1997–98 Atlético Madrid season

UEFA Cup
	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Christian Vieri (24); All: ; Christian Vieri (29)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–1998 campaign was the 92nd season in Atlético Madrid's history and their 63rd season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football.

Season summary

Atlético Madrid failed to regain the title they had won in 1996 and finished the season in 7th place. One of the high points of the season was the club's run in the

Lazio

(who knocked Atlético out of the UEFA Cup) at the end of the season.

Squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ESP	José Francisco Molina
3	DF	ESP	Toni
4	DF	BRA	Andrei Frascarelli
5	DF	ESP	Juan Manuel López
6	DF	ESP	Santi
7	MF	BRA	Juninho
8	MF	ESP	Juan Vizcaíno
9	FW	ITA	Christian Vieri
10	MF	YUG	Milinko Pantić
11	FW	ESP	Jordi Lardín
12	FW	POR	Paulo Futre


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	GK	ESP	Pedro Jaro
14	FW	ESP	José Mari
15	DF	ESP	Carlos Aguilera
19	FW	ESP	Kiko
20	DF	ESP	Delfí Geli
21	MF	ESP	José Luis Caminero
23	DF	ROU	Daniel Prodan
24	MF	CZE	Radek Bejbl
25	MF	YUG	Veljko Paunović
26	MF	ISR	Avi Nimni
27	MF	ESP	Ivo
28	DF	ESP	Ramón

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Christian Vieri	Juventus
MF	Juninho	Middlesbrough
DF	Andrei Frascarelli	Atletico Paranaense
FW	Jordi Lardín	RCD Espanyol
FW	Jose Mari	Sevilla FC
FW	Paulo Futre	West Ham United
MF	Rade Bogdanović	JEF United Ichihara
GK	Pedro Jaro	Real Betis
FW	Avi Nimni	Maccabi Tel Aviv
DF	Ramón	Real Valladolid

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
MF	Diego Simeone	Internazionale
FW	Juan Esnaider	Espanyol
FW	Juan Carlos	Real Valladolid
FW	Leonardo Biagini	CP Merida
DF	Roberto Solozabal	Real Betis

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
MF	Rade Bogdanović	NAC Breda
FW	Avi Nimni	Maccabi Tel Aviv
FW	Santiago Ezquerro	Mallorca
MF	Roberto	Espanyol	loan
GK	Ricardo	Real Valladolid

Out

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Mallorca	38	16	12	10	55	39	+16	60^[a]	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[b]
6	Celta de Vigo	38	17	9	12	54	47	+7	60^[a]	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
7	Atlético Madrid	38	16	12	10	79	56	+23	60^[a]
8	Betis	38	17	8	13	49	50	−1	59
9	Valencia	38	16	7	15	58	52	+6	55	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round

Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c MLL: 9 pts; CEL: 5 pts; ATM: 2 pts
^ Since Barcelona, winners of 1997–98 Copa del Rey, was qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League, losing cup finalists RCD Mallorca earned a spot in the first round of the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	W
Position	9	2	9	10	6	3	3	7	5	4	5	5	3	3	3	3	4	6	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	7	7	8	9	8	7	8	8	7	7

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Group stage; = 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round; = 1998–99 UEFA Cup First round; = 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round

Matches

29 August 1997 1	Atlético de Madrid	Madrid
	Seedorf 75'	Report	Juninho 15'	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Juan Brito Arceo

5 September 1997 2	Atlético de Madrid	5-0	Real Valladolid	Madrid
	Lardin 69' Kiko 89'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

12 September 1997 3	Atlético de Madrid	Bilbao
	Etxeberria 8'	Report		Stadium: Estadio San Mames

26 September 1997 4	Celta de Vigo	Madrid
	Vieri 75' Jose Mari 77' Vieri 81' (pen)	Report	Berges 89'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

5 October 1997 5	Atlético de Madrid	Oviedo
		Report	Caminero 14' Vieri 43'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere

Atlético de Madrid v CP Mérida

14 October 1997 6	Atlético de Madrid	4-0	CP Mérida	Madrid
	Vieri 41' Kiko 47' Juninho 53' Jose Mari 89'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

17 October 1997 7	Atlético de Madrid	Zaragoza
	Garitano 73' (pen)	Report	Kiko 3' Vieri 19', 39', 63' Jose Mari 82'	Stadium: Estadio La Romareda

Atlético de Madrid v RCD Espanyol

26 October 1997 8	Atlético de Madrid	0-2	RCD Espanyol	Madrid
		Report	Galca 89'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

31 October 1997 9	Sevilla
	Andrei 1' (o.g.) Finidi 89'	Report	Lardin 87'	Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarin

Atlético de Madrid v SD Compostela

10 November 1997 10	Atlético de Madrid	3-1	SD Compostela	Madrid
	Pantic 86' (pen)	Report	Penev 89'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

Atlético de Madrid v UD Salamanca

13 November 1997 11	Atlético de Madrid	1-1	UD Salamanca	Madrid
	Andrei 73'	Report	Pauleta 65'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

16 November 1997 12	Atlético de Madrid	San Sebastián
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Anoeta

Atlético de Madrid v Valencia CF

21 November 1997 13	Atlético de Madrid	3-1	Valencia CF	Madrid
	Pantic 84'	Report	Vlaovic 49'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

29 November 1997 14	La Coruña
	Madar 39' Naybet 85'	Report	Lardin 8' Andrei 80'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor

Atlético de Madrid v Sporting de Gijón

5 December 1997 15	Atlético de Madrid	2-1	Sporting de Gijón	Madrid
	Geli 72'	Report	Luna 85'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

13 December 1997 16	Atlético de Madrid	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
	Makaay 29' Kodro 43' (pen)	Report	Pantic 89'	Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodriguez

Atlético de Madrid v RCD Mallorca

16 December 1997 17	Atlético de Madrid	2-3	RCD Mallorca	Madrid
	Bogdanovic 49'	Report	Pepe Galvez 1' Carreras 42' Valeron 69'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

19 December 1997 18	Atlético de Madrid	Barcelona
	Giovanni 65' (pen)	Report	Roberto 21'	Stadium: Camp Nou

Atlético de Madrid v Racing de Santander

3 January 1997 19	Atlético de Madrid	2-1	Racing de Santander	Madrid
	Vieri 42' Aguilera 50'	Report	Diego Lopez 76'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

9 January 1998 20	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Jose Mari 86'	Report	Savio 68'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

16 January 1998 21	Atlético de Madrid	Valladolid
	Santi 30' (o.g.) Peternac 62' (pen)	Report	Kiko 34'	Stadium: Estadio Jose Zorrilla Referee: Dauden Ibañez

23 January 1998 22	Athletic de Bilbao	Madrid
	Vieri 12' Vieri 50' Frascarelli 72'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

Celta de Vigo v Atlético Madrid

31 January 1998 23	Celta de Vigo	1-1	Atlético Madrid	Vigo
	Ito 29'	Report	Juninho 25' (pen)	Stadium: Estadio Balaídos

Atlético Madrid v Real Oviedo

8 February 1998 24	Atlético Madrid	4-1	Real Oviedo	Madrid
	Paunovic 86'	Report	Dely Valdés 83'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

14 February 1998 25	Atlético de Madrid	Mérida
	Sinval 68' Sinval 89'	Report	Vieri 48'

22 February 1998 26	Atlético de Madrid	2-1	Real Zaragoza	Madrid
	Vieri 52' Kiko 74'	Report	Miquel Soler 88'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

27 February 1998 27	Atlético de Madrid	Barcelona
	Ouedec 27' Benitez 47'	Report	Jose Mari 58' Vieri 59'	Referee: Eduardo Iturralde

Atlético de Madrid v Real Betis

7 March 1998 28	Atlético de Madrid	0-0	Real Betis	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

13 March 1998 29	Atlético de Madrid	Santiago de Compostela
	Sion 79' Bellido 82'	Report	Vieri 59'	Referee: Lopez Nieto

20 March 1998 30	Atlético de Madrid	Salamanca
	Popescu 15' Popescu 30' Silvani 47' Popescu 74' Alonso 89'	Report	Vieri 11' Vieri 43' Vieri 82' (pen) Vieri 84'

Atlético de Madrid v Real Sociedad

27 March 1998 31	Atlético de Madrid	2-2	Real Sociedad	Madrid
	Lardin 57'	Report	Aldeondo 61' Adepoju 74'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

4 April 1998 32	Atlético de Madrid	Valencia
	Piojo Lopez 75'	Report	Kiko 73'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

10 April 1998 33	Deportivo La Coruña	Madrid
	Jemez 20' (o.g.) Santi 44' (pen)			Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

18 April 1998 34	Atlético de Madrid	Gijón
	Cano 42' Trotta 44'		Paunovic 70'	Stadium: Estadio El Molinon

Atlético de Madrid v CD Tenerife

25 April 1998 35	Atlético de Madrid	2-2	CD Tenerife	Madrid
	Paunovic 18' Jose Mari 84'		Alexis 89' (pen)	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

2 May 1998 36	Atlético de Madrid	Palma de Mallorca
	Pepe Galvez 43' Moya 47'		Paunovic 15'	Stadium: Estadio Lluys Sitjar

Atlético de Madrid v FC Barcelona

9 May 1998 37	Atlético de Madrid	5-2	FC Barcelona	Madrid
	Paunovic 19' Couto 25' (o.g.) Vieri 60' Caminero 70' Vieri 82'	Report	Rivaldo 12' de la Peña 81'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

10 May 1998 38	Atlético de Madrid	Santander
		Report	Andrei 1'	Stadium: Estadio El Sardinero

UEFA Cup

First round

16 September 1997	Atlético Madrid	2–1	Leicester City	Madrid
21:30	Juninho 69' Vieri 71' (pen.)	Report	Marshall 11'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón Attendance: 25,000

30 September 1997	Leicester City	0–2	Atlético Madrid	Leicester
20:45		Report	Juninho 72' Kiko 88'	Attendance: 20,776

Second round

21 October 1997	Atlético Madrid	5–2	PAOK	Madrid
21:30	Vieri 10', 31', 55' Lardín 12' Kiko 75'	Report	Marangos 65'	Attendance: 50,000

4 November 1997	PAOK	4–4	Atlético Madrid	Thessaloniki
20:45	Frantzeskos 17' Olivares 55' Zagorakis 76' (pen.) Zouboulis 81'	Report	Lardín 2' Bogdanović 28' Santi 51' Kiko 90'	Attendance: 25,000

Eightfinals

25 November 1997	Croatia Zagreb	1–1	Atlético Madrid	Zagreb
20:45	Mujčin 2'	Report	Caminero 61'	Attendance: 40,000

9 December 1997	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Croatia Zagreb	Madrid
21:30	Caminero 44'	Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium Attendance: 30,000

Quarterfinals

3 March 1998	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Aston Villa	Madrid
21:30	Vieri 42' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Stefano Braschi

17 March 1998	Aston Villa	2–1	Atlético Madrid	Villa Park, Birmingham
20:45	Taylor 72' Collymore 74'	Report	Caminero 29'	Attendance: 39,163 Referee: Mario van der Ende

Semifinals

31 March 1998	Lazio	Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid
21:30		Report	Jugović 33'	Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Paul Durkin

14 April 1998	Lazio	0–0	Atlético Madrid	Rome
20:45		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 37,000 Referee: László Vágner

Copa del Rey