1997–98 Serie A

96th season of top-tier Italian football ice hockey 1997–98 Serie A (ice hockey) season Serie A 1997–98 31 August 1997 – 16 May 1998 Juventus25th title BresciaAtalantaLecceNapoli Champions League JuventusInternazionale UEFA Cup UdineseFiorentinaRomaParma Cup Winners' Cup Lazio Intertoto Cup BolognaSampdoria Oliver Bierhoff (27 goals) 306 835 1996–97 1998–99 The 1997–98 Serie A saw Juventus win their 25th national title, with Internazionale placing second; both teams qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League. Udinese, Roma, Fiorentina, Parma qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup. Lazio qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners Cup courtesy of winning the Coppa Italia. Bologna and Sampdoria qualified for the 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup. Brescia, Atalanta, Lecce and Napoli were relegated to Serie B. The season was marked by controversy after a clear penalty claim for Internazionale was not awarded in a match that Juventus won 1–0; the decision drew widespread criticism and remains a notable incident of the campaign. Italy right 400 1997–98 Serie A team distribution Italy 45.965 9.67 Atalanta Italy 41.133333 16.866667 Bari Italy 44.5075 11.351389 Bologna Italy 45.533333 10.233333 Brescia Italy 43.716667 10.95 Empoli left Italy 43.771667 11.253611 Fiorentina Italy 45.4636 9.1884 InternazionaleMilan left Italy 45.066667 7.7 Juventus bottom Italy 41.9 12.5 LazioRoma left Italy 40.35 18.166667 Lecce left Italy 40.833333 14.25 Napoli left Italy 44.8 10.333333 Parma left Italy 45.047778 9.700556 Piacenza Italy 44.4 8.916667 Sampdoria bottom Italy 46.066667 13.233333 Udinese left Italy 45.55 11.55 Vicenza bottom Personnel and Sponsoring Team Head coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Atalanta ITA Emiliano Mondonico Asics Somet Bari ITA Eugenio Fascetti Lotto Gio.Bi. Trasporti Bologna ITA Renzo Ulivieri Diadora Granarolo Brescia ITA Edigio Salvi & ITA Adriano Bacconi Erreà Ristora Empoli ITA Luciano Spalletti Erreà Sammontana Fiorentina ITA Alberto Malesani Fila Nintendo Internazionale ITA Luigi Simoni Umbro Pirelli Juventus ITA Marcello Lippi Kappa Sony MiniDisc Lazio SWE Sven-Göran Eriksson Umbro Cirio Lecce ITA Nedo Sonetti Asics Banca del Salento Milan ITA Fabio Capello Lotto Opel Napoli ITA Vincenzo Montefusco Nike Polenghi Parma ITA Carlo Ancelotti Puma Parmalat Piacenza ITA Vincenzo Guerini Lotto None Roma CZE Zdeněk Zeman Diadora INA Assitalia Sampdoria FR Yugoslavia Vujadin Boškov Asics Daewoo Udinese ITA Alberto Zaccheroni Hummel Atreyu Vicenza ITA Francesco Guidolin Lotto Pal Zileri Teams and stadiums Team Home city Stadium Capacity Atalanta Bergamo Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia 26,542 Bari* Bari Stadio San Nicola 58,270 Bologna Bologna Stadio Renato Dall'Ara 38,279 Brescia* Brescia Stadio Mario Rigamonti 16,308 Empoli* Empoli Stadio Carlo Castellani 19,795 Fiorentina Florence Stadio Artemio Franchi 47,282 Internazionale Milan San Siro 80,074 Juventus Turin Stadio delle Alpi 69,295 Lazio Rome Stadio Olimpico 72,698 Lecce* Lecce Stadio Via del Mare 33,876 Milan Milan San Siro 80,018 Napoli Naples Stadio San Paolo 60,240 Parma Parma Stadio Ennio Tardini 27,906 Piacenza Piacenza Stadio Leonardo Garilli 27,906 Roma Rome Stadio Olimpico 72,698 Sampdoria Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris 36,685 Udinese Udine Stadio Friuli2 30,642 Vicenza Vicenza Stadio Romeo Menti 17,163 (*) Promoted from Serie B. League table main WDL 1997–98 Serie A, RSSSF.com, Soccerway JUV INT UDI ROM FIO PAR LAZ BOL SAM MIL BAR PIA EMP VIC BRE ATA LEC NAP CLGS CLQR UC UC UC UC COPPA UIC3 UIC2 REL REL REL REL 21 11 2 67 28 C, 21 6 7 62 27 19 7 8 62 40 16 11 7 67 42 15 12 7 65 36 15 12 7 55 39 16 8 10 53 30 12 12 10 55 46 13 9 12 52 55 11 11 12 37 43 10 8 16 30 45 7 16 11 29 38 10 7 17 50 58 9 9 16 36 61 9 8 17 45 63 R, 7 11 16 25 48 R, 6 8 20 32 72 R, 2 8 24 25 76 R, Juventus Internazionale Udinese Roma Fiorentina Parma Lazio Bologna Sampdoria Milan Bari Piacenza Empoli Vicenza Brescia Atalanta Lecce Napoli complete Fiorentina finished ahead of Parma on head-to-head points: FIO 1–1 PAR; PAR 1–2 FIO. Bologna finished ahead of Sampdoria on head-to-head points: BOL 2–2 SAM; SAM 2–3 BOL. 5 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 https://www.figc.it/media/55325/tit3_noif_art_da47a70_23-06-2017__________12-09-2018.pdf Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6 Italian Football Federation PDF italian 12 September 2018 11 November 2018 QR green1 Qualification to Champions League group stage green2 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup third roundWith consequent qualification to UEFA Cup #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup red1 Relegation to Serie B Results main FBR grey ATA BAR BOL BRE EMP FIO INT JUV LAZ LCE MIL NAP PAR PIA ROM SAM UDI VIC Atalanta 2–0 4–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–3 Bari 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–5 0–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 Bologna 0–0 4–3 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–4 1–3 2–1 2–0 3–0 5–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 3–1 Brescia 2–2 1–1 1–3 3–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–3 0–4 4–0 Empoli 1–0 2–3 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 5–1 0–1 5–0 2–0 2–3 1–3 4–1 1–0 3–2 Fiorentina 5–0 3–1 1–1 5–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 1–3 5–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 Internazionale 4–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 4–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 5–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 Juventus 3–1 1–0 3–2 4–0 5–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 2–2 2–2 2–0 3–1 3–0 4–1 2–0 Lazio 0–2 3–2 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–4 3–0 0–1 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–3 4–0 Lecce 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–5 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–3 1–3 1–3 1–2 0–1 Milan 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 0–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 Napoli 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–4 1–2 0–4 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–3 2–0 Parma 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–3 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 4–0 2–1 Piacenza 3–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 3–3 1–0 0–2 1–1 Roma 3–0 2–1 2–1 5–0 4–3 4–1 1–2 0–0 1–3 3–1 5–0 6–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–2 Sampdoria 2–0 1–0 2–3 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–4 1–1 0–3 6–3 5–2 3–1 1–1 0–3 2–1 Udinese 1–0 2–0 4–3 3–1 2–2 2–3 1–0 1–1 0–2 6–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–2 3–2 3–0 Vicenza 1–0 1–2 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–5 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–4 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 complete lega-calcio.it it Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1GER Oliver BierhoffUdinese272BRA RonaldoInternazionale253ITA Roberto BaggioBologna224ARG Gabriel BatistutaFiorentina21ITA Alessandro Del PieroJuventus6ITA Vincenzo MontellaSampdoria207ITA Filippo InzaghiJuventus188ITA Dario HübnerBrescia169BEL Luís OliveiraFiorentina1510ARG Abel BalboRoma14ITA Carmine EspositoEmpoli Hat-tricks PlayerClubAgainst ResultDateARG Gabriel BatistutaFiorentinaUdinese 3-2dmy 1997 08 31ITA Dario HübnerBresciaSampdoria 3-3dmy 1997 09 13ARG Abel BalboRomaNapoli 6-2dmy 1997 10 5ITA Roberto BaggioBolognaNapoli 5-1dmy 1997 11 2ITA Alessandro Del PieroJuventusEmpoli 5-2dmy 1997 12 21ITA Vincenzo MontellaSampdoriaNapoli 6-3dmy 1997 12 21BRA RonaldoInternazionaleLecce 5-0dmy 1998 2 15SWE Kennet AnderssonBolognaSampdoria 3-2dmy 1998 3 29LBR George WeahMilanAtalanta 3-0dmy 1998 4 11ITA Filippo InzaghiJuventusBologna 3-2dmy 1998 5 10 Attendances Source:Attendances Georgia average https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ita/aveita98.htm 2026-06-27 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk # Club Avg. attendance 1 Internazionale 67,825 2 AC Milan 54,432 3 AS Roma 52,813 4 Juventus FC 47,347 5 SS Lazio 46,058 6 SSC Napoli 37,600 7 ACF Fiorentina 34,174 8 Bologna FC 32,270 9 AS Bari 26,415 10 UC Sampdoria 24,482 11 Udinese Calcio 23,492 12 Parma AC 22,385 13 Atalanta BC 18,709 14 US Lecce 17,097 15 Vicenza Calcio 17,004 16 Brescia Calcio 13,779 17 Empoli FC 12,523 18 Piacenza Calcio 12,477 References and sources Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 References External links All results on RSSSF 1997–98 Serie A squads Serie A 1997/98: Classifica Marcatori it Category:Serie A seasons Italy Category:1997–98 in Italian football leagues