dragoş Crăciun (Romania)

}}

Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 28 August 1997

|time = 17:00

|team1 = Kapaz {{flagicon|AZE}}

|score = 0–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040604022020/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54121/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|LAT}} Dinaburg

|goals2 = Sergei Isayev {{goal|70}}

|stadium = Ganja City Stadium, Ganja

|attendance = 10,286{{UEFA match attendance|54121|Kapaz v Dinaburg, 28 August 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Milan Mitrović (Slovenia)

}}

Dinaburg won 2–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 28 August 1997

|time = 19:45

|team1 = Shelbourne {{flagicon|IRL}}

|score = 1–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040604022027/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54123/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|SCO}} Kilmarnock

|goals1 = Baker {{goal|38}}

|goals2 = McIntyre {{goal|22}}

|stadium = Tolka Park, Dublin

|attendance = 8,100

|referee = Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)

}}

Kilmarnock won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 28 August 1997

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Red Star Belgrade {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}}

|score = 3–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040626122401/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54125/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|FIN}} HJK

|goals1 = Stanković {{goal|6||25}}
Njeguš {{goal|90|pen.}}

|stadium = Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

|attendance = 24,375{{UEFA match attendance|54125|Red Star Belgrade v HJK, 28 August 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Robert Boggi (Italy)

}}

Red Star Belgrade won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 28 August 1997

|time = 16:30

|team1 = NK Zagreb {{flagicon|CRO}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040626122409/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54127/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|MKD}} Sloga Jugomagnat

|goals1 = Sopić {{goal|2}}
Bule {{goal|7}}

|stadium = Stadion Kranjčevićeva, Zagreb

|attendance = 669{{UEFA match attendance|54127|Zagreb v Sloga Jugomagnat, 28 August 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Eric Blareau (Belgium)

}}

Zagreb won 4–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 28 August 1997

|time = 19:00

|team1 = BVSC Budapest {{flagicon|HUN}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040611184614/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54129/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|LIE}} Balzers

|goals1 = Komlósi {{goal|12}}
Bükszegi {{goal|90}}

|stadium = Szőnyi úti Stadion, Budapest

|attendance = 1,500

|referee = Richard O'Hanlon (Republic of Ireland)

}}

BVSC won 5–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 28 August 1997

|time = 17:00

|team1 = Belshina Bobruisk {{flagicon|BLR|1995}}

|score = 4–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040604022040/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54131/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|EST}} Tallinna Sadam

|goals1 = Smirnykh {{goal|3}}
Timofeev {{goal|58}}
Hlebasolaw {{goal|74}}
Putrash {{goal|75}}

|goals2 = Rychkov {{goal|69|pen.}}

|stadium = Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

|attendance = 1,365{{UEFA match attendance|54131|Belshina Bobruisk v Tallinna Sadam, 28 August 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Ladislav Gádoši (Slovakia)

}}

Belshina Bobruisk won 5–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 28 August 1997

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Union Luxembourg {{flagicon|LUX}}

|score = 0–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040612041635/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54133/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|SLO}} Primorje

|goals2 = Rudonja {{goal|18}}

|stadium = Stade Achille Hammerel, Luxembourg

|attendance = 400

|referee = Vanco Kocev (Macedonia)

}}

Primorje won 3–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 28 August 1997

|time = 18:00

|team1 = Slovan Bratislava {{flagicon|SVK}}

|score = 2–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040604022044/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54135/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|BUL}} Levski Sofia

|goals1 = Novák {{goal|15}}
Mužlay {{goal|51}}

|goals2 = Todorov {{goal|2}}

|stadium = Tehelné pole, Bratislava

|attendance = 6,800{{UEFA match attendance|54135|Slovan Bratislava v Levski Sofia, 28 August 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Claude Détruche (Switzerland)

}}

Slovan Bratislava won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 28 August 1997

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Ararat Yerevan {{flagicon|ARM}}

|score = 0–2

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040608031218/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D733/match%3D54137/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|GEO|1990}} Dinamo Batumi

|goals2 = Torgashvili {{goal|2}}
Makharadze {{goal|36}}

|stadium = Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan

|attendance = 1,700{{UEFA match attendance|54137|Ararat Yerevan v Dinamo Batumi, 20 August 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Marek Kowalczyk (Poland)

}}

Ararat Yerevan won 3–2 on aggregate.

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Kocaelispor|TUR|3–0|Național București|ROU|2–0|1–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|APOEL|CYP|var1=1960|0–4|Sturm Graz|AUT|0–1|0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|ÍBV|ISL|2–5|VfB Stuttgart|GER|1–3|1–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Boavista|POR|3–4|Shakhtar Donetsk|UKR|2–3|1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Germinal Ekeren|BEL|4–3|Red Star Belgrade|FRY|3–2|1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|AIK|SWE|1–2|Primorje|SVN|0–1|1–1 (aet)}}

{{TwoLegResult|AEK Athens|GRE|9–2|Dinaburg|LAT|5–0|4–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Slavia Prague|CZE|6–2|Luzern|SUI|4–2|2–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Hapoel Be'er Sheva|ISR|1–14|Roda|NED|1–4|0–10}}

{{TwoLegResult|NK Zagreb|CRO|5–6|Tromsø|NOR|3–2|2–4 (aet)}}

{{TwoLegResult|Copenhagen|DEN|5–0|Ararat Yerevan|ARM|3–0|2–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Belshina Bobruisk|BLR|var1=1995|1–5|Lokomotiv Moscow|RUS|1–2|0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Chelsea|ENG|4–0|Slovan Bratislava|SVK|2–0|2–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Nice|FRA|var1=1974|4–2|Kilmarnock|SCO|3–1|1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Real Betis|ESP|4–0|BVSC Budapest|HUN|2–0|2–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Vicenza|ITA|3–1|Legia Warsaw|POL|2–0|1–1}}

|}

{{football box

|date = 18 September 1997

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Kocaelispor {{flagicon|TUR}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040616124441/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54356/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|ROU}} Național București

|goals1 = Albayrak {{goal|41}}
Moshoeu {{goal|44}}

|stadium = İsmet Paşa Stadium, İzmit

|attendance = 5,794{{UEFA match attendance|54356|Kocaelispor v Național București, 18 September 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 18 September 1997

|time = 19:30

|team1 = APOEL {{flagicon|CYP|1960}}

|score = 0–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040616202731/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54358/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|AUT}} Sturm Graz

|goals2 = Spiteri {{goal|80}}

|stadium = Makario Stadium, Nicosia

|attendance = 3,700

|referee = Romans Lajuks (Latvia)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 18 September 1997

|time = 18:30

|team1 = ÍBV {{flagicon|ISL}}

|score = 1–3

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040618194609/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54360/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|GER}} VfB Stuttgart

|goals1 = Ólafsson {{goal|40}}

|goals2 = Bobic {{goal|9||12}}
Akpoborie {{goal|70}}

|stadium = Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

|attendance = 3,148

|referee = John Ashman (Wales)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 18 September 1997

|time = 21:30

|team1 = Boavista {{flagicon|POR}}

|score = 2–3

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040616144023/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54362/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|UKR}} Shakhtar Donetsk

|goals1 = Rui Miguel {{goal|35}}
Litos {{goal|44}}

|goals2 = Zubov {{goal|29}}
Atelkin {{goal|60||63}}

|stadium = Estádio do Bessa, Porto

|attendance = 8,000

|referee = Luc Huyghe (Belgium)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 18 September 1997

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Germinal Ekeren {{flagicon|BEL}}

|score = 3–2

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040616210920/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54364/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|FRY}} Red Star Belgrade

|goals1 = Kovács {{goal|17}}
Hofmans {{goal|57}}
Dauwe {{goal|70}}

|goals2 = Ognjenović {{goal|60}}
Stanković {{goal|63}}

|stadium = Veltwijckstadion, Ekeren

|attendance = 3,750

|referee = Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 18 September 1997

|time = 19:00

|team1 = AIK {{flagicon|SWE}}

|score = 0–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040618203023/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54366/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|SVN}} Primorje

|goals2 = Rudonja {{goal|84}}

|stadium = Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

|attendance = 4,100

|referee = Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 18 September 1997

|time = 18:30

|team1 = AEK Athens {{flagicon|GRE}}

|score = 5–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040616153953/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54368/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|LAT}} Dinaburg

|goals1 = Kopitsis {{goal|36|pen.|45}}
Katsavos {{goal|64}}
Kalitzakis {{goal|67}}
Marcelo {{goal|77}}

|stadium = Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens

|attendance = 10,587

|referee = Hans-Jürgen Weber (Germany)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 18 September 1997

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Slavia Prague {{flagicon|CZE}}

|score = 4–2

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040616214910/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54370/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|SUI}} Luzern

|goals1 = Ašanin {{goal|4}}
Vácha {{goal|13}}
Vágner {{goal|48}}
Labant {{goal|53}}

|goals2 = Aleksandrov {{goal|6}}
Koilov {{goal|74}}

|stadium = Stadion Eden, Prague

|attendance = 5,614

|referee = Fiorenzo Treossi (Italy)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 18 September 1997

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Hapoel Be'er Sheva {{flagicon|ISR}}

|score = 1–4

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040618210418/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54372/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|NED}} Roda

|goals1 = Benayoun {{goal|63|pen.}}

|goals2 = Van Houdt {{goal|14||30}}
Torma {{goal|23||34}}

|stadium = Vasermil Stadium, Be'er Sheva

|attendance = 3,240{{UEFA match attendance|54372|Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Roda, 18 September 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Arturo Dauden Ibañez (Spain)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 18 September 1997

|time = 16:45

|team1 = NK Zagreb {{flagicon|CRO}}

|score = 3–2

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040616172811/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54374/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|NOR}} Tromsø

|goals1 = Lalić {{goal|44}}
Sopić {{goal|49}}
Baturina {{goal|50}}

|goals2 = B. Johansen {{goal|56}}
Årst {{goal|79}}

|stadium = Stadion Kranjčevićeva, Zagreb

|attendance = 569{{UEFA match attendance|54374|Zagreb v Tromsø, 18 September 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Attila Juhos (Hungary)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 18 September 1997

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Copenhagen {{flagicon|DEN}}

|score = 3–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040616223202/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54376/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|ARM}} Ararat Yerevan

|goals1 = Jónsson {{goal|16}}
Højer {{goal|54}}
Tur {{goal|89}}

|stadium = Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

|attendance = 7,563

|referee = Konrad Plautz (Austria)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 18 September 1997

|time = 17:00

|team1 = Belshina Bobruisk {{flagicon|BLR|1995}}

|score = 1–2

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040618222932/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54378/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|RUS}} Lokomotiv Moscow

|goals1 = Hlebasolaw {{goal|14|pen.}}

|goals2 = Loskov {{goal|49}}
Borodyuk {{goal|72}}

|stadium = Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

|attendance = 3,594{{UEFA match attendance|54378|Belshina Bobruisk v Lokomotiv Moscow, 18 September 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Kostadin Gerginov (Bulgaria)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 18 September 1997

|time = 19:45

|team1 = Chelsea {{flagicon|ENG}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040616181355/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54380/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|SVK}} Slovan Bratislava

|goals1 = Di Matteo {{goal|6}}
Granville {{goal|80}}

|stadium = Stamford Bridge, London

|attendance = 23,067

|referee = Robert Boggi (Italy)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 18 September 1997

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Nice {{flagicon|FRA|1974}}

|score = 3–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040617005040/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54382/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|SCO}} Kilmarnock

|goals1 = Kohn {{goal|13||48}}
Rol {{goal|79}}

|goals2 = Wright {{goal|78|pen.}}

|stadium = Stade du Ray, Nice

|attendance = 10,812

|referee = Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 18 September 1997

|time = 21:30

|team1 = Real Betis {{flagicon|ESP}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040618231856/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54384/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|HUN}} BVSC Budapest

|goals1 = Alfonso {{goal|58||73}}

|stadium = Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville

|attendance = 5,300{{UEFA match attendance|54384|Real Betis v BVSC Budapest, 18 September 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Dani Koren (Israel)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 18 September 1997

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Vicenza {{flagicon|ITA}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040616184822/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54386/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|POL}} Legia Warsaw

|goals1 = Luiso {{goal|10}}
Ambrosetti {{goal|24}}

|stadium = Stadio Romeo Menti, Vicenza

|attendance = 10,081

|referee = Hermann Albrecht (Germany)

}}

{{football box

|date = 2 October 1997

|time = 20:15

|team1 = Național București {{flagicon|ROU}}

|score = 0–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040618192007/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54357/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|TUR}} Kocaelispor

|goals2 = Çolak {{goal|79}}

|stadium = Stadionul Cotroceni, Bucharest

|attendance = 8,000

|referee = Stephen Lodge (England)

}}

Kocaelispor won 3–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 2 October 1997

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Sturm Graz {{flagicon|AUT}}

|score = 3–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040616140322/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54359/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|CYP|1960}} APOEL

|goals1 = Reinmayr {{goal|3}}
Vastić {{goal|29}}
Haas {{goal|43}}

|stadium = Arnold Schwarzenegger-Stadium, Graz

|attendance = 11,500

|referee = Haim Lipkovitz (Israel)

}}

Sturm Graz won 4–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 2 October 1997

|time = 19:15

|team1 = VfB Stuttgart {{flagicon|GER}}

|score = 2–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040616204734/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54361/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|ISL}} ÍBV

|goals1 = Akpoborie {{goal|73||76}}

|goals2 = Lárusson {{goal|79}}

|stadium = Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

|attendance = 12,483{{UEFA match attendance|54361|Stuttgart v ÍBV, 2 October 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Marek Kowalczyk (Poland)

}}

Stuttgart won 5–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 2 October 1997

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Shakhtar Donetsk {{flagicon|UKR}}

|score = 1–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040618200722/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54363/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|POR}} Boavista

|goals1 = Potskhveria {{goal|79}}

|goals2 = Latapy {{goal|89}}

|stadium = Shakhtar Central Stadium, Donetsk

|attendance = 25,000

|referee = Claude Détruche (Switzerland)

}}

Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–3 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 2 October 1997

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Red Star Belgrade {{flagicon|FRY}}

|score = 1–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040616151123/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54365/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|BEL}} Germinal Ekeren

|goals1 = Drulić {{goal|18}}

|goals2 = Radzinski {{goal|67}}

|stadium = Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade

|attendance = 48,000

|referee = Karol Ihring (Slovakia)

}}

Germinal Ekeren won 4–3 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 2 October 1997

|time = 15:30

|team1 = Primorje {{flagicon|SLO}}

|score = 1–1

|aet = yes

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040420183609/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54367/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|SWE}} AIK

|goals1 = Rudonja {{goal|110}}

|goals2 = Novaković {{goal|78}}

|stadium = Ajdovščina Football Stadium, Ajdovščina

|attendance = 1,132{{UEFA match attendance|54367|Primorje v AIK, 2 October 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Sotirios Vorgias (Greece)

}}

Primorje won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 2 October 1997

|time = 21:00

|team1 = Dinaburg {{flagicon|LAT}}

|score = 2–4

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040618204624/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54369/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|GRE}} AEK Athens

|goals1 = Fedotovs {{goal|34}}
Sergei Isayev {{goal|62}}

|goals2 = Nikolaidis {{goal|35||80}}
Vlachos {{goal|50}}
Kostis {{goal|72}}

|stadium = Daugava Stadium, Riga

|attendance = 500{{UEFA match attendance|54369|Dinaburg v AEK Athens, 2 October 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

}}

AEK Athens won 9–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 2 October 1997

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Luzern {{flagicon|SUI}}

|score = 0–2

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040616160434/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54371/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|CZE}} Slavia Prague

|goals2 = Koilov {{goal|55|o.g.}}
Vágner {{goal|74}}

|stadium = Stadion Allmend, Luzern

|attendance = 5,614{{UEFA match attendance|54371|Luzern v Slavia Prague, 2 October 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Mikko Vuorela (Finland)

}}

Slavia Prague won 6–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 2 October 1997

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Roda {{flagicon|NED}}

|score = 10–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040616221343/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54373/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Be'er Sheva

|goals1 = Van Houdt {{goal|18||31||69}}
Lawal {{goal|40||60}}
Ooijer {{goal|50||85|pen.}}
Vrede {{goal|54}}
Torma {{goal|71||90}}

|stadium = Gemeentelijk Sportpark Kaalheide, Kerkrade

|attendance = 5,010

|referee = Roland Beck (Liechtenstein)

}}

Roda won 14–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 2 October 1997

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Tromsø {{flagicon|NOR}}

|score = 4–2

|aet = yes

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040618215321/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54375/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|CRO}} NK Zagreb

|goals1 = Lange {{goal|14||117}}
Årst {{goal|75}}
S.M. Johansen {{goal|90}}

|goals2 = Vukić {{goal|54}}
Bule {{goal|58}}

|stadium= Alfheim Stadion, Tromsø

|attendance = 3,893

|referee = Andreas Schluchter (Switzerland)

}}

Tromsø won 6–5 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 2 October 1997

|time = 18:00

|team1 = Ararat Yerevan {{flagicon|ARM}}

|score = 0–2

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040616175446/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54377/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|DEN}} Copenhagen

|goals2 = M. Nielsen {{goal|87}}
Šestan {{goal|89}}

|stadium = Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan

|attendance = 700

|referee = Ladislav Gádoši (Hungary)

}}

Copenhagen won 5–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 2 October 1997

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Lokomotiv Moscow {{flagicon|RUS}}

|score = 3–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040420192743/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54379/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|BLR|1995}} Belshina Bobruisk

|goals1 = Maminov {{goal|22}}
Kharlachyov {{goal|41}}
Loskov {{goal|74}}

|stadium = Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

|attendance = 1,500{{UEFA match attendance|54379|Lokomotiv Moscow v Belshina Bobruisk, 2 October 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

}}

Lokomotiv Moscow won 5–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 2 October 1997

|time = 20:35

|team1 = Slovan Bratislava {{flagicon|SVK}}

|score = 0–2

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040618225447/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54381/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Chelsea

|goals2 = Vialli {{goal|28}}
Di Matteo {{goal|60}}

|stadium = Tehelné pole, Bratislava

|attendance = 11,003{{UEFA match attendance|54381|Slovan Bratislava v Chelsea, 2 October 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

}}

Chelsea won 4–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 2 October 1997

|time = 19:30

|team1 = Kilmarnock {{flagicon|SCO}}

|score = 1–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040616183306/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54383/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Nice

|goals1 = Reilly {{goal|32}}

|goals2 = Milinković {{goal|76}}

|stadium = Rugby Park, Kilmarnock

|attendance = 8,402

|referee = Juha Hirviniemi (Finland)

}}

Nice won 4–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 2 October 1997

|time = 20:30

|team1 = BVSC Budapest {{flagicon|HUN}}

|score = 0–2

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040617013009/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54385/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Betis

|goals2 = Alexis Trujillo {{goal|7}}
Alfonso {{goal|49}}

|stadium = Szőnyi úti Stadion, Budapest

|attendance = 1,200

|referee = Kazimir Znaydinsky (Belarus)

}}

Real Betis won 4–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 2 October 1997

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Legia Warsaw {{flagicon|POL}}

|score = 1–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040618234339/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54387/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|ITA}} Vicenza

|goals1 = Kacprzak {{goal|57}}

|goals2 = Zauli {{goal|86}}

|stadium = Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw

|attendance = 4,022{{UEFA match attendance|54387|Legia Warsaw v Vicenza, 2 October 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Milan Mitrović (Slovenia)

}}

Vicenza won 3–1 on aggregate.

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Tromsø|NOR|4–9|Chelsea|ENG|3–2|1–7}}

{{TwoLegResult|Germinal Ekeren|BEL|4–6|VfB Stuttgart|GER|0–4|4–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Lokomotiv Moscow|RUS|2–1|Kocaelispor|TUR|2–1|0–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Shakhtar Donetsk|UKR|2–5|Vicenza|ITA|1–3|1–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Real Betis|ESP|3–1|Copenhagen|DEN|2–0|1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|AEK Athens|GRE|2–1|Sturm Graz|AUT|2–0|0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Nice|FRA|var1=1974|3–3 (a)|Slavia Prague|CZE|2–2|1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Primorje|SVN|0–6|Roda|NED|0–2|0–4}}

|}

{{football box

|date = 23 October 1997

|time = 21:05

|team1 = Tromsø {{flagicon|NOR}}

|score = 3–2

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040406155926/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D735/match%3D54500/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Chelsea

|goals1 = Nilsen {{goal|6}}
Fermann {{goal|19}}
Årst {{goal|86}}

|goals2 = Vialli {{goal|85||90}}

|stadium = Alfheim Stadion, Tromsø

|attendance = 6,438

|referee = Jacek Granat (Poland)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 23 October 1997

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Germinal Ekeren {{flagicon|BEL}}

|score = 0–4

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040620014441/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D735/match%3D54502/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|GER}} VfB Stuttgart

|goals2 = Bobic {{goal|43||61}}
Akpoborie {{goal|55||75}}

|stadium = Veltwijckstadion, Ekeren

|attendance = 2,704

|referee = Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 23 October 1997

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Lokomotiv Moscow {{flagicon|RUS}}

|score = 2–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040406155926/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D735/match%3D54504/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|TUR}} Kocaelispor

|goals1 = Kharlachyov {{goal|33}}
Janashia {{goal|82}}

|goals2 = Uzun {{goal|73}}

|stadium = Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

|attendance = 3,500

|referee = Georg Dardenne (Germany)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 23 October 1997

|time = 21:00

|team1 = Shakhtar Donetsk {{flagicon|UKR}}

|score = 1–3

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040620020814/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D735/match%3D54506/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|ITA}} Vicenza

|goals1 = Zubov {{goal|62}}

|goals2 = Luiso {{goal|1||90+3}}
Beghetto {{goal|56}}

|stadium = Shakhtar Central Stadium, Donetsk

|attendance = 15,286{{UEFA match attendance|54506|Shakhtar Donetsk v Vicenza, 23 October 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Pascal Garibian (France)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 23 October 1997

|time = 21:30

|team1 = Real Betis {{flagicon|ESP}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040422104232/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D735/match%3D54508/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|DEN}} Copenhagen

|goals1 = Oli {{goal|25}}
Cañas {{goal|39}}

|stadium = Estadio Benito Villamarín, Seville

|attendance = 7,800

|referee = Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 23 October 1997

|time = 20:00

|team1 = AEK Athens {{flagicon|GRE}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040422104840/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D735/match%3D54510/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|AUT}} Sturm Graz

|goals1 = Batista {{goal|75}}
Marcelo {{goal|84}}

|stadium = Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens

|attendance = 13,329

|referee = Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 23 October 1997

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Nice {{flagicon|FRA|1974}}

|score = 2–2

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040618234345/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D735/match%3D54512/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|CZE}} Slavia Prague

|goals1 = Aulanier {{goal|6|pen.|77}}

|goals2 = Vácha {{goal|14||35}}

|stadium = Stade du Ray, Nice

|attendance = 14,274

|referee = Celino Gracia Redondo (Spain)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 23 October 1997

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Primorje {{flagicon|SVN}}

|score = 0–2

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040407003844/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D735/match%3D54514/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|NED}} Roda

|goals2 = Lawal {{goal|15}}
Van Houdt {{goal|67}}

|stadium = Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana

|attendance = 984{{UEFA match attendance|54514|Primorje v Roda, 23 October 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Metin Tokat (Turkey)

}}

{{football box

|date = 6 November 1997

|time = 19:45

|team1 = Chelsea {{flagicon|ENG}}

|score = 7–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040422101228/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D735/match%3D54501/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|NOR}} Tromsø

|goals1 = Petrescu {{goal|12||85}}
Vialli {{goal|24||60||75}}
Zola {{goal|43}}
Leboeuf {{goal|54|pen.}}

|goals2 = B. Johansen {{goal|39}}

|stadium = Stamford Bridge, London

|attendance = 29,363

|referee = Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine)

}}

Chelsea won 9–4 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 6 November 1997

|time = 20:30

|team1 = VfB Stuttgart {{flagicon|GER}}

|score = 2–4

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040422101745/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D735/match%3D54503/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|BEL}} Germinal Ekeren

|goals1 = Verlaat {{goal|12}}
Poschner {{goal|34}}

|goals2 = Van Ankeren {{goal|43||82}}
Van Geneugden {{goal|45}}
Karagiannis {{goal|72}}

|stadium = Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

|attendance = 10,800

|referee = Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)

}}

Stuttgart won 6–4 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 6 November 1997

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Kocaelispor {{flagicon|TUR}}

|score = 0–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040422102814/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D735/match%3D54505/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|RUS}} Lokomotiv Moscow

|stadium = İsmet Paşa Stadium, İzmit

|attendance = 12,000

|referee = Fernand Meese (Belgium)

}}

Lokomotiv Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 6 November 1997

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Vicenza {{flagicon|ITA}}

|score = 2–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040422103809/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D735/match%3D54507/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|UKR}} Shakhtar Donetsk

|goals1 = Luiso {{goal|24}}
Viviani {{goal|70}}

|goals2 = Atelkin {{goal|59}}

|stadium = Stadio Romeo Menti, Vicenza

|attendance = 9,500{{UEFA match attendance|54507|Vicenza v Shakhtar Donetsk, 6 November 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Roy Helge Olsen (Norway)

}}

Vicenza won 5–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 6 November 1997

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Copenhagen {{flagicon|DEN}}

|score = 1–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040422104407/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D735/match%3D54509/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Betis

|goals1 = P. Nielsen {{goal|60|pen.}}

|goals2 = Ureña {{goal|80}}

|stadium = Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

|attendance = 10,140

|referee = Willie Young (Scotland)

}}

Real Betis won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 6 November 1997

|time = 21:00

|team1 = Sturm Graz {{flagicon|AUT}}

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040422105421/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D735/match%3D54511/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|GRE}} AEK Athens

|goals1 = Spiteri {{goal|82}}

|stadium = Arnold Schwarzenegger Stadium, Graz

|attendance = 15,400

|referee = Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

}}

AEK Athens won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 6 November 1997

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Slavia Prague {{flagicon|CZE}}

|score = 1–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040407003231/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D735/match%3D54513/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Nice

|goals1 = Labant {{goal|80}}

|goals2 = Vandecasteele {{goal|74}}

|stadium = Stadion Eden, Prague

|attendance = 7,312

|referee = Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Germany)

}}

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

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{{football box

|date = 6 November 1997

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Roda {{flagicon|NED}}

|score = 4–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040407010426/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D735/match%3D54515/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|SVN}} Primorje

|goals1 = Van der Luer {{goal|44}}
Peeters {{goal|49}}
Zafarin {{goal|74}}
Valgaeren {{goal|84}}

|stadium = Gemeentelijk Sportpark Kaalheide, Kerkrade

|attendance = 8,000{{UEFA match attendance|54515|Roda v Primorje, 6 November 1997|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

}}

Roda won 6–0 on aggregate.

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Roda|NED|1–9|Vicenza|ITA|1–4|0–5}}

{{TwoLegResult|Slavia Prague|CZE|1–3|VfB Stuttgart|GER|1–1|0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|AEK Athens|GRE|1–2|Lokomotiv Moscow|RUS|0–0|1–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Real Betis|ESP|2–5|Chelsea|ENG|1–2|1–3}}

|}

{{football box

|date = 5 March 1998

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Roda {{flagicon|NED}}

|score = 1–4

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040407020438/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D736/match%3D54570/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|ITA}} Vicenza

|goals1 = Peeters {{goal|73}}

|goals2 = Luiso {{goal|17||40}}
Belotti {{goal|29}}
Otero {{goal|67}}

|stadium = Gemeentelijk Sportpark Kaalheide, Kerkrade

|attendance = 14,000{{UEFA match attendance|54570|Roda v Vicenza, 5 March 1998|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Václav Krondl (Czech Republic)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 5 March 1998

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Slavia Prague {{flagicon|CZE}}

|score = 1–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040104183441/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D736/match%3D54572/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|GER}} VfB Stuttgart

|goals1 = Vácha {{goal|39}}

|goals2 = Poschner {{goal|51}}

|stadium = Stadion Evžena Rošického, Prague

|attendance = 8,712

|referee = Rune Pedersen (Norway)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 5 March 1998

|time = 20:00

|team1 = AEK Athens {{flagicon|GRE}}

|score = 0–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040407022132/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D736/match%3D54574/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|RUS}} Lokomotiv Moscow

|stadium = Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens

|attendance = 24,367

|referee = Dick Jol (Netherlands)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 5 March 1998

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Real Betis {{flagicon|ESP}}

|score = 1–2

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040407023245/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D736/match%3D54576/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Chelsea

|goals1 = Alfonso {{goal|46}}

|goals2 = Flo {{goal|7||12}}

|stadium = Estadio Benito Villamarín, Seville

|attendance = 19,300{{UEFA match attendance|54576|Real Betis v Chelsea, 5 March 1998|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

}}

{{football box

|date = 19 March 1998

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Vicenza {{flagicon|ITA}}

|score = 5–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040407020754/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D736/match%3D54571/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|NED}} Roda

|goals1 = Luiso {{goal|4}}
Firmani {{goal|24}}
Méndez {{goal|38}}
Ambrosetti {{goal|42}}
Zauli {{goal|47}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stadio Romeo Menti, Vicenza

|attendance = 14,362

|referee = Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

}}

Vicenza won 9–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 19 March 1998

|time = 20:30

|team1 = VfB Stuttgart {{flagicon|GER}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040104175028/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D736/match%3D54573/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|CZE}} Slavia Prague

|goals1 = Balakov {{goal|9||88}}

|goals2=

|stadium = Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

|attendance = 18,921{{UEFA match attendance|54573|Stuttgart v Slavia Prague, 19 March 1998|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = José García Aranda (Spain)

}}

Stuttgart won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 19 March 1998

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Lokomotiv Moscow {{flagicon|RUS}}

|score = 2–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040407022739/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D736/match%3D54575/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|GRE}} AEK Athens

|goals1 = Kharlachyov {{goal|53}}
Chugainov {{goal|90}}

|goals2 = Kopitsis {{goal|67|pen.}}

|stadium = Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

|attendance = 11,256

|referee = Markus Merk (Germany)

}}

Lokomotiv Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 19 March 1998

|time = 19:45

|team1 = Chelsea {{flagicon|ENG}}

|score = 3–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040407023835/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D736/match%3D54577/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Betis

|goals1 = Sinclair {{goal|30}}
Di Matteo {{goal|50}}
Zola {{goal|90}}

|goals2 = Finidi {{goal|20}}

|stadium = Stamford Bridge, London

|attendance = 32,300

|referee = Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

}}

Chelsea won 5–2 on aggregate.

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Vicenza|ITA|2–3|Chelsea|ENG|1–0|1–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|VfB Stuttgart|GER|3–1|Lokomotiv Moscow|RUS|2–1|1–0}}

|}

{{football box

|date = 2 April 1998

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Vicenza {{flagicon|ITA}}

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040619000421/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D737/match%3D54821/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Chelsea

|goals1 = Zauli {{goal|16}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stadio Romeo Menti, Vicenza

|attendance = 19,319

|referee = Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 2 April 1998

|time = 20:30

|team1 = VfB Stuttgart {{flagicon|GER}}

|score = 2–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040620033226/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D737/match%3D54823/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|RUS}} Lokomotiv Moscow

|goals1 = Akpoborie {{goal|42}}
Bobic {{goal|90}}

|goals2 = Janashia {{goal|22}}

|stadium = Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

|attendance = 14,416{{UEFA match attendance|54823|Stuttgart v Lokomotiv Moscow, 2 April 1998|access-date=22 April 2021}}

|referee = Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 16 April 1998

|time = 19:45

|team1 = Chelsea {{flagicon|ENG}}

|score = 3–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040616081505/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D737/match%3D54822/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|ITA}} Vicenza

|goals1 = Poyet {{goal|34}}
Zola {{goal|50}}
M. Hughes {{goal|76}}

|goals2 = Luiso {{goal|32}}

|stadium = Stamford Bridge, London

|attendance = 33,810

|referee = Marc Batta (France)

}}

Chelsea won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 16 April 1998

|time = 20:15

|team1 = Lokomotiv Moscow {{flagicon|RUS}}

|score = 0–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040619142304/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D737/match%3D54824/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|GER}} VfB Stuttgart

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Bobic {{goal|24}}

|stadium = Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

|attendance = 18,650

|referee = Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

}}

Stuttgart won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 13 May 1998

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Chelsea {{flagicon|ENG}}

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040619005231/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D738/match%3D54860/index.html Lineups]

|team2 = {{flagicon|GER}} VfB Stuttgart

|goals1 = Zola {{goal|71}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

|attendance = 30,216

|referee = Stefano Braschi (Italy)

}}

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

• 1997–98 UEFA Champions League
• 1997–98 UEFA Cup
• 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup

{{Reflist}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100503062018/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season=1997/intro.html 1997-98 competition at UEFA website]
• [https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec199798.html results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20131002121253/http://www.sharkscores.com/Cups/Default.aspx?id=375&season=1997%2F1998 Cup Winners Cup Seasons 1997-98 – results, protocols]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20040603204650/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/Season%3D1997/Round%3D733/index.html Archive of old pages site UEFA] Season 1997–98, written protocol games.

{{UEFA Cup Winners' Cup seasons}}

{{1997–98 in European football (UEFA)}}

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