1997–98 La Liga

67th season of La Liga November 2021 La Liga 1997–98 30 August 1997 – 16 May 1998 Barcelona15th title Compostela (relegation playoff)MéridaSporting Gijón Champions League Real Madrid (as Champions League winners)BarcelonaAthletic Bilbao Cup Winners' Cup Mallorca (as Copa del Rey runners-up) UEFA Cup Real SociedadCelta VigoAtlético MadridReal Betis Intertoto Cup ValenciaEspanyol Christian Vieri(24 goals) Salamanca 6–0 Valencia(12 April 1998)Salamanca 6–0 Valencia http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=97&j=33&el=40&d=1 LFP 14 September 2010 Real Oviedo 0–5 Real Sociedad(19 October 1997)Real Oviedo 0–5 Real Sociedad http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=97&j=07&el=63&d=1 LFP 14 September 2010 Salamanca 5–4 Atlético Madrid(21 March 1998)Salamanca 5–4 Atlético Madrid http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=97&j=30&el=40&d=1 LFP 14 September 2010 380 1009 1996–97 1998–99 The 1997–98 La Liga season was the 67th since its establishment. It began on 30 August 1997, and concluded on 16 May 1998. On 29 March 1998, following Sporting Gijón's 0–0 draw with Zaragoza, combined with Racing Santander's 4–3 loss to Athletic Bilbao, Sporting Gijón became the first team in La Liga history to be relegated in March, ending the season with a league-record lowest points tally of just 13. Promotion and relegation Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Mérida, Salamanca (both teams returning after a season's absence) and Mallorca (returning after a five-year absence). They replaced Rayo Vallecano, Extremadura, Sevilla FC, Hércules CF and CD Logrones after spending time in the top flight for two, one, twenty two, one and one years respectively. Starting from this season, twenty teams contested in the La Liga as opposed to previous seasons with twenty-two teams. Team information Clubs and locations Spain 400 right Location of teams in La Liga 1997–98 Spain 43.263472 -2.948150 Athletic   bottom Spain 40.401703 -3.720628 Atlético left Spain 41.380889 2.1228167 Barcelona left Spain 37.356419 -5.981750 Betis top Spain 43.008717 -8.537514 Compostela bottom Spain 42.211842 -8.739706 Celta right Spain 43.368717 -8.417514 Deportivo    top Spain 41.364794 2.1557139 Espanyol right Spain 39.580881 2.6407250 Mallorca bottom Spain 38.944583 -6.001256 Mérida top Spain 43.358522 -5.860761 Oviedo     bottom Spain 43.476292 -3.793278 Racing   top Spain 40.453053 -3.688356 Real Madrid Spain 43.301364 -1.973536 Real Sociedad right Spain 40.995508 -5.665058 Salamanca right Spain 43.536256 -5.637419 Sporting     top Spain 39.474616 -0.358219 Valencia bottom Spain 41.644583 -4.761256 Valladolid top Spain 41.636472 -0.901828 Zaragoza top Spain Canary Islands 150 right Canary Islands 28.463289 -16.260528 Tenerife top 1997–98 season was composed of the following clubs: Team Stadium Capacity Barcelona Camp Nou 98,772 Real Madrid Santiago Bernabéu 80,354 Espanyol Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 55,926 Atlético Madrid Vicente Calderón 55,005 Valencia Mestalla 55,000 Real Betis Benito Villamarín 52,132 Athletic Bilbao San Mamés 39,750 Deportivo de La Coruña Riazor 34,600 Real Zaragoza La Romareda 34,596 Celta de Vigo Balaídos 32,500 Real Sociedad Anoeta 32,200 Valladolid José Zorrilla 27,846 Sporting de Gijón El Molinón 25,885 Real Oviedo Carlos Tartiere 23,500 Tenerife Heliodoro Rodríguez López 22,824 Racing de Santander El Sardinero 22,222 Mallorca Lluís Sitjar 18,000 Salamanca El Helmántico 17,341 Mérida Estadio Romano 14,600 Compostela San Lázaro 12,000 League table main WDL QR 5 FCB Barcelona ATH Athletic Bilbao RSO Real Sociedad RMA Real Madrid MLL Mallorca CEL Celta Vigo ATM Atlético Madrid BET Real Betis VCF Valencia ESP Espanyol VLD Valladolid RCD Deportivo La Coruña ZAR Zaragoza RAC Racing Santander SAL Salamanca TEN Tenerife COM Compostela ROV Oviedo MER Mérida RSG Sporting Gijón 23 5 10 78 56 C 17 14 7 52 42 16 15 7 60 37 17 12 9 63 45 16 12 10 55 39 17 9 12 54 47 16 12 10 79 56 17 8 13 49 50 16 7 15 58 52 12 17 9 44 31 13 11 14 36 47 12 13 13 44 46 12 12 14 45 53 12 9 17 46 55 12 9 17 46 46 11 12 15 44 57 11 11 16 56 66 R 9 13 16 36 51 O 9 12 17 33 53 R 2 7 29 31 80 R RMA 2–0 RSO; RSO 4–2 RMA RMA MLL: 9 pts; CEL: 5 pts; ATM: 2 pts MLL MLL RAC: 8 pts; SAL: 4 pts → SAL 2-0 TEN; TEN: 4 pts → TEN 2-0 SAL RAC RAC green1 Qualification for the Champions League group stage CLGS green2 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round UC1 UC1 UC1 UC1 green1 Qualification for the Champions League group stage Real Madrid was qualified directly for the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League as holders. RMA yellow1 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round 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. UCWC1 #CCCCFF Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round IC3 #DDDDFF Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round IC2 red2 Qualification for the relegation playoffs RP RP red1 Relegation to the Segunda División R R 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. complete LFP Results main FBR grey ATH ATM FCB BET CEL COM RCD ESP MLL MER RAC RMA ROV RSO SAL RSG TEN VCF VLD ZAR Athletic Bilbao 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–3 3–1 5–1 4–3 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 0–3 2–0 1–0 Atlético Madrid 3–0 5–2 0–0 3–3 3–1 3–0 0–2 2–3 4–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–1 5–0 2–1 Barcelona 4–0 3–1 1–3 3–2 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–4 2–1 3–2 3–4 1–2 1–0 Betis 1–1 2–3 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 0–2 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 3–3 Celta de Vigo 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–3 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 Compostela 1–4 2–1 2–2 2–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 3–0 3–1 2–3 1–0 1–3 2–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 Deportivo La Coruña 3–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–6 1–1 1–1 0–1 4–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–3 2–1 Espanyol 0–1 2–2 1–1 5–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 3–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 Mallorca 4–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 4–2 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 6–2 5–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 Mérida 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–3 4–0 3–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 Racing Santander 0–0 0–1 2–4 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–3 Real Madrid 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 5–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–2 3–1 0–2 Oviedo 1–2 0–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–5 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 Real Sociedad 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 5–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 Salamanca 0–0 5–4 4–3 0–0 0–1 0–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 4–0 2–0 6–0 1–0 1–2 Sporting Gijón 1–2 2–3 1–4 2–3 0–1 0–2 0–3 1–0 1–3 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–3 1–2 2–3 Tenerife 0–2 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–3 5–1 0–0 0–0 1–4 1–1 2–2 4–3 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 0–0 Valencia 1–1 4–1 0–3 1–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 6–1 0–2 1–1 3–2 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 Valladolid 3–0 2–1 1–2 1–3 0–0 4–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–4 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–3 4–0 Zaragoza 1–1 1–5 1–2 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–3 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 complete LFP es Relegation playoff Villarreal CF (a) 1–1 SD Compostela 0–0 1–1 1 Real Oviedo 4–3 UD Las Palmas 3–0 1–3 1 First leg EEF0FB 21 May 1998 21:45 Villarreal CF 0–0 Report es SD Compostela El Madrigal Villarreal 9,000 Víctor Esquinas Torres Madrid 22 May 1998 21:45 Real Oviedo 3–0 Report es UD Las Palmas Iván Ania 9 pen. 27 Dely Valdés 59 Carlos Tartiere Oviedo 23,500 Eduardo Iturralde González Basque Country Second leg EEF0FB 24 May 1998 21:45 SD Compostela 1–1 1–1 Report es Villarreal CF Chiba 57 Alberto 7 Multiusos de San Lázaro Santiago de Compostela 11,500 Manuel Díaz Vega Asturias 25 May 1998 22:00 UD Las Palmas 3–1 3–4 Report es Real Oviedo Gamboa 20 Walter Pico 65 Paquito 66 Gamboa 29 o.g. Insular Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 21,000 Antonio Jesús López Nieto Andalusia Awards Pichichi Trophy The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season. RankPlayerClubGoals 1Italy Christian VieriAtlético Madrid 24 2Brazil RivaldoBarcelona 19 3Spain Luis EnriqueBarcelona 18 4Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Darko KovačevićReal Sociedad 17 5Bulgaria Lyuboslav PenevCompostela 16 6Portugal PauletaSalamanca 15 7Uruguay Fernando CorreaRacing Santander 14 8Argentina Gabriel AmatoMallorca 13Argentina Juan EsnáiderEspanyolCroatia Alen PeternacValladolid Zamora Trophy The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played. RankPlayerClubGoals againstMatchesAverage 1ESP ToniEspanyol 31 37 2ESP AlbertoReal Sociedad 37 38 3ROU Bogdan SteleaSalamanca 32 30 4ESP Imanol EtxeberriaAthletic Bilbao 42 38 5ESP Andoni ZubizarretaValencia 40 34 Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/esp/aveesp98.htm Historical attendances www.european-football-statistics.co.uk # Club Avg. attendance Highest 1 FC Barcelona 74,053 115,000 2 Real Madrid 73,368 104,000 3 Valencia CF 44,684 54,000 4 Real Betis 38,816 47,500 5 Athletic Club 36,158 41,000 6 Atlético de Madrid 30,895 58,000 7 Real Zaragoza 23,053 35,000 8 Celta de Vigo 22,714 32,000 9 Real Sociedad 22,651 28,399 10 RCD Espanyol 21,921 31,500 11 Deportivo de La Coruña 21,395 33,000 12 CD Tenerife 19,068 22,500 13 Real Valladolid 17,966 23,000 14 Racing de Santander 17,237 22,000 15 RCD Mallorca 16,966 30,800 16 Real Oviedo 16,500 23,500 17 Real Sporting de Gijón 15,154 22,000 18 UD Salamanca 12,916 20,199 19 Mérida UD 10,789 15,000 20 SD Compostela 8,381 14,000 See also 1997–98 Segunda División 1997–98 Copa del Rey References 1997–98 1 Spain