1997–98 Atlético Madrid season

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.

Atlético Madrid

1997–98 season
President	Jesús Gil
Head coach	Radomir Antić
Stadium	Vicente Calderón
La Liga	7th (qual. for 1998–99 UEFA Cup)
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
UEFA Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Christian Vieri (24) All: Christian Vieri (29)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

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 UEFA Cup, reaching the semi-finals. Striker Christian Vieri was the club's top scorer, scoring 24 goals in La Liga (he finished as the league's top scorer and was awarded the Pichichi Trophy) and 29 in all competitions, but transferred to 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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

Main article: 1997–98 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 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	Real 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:

1. MLL: 9 pts; CEL: 5 pts; ATM: 2 pts
2. 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

Real Madrid v Atlético de Madrid

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

Atlético Madrid v Real Valladolid

5 September 1997 2	Atlético Madrid	5-0	Real Valladolid	Madrid
	Bogdanovic 17' Bogdanovic 37' Santi 67' (pen.) Lardin 69' Kiko 89'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

Athletic Bilbao v Atlético Madrid

12 September 1997 3	Athletic Bilbao	1-0	Atlético Madrid	Bilbao
	Etxeberria 8'	Report		Stadium: San Mamés

Atlético Madrid v Celta de Vigo

26 September 1997 4	Atlético Madrid	3-3	Celta de Vigo	Madrid
	Vieri 75' Jose Mari 77' Vieri 81' (pen.)	Report	2'Revivo 56'Cadete 89'Berges	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

Real Oviedo v Atlético Madrid

5 October 1997 5	Real Oviedo	0-2	Atlético Madrid	Oviedo
		Report	Caminero 14' Vieri 43'	Stadium: Carlos Tartiere

Atlético Madrid v CP Mérida

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

Real Zaragoza v Atlético Madrid

17 October 1997 7	Real Zaragoza	1-5	Atlético Madrid	Zaragoza
	Garitano 73' (pen.)	Report	3' Kiko 19', 39', 63' Vieri 82' Jose Mari	Stadium: La Romareda

Atlético Madrid v RCD Espanyol

26 October 1997 8	Atlético Madrid	0-2	RCD Espanyol	Madrid
		Report	11' (o.g.)Kiko 89'Galca	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

Real Betis v Atlético Madrid

31 October 1997 9	Real Betis	2-3	Atlético Madrid	Sevilla
	Andrei 1' (o.g.) Finidi 89'	Report	20'Juninho 44'Vieri 87'Lardin	Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarin

Atlético Madrid v SD Compostela

10 November 1997 10	Atlético Madrid	3-1	SD Compostela	Madrid
	Aguilera 20' Bogdanovic 34' Pantic 86' (pen.)	Report	Penev 89'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

Atlético Madrid v UD Salamanca

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

Real Sociedad v Atlético Madrid

16 November 1997 12	Real Sociedad	0-0	Atlético Madrid	San Sebastián
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Anoeta

Atlético Madrid v Valencia CF

21 November 1997 13	Atlético Madrid	3-1	Valencia CF	Madrid
	Bogdanovic 25' Juninho 60' (pen.) Pantic 84'	Report	49'Vlaovic	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

Deportivo La Coruña v Atlético Madrid

29 November 1997 14	Deportivo La Coruña	2-2	Atlético Madrid	La Coruña
	Madar 39' Naybet 85'	Report	Lardin 8' Andrei 80'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor

Atlético Madrid v Sporting de Gijón

5 December 1997 15	Atlético Madrid	2-1	Sporting de Gijón	Madrid
	Bogdanovic 56' Geli 72'	Report	Luna 85'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

CD Tenerife v Atlético Madrid

13 December 1997 16	CD Tenerife	2-2	Atlético Madrid	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
	Makaay 29' Kodro 43' (pen.)	Report	Jose Mari 78' Pantic 89'	Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodriguez

Atlético Madrid v RCD Mallorca

16 December 1997 17	Atlético Madrid	2-3	RCD Mallorca	Madrid
	Santi 11' Bogdanovic 49'	Report	Pepe Galvez 1' Carreras 42' Valeron 69'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

FC Barcelona v Atlético Madrid

19 December 1997 18	FC Barcelona	3-1	Atlético Madrid	Barcelona
	Luis Enrique 48', 70' Giovanni 65' (pen.)	Report	21'Roberto	Stadium: Camp Nou

Atlético Madrid v Racing de Santander

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

Atlético Madrid v Real Madrid

9 January 1998 20	Atlético Madrid	1-1	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Jose Mari 86'	Report	68'Savio	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

Real Valladolid v Atlético Madrid

16 January 1998 21	Real Valladolid	2-1	Atlético Madrid	Valladolid
	Santi 30' (o.g.) Peternac 62' (pen.)	Report	Kiko 34'	Stadium: Estadio Jose Zorrilla Referee: Dauden Ibañez

Atlético Madrid v Athletic de Bilbao

23 January 1998 22	Atlético Madrid	3-0	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	25' (pen.), 68' Juninho	Stadium: Estadio Balaídos

Atlético Madrid v Real Oviedo

8 February 1998 24	Atlético Madrid	4-1	Real Oviedo	Madrid
	Jose Mari 25' Vieri 35', 66' Paunovic 86'	Report	Dely Valdés 83'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

CP Mérida v Atlético Madrid

14 February 1998 25	CP Mérida	2-1	Atlético Madrid	Mérida
	Sinval 68' Sinval 89'	Report	Vieri 48'	Stadium: Estadio Romano

Atlético Madrid v Real Zaragoza

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

RCD Espanyol v Atlético Madrid

27 February 1998 27	RCD Espanyol	2-2	Atlético Madrid	Barcelona
	Ouedec 27' Benitez 47'	Report	Jose Mari 58' Vieri 59'	Stadium: Olímpic Lluís Companys Referee: Eduardo Iturralde

Atlético Madrid v Real Betis

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

SD Compostela v Atlético Madrid

13 March 1998 29	SD Compostela	2-1	Atlético Madrid	Santiago de Compostela
	Sion 79' Bellido 82'	Report	Vieri 59'	Stadium: San Lázaro Referee: Lopez Nieto

UD Salamanca v Atlético Madrid

20 March 1998 30	UD Salamanca	5-4	Atlético Madrid	Salamanca
	Popescu 15' Popescu 30' Silvani 47' Popescu 74' Alonso 89'	Report	Vieri 11' Vieri 43' Vieri 82' (pen.) Vieri 84'	Stadium: El Helmántico

Atlético Madrid v Real Sociedad

27 March 1998 31	Atlético Madrid	2-2	Real Sociedad	Madrid
	Vizcaíno 42' Lardin 57'	Report	Aldeondo 61' Adepoju 74'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

Valencia CF v Atlético Madrid

4 April 1998 32	Valencia CF	4-1	Atlético Madrid	Valencia
	Ilie 46' Mendieta 68' (pen.) Mendieta 71' (pen.) Piojo Lopez 75'	Report	Kiko 73'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Atlético Madrid v Deportivo La Coruña

10 April 1998 33	Atlético Madrid	3-0	Deportivo La Coruña	Madrid
	Jose Mari 2' Jemez 20' (o.g.) Santi 44' (pen.)			Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

Sporting de Gijón v Atlético Madrid

18 April 1998 34	Sporting de Gijón	2-3	Atlético Madrid	Gijón
	Cano 42' Trotta 44'		Paunovic 56' Vieri 64' Paunovic 70'	Stadium: Estadio El Molinon

Atlético Madrid v CD Tenerife

25 April 1998 35	Atlético Madrid	2-2	CD Tenerife	Madrid
	Paunovic 18' Jose Mari 84'		Aguilera 26' (o.g.) Alexis 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

RCD Mallorca v Atlético Madrid

2 May 1998 36	RCD Mallorca	2-1	Atlético Madrid	Palma de Mallorca
	Pepe Gálvez 43' Moya 47'		Paunovic 15'	Stadium: Lluís Sitjar

Atlético Madrid v FC Barcelona

9 May 1998 37	Atlético 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

Racing Santander v Atlético Madrid

10 May 1998 38	Racing Santander	0-1	Atlético Madrid	Santander
		Report	Andrei 1'	Stadium: Estadio El Sardinero

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1997–98 UEFA Cup

First round

Atlético Madrid v Leicester City

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

Leicester City v Atlético Madrid

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

Second round

Atlético Madrid v PAOK

21 October 1997	Atlético Madrid	5–2	PAOK	Madrid
21:30	Vieri 10', 31', 55' Lardín 12' Kiko 75'	Report	Frantzeskos 19' Marangos 65'	Attendance: 50,000

PAOK v Atlético Madrid

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'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 25,000

Eightfinals

Croatia Zagreb v Atlético Madrid

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

Atlético Madrid v Croatia Zagreb

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

Quarterfinals

Atlético Madrid v Aston Villa

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

Aston Villa v Atlético Madrid

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

Semifinals

Atlético Madrid v Lazio

31 March 1998	Atlético Madrid	0–1	Lazio	Madrid
21:30		Report	Jugović 33'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Paul Durkin

Lazio v Atlético Madrid

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

Copa del Rey

Main article: 1997–98 Copa del Rey

Second round

Real Zaragoza v Atlético de Madrid

14 January 1998	Real Zaragoza	2-0	Atlético de Madrid	Zaragoza
		Report		Stadium: Estadio La Romareda

Atlético de Madrid v Real Zaragoza

20 January 1998	Atlético de Madrid	2-1 (3-2 agg.)	Real Zaragoza	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		UEFA
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ESP	Molina	47	-65	37	-54	0	0	10	-11
15	DF	ESP	Carlos Aguilera	45	2	36	2	1	0	8	0
6	DF	ESP	Santi	43	4	33	3	2	0	8	1
4	DF	BRA	Andrei	41	4	31	4	1	0	9	0
20	DF	ESP	Geli	36	1	22+6	1	2	0	6	0
8	MF	ESP	Vizcaino	42	1	27+6	1	1+1	0	6+1	0
7	MF	BRA	Juninho	31	8	23	5	2	1	6	2
21	MF	ESP	Caminero	35	5	22+3	2	2	0	7+1	3
19	FW	ESP	Kiko	42	10	30+1	6	2	1	9	3
11	FW	ESP	Lardin	42	6	29+3	4	1	0	8+1	2
9	FW	ITA	Vieri	32	29	24	24	1	0	7	5
13	GK	ESP	Jaro	3	-5	1	-2	2	-3	0	0
24	MF	CZE	Bejbl	37	0	21+6	0	1+1	0	7+1	0
23	DF	ROU	Prodan	25	0	17	0	1	0	5+2	0
10	MF	YUG	Pantic	39	3	15+14	3	0+2	0	4+4	0
3	DF	ESP	Toni	18	0	11+2	0	0	0	2+3	0
17	FW	YUG	Bogdanovic	18	7	10+4	6	0+1	0	3	1
14	FW	ESP	José Mari	44	9	8+27	9	2	0	1+6	0
25	MF	YUG	Paunovic	18	6	6+8	6	1	0	0+3	0
5	DF	ESP	Juanma López	9	0	4+3	0	0	0	2	0
28	DF	ESP	Ramón	6	0	4+2	0	0	0
26	MF	ISR	Nimni	10	0	3+4	0	0	0	0+3	0
16	FW	ESP	Ezquerro	5	0	2+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
18	MF	ESP	Roberto	5	1	2+1	1	0	0	1+1	0
12	FW	POR	Futre	10	0	0+10	0	0	0
27	MF	ESP	Ivo	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
29	DF	ARG	Christian Diaz	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2	DF	ESP	Fede Bahon	0	0	0	0

• Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1997-987.html

Top scorers

Rank	Position	Number	Player	La Liga	Copa del Rey	UEFA Cup	Total
1	FW	9	Christian Vieri	24	0	5	29
2	FW	19	Kiko	6	1	3	10
3	FW	14	José Mari	9	0	0	9
4	MF	7	Juninho Paulista	5	1	2	8
5	FW	17	Rade Bogdanović1	6	0	1	7
6	FW	11	Jordi Lardín	4	0	2	6
	MF	25	Veljko Paunović	6	0	0	6
8	MF	21	José Luis Caminero	2	0	3	5
9	DF	4	Andrei	4	0	0	4
	DF	6	Santi Denia	3	0	1	4
11	MF	10	Milinko Pantić	3	0	0	3
12	DF	15	Aguilera	2	0	0	2
13	MF	8	Juan Vizcaíno	1	0	0	1
	MF	18	Roberto Fresnedoso1	1	0	0	1
	DF	20	Delfí Geli	1	0	0	1
Own goals				2	0	0	2
Totals				79	2	17	98

¹Player left the club during the season.

Results

See also

• Atlético Madrid
• 1997–98 La Liga
• 1997–98 Copa del Rey
• 1997–98 UEFA Cup