1997–98 AS Roma season

April 2026 Roma 1997–98 Zdeněk Zeman Franco Sensi President Stadio Olimpico Serie A 4th Coppa Italia Quarter-finals Abel Balbo (14) Abel Balbo,Paulo Sérgio (14) _asroma9798h 8f0505 8f0505 8f0505 _orangesides 8f0505 _asroma9798h 8f0505 _asroma9798a FFFFFF _orange_border FFFFFF _orange_border FFFFFF _orangesides FFFFFF _asroma9798a FFFFFF _asroma9798t 000000 _asroma9798t 000000 _asroma9798t 000000 _asroma9798t 000000 _asroma9798t 000000 1996–97 1998–99 Associazione Sportiva Roma was reinvigorated under new coach Zdeněk Zeman, who recently had been coaching arch rivals Lazio. Zeman brought his attacking 4–3–3 with him, resulting in Roma scoring 67 goals, but also conceding 42, an extreme rarity in defensive-minded Italian football. Roma finished fourth, three places above Lazio in the table. That was the first time it had happened in five years, which delighted the Roma board, and Zeman stayed on for a further season. The season also saw the international breakthrough of former youth-team product Francesco Totti, who at 21 was ready for increased responsibility and captaincy, responding with 13 league goals from a position on the left wing of the attack. Also noticeable was new signing Cafu's offensive skills as a right-wing back, granting him a reputation among the world's top wing backs. Players 1 GK AUT Michael Konsel 2 DF BRA Cafu 3 DF ITA Filippo Dal Moro 4 MF ITA Luigi Di Biagio 5 DF FRA 1974 Vincent Candela 6 DF BRA Aldair 7 FW BRA Paulo Sérgio 8 MF ITA Christian Scapolo 9 FW ARG Abel Balbo 10 FW ITA Francesco Totti 11 MF ITA Eusebio Di Francesco 12 GK ITA Antonio Chimenti 13 MF BRA Vágner Rogério Nunes 14 FW GRE Lampros Choutos 15 DF ITA Christian Servidei 16 DF ITA Matteo Pivotto 17 MF ITA Damiano Tommasi 18 DF ESP Iván Helguera 19 MF ITA Carmine Gautieri 21 DF RUS Omari Tetradze 22 DF ESP César Gómez 23 GK ITA Andrea Campagnolo 24 FW ITA Marco Delvecchio 25 DF ITA Fabio Petruzzi 30 DF BRA Antônio Carlos Zago Transfers In Pos. Name from Type DF Cafu Palmeiras €7.60 million FW Paulo Sérgio Bayer Leverkusen €3.50 million MF Eusebio Di Francesco Piacenza Calcio GK Antonio Chimenti Salernitana GK Michael Konsel Rapid Wien GK Andrea Campagnolo Cittadella DF César Gómez CD Tenerife DF Giorgio Lucenti Palermo F.C. DF Iván Helguera Albacete Balompie DF Cristian Servidei Lecce DF Filippo Dal Moro Empoli F.C. MF Vágner Santos Futebol Clube MF Cristiano Scapolo Bologna F.C. FW Carmine Gautieri Perugia Calcio Out Pos. Name To Type FW Daniel Fonseca Juventus €4.70 million DF Amedeo Carboni Valencia CF €4.00 million DF Marco Lanna UD Salamanca end of contract MF Francesco Moriero A.C. Milan end of contract MF Jonas Thern Glasgow Rangers end of contract GK Giovanni Cervone Brescia Calcio GK Giorgio Sterchele Bologna F.C. MF Francesco Statuto Udinese Calcio GK Gianluca Berti A.C. Reggiana GK Giampaolo Di MagnoCarpi DF Enrico Annoni Celtic Glasgow DF Lorenzo StoviniVicenza Calcio MF Antonino Bernardini Perugia Calcio FW Martin Dahlin Blackburn Rovers €3.0 million Winter In Pos. Name from Type DF Antonio Carlos SC Corinthians Out Pos. Name To Type DF Giorgio Lucenti Empoli F.C. loan FW Andrea Conti Carpi DF Francesco Colonnese Internazionale €1.50 million Competitions Overall Competition Started round Final position First match Last match Serie A Matchday 1 4th 31 August 1997 16 May 1998 Coppa Italia Round of 32 Quarter-finals 3 September 1997 21 January 1998 Last updated: 16 May 1998 Serie A 1997–98 Serie A League table ROM Results summary 10 4 3 44 21 6 7 4 23 21 16 May 1998 Competitive matches July 2015 Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/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 Result W/D/W/D/W/D/L/W/D/W/W/L/D/L/D/D/D/W/L/W/W/W/W/L/W/D/D/W/L/W/L/W/D/W Position 2/5/4/4/2/4/4/4/4/3/3/5/5/5/7/7/8/7/8/8/7/7/5/6/5/5/5/4/5/4/6/6/6/4 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 1998–99 Serie B complete Competitive matches August 2018 Matches 1 31 August 1997 Empoli 1–3 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/1/EMPROM Roma Cappellini 16 pen. Delvecchio 3Balbo 46 61 Stadio Carlo Castellani Empoli Stefano Farina W 2 14 September 1997 Roma 0–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/2/ROMJUV Juventus Stadio Olimpico Rome Fiorenzo Treossi D 3 21 September 1997 Roma 3–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/3/ROMLEC Lecce Totti 3Di Biagio 17Balbo 68 Palmieri 10 Stadio Olimpico Rome Daniele Tombolini W 4 28 September 1997 Bologna 0–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/4/BOLROM Roma Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Bologna Roberto Bettin D 5 5 October 1997 Roma 6–2 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/5/ROMNAP Napoli Candela 16Gautieri 34Balbo 51 60 89Di Francesco 53 Altomare 71Bellucci 87 pen. Stadio Olimpico Rome Alfredo Trentalange W 6 19 October 1997 Fiorentina 0–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/6/FIOROM Roma Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence Robert Anthony Boggi D 7 1 November 1997 Roma 1–3 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/7/ROMLAZ Lazio Delvecchio 90+1 Mancini 47Casiraghi 57Nedvěd 85 Stadio Olimpico Rome Pierluigi Collina L 8 9 November 1997 Bari 1–3 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/8/BARROM Roma Volpi 36 Totti 10 58Balbo 34 Stadio San Nicola Bari Pierluigi Pairetto W 9 23 November 1997 Roma 2–2 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/9/ROMVIC Vicenza Balbo 28Paulo Sérgio 44 Luiso 1Ambrosetti 45+2 Stadio Olimpico Rome Graziano Cesari D 10 30 November 1997 Parma 0–2 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/10/PARROM Roma Totti 9Paulo Sérgio 22 Stadio Ennio Tardini Parma Stefano Braschi W 11 7 December 1997 Roma 3–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/11/ROMATA Atalanta Carrera 23 o.g.Totti 27Paulo Sérgio 32 Stadio Olimpico Rome Stefano Farina W 12 14 December 1997 Internazionale 3–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/12/INTROM Roma Djorkaeff 40 pen.Branca 49Petruzzi 71 o.g. San Siro Milan Domenico Messina L 13 21 December 1997 Brescia 1–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/13/BREROM Roma Hübner 15 Paulo Sérgio 90+5 Stadio Mario Rigamonti Brescia Piero Ceccarini D 14 4 January 1998 Roma 1–2 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/14/ROMUDI Udinese Balbo 59 pen. Bierhoff 49 56 Stadio Olimpico Rome Pierluigi Collina L 15 11 January 1998 Milan 0–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/15/MILROM Roma San Siro Milan Fiorenzo Treossi D 16 18 January 1998 Roma 1–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/16/ROMPIA Piacenza Aldair 6 Rastelli 85 Stadio Olimpico Rome Emilio Pellegrino D 17 25 January 1998 Sampdoria 1–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/17/SAMROM Roma Mihajlović 33 Mannini 26 o.g. Stadio Luigi Ferraris Genoa Alfredo Trentalange D 18 1 February 1998 Roma 4–3 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/18/ROMEMP Empoli Balbo 22 74 87 pen.Aldair 73 Bonomi 60Cappellini 85 88 Stadio Olimpico Rome Roberto Bettin W 19 8 February 1998 Juventus 3–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/19/JUVROM Roma Zidane 45+2Del Piero 49Davids 65 Paulo Sérgio 57 Stadio delle Alpi Turin Domenico Messina L 20 11 February 1998 Lecce 1–3 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/20/LECROM Roma Atelkin 77 Balbo 42 pen.Di Biagio 45+3Gautieri 86 Stadio Via del Mare Lecce Salvatore Racalbuto W 21 15 February 1998 Roma 2–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/21/ROMBOL Bologna Di Francesco 5Delvecchio 87 Kolyvanov 9 Stadio Olimpico Rome Piero Ceccarini W 22 22 February 1998 Napoli 0–2 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/22/NAPROM Roma Totti 54Di Biagio 62 Stadio San Paolo Naples Livio Bazzoli W 23 1 March 1998 Roma 4–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/23/ROMFIO Fiorentina Paulo Sérgio 12Delvecchio 32 41Totti 56 Batistuta 71 Stadio Olimpico Rome Fiorenzo Treossi W 24 8 March 1998 Lazio 2–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/24/LAZROM Roma Bokšić 50Nedvěd 62 Stadio Olimpico Rome Robert Anthony Boggi L 25 15 March 1998 Roma 2–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/25/ROMBAR Bari Paulo Sérgio 2Aldair 78 Zambrotta 51 Stadio Olimpico Rome Tarcisio Serena W 26 22 March 1998 Vicenza 1–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/26/VICROM Roma Luiso 24 Balbo 12 Stadio Romeo Menti Vicenza Pierluigi Collina D 27 29 March 1998 Roma 2–2 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/27/ROMPAR Parma Totti 10Paulo Sérgio 25 Chiesa 26 53 Stadio Olimpico Rome Gennaro Borriello D 28 5 April 1998 Atalanta 0–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/28/ATAROM Roma Di Francesco 3 Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Bergamo Piero Ceccarini W 29 11 April 1998 Roma 1–2 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/29/ROMINT Internazionale Cafu 63 Ronaldo 50 75 Stadio Olimpico Rome Graziano Cesari L 30 19 April 1998 Roma 5–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/30/ROMBRE Brescia Di Biagio 25 pen. 69Paulo Sérgio 33 66Totti 55 Stadio Olimpico Rome Alfredo Trentalange W 31 26 April 1998 Udinese 4–2 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/31/UDIROM Roma Bierhoff 23 89Calori 59Poggi 74 Totti 45 73 Stadio Friuli Udine Livio Bazzoli L 32 3 May 1998 Roma 5–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/32/ROMMIL Milan Candela 16Di Biagio 20 pen. 28Paulo Sérgio 39Delvecchio 82 Stadio Olimpico Rome Stefano Farina W 33 10 May 1998 Piacenza 3–3 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/33/PIAROM Roma Piovani 45 pen.Murgita 58Valtolina 90+4 Di Francesco 45+1Totti 52 pen.Paulo Sérgio 86 Stadio Leonardo Garilli Piacenza Stefano Braschi D 34 16 May 1998 Roma 2–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/34/ROMSAM Sampdoria Totti 24Delvecchio 90+1 Stadio Olimpico Rome Cosimo Bolognino W Coppa Italia 1997–98 Coppa Italia Second round First leg 3 September 1997 20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Roma 5–3 Hellas Verona Balbo 24 pen.Aldair 40Di Biagio 52Di Francesco 64Gonnella 84 o.g. Aglietti 25 43Vanoli 62 Stadio Olimpico Rome Emilio Pellegrino W Second leg 25 September 1997 20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Hellas Verona 1–2 4–7 Roma Siviglia 76 Aldair 8Di Biagio 59 Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Verona Piero Ceccarini W Round of 16 First leg 15 October 1997 20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Udinese 2–2 Roma Locatelli 28Bierhoff 79 Totti 65Gautieri 82 Stadio Friuli Udine Livio Bazzoli D Second leg 20 November 1997 20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Roma 2–1 4–3 Udinese Paulo Sérgio 23Delvecchio 51 Poggi 46 Stadio Olimpico Rome Stefano Farina W Quarter-finals Derby della Capitale First leg 6 January 1998 20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Lazio 4–1 Roma Bokšić 3Jugović 33 pen.Mancini 75Fuser 81 Balbo 39 pen. Stadio Olimpico Rome Pasquale Rodomonti L Second leg 21 January 1998 20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Roma 1–2 6–2 Lazio Paulo Sérgio 54 Jugović 45 pen.Gottardi 90 Stadio Olimpico Rome Cosimo Bolognino L Statistics Players statistics Serie A Coppa 1 GK AUT Konsel 29 -37 5 -10 2 DF BRA Cafu 31 1 5 0 25 DF ITA Petruzzi 22+3 0 5 0 6 DF BRA Aldair 28 3 6 2 5 DF FRA 1974 Candela 32 2 6 0 17 MF ITA Tommasi 28+5 0 6 0 4 MF ITA Di Biagio 30 7 6 2 11 MF ITA Di Francesco 32+1 4 5 1 10 FW ITA Totti 30 13 6 1 7 FW BRA Paulo Sérgio 28+6 12 6 2 9 FW ARG Balbo 27+1 14 3 2 12 GK ITA Chimenti 5+3 -5 1 -3 30 DF BRA Zago 12 0 24 FW ITA Delvecchio 10+17 7 5 1 19 MF ITA Gautieri 7+11 2 4 1 13 MF BRA Vágner 5+6 0 5 0 18 DF ESP Helguera 5+4 0 1 0 3 DF ITA Dal Moro 5+2 0 1 0 15 DF ITA Servidei 4+2 0 3 0 16 DF ITA Pivotto 2+5 0 21 DF RUS Tetradze 1+6 0 22 DF ESP Gomez 1+2 0 8 MF ITA Scapolo 0+7 0 1 0 23 GK ITA Campagnolo 0 0 14 FW GRE Choutos 0 0 DF ITA Lucenti 0 0 MF ITA Conti 0 0 GK ITA Ficarra 0 0 January 2022 http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1997/1129/ References Category:AS Roma seasons Roma