1997–98 SSC Napoli season

April 2026 Napoli 1997–98 Corrado Ferlaino Gian Marco Innocenti President San Paolo Bortolo Mutti (until 6 October 1997)Carlo Mazzone (until 24 November 1997)Giovanni Galeone (until 9 February 1998)Vincenzo Montefusco Serie A 18th (in 1998-99 Serie B) Claudio Bellucci (10) Coppa Italia Last 16 _whiteborder _napoli9798h _whiteborder 3363b0 5f8ee6 3363b0 3363b0 _napoli9798a _napoli9798a _napoli9798a 709cc3 1b73c4 3363b0 _whiteborder _napoli9798t _whiteborder ff0000 FF0000 ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 1996–97 1998–99 S.S.C. Napoli crashed out of Serie A following a disastrous season. It only clinched 14 points out of 34 matches, despite having the services of several experienced Serie A players. Napoli went through four coaches over the course of the season, and hardly took a point in the second half of the season. Given the disastrous form of the team, Claudio Bellucci's ten goals were impressive, while thought top scorer Igor Protti was one of the largest disappointments of the entire series. The lack of defensive skills cost Napoli many points, and more than two goals were conceded on average. This was despite Roberto Ayala's brilliance, which earned him a transfer to Milan. Only eight years following Napoli's second title, the club seemed to be in terminal decline, with hard work being needed to return to the top domestic league. Given that the club had not been relegated since a bankruptcy in 1964, the relegation was a shock, by the extremely poor season. Squad 1 GK ITA Giuseppe Taglialatela 2 DF FRA William Prunier 3 DF ITA Raffaele Sergio 4 MF ITA Fabio Rossitto 5 DF ITA Mauro Facci 6 DF ARG Roberto Ayala 7 MF ITA Francesco Turrini 8 MF ITA Raffaele Longo 9 FW ITA Claudio Bellucci 10 FW ITA Igor Protti 11 FW ARG José Luis Calderón 12 GK ITA Raffaele Di Fusco 13 DF ITA Luigi Panarelli 14 MF ITA Luca Altomare 15 DF ITA Francesco Baldini 16 DF ITA Luigi Malafronte 17 MF ITA Angelo Cimadomo 18 MF ITA Roberto Goretti 19 MF ITA Gennaro Scarlato 20 MF ITA Massimiliano Esposito 21 DF ITA Alessandro Sbrizzo 22 DF BEL Bertrand Crasson 23 GK ITA Ferdinando Coppola 24 DF ITA Mirko Conte 25 MF FRA Reynald Pedros 26 MF ITA Marco Zamboni 27 MF ITA Giuseppe Giannini 28 MF ITA Massimiliano Allegri 29 FW ITA Salvatore Bruno 30 MF HRV Aljoša Asanović 31 FW FR Yugoslavia Damir Stojak 32 DF ITA Emanuele Troise 33 DF ITA Guglielmo Stendardo Transfers In Pos. Name from Type FW Igor Protti Lazioloan MF Fabio Rossitto Udinese DF Raffaele Sergio Udinese FW Claudio Bellucci Venezia FW José Luis Calderón Independiente DF Mirko Conte Piacenza MF Giuseppe Giannini Sturm Graz DF William Prunier Manchester United DF Mauro Facci Salernitana Out Pos. Name To Type MF Fabio Pecchia Juventus MF Alain Boghossian Sampdoria DF André Cruz A.C. Milan DF Francesco Colonnese AS Romaloan ended DF Mauro Milanese Parma MF Beto Flamengo FW Caio Interloan ended FW Nicola Caccia Atalanta FW Alfredo Aglietti Verona FW Dino Fava Passaro Acireale left Winter In Pos. Name from Type FW Damir Stojak Vojvodina MF Reynald Pedros Parma MF Massimiliano Allegri Padova FW Aljoša Asanović Derby County Out Pos. Name To Type FW José Luis Calderón Independiente DF Mirko Conte Vicenza DF Mirko Taccola Lucchese DF Alessandro Sbrizzo Padova DF William Prunier Hearts MF Massimiliano Esposito Hellas Verona DF Marco Zamboni Chievo MF Giuseppe Giannini Lecce left Competitions Serie A 1997–98 Serie A League table NAP Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H Result L/W/D/L/L/L/L/L/L/D/L/L/L/L/D/L/L/D/L/W/L/L/L/D/D/L/L/L/L/L/D/L/L/D Position 11/9/8/12/14/14/17/17/17/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18 Home Away Postponed green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st green4 blue1 red1 Leader, 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Group stage 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying round 1998–99 UEFA Cup First round #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round red1 1998–99 Serie B complete Competitive matches August 2018 Matches 1 31 August 1997 Lazio 2–0 Napoli Mancini 68 Pancaro 76 Rome Olimpico L 2 14 September 1997 Napoli 2–1 Empoli Bellucci 33 Protti 48 C. Esposito 77 Naples San Paolo W 3 21 September 1997 Vicenza 1–1 Napoli Di Napoli 17 Turrini 18 Vicenza D 4 28 September 1997 Napoli 0–1 Atalanta Caccia 50 Naples San Paolo L 5 05 October 1997 Roma 6–2 Napoli Candela 16 Gautieri 34 Balbo 51, 60, 89 Di Francesco 53 Altomare 71 Bellucci 87 pen. Rome Olimpico L 6 18 October 1997 Napoli 0–2 Inter Milan Galante 10 Turrini 69 o.g. Naples San Paolo L 7 02 November 1997 Bologna 5–1 Napoli R. Baggio 48 pen.9090 + 5 pen. K. Andersson 55, 90 + 3 Goretti 14 Bologna Renato Dall'Ara L 8 09 November 1997 Napoli 1–2 Juventus Bellucci 55 Zidane 38 Fonseca 88 Naples San Paolo L 9 23 November 1997 Lecce 2–0 Napoli M. Rossi 50 Palmieri 61 Lecco L 10 30 November 1997 Napoli 1–1 Fiorentina Turrini 34 28 Firicano Naples San Paolo D 11 07 December 1997 Piacenza 1–0 Napoli Rastelli 87 Piacenza L 12 14 December 1997 Napoli 0–4 Parma Blomqvist 18 D. Baggio 53 Crespo 65, 73 Naples San Paolo L 13 21 December 1997 Sampdoria 6–3 Napoli Boghossian 35 Montella 42 pen.6190 pen. Klinsmann 73 Laigle 76 Bellucci 15 Protti 70 Rossitto 78 Genoa Luigi Ferraris L 14 04 January 1998 Napoli 1–2 Milan Bellucci 75 Ganz 52 Leonardo 71 Naples San Paolo L 15 11 January 1998 Udinese 1–1 Napoli Crasson 90 + 2 o.g. Bellucci 27 Udine D 16 18 January 1998 Napoli 0–3 Brescia Pirlo 13 Koźmiński 53 Diana 90 + 3 Naples San Paolo L 17 25 January 1998 Bari 2–0 Napoli Marcolini 74 Sala 90 + 3 Bari L 18 01 February 1998 Napoli 0–0 Lazio Naples San Paolo D 19 08 February 1998 Empoli 5–0 Napoli C. Esposito 24 Cappellini 37 Pane 50 Florijančič 70, 75 Empoli L 20 11 February 1998 Napoli 2–0 Vicenza Turrini 43 pen. Stojak 47 Naples San Paolo W 21 15 February 1998 Atalanta 1–0 Napoli Lucarelli 16 Atalanta L 22 22 February 1998 Napoli 0–2 Roma Totti 54 Di Biagio 62 Naples San Paolo L 23 28 February 1998 Inter Milan 2–0 Napoli Zamorano 63 Ronaldo 73 pen. Milan Giuseppe Meazza L 24 08 March 1998 Napoli 0–0 Bologna Naples San Paolo D 25 14 March 1998 Juventus 2–2 Napoli Del Piero 46 Zalayeta 75 Turrini 69 Protti 90 + 2 Turin delle Alpi D 26 22 March 1998 Napoli 2–4 Lecce Protti 35 pen. Altomare 73 Casale 2 Palmieri 29 Ayala 75 o.g. Atelkin 90 + 3 Naples San Paolo L 27 29 March 1998 Fiorentina 4–0 Napoli Batistuta 40, 67 Robbiati 80 Edmundo 86 Florence Artemio Franchi L 28 05 April 1998 Napoli 1–2 Piacenza Bellucci 51 Scienza 34 Dionigi 84 pen. Naples San Paolo L 29 11 April 1998 Parma 3–1 Napoli Crespo 3, 86 Apolloni 76 Bellucci 69 Parma Il Tardini L 30 19 April 1998 Napoli 0–2 Sampdoria Crasson 33 o.g. Laigle 87 Naples San Paolo L 31 26 April 1998 Milan 0–0 Napoli Milan San Siro D 32 03 May 1998 Napoli 1–3 Udinese Turrini 12 pen. Poggi 4 Bierhoff 45, 87 Naples San Paolo L 33 10 May 1998 Brescia 2–1 Napoli Adani 57 Neri 81 Bellucci 56 Brescia L 34 16 May 1998 Napoli 2–2 Bari Bellucci 13 Stojak 48 Guerrero 6 Volpi 37 Naples San Paolo D Statistics Players statistics Serie A Coppa 1 GK ITA Giuseppe Taglialatela 27+1 -55 3 -8 6 DF ARG Roberto Ayala 28 0 2 0 15 DF ITA Francesco Baldini 30 0 3 0 22 DF BEL Bertrand Crasson 19+3 0 2 0 14 MF ITA Luca Altomare 16+8 2 2 0 8 MF ITA Raffaele Longo 24+5 0 4 0 7 MF ITA Francesco Turrini 26+1 5 3 0 18 MF ITA Roberto Goretti 25+1 1 4 0 4 MF ITA Fabio Rossitto 28 1 4 1 9 FW ITA Claudio Bellucci 27 10 4 3 10 FW ITA Igor Protti 24+3 4 4 2 12 GK ITA Raffaele Di Fusco 5+2 -19 1 0 5 DF ITA Mauro Facci 17 0 3 0 3 DF ITA Raffaele Sergio 11+1 0 3 0 16 DF ITA Luigi Malafronte 9+1 0 30 MF HRV Aljoša Asanović 8+7 0 31 FW FR Yugoslavia Damir Stojak 8+5 2 13 DF ITA Luigi Panarelli 6+11 0 1 0 19 MF ITA Gennaro Scarlato 6+13 0 2 0 28 MF ITA Massimiliano Allegri 6+1 0 25 MF FRA Reynald Pedros 1+2 0 1 0 23 GK ITA Ferdinando Coppola 1 -2 29 FW ITA Salvatore Bruno 1+2 0 17 MF ITA Angelo Cimadomo 0+2 0 33 DF ITA Guglielmo Stendardo 0+1 0 32 DF ITA Emanuele Troise 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season 24 DF ITA Mirko Conte 8+1 0 1 0 27 MF ITA Giuseppe Giannini 4 0 1 1 26 MF ITA Marco Zamboni 3+1 0 1 0 11 FW ARG José Luis Calderón 2+4 0 1 0 2 DF FRA William Prunier 2+1 0 1 0 20 MF ITA Massimiliano Esposito 1+3 0 2 0 21 DF ITA Alessandro Sbrizzo 0+2 0 3 0 February 2022 http://calcio-seriea.net/allenatori_squadra/1997/1135/ References Sources RSSSF - Italy 1997/98 Category:SSC Napoli seasons Napoli