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99th season in existence of FC Barcelona

1997–98 FC Barcelona season

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President
Josep Lluís Núñez
Head Coach
Louis van Gaal
Stadium
Camp Nou
La Liga
Winners
Copa del Rey
Winners
Supercopa de España
Runners-up
UEFA Champions League
Group stage (4th)
UEFA Super Cup
Winners
Top goalscorer
League: Rivaldo (19)All: Rivaldo (28)

The 1997–98 FC Barcelona season saw the club win the La Liga title and the Copa Del Rey, under the guidance of new coach Louis van Gaal. Van Gaal was hired from Ajax. Strikers Sonny Anderson and Rivaldo also joined the team. The club sold Ronaldo to Inter Milan just before the season began, with Anderson becoming their main striker. Van Gaal introduced a 4-3-3 formation to Barcelona, under which Rivaldo scored 20 goals in the league as centre forward. Barcelona won their 15th La Liga title after secured a narrow win over Real Zaragoza on 18 April 1998 with four league games to spare, their second European Super Cup title and their 24th Copa del Rey title, thus winning a domestic double. Barcelona crashed out of the UEFA Champions League, however, finishing last in their group.

Squad

Squad at end of season

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

Transfers

Winter

In
Pos. Name from Type
DF Winston Bogarde AC Milan

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona (C) 38 23 5 10 78 56 +22 74 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Athletic Bilbao 38 17 14 7 52 42 +10 65 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Real Sociedad 38 16 15 7 60 37 +23 63 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Real Madrid 38 17 12 9 63 45 +18 63 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
5 Mallorca 38 16 12 10 55 39 +16 60 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first 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.
(C) Champions
Notes:

Results by round

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Matches

31 August 1997 1 Barcelona 3–0 Real Sociedad Barcelona
Rivaldo 26' 80'
Giovanni 56'
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
8 September 1997 2 Valencia 0–3 Barcelona Valencia
Report Anderson 1'
Rivaldo 37' (pen.)
de la Peña 81'
Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
13 September 1997 3 Barcelona 2–1 Deportivo La Coruña Barcelona
Enrique 23'
Anderson 87'
Report Luizão 89' Stadium: Camp Nou
27 September 1997 4 Sporting de Gijón 1–4 Barcelona Gijón
Bango 30' Report Enrique 2' 73'
Rivaldo 8' 82'
Stadium: Estadio El Molinon
5 October 1997 5 Barcelona 3–2 Tenerife Barcelona
Óscar 6' 31'
Enrique 50'
Report Juanele 24'
Paz 28'
Stadium: Camp Nou
14 October 1997 6 Mallorca 0–1 Barcelona Palma de Mallorca
Report Enrique 5' Stadium: Lluís Sitjar Stadium
18 October 1997 7 Compostela 2–2 Barcelona Santiago de Compostela
Penev 36'
Nacho 56'
Report Óscar 59'
Rivaldo 73'
Stadium: San Lázaro
26 October 1997 8 Barcelona 2–0 Racing de Santander Barcelona
Óscar 51'
Enrique 68'
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
1 November 1997 9 Real Madrid 2–3 Barcelona Madrid
Raúl 48'
Šuker 61'
Report Rivaldo 5'
Enrique 50'
Anderson 79'
Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
9 November 1997 10 Barcelona 1–2 Real Valladolid Barcelona
Pizzi 89' Report Eusebio 10'
Peternac 50'
Stadium: Camp Nou
13 November 1997 11 Athletic de Bilbao 3–0 Barcelona Bilbao
Ziganda 40'
Alkiza 50'
Urzaiz 72'
Report Stadium: San Mamés
16 November 1997 12 Barcelona 3–2 Celta de Vigo Barcelona
Eggen 10' (o.g.)
Rivaldo 60'
Pizzi 66'
Report Cadete 37'
Sánchez 84'
Stadium: Camp Nou
22 November 1997 13 Real Oviedo 1–0 Barcelona Oviedo
Pompei 67' (pen.) Report Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere
1 December 1997 14 Barcelona 3–1 Mérida Barcelona
Anderson 34'
Enrique 70'
Rivaldo 73' (pen.)
Report Sinval 81' (pen.) Stadium: Camp Nou
6 December 1997 15 Real Zaragoza 1–2 Barcelona Zaragoza
Aragón 54' Report Barjuán 17'
Rivaldo 30'
Stadium: Estadio La Romareda
13 December 1997 16 Barcelona 3–1 Espanyol Barcelona
Enrique 24'
Giovanni 51'
Barjuán 72'
Report Esnáider 58' (pen.) Stadium: Camp Nou
20 December 1997 18 Barcelona 3–1 Atlético de Madrid Barcelona
Enrique 48' 70'
Giovanni 65' (pen.)
Report Roberto 21' Stadium: Camp Nou
5 January 1998 19 Salamanca 4–3 Barcelona Villares de la Reina
Zegarra 43'
Brito 80' (pen.) 83'
Silvani 87'
Report Anderson 12'
Enrique 50'
Giovanni 68' (pen.)
Stadium: Helmántico Stadium
11 January 1998 20 Real Sociedad 2–2 Barcelona San Sebastián
Loren 82'
de Paula 89'
Report Enrique 30'
Anderson 70'
Stadium: Estadio Anoeta
19 January 1998 21 Barcelona 3–4 Valencia Barcelona
Enrique 32'
Rivaldo 49'
Cáceres 54' (o.g.)
Report Morigi 69'
López 75' 87'
Ortega 88'
Stadium: Camp Nou
25 January 1998 22 Deportivo La Coruña 3–1 Barcelona La Coruña
Fran 3'
Abreu 75'
Djalminha 84'
Report Pizzi 85' Stadium: Estadio Riazor
1 February 1998 23 Barcelona 2–1 Sporting de Gijón Barcelona
Rivaldo 18' 37' Report Cheryshev 35' Stadium: Camp Nou
15 February 1998 25 Barcelona 0–0 Mallorca Barcelona
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
22 February 1998 26 Barcelona 2–0 Compostela Barcelona
Figo 14'
Enrique 29'
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
2 March 1998 27 Racing de Santander 2–4 Barcelona Santander
Correa 10' (pen.)
Alberto 80'
Report Rivaldo 69' 72'
Anderson 82' 89'
Stadium: Estadio El Sardinero
7 March 1998 28 Barcelona 3–0 Real Madrid Barcelona
Anderson 69'
Figo 80'
Giovanni 85'
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
15 March 1998 29 Real Valladolid 1–2 Barcelona Valladolid
Chema 12' Report Rivaldo 56'
Figo 89'
Stadium: Estadio Jose Zorrilla
22 March 1998 30 Barcelona 4–0 Athletic de Bilbao Barcelona
Giovanni 3'
Anderson 13' 47'
Óscar 79'
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
29 March 1998 31 Celta de Vigo 3–1 Barcelona Vigo
Revivo 21'
Mostovoy 32'
Mazinho 70'
Report Enrique 27' Stadium: Estadio Balaídos
4 April 1998 32 Barcelona 2–1 Real Oviedo Barcelona
Enrique 31'
Bogarde 41'
Report Bogarde 69' (o.g.) Stadium: Camp Nou
7 April 1998 17 Real Betis 0–2 Barcelona Sevilla
Report Giovanni 52'
Rivaldo 59'
Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarin
11 April 1998 33 Mérida 1–2 Barcelona Mérida
Biagini 80' Report Figo 66'
Enrique 71'
Stadium: Estadio Romano
18 April 1998 34 Barcelona 1–0 Real Zaragoza Barcelona
Giovanni 77' Report Stadium: Camp Nou
25 April 1998 35 Espanyol 1–1 Barcelona Barcelona
Sergio 56' Report Figo 37' Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
3 May 1998 36 Barcelona 1–3 Real Betis Barcelona
Bogarde 24' Report Alfonso 44'
George 58' 89'
Stadium: Camp Nou
10 May 1998 37 Atlético de Madrid 5–2 Barcelona Madrid
Paunović 19'
Couto 25' (o.g.)
Vieri 60' 82'
Caminero 70'
Report Rivaldo 12'
de la Peña 81'
Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón
15 May 1998 38 Barcelona 1–4 Salamanca Barcelona
Jofre 89' Report Silvani 18'
Pauleta 52' 55'
Brito 72'
Stadium: Camp Nou

Copa del Rey

Eight-finals

15 January 1998 Barcelona 2–1 Valencia Barcelona
20:30 Enrique 4'
Rivaldo 66'
Gómez 37' (pen.) Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González
22 January 1998 Valencia 1–3 Barcelona Valencia
20:30 Angloma 68' Rivaldo 26' (pen.) 79'
Giovanni 90'
Stadium: Mestalla Stadium
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Antonio López Nieto

Quarter-finals

5 February 1998 Barcelona 2–0 Mérida Barcelona
21:00 Enrique 16'
Figo 79'
Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Víctor Esquinas Torres
11 February 1998 Mérida 0–3 Barcelona Mérida
21:00 Barjuán 2'
Rivaldo 52' (pen.)
Ćirić 80'
Stadium: Estadio Romano
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: José López De La Fuente

Semi-finals

18 February 1998 Barcelona 5–2 Real Zaragoza Barcelona
20:30 Rivaldo 3' 6' 47'
Giovanni 11'
Enrique 20'
Garitano 1' 40' Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Antonio López Nieto
26 February 1998 Real Zaragoza 0–0 Barcelona Zaragoza
21:00 Stadium: La Romareda
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega

Final

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

13 August 1997 Barcelona 3–2 Skonto Camp Nou, Barcelona
21:30 Giovanni 27', 70'
Stoichkov 90' (pen.)
Report Babicevs 26'
Abelardo 46' (o.g.)
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Fernand Meese (Belgium)
27 August 1997 Skonto 0–1 Barcelona Daugava Stadium, Riga
20:00 Report Anderson 50' Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Group stage

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DKV PSV NEW BAR
1 Dynamo Kyiv 6 3 2 1 13 6 +7 11 Advance to knockout stage — 1–1 2–2 3–0
2 PSV Eindhoven 6 2 3 1 9 8 +1 9 1–3 — 1–0 2–2
3 Newcastle United 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7 2–0 0–2 — 3–2
4 Barcelona 6 1 2 3 7 14 −7 5 0–4 2–2 1–0 —
Source: UEFA
17 September 1997 Newcastle United 3–2 Barcelona St James' Park, Newcastle
20:45 Asprilla 22' (pen.), 31', 49' Report Luis Enrique 73'
Figo 89'
Attendance: 35,274
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
1 October 1997 Barcelona 2–2 PSV Eindhoven Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45 Luis Enrique 61', 74' Report Cocu 70'
Møller 86'
Attendance: 82,000
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
22 October 1997 Dynamo Kyiv 3–0 Barcelona Olympic Stadium, Kyiv
20:45 Rebrov 6'
Maximov 32'
Kalitvintsev 65'
Report Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
5 November 1997 Barcelona 0–4 Dynamo Kyiv Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45 Report Shevchenko 9', 32', 44' (pen.)
Rebrov 79'
Attendance: 52,200
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
26 November 1997 Barcelona 1–0 Newcastle United Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45 Giovanni 17' Report Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
10 December 1997 PSV Eindhoven 2–2 Barcelona Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
20:45 Abelardo 54' (o.g.)
De Bilde 56'
Report Abelardo 32'
Giovanni 66'
Attendance: 29,400
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Supercopa de España

20 August 1997 Barcelona 2–1 Real Madrid Barcelona
21:30 Nadal 11'
Giovanni 85' (pen.)
Raúl 5' Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 120,000
Referee: Gracia Redondo
23 August 1997 Real Madrid 4–1 Barcelona Madrid
22:00 Raúl 42' 54'
Mijatović 58'
Seedorf 65'
Report Giovanni 80' Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Dauden Ibáñez

UEFA Super Cup

8 January 1998 Barcelona 2–0 Borussia Dortmund Barcelona
21:00 Enrique 8'
Rivaldo 61' (pen.)
Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: David Elleray
11 March 1998 Borussia Dortmund 1–1 Barcelona Dortmund
20:00 Heinrich 64' Report Giovanni 8' Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 32,500
Referee: Piero Ceccarini

Friendlies

GAMES [1]
24-3-1998 COPA CATALUNYA LLEIDA-BARCELONA 1–2

5-5-1998 COPA CATALUNYA BARCELONA-EUROPA 1–1 /3–4/ PENALTY

25-7-1997 FRIENDLY ELFSBORG-BARCELONA 0–3

3-8-1997 FRIENDLY AZ-BARCELONA 1–2

6-8-1997 FRIENDLY TWENTE-BARCELONA 0–1

9-8-1997 FRIENDLY MALLORCA-BARCELONA 1-1

16-8-1997 Joan Gamper Trophy BARCELONA-SAMPDORIA 2–2 /6–5/ PENALTY

27-1-1998 FRIENDLY BARCELONA-PARTIZAN 1–0

12-5-1998 FRIENDLY BARCELONA-SOUTHAMPTON 4–0

Statistics

Players statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total La Liga Copa del Rey UEFA Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
13 GK  NED Hesp 50 -63 36 -47 7 -5 7 -11
22 DF  NED Reiziger 41 0 25+4 0 4 0 8 0
2 DF  ESP Ferrer 34 0 21+3 0 4 0 4+2 0
17 DF  NED Bogarde 22 2 19 2 3 0 0 0
12 DF  ESP Sergi 43 3 31 2 6 1 6 0
7 MF  POR Figo 48 7 35 5 6 1 7 1
10 MF  BRA Giovanni 37 15 21+6 9 4+1 2 5 4
26 MF  ESP Celades 48 0 34+2 0 7 0 5 0
21 MF  ESP Luis Enrique 44 24 34 18 6 3 4 3
9 FW  BRA Anderson 33 11 20+3 10 4+1 0 5 1
11 FW  BRA Rivaldo 47 27 34 19 7 8 6 0
1 GK  POR Baia 3 -12 2 -8 0 0 1 -4
20 DF  ESP Nadal 31 0 18+3 0 4+1 0 3+2 0
5 DF  POR Couto 25 0 13+5 0 1+1 0 4+1 0
23 MF  ESP Iván de la Peña 21 2 13+4 2 2 0 2 0
3 DF  ESP Abelardo 21 1 13+2 0 3 0 3 1
6 MF  ESP Óscar 22 5 11+5 5 3+1 0 2 0
18 MF  ESP Amor 30 0 10+12 0 2+2 0 1+3 0
27 MF  ESP Roger 25 0 7+11 0 2+3 0 2 0
16 MF  YUG Ciric 32 1 6+15 0 1+2 1 5+3 0
4 MF  ESP Guardiola 12 0 5+1 0 1 0 4+1 0
19 FW  ESP Pizzi 23 3 4+11 3 0+4 0 0+4 0
15 FW  FRA Dugarry 11 0 4+3 0 0 0 1+3 0
8 FW  BUL Stoichkov 5 1 1+1 0 0+1 0 0+2 1
25 GK  ESP Busquets 2 -2 1 -1 0 0 1 -1
14 MF  NGR Amunike 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF  ESP Puyol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF  ESP Xavi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF  ESP Rosas 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF  ESP Jofre 1 1 0+1 1 0 0 0 0
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